Friday, 20 January 2023

Neguac pushes back at language-based riding merger on new map

 
 
 

YO Higgy say Hey to Mayor Georges Savoie for me will ya?

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/neguac-language-riding-merger-1.6719450

Neguac pushes back at language-based riding merger on new map

Francophone village says its ‘community of interest’ is with majority anglophone Miramichi

The Village of Neguac is hoping New Brunswick's Electoral Boundaries and Representation Commission will think twice before it delivers its final answer.

The commission is redrawing the map of the province's 49 election ridings, and it's proposing to move Neguac into the same constituency as nearby Tracadie.

The idea is to give mostly francophone Neguac a better chance of being represented by a francophone MLA who speaks their language and understands their concerns.

But the village is telling the commission that language is too narrow a way to think about "communities of interest" — one of the key criteria the commission is using to define the term. 

 A lighthouse in the colours of the Acadian flag, with a pond in front of it, a white building behind it and a playground to its right.                                                The commission is redrawing the map of the province’s 49 election ridings, and it’s proposing to move Neguac, pictured, into the same constituency as nearby Tracadie. (Village of Neguac)

Mayor Georges Savoie says francophone Neguac, the anglophone population in Tabusintac and members of Esgenoôpetitj First Nation all work together well.

He and his council say they should remain together in the Miramichi Bay riding, because Miramichi is where they access most provincial government services.

"In our community of interest, language is not necessarily the major concern," Savoie said. "The services are the major concern and we want to get the best services for people.

"If we're talking about provincial ridings, an MLA should be in the same riding where the services are coming from." 

The debate is a classic New Brunswick dilemma pitting language considerations against other more organic factors.

"It's really about how to reconcile differences," said Mount Allison University political scientist Mario Levesque.

"You want effective representation for sure, and you want to keep communities of interest together, but 'of interest' means many different things: linguistic, economic, social fabric. … There's a lot of factors in there." 

Map redrawn every 10 years

Provincial law requires an independent commission to redraw the electoral map every 10 years to account for changing population figures. 

The commission must aim to get each riding close to the average number of provincial voters per constituency — in this case, 11,667.

But it can deviate from that target if there are "communities of interest" that should logically be in the same riding: places that should share an MLA because of their natural links.

The law also requires the commission to consider "the effective representation" of English and French communities.

In its proposed map released in December, the current commission decided that meant moving Neguac into the Tracadie riding.

"Currently Neguac is located in an anglophone majority riding," the commission said in its report.

"Given the proximity to a francophone majority riding and given the enhanced importance placed on effective representation for English and French linguistic communities, the commission has placed Neguac and surrounding areas in the riding of Tracadie-Neguac."

That's only one of several unpopular moves in the region.

For us in this community of interest, we are what the province wants to be.
- Georges Savoie, mayor of Neguac

Parts of the newly created municipality of Alnwick, which includes Tabusintac and is about 50 per cent anglophone, would also be in the new Tracadie-Neguac riding.

But other parts of Alnwick, including some francophone areas, would remain with Miramichi Bay, making them an even smaller minority in a majority anglophone riding — contradicting the commission's language-based approach.

The solution is sticking with the status quo, the commission was told during public consultations last week.

"We have friends in both directions, we have people who got married English-French," said Neguac resident Rachel Allain.

"If it's the French language driving the change, I'm a strong believer in 'if it is not broken, do not fix it.' … We're good here. Let us stay with Miramichi, where we belong."

Services in Miramichi closer

Savoie said it's better for Neguac if the village is represented by an MLA whose riding also includes the place where most provincial services are located — in this case, Miramichi.

He pointed out a francophone member, Réjean Savoie, was still able to get elected in the existing majority anglophone riding in a byelection last June. 

But Savoie, the mayor, says there's another principle at stake too.

"We say we're a bilingual province. For us in this community of interest, we are what the province wants to be," he said.

"People outside this community can hardly understand that … how we can work together and be of different languages. But we don't see that. There's no barrier for us. … We find ways to do it." 

During the last redrawing of riding boundaries a decade ago, the Acadian Society of New Brunswick filed a constitutional challenge to the map over the placement of Neguac and Memramcook in two majority anglophone ridings.

Other shifts in proposed map

The lawsuit was abandoned in 2015 when the Gallant Liberal government amended the riding boundaries law to give the next commission greater leeway to deviate from the average number of voters to accommodate language concerns.

That's what has happened in three notable areas.

Along with the Neguac move, the proposed new map puts Memramcook in a riding with Dieppe. It also shifts Baie-Sainte-Anne from the majority anglophone Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin riding into majority francophone Kent North.

Levesque says the commission has adopted a "territorial" or "fortress" approach rather than recognizing that, in some parts of the province, "we have worked out mechanisms of understanding each other's cultures, each other's ways." 

Savoie believes the commission moved Neguac to the Tracadie riding to avoid another legal challenge like last time. Levesque also feels they were trying to not "rock the boat." 

Current Acadian Society president Alexandre Cedric Doucet said the organization believes effective representation requires majority-francophone ridings, but he respects Neguac's position.

"We see there's a will to stay with Miramichi. … We'll never oppose the democratic expression of a community's will."

Memramcook Mayor Maxime Bourgeois said he's happy his village will end up in a majority francophone riding, but he didn't want to wade into the Neguac debate.

"The Acadian in me would want to see Neguac with an Acadian Peninsula riding, but at the end of the day, it depends on what the community wants, and if they feel a strong connection with Miramichi, it's really a decision of the population," he said.

The commission didn't give any hints during public consultations of whether it will change its mind about Neguac when its final proposed map is released before March 12.

"I think the commission understands our position better," Savoie said, "and I hope they will look at it and try to put us in the riding that we belong to."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Jacques Poitras

Provincial Affairs reporter

Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. He grew up in Moncton and covered Parliament in Ottawa for the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. He has reported on every New Brunswick election since 1995 and won awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association, the National Newspaper Awards and Amnesty International. He is also the author of five non-fiction books about New Brunswick politics and history.




---------- Original message ----------
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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 12:09:09 -0400
Subject: Hey Higgy say Hey to Mayors Ian Fortune and Georges Savoie
for me will ya?
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/miramichi-lacks-two-mlas-debate-municipal-reform-1.6269908

Miramichi lacks two MLAs as local government debate begins

Premier has cited COVID cases for lack of byelections this fall
Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Dec 02, 2021 6:00 AM AT

People in two Miramichi-area ridings do not have representation in the
legislature as MLAs get ready to debate proposed municipal changes.
(Daniel McHardie/CBC News file photo)

A historic debate on local government reform is getting underway at
the New Brunswick Legislature with large parts of the Miramichi area
sitting on the sidelines without a voice.

Two ridings in the region lack elected members of the legislature who
could examine, amend and vote on the bill, which was introduced by
Local Government Reform Minister Daniel Allain on Wednesday.

"We have no voice, as far as somebody to represent us to the
government," says Georges Savoie, the mayor of the village of Neguac
in the riding of Miramichi Bay-Neguac.

"It's a problem because with no MLA, we try to reach the minister
directly, and that is not always something that's possible. It's not
easy when you don't have a link like the MLA."

The bill, which the government plans to pass before Christmas, will
overhaul local governance by slashing the number of municipalities and
giving regional service commissions greater powers to coordinate
service delivery.
Neguac Mayor Georges Savoie said it's not easy to voice concerns over
proposed changes without an MLA as a link. (Bridget Yard/CBC)

Savoie says Neguac will be part of the Acadian Peninsula's service
commission, while nearly local service districts that have natural
links to the village will come under the Miramichi commission.

"We are kind of divided from our region," he says, but he lacks an MLA
he can complain to.

Health reforms and reduced hours at the provincial courthouse in
Tracadie are also a concern, he says.

Miramichi Bay-Neguac's former MLA Liberal Lisa Harris resigned last
August to run in the federal election. The riding includes the eastern
edge of the city on the north side of the river and other communities
farther up the shore.

Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin Progressive Conservative MLA Jake
Stewart quit his seat at the same time, also to run federally. That
riding includes Doaktown, Boiestown and other areas upriver from the
city of Miramichi.

Stewart defeated Harris in September's federal vote and more than two
months later there have been no byelections to replace either of them
in Fredericton.
Blackville Mayor Ian Fortune says the reforms suggested for his area
are much too big to not have a voice in the legislature to debate
them. (Village of Blackville)

Blackville Mayor Ian Fortune says he'd like to have an MLA to replace
Stewart and relay his concerns that the village is being forced into
an amalgamation that is "way too big."

Blackville will merge with six adjacent local service districts, or
parts of them, to create a local government entity with a tax base 10
times what the village has now, the mayor says.

"We have nobody to speak up for us," said Fortune, who believes
Premier Blaine Higgs should have called byelections for the two vacant
seats this fall.

"They should have one in place now, or very soon, before this is going on."

Miramichi People's Alliance MLA Michelle Conroy says she receives many
calls from people in the two ridings who need help dealing with the
province.
Miramichi MLA and People's Alliance member Michelle Conroy says she
has been fielding calls from people in the neighbouring ridings who
are reaching out to her to express their concerns. (Jacques
Poitras/CBC)

"They assume that since I'm in the Miramichi region, I'm covering for
them, but they don't have the right representation and they really do
need it. Everyone needs it."

Under provincial law, Premier Blaine Higgs has six months from when a
seat becomes vacant to set a date for a byelection.

But a wrinkle in the law says that while the premier must set a date
within six months, the date itself can be farther into the future.

Higgs repeated Wednesday that he wants the two ridings to have MLAs as
soon as possible.

"We want to get representation in the area and we will be working
through the timelines in order to make that happen," he said.

Higgs has been saying he chose not to call byelections this fall
because of COVID-19 case numbers in the region.
Premier Blaine Higgs said he wants to have byelections in the two
ridings as soon as possible. The law gives the government up to six
months to set a date. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)

Savoie says he thinks the two votes could have been held safely, given
there have been federal, provincial and municipal elections during the
pandemic.

Fortune noted that Higgs didn't hesitate to call a mid-pandemic snap
provincial election in August 2020 when it enabled him to secure a
majority government.

"He wasn't long calling one before so he could get in. And now he's
turning his back on everybody," he said.

The premier's popularity took a plunge in the fall after a rise in
COVID-19 cases in the wake of a full ending of all public health
restrictions in July, a decision that officials later said was "not
the right decision to make."

This week a new Narrative Research poll had the Liberals leading the
PCs in voting intentions for the first time since 2018, with interim
Liberal leader Roger Melanson preferred as premier by more respondents
than Higgs.

Allain said Wednesday he logged 50,000 kilometres on his car during
his consultations on local government reforms and met Miramichi mayors
"numerous times" and held town halls in both vacant ridings.
Daniel Allain, New Brunswick's minister of local governance reform,
says he has travelled around the province hearing from municipal
leaders on the subject of reforms. (Ed Hunter/CBC)

"There has been constant contact through my department," he said.

A Liberal opposition bill now before the legislature would close the
loophole in the byelection law, requiring the date itself of a
byelection to be within six months of the riding becoming vacant.

All four parties in the chamber supported it unanimously on second
reading and sent it to committee.

But Liberal MLA Keith Chiasson says he believes the Progressive
Conservative government, which controls the committee schedule, now
plans to sit on the bill without ever bringing it to a vote.

"My theory on this is they wanted to avoid getting criticized for
voting this down," he says.

Higgs wouldn't commit Wednesday to his government passing the bill on
third reading.

"We did sent it to committee for a reason, in order for it to be
evaluated and for a recommendation to come back," he said.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jacques Poitras

Provincial Affairs reporter

Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New
Brunswick since 2000. Raised in Moncton, he also produces the CBC
political podcast Spin Reduxit.

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Subject: Hey Higgy say Hey to Mayors Roseline Pelletier and Erica
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On 11/19/21, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> wrote:
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-reform-voters-plebiscite-amalgamation-1.6255689
>
> End of an era as Higgs government drops voter veto on municipal mergers
>
> Not everyone will miss plebiscites that slowed reforms for two decades
> Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Nov 19, 2021 4:24 PM AT
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:30:53 -0400
> Subject: Fwd: Hey Higgy Methinks Dorothy Shephard must admit that
> Dependable Public Health Care begins with a Medicare Card instead of
> having her nasty minions inviting me to sue her in order to get one
> Correct?
> To: jmanzer@jacobibrien.com, jbosse3058@gmail.com
> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2021/09/dan-murphy-said-cost-of-policing-has.html
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 09:06:50 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: Hey Higgy Methinks Dorothy Shephard must admit that
> Dependable Public Health Care begins with a Medicare Card instead of
> having her nasty minions inviting me to sue her in order to get one
> Correct?
> To: czwibel@ccla.org, "kerri.froc" <kerri.froc@unb.ca>,
> esherkey@torys.com, gdingle@torys.com, abernstein@torys.com,
> isabel.lavoiedaigle@gnb.ca, krpfadmin@nbpolice.ca, "blaine.higgs"
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> healthplansante@gnb.ca, "Dorothy.Shephard" <Dorothy.Shephard@gnb.ca>,
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Cara Zwibel <czwibel@ccla.org>
> Subject: RE: Attn Cara Zwibel I called the CCLA and tried to tell
> you people about this email before you talked to the CBC etc
> To: "'David Amos'"
> Date: Friday, February 3, 2012, 6:02 AM
>
> Dear Mr. Amos,
>
> Thank you for your email.  I am not currently in the office and will
> not be for the rest of the day, but feel free to call me next week if
> you’d like.  As you know, we are aware of the situation in
> Fredericton as well as the legal cases where s. 301 of the
> Criminal Code has been held to violate the Charter.
>
> The information you have provided about prior use of the section
> in Fredericton is helpful.
>
> Thank you for contacting the CCLA and should you wish to speak
> to me directly, please get in touch next week.
>
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> Cara Faith Zwibel, LL.B., LL.M.
> Director, Fundamental Freedoms Program/ Directrice, programme libertés
> fondamentales
>
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> libertés civiles
> 360 Bloor St. West, Suite 506 / 360 rue Bloor Ouest, Bureau 506
> Toronto, ON M5S 1X1
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>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brusnwick-abortion-access-lawsuit-canadian-civil-liberties-association-1.6029604
>
> Premier's abortion-access comments feature in group's lawsuit against
> the province
>
> Civil liberties group wants to sue province on behalf of all New
> Brunswick residents
> Hadeel Ibrahim · CBC News · Posted: May 17, 2021 1:57 PM AT | Last
> Updated: May 17
> Clinic 554 in Fredericton has been at the centre of the abortion
> access debate in New Brunswick. (Mike Heenan/CBC)
>
> The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it has the right to sue
> the New Brunswick government for lack of abortion access, partly
> because the premier made it a legal issue in his public comments.
>
> On Monday, lawyers for the association and the province appeared
> before Chief Justice Tracey DeWare of the Court of Queen's Bench to
> argue whether the association has "public interest standing" to sue
> the province for what it sees as unconstitutional abortion laws.
>
> The civil liberties group says New Brunswick is violating both the
> Canada Health Act and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by not
> funding non-hospital abortions. This in turn "limits access to
> abortion and discriminates against women," non-binary and transgender
> people.
>
>     Transgender patients on their own after final appointments at Clinic
> 554
>
>     36 senators sign letter in support of Clinic 554
>
> Premier Blaine Higgs previously said he's been "clearly advised by our
> legal professionals" that the province is "certainly providing the
> access that's required" by offering abortions in three hospitals, and
> anyone who disagreed should take the province to court.
>
> "The mechanisms if anyone believes we're not following is to challenge
> that, and that will go through the court system and a ruling will be
> made," he said on the campaign trail last fall.
>
> In its written submissions, the association said it "has taken the
> Province up on its invitation."
>
> Before the lawsuit can continue the association must prove it has
> public-interest standing to bring this issue to court on behalf of
> anyone affected.
>
> Andrew Bernstein, one of the lawyers representing the group, said to
> get this standing three things must be proved: that the issue is
> "justiciable," meaning a legal one subject to trial, that the
> association has a genuine interest in the issue, and that a lawsuit is
> the best avenue to address it.
>
> During the 2020 election, Premier Blaine Higgs said if people think
> he's contravening the Canada Health Act and not providing adequate
> access to abortion services, they can sue. (Jon Collicott/CBC)
>
> Bernstein said Higgs's comments when challenged on this issue partly
> fulfil the first requirement.
>
> "We know where the premier of New Brunswick stands on this issue," he
> said. "We appreciate that Premier Higgs says if the federal government
> thinks that New Brunswick is violating the Canada Health Act it can
> just take the province to court, so at least a suggestion that the
> matter is justiciable."
> Provincial regulation at issue
>
> Surgical abortion services are now offered at three hospitals, two in
> Moncton and one in Bathurst.
>
> At issue is Regulation 84-20, which governs New Brunswick Medicare
> funding. A line in the regulation says surgical abortions done outside
> a hospital cannot be covered by Medicare.
> Key questions answered about Clinic 554, abortion access in N.B.
> 8 months ago
> 2:48
> Clinic 554 and the access it provides to abortion have been a
> provocative issue in the Sept. 14 election. Key questions are answered
> here. 2:48
>
> Reproductive rights activists have been lobbying the government to
> remove that line and extend funding to abortion clinics, with a focus
> on the province's only clinic that provided abortions — Clinic 554 in
> Fredericton.
>
> The doctor heading that clinic said he had to shut down because of the
> lack of funding, putting hundreds of patients back on the
> primary-care-provider waiting list.
> Public interest standing
>
> Bernstein said there is public interest at stake, partly because
> people who are affected by inadequate abortion access are not always
> able to bring the issue to court themselves. He said socioeconomic
> reasons, social stigma and the sensitive timelines around abortions
> and pregnancy are all reasons that may stop someone from taking the
> matter to court.
>
> "If [abortion] is not accessible because of unconstitutional
> regulation, our position is that that's public interest," he told the
> court.
>
> "We have this real, legitimate and enduring problem of finding
> plaintiffs who want to put themselves out there."
>
> On behalf of the attorney general, lawyer Isabel Lavoie Daigle said
> health-care funding is a governmental matter, and the courts should
> not be involved in whether the province is violating federal
> legislation.
>
> "The Canada Health Act is a federal funding statute," she said. "We
> can't turn to the court to provide a remedy."
>
>     New Brunswick being sued over abortion access
>
>     Clinic 554 and abortion access: 5 key questions answered
>
> DeWare asked if a citizen or an organization has an issue with
> constitutionality of health regulation, how else can they get a remedy
> other than through the court?
>
> "If not here, then how?" she asked.
>
> "I can't answer that questions, it's definitely a difficult question,"
> Daigle said. "But you have to think about if this is a reasonable
> place for the courts, and it's not."
>
> DeWare said whether the case will go forward is not a decision to be
> made "off the cuff," and she will make a decision before end of June
> if possible.
>
> "I will treat it as a priority," she said.
> ABOUT THE AUTHOR
> Hadeel Ibrahim
>
> Hadeel Ibrahim is a CBC reporter based in Saint John. She can be
> reached at hadeel.ibrahim@cbc.ca
>
> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>
>
> https://ccla.org/clinic554/
>
> Reproductive justice
> The issue
>
> A draconian New Brunswick regulation excludes abortions from coverage
> unless done in approved hospitals, even though this is not medically
> necessary or justified. Most other medical services are provided in
> hospitals, clinics, or doctors’ offices. The New Brunswick law has
> created a serious issue for new Brunswick women, girls and trans folks
> who need access to abortion.
>
> At the time of writing, there are only three approved hospitals in the
> entire province that perform surgical abortions – one in the small
> city of Bathurst, NB, that only accepts patients from the Bathurst
> area, and two in Moncton, a city of 70,000 people. “With those three
> hospitals in two cities, 90% of New Brunswickers do not have adequate
> access to abortion services in their community”, explains Noa
> Mendelsohn Aviv, CCLA’s Equality Director.
>
> The hospitals also limit when they will provide abortions. Coupled
> with wait times, quotas, and travel requirements, this raises very
> grave access issues for women, girls and trans individuals across the
> province – in particular those who may be marginalized, dealing with
> poverty, or domestic violence.  Their rights to liberty, security,
> privacy and equality deserve to be protected.
>
> The New Brunswick regulation that restricts access to abortion
> violates the Canada Health Act and infringes fundamental rights under
> the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
>
> CCLA has been a leader in protecting fundamental freedoms, in fighting
> for women’s right to choose, and in defending the rights of
> marginalized individuals and groups. CCLA has been actively advocating
> for reproductive justice for decades, including an intervention
> alongside Dr. Henry Morgentaler in 1975 – over a decade before the
> eventual landmark pro-choice decision of the Supreme Court in 1988.
>
> CCLA is grateful for the support and pro bono contribution of our
> excellent legal team and their firm: Andrew Bernstein, Gillian Dingle
> and Emily Sherkey (Torys LLP). CCLA is also grateful to our
> outstanding advisor Prof. Kerri Froc (UNB Law).
>
>
>
> Isabel Lavoie Daigle
> Called to the bar: 2004 (NB)
> Attorney General (NB), Office of the
> Lawyer, Constitutional Unit
> Legal Services Branch
> PO Box 6000, Stn. A
> Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5H1
> Phone: 506-453-2222 Ext:
> Fax: 506-453-3275
> Email: isabel.lavoiedaigle@gnb.ca
>
> Andrew E. Bernstein
> Called to the bar: 1999 (ON)
> Partner Torys LLP
> Ste. 3000, 79 Wellington St. W., TD Centre
> P.O. Box 270, Stn. Toronto
> Toronto, Ontario M5K 1N2
> Phone: 416-865-7678
> Fax: 416-865-7380
> Email: abernstein@torys.com
>
> Andrew Bernstein's practice focuses on business law disputes,
> including intellectual property, commercial and public law matters. A
> significant portion of his practice involves patents, copyright,
> trademarks, trade secrets and domain names disputes arising in the
> life sciences, information technology, media and other industries.
> Andrew has substantial expertise in pharmaceutical patents cases. He
> also has expertise in advertising and regulatory law, both inside and
> outside the pharmaceutical industry.
>
> Andrew maintains an active commercial litigation practice, including
> considerable experience in class actions, licensing, contract and tort
> actions. He also has substantial expertise in public law, having acted
> for both public and private sector clients in administrative hearings,
> judicial reviews and Charter matters. Andrew also frequently advises
> and defends traditional and new media clients on defamation and free
> expression issues.
>
> Andrew is also an experienced appellate lawyer, and has appeared
> numerous times in Divisional Court, the Ontario and Federal Courts of
> Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada.
>
> Gillian B. Dingle
> Called to the bar: 2005 (ON)
> Partner Torys LLP
> Phone: 416-865-8229
> Fax: 416-865-7380
> Email: gdingle@torys.com
>
> Gillian is the practice group leader for Torys’ litigation department.
> Her practice focuses on civil litigation in the areas of corporate and
> securities law. She is also a co-head of the firm’s securities defence
> practice. Gillian acts for capital market participants in defending
> civil claims and regulatory investigations before the Investment
> Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada and the Ontario Securities
> Commission. She also advises on internal investigations into
> regulatory matters.
>
> Emily Sherkey
> Called to the bar: 2015 (ON)
> Torys LLP Associate
> Phone: 416-865-8165
> Email: esherkey@torys.com
>
> Emily’s practice focuses on litigation and dispute resolution in a
> variety of areas, with a particular focus on investor-state
> arbitration, international commercial arbitration,
> corporate/commercial litigation and intellectual property.
>
> Emily has appeared as counsel at all levels of court in Ontario, and
> at the Federal Court. Emily has also appeared in and has expertise in
> commercial and investment arbitrations with the International Centre
> for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the United Nations
> Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the International
> Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the London Court of International
> Arbitration (LCIA).
>
> Emily is on the Board of Directors of the Young Canadian Arbitration
> Practitioners (YCAP).
>
>
> Kerri Froc
> Associate Professor PhD
> Faculty of Law,
> Room 204A
> Fredericton
> 1 506 453 4726
kerri.froc@unb.ca
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 13:36:58 -0400
> Subject: Hey Higgy Methinks Dorothy Shephard must admit that
> Dependable Public Health Care begins with a Medicare Card instead of
> having her nasty minions inviting me to sue her in order to get one
> Correct?
> To: krpfadmin@nbpolice.ca, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
> "hugh.flemming" <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, david.coon@gnb.ca, "Robert.
> Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, "Ross.Wetmore" <Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca>,
> "kris.austin" <kris.austin@gnb.ca>, "robert.gauvin"
> <robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>, "Roger.L.Melanson" <roger.l.melanson@gnb.ca>,
> "rob.moore" <rob.moore@parl.gc.ca>, John.williamson@parl.gc.ca,
> "Roger.Brown" <Roger.Brown@fredericton.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki"
> <Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "barbara.massey"
> <barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Bill.Blair" <Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca>
> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, healthplansante@gnb.ca,
> "Dorothy.Shephard" <Dorothy.Shephard@gnb.ca>, "Norman.Bosse"
> <Norman.Bosse@gnb.ca>, "charles.murray" <charles.murray@gnb.ca>
>
> https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/health/healthcare_review.html
>
>
> Striving for Dependable Public Health Care 2021
> consulthc_600x180
>
> Want to share your thoughts about the future of health care? Write to:
> healthplansante@gnb.ca
>
> Government will work with New Brunswickers to build a five-year
> provincial health plan that supports a health-care system that is
> responsive to the needs of patients, providers, and communities now
> and into the future.
>
> Every New Brunswicker has the right to expect that their provincial
> health-care system will provide consistent and timely access to
> quality heath services. Even more importantly, they should be able to
> have faith that those services can be sustained well into the future.
> - Minister Shephard
>
> New Brunswickers are invited to participate in a virtual engagement
> process on the future of health care in New Brunswick which will
> inform the creation of the provincial health plan.
>
> All sessions will be held online using Zoom. The engagement tour
> schedule will be released in the coming weeks.
>
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/all-options-health-care-1.5889455
>
>
> All options on table as province looks to future of health care
>
>
> Privatization, user fees, increased access to abortion - Minister
> calls it a look at the whole picture
>
> CBC News · Posted: Jan 27, 2021 12:06 PM AT
>
> The Health Department released a policy paper Tuesday about the state
> of the province’s health-care system, titled “Striving for Dependable
> Public Health Care.” (Shutterstock / KieferPix)
>
> The province is set to undertake a major consultation process on the
> future of health care and it says everything is on the table.
>
> The Department of Health kick–started the consultations Tuesday by
> releasing a policy paper about the state of the province's health–care
> system titled "Striving for Dependable Public Health Care."
>
> The province will hold virtual town halls in about a dozen
> communities, including the six where the province had announced
> reductions in ER hours that they later walked back, and said "anyone
> interested in attending a virtual session will be able to register to
> attend."
>
> In an interview with Information Morning Fredericton, Health Minister
> Dorothy Shephard said she's looking forward to hearing from New
> Brunswickers about what they want from their health–care system.
>
>     CUPE calls for immediate action to improve working conditions for LPNs
>
>     New Brunswick being sued over abortion access
>
> She promised all topics and potential reforms will be on the table if
> the public demands it, including more private services, user fees and
> increased access to abortion.
>
> "We have to look at the whole picture," said Shephard.
>
> "I'm not predetermining anything."
> Family doctors
>
> Shephard said she expects to hear a lot from New Brunswickers about
> primary care, including family doctors.
>
> "Ninety-five per cent of New Brunswickers have a family physician, but
> only 55 per cent of them can see one within five days," said Shephard.
>
> "We need to try with our medical society and our family physicians to
> find out how we can make sure that care is delivered more
> comprehensively and in a very timely fashion to keep people out of ERs
> and to keep people out of hospital."
>
> Information Morning - Fredericton12:36Health plan
> New Brunswick's Health Minister Dorothy Shephard wants public input on
> the state of health care in the province. 12:36
>
> The New Brunswick Medical Society said 2018 polling indicated 44,000
> New Brunswickers did not have access to a primary care doctor.
>
> Shephard said she understands the need to hire more nurses and
> doctors, but said every other jurisdiction is in the same position.
>
> While she wants to make New Brunswick a more attractive place for
> medical professionals, changing how services are delivered may be
> necessary.
>
> She said the aging population makes these consultations all the more
> important.
>
> "Twenty-six per cent of our population is going to be over the age of
> 65 in five years," said Shephard.
>
> "The response needs to be to what their needs are at that point and so
> it needs to be evolving. I don't know that there are going to be that
> many more doctors available. So how do we utilize our medical
> professionals in the best way? What services can we shift with other
> medical professionals? Those are the challenges and the discussions we
> have to have at a community level and I think they're very ready for
> that conversation."
> Consultations during COVID
>
> The push to evaluate the province's health–care system comes as
> COVID-19 restrictions remain, with one zone in lockdown and another in
> the red phase of recovery.
>
> But Shephard said the review has already been delayed several times
> and can't be put off forever.
>
> "The challenges are there, they're going to remain there and our
> province has been without a real five year health–care plan for a year
> now," said Shephard.
> In an interview with Information Morning Fredericton, Health Minister
> Dorothy Shephard said she’s looking forward to hearing from New
> Brunswickers about what they want from their health-care system. (Ed
> Hunter/CBC)
>
> "We need to be able to deliver a five year plan to the [Regional
> Health Authorities] that we can be accountable to and that they can be
> accountable to."
>
> Shephard said the province is engaging with 26 different stakeholder
> groups, including First Nations, as well as other government
> departments.
>
> Shephard said the province must abide by the Canada Health Act, and
> she believes health care must remain public and available to all, but
> she did leave the door open to more privatization.
>
> "I don't know how the next several years is going to evolve … with the
> way that maybe a private sector comes into this," said Shephard.
>
> "We already use pharmacists, they're private. We already use some, you
> know, some other medical professionals who come into this."
>
> People looking to give feedback on the department's discussion paper
> can email them to healthplansante@gnb.ca.
>
> With files from Information Morning Fredericton
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:49:17 -0300
> Subject: YO NORMAN J. BOSSÉ Q.C. Re my right to Health Care Methinks
> you should have been decent enough to return my calls or answer my
> emails instead of having your minion piss me off N'esy Pas?
> To: Norman.Bosse@gnb.ca, Charles.Murray@gnb.ca, "hugh.flemming"
> <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, "Ginette.PetitpasTaylor"
> <Ginette.PetitpasTaylor@parl.gc.ca>, ray.adlington@mcinnescooper.com,
> "Frank.McKenna" <Frank.McKenna@td.com>, "blaine.higgs"
> <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "Dominic.Cardy" <Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>,
> David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca, "andrea.anderson-mason"
> <andrea.anderson-mason@gnb.ca>, "Nathalie.Drouin"
> <Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca>
> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>,
> kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Jolene.harvey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> Sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, "hon.ralph.goodale"
> <hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>
>
> On 9/10/19, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> wrote:
>> NORMAN J. BOSSÉ Q.C.
>> Phone : (506) 453-2789
>> Fax : (506) 453-5599
>> Email : Norman.Bosse@gnb.ca
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Barbara Massey <Barbara.Massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>> Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:38:14 -0400
>> Subject: Re: Yo Mr Butts Are your ears burning? If not then you are
>> not reading the spin and the comments within CBC N'esy Pas? (Out of
>> Office )
>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>>
>> I will be away on duty until Sept. 13, 2019.  In my absence, you may
>> contact:
>> Jolene Harvey (Acting Sr. Gen. Counsel)  613 843 4892;
>> Jolene.harvey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca or my Exec. Asst. – Sandra Lofaro 613 843
>> 3540; Sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Je serai absente en mission jusqu'au 13 sept.,  2019.  Pendant mon
>> absence, vous pouvez communiquer avec Jolene Harvey (Avocate gén.
>> princ.) au  613 843 4892; Jolene.harvey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ou avec mon adj.
>> exéc. - Sandra Lofaro 613 843 3540; Sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: Kevin Leahy <kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:38:43 -0400
>> Subject: Re: RE The call from the Boston cop Robert Ridge (857 259
>> 9083) on behalf of the VERY corrupt Yankee DA Rachael Rollins
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> French will follow
>>
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>>
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>> acting EMRO Sebastien Brillon at sebastien.brillon@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>
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>> acting CO Farquharson, David at David.Farquharson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>
>> All PPS related correspondence should be sent to my PPS account at
>> kevin.leahy@pps-spp@parl.gc.ca
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>
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>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 11:55:57 -0400
>> Subject: Re the CBA, the RCMP, Federal Court File # T-1557-15 and the
>> Hearing before the Federal Court of Appeal on May 24th 2017
>> To: ray.adlington@mcinnescooper.com, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>,
>> "bob.paulson" <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "hon.ralph.goodale"
>> <hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, "Jody.Wilson-Raybould"
>> <Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca>, "bill.pentney"
>> <bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, "jan.jensen" <jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>
>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, Mordaith
>> <Mordaith@gmail.com>, "leanne.murray"
>> <leanne.murray@mcinnescooper.com>, gopublic <gopublic@cbc.ca>,
>> "Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "nick.moore"
>> <nick.moore@bellmedia.ca>, "jeremy.keefe"
>> <jeremy.keefe@globalnews.ca>, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
>> "Gilles.Blinn" <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"
>> <Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>, sallybrooks25 <sallybrooks25@yahoo.ca>,
>> oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, jbosnitch
>> <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "serge.rousselle" <serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>,
>> premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "brian.gallant" <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>,
>> "Larry.Tremblay" <Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "luc.labonte"
>> <luc.labonte@gnb.ca>
>>
>> As I told the RCMP who called me last month the proper time and place
>> to discuss the CBA and your former partner Judge Richard Bell is the
>> Federal Court of Canada
>>
>> Raymond G. Adlington Partner
>> McInnes Cooper
>> 1300-1969 Upper Water St., Purdy's Wharf Tower II PO Box 730, Stn.
>> Central
>> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2V1
>> Phone: (902) 444-8470
>> Fax: (902) 425-6350
>> E: ray.adlington@mcinnescooper.com
>>
>> http://www.mcinnescooper.com/news/ray-adlington-named-to-cba-board-of-directors/
>>
>> Ray Adlington named to CBA Board of Directors
>>
>>     May 2, 2017
>>
>> Halifax partner Ray Adlington was recently named to the CBA Board of
>> Directors.
>>
>> In their announcement yesterday the CBA advised that the board would
>> come into effect September 1st, 2017.
>>
>>     After collecting extensive input over the past two years, we know
>> that CBA members believe it’s important for the organization to have a
>> Board of Directors that reflects the diversity of the legal
>> profession, including a mix of practice types, experience, skills,
>> geography and more.
>>     Our new Board of Directors exemplifies this principle.
>>
>> The board is composed from one member from each province as well as
>> the CBA President.
>>
>> Congratulations Ray on this well deserved appointment.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:15:59 -0400
>>> Subject: Hey Ralph Goodale perhaps you and the RCMP should call the
>>> Yankees Governor Charlie Baker, his lawyer Bob Ross, Rachael Rollins
>>> and this cop Robert Ridge (857 259 9083) ASAP EH Mr Prime Minister
>>> Trudeau the Younger and Donald Trump Jr?
>>> To: pm@pm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
>>> Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca, djtjr@trumporg.com,
>>> Donald.J.Trump@donaldtrump.com, JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca,
>>> Frank.McKenna@td.com, barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>> Douglas.Johnson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>> washington.field@ic.fbi.gov, Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>> gov.press@state.ma.us, bob.ross@state.ma.us, jfurey@nbpower.com,
>>> jfetzer@d.umn.edu, Newsroom@globeandmail.com, sfine@globeandmail.com,
>>> .Poitras@cbc.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca, David.Akin@globalnews.ca,
>>> Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, news@kingscorecord.com,
>>> news@dailygleaner.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com, jbosnitch@gmail.com,
>>> andre@jafaust.com>
>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com, DJT@trumporg.com
>>> wharrison@nbpower.com, David.Lametti@parl.gc.camcu@justice.gc.ca,
>>> Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca, hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca
>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: "Murray, Charles (Ombud)" <Charles.Murray@gnb.ca>
>>>> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:16:15 +0000
>>>> Subject: You wished to speak with me
>>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> I have the advantage, sir, of having read many of your emails over the
>>>> years.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As such, I do not think a phone conversation between us, and
>>>> specifically one which you might mistakenly assume was in response to
>>>> your threat of legal action against me, is likely to prove a
>>>> productive use of either of our time.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If there is some specific matter about which you wish to communicate
>>>> with me, feel free to email me with the full details and it will be
>>>> given due consideration.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Charles Murray
>>>>
>>>> Ombud NB
>>>>
>>>> Acting Integrity Commissioner
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> From: Justice Website <JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca>
>>>>> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:21:11 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova Scotia
>>>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mr. Amos,
>>>>> We acknowledge receipt of your recent emails to the Deputy Minister of
>>>>> Justice and lawyers within the Legal Services Division of the
>>>>> Department of Justice respecting a possible claim against the Province
>>>>> of Nova Scotia.  Service of any documents respecting a legal claim
>>>>> against the Province of Nova Scotia may be served on the Attorney
>>>>> General at 1690 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS.  Please note that we will
>>>>> not be responding to further emails on this matter.
>>>>>
>>>>> Department of Justice
>>>>>
>>>>> On 8/3/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> If want something very serious to download and laugh at as well
>>>>>> Please
>>>>>> Enjoy and share real wiretap tapes of the mob
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-greenwald-and-braz
>>>>>> ilian.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/09/nsa-leak-guardian.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I must
>>>>>>> ask them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING????
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugUalUO8YY
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon the
>>>>>>> USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament baseball
>>>>>>> cards?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://archive.org/details/ITriedToExplainItToAllMaritimersInEarly200
>>>>>>> 6
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/2006/05/wiretap-tapes-impeach-bush.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://archive.org/details/Part1WiretapTape143
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
>>>>>>> Senator Arlen Specter
>>>>>>> United States Senate
>>>>>>> Committee on the Judiciary
>>>>>>> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
>>>>>>> Washington, DC 20510
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear Mr. Specter:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
>>>>>>> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the
>>>>>>> matters
>>>>>>> raised in the attached letter.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire tap
>>>>>>> tapes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this
>>>>>>> previously.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Very truly yours,
>>>>>>> Barry A. Bachrach
>>>>>>> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
>>>>>>> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
>>>>>>> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 10:55:28 -0400
> Subject: Jamie Irving's lawyer Cathy Lahey QC cannot deny that I am a
> man of my word and gave her a call Then gave up on her integrity the
> instant she played dumb N'esy Pas Madame Lahey?
> To: clahey@stewartmckelvey.com, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre
> <andre@jafaust.com>, jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "Arseneau, Kevin
> (LEG)" <Kevin.A.Arseneau@gnb.ca>, erin.crandall@acadiau.ca,
> lorihausegger@boisestate.edu, sfine <sfine@globeandmail.com>, Newsroom
> <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, "Robert. Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>,
> "David.Lametti" <David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>,
> "jan.jensen" <jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>, "Norman.Sabourin"
> <Norman.Sabourin@cjc-ccm.gc.ca>, "marc.giroux"
> <marc.giroux@fja-cmf.gc.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, "dominic.leblanc.c1"
> <dominic.leblanc.c1@parl.gc.ca>, "dominic.leblanc"
> <dominic.leblanc@nb.aibn.com>, "dominic.leblanc"
> <dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca>, dleblanc <dleblanc@globeandmail.com>,
> "Jody.Wilson-Raybould" <Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca>,
> "Jane.Philpott" <Jane.Philpott@parl.gc.ca>, "Erin.Weir"
> <Erin.Weir@parl.gc.ca>, "tony.clement" <tony.clement@parl.gc.ca>,
> "Hunter.Tootoo" <Hunter.Tootoo@parl.gc.ca>, "andrew.scheer"
> <andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>, "maxime.bernier"
> <maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>, "Mark.Blakely"
> <Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "martin.gaudet"
> <martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca>
>
> https://stewartmckelvey.com/people/lahey-cathy/
>
> Cathy Lahey, QC
> Suite 1000, Brunswick House
> 44 Chipman Hill
> Saint John, N.B.
> E2L 2A9
> clahey@stewartmckelvey.com,
> +1.506.632.8307
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/jamie-irving-appearance-postponed-wrongful-dismissal-suit-1.5199773
>
> Jamie Irving's appearance at trial postponed for medical reasons
>
> Brunswick News VP was supposed to testify Thursday in wrongful
> dismissal suit of former managing editor
> CBC News · Posted: Jul 04, 2019 1:44 PM AT
>
> David R. Amos
>
> HMMM
>
> "Speaking via teleconference, Catherine Lahey, Irving's lawyer, said
> her client's preference was to get the matter resolved before the end
> of those four weeks."
>
> Methinks I should give the lady a call as well N'esy Pas?
>
> June 29, 2017
>
> We are pleased to announce that Cathy Lahey, QC, partner in our Saint
> John office, has been appointed to the Department of Justice’s
> Judicial Advisory Committee (“JAC”) in New Brunswick for a two-year
> term.
>
> This comes as part of an announcement from The Honourable Jody
> Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada,
> who appointed members in five provincial jurisdictions, adding to the
> existing complement of JACs.
>
> JACs are independent bodies which were formed as part of a new
> process, announced in October 2016, to assess federal judicial
> applicants and provide the Minister of Justice with lists of
> high-calibre candidates who represent the diversity of Canada.
>
> Cathy joins Twila Reid, partner in our St. John’s office, who was
> appointed to the JAC in Newfoundland and Labrador earlier this year
>
>
>
> On 7/3/19, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Methinks it was an interesting Yap Session you had with the arsehole
>> you can't name correctly who is the former SANB President. BTW that
>> arsehole is the dude who was barred from the Legilature for speaking
>> from the gallery not me. It High Tme that you et your bullshit stories
>> straight EH Chucky Baby?
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=674yV12RFzs
>>
>>
>> Political cartoonist Michael de Adder firing is debated!!!!
>> 63 views
>> Charles Leblanc
>> Published on Jul 2, 2019
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU3kcK6RdL8&t=3s
>>
>> David Amos Federal Court Date is today at 2:00pm at the Federal
>> Building!!!
>> 469 views
>> Charles Leblanc
>> Published on May 24, 2017
>>
>>
>> Obviously you talked to Judge Richard Bell not long after you came to
>> the circus in Federal Court N'esy Pas?
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGCRGOKV3UU
>>
>> Federal Judge Richard Bell is confronted by the Pain in the Ass
>> Blogger!!!!
>> 157 views
>> Charles Leblanc
>> Published on May 31, 2017
>>
>>
>>>> This is the docket in Federal Court
>>>>
>>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
>>>>
>>>> These are digital recordings of  the last three hearings
>>>>
>>>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
>>>>
>>>> January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015
>>>>
>>>> April 3rd, 2017
>>>>
>>>> https://archive.org/details/April32017JusticeLeblancHearing
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal
>>>>
>>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The only hearing thus far
>>>>
>>>> May 24th, 2017
>>>>
>>>> https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity
>>>>
>>>> Date: 20151223
>>>>
>>>> Docket: T-1557-15
>>>>
>>>> Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015
>>>>
>>>> PRESENT:        The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell
>>>>
>>>> BETWEEN:
>>>>
>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>>>>
>>>> Plaintiff
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>>>
>>>> Defendant
>>>>
>>>> ORDER
>>>>
>>>> (Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on
>>>> December 14, 2015)
>>>>
>>>> The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant to
>>>> the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on November
>>>> 12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of Claim
>>>> in its entirety.
>>>>
>>>> At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my attention a
>>>> letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then
>>>> capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian
>>>> Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen Quigg,
>>>> (now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal).  In that letter
>>>> he stated:
>>>>
>>>> As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check the
>>>> work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including you.
>>>> You are your brother’s keeper.
>>>>
>>>> Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former
>>>> colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition to
>>>> expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a number of
>>>> people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be witnesses
>>>> or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known to
>>>> me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime
>>>> Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former
>>>> Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court of
>>>> Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore;
>>>> former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; former
>>>> Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former Staff
>>>> Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick Court
>>>> of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, retired
>>>> Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted
>>>> Police.
>>>>
>>>> In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my
>>>> personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many
>>>> potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I am
>>>> of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias should I
>>>> hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in
>>>> Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et al,
>>>> [1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding
>>>> allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party has
>>>> requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the Administrator of
>>>> the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion.  There
>>>> is no order as to costs.
>>>>
>>>> “B. Richard Bell”
>>>> Judge
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one comment
>>>> already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had sent
>>>> to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006.
>>>>
>>>>  I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the  the Court
>>>> Martial Appeal Court of Canada  Perhaps you should scroll to the
>>>> bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83  of my
>>>> lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada?
>>>>
>>>> "FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the
>>>> most
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>> From: justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca
>>>> Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:18 PM
>>>> Subject: Réponse automatique : RE My complaint against the CROWN in
>>>> Federal Court Attn David Hansen and Peter MacKay If you planning to
>>>> submit a motion for a publication ban on my complaint trust that you
>>>> dudes are way past too late
>>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> Veuillez noter que j'ai changé de courriel. Vous pouvez me rejoindre à
>>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>>>>
>>>> Pour rejoindre le bureau de M. Trudeau veuillez envoyer un courriel à
>>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>>>>
>>>> Please note that I changed email address, you can reach me at
>>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>>>>
>>>> To reach the office of Mr. Trudeau please send an email to
>>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>> Merci ,
>>
>>
>>
>> https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/07/dominic-leblancs-family-friends.html
>>
>>
>> Tuesday, 2 July 2019
>>
>> Dominic LeBlanc's family, friends, neighbour win 5 of 6 recent
>> judicial appointments
>>
>> https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies
>>
>> David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
>> Replying to @DavidRayAmos @alllibertynews and 49 others
>> Methinks we have nobody to blame but ourselves because we keep
>> reelecting the same crooks N'esy Pas?
>>
>> https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/07/dominic-leblancs-family-friends.html
>>
>>
>>  #cdnpoli #nbpoli
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/judicial-appointments-dominic-leblanc-family-friends-political-patronage-1.5191054
>>
>>
>> Dominic LeBlanc's family, friends, neighbour win 5 of 6 recent
>> judicial appointments
>>
>>
>> 2220 Comments
>> Commenting is now closed for this story.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mo Bennett
>> what else wood you expect from a politician?
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @mo bennett: YO MO Check the most liked comments and enjoy
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Mack Leigh
>> Equal opportunity here in NB ?? Nope, not by a long shot...nepotism
>> and patronage reign supreme !!! No wonder NB is in the toilet !!!
>>
>> Greg Miller
>> Reply to @Mack Leigh: And it's been a long time since it was FLUSHED!
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Content disabled
>> Reply to @Mack Leigh: Methinks we have nobody to blame but ourselves
>> because we keep reelecting the same crooks N'esy Pas?
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Content disabled
>> Reply to @Mack Leigh: "Content disabled"
>>
>> Oh My My
>>
>> Mike Banton
>> Reply to @Mack Leigh: The NERVE of Liberals to act Like Conservatives,
>> I tell ya!
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/peter-mackay-s-friends-colleagues-make-up-6-of-9-judge-appointees-1.2956696
>>
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Content disabled
>> Reply to @Mike Banton: Methinks the Conservatives certainly did have a
>> lot of nerve N'esy Pas?
>>
>> BTW Notice No Comments?
>>
>> Stephen Harper’s courts: How the judiciary has been remade
>> Sean Fine Justice Writer
>> Published July 24, 2015
>>
>> https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/stephen-harpers-courts-how-the-judiciary-has-been-remade/article25661306/
>>
>> Dave Davidson
>> Reply to @david mccaig:
>>
>> And the elusive “whataboutist” rears it’s head.
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Dave Davidson : Whatabout Why I can't reply to anyon in this
>> thread?
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Mack Leigh: Methinks the lady professors must have read my
>> emails by now N'esy Pas?
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> William Bruce
>> This, ladies and gentlemen, is how the LPC rolls.
>> No wonder 70-plus percent of Canadians don't trust them.
>>
>> Richard Sharp
>> Reply to @William Bruce:
>>
>> Actually the latest Nanos poll, still unannounced, confirms what Nanos
>> reported last week with the Libs pulling even with the Cons. This
>> week, the Libs have pulled ahead 35 to 32 (per cent)
>>
>> http://blog.338canada.com/
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Richard Sharp: Methinks you love pounding on that dumb drum
>> to the same old tune N'esy Pas?
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @William Bruce: Methinks you forgot the Conservatives roll in
>> exactly the same fashion N'esy Pas?
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/harper-organizer-appointed-to-bench-1.602730
>>
>> Harper organizer appointed to bench
>> CBC News · Posted: Jun 27, 2006 3:05 PM AT
>>
>> "New Brunswick lawyer Richard Bellhas been appointed to sit as a judge
>> in the Court of Queen's Bench in Moncton, in Prime Minister Stephen
>> Harper's first round of judicial appointments.
>>
>> Bell,a lawyer in Fredericton, is a former New Brunswick co-chair of
>> Harper's political campaigns.
>>
>> The federal Tories announced the appointment in Ottawa on Tuesday.
>>
>> Bell has been a lawyer for26 years and is bilingual.He alsohas an
>> interesting political history.
>>
>> A formerfederal Liberal,in 1997 he lost a controversial nomination
>> race in the riding of Tobique-Mactaquac.
>>
>> He switched to the Canadian Alliance, which later merged to become the
>> Conservative Party of Canada.
>>
>> Bell co-chaired Harper's campaign for the leadership of the new party in
>> 2004.
>>
>> He also co-chaired the party's election campaigns in New Brunswick in
>> 2004 and 2006."
>>
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>>
>> James Risdon
>> Ten years or so ago, I was out of work. The most common bit of advice
>> I got was to go see my local politician. Everyone in northern New
>> Brunswick knows that the way to get a job here is to cozy up to the
>> politicians because nepotism is the main way to get a good-paying job.
>>
>> I didn't go that route. I went back to school and got another college
>> diploma and set up my own business.
>>
>> During that time, one of my old resumes landed me a job in government
>> by a manager who was hiring three people. In the interview, that
>> manager admitted to me that two of those three people had gotten their
>> jobs through connections and had circumvented the normal hiring
>> process. I was the only person to be offered the job based on merit.
>> The department was rife with nepotism. I took a pass and completed my
>> education instead.
>>
>> I've lived all over Canada and I have never seen the level of nepotism
>> anywhere else that exists in New Brunswick.
>>
>> So, no, I'm not at all surprised by this news story. It's not the
>> exception. It's the unwritten rule.
>>
>> Mark Hammer
>> Reply to @James Risdon: We lived in New Brunswick for 3 years, during
>> which time I had the pleasure of regularly lunching with
>> (Conservative, now retired) Speaker of the Senate Noel Kinsella, and
>> the other faculty members of the university I was teaching at, and
>> overhearing all the chit-chat. It seemed everybody in that province
>> knew, or was related to, everyone else.
>>
>> Several coworkers in the federal government thought they might study
>> the risk of nepotism in public service hiring, and made the mistake of
>> selecting Trois-Rivieres as their sample, learning in the process that
>> a substantial share of federal employees across all departments there
>> shared the same family name.
>>
>> An American colleague conducted a number of focus groups on nepotism
>> in U.S. federal hiring. Much to his surprise, he found that while his
>> respondents were annoyed at HOW people came into the organization,
>> after working with them for a while, begrudgingly acknowledged that
>> those individuals were valuable additions.
>>
>> So, while one should always strive to reduce it, sometimes you can't
>> avoid nepotism, sometimes you can't tell if it IS nepotism, and
>> sometimes nepotism, as unsavoury as it is, is not contrary to merit.
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Mark Hammer: Methinks you likely heard Noel Kinsella curse
>> my name a few times N'esy Pas?
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @James Risdon: Methinks you know as well as I that nepotism
>> is everywhere and it is not illegal and even if it were the Attorney
>> General's would never prosecute themselves or be found guilty by the
>> judges they appointed Furthermore what lawyer would dare to argue them
>> N'esy Pas?
>>
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>>
>> Mack Leigh
>> And do we honestly believe that decisions made by these individuals
>> would be based on the " facts " and not the Liberal Parties " Agenda "
>> ?? Come on folks, open your eyes !!
>>
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Mack Leigh: "Come on folks, open your eyes !!"
>>
>> Why bother if you can't read the replies to your comments?
>>
>>
>> David Mccaig
>> Reply to @Mack Leigh:
>> COME ON FOLKS open your eyes, as if anything would be different or has
>> been different under these cons in power.
>>
>> James Risdon
>> Reply to @david mccaig: And there you have it. That's exactly the kind
>> of reasoning that leads to this nepotism.
>>
>> Those who support nepotism tend to see it as a way of building loyal
>> teams of people who share the same vision and who can therefore work
>> together effectively by reducing conflict.
>>
>> The sad thing is that this is actually true ... to a point.
>>
>> Without the natural diversity of viewpoints that tends to arise when
>> people are hired on the basis of merit, teams based on nepotism become
>> echo chambers for those in power. These teams are so limited in their
>> worldview that they create their own troubles by refusing to consider
>> other points of view which may greatly benefit them and help them
>> achieve their objectives. The result of such teams is often a
>> grandiose plan with fatal flaws that others outside the group would
>> have immediately spotted.
>>
>> It's tough but the left needs to learn to listen to the right and the
>> right needs to do the same with the left. True diversity is not about
>> skin colour and gender. It is about considering and respecting other
>> viewpoints.
>>
>>
>> David Mccaig
>> Reply to @James Risdon:
>> "AS IF the government in power are to appoint people to positions of
>> influence that are trying to undermine their positions of power."
>> THAT'S THE REALITY OF POLITICS , always has been always will be. Get over
>> it.
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @James Risdon: I agree Methinks amazing things never cease N'esy
>> Pas?
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @david mccaig: "Get over it."
>>
>> Nay not I
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @James Risdon: Yea Right Did you listen to my point of view
>> during the last provincial election that we both ran in? You know as
>> well as I that your Politcal Party leader has watched me argue Liberal
>> and Conservative appointed judges in Federal Court He has enjoyed
>> watching me argue the liberal appointed cronies during 3 EUB Hearings
>> thus far. One of the EUB Commissioners i none other than John Herron
>> the turncoat dude I ran against in 2004 Methinks every lawyer and
>> politician in New Brunswick knows that N'esy Pas?
>>
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>> David R. Amos
>> Surprise Surprise Surprise
>>
>> Mark (Junkman) George
>> Reply to @David R. Amos:
>>
>> Not really.
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Mark (Junkman) George: Methinks you may know that if you go
>> to my blog you can read the Globe and Mail article from 2015 N'esy
>> Pas?
>>
>> Donald Smith
>> Why am I not surprised to see this. But honestly, is it really any
>> different with any other political party ?
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Donald Smith: Check Harper's work
>>
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>> William Bruce
>>  I need to have a shower after reading this article....
>>
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @William Bruce: Me Too
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>> Jack R. Kimball:
>> Liberals - Nepotism
>>
>> David R. Amos Reply to @Jack R. Kimball: Methinks Nepotism.is a common
>> term justifiably applied to all political parties N'esy Pas?
>>
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>> April Wong
>> This surprised you? Welcome to Canada. Your democratic government hard
>> at work for its donors!
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @April Wong: Methinks many a true word is said in jest N'esy
>> Pas?
>>
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>> David Kirby
>> This is the Liberals it is there way of being
>>
>> David Magner (YYC)
>> Reply to @david kirby:
>>
>> ... same goes for the Cons. Time to try a third party federally.
>>
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @David Magner (YYC): Methinks its high time to rid ourselves
>> of all political parties N'esy Pas?
>>
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>> Capilano P. Dunbar
>> This certainly validates JWR and her contention of undue interference.
>> It’s shocking and shows far from running a government that is more
>> open transparent and less partisan Justin Trudeau is a hyper-partisan
>> individual who places the Liberal party as his highest priority and
>> greatest loyalty!
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Capilano P. Dunbar: Methinks everybody knows that lawyer
>> played the wicked game just like all the rest N'esy Pas?
>>
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>> Murray Brown
>>  This story that displays obvious back room politics as normal, will
>> never make it to the national portion of this website and frankly....
>> I'm surprised it's appeared regionally. But thank you Robert Jones for
>> actually doing some 'investigative' journalism. Mentioning Judy will
>> send this regional story to the dustbin of the CBC vault, but your
>> efforts are appreciated.
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Murray Brown: Too Too Funny
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Murray Brown: You are correct this is just merely decent local
>> gossip
>>
>> Methinks many political pundits understand i I giggle to myself every
>> time I crossed paths with Mr Jones Ihave been leading him and hi
>> cohort down the garden path of good and Evil since 2002 while they
>> continue to ignore me N'esy Pas?
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>> Mack Leigh
>> What a corrupt province we live in !! NB where it is not what you know
>> , but who you - - - - !!!!
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Mack Leigh: Methinks its the same all over the world N'esy Pas?
>>
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>> David Peters
>> "...only one of the five justices who responded to attempts to contact
>> them about the string of appointments and their connection to Dominic
>> LeBlanc. Through a court clerk she declined to comment."
>>
>> Blatant corruption, imo.
>>
>> Elections and short term limits for Judges, Police Chiefs, Crown
>> Prosecutors and City Managers would end this fiasco.
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @David Peters: Nope
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>> Lenny Griever
>>  You politicians are a lovely lot!
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Lenny Griever: YUP
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>> Robert Brannen
>> "Since 2017, there have been 10 federal judicial appointments or
>> elevations in New Brunswick. In addition to the five most recent
>> connected to Dominic LeBlanc, at least three other appointees were
>> past political donors to the Liberal Party." -- CBC story.
>> ____________________________________
>>
>> A moot point, as any lawyer hoping to be raised to the judiciary will
>> be donating to any party with the chance of holding power; as is the
>> case of most businesses hoping to curry favour from government.
>>
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Robert Brannen: Methinks folks should review the Globe and
>> Mail article in 2015 about how Harper appointed a legion of
>> politically vetted judges. Methinks wo Judges who are bigtime Harper
>> pals I encountered in Federal Court immediately after the election of
>> the 42nd Parliament will never forget me. One was the former RCMP
>> lawyer Richard Bell who was Harper's campaign manager in NB for the
>> elections of the 38th and 39th Parliament and Richard Southcott Irving
>> Ship Building's former General Counsel and they were much in the news
>> until the liberals paid off Admiral Norman N'esy Pas?
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>> Josephgallant
>> Oh No! say it isn't so, not in newbrunsick, but then again,they are
>> not all from moncton
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>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @josephgallant: Methinks our circus is a traveling roadshow
>> N'esy
>> Pas?
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>> Larry LeBlanc
>> Ok folks...move along, just a fender bender, nothing to see here.
>> Careful not to slip, the road is a bit greasy from the oil spill.
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Larry LeBlanc: Methinks you jest just enough about your
>> distant cousin N'esy Pas?
>>
>> Larry LeBlanc
>> Reply to @David R. Amos: Sarcasm eludes you David...Loch N'esy Pas
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>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Larry LeBlanc: Methinks I struck a nerve N'esy Pas?
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>> Greg Williams
>> I remember reading a "similar" type article a few years back
>> commenting on how many of Peter McKay's friends ended up Boarding the
>> Judicial Patronage Train!
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>> Donald Craig
>> Reply to @Greg Williams: and it turned out that MacKay didnt appoint
>> any of them. it was just NDP spin.
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @donald craig: Hmmm
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/peter-mackay-s-friends-colleagues-make-up-6-of-9-judge-appointees-1.2956696
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>> Richard Sharp
>> The Cons' war room must be going snake. Nanos last week and today has
>> the Libs pulling even and now ahead by three points, 35% to 32%. I'm
>> almost teary eyed.
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>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Richard Sharp: Me Too cause i a dying laughing at you and the
>> circus
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>> Gord Gundersen
>> Reply to @Richard Sharp: CBC poll tracker has the Conservative @35%,
>> Libs @30%, which as Eric likes to say is an average of all ms polls.
>>
>> Donald Craig
>> Reply to @Richard Sharp: lol seems ironic that at the same time the
>> CBC poll has Cons virtually tied with Libs among visible minorities.
>> LOL the landslide is a certainty. and teary eyed? you will need the
>> largest crying towel ever made.
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>> Richard Sharp
>> The Trudeau Libs promised and delivered on new merit-based and
>> transparent government appointments, and have delivered. For the
>> Senate, the Supreme Court and judiciary and senior executives in the
>> public service.
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>> Lyle Middaugh
>> Reply to @Richard Sharp:
>> Wink wink
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>> Gary Reid
>>  Reply to @Richard Sharp: That is just plain false.
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>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Gary Reid: He knows it
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>> Richard Sharp
>>  CBC, the National Post, Post Media/Sun News, Rogers and other
>> anti-Trudeau media take note. The Trudeau Libs have pulled back ahead
>> of the Cons:
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>> https://www.nanos.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Political-Package-2019-06-28.pdf
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>> Donald Craig
>> Reply to @Richard Sharp: take note. I cant stop laughing.
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>> Richard Sharp
>> Reply to @donald craig:
>>
>> Forty-nine of the top 50 English newspapers endorsed Harper in 2011
>> and the same thing in 2015. They are bought and paid for by right wing
>> billionaires and corporations, which are also into social media
>> manipulation big time. Still, they lose.
>>
>> Donald Craig
>> Reply to @Richard Sharp: I cant stop laughing. nothing you say or have
>> ever said is going to stop the coming October landslide. nothing.
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>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @donald craig: Nor I
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>> Richard Sharp
>>  Watching CBC Newsworld on this issue. Only anti-Trudeau folks over
>> and over. CBC is a total disgrace.
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>> Kristy Kent
>> Reply to @Richard Sharp: LOL, even the CBC can't take it any more
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>> David Semple
>> Reply to @Richard Sharp: It's a growing group.......deal with it.
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>> Rick Woodcock
>> Reply to @Richard Sharp: The sand must be pretty deep where you are at.
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>> Freddie Philpott
>> Reply to @Richard Sharp: But you are here, Richard. JT's biggest
>> cheerleader. So it isn't "Only anti-Trudeau folks over and over".
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>> Shawn Gall
>> Reply to @Richard Sharp: Same as during the last election. But, now
>> the tables have turned. How does it feel? I had no idea JT would melt
>> down this quickly.
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>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Richard Sharp: Methinks its wicked fun watching the clowns
>> cry as the worm turns at the circus N'esy Pas?
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>> Richard Sharp
>> Can't say beans on this disgusting excuse of a national broadcaster's
>> website.
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>> Al Kennedy
>> Reply to @Richard Sharp:
>> Think it may be their efforts to stop fake news?
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Richard Sharp: Cry me a river
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>> Marguerite Deschamps
>> As if the CONservatives do not appoint their own. Does Vic Toews ring a
>> bell?
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>> David Semple
>> Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Wasn't the current government supposed
>> to be different?
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>> Marguerite Deschamps
>> And Péter MacKey appointing all his friends in Nova Scotia, I might add.
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>> David Semple
>> Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Try and stay on point: The CURRENT
>> government is doing this NOW.
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>> You don't get a pass because 'the other guys did it first'.
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>> Marguerite Deschamps
>> Reply to @David Semple: Cons were the worst, always have, always will be.
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>> David Semple
>> Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: The current group promised to be
>> better and different.
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>> Seems like they told a little white one.....
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>> Freddie Philpott
>> Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: LOL! Wilful blindness on your part is
>> a terrible thing, isn't it.
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>> Freddie Philpott
>> Reply to @David Semple: Seems like the libs always do that and so many
>> are gullible enough to believe them.
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>> Donald Craig
>> Reply to @Freddie Philpott: I dont think that she will "see" your point.
>>
>> Shawn Gall
>> Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: When Harper did these things, social
>> media went insane. Now that JT does them, it's acceptable. His gov't
>> was supposed to be different and all gov'ts need to live by the same
>> standard. Pretty rational and fair point of view, don't you think?
>>
>> Marguerite Deschamps
>> Do I have to remind you?
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/peter-mackay-s-friends-colleagues-make-up-6-of-9-judge-appointees-1.2956696
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>> MacKay was appointed attorney general and justice minister in 2013.
>> Since then, he's made provincial Supreme Court justices of:
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>> Josh Arnold, a friend who served as best man at MacKay's 2012 wedding.
>> He was also a regular financial donor to the Central Nova Progressive
>> Conservative Association from 2008 to 2010.
>> Cindy Cormier, Arnold's wife and a friend of MacKay's.
>> James Chipman, a past president of the Conservative Party's Halifax
>> West riding association and regular donor to the Central Nova
>> Conservative Association from 2008 to 2010.
>> Ted Scanlan, a past president of the Central Nova riding association
>> and a former campaign manager for Elmer MacKay, Peter MacKay's father.
>> Jeffrey Hunt, former executive vice-president of the Nova Scotia
>> Progressive Conservative Association.
>> LouAnn Chiasson, a colleague of MacKay's at the Dalhousie Law School
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks you SANB dudes should
>> continue to cry a river cuz its fun to watch at the circus N'esy Pas?
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @David Semple: "Seems like they told a little white one"
>>
>> Methinks they told a lot of big fat ones N'esy Pas?
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @David Semple: "You don't get a pass because 'the other guys
>> did it first""
>>
>> I concur.
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>> Andrew De Viseer
>> Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: No one is denying that, This article
>> is about calling out the hyprocritical stance the liberals are taking.
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>> Andrew De Viseer
>> Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: well at least 6 of 9 is a better
>> ration than 5/6 haha
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>> Dominic LeBlanc's family, friends, neighbour win 5 of 6 recent
>> judicial appointments
>> 'All judicial appointments are made on the basis of merit,' says
>> office of federal justice minister
>>
>>
>> Robert Jones · CBC News · Posted: Jul 02, 2019 6:00 AM AT
>>
>>
>> Federal Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc, a New
>> Brunswick MP, is connected to five of the six most recent judicial
>> appointments in the province. (Matt Smith/Canadian Press)
>>
>> Federal Liberals have been promising to appoint the "most meritorious
>> jurists" to judicial vacancies across Canada, but most candidates
>> winning judicial appointments in New Brunswick over the last year have
>> had something else going for them — personal connections to senior
>> Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc.
>>
>> Five of the last six federal appointments announced in New Brunswick
>> include Leblanc's neighbour, a LeBlanc family relation and three
>> lawyers who helped retire debts from his unsuccessful 2008 leadership
>> bid. LeBlanc is currently minister of intergovernmental affairs,
>> northern affairs and internal trade.
>>
>> Erin Crandall, a professor at Acadia University who has written
>> extensively on the politics of judicial appointments in Canada, said
>> patronage is still a significant force in provinces like New
>> Brunswick, despite reforms to curb its use in the selection of judges.
>> "It's more prominent in smaller provinces," Crandall said.
>>
>>
>> Erin Crandall, a professor at Acadia University, says patronage is
>> still a significant force in provinces like New Brunswick. (Acadia
>> University)
>>
>> "It's less of an issue today than it was, for example, five decades
>> ago, when it was much more blatant. But we can still see that it
>> certainly does happen."
>>
>> 5 appointments
>>
>> In the latest judicial appointments in New Brunswick announced last
>> month, federal Justice Minister David Lametti named Moncton lawyer
>> Robert M. Dysart and Saint John lawyer Arthur T. Doyle to the trial
>> division of the Court of Queen's Bench.
>>
>> Moncton lawyer Robert Dysart was named to the trial division of Court
>> of Queen's Bench in June. He is a regular donor to the Liberal Party,
>> according to Elections Canada records. (CBC)
>>
>> According to financial records on file with Elections Canada, both men
>> have been regular donors to the Liberal Party, including to LeBlanc's
>> Beauséjour riding association, even though in Doyle's case he lives
>> 100 kilometres away.
>>
>> Saint John lawyer Arthur Doyle was appointed to the trial division of
>> the Court of Queen's Bench in June. (Cox & Palmer)
>>
>> The two were also among a group of 50 donors who gave money in 2009 to
>> help LeBlanc retire about $31,000 in debts from his unsuccessful 2008
>> federal Liberal leadership campaign, according to records filed with
>> Elections Canada.
>>
>> Also helping with that leadership debt was lawyer Charles LeBlond and
>> businessman Jacques Pinet, both from Moncton.
>>
>> Charles LeBlond was appointed a judge of the New Brunswick Court of
>> Appeal in March. (Michel Nogue/Radio-Canada)
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>> LeBlond won an appointment to be a judge on the Court of Appeal in March.
>>
>> Pinet is married to Justice Tracey Deware.  She was named chief
>> justice of New Brunswick's Court of Queen's Bench trial division by
>> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in early June.
>>
>> Court of Queen's Bench Chief Justice Tracey DeWare at her swearing-in
>> ceremony with New Brunswick Court of Appeal Chief Justice Marc
>> Richard. (Submitted by Tracey DeWare)
>>
>> DeWare herself was a Conservative Party donor and originally appointed
>> to the bench in 2012 by the Conservative government of Stephen Harper.
>> But she and Pinet are also neighbours of LeBlanc.
>>
>> In 2013, they bought a seaside property in Grande-Digue from LeBlanc
>> next to his own summerhouse. Property records show they paid $430,000.
>>
>> Moncton family lawyer Marie-Claude Belanger-Richard, who is married to
>> Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc's brother-in-law, was picked to fill a
>> judicial vacancy in Saint John. (Veritas Law)
>>
>> In a fifth appointment last year, Moncton family lawyer Marie-Claude
>> Belanger-Richard was picked to fill a judicial vacancy in Saint John.
>> She is married to LeBlanc's brother-in-law.
>>
>> Belanger-Richard is the only one of the five justices who responded to
>> attempts to contact them about the string of appointments and their
>> connection to LeBlanc. Through a court clerk, she declined to comment.
>>
>> LeBlanc's office referred questions about the judicial appointments to
>> Lametti.
>>
>> Lametti's office declined an interview request, but his press
>> secretary, Rachel Rappaport, issued a statement denying favouritism
>> and political patronage in any of the New Brunswick appointments.
>>
>> "All judicial appointments are made on the basis of merit," Rappaport
>> wrote. "As with all Canadian citizens, judicial candidates are free to
>> engage personally in political activities. The appointments process
>> neither disqualifies nor privileges an applicant on the basis of
>> political association."
>>
>> Patronage prominent in province
>>
>> Several academic studies have shown New Brunswick has traditionally
>> owned one of Canada's most patronage-tinged judiciaries and little has
>> changed in recent years, despite Liberal promises to inject more merit
>> into the selection system.
>>
>> A 2010 study that looked at 856 judicial appointments in Canada over a
>> 15-year period found "major" political connections were involved in
>> New Brunswick appointments nearly 77 per cent of the time — double the
>> national average and more than five times the rate politically
>> connected people won federal judgeships in provinces such as British
>> Columbia and Ontario.
>>
>> Lori Hausegger, director of Canadian Studies at Boise State University
>> in Idaho, was one of the lead academics on that study.
>>
>> Lori Hausegger, director of Canadian Studies at Boise State
>> University, worked on a 2010 study that found major political
>> connections were involved in New Brunswick judicial appointments
>> nearly 77 per cent of the time. (Boise State University)
>>
>> She said the problem with judges appointed because of political
>> connections is not their qualifications — all potential federal judges
>> in Canada are vetted for competence by independent panels — it's the
>> possibility they use connections to take spots from better candidates.
>>
>> "The problem is whether or not that [connected] person is different
>> from the other ones that they didn't pick in terms of their
>> decision-making," said Hausegger. "There is not a lot of transparency
>> in the system. We don't actually know a lot in terms of how the
>> minister is finally choosing."
>>
>> Likely several applications for a vacancy
>>
>> Canada's Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs will
>> not say how many lawyers applied for the judicial positions in New
>> Brunswick that were eventually awarded to those connected to LeBlanc,
>> although it is likely there were several.
>>
>> Across the country last year, it reports 257 qualified lawyers were
>> considered for 79 vacancies.
>>
>> The commissioner will also not reveal if any of the unsuccessful
>> candidates in New Brunswick scored higher than the winning candidates
>> on assessments of their ability and qualifications to be a judge.
>>
>> "Assessment results are confidential and solely for the minister's
>> use," Philippe Lacasse, executive director of judicial appointments
>> for the commissioner, said in an email to CBC News.
>>
>> "In fact, candidates themselves are not informed of the results of
>> their assessment."
>>
>> Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould promised in 2016 that
>> improvements would be made in judicial appointments based on
>> transparency, merit and diversity. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
>>
>> In 2016, Jody Wilson-Raybould, the justice minister at the time,
>> promised major improvements in the quality of how judges are selected
>> in Canada.
>>
>> "We are committed to ensuring that we make substantive and thoughtful
>> appointments to the judiciary, based on the principles of openness
>> transparency merit and diversity," Wilson-Raybould told Parliament in
>> May 2016.
>>
>> Since 2017, there have been 10 federal judicial appointments or
>> elevations in New Brunswick. In addition to the five most recent
>> connected to LeBlanc, at least three other appointees were past
>> political donors to the Liberal Party.
>>
>>
>> About the Author
>>
>> Robert Jones
>> Reporter
>> Robert Jones has been a reporter and producer with CBC New Brunswick
>> since 1990. His investigative reports on petroleum pricing in New
>> Brunswick won several regional and national awards and led to the
>> adoption of price regulation in 2006.
>>
>>
>> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
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>>  ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 12:00:23 -0400
>> Subject: Attn Erin Crandall and Lori Hausegger I just called about Mr
>> Fine, Mr Jones
>> and Mr Leblanc and what we all know about Canadian Judges
>> To: erin.crandall@acadiau.ca, lorihausegger@boisestate.edu,
>> sfine@globeandmail.com, Newsroom@globeandmail.com,
>> Robert.Jones@cbc.ca, David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca,
>> jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca, Norman.Sabourin@cjc-ccm.gc.ca,
>> marc.giroux@fja-cmf.gc.ca
>> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com, dominic.leblanc.c1@parl.gc.ca,
>> dominic.leblanc@nb.aibn.com, dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca,
>> dleblanc@globeandmail.com, Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca,
>> Jane.Philpott@parl.gc.ca, Erin.Weir@parl.gc.ca,
>> tony.clement@parl.gc.ca, Hunter.Tootoo@parl.gc.ca,
>> andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca, maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca,
>> Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca
>>
>> Dominic LeBlanc's family, friends and neighbour win 5 of 6 recent
>> judicial appointments
>> 'All judicial appointments are made on the basis of merit,' says
>> office of federal justice minister
>> Robert Jones · CBC News · Posted: Jul 02, 2019 6:00 AM AT
>>
>>
>> "Lori Hausegger, director of Canadian Studies at Boise State
>> University, worked on a 2010 study that found major political
>> connections were involved in New Brunswick judicial appointments
>> nearly 77 per cent of the time."
>>
>>
>> "Erin Crandall, a professor at Acadia University, says patronage is
>> still a significant force in provinces like New Brunswick"
>>
>>
>>
>> 709 Comments
>>
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Surprise Surprise Surprise
>>
>> Mark (Junkman) George
>> Reply to @David R. Amos:
>>
>> Not really.
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Mark (Junkman) George: Methinks you may know that if you go
>> to my blog you can read the Globe and Mail article from 2015 N'esy
>> Pas?
>>
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>> Donald Smith
>> Why am I not surprised to see this. But honestly, is it really any
>> different with any other political party ?
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Donald Smith: Check Harper's work
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>> Larry LeBlanc
>> Ok folks...move along, just a fender bender, nothing to see here.
>> Careful not to slip, the road is a bit greasy from the oil spill.
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Larry LeBlanc: Methinks you jest just enough about your
>> distant cousin N'esy Pas?
>>
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>> Josephgallant
>> Oh No! say it isn't so, not in newbrunsick, but then again,they are
>> not all from moncton
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @josephgallant: Methinks our circus is a traveling roadshow
>> N'esy
>> Pas?
>>
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>> Robert Brannen
>> "Since 2017, there have been 10 federal judicial appointments or
>> elevations in New Brunswick. In addition to the five most recent
>> connected to Dominic LeBlanc, at least three other appointees were
>> past political donors to the Liberal Party." -- CBC story.
>> ______________________________
>> ______
>>
>> A moot point, as any lawyer hoping to be raised to the judiciary will
>> be donating to any party with the chance of holding power; as is the
>> case of most businesses hoping to curry favour from government.
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Robert Brannen: Methinks folks should review the Globe and
>> Mail article in 2015 about how Harper appointed a legion of
>> politically vetted judges. Methinks wo Judges who are bigtime Harper
>> pals I encountered in Federal Court immediately after the election of
>> the 42nd Parliament will never forget me. One was the former RCMP
>> lawyer Richard Bell who was Harper's campaign manager in NB for the
>> elections of the 38th and 39th Parliament and Richard Southcott Irving
>> Ship Building's former General Counsel and they were much in the news
>> until the liberals paid off Admiral Norman N'esy Pas?
>>
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>> Mack Leigh
>> Equal opportunity here in NB ?? Nope, not by a long shot...nepotism
>> and patronage reign supreme !!! No wonder NB is in the toilet !!!
>>
>> David R. Amos
>> Reply to @Mack Leigh: Methinks we have nobody to blame but ourselves
>> because we keep reelecting the same crooks N'esy Pas?
>>
>> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2017/03/methinks-snobby-retired-judge-in-fat.html
>>
>> David Raymond Amos Round 3
>>
>> Wednesday, 8 March 2017
>>
>> Methinks a snobby retired judge in Fat Fred City has his fancy
>> knickers in a knot
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos
>> Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 22:09:32 -0400
>> Subject: RE Communication to the Court
>> To: "Morneault, Michel"
>> Cc: David Amos
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: "Morneault, Michel"
>> Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 18:52:45 +0000
>> Subject: Communication to the Court
>> To: David Amos
>>
>> Good day Mr. Amos,
>>
>> It has been brought to my attention that you are trying to reach a
>> judicial member of the Federal Court by way of telephone.
>> I just want to give you a friendly reminder that all communication to
>> a judge should be brought in writing by way of letter address to the
>> Registry office of your choice.
>>
>> Feel free to ask or call if you have any questions.
>>
>> Thank you kindly
>>
>> Michel G. Morneault
>> Registry Officer / Agent du greffe
>> Courts Administration Service
>> Service administratif des tribunaux judiciaires
>> Fredericton, NB/N.-B.
>> (t) 506-452-2014 (f)506-452-3584
>>
>>
>>
>> Michel G. Morneault
>> Registry Officer / Agent du greffe
>> Courts Administration Service
>> Service administratif des tribunaux judiciaires
>> Fredericton, NB/N.-B.
>> (t) 506-452-2014 (f)506-452-3584
>>
>>
>> Good Day to you as well Mr Morneault
>>
>> Thank you for letting me know of what has come to your attention.
>> Pease excuse a minor political rant but after all the Crown cannot
>> deny that my lawsuit is about the Governor General, my political
>> opponents and their appointees not acting within the scope of their
>> employment and deliberately acting wrongfully against me.
>>
>>  I am more than willing to explain my actions this morning in writing
>> to the Registry Office. In return and in the spirit of full
>> disclosure, I ask that you file a true copy of this entire response
>> into the public record of the Federal Court of Appeal File no.A-18-16.
>> Please find below are two emails I sent earlier today and two
>> documents that were  attachments to my second email  The documents
>> attached speak for themselves and one of the documents is already in
>> the FCA file and was discussed by Justice Southcott and I during the
>> public hearing of my matter on January 11th, 2016.
>>
>> I presume the judicial member of the Federal Court you are referring
>> to is the Honourable Joseph T. Robertson because he is it only person
>> possibly of Federal Court that I contacted today. However I only left
>> a voicemail with Robertson early this morning before I sent him two
>> emails fairly early as well, Basically just in case somebody was
>> ethical I was giving Robertson and many others some food for thought
>> before I file my next lawsuit against the Her Majesty the Queen.
>> However Robertson and his cohorts in the Court of the Queens Bench had
>> ignored my concerns since 2004. The document from the New Brunswick
>> judicial Council is in the file of the Federal Court as well and
>> Justice Bell made note of it during the hearing on December 14, 2015.
>>
>> If you scroll down through the emails I sent Robertson and others
>> today it could have been anyone of a number of other people who got
>> the same email as Robertson who may have some sort of issue with my
>> actions today but not one of them are a judge of Federal Court or any
>> other. Therefore Robertson is my best guess as to whom you are
>> referring to.
>>
>> For the public record I deliberately called Robertson's office before
>> the Law School of UNB was open for business this morning and left only
>> a voicemail of which I stand by every word. I suspect the people of
>> UNB are all on March break anyway. Thus UNB probably does have not
>> many employees on the job considering that fact there was bad weather
>> outside as well. Only one friend who saw the news about KPMG and the
>> judges of Federal Court and a Mayor of Montreal who is also in the
>> news called me today. The others I called and talked to in Ottwa and
>> elswhere will no doubt deny that I ever talked them.
>>
>> Robertson never called me back in fact nobody employed by UNB has ever
>> called me back except their sercurity boss or one of his minions
>> talking like cops and trying to accuse me of things I did not do.
>> However the security boss of UNB is just like his buddy the former Sgt
>> at Arms Dan Bussieres. He will not confirm or deny that he is an ex
>> member of the RCMP nor will he discuss why I am barred from UNB. It a
>> small wonder to me that the Commissioner of the RCMP is also quiting
>> with all the lawsuits against the them that are rolling in.lately.
>>
>> Whereas Robertson is employed by UNB to lecture folks on the law, its
>> kinda obvious he is no longer a judge. UNB is supported by taxpayer
>> funds so who is Justin Trudeau or Brian Gallant anyone else to say
>> that I cannot talk to Robertson or anyone else at UNB? If it was
>> Robertson who complained of me, please ask him what was so offensive
>> about a voicemail and couple of emails from a poor man who pays way
>> too many taxes on his gas, tobacco and other goods to keep the lights
>> on in his fancy office at UNB. This no joke particularly in light of
>> the fact. The Federal court acted like lightning to accommodate
>> Justice Camp and his lawyer while the Crown can't get past a motion to
>> strike after a year and a half of calling me frivolous and vexatious.
>> Then there is the big spotlight that the Crown Corp commonly known as
>> CBC has shown the world how other Federal Court Judges feel free to
>> party hardy with the likes of KPMG and its fellow well-heeled tax
>> evaders.
>>
>> Furthermore I do not know if you are aware or whether you read my
>> latest filing or not but I have been barred from the UNB Campus since
>> June of 2006. That was about 5 months after I ran in Fredericton in
>> the election of the 39th Parliament and the Harper government won its
>> first mandate. So for nearly 11 eleven years I can only send emails
>> and letters to the UNB campus while its employees just like all the
>> other employees in every legislative property in Canada have continued
>> to laugh at me or ignore me or call the cops on me while inviting me
>> to sue the Crown. This seems like just another one of those days that
>> makes me regret not suing them ten years ago.
>>
>> All that said I don't believe Robertson is a judicial member of the
>> Federal Court so perhaps it was somebody else complaining of me. If
>> so, trust that I called nobody else in the Federal Court system not
>> even its lawyers. If it was Robertson who claimed of me tell him I
>> would dearly love to see his pay stubs from Federal Court. Federal
>> Court records appear to affirm my reasoning that Robertson is retired
>> and that he acted as a judicial member of Federal Courts for Justice
>> Camp's matter only
>> .
>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-201-17&select_court=All
>>
>> "Written directions received from the Court: Chief Justice Crampton
>> dated 17-FEB-2017 directing that To avoid any questions that might be
>> raised if a sitting member of the Federal Court were to hear Justice
>> Camp's application for judicial review of the Canadian Judicial
>> Council's rejection of his request for an opportunity to make oral
>> submissions to the Council, I have requested retired Justice Joseph
>> Robertson to act as a deputy judge of this Court to hear that
>> application. Justice Robertson has agreed to act in that capacity.
>> This request was made under subsection 10 (1.1) of the Federal Courts
>> Act, and an Order-in-Council P.C. 2003 1779, dated November 6, 2003
>> (the OIC), pursuant to which the Governor-in-Council approved that the
>> Chief Justice of the Federal Court may request any judge of a
>> superior, county or district court in Canada and any person who has
>> held office as such as a judge, to act as a deputy judge of the
>> Federal Court. Pursuant to the OIC, the Govenor in Council also placed
>> a limit of 15 persons who may act in the capacity of Deputy Judge of
>> the Federal Court. There currently is only one other person who is
>> acting in the capacity of Deputy judge of the Federal Court. For your
>> information, retired Justice Robertson was a member of the New
>> Brunswick Court of Appeal from July 2000 to September 2014, and a
>> member of the Federal Court of Appeal from May 1992 to July 2000. I
>> can confirm that he is under the age of 75. To ensure that justice is
>> both done and is seen to be done in an independent and impartial
>> manner: 1. Justice Camp will continue not to participate in any
>> proceedings before the Court, other than in connection with the
>> application that he has filed, and any other proceedings to which he
>> may be a party. 2. Justice Camp will not occupy his office or attend
>> at the Court. 3. Justice Camp will not have any contact with the
>> members of the Court. I have appointed Prothonotary Aylen to assist
>> Justice Robertson with interlocutory matters that may arise in
>> connection with Justice Camp's application. placed on file on
>> 17-FEB-2017"
>>
>> Best Regards
>> David Raymond Amos
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos
>> Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 09:18:47 -0400
>> Subject: ATTN Hon Joseph T Robertson I just called and left a
>> voicemail I truly hope that you get back to me ASAP
>> To: Joseph.Robertson@unb.ca, jrw ,
>> nbrooks@osgoode.yorku.ca, "mark.vespucci" ,
>> "Diane.Lebouthillier"
>> Cc: David Amos
>>
>> Hon Joseph T Robertson
>> Jurist-in-Residence
>> Law, Faculty of
>> 1 506 451 6919
>> Ludlow Hall, 105
>> UNB Fredericton Campus
>> Joseph.Robertson@unb.ca
>>
>> Need I say that I found it interesting that you were appointed on
>> polling day for the Election of the 42nd Parliament? I wonder if you
>> recall my name on the ballot in Fredericton in 2006 when Harper won
>> his first mandate?
>>
>> http://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2015/10/19/title/
>>
>> University of New Brunswick appoints retired Court of Appeal Justice
>> Joseph Robertson to law faculty
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"
>> Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 11:53:02 +0000
>> Subject: RE: Norman Sabourin, executive director of the Canadian
>> Judicial Council launches 'Potential misconduct' probe but only after
>> his associates in the Crown Corp CBC exposes hiis pals???
>> To: David Amos
>>
>> Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick.  Please be
>> assured  that your email will be reviewed.
>>
>> Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du
>> Nouveau-Brunswick.  Soyez assuré(e) que votre  courriel sera examiné.
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: Póstur FOR
>> Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 11:57:18 +0000
>> Subject: Re: Norman Sabourin, executive director of the Canadian
>> Judicial Council launches 'Potential misconduct' probe but only after
>> his associates in the Crown Corp CBC exposes hiis pals???
>> To: David Amos
>>
>>
>> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið  / Your request has been received
>>
>> Kveðja / Best regards
>> Forsætisráðuneytið  / Prime Minister's Office
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Orginal message ----------
>> From: "Mitton, Megan (LEG)" <Megan.Mitton@gnb.ca>
>> Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 17:44:52 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: RE Canadian Truths I would lay odds that
>> Megan Mitton knows Sally Cunliffe I know for a fact that Andre Faust
>> certainly does
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> Thank you for your email. MLA Megan Mitton is out of the office and
>> will return the week of July 8th. We appreciate your patience, and
>> will read your email as soon as possible. If you require assistance
>> promptly, please email Alice Cotton, Constituency Coordinator
>> (alice.cotton@gnb.ca). For more urgent matters, you can also call the
>> office at (506) 378-1565. Merci pour votre courriel. La députée Megan
>> Mitton sera absente du bureau et reviendra la semaine du 8 juillet.
>> Nous apprécions votre patience, et nous lirons votre courriel dès que
>> possible. Si vous avez besoin d'aide plus rapidement, veuillez envoyer
>> un courriel à Alice Cotton, coordonnatrice de circonscription
>> (alice.cotton@gnb.ca). Pour des questions plus urgentes, vous pouvez
>> également appeler le bureau au (506) 378-1565.
>>
>>
>> ---------- Orginal message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 13:44:44 -0400
>> Subject: RE Canadian Truths I would lay odds that Megan Mitton knows
>> Sally Cunliffe I know for a fact that Andre Faust certainly does
>> To: tomcat@tnt21.com, David.Coon@gnb.ca, megan.mitton@gnb.ca,
>> Kevin.A.Arseneau@gnb.ca, rick.desaulniers@gnb.ca, kris.austin@gnb.ca,
>> michelle.conroy@gnb.ca, Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca, robert.gauvin@gnb.ca
>> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com, jfurey@nbpower.com,
>> wharrison@nbpower.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com, andre@jafaust.com,
>> jbosnitch@gmail.com
>>
>> https://canadiantruths.wordpress.com/about/
>>
>>
>> Etc Etc Etc
>>
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