Wednesday, 15 March 2023

Envirem Organics says high levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in Maine were from paper mills, not municipal sewage

 

N.B. company receiving Maine waste says it won't show up in provincial farms, gardens

Envirem Organics says high levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in Maine were from paper mills, not municipal sewage

Envirem Organics, a compost and environmental remediation company, says it applies strict standards to what kind of waste it accepts — and even then, it can't spread the Maine sludge on farms and won't use it in the compost it bags for retail sale.

"We don't bag municipal biosolids," Envirem CEO Bob Kiely said in an interview.

He said any waste from municipal systems in Maine is destined for Envirem's work cleaning up contaminated sites, where some bacterial strains in waste can help break down contaminants such as petroleum.

And besides, Kiely added, Envirem has set its own standard for acceptable levels of PFAS  — perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances  —  linked by peer-reviewed studies to some cancers, decreased fertility, low birth weights and other effects.

A farm field with a large black area. Biosolids, or sludge, seen here in an agricultural field in Quebec. That province recently imposed a moratorium on imports of sludge for agricultural spreading. (Francois Genest/Radio-Canada)

Envirem accepts waste with a maximum of 20 to 30 per cent of the PFAS amounts permitted in guidelines being drafted by the federal and New Brunswick governments, Kiely said.

He called that "very low levels, in parts per billion, that are only showing up because labs have evolved."

The New Brunswick government confirmed that Ottawa is looking at adopting standards for PFAS that would apply to imported biosolids.

Envirem found itself in the spotlight last week after it emerged that Casella Waste Systems is trucking 2,200 metric tonnes of waste from municipal sewage plants in Maine to New Brunswick.

Casella's landfill north of Bangor is overcapacity because of a new ban in Maine on municipal biosolids, or sludge, being spread on farmland in the state.

Quebec recently imposed a moratorium on imports of sludge to the province for agricultural spreading.

The Maine ban was prompted by alarm in the state over high levels of PFAS found in farm products.

A close-up photo of biolsolid matter in a crop field.      A new law which took effect Feb. 8 bans the use of the sludge for agricultural production in Maine. Maine's Defend Our Health, an activist organization, lobbied for the ban. (Francois Genest/Radio-Canada)

Kiely, who helped found Envirem and has been CEO since 2010, said "almost all" of those levels were traced back not to municipal sludge in Maine but to several large paper plants in the state using PFAS at levels that no longer exist.

Those levels were measured at parts per million, a thousand times more than the parts per billion. 

"That was because of an industrial contaminant that entered the municipal system. That is not a typical municipal biosolid," Kiely said.

"This is not current, this is historic when there was other types of PFAS that was used." 

Kiely's assertion was disputed Tuesday by Sarah Woodbury of Maine's Defend Our Health, an activist organization that lobbied for the ban on sludge spreading in the state.

"It's 100 per cent not correct," she said.

Woodbury said after some initial findings that farms were contaminated with PFAS, the state's Department of Environmental Protection imposed a maximum standard for the chemicals in sludge used in agriculture.

State screening found 95 per cent of the samples had higher levels than the state's allowable threshold — and that sludge came from both industrial and municipal sources, Woodbury said. 

"The argument that the contamination is coming from the industrial sludge is incorrect. The DEP's own data show that that's incorrect." 

Any level of exposure 'not acceptable,' says activist

In 2021, media reports in Maine said 164 PFAS-contaminated wells were near crops fertilized with sludge from the Kennebec Sanitary Treatment District, whose biggest source of wastewater was a paper mill in Waterville using the chemicals. 

The district spread the sludge on farms under a state program, now eliminated, that aimed to reuse waste rather than add it to landfills.

Woodbury also disagreed with Kiely's claim that Envirem's own PFAS thresholds ensure levels are below any potential risk to human health.

She pointed out that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled strict new rules for PFAS levels in drinking water on Tuesday.

"Any level of exposure from our perspective is not acceptable," she said.

'They're everywhere'

Kiely said PFAS in municipal water systems would be "a very bad thing," but said the chemicals are part of daily life at low levels.

"PFAS are ubiquitous.... They're everywhere in society, unfortunately, but they are being reduced, especially in industrial users," he said.

"They're continuing to go down as we phase products out," he said. "Levels are continuing to decline.… The worst ones have been banned." 

He said all the compost in Envirem products is subject to federal rules.

"We test and these levels are very, very low, close to non-detectable. These are coming from small towns without potential industrial contaminants today. There is no risk of high PFAS levels coming from these sludges today." 

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.

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Take 5 with 2021 Top 50 CEO award winner Robert Kiely

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As president and general manager of Envirem Organics Inc., Robert Kiely has led his group to become Canada’s largest private compost and organic residuals management company. He has grown his business in 10 years to approximately $30 million in revenue, more than 150 employees and has established a U.S. company and operation to facilitate Envirem’s export growth.

For this episode of Take 5 with the Top 50, Greg MacDonald, senior manager tax services with Top 50 CEO presenting sponsor Grant Thornton—digs deeper to find out what makes this award-winning leader tick.

The conversation kicks off by exploring how and why Kiely, a professional engineer, transitioned from road building to the environmental sector (hint: it relates to the substrate the two sectors have in common).

MacDonald then asks for the business case for going green. A lot of people think being environmentally conscious is the right thing to do, but that it’s more of an expense than an investment. Using Envirem as an example, Kiely talks about green’s impressive ROI.

Other topics covered in this insightful discussion include Kiely’s management style (coach, GM or umpire?), the surprising intersection of innovation and organic waste, plus Kiely’s long-term plans for Envirem – and how he plans to get there.

For each episode of Atlantic Business Magazine’s Take 5 with the Top 50 CEOs video series, we ask five questions of a Top 50 CEO award winner.

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President of Envirem Organics, Robert Kiely is a first-time Top 50 CEO award winner. Envirem is a diversified environmental company specializing in organic bio-products for lawn and garden, turf and landscape, organic agriculture and biofuel markets. It is the largest private compost and organics residuals management company in Canada. Sponsored by Grant Thornton
 
  

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NFU Region 1, District 1 Elected Officials

Douglas Campbell

District Director

902-436-2518

Ranald
MacFarlane

Local 102 President

Edith Ling

Women's District Director

902-368-1262

Darren Toombs

Local 104 President

902-394-1690

Byron Petrie

National Board Member &

Region 1 Coordinator

902-213-5862


 

WOMEN'S DISTRICT DIRECTOR'S REPORT TO THE DISTRICT 1, REGION 1 CONVENTION

Milton Community Hall

April 20, 2022

Good morning, everyone. It is great to be able to meet together this year with fewer restrictions than we had last year at the time of the District Convention. Covid has made things difficult for many organizations and the NFU is not unique in this regard. Although it was possible to carry on meetings such as our National Convention via Zoom for the past two years, it is so much better to be able to meet in person. So welcome to this, your District Convention.

As Women's District Director, I attended District Board meetings during the year as well as meetings of the Coalition for the Protection of P. E. I. Lands, and I also work on the Coalition for the Protection of P.E.I. Water. During the year the NFU had meetings with the Premier and with the Leader of the Official Opposition.

Once again this year, NFU members enjoyed a substantial discount at time of bulk delivery of diesel fuel, gasoline, furnace oil and lubricants. Island Petroleum added bulk propane to the list of products for which a discount is applied. Be sure to let Island Petroleum know you are a member of the NFU in order to be assured of receiving the discount. A new agreement has been negotiated for 2022 with the same company. As well, NFU members took part in our Collective Bargaining Agreement on fertilizer purchased through P. E. I. Agromart.

Because of Covid restrictions, we were not able to hold our annual lobster supper for the past two years. Hopefully we can soon do that again.

The National Farmers Union takes no money from Government and so we can say what has to be said, when it has to be said. We are often the targets of attack - be it personal or an attack on the organization itself. Well, I am here to tell you that the NFU is not an insignificant farm organization. On the contrary, we do represent a very significant number of farm families in this Province, who operate farms of all sizes, producing all commodities. We have been accused of being racist. There is nothing racist at all about trying to ensure that farm land in this Province remains in the hands of farm families who will live on the farm and keep the land in agricultural production. It is apparent that the derogatory remarks made by some people towards the NFU and its leadership are nothing more than a smoke screen to evade the issues rather than meeting them head on and properly answering the questions. I would want the perpetrators of these actions to know that their demeaning remarks will not stop the NFU from standing up for what is right and from working on behalf of all farm families in this Province and beyond.

We have found it is becoming increasingly difficult to reach the Premier and some Cabinet Ministers to request a meeting or get an answer to a question. Dozens of phone calls over a period of a few months went unanswered before we were able to meet with the Premier. This is not acceptable. It is high time that politicians realize who their employer is and extend due respect to the people who elected them. So, you can decide for yourself why no politicians are on our agenda here today!

As you are aware, the Lands Protection Act has been amended. We were advised by the Minister of Agriculture and his lawyers that we will have to wait to see if the amended Act will eliminate the circumvention of the Act which we have witnessed for years in the past. When asked how long he would wait to correct the situation if it is found that the amended Act is not strong enough, the Minister of Agriculture replied with the usual vague political answer. Time will tell if the amended Act is strong enough to put an end to the violations of the Act.

Potato Wart - This situation has proven devastating for many farm families in the Province. Although table stock potatoes can now move into the US market, the seed industry is in a critical situation as seed cannot be shipped to the US or to any province in Canada. Many questions remain unanswered -why were trees not planted in the index fields in 2000 and in subsequent years? Will they be planted in these fields this year? Why was Cavendish Farms allowed to plant the highly susceptible variety Russet Burbank in these fields only five years after detection? What are the requirements that the US agreed to recently which resulted in the opening of the border for table stock potatoes? Why has this not been made public? There is no transparency there. In downplaying the seriousness of the potato wart situation, the Manager of the Potato Board, Greg Donald stated that he could put all the wart potatoes that had been found in his half-ton truck box. Well, I would suggest to Mr. Donald that one potato is one too many in this case. We need an eradication plan for potato wart, not only a management plan.

It is clear that the Irving empire is in the driver's seat in this Province on this and on many other issues. It has been interesting to watch the steps being taken which will lead to this province becoming a processing province. Just imagine the additional control Irving will have over the farmers then. Now we learn that the Minister of Agriculture and also IRAC consider the current owners of Red Fox Acres Ltd. (owned by Rebecca Irving) to be in compliance with the provisions of the Lands Protection Act as they have divested some land by way of a global lease to Lady Slipper Farms. Lady Slipper Farms is an Irving- owned corporation in N B. So she takes the land out of one hand and places it in the other. Nothing has changed - the land is still in Irving hands. What a deviation from the provisions of the Lands Protection Act! I checked out the meaning of "divest" in the Oxford dictionary. This is what it says: "Divest" is defined as to deprive someone of power, rights, or possessions - to rid oneself of something. What happened here is a blatant disregard for the laws of this Province. We never did see the Brendel Farms report although the Agriculture Minister promised it would be made public. That is not transparency. Island Holdings Ltd. has co-presidents and co-chief executive officers. They are Robert K. Irving and James D. Irving. James K. Irving is the Chairman and the shareholders are Grand Forest Holdings Inc. in New Brunswick. Island Holdings Ltd. has been attempting to buy land in the Freetown area. The request has been declined on two occasions and rightfully so. It will be interesting to see if they can invent a way to circumvent the Act once again. The Minister of Agriculture is reported to have said it could be because the advertising of the land was not done according to IRAC rules. There is a much bigger reason than this why they should not get the land.

We are in a serious situation in this Province when we have a Government which got elected on the mantra "For the People". Once in office this was soon forgotten but will probably be unwrapped again in time for the next election.

In the meantime, let us keep telling it like it is and continue to work for programs and policies which are in the best interest of our farm families.

In closing, I would like to pay tribute to District Director, Doug Campbell who has worked tirelessly in that position for the past six years. It has been extremely rare that Doug and I have not seen eye to eye on any issue. If that ever did happen, we always were able to come to a mutually agreeable solution and move ahead. It was a real pleasure to work with you, Doug. Thanks to our Secretary Dan and Treasurer Darlene for all their help during the year. Thanks too to the Local Presidents and our national representatives for your help with the work in this District over the past year. Special thanks must go to Marie Burge who is always willing to help the NFU in any endeavour. We know she is a busy woman who works on many other issues, and this makes us even more grateful for her help. After sixteen years in this position, I feel I have more than completed the course. However, I remain strongly committed to the philosophy of the NFU and will be glad to help out in any way I can in the days ahead. It has been quite a ride, and a tremendous education. Thank you all!

Respectfully submitted,

Edith Ling

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Who We Are

Cooper Institute Members Celebrating 30th Anniversary

Cooper Institute members at the organization's 30th anniversary celebration, May 7, 2014: (left to right) back row - Joe Byrne, Irene Burge, Maureen Larkin, Irene Doyle, Marie Hendricken, Leah MacLeod; front row - Ann Wheatley, Josie Baker, Marie Burge, Eddie Cormier, Debbie Theuerkauf, Reg Phelan

What is Cooper Institute?

Cooper Institute is a development education centre engaged in popular education and research. The institute was established in 1984 and is a registered charity (#10114 4541 RR0001). Cooper Institute works in partnership with other groups that are organized for social change. 

Land Grabbing in Prince Edward Island

With Keynote Speaker Senator Diane Griffin

Saturday, February 23, 2019

Land Grabbing on PEI: How the Lands Protection Act is being violated and why Islanders should be concerned: Saturday, February 23 from 1:30 to 4:00 pm at the PEI Farm Centre. Hosted by the Coalitions for the Protection of PEI Land and Water.

The Coalition for the Protection of PEI Land with support from the Coalition for the Protection of PEI Water will host a forum entitled ‘Land Grabbing on PEI: How the Lands Protection Act is being violated and why Islanders should be concerned’, on Saturday, February 23rd at the Farm Centre, 420 University Avenue in Charlottetown from 1:30-4pm. Storm date: March 16,2019.
 
Senator Diane Griffin, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, will lead a panel of presenters with a summary of her research on land grabbing and speculation in Canada and beyond. Other panelists include Douglas Campbell, District Director for the National Farmers Union on PEI and Island writer, Ian Petrie, who is well-known for his thoughtful analyses on PEI farming issues.
 
The Coalition for the Protection of PEI Land was formed last spring by a group of concerned islanders from a diverse range of backgrounds. The purpose of the Coalition is to promote steadfast stewardship, respecting the spirit of the PEI Lands Protection Act, for the protection of Prince Edward Island’s fragile ecology, environment, watersheds and lands. Given the current trend of accumulation of land by corporate interests, the coalition will first address deficiencies in the PEI Lands Protection Act (in the Act itself, and in the way it is being implemented) that undermine its purpose, spirit and intent. 
 
Coalition founder,Marie Burge, describes the purpose of the group like this:”Community organizations and individuals came together in early 2018 to form the Coalition for the Protection of PEI Lands as a support for the many Islanders who are deeply concerned about the land. The people see that the control of the land is in fewer and fewer hands. They are concerned about any further consolidation of land and about how land is being used and often abused. The Coalition encourages more people to speak out for the protection of PEI lands.”
 
Following presentations by the panelists, there will be a short Q&A and then participants will be asked to help contribute to possible solutions. This forum will be relevant to any islander who is concerned about preserving PEI land for now and into the future.
 
Contact: Marie Burge 902-894-4573

 

Contact Information

81 Prince Street
Charlottetown, PEI
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Phone: 902-894-4573

 

 

 


THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2022 AT 7 PM – 9 PM

Beyond Maritime Electric: Fighting Climate Change Through Public Energy & Transit

PEI Farm Centre, University Avenue, Charlottetown
 

Details

PEI Farm Centre, University Avenue, Charlottetown
Duration: 2 hr
Public Anyone on or off Facebook
A public forum with presentations by:
Tynette Deveaux – Tynette works with the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign.
Scott Edgar – an activist with It's More Than Buses, a Halifax group which lobbies to extend and improve the Halifax transit system.
Karen Jackson - President of PEI Union of Public Sector Employees.
Music by Anne Quinn and Tony Reddin
Presented by Trade Justice PEI, this forum will celebrate the vision of Ron Kelly who died a year ago. Ron's vision was for a more just and sustainable PEI. He was a big believer in the importance of public ownership of key services and enterprises in a worker-friendly transition to a carbon-free economy particularly in the areas of energy and public transit.

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswickb-national-farmers-union-president-1.5776699 

 

N.B. National Farmers Union leader wants to help farms grow so they can feed province

'I know that New Brunswick can feed New Brunswick,' farmer Eva Rehak says

"I enjoy farming and I want to see it prosper," Eva Rehak said Monday of her goal to help others succeed. "It's getting the help and prosperity to continue growing. 

"I know that New Brunswick can feed New Brunswick."

Rehak, who co-owns and operates Alva Farm with her partner, Alain Rousselle, and their children in Saint-Maurice, near Bouctouche, has been on the union's board for 10 years and served as the women's president and on the national board. 

She didn't grow up on a farm, but she studied agricultural technology and gained experience with community-shared agriculture programs before buying the farm in New Brunswick. 

Rehak said her farm produces 45 different vegetables, some fruits and herbs both outside and in a greenhouse. 

Dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic was worrying for many farmers, but Rehak said many, including her farm, saw a higher demand for fresh produce.

"I think it made us realize that we need to support our farmers and to basically nourish the New Brunswick people."

Labour issues need resolution

A labour shortage needs to be resolved, she said, although it's not a job that many want to do and the pay isn't great.

"Farming is a very hard job, if I can put it in that sense. It's, like, labour-intensive, so it's not very attractive to a lot of people when we have to pay kind of the minimum wage." 

Any wage subsidy would help offset labour costs, she said. 

Eva Rehak, her husband Allain and their three kids run the Alva Farm in Saint-Maurice in eastern New Brunswick. (CBC)

Rehak said she'd also like to see programs such as the fruit and vegetable industry development program continue for a few years to encourage farmers to grow things normally brought in from other parts of Canada or from outside it. 

She used her own farm as an example.

"We don't do pineapples and citrus fruits and things like that. We don't have the climate for it. But we can do sweet potatoes. We can do a bunch of Asian foods, vegetables, the broccoli, tomatoes, the classics." 

She said the program helped the farm build another greenhouse, so it could start growing food earlier in the year and  later. 

Rehak added the program has helped many new farms start up.

"So with small-scale or diverse farms, if we can help those, then we could be self-sufficient with food sovereignty here in New Brunswick." 

With files from Information Morning Moncton

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3 years later and the Farmers are still playing dumb
 
 

Methinks they should have talked to me a long time ago N'esy Pas?

 

https://www.nfu.ca/chickens-greet-opening-of-new-brunswick-legislature/ 

 

Chickens greet opening of New Brunswick legislature

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-chicken-farmers-avian-flu-1.6774555 

 

N.S. chicken farmers worry about spread of avian flu

'We're keeping a very close eye on things,' says Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia chair

Chicken farmers in Nova Scotia are concerned about the threat of avian influenza — also known as bird flu — after cases of the disease were discovered in a backyard flock in Port Maitland.

The outbreak in the small flock in southwestern Nova Scotia reported last weekend is the first detection of the disease in poultry in almost a year and the second that has been detected in the province in nearly a year.

According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the flock of about 20 birds has been killed. The previous detection was of avian influenza in a commercial poultry operation in Nova Scotia was in March 2022.

Amy VanderHeide, the chair of the Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia, said on Information Morning on Thursday that farmers are concerned about the possibility of widespread bird flu in the aftermath of the most recent outbreak.

"We know that that's going to bring an influx of avian influenza with it, so we're keeping a very close eye on things," VanderHeide said.

The coming spring months are critical, she added, as the disease can follow migratory pathways that are travelled by birds that are flying across countries during the warmer months.

VanderHeide said bird flu is often carried by geese and other waterfowl, like ducks and swans. Kings County happens to be the home of a large part of the province's poultry industry, she said, so an outbreak there would impact the industry across Nova Scotia.

Now, the focus is on biosecurity measures, VanderHeide said. Those include keeping entryways disinfected, changing clothes when moving between farms and keeping wild birds out of commercial flocks.

The CFIA say some symptoms of avian flu to look for include:

  • a drop in production of eggs, many of which are soft-shelled or have no shells.
  • diarrhea.
  • haemorrhages on the hock.
  • high and sudden mortality rate.
  • quietness and extreme depression.
  • swelling of the skin under the eyes.
  • wattles and combs become swollen and congested.

Labs in Ontario, Manitoba and New Brunswick are equipped to test for the infection and can provide results in one to two days or more, depending on the lab's capacity.

'Fast-moving virus'

"When there is a suspected case of avian influenza, every hour counts," she said. "It's a very fast-moving virus, so every hour that we're waiting for those tests, [is] an hour that we could be doing further things to reduce the spread."

Long waits for test results are why chicken farmers in the province are calling on the province to improve testing in Nova Scotia — something that would involve upgrading labs that currently exist to improve wastewater and ventilation systems, among other changes.

There's also a need to hire accredited lab staff that are trained to diagnose infections, she said.

VanderHeide said with the growing concerns about spread to commercial flocks, it's not enough for testing needs in Nova Scotia to be met by labs outside of the province, especially considering testing priority depends on capacity and urgency.

"It's really just trying to find out where we're supposed to go with this and who can support this initiative and get us what we need to react faster," VanderHeide said.

Earlier this week, the provincial Liberals also made a call for flu testing in Nova Scotia.

"The current system involves sending samples out-of-province, sometimes as far as Guelph, Ontario or Winnipeg, Manitoba, resulting in long wait times for results and greater disruptions to farm operations," the statement reads.

"New Brunswick had their Fredericton lab certified last year. Newfoundland and PEI have plans to ensure their own testing capacity. The introduction of a lab in Nova Scotia would mean a quicker turnaround for diagnosis and any safety protocols to follow."


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SLAPP suits, designed to slap down critics and, in some cases, to put individuals and families of opponents of so-called development initiatives through mental anguish have been around for many years. Recently the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario and other governmental organizations have been taking a more critical look at how corporations misuse their wealth and their political power to beat down their opponents. We review the state of thinking in this field, beginning with a guest column from the ECO.
 
SLAPP suits might sound like a dry and legalistic theme but Gallon Environment Letter always strives to make our reading interesting and fun. Seek our movie trailer link in this issue for what The Yes Men thinks is an "honest representation of what Dow should be doing". Read about Bananas!*. And it is not only critics who spoof the deep pockets. Consultants to the coal industry were recently caught with forged letters purportedly from an icon of American society. Paris Hilton does not find her way into the pages (screens?) of Gallon Environment Letter too often but here she is in our SLAPP suit issue!
 
This issue of GL also marks 40 years of work by the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, one of the founding groups in Canada's contemporary environmental movement. David Coon is its executive director; many readers will know him from his days as manager of Ecology House, an energy demonstration home which once stood over the back of the Spadina subway station on Madison Avenue in Toronto. BP has been hit by very large fines, which it is disputing, and Canada's winter Olympic medals may not be quite as green as they seem.
 
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Next year the AWMA Annual Conference will be held in Calgary from June 22 to 25. The association currently has a Call for Papers for the Calgary meeting. Presenting a paper at the AWMA Conference is an excellent way to advertise your skills, expertise, and achievements. People interested in what you do will come to your session.
 
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Planning's Uneven Playing Field: the Asymmetry of Power and Resources as a Barrier to the Public Interest and Participation
Excerpt from Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario / Annual Report 2008/2009 Part 3 Building Resilience in Planning

Every year, the ECO receives many inquiries from Ontario residents and neighbourhood groups who are concerned about development proposals in their communities. Unfortunately, these concerned residents and ratepayer organizations often lack the resources and specialized knowledge necessary to navigate the complex planning approval process. The system is hugely weighted in favour of those in the development industry, who have the resources, knowledge and experience (and access to a stable of planning, environmental and other professionals with specialized expertise) to skillfully argue their case before the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB).
 
Nowhere is the asymmetry of the system more evident than in the relative economic power of the two sides involved. When the stakes are in the many millions - sometimes billions - of dollars, the resources that developers are prepared to invest to overcome residents' objections far surpass the capacity of most citizens groups, environmental organizations, and even conservation authorities and municipalities.
 
Adding to the wide asymmetry inherent in the system is the threat of "SLAPP suits" - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation - described as "civil actions with little or no substantial basis or merit advanced with the intent of stifling participation in public policy and decision-making." In the planning context, SLAPP suits are advanced by developers to discourage local residents from participating in the planning approval process, to divert citizens groups' financial and/or other resources from public participation, or to punish residents for participating. SLAPP suits, whether successful or not, affect far more than the specific individuals or groups that are targeted as defendants; such lawsuits can deter others from participating in the same or other matters of public concern, out of fear of the financial liability that could ensue.
 
The Big Bay Point Decision
 
In Ontario, a recent case before the OMB shone a spotlight on this issue. A group of concerned residents and others participated in an OMB hearing regarding approvals for Big Bay Point Resort, a proposed $1 billion luxury resort project on the shores of Lake Simcoe. The developer, Kimvar, who was successful at a 2007 hearing in obtaining the required approvals to proceed despite opposition from the residents' group, subsequently sought a costs award of $3.2 million dollars against the group of opponents and their lawyers.
 
Kimvar argued that the opponents had delayed the hearing process and engaged in unreasonable, frivolous and vexatious conduct in bad faith and without regard to cost. The opponents argued that the motivation behind Kimvar's claim for costs was to silence public opposition to the project, which constitutes an improper purpose, and that making the requested award for costs would have the effect of a SLAPP suit.
 
The Environmental Commissioner was called as a witness for intervenors who sought to argue that a large cost award would discourage public involvement in future OMB hearings.
 
In its January 2009 decision on the costs motion, the OMB disagreed that the developer's claim for costs was brought for an improper purpose, but adopted the opponents' position that the public interest should be considered and that in this case "an award of costs anywhere near the amount requested would create a chilling effect." Accordingly, the OMB denied the developer's claim for costs. Despite this positive outcome for the opponents, the costs incurred just to defend the developer's claim have reportedly exceeded the maximum amount the OMB has ever awarded in costs.
 
The Need for Equal Footing
 
The Big Bay Point decision and similar cases have led to calls for the Ontario government to develop anti-SLAPP legislation, a move that several US States, (British Columbia) and Québec have already made. On December 9, 2008, a private member's bill, Protection of Public Participation Act, 2008, received First Reading in the Ontario Legislature. However, Bill 138 died on the Order Paper when the Legislature adjourned in June 2009.
 
The public's right to participate in decision-making over matters of public interest is a cornerstone of our democratic system. Efforts aimed at suppressing this right should be discouraged by the Ontario Legislature and other public agencies. The ECO sees a need for provincial legislation that would put both sides of development disputes on equal footing. Such legislation could serve to halt SLAPP suits in their tracks. It also could provide a means for the public to access financial and other resources in order to exercise their participatory rights in planning approvals and other contexts that have a significant bearing on the environment.
 
Ontario. Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario. 2008/09 Annual Report - Building Resilience. Submitted to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Toronto, Ontario: October 6, 2009. http://www.eco.on.ca/eng/uploads/eng_pdfs/2009/ar2008.pdf
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BENNETT ENVIRONMENTAL VS CONSERVATION COUNCIL OF NEW BRUNSWICK
 
In July 2004, Bennett Environmental Inc. announced it had filed a defamation suit in the Court of Queens' Bench of New Brunswick against the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, an environmental group. On October 7, 2004, Bennett's lawyers amended their claim. The suit also named CCNB staffers Inka Milewski and David Coon.
 
Bennett is an environmental remediation company which was "engaged in the construction of a High Temperature Thermal Oxidizer facility ("Thermal Oxidizer) at Belledune, in the County of Gloucester, Province of New Brunswick." The claim states that Bennett got all regulatory approvals and permits for the construction of the facility and that "CCNB objects to the construction of the Thermal Oxidizer, and has conducted a public campaign against the facility's construction in which Milewski and Coon have participated, alleging serious public health and environmental risks."
 
The claim goes on to review some elements of the campaign which include writing letters to the editor of the Saint John Telegraph-Journal and speaking to journalists about issues such as the cumulative effect, quantity and other risks of emissions from the facility said by the claim to be "false and defamatory." Ditto for the group's discussion about failures within the environmental assessment not being made on sound scientific practices. The claim goes on to identify statements Bennett considers false and defamatory and states that all of the words cited were published with "actual and express malice."

Update

As of November 9 when GL's editor talked to David Coon, Executive Director of CCNB the Bennett case is inactive. David Coon told GL that the Court has issued a notice to review the status of this case, a review expected in January 2010. Although the company built the thermal oxidiser, it has never been operated and the facility may now be up for sale.

As if the one lawsuit isn't enough for a small group already stretched for time, money and resources, the insurance company providing liability insurance refused to pay the lawyers fees. CCNB went to court against its insurance company and won at the Court of the Queen's Bench and at Appeal Court. The insurance company still would not pay for CCNB's legal costs until ordered to do so by the court. After the loss, the insurance company cancelled the insurance so the environmental group had to seek insurance elsewhere with much higher rates, no doubt exacerbated by the still pending case with Bennett.
 
A campaign called Friends for the Legal Defence of the Conservation Council began fundraising in September 2004 to support the CCNB efforts. Their web site has a list of some SLAPPs including logging company suits against forest campaigners against clear-cutting.
 
[see also separate article on CCNB's 40th anniversary]

Friends for the Legal Defence of the Conservation Council. About the lawsuit ... What is the Bennett lawsuit claim? http://www.nben.ca/friends/position.htm
 
Bennet Environmental Inc. Statement of Claim. Saint John, New Brunswick: October 2004. http://www.nben.ca/friends/docs/statementofclaim.pdf
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ANTI-SLAPP LEGISLATION
 
As well as corporations, governments and government agencies also participate in SLAPP-type suits. Defamation and copyright infringement are common reasons in the claim. In the end though, the issue is often not about due process but about issuing threats and pressures to get approval for projects which might be delayed or stopped due to public opposition or to punish critics so they and others won't speak up again. The attention companies draw to themselves isn't always beneficial to them and some suggest thinking twice before launching such Goliath vs David lawsuits. GL includes in this issue some other examples of how power imbalance is sometimes leveraged.
 
The existence of anti-SLAPP legislation does not provide any protection against lawsuits. Companies might think twice before launching a suit if the court could name it a SLAPP but people who see themselves as speaking out in the public interest can still get sued. What the legislation does is that the court can decide that, if all conditions of the legislation are met, the case can be dismissed as a SLAPP. The defendant still has to come to court but the trial process is short and cheaper. Or the court may decide that all the conditions of the anti-SLAPP legislation are not met and that some or all of this isn't a SLAPP so a trial proceeds with no protection from the anti-SLAPP legislation.
 
Quebec passed anti-SLAPP legislation in June of this year. Apparently the act allows the courts to evaluate cases already filed. Publisher Écosociété and the three authors of the book Noir Canada hope it will help them in the lawsuit brought by Canadian mining firms Barrick Gold and Banro Corporation for damages over $10 million. Because the size of the claim is so huge, Écosociété, the publisher and friends have has been lobbying for this legislation for some time. with the names of the suing companies always mentioned.
 
British Columbia had legislation enacted by the NDP in April 2001 and rescinded a number of months later when the Liberals won the provincial election so no court case was ever heard under the law.
 
A number of states have anti-SLAPP laws.*
 
COSTS
 
Often anti-SLAPP legislation assigns the legal cost of the defendant to those who launch the lawsuit as a SLAPP but this doesn't help much because a big company doesn't feel much pain at the kind of costs awarded if the court finds they have SLAPPed the defendants. A small indicator is the lack of information conveyed to investors in the company's financial reports; SLAPP suits are rarely mentioned - neither the damage to reputation purportedly done by the defendants or the possible costs of the suit are considered of material risk to the company.

On the other hand, a small environmental group or "Joe/Josephine Schmuck" who gets sued is overwhelmed by the risk of the costs. Just spending time away from work and paying lawyers upfront is daunting enough. Using an American payscale example, a $2 million dollar cost assessed by the courts on Joe Schmuck earning the average wage of US$41,861,  is 48 years of annual income (with no proviso for eating, paying taxes, etc). According to a study done by the Economic Policy Institute ** in the US, in 2005 the average CEO of a company with at least $1 billion dollars revenue earned just about the same in one day as the average worker earned that whole year.  In relation to the risk of having to pay the $2 million, on average a company matching that criteria would risk what it pays its CEO for just about 48 days. Our Joe Schmuck risks more than a lifetime of wages; suing company 2 and a bit months of CEO's wages, wages which many companies have increased by more than a few million anyway.
 
**A study in the US done by the Economic Policy Institute reported by CNN estimated that in 2005 the average CEO of a company with at least $1 billion dollars revenue was $10,982,000 or 262 times what the average worker made at $41,861. The workdays are calculated as totalling 260 days with pay (52 weeks x 5 days a week) In 2005, the ceo-to-worker gap was the second highest recorded with 2000 being the highest.


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MORE PROBABILITY OF IT BEING SAFER TO CRITICIZE CANADIAN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS
 
The British Columbia Civil Liberties sued the City of Powell River in British Columbia last January to obtain an order that the City did not have the legal authority to sue or threaten to sue for defamation and that the City was not allowed to threaten defamation action against individuals for published letters critical of the city.

Some residents of the community opposed steps by the City of Powell River for a $6.5 million project known as the North Harbour Project. One critic published sharp criticism of the conduct of city council in an online newspaper known as Peak Online, another suggested the council was involved in criminal behaviour and a city councillor wrote an email stating her opposition. The City retained legal counsel and sent letters to these objectors, saying the statement were defamatory and actionable and demanding a retraction and publication of an apology. In fact, the City never did launch a suit.
 
In the decision in March, the Judge said, "It is antithetical to the notion of freedom of speech and a citizen's rights to criticize his or her government concerning its governing functions, that such criticism should be chilled by the threat of a suit in defamation." Because municipalities are considered "natural persons" like all corporations, a number of rulings before The Charter of Rights and Freedoms gave them the right to sue for defamation. However, these court cases had been before the passing of the Charter* which influenced judges in subsequent rulings to favour citizen's free speech over municipal rights. She ordered that "The defendant City of Powell River lacks any legal basis or right to bring civil proceedings for defamation of its governing reputation, or bring other proceedings of similar purpose or effect, or to threaten to do so,"
 
*Section 2 of the Charter provides that:
"Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms:
(b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;"
 
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CCLA INTERVENES IN MUNICIPAL SLAPP
 
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association was granted leave to intervene in the case of Leblanc c. Rawdon (Municipalite de). The city sued residents for defamation of two public officials and the city about remarks made in an online forum. Until the trial, the Quebec Superior Court ordered the defendants to stop making any comments defaming the municipality. The CCLA writes that it is extremely concerned about the freedom of speech implications of municipalities suing for defamation in general, as well as the broad order restraining future speech that was issued in this case." Arguments will likely be heard in February, 2010.

Long time head of the CCLA Alan Borovoy is now designated General Counsel, Emeritus. Since July 1, 2009, Nathalie Des Rosiers, who was Dean of the Civil Law Section at the Ottawa University Faculty of Law from 2004-2008 has been General Counsel. GL hopes that we will get to know her voice as well as we knew the distinctive voice of Borovoy, whose rarely failed to inspire us with hope that Canada could become a free and just society.
 

Contact: Canadian Civil Liberties Association 506 - 360 Bloor Street West Toronto, ON M5S 1X1 Phone: 416-363-0321 Fax: 416-861-1291 mail//ccla.org

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US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE YES MEN
 
On October 19, an organization The Yes Men sent out fake press releases and gave a fake press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. They presented a press statement as if it were from the US Chamber of Commerce indicating that the Chamber had changed its position on climate change and would not oppose the Senate climate bill by Senators John Kerry (D) and Barbara Boxer (R). A real executive of the Chamber arrived and the fake and the real representatives challenged each other's credentials. The story was carried as real by wire services before it was announced as a prank. The Yes Men also created a whole web site purporting to be the Chamber but with a different internet address to support their press conference.

As well as various prohibitions on uses of trademarks, names, or copyrights belonging to the Chamber, and ban on the use of the video of the press conference, the Chamber seeks damages, share of the profits of the prank and award of court costs.

Yes Men released their new movie The Yes Men Fix the World at the Sundance Film Festival this year. The Yes Men say they are comedians. They have done other bogus takeoffs including Dow, McDonalds, and at a 2007 oil conference in Calgary, Alberta posing as Exxon Mobil.
 
The case is still before the courts but at least one or two legal observers have suggested that the Yes Men could get hammered - copyright laws are so strong. Unlike the case of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick (see separate article) which is clearly an environmental group, the Yes Men, as the Chamber emphasized in its statement of claim, is a commercial group involved in selling films and publications. Yet GL wonders if that should be the decisive issue in court. It is legal to spend millions of dollars, as the Chamber does, in long-term lobbying against action on climate change. Action on climate change is clearly in the public interest yet there is little protection of free speech which draws such lobbying to the public attention when the copyright laws are called on.
 
High Profile Exits from the US Chamber of Commerce
 
In October a number of high profile companies, including Apple, PG&E, and Nike, exited the Chamber giving climate change as a reason. GL thinks that negative publicity may have caused more damage to the Chamber than anything the Yes Men could have done.
 
Film: Yes Men Fix the World
 
The film "The Yes Men Fix the World" was aired at the Sundance Film Festival in January, was an official selection at Hot Docs in Toronto (it is not a documentary film!), has won awards at several film festivals, and is described in a New York Post review as "a hilarious movie". The two leads, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, described as a mix of Michael Moore and Sacha Baron Cohen, pose as corporate executives from such companies as Exxon, Halliburton, and Dow and undertake pranks based on apparently real situations which make the companies look ridiculous.


It is not obvious that it is yet being distributed in Canada but it is in limited release in both the US and the UK.

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See also Gallon Environment Letter Vol. 13, No. 10, October 29, 2008: Special Us Election Issue Article: US Chamber of Commerce: Election 2008. http://www.cialgroup.com/hrglv13n10.htm
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US CHAMBER ADVOCATES FOR LESS FRIVOLOUS LITIGATION
 
While the US Chamber of Commerce launched its lawsuit against the Yes Men (see separate article), one of its major policy platforms for prosperity in America is "Ending Lawsuit Abuse and Ensuring Litigation Fairness: America's Out-of-Control Civil Lawsuit System Hurts Businesses, Employees, and Families." The law reform section states that "Frivolous lawsuits are crippling our legal system and sucking the vitality out of American businesses." and "Our out-of-control lawsuit system costs more than a quarter of a trillion dollars a year, representing 1.8% of U.S. GDP."
 
The rest of the section discusses, among other things, the legal reform needed at the federal, state and international levels, consumer-related lawsuits, the False Claims Act, too many state laws rather than federal ones, and reining in of "aggressive" Attorney Generals.

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GOING BANANAS!*
 
In July, Dole filed a lawsuit against a Swedish filmmaker Fredrik Gertten about the film Bananas!* which depicts a 2007 trial in which a Los Angeles lawyer represents Nicaraguan workers who say they were sprayed by the company with a banned pesticide. Millions of dollars of damages were awarded.
 
Although Dole continues to say the claims in the film are untrue, it withdrew its claim. According to one version of the story, one of the factors in the Dole decision might be the level of support the film/filmmaker received. Swedish grocery store chains ICA and Axfood scheduled a talk with Dole representatives. Max, a Swedish hamburger chain, stopped selling Dole fruit salad and some MPs spoke against the lawsuit as undermining free speech. Dole's sales in Nordic countries has grown in recent years with sales of nearly $500 million last year. The supermarkets didn't exactly say they would stop buying from Dole but the threat of the "talk" obviously was like those lawyer phone calls some corporations send the way of environmental groups.
 
Sounds like a SLAPP, but (see below) it may be that the film does not reflect reality very much.

* The star is part of the film's name Bananas!*
 

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Widespread Fraud in Nicaraguan Workers Claims

On October 20, 2009, Judge Paul C. Huck of the United States District Court Southern District of Florida denied recognition of a $97 million Nicaraguan judgement. The Plaintiffs are 150 Nicaraguan citizens alleged to have worked on banana plantations in Nicaragua between 1970 and 1982 during which time they were exposed to dibromochloropropane (DBCP). DBCP was banned in the US because it was found to cause sterility in factory workers in 1977. Nicaragua banned it in 1993. Both Dole and Dow Chemical Company are defendants. Dole is alleged to have used DBCP in Nicaragua between 1957 and 1979 .
 
Special Law 364, was enacted in Nicaragua in 2000 to deal with DBCP claims. The Nicaraguan trial court awarded the plaintiffs $97 million in one case. The Defendants have appealed the decision in Nicaragua and the case is still pending. The trial in Miami sought to enforce the claim in the US. There are about 200 other DBCP cases pending in Nicaragua and some have proceeded including one in which the Nicaraguan trial court awarded 1248 plaintiffs over $800 million. Previous trials in the US in relation to Special Law 364 SL364 were dismissed on technical grounds without establishing whether the SL364 is enforceable in the US.
 
In the recent Miami case the judge ruled that the defendants had not been given due process and that the Nicaraguan judgement was not enforceable. For example, when Dole tried to introduce birth certificates of the children these men had fathered, the court wouldn't allow it even though that was proof that they weren't sterile.
 
While this is not the case covered in the film Bananas!*, the movie does discuss others which have been tried in US courts as well as in Nicaragua under SL364. In 2007, in Tellez vs Dole, six plaintiffs were awarded five million dollars and the defendants were found not liable for the other plaintiffs. After the verdict, Dole alleged there was fraud involved and that some of the plaintiffs had never worked on a banana farm. Two other DBCP cases have been heard in California and the court set up a system of getting depositions from Nicaragua including protection of the witnesses. The court concluded that there was widespread conspiracy to commit fraud, including the Nicaraguan trial judge who issued the earlier judgements, the plaintiffs and some doctors. The US cases were dismissed and the California appellate court sent back instructions to the trial court to vacate the judgement in the Tellez case due to the fraud findings.

Censorship of films, especially those about poor farm workers, is always problematic especially if one adds to that the potential cynicism about the US protecting its captains of capitalism. There is no doubt there are some workers who were harmed by the pesticide but until we find a better way of dealing with harm to those who can't afford the legal system, the decision about fraud in these cases does indicate that Dole's desire to shut people up isn't just a SLAPP. In the meantime, the film Bananas!* has had far more publicity that the filmmaker could have dreamed of.
 
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TECK COMINCO COUNTER SUES
 
In a 2006 US court decision, Canadian company Teck Cominco was found to be subject to liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as Superfund. Teck's lead-zinc smelter in Trail, British Columbia operating from 1906 to 1995, discharged tons of slag into the Columbia River which carried the heavy metals and slag into Lake Roosevelt in the State of Washington. The US Environmental Protection Agency, following a request in 1999 by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (Pakootas), issued an order in 2003 that Teck assess the contaminated site. Later the Pakootas used the citizen suit provisions of the CERCLA to sue Teck for failure to comply with that order.

Despite appeals, Teck was found to be liable for cleanup in 2006. Even though its disposal activity occurred in Canada, the court decided that the river currents were stirring up contamination and hence releasing hazardous substances in the United States. The first phase for determining how Teck will be held responsible for cost recovery for the cleanup and for natural resources damage is expected to begin October 2010.
 
CERCLA is about liability for cleanup of hazardous substances which have already been disposed not the disposal itself and which are released or are threatened to be released into the environment.

In a counter lawsuit, Teck sought to make the Tribes which launched the lawsuit co-responsible for the cleanup because the mines they operated might have contributed to some of the pollution. In a decision released in June, the US court ruled the Indian tribes are not municipalities or any of the other types such as corporations which are defined as "persons" under the Superfund subject to liability for cleanup so Teck's counter suit was dismissed.
 
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LAWSUITS AGAINST REGULATORS SEEKING TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT
 
As one of many topics, the Ontario Environment Commissioner ECO 2008/2009 report provides a good review of the issues relating to the ban on cosmetic pesticides and explores the concept of risk-based environmental decisions. Dow AgroSciences brought a challenge to a similar Quebec regulation under Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement based on the argument the ban of 2,4-D is not based on science. Dow is seeking compensation for loss of profit as well as damages. ECO says, "This NAFTA challenge is just the latest of many lawsuits brought by corporations to prevent government from passing laws aimed at limiting public exposure to harmful substances." MOE is commended for the public consultation and the use of the Environmental Registry at the various stages: policy, statute and regulation along with information sessions with one failure of not posting the guidelines as a separate policy proposal.
 
In Ontario, the Environmental Bill of Rights gives the public the right to participation in environmental decision-making. With some exceptions, Ministries covered by the legislation are required to post notices of environmentally significant proposals for policies, Acts, regulations and instruments (permits, licences, approvals, direction, orders) on the registry. The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario ECO reports annually.
 
Ontario. Gord Miller, Environment Commissioner of Ontario. 2008/09 Annual Report - Building Resilience. Submitted to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. on
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HILTON VS HALLMARK

SLAPP suits are not always about the environment or development. Recently Paris Hilton brought suit against Hallmark for using material clearly identified with her. Her claim was that a Hallmark card was commercial speech and it was infringing on her rights to make profit. She asserted that the card's depiction copied too closely a scene that she made famous on her television show. The case provides an example of the process under the California rules (Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 425.16) including the context of the SLAPP legislation in relation to other laws. It shows that the defendant can't ahead of time tell whether they are safe from litigation. While many see SLAPP suits as a way to protect the weak and underfunded, this case also shows how the powerful and rich use whatever means to protect their interests.
 
There are two steps in escaping from further litigation under the California anti-SLAPP legislation.
 
Step 1
Hallmark must show that it meets the threshold "that the act or acts of which the plaintiff complains were taken in furtherance of the [defendant's] right of petition or free speech under the United States or California Constitution in connection with a public issue [or an issue of public interest]."
Among the discussion was:
  • Ordinary commercial causes of action like breaches of contract and misappropriation of publicity can be "strategic lawsuit[s] against public participation" as much as defamation can be.
  • The anti-SLAPP does not apply just to public officials but also to private individuals.
  • Hilton is a person "in the public eye" and "a topic of widespread, public interest". The activity of the defendant doesn't have to be of civic concern: social and even low-brow topics are still protected.
  • The card is not advertising; the card is the product . What is in the card is not commercial speech but a form of protected communication.
The court ruling: "Hallmark's card qualifies as speech and falls comfortably within the universe of types of communication that California courts have considered "conduct in furtherance of" the exercise of free speech rights upon which to base anti- SLAPP motions to strike." So Hallmark won at Step 1
 
Step 2
 
If the defendant does meet the threshold in Step 1, then the onus falls on the plaintiff to prove that they have a probability of prevailing on the claim. The plaintiff can't rely on discovery (the disclosure of facts which the opposing parties must provide each other during normal litigation) but must bring enough evidence to this court so that if that evidence were proven true, a trial court might give a favourable judgement. The court at this stage doesn't evaluate the credibility or the competing strength of the evidence brought by either party just that the plaintiff has a legally sufficient basis to the complaint.

If the defendant were able to defend its actions by claiming "publication of matters in the public interest, which rests on the right of the public to know and the freedom of the press to tell it....Public interest attaches to people who by their accomplishments or mode of living create a bona fide attention to their activities" then the plaintiff would have lost. However, the court ruled that "Hallmark cannot employ the "public interest" defense because its birthday card does not publish or report information."

In order to fail, the Plaintiff's case must lack even minimal merit so even a small chance of success is enough for the Plaintiff to win at this step. The court decided that it had at least a small chance so Hallmark lost at Step 2.
 
So the court ruled this was not a SLAPP suit and allowed Hilton to pursue her case against Hallmark.

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INDUSTRY CAUGHT MISREPRESENTING COMMUNITY GROUPS

The US House Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming held hearings at the end of October on fake letters supposedly sent by public interest groups but actually sent by the public relations firm Bonner & Associates to support its work with the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), an industry group opposing bill H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act. The House passed. H.R.2454 and recently a Senate committee approved a version for the Senate to consider. Eventually combined, they may direct US action on climate change.

Rep. Tom Perriello said, "I am pained to see [that] so many good, upstanding groups, including seniors' groups and an American Legion post, misrepresented and dragged into this debate. Our Founding Fathers knew the importance of an elected representative body held responsible by the people and ensured that the right of the people to petition the government would be protected by the 1st Amendment. While politics has never been pretty, there are certain lines you just don't cross, like the forging of letters, which must be taken very seriously."
 
Groups misrepresented also gave presentations as did the industry-funded groups and companies.
 
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FAMILY LAW AS A MODEL FOR INFORMED CONSENT
 
Cindy Chiasson, Executive Director of the Environmental Law Centre, writes in Alberta Oil Magazine about the uneven power balance for the public and landowners with interests in the oil and gas development process.
 
Public consultations take place relatively late in the oil and gas development process with no formalized public input when mineral rights are leased. While oil companies have to ask for permission before exploration for oil, there is no formal consultation required. Consultation details are in force once the developer seeks approval for a well and associated facilities with a 14-day window to review materials and express concerns. The guide written by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Products goes beyond the regulatory requirements for public involvement but it is voluntary and developers may choose not to follow it.
 
Chiasson writes, "The regulatory emphasis on resource recovery and the relative imbalance in funding and technical expertise between developers and the public tends to tilt the playing field significantly in favor of the industry." Some concerns she expresses are:
  • the 14-day "window" is extremely tight for landowners and the public to express objections.
  • multiple projects may occur making it unlikely that the landowner can review all the details of several proposals.
  • little assistance is available to the landowner or the public to coordinate consultations. Chiasson suggest operators in the same geographic area work together to coordinate consultations.
  • many Albertans don't know that they don't have to accept the developer's information as fact or that they can negotiate. Industry leverages the power imbalance to pressure owners to confirm non-objection and to a large extent successfully conveys the idea that this is routine.
Chiasson suggests that family law would be a good model. In a divorce case, if one spouse is not represented by a lawyer, the courts will require a certificate that this spouse has consulted independent legal advice before granting an uncontested divorce settlement. In other words, before a landowner can sign a non-objection, he/she must show proof of having got advice about his/her rights in order to make an informed decision.
 
The Environmental Law Centre was founded in 1982 "to provide Albertans with an objective source of information about environmental and natural resources law and policy. Its vision is a clean, healthy and diverse environment protected through informed citizen participation and sound law and policy, effectively applied. The Centre's mission is to ensure that laws, policies and legal processes protect the environment."
 
Chiasson, Cindy. Building Relationships: Industry should look to family law of all places, to improve the fairness of energy projects. October 19, 2009 Published in Alberta Oil Magazine October-November 2009. http://www.albertaoilmagazine.com/policy/building-relationships/
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40TH ANNIVERSARY OF CCNB
 
The Conservation Council was one of the three original environmental organizations founded in 1969, marking the beginning of the modern environmental movement in Canada. The other two were Toronto's Pollution Probe and Vancouver's Society for the Prevention of Environmental Contamination (SPEC).
 
Among some of the contributions made listed in the press release by The Conservation Council in its 40 years are:
  • founding of the Canadian Environmental Network in 1976. CEN itself doesn't not take positions on environmental issues but provides networking and communication support for 800 environmental groups across Canada and organizes delegates from environmental groups to participate in federal government environmental consultations with funding support from Environment Canada. In July 2007, CEN was pushed to the brink of announcing it would have to lay off staff because Environment Canada though it hadn't announced anything hadn't sent funding normally due April 1.
  • founding of the Canadian Climate Action Network in 1988.
  • support for development of Friends of the Earth Canada and Canada's Environmental Choice EcoLabel.
  • played an important national role in the lead up to the 1992 Rio Earth Summit and today is sparking a national discussion about Canada's limited response to the United Nations biodiversity treaty it signed there.
  • influenced every piece of environmental legislation passed in New Brunswick and was the driving force behind the creation of New Brunswick's first environmental laws and the more recent Clean Water Act.
  • was the catalyst for the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers' Climate Action Plan. It helped turn New Brunswick from a laggard on acid rain to a leader.
  • was successful in having New Brunswick's first Marine Protected Area established at Musquash and in convincing New Brunswickers that the Bay of Fundy is one of the natural wonders of the world.
Contact: David Coon, Executive Director: 506 458-8747
Conservation Council of New Brunswick, 180 St. John Street Fredericton NB E3B 4A9,
 
Conservation Council of New Brunswick. Conservation Council Marks 40 Years of Environmental Achievement. News: October 16, 2009. http://conservationcouncil.ca/News/news10130901.aspx
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BP FINED $87 MILLION
 
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the US Department of Labour issued BP Products North America Inc over $87 million in proposed penalties for failing to correct potential hazards for employees. It is the largest fine levied by OSHA following the 2nd largest penalty levied in 2005 also against BP. After an explosion at BP's Texas City, Texas refinery (southeast of Houston) in March 2005 which killed 15 people and injured 170, BP entered into an agreement to eliminate potential hazards at the facility. OSHA's six month inspection notified BP of 270 potential hazards "failure to abate" and 439 "new willfull violations".

On October 30, 2009 BP announced that BP Products North America Inc. formally contested all citations including alleged violations and proposed penalties. Previous disagreements with OSHA had been brought by BP to the Occupational Health & Safety Review Commission, a body that is independent of OSHA. BP has posted information including explanations of why the company thought that although the 2005 Settlement Agreement expired on September 22, 2009, not all actions had to be completed by that date.
 
GL often thinks that most fines are of no material significance to really big companies. This one seems significant but may not be. BP globally earned $35, 239 million profit before interest and taxation from continuing operations in 2008, the highest of the three years 2006-2008. A $87 million fine is about .25% of the above profit which if applied similarly to a Canadian earning $60,000 a year would be about a $150 fine.
 
Paid subscribers see link to original documents and references here.
 
See also Gallon Environment Letter. STSS Section: Urgent Recommendations for BP Vol. 10, No. 21, November 30, 2005 http://www.cialgroup.com/GLV10n21org-excerpt-bp.htm
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RECYCLED CLAIM FOR OLYMPIC MEDALS
 
In the press release announcing the unique one-of-a-kind Olympic medals, the press release from the Olympic organizers quoted president and CEO of Teck Resources*, Don Lindsay, ""We're also excited that these medals will contain recycled metal recovered from end-of-life electronics, consistent with the sustainability philosophy of the Olympic and Paralympic Games."
 
We had to ask and eventually we received an answer. Teck's process involves recovering metals contained in computer parts and circuit boards through smelting. The parts and circuit boards are shredded and smelted in such a way that the plastic parts are burned off and the valuable metals can be recovered. The smelting takes place at Teck's Trail BC facility and at Umicore facilities in Belgium. Umicore is the former Union Minière, a mining company which once operated in the Belgian Congo, but the company is now a multinational focussed on refining and recycling of precious metals and developing applications for their use.
 
Despite newspaper headlines such as "Winter Olympics 2010 Medals Made From Recycled Electronics" the actual content of recycled metal in the metal of the medals is: Gold: 1.52%; Silver: 0.122%; Copper: 1.11%. The gold medals are not pure gold but are plated with six grams of gold. so the amount of recovered gold in a Vancouver gold medal is presumably 1.52% of six grams, or 0.09 grams.
 
Smelting of shredded end-of-life electronics is not an unusual activity in so-called waste electronics recycling but the fact is that this process means that most of the old computer is effectively burned in an incinerator with the plastic and other materials from the printed circuit board and electronic components providing energy but also sending air pollution and greenhouse gases up the stack and creating toxic residue.
 
Federal rules for recycled content claims on products require that "Where a claim of recycled content is made, the percentage of recycled material shall be stated." GL is pleased to assist VANOC, the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, by letting environmentally interested gold medal winners know that their medal, which weighs about 500 grams, actually contains less than 0.02% of gold recovered from end-of-life electronics by a company that has been found liable for pollution of the Columbia River (see separate article). Maybe it does not matter but at the same time GL wonders if it really was such a good idea for VANOC to make such a big fuss about such a little thing.
 
* In 2009, the company which was once called Teck Cominco (see separate article) was renamed..
 
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Automatic reply: Attn Marci Ien MP I just called and tried to explain this lawsuit to your assistant

Beaudoin, Alain

<Alain.Beaudoin@pco-bcp.gc.ca>
Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 5:05 PM
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

Please note that I no longer work at PCO.  For RDU related matters, please communicate with Jennifer Miller, jennifer.miller@pco-bcp.gc.ca<mailto:jennifer.miller@pco-bcp.gc.ca>.

Thanks

*******

Veuillez noter que je ne suis plus au Bureau du Conseil privé. Pour tout enjeux touchant les résultats et la livraison, veuillez communiquer avec Jennier Miller, jennifer.miller@pco-bcp.gc.ca<mailto:jennifer.miller@pco-bcp.gc.ca>.

Merci

Alain Beaudoin

 

Attn Marci Ien MP I just called and tried to explain this lawsuit to your assistant

David Amos

<david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 5:04 PM
To: editor@gallonletter.ca, Minister-Ministre@wage-fegc.gc.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, davidc.coon@gmail.com, "Robert. Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca, David.Coon@gnb.ca, "Mitton, Megan (LEG)" <megan.mitton@gnb.ca>, "Arseneau, Kevin (LEG)" <kevin.a.arseneau@gnb.ca>, "robert.mckee" <robert.mckee@gnb.ca>, "robert.gauvin" <robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>, "Mike.Comeau" <Mike.Comeau@gnb.ca>, "Nathalie.G.Drouin" <Nathalie.G.Drouin@pco-bcp.gc.ca>, Janice.Charette@pco-bcp.gc.ca, Alain.Beaudoin@pco-bcp.gc.ca, Michael.Sabia@fin.gc.ca, Tushara.Williams@fin.gc.ca, "marci.ien@parl.gc.ca" <marci.ien@parl.gc.ca>, "fin.minfinance-financemin.fin" <fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca>, "Chrystia.Freeland" <Chrystia.Freeland@parl.gc.ca>
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, info@cialgroup.com, "Brenda.Lucki" <Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Kevin.leahy" <Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Michelle.Boutin" <Michelle.Boutin@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Mark.Blakely" <Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Marco.Mendicino" <Marco.Mendicino@parl.gc.ca>


The Honourable Marci Ien
Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Women and Gender Equality Canada
P.O. Box 8097, Station T CSC
Ottawa, ON K1G 3H6
Phone
Toll-Free: 1-855-969-9922
Local: 613-995-7835
Fax: 819-420-6906
Email
Minister-Ministre@wage-fegc.gc.ca

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Ien, Marci - M.P." <marci.ien@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 19:19:31 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: I just called a different number in a
different town and got the same woman who still would not tell me who
she was and falsely claimed that I threatened her YEA Right
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

Thank you for emailing the Office of the Honourable Marci Ien, Your
Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre



We are currently dealing with a high volume of emails, please be
advised that email inquires will take up to 10 business days for a
response.

We hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy during this time.
Your voice is important to us and we appreciate the time you took to
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Thank you again for your note and your patience as we respond to a
high volume of messages.  If this is urgent, please call our
Constituency Office at 416-972-9749


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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: TJ Burke <tj@burkelaw.ca>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 08:44:57 -0700
Subject: Out of Office Reply Re: YO Carl Urquhart the RCMP, the Fat
Fred City Finest and everybody I have been arguing in Federal Court
know that your blogging buddy Chucky Leblanc knows exactly who Mikey
Comeau is N'esy Pas?
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

Thank you for your email.

I will be out of my office until April 29th, 2019.
During this time, I will have limited access to email but I will do my best
to respond to your message after hours.

*If your matter is of an urgent nature, or for direction on your file,
please contact our administration at 506-449-1200.


Yours truly.


Thomas J. Burke, Q.C.

Partner



*THE BURKE LAW GROUP*
Kchikhusis Commercial Centre
150 Cliffe St., First Floor, Suite R6
Fredericton, NB  E3A 0A1

Email: *tj@burkelaw.ca *

Tel:  506.449.1200

Fax: 506.449.1225



The information contained in this email is solicitor communication and
privileged.  It is intended only for the use of the addressee.  If you
receive this communication and are not the intended recipient, you are
hereby notified that the copying or distribution of this communication is
prohibited.  If you have received this communication in error, please
immediately notify us by telephone and return the original message to us.



--
*Thomas J. Burke, QC*
Barrister & Solicitor
*THE BURKE LAW GROUP*
150 Cliffe Street
Fredericton, NB E3A 0A1
P: 506.449.1200
F: 506.449.1225
www.burkelaw.ca


The information contained in this email is solicitor communication and
privileged.  It is intended only for the use of the addressee.  If you
receive this communication and are not the intended recipient, you are
hereby notified that the copying or distribution of this communication is
prohibited.  If you have received this communication in error, please
immediately notify us by telephone and return the original message to us.




---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:22:38 -0400
Subject: Methinks the Clerk of the Privy Council Ian Shugart and many
others can't play dumb N'esy Pas Catherine Blewett?
To: Catherine.Blewett@pco-bcp.gc.ca, Newsroom@globeandmail.com,
Jonathan.Vance@forces.gc.ca, Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca,
harjit.sajjan@parl.gc.ca, hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca,
Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca, Jane.Philpott@parl.gc.ca,
jagmeet.singh@parl.gc.ca, maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca,
andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca, blaine.higgs@gnb.ca,
barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca,
David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca, jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca,
leader@greenparty.ca, elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca, lisa.raitt@parl.gc.ca,
Bill.Casey@parl.gc.ca, tony.clement@parl.gc.ca,
Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
Paul.Shuttle@pco-bcp.gc.ca, Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca,
Kevin.Vickers@gnb.ca, Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, pm@pm.gc.ca,
Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, Karen.Ludwig@parl.gc.ca,
Alaina.Lockhart@parl.gc.ca, premier@gnb.ca, premier@ontario.ca,
news@kingscorecord.com, news@dailygleaner.com, news@hilltimes.com,
david.eidt@gnb.ca, David.Akin@globalnews.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca,
mlo-blm@forces.gc.ca
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

---------- Original message ----------
From: "Shugart, Ian" <Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:06:06 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks everybody knows why I called the
Media Relations Department of National Defence (613-996-2353)
immediately after I read this news statement # 83 of my lawsuit said
enough N'esy Pas?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

Please note that Ian Shugart, Clerk of the Privy Council, will be out
of the office from July 8 to July 19 inclusively. During his absence,
you can contact Catherine Blewett at 613-957-5466.

All correspondence and various requests should be routed in the usual manner.

Thank you

**************************************************************

Veuillez prendre note qu’Ian Shugart, Greffier du Conseil privé, sera
absent du bureau le 8 au 19 juillet, 2019.  Pendant son absence, vous
pouvez communiquer avec Catherine Blewett au 613-957-5466.

Toute correspondance et autres demandes doivent être acheminées de
façon habituelle.

Merci



---------- Original message ----------
From: "Hon.Ralph.Goodale  (PS/SP)" <Hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:05:58 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks everybody knows why I called the
Media Relations Department of National Defence (613-996-2353)
immediately after I read this news statement # 83 of my lawsuit said
enough N'esy Pas?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

Merci d'avoir ?crit ? l'honorable Ralph Goodale, ministre de la
S?curit? publique et de la Protection civile.
En raison d'une augmentation importante du volume de la correspondance
adress?e au ministre, veuillez prendre note qu'il pourrait y avoir un
retard dans le traitement de votre courriel. Soyez assur? que votre
message sera examin? avec attention.
Merci!
L'Unit? de la correspondance minist?rielle
S?curit? publique Canada
*********

Thank you for writing to the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
Due to the significant increase in the volume of correspondence
addressed to the Minister, please note there could be a delay in
processing your email. Rest assured that your message will be
carefully reviewed.
Thank you!
Ministerial Correspondence Unit
Public Safety Canada



---------- Original message ----------
From: "Eidt, David (JAG/JPG)" <David.Eidt@gnb.ca>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:05:54 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks everybody knows why I called the
Media Relations Department of National Defence (613-996-2353)
immediately after I read this news statement # 83 of my lawsuit said
enough N'esy Pas?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

I am out of the office until Tuesday afternoon, July 23.  For
immediate assistance, please dial (506) 453-2222.

Je suis absent du bureau jusqu'au 23 Juillet.  Si vous avez besoin de
l'assistance immediate svp appeler 453-2222.



---------- Original message ----------
From: Premier of Ontario | Premier ministre de l’Ontario <Premier@ontario.ca>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:05:59 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks everybody knows why I called the
Media Relations Department of National Defence (613-996-2353)
immediately after I read this news statement # 83 of my lawsuit said
enough N'esy Pas?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

Thank you for your email. Your thoughts, comments and input are greatly valued.

You can be assured that all emails and letters are carefully read,
reviewed and taken into consideration.

There may be occasions when, given the issues you have raised and the
need to address them effectively, we will forward a copy of your
correspondence to the appropriate government official. Accordingly, a
response may take several business days.

Thanks again for your email.
______­­

Merci pour votre courriel. Nous vous sommes très reconnaissants de
nous avoir fait part de vos idées, commentaires et observations.

Nous tenons à vous assurer que nous lisons attentivement et prenons en
considération tous les courriels et lettres que nous recevons.

Dans certains cas, nous transmettrons votre message au ministère
responsable afin que les questions soulevées puissent être traitées de
la manière la plus efficace possible. En conséquence, plusieurs jours
ouvrables pourraient s’écouler avant que nous puissions vous répondre.

Merci encore pour votre courriel.




---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:05:51 -0400
Subject: Methinks everybody knows why I called the Media Relations
Department of National Defence (613-996-2353) immediately after I read
this news statement # 83 of my lawsuit said enough N'esy Pas?
To: Newsroom@globeandmail.com, Jonathan.Vance@forces.gc.ca,
Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca, harjit.sajjan@parl.gc.ca,
hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca, Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca,
Jane.Philpott@parl.gc.cajagmeet.singh@parl.gc.ca,
maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca, andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca,
blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca, David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca,
mcu@justice.gc.ca, jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca, leader@greenparty.ca,
elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca, lisa.raitt@parl.gc.ca,
Bill.Casey@parl.gc.ca, tony.clement@parl.gc.ca,
Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
Paul.Shuttle@pco-bcp.gc.ca, Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca,
Kevin.Vickers@gnb.ca, Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Cc: motomaniac333@gmail.com, pm@pm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
Karen.Ludwig@parl.gc.ca, Alaina.Lockhart@parl.gc.ca, premier@gnb.ca,
premier@ontario.ca, news@kingscorecord.com, news@dailygleaner.com,
news@hilltimes.com, david.eidt@gnb.ca, David.Akin@globalnews.ca,
steve.murphy@ctv.ca, mlo-blm@forces.gc.ca

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/07/ottawa-sets-aside-900m-to-settle-sexual.html


Friday, 19 July 2019

Ottawa sets aside $900M to settle sexual misconduct lawsuits against
Canadian Armed Forces

https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies

David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos @alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks everybody knows why I called the Media Relations Department
of National Defence (613-996-2353) immediately after I read this news
statement # 83 of my lawsuit said enough N'esy Pas?


https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html


#cdnpoli #nbpoli


https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/military-sexual-misconduct-settlement-1.5216307


Ottawa sets aside $900M to settle sexual misconduct lawsuits against
Canadian Armed Forces
Class members will be eligible for compensation between $5,000 and $55,000

Catharine Tunney · CBC News · Posted: Jul 18, 2019 5:05 PM ET




---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:08:09 -0400
Subject: ATTN Madame Lablanc because of our talk earlier I am certain
TJ Burke and his cop clients can explain this email to you
To: communication@nbapc.org, tj <tj@tjharvey.ca>,
TJ.Harvey.a1@parl.gc.ca, tj <tj@burkelaw.ca>,
alycia.bartlett@fredericton.ca, "Gilles.Blinn"
<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "carl.urquhart" <carl.urquhart@gnb.ca>,
"Stephen.Horsman" <Stephen.Horsman@gnb.ca>, "hon.ralph.goodale"
<hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, news
<news@kingscorecord.com>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, sfine
<sfine@globeandmail.com>, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
"Jody.Wilson-Raybould" <Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca>,
"Hunter.Tootoo" <Hunter.Tootoo@parl.gc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, "jake.stewart"
<jake.stewart@gnb.ca>, "carolyn.bennett" <carolyn.bennett@parl.gc.ca>,
premier <premier@ontario.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, premier
<premier@gov.ab.ca>, Office of the Premier <scott.moe@gov.sk.ca>,
premier <premier@gov.bc.ca>, premier <premier@gov.nt.ca>

https://nbapc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Partnership-with-the-Fredericton-Police-Force.pdf



Subject:
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com


January 30, 2007

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

Mr. David Amos

Dear Mr. Amos:

This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.

Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
Graham of the RCMP "J" Division in Fredericton.

Sincerely,

Honourable Michael B. Murphy
Minister of Health

CM/cb

Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:

Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,
John.Foran@gnb.ca, Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,
"Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
"Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have n

Dear Mr. Amos,

Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off over
the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I was not
ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.

As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.

As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada and
theUS. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment policing
in Petitcodiac, NB.

It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.

Sincerely,

Warren McBeath, Cpl.
GRC Caledonia RCMP
Traffic Services NCO
Ph: (506) 387-2222
Fax: (506) 387-4622
E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Say Hoka Hey to your snotty hubby the latest publisher of the Kings
County Record. wiil ya?

Perhaps he and you buddies in Kings county should review what
his/Irvings paper wrote about me four god damned years ago. You will
find that article within a blog of chucky Leblanc's that he had Goggle
delete. It is within an email that his editor sent to a reporter and I
in the USA before I ran for a seat in Parliament again. Never forget
my words are legally published int the USA according to its
Consitution. Scotty editor sent her email to me in the USA and to a
fellow reporter too. Whereas you are just a criminal lawer in New
Brunswick I doubt that you have a licence to argue civil lawsuits in
the USA. Perhaps you should find a lawyer now EH Ms. Menard? Why not
ask the Irving's new sorta son in law who replaced Paul Zed (the
lawyer in New York or whereever) to take me on?

Veritas vincit

David Raymond amos

Veritas Vincit

David Raymond Amos

First the Irving's Rags write this about the doings between T.J. Burke
and I last year. have my blog and emails killed then sing your praises
about your legal Bullshit next year? Have alook for yourself lady

Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 07:56:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: "David Amos" motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
Subject: Who says they are ignoring me Chucky? Ask Barry McKnight why
the Yankees are researching him
To: news@dailygleaner.com, kcarmichael@bloomberg.net,
oldmaison@yahoo.com, advocacycollective@yahoo.com,
Easter.W@parl.gc.ca, Comartin.J@parl.gc.ca, cityadmin@fredericton.ca,
info@gg.ca, bmosher@mosherchedore.ca, rchedore@mosherchedore.ca,
police@fredericton.ca, chebert@thestar.ca, Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca,
Stronach.B@parl.gc.ca, Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca, alltrue@nl.rogers.com,
Harper.S@parl.gc.ca, Layton.J@parl.gc.ca, Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca,
Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca
CC: brad.woodside@fredericton.ca, whalen@fredericton.ca,
david.kelly@fredericton.ca, cathy.maclaggan@fredericton.ca,
stephen.kelly@fredericton.ca, tom.jellinek@fredericton.ca,
scott.mcconaghy@fredericton.ca, marilyn.kerton@fredericton.ca,
walter.brown@fredericton.ca, norah.davidson@fredericton.ca,
mike.obrien@fredericton.ca, bruce.grandy@fredericton.ca,
dan.keenan@fredericton.ca, jeff.mockler@gnb.ca,
mrichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca, cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci.gc.ca,
jlmockler@mpor.ca, scotta@parl.gc.ca, michael.bray@gnb.ca,
jack.e.mackay@gnb.ca

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charles leblanc oldmaison@yahoo.com wrote:

Where are ya living now???? Since the media seem to ignore ya? I'll
sit down for a debate with a recorder for the blog...Now? Don't get
all exicted and send this all over the world.....lol

----- Original Message ----
From: David Amos motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
To: brad.woodside@fredericton.ca; whalen@fredericton.ca;
david.kelly@fredericton.ca; cathy.maclaggan@fredericton.ca;
stephen.kelly@fredericton.ca; tom.jellinek@fredericton.ca;
scott.mcconaghy@fredericton.ca; marilyn.kerton@fredericton.ca;
walter.brown@fredericton.ca; norah.davidson@fredericton.ca;
mike.obrien@fredericton.ca; bruce.grandy@fredericton.ca;
dan.keenan@fredericton.ca; jeff.mockler@gnb.ca;
mrichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca; cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci.gc.ca;
jlmockler@mpor.ca; scotta@parl.gc.ca; michael.bray@gnb.ca;
jack.e.mackay@gnb.ca
Cc: news@dailygleaner.com; kcarmichael@bloomberg.net;
oldmaison@yahoo.com; advocacycollective@yahoo.com;
Easter.W@parl.gc.ca; Comartin.J@parl.gc.ca; cityadmin@fredericton.ca;
info@gg.ca; bmosher@mosherchedore.ca; rchedore@mosherchedore.ca;
police@fredericton.ca; chebert@thestar.ca; Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca;
Stronach.B@parl.gc.ca; Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca; alltrue@nl.rogers.com;
Harper.S@parl.gc.ca; Layton.J@parl.gc.ca; Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca;
Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:37:04 PM
Subject: I promised one of the Fat Fred City cop Randy Reilly that I
would try to make him famous

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=davidraymondamos&search=Search

A man is only as good as his word EH? To bad priests, bankers,
politicians, lawyers and cops can't claim the same N'est Pas

http://actionlyme.org/FBI_WIRETAPE_TAPES.htm

http://davidamos.blogspot.com/

Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 19:01:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: "David Amos" motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
Subject: Now everybody and his dog knows TJ Burke and his cop buddies
allegations against me are false and you had the proof all along EH
Chucky?
To: oldmaison@yahoo.com, nbombud@gnb.ca, dan.bussieres@gnb.ca,
jacques_poitras@cbc.ca, news@dailygleaner.com,
kcarmichael@bloomberg.net, advocacycollective@yahoo.com,
Easter.W@parl.gc.ca, Comartin.J@parl.gc.ca, cityadmin@fredericton.ca,
info@gg.ca, bmosher@mosherchedore.ca, rchedore@mosherchedore.ca,
police@fredericton.ca, chebert@thestar.ca, Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca,
Stronach.B@parl.gc.ca, Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca, alltrue@nl.rogers.com,
Harper.S@parl.gc.ca, Layton.J@parl.gc.ca, Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca,
Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca
CC: dgleg@nb.aibn.com, brad.woodside@fredericton.ca,
whalen@fredericton.ca, david.kelly@fredericton.ca,
cathy.maclaggan@fredericton.ca, stephen.kelly@fredericton.ca,
tom.jellinek@fredericton.ca, scott.mcconaghy@fredericton.ca,
marilyn.kerton@fredericton.ca, walter.brown@fredericton.ca,
norah.davidson@fredericton.ca, mike.obrien@fredericton.ca,
bruce.grandy@fredericton.ca, dan.keenan@fredericton.ca,
jeff.mockler@gnb.ca, mrichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca,
cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci.gc.ca, jlmockler@mpor.ca,
scotta@parl.gc.ca, michael.bray@gnb.ca, jack.e.mackay@gnb.ca
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2007/05/24/nb-burkethreat.html

http://www.canadaeast.com/ce2/docroot/article.php?articleID=149018

http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/2007/05/tj-burke-walking-around-with-rcmp.html

http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/2006/06/fapo-has-meeting-about-panhanding.html

http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/2007/05/hats-off-to-cbc-reporter-jacques.html

http://maritimes.indymedia.org/mail.php?id=9856

Methinks your liberal pals just made a major faux pas N'est Pas?
Scroll down Frenchie and go down?.


Threat against Burke taken seriously

By STEPHEN LLEWELLYN
dgleg@nb.aibn.com
Published Thursday May 24th, 2007
Appeared on page A1
An RCMP security detail has been guarding Justice Minister and
Attorney General T.J. Burke because of threats made against him
recently.

Burke, the Liberal MLA for Fredericton-Fort Nashwaaksis, wouldn't
explain the nature of the threats.

"I have had a particular individual or individuals who have made
specific overtures about causing harm towards me," he told reporters
Wednesday.

"The RCMP has provided security to me recently by accompanying me to a
couple of public functions where the individual is known to reside or
have family members in the area," said Burke. "It is nice to have some
added protection and that added comfort."

The RCMP provides protection to the premier and MLAs with its VIP security unit.

Burke didn't say when the threat was made but it's believed to have
been in recent weeks.

"When a threat is posed to you and it is a credible threat, you have
to be cautious about where you go and who you are around," he said.
"But again, I am more concerned about my family as opposed to my own
personal safety."

Burke said he doesn't feel any differently and he has not changed his
pattern of activity.

"It doesn't bother me one bit," he said. "It makes my wife feel awful nervous."

Burke served in an elite American military unit before becoming a
lawyer and going into politics in New Brunswick.

"(I) have taken my own precautions and what I have to do to ensure my
family's safety," he said. "I am a very cautious person in general due
to my background and training.

"I am comfortable with defending myself or my family if it ever had to happen."

Burke said it is not uncommon for politicians to have security concerns.

"We do live unfortunately in an age and in a society now where threats
have to be taken pretty seriously," he said.

Since the terrorism attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001,
security in New Brunswick has been
beefed up.

Metal detectors were recently installed in the legislature and all
visitors are screened.

The position of attorney general is often referred to as the
province's "top cop."

Burke said sometimes people do not differentiate between his role as
the manager of the justice system and the individual who actually
prosecutes them.

"With the job sometimes comes threats," he said. "I have had numerous
threats since Day 1 in office."

Burke said he hopes his First Nations heritage has nothing to do with it.

"I think it is more of an issue where people get fixated on a matter
and they believe you are personally responsible for assigning them
their punishment or their sanction," he said.

Is the threat from someone who was recently incarcerated?

"I probably shouldn't answer that," he replied.

Reporters asked when the threat would be over.

"I don't think a threat ever passes once it has been made," said
Burke. "You have to consider the credibility of the source."

Bruce Fitch, former justice minister in the Conservative government,
said "every now and again there would be e-mails that were not
complimentary."

"I did have a meeting with the RCMP who are in charge of the security
of the MLAs and ministers," said Fitch.

"They look at each and every situation."

Fitch said he never had bodyguards assigned to him although former
premier Bernard Lord and former health minister Elvy Robichaud did
have extra security staff assigned on occasion.

He said if any MLA felt threatened, he or she would discuss it with the RCMP.


http://www.archive.org/details/SecTreasuryDeptEtc

Small World EH Chucky Leblanc?

"Lafleur, Lou" lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca wrote:

From: "Lafleur, Lou" lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca
To: "'motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com'" motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com,
"Lafleur, Lou" lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca
Subject: Fredericton Police Force
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:21:13 -0300

Dear Mr. Amos

My Name is Lou LaFleur and I am a Detective with the Fredericton
Police Major Crime Unit. I would like to talk to you regarding files
that I am investigating and that you are alleged to have involvement
in.

Please call me at your earliest convenience and leave a message and a
phone number on my secure and confidential line if I am not in my
office.

yours truly,
Cpl. Lou LaFleur
Fredericton Police Force
311 Queen St.
Fredericton, NB
506-460-2332
________________________________
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privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately
notify the sender and then delete this communication and any
attachments from your computer system and records without saving or
forwarding it. Thank you.


---------- 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

Thank you for your email.

For inquiries regarding EMRO’s Office, please address your email to
acting EMRO Sebastien Brillon at sebastien.brillon@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

For inquiries regarding CO NHQ Office, please address your email to
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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Merci pour votre courriel.

Pour toute question concernant le Bureau de l'EMRO, veuillez adresser
vos courriels à l’Officier responsable des Relations
employeur-employés par intérim Sébastien Brillon  à l'adresse suivante
 sebastien.brillon@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Pour toute  question concernant le bureau du Commandant de la
Direction générale, veuillez adresser vos courriels au   Commandant de
la Direction générale par intérim Farquharson, David  à l'adresse
suivante   David.Farquharson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Toute correspondance relative au Service De Protection Parlementaire
doit être envoyée à mon compte de PPS à l'adresse suivante
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Kevin Leahy
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Director, Parliamentary Protective Service
Directeur , Service de protection parlementaire
T 613-996-5048
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---------- Original message ----------
From: Premier of Ontario | Premier ministre de l’Ontario <Premier@ontario.ca>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 16:38:41 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: 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>

Thank you for your email. Your thoughts, comments and input are greatly valued.

You can be assured that all emails and letters are carefully read,
reviewed and taken into consideration.

There may be occasions when, given the issues you have raised and the
need to address them effectively, we will forward a copy of your
correspondence to the appropriate government official. Accordingly, a
response may take several business days.

Thanks again for your email.
______­­

Merci pour votre courriel. Nous vous sommes très reconnaissants de
nous avoir fait part de vos idées, commentaires et observations.

Nous tenons à vous assurer que nous lisons attentivement et prenons en
considération tous les courriels et lettres que nous recevons.

Dans certains cas, nous transmettrons votre message au ministère
responsable afin que les questions soulevées puissent être traitées de
la manière la plus efficace possible. En conséquence, plusieurs jours
ouvrables pourraient s’écouler avant que nous puissions vous répondre.

Merci encore pour votre courriel.



---------- 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 Primme 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: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
>>>> Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>>>> To: coi@gnb.ca
>>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> Good Day Sir
>>>>
>>>> After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
>>>> to speak to one of your staff for the first time
>>>>
>>>> Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
>>>> answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
>>>> at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
>>>> Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.
>>>>
>>>> These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
>>>> suggested that you study closely.
>>>>
>>>> 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 ,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 83.  The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
>>>> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
>>>> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
>>>> five years after he began his bragging:
>>>>
>>>> January 13, 2015
>>>> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
>>>>
>>>> December 8, 2014
>>>> Why Canada Stood Tall!
>>>>
>>>> Friday, October 3, 2014
>>>> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
>>>> Stupid Justin Trudeau
>>>>
>>>> Canada’s and Canadians free ride is over. Canada can no longer hide
>>>> behind Amerka’s and NATO’s skirts.
>>>>
>>>> When I was still in Canadian Forces then Prime Minister Jean Chretien
>>>> actually committed the Canadian Army to deploy in the second campaign
>>>> in Iraq, the Coalition of the Willing. This was against or contrary to
>>>> the wisdom or advice of those of us Canadian officers that were
>>>> involved in the initial planning phases of that operation. There were
>>>> significant concern in our planning cell, and NDHQ about of the dearth
>>>> of concern for operational guidance, direction, and forces for
>>>> operations after the initial occupation of Iraq. At the “last minute”
>>>> Prime Minister Chretien and the Liberal government changed its mind.
>>>> The Canadian government told our amerkan cousins that we would not
>>>> deploy combat troops for the Iraq campaign, but would deploy a
>>>> Canadian Battle Group to Afghanistan, enabling our amerkan cousins to
>>>> redeploy troops from there to Iraq. The PMO’s thinking that it was
>>>> less costly to deploy Canadian Forces to Afghanistan than Iraq. But
>>>> alas no one seems to remind the Liberals of Prime Minister Chretien’s
>>>> then grossly incorrect assumption. Notwithstanding Jean Chretien’s
>>>> incompetence and stupidity, the Canadian Army was heroic,
>>>> professional, punched well above it’s weight, and the PPCLI Battle
>>>> Group, is credited with “saving Afghanistan” during the Panjway
>>>> campaign of 2006.
>>>>
>>>> What Justin Trudeau and the Liberals don’t tell you now, is that then
>>>> Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien committed, and deployed the
>>>> Canadian army to Canada’s longest “war” without the advice, consent,
>>>> support, or vote of the Canadian Parliament.
>>>>
>>>> What David Amos and the rest of the ignorant, uneducated, and babbling
>>>> chattering classes are too addled to understand is the deployment of
>>>> less than 75 special operations troops, and what is known by planners
>>>> as a “six pac cell” of fighter aircraft is NOT the same as a
>>>> deployment of a Battle Group, nor a “war” make.
>>>>
>>>> The Canadian Government or The Crown unlike our amerkan cousins have
>>>> the “constitutional authority” to commit the Canadian nation to war.
>>>> That has been recently clearly articulated to the Canadian public by
>>>> constitutional scholar Phillippe Legasse. What Parliament can do is
>>>> remove “confidence” in The Crown’s Government in a “vote of
>>>> non-confidence.” That could not happen to the Chretien Government
>>>> regarding deployment to Afghanistan, and it won’t happen in this
>>>> instance with the conservative majority in The Commons regarding a
>>>> limited Canadian deployment to the Middle East.
>>>>
>>>> President George Bush was quite correct after 911 and the terror
>>>> attacks in New York; that the Taliban “occupied” and “failed state”
>>>> Afghanistan was the source of logistical support, command and control,
>>>> and training for the Al Quaeda war of terror against the world. The
>>>> initial defeat, and removal from control of Afghanistan was vital and
>>>>
>>>> P.S. Whereas this CBC article is about your opinion of the actions of
>>>> the latest Minister Of Health trust that Mr Boudreau and the CBC have
>>>> had my files for many years and the last thing they are is ethical.
>>>> Ask his friends Mr Murphy and the RCMP if you don't believe me.
>>>>
>>>> Subject:
>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
>>>> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
>>>> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>>>
>>>> January 30, 2007
>>>>
>>>> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos
>>>>
>>>> Dear Mr. Amos:
>>>>
>>>> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
>>>> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>>>>
>>>> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
>>>> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
>>>> Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton.
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
>>>> Minister of Health
>>>>
>>>> CM/cb
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
>>>> From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
>>>> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
>>>> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>>> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,John.Foran@gnb.ca,
>>>> Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,"Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>>> "Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
>>>> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have not
>>>>
>>>> Dear Mr. Amos,
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off
>>>> over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I
>>>> was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>>>>
>>>> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
>>>> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
>>>> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
>>>> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
>>>> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
>>>> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>>>>
>>>> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
>>>> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
>>>> that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada
>>>> the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
>>>> and policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
>>>>
>>>> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
>>>> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>>>>
>>>>  Sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
>>>> GRC Caledonia RCMP
>>>> Traffic Services NCO
>>>> Ph: (506) 387-2222
>>>> Fax: (506) 387-4622
>>>> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>>>> Office of the Integrity Commissioner
>>>> Edgecombe House, 736 King Street
>>>> Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3B 5H1
>>>> tel.: 506-457-7890
>>>> fax: 506-444-5224
>>>> e-mail:coi@gnb.ca
>>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>
>>> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/11/federal-court-of-appeal-finally-makes.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Sunday, 19 November 2017
>>> Federal Court of Appeal Finally Makes The BIG Decision And Publishes
>>> It Now The Crooks Cannot Take Back Ticket To Try Put My Matter Before
>>> The Supreme Court
>>>
>>> https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fca-caf/decisions/en/item/236679/index.do
>>>
>>>
>>> Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
>>>
>>> Amos v. Canada
>>> Court (s) Database
>>>
>>> Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
>>> Date
>>>
>>> 2017-10-30
>>> Neutral citation
>>>
>>> 2017 FCA 213
>>> File numbers
>>>
>>> A-48-16
>>> Date: 20171030
>>>
>>> Docket: A-48-16
>>> Citation: 2017 FCA 213
>>> CORAM:
>>>
>>> WEBB J.A.
>>> NEAR J.A.
>>> GLEASON J.A.
>>>
>>>
>>> BETWEEN:
>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>>> Respondent on the cross-appeal
>>> (and formally Appellant)
>>> and
>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>> Appellant on the cross-appeal
>>> (and formerly Respondent)
>>> Heard at Fredericton, New Brunswick, on May 24, 2017.
>>> Judgment delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on October 30, 2017.
>>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:
>>>
>>> THE COURT
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Date: 20171030
>>>
>>> Docket: A-48-16
>>> Citation: 2017 FCA 213
>>> CORAM:
>>>
>>> WEBB J.A.
>>> NEAR J.A.
>>> GLEASON J.A.
>>>
>>>
>>>...

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