Friday 14 April 2023

Citizen-led inquiry into Canada's pandemic response makes stop in Winnipeg

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/author/michael-welch-1.4184047 

 

Michael Welch

Michael Welch is a freelance writer and broadcaster based in Winnipeg, with a long history of involvement in peace and social justice activism.

 

Anyone ever tried to speak to the NCI spokesperson, Michelle Leduc Catlin?

David Amos

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Friday, 14 April 2023

Citizen-led inquiry into Canada's pandemic response makes stop in Winnipeg
 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/national-citizens-inquiry-covid-19-1.6810121
 

Citizen-led inquiry into Canada's pandemic response makes stop in Winnipeg

Public officials have been summoned to testify at hearings being held across the country, organizers say

 
Josh Crabb · CBC News ·
People filled a room at Winnipeg's Holiday Inn Airport West hotel on Thursday to hear expert witnesses and members of the public speak about the impact of COVID-19 policies. (Randall McKenzie/CBC)
 
People gathered at a Winnipeg hotel Thursday to hear witnesses air grievances and share concerns over Canada's COVID-19 response as part of a citizen-led, cross-Canada inquiry that aims to examine how governments and institutions reacted to the pandemic.

"This is a unique inquiry in many ways. It is citizen run, it is citizen funded," said Michelle Leduc Catlin, a spokesperson for the National Citizens Inquiry into Canada's Response to COVID-19.

"There is no one funder. This is done through people in Canada who want to hear what Canadians have experienced."

Hearings held so far have included testimony from expert witnesses and members of the public on pandemic policies. The inquiry started in Truro, N.S., before moving to Toronto and now to Winnipeg, where the first of three days of hearings took place at the Holiday Inn Airport West Hotel on Thursday.

Witnesses questioned the decision-making and science behind public health measures such as vaccine mandates, restrictions on in-person gatherings and school closures.

A woman stands in front of a blue backdrop holding her hands together. National Citizens Inquiry spokesperson Michelle Leduc Catlin says the citizen-led inquiry is unique. (Randall McKenzie/CBC)

They also spoke out about concerns around allegations of media censorship of scientists and experts.

The inquiry was originally launched by former Reform Party leader Preston Manning, who organizers said has since stepped aside as spokesperson.

Four inquiry commissioners listened and asked questions of witnesses participating both remotely via video and in person.

During one exchange, commissioner Ken Drysdale asked Stanford University health policy Prof. Jay Bhattacharya whether risk assessments on implementing policies such as remote learning gave enough consideration to the consequences.

"You would think about a whole wide range of outcomes from a policy, not just simply the putative benefits of a policy before you adopt it," said Bhattacharya, a critic of lockdown measures in the U.S. and a co-author of the controversial Great Barrington Declaration. It suggested building up herd immunity by allowing the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 to spread naturally, and encouraged focused protection of people at higher risk of dying from the illness.

"I think so many of those principles were thrown aside in the decision-making around COVID and COVID policy," said Bhattacharya, who also testified as a witness during a 2021 court challenge against Manitoba's COVID-19 restrictions launched by seven Manitoba churches.

A justice with what was then Court of Queen's Bench rejected their argument that the restrictions violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ruling they were necessary to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Stefanson, Roussin summoned

The inquiry's website says public officials, including Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson and Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin, were summoned to testify.

In a statement to CBC, the province said Roussin receives a number of invitations and declined this one.

Decisions on COVID-19 restrictions "were made based on the best available medical advice," the province said in an email.

Patrick Allard, a vocal opponent of Manitoba's public health measures who was fined nearly $35,000 last year for violating those measures, signed up to testify about the impact on him and his family.

A man in a grey suit and grey suit with a blue lanyard is pictured in a hallway. Patrick Allard is a vocal opponent of public health measures who signed up to participate in the National Citizens Inquiry. (Randall McKenzie/CBC)

"My ticketing during COVID protests, my arrests … I'm going to be bringing that up, I'm going to be bringing up the harms that I saw with my eyes among my own family from lockdown measures," Allard said, noting he's particularly concerned about the isolation his great-grandmother experienced in a nursing home. 

Rick Dyck, a People's Party of Canada riding director in Winnipeg, said he attended because he disagreed with public health measures such as mask mandates in grocery stores.

"There was a time I went to [a grocery store] on St. James, and there was an officer there and he denied me the ability to buy food just because I wasn't wearing a mask," Dyck said.

"I'm glad this inquiry is happening so that we can get some accountability and to stop this from ever happening again."

A man stands at a podium in a hotel conference room and four people sit at a table with two screens on it. Four inquiry commissioners listened and asked questions of witnesses who participated both remotely via video and in person on Thursday. (Randall McKenzie/CBC)

The hearings in Winnipeg are set to wrap up Saturday evening. The inquiry next stops in Saskatoon and is scheduled to end in Ottawa May 19.

Organizers said at the end of it all, the commissioners will put together a report with recommendations and share it publicly.

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Josh Crabb is a reporter with CBC Manitoba. He started reporting in 2005 at CKX-TV in Brandon, Man. After spending three years working in television in Red Deer, Alta., Josh returned to Manitoba in 2010 and has been covering stories across the province and in Winnipeg ever since.

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David Amos
Anyone ever tried to speak to the NCI spokesperson, Michelle Leduc Catlin? 
 
 

I just called

Heather R. DiGregorio

<hrd@bdplaw.com>		Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 11:31 PM
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

Thank you for reaching out.  The National Citizens Inquiry will be conducting hearings across the country over the next few months.  If you would like to participate, then please go to our website for more information. Take care,

 

Heather DiGregorio

 

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https://nationalcitizensinquiry.ca/meet-the-commissioners/


Heather DiGregorio

Heather DiGregorio is a senior law partner at a regional law firm
located in Calgary, Alberta. Heather has nearly 20 years of experience
in the areas of tax planning and dispute resolution, which involves
assisting her clients to navigate the complex and ever-evolving
Canadian tax landscape. She is a past executive member of each of the
Canadian Bar Association (Taxation Specialists) and the Canadian
Petroleum Tax Society. She continues to be a frequent speaker and
presenter at these organizations, as well as at the Canadian Tax
Foundation and the Tax Executives Institute. Repeatedly recognized
within the legal community as an expert and leading lawyer, Heather
has represented clients at all levels of Court, including the Alberta
Court of King’s Bench, the Tax Court of Canada, the Federal Court of
Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.


https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/review-of-current-investigations-and-regulatory-actions-regarding-the-mutual-fund-industry

Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the
Mutual Fund Industry

Date: Thursday, November 20, 2003 Time: 02:00 PM
Topic
The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a
series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and
Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.”
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1

Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
Director - Division of Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission
Cutler - November 20, 2003
Mr. Robert Glauber
Chairman and CEO
National Association of Securities Dealers
Glauber - November 20, 2003
Eliot Spitzer
Attorney General
State of New York
Spitzer - November 20, 2003



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From: "Min.Mail / Courrier.Min (CRA/ARC)" <PABMINMAILG@cra-arc.gc.ca>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 13:10:52 +0000
Subject: Your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes - 2017-02631
To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Mr. David Raymond Amos
motomaniac333@gmail.com


Dear Mr. Amos:

Thank you for your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes,
and for your understanding regarding the delay of this response.

This is an opportunity for me to address your concerns about the way
the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) deals with aggressive tax planning,
tax avoidance, and tax evasion by targeting individuals and groups
that promote schemes intended to avoid payment of tax. It is also an
opportunity for me to present the Government of Canada’s main
strategies for ensuring fairness for all taxpayers.

The CRA’s mission is to preserve the integrity of Canada’s tax system,
and it is taking concrete and effective action to deal with abusive
tax schemes. Through federal budget funding in 2016 and 2017, the
government has committed close to $1 billion in cracking down on tax
evasion and combatting tax avoidance at home and through the use of
offshore transactions. This additional funding is expected to generate
federal revenues of $2.6 billion over five years for Budget 2016, and
$2.5 billion over five years for Budget 2017.

More precisely, the CRA is cracking down on tax cheats by hiring more
auditors, maintaining its underground economy specialist teams,
increasing coverage of aggressive goods and service tax/harmonized
sales tax planning, increasing coverage of multinational corporations
and wealthy individuals, and taking targeted actions aimed at
promoters of abusive tax schemes.

On the offshore front, the CRA continues to develop tools to improve
its focus on high‑risk taxpayers. It is also considering changes to
its Voluntary Disclosures Program following the first set of program
recommendations received from an independent Offshore Compliance
Advisory Committee. In addition, the CRA is leading international
projects to address the base erosion and profit shifting initiative of
the G20 and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development, and is collaborating with treaty partners to address the
Panama Papers leaks.

These actions are evidence of the government’s commitment to
protecting tax fairness. The CRA has strengthened its intelligence and
technical capacities for the early detection of abusive tax
arrangements and deterrence of those who participate in them. To
ensure compliance, it has increased the number of actions aimed at
promoters who use illegal schemes. These measures include increased
audits of such promoters, improved information gathering, criminal
investigations where warranted, and better communication with
taxpayers.

To deter potential taxpayer involvement in these schemes, the CRA is
increasing notifications and warnings through its communications
products. It also seeks partnerships with tax preparers, accountants,
and community groups so that they can become informed observers who
can educate their clients.

The CRA will assess penalties against promoters and other
representatives who make false statements involving illegal tax
schemes. The promotion of tax schemes to defraud the government can
lead to criminal investigations, fingerprinting, criminal prosecution,
court fines, and jail time.

Between April 1, 2011, and March 31, 2016, the CRA’s criminal
investigations resulted in the conviction of 42 Canadian taxpayers for
tax evasion with links to money and assets held offshore. In total,
the $34 million in evaded taxes resulted in court fines of $12 million
and 734 months of jail time.

When deciding to pursue compliance actions through the courts, the CRA
consults the Department of Justice Canada to choose an appropriate
solution. Complex tax-related litigation is costly and time consuming,
and the outcome may be unsuccessful. All options to recover amounts
owed are considered.

More specifically, in relation to the KPMG Isle of Man tax avoidance
scheme, publicly available court records show that it is through the
CRA’s efforts that the scheme was discovered. The CRA identified many
of the participants and continues to actively pursue the matter. The
CRA has also identified at least 10 additional tax structures on the
Isle of Man, and is auditing taxpayers in relation to these
structures.

To ensure tax fairness, the CRA commissioned an independent review in
March 2016 to determine if it had acted appropriately concerning KPMG
and its clients. In her review, Ms. Kimberley Brooks, Associate
Professor and former Dean of the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie
University, examined the CRA’s operational processes and decisions in
relation to the KPMG offshore tax structure and its efforts to obtain
the names of all taxpayers participating in the scheme. Following this
review, the report, released on May 5, 2016, concluded that the CRA
had acted appropriately in its management of the KPMG Isle of Man
file. The report found that the series of compliance measures the CRA
took were in accordance with its policies and procedures. It was
concluded that the procedural actions taken on the KPMG file were
appropriate given the facts of this particular case and were
consistent with the treatment of taxpayers in similar situations. The
report concluded that actions by CRA employees were in accordance with
the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct. There was no
evidence of inappropriate interaction between KPMG and the CRA
employees involved in the case.

Under the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct, all CRA
employees are responsible for real, apparent, or potential conflicts
of interests between their current duties and any subsequent
employment outside of the CRA or the Public Service of Canada.
Consequences and corrective measures play an important role in
protecting the CRA’s integrity.

The CRA takes misconduct very seriously. The consequences of
misconduct depend on the gravity of the incident and its repercussions
on trust both within and outside of the CRA. Misconduct can result in
disciplinary measures up to dismissal.

All forms of tax evasion are illegal. The CRA manages the Informant
Leads Program, which handles leads received from the public regarding
cases of tax evasion across the country. This program, which
coordinates all the leads the CRA receives from informants, determines
whether there has been any non-compliance with tax law and ensures
that the information is examined and conveyed, if applicable, so that
compliance measures are taken. This program does not offer any reward
for tips received.

The new Offshore Tax Informant Program (OTIP) has also been put in
place. The OTIP offers financial compensation to individuals who
provide information related to major cases of offshore tax evasion
that lead to the collection of tax owing. As of December 31, 2016, the
OTIP had received 963 calls and 407 written submissions from possible
informants. Over 218 taxpayers are currently under audit based on
information the CRA received through the OTIP.

With a focus on the highest-risk sectors nationally and
internationally and an increased ability to gather information, the
CRA has the means to target taxpayers who try to hide their income.
For example, since January 2015, the CRA has been collecting
information on all international electronic funds transfers (EFTs) of
$10,000 or more ending or originating in Canada. It is also adopting a
proactive approach by focusing each year on four jurisdictions that
raise suspicion. For the Isle of Man, the CRA audited 3,000 EFTs
totalling $860 million over 12 months and involving approximately 800
taxpayers. Based on these audits, the CRA communicated with
approximately 350 individuals and 400 corporations and performed 60
audits.

In January 2017, I reaffirmed Canada’s important role as a leader for
tax authorities around the world in detecting the structures used for
aggressive tax planning and tax evasion. This is why Canada works
daily with the Joint International Tax Shelter Information Centre
(JITSIC), a network of tax administrations in over 35 countries. The
CRA participates in two expert groups within the JITSIC and leads the
working group on intermediaries and proponents. This ongoing
collaboration is a key component of the CRA’s work to develop strong
relationships with the international community, which will help it
refine the world-class tax system that benefits all Canadians.

The CRA is increasing its efforts and is seeing early signs of
success. Last year, the CRA recovered just under $13 billion as a
result of its audit activities on the domestic and offshore fronts.
Two-thirds of these recoveries are the result of its audit efforts
relating to large businesses and multinational companies.

But there is still much to do, and additional improvements and
investments are underway.

Tax cheats are having a harder and harder time hiding. Taxpayers who
choose to promote or participate in malicious and illegal tax
strategies must face the consequences of their actions. Canadians
expect nothing less. I invite you to read my most recent statement on
this matter at canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/news/2017/03/
statement_from_thehonourabledianelebouthillierministerofnational.

Thank you for taking the time to write. I hope the information I have
provided is helpful.

Sincerely,

The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier
Minister of National Revenue

 
 

Winnipeg Expert Witnesses

Natalie Bjorklund Gordon- Geneticist and Epidemiologist

Stephen Theriault – Medical microbiologist.

Dr. Jessica Rose – Expert on the VAERS data.


Dr. Jessica Rose  is a Postdoctoral in Biochemistry, Postdoctoral in Molecular Biology, Ph.D. in Computational Biology, Master in Medicine (Immunology), and BSc in Applied Mathematics who is working to bring awareness to the public with regard to VAERS data.

Staff Sgt Rick Abott – Edmonton Police Officer.


Rick Abbott is a distinguished member of the Edmonton Police Service, having served in the EPS Tactical Section since October 1996. With over 26 years of experience, Abbott has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to protecting the community and upholding the law.

As a member of the EPS Tactical Section, Abbott has been responsible for handling high-pressure situations and responding to emergency situations in a timely and efficient manner. His extensive training and experience have equipped him with the skills necessary to make split-second decisions and take swift action when necessary.

Abbott’s dedication to his profession and his community has earned him respect and admiration from his peers and colleagues. His tireless work ethic and commitment to public safety serve as an inspiration to others in the law enforcement community.

Throughout his long and distinguished career, Abbott has proven himself to be a consummate professional and a valuable asset to the Edmonton Police Service. His unwavering commitment to public safety and justice has undoubtedly made a positive impact on the lives of countless individuals in the Edmonton community. 

Jay Bhattacharya – Professor of Medicine at Stanford
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is a Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and a respected scholar in the field of healthcare economics. He has held various positions, including research associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research, a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and the Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute. Dr. Bhattacharya is also a courtesy professor in Economics and Health Research and Policy. He heads the Stanford Center on the Demography of Health and Aging and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals in a wide range of fields, including economics, statistics, law, medicine, public health, and health policy. Notably, he is one of the original authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, which advocates for a targeted approach to managing the COVID-19 pandemic while minimizing societal and economic harm. Dr. Bhattacharya holds an MD and Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University

Jeffrey Tucker- Founder of the Brownstone Institute


Jeffrey A. Tucker studied economics as an undergraduate at Texas Tech University and Howard Payne University, He later enrolled as a graduate student in economics at George Mason University. Jeffrey is the founder and president of Br0wnstone Institute , a 501c3 nonprofit organization focusing on public health, economics, and the philosophical foundations of freedom, with a particular focus on post-pandemic rebuilding. He has served as a columnist at Forbes, founder of the Atlanta Bitcoin Embassy, Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Austrian Economics Center in Vienna, Austria, Research Affiliate for the RMIT University Blockchain Innovation Hub in Melbourne, Australia, Honorary Fellow of Mises Brazil, affiliate fellow of the Acton Institute and Mackinac Institute, founder and Chief Liberty Officer of Liberty.me, an adviser to blockchain application companies, past editorial director of the Foundation for Economic Education, AIER, and Laissez Faire Books, founder of the CryptoCurrency Conference, and author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and ten books in 5 languages. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture.

Deanne McLeod- Medical Researcher

Kaleidoscope Strategic Inc.

146 Marion Street

Toronto, Ontario M6R 1E7

contact@kstrategic.com416.410.7663

Charley Hooper – Researcher on Early Covid Treatment

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/author/michael-welch-1.4184047 
 

Michael Welch

Michael Welch is a freelance writer and broadcaster based in Winnipeg, with a long history of involvement in peace and social justice activism.

 
 
 
 

The Global Research News Hour

In November 2012, Global Research launched our Radio program: produced by Michael Welch in collaboration with CKUW 95.9 FM (University of Winnipeg, Manitoba).

The Global Research News Hour also airs on university campus, college and community radio stations in Canada and the US. Scroll down for details.

In Canada, the GRNH is broadcast by partner radio stations in B.C. Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick including Simon Fraser University (BC), University of Victoria (BC), campus and community radio stations in Ontario, University of New Brunswick St Johns.

In the US, the GRNH airs out of Boston College, Mass. and Progressive Radio. prn.fm. (For a complete list see below).

The programme is also podcast at globalresearch.ca.

 

Welcome News Director Michael Welch

Posted by Rob on June 14th, 2011

CKUW has hired Michael Welch to take over our news department. Michael has been a volunteer with CKUW for several years and is well known in the community.

Michael starred in our radio drama, he hosts a Sunday show called Hear There Be Dragons and he has produced specials following the swine flu pandemic , the Veolia takeover of the Winnipeg water works and much more.

Our local news coverage can be heard weekday mornings at 8am on the show People of Interest

If you have a news story or want to get involved in our community news department you can contact Michael at 786-9998 / ckuwnews@rocketmail.com

 https://ckuw.ca/staff

Staff

 
 
 
 
National Citizens Inquiry (NCI | CeNC)
@Inquiry_Canada
Josh Crabb from @CBCNews Winnipeg attended the National Citizens Inquiry hearing today and produced an in-depth report for the 6:00 pm news. The report highlights the significant contributions of individual citizens, expert witnesses, independent Commissioners, NCI Spokesperson @MichelleLCatlin, and attendees who have raised important questions or concerns about the country's #COVID19 policies. The National Citizens Inquiry is a pivotal event that aims to uncover the truth behind Canada's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Winnipeg hearings continue Friday and Saturday, 9:00 am to 5 pm CDT. Follow the live testimony on the NCI website nationalcitizensinquiry.ca and on the NCI social media platforms. The National Citizens Inquiry is providing Canadians with the opportunity to discuss #Canada's COVID-19 policies.
 

 
 
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#NCI #Winnipeg Expert Witness Clip In his powerful testimony, @jeffreyatucker highlights the concerning loss of trust in mainstream media that has occurred as a direct result of their reporting on #COVID19. With the #media having become increasingly centralized and monopolistic in their control over information, a free market of ideas has been effectively stifled. Instead, centralized government powers have been allowed to take control over media narratives concerning mandates, protests, and lockdowns. Throughout this pandemic, we have seen numerous examples of the media actively demonizing #protests and labeling them as nothing more than disease spreaders, all without any evidence to support their claims. This marks a significant departure from the way in which the press used to cover government messaging, and it is a concerning trend that we have never seen before. In many ways, it seems as though our fundamental rights and liberties have been cast aside in favor of a single-minded focus on controlling the narrative around COVID-19. The loss of trust in mainstream media is a serious issue that we must address if we are to maintain a truly free and open society. It is time to demand greater transparency and accountability from those who hold the reins of power, and to ensure that our media is once again able to operate within a truly free-market of ideas. Only then can we hope to truly combat the challenges that lie ahead and to build a brighter future for ourselves and for generations to come. #Canada #Canadian #TruthMatters
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David Raymond Amos
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Say Hey to Mr Tucker for me will ya?


https://brownstone.org/author/jeffrey-tucker/

 

Jeffrey A. Tucker 

Jeffrey A. Tucker

Jeffrey A. Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown, and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture.

 tucker@brownstone.org


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DEJA VU ANYONE???
 
 

YO Lew you and your old buddy Jeffrey Tucker should enjoy a little Dea Vu from 2009 EH?

 

David Amos

<motomaniac333@gmail.com>		Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 10:45 AM
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, rockwell@mises.org, tucker@mises.com, oig@sec.gov, Fred.Pretorius@gov.yk.ca, editor <editor@wikileaks.org>, "erin.otoole" <erin.otoole@parl.gc.ca>, dsheehan@bakerlaw.com, mhirchfield@bakerlaw.com, "ed.pilkington" <ed.pilkington@guardian.co.uk>, graham@grahamsteele.ca, Wendy.Olsen@usdoj.gov, vasilescua@sec.gov, friedmani@sec.gov, krishnamurthyp@sec.gov
Cc: jeffrey.a.tucker@gmail.com, jim@jimbovard.com, jbovard@his.com, james.caton@ndsu.edu, fiona.harrigan@gmail.com, sandyjfs@yahoo.com, cbreashears@stlawu.edu, robertericwright@gmail.com, alexander.w.salter@ttu.edu, eyang@studentsforliberty.org, donjbx@gmail.com, bcarson@hsc.edu, press@aier.org, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, "Ian.Shugart" <Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca>, nspector@globeandmail.ca, ombudsman@washpost.com, shenderson600@freepress.com, shine@foxnews.com, shoupt@globeandmail.ca


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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2021 10:32:36 -0400
Subject: RE My questions for Ron Paul, Lew Rockwell and their old
buddy Jeffrey Tucker
To: rockwell@mises.org
Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com

OUT OF THE GATE I MUST ASK DO YOU DUDES EVEN REMEMBER ME?

https://mises.org/library/your-questions-ron-paul-and-lew-rockwell

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 From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
 Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 13:48:28 -0300
 Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S SDNY
 To: Marc.Litt@usdoj.gov, NesterJ@sec.gov, USANYS.MADOFF@usdoj.gov,
Ministere-Finances@fi.etat.lu, Wendy.Olsen@usdoj.gov,
vasilescua@sec.gov, friedmani@sec.gov, krishnamurthyp@sec.gov,
 "graham@grahamsteele.ca" <graham@grahamsteele.ca>, "jonathan.dean"
 <jonathan.dean@novascotiavision.com>, tucker <tucker@mises.com>,
producer@onsecondthought.tv, dr_taitz@yahoo.com,
drbilldeagle@earthlink.net
 Cc: oig@sec.gov, william.zabel@srz.com, dsheehan@bakerlaw.com,
mhirchfield@bakerlaw.com, ddexter@ns.sympatico.ca, "t.j.burke@gnb.ca"
 <t.j.burke@gnb.ca>, "rick.hancox" <rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca>, "Fred.
 Pretorius" <Fred.Pretorius@gov.yk.ca>, "Dean.Buzza"
 <Dean.Buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, vanlop1 <vanlop1@parl.gc.ca>,
jwestbrook1@bloomberg.net, nathan.olivarezgiles@latimes.com,
sherine.elmadany@latimes.com, sbodoni@bloomberg.net, "Andrew. Krystal"
 <Andrew.Krystal@rci.rogers.com>, Richard Harris
 <injusticecoalition@hotmail.com>, "oldmaison@yahoo.com"
 <oldmaison@yahoo.com>

 What kind of strange game is the US Justice Dept and the SEC playing
 with me now Mr Litt? Rest assured I won't play it and many people know
 that I never would Even though the corporate media won't talk about my
 concerns about your actions,  others certainly do.

 Here is just one example that still exists on the net. Even though
 Danny Boy Fitzgerald hates this mean old Maritimer, at least
 understands the meaning of the term Integrity and detests you people
 more. I am merely wondering how much longer his blog will exist. You
 know why EH T.J. Burke?

http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/search?q=amos

 You dudes know as well as I that my concerns are far greater that mere
 matters of money and Bernie Madoff. Perhaps you should talk to your
 associates in the RCMP and the INTERPOL ASAP Clearly I am trying hard
 to make the whole world know about my concerns about the Feds' severe
 lack of integrity EH H. David Kotz?

 Veritas Vincit
 David Raymond Amos

 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 From: USANYS-MADOFF <USANYS.MADOFF@usdoj.gov>
 Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 10:40:12 -0400
 Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US
 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY
 To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Olsen, Wendy (USANYS)
 Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:21 AM
 To: David Amos; USANYS-MADOFF; Litt, Marc (USANYS)
 Cc: webo; vasilescua@sec.gov; friedmani@sec.gov; krishnamurthyp@sec.gov
 Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US
 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY

 Thank you for your response.

 Wendy Olsen
 Victim Witness Coordinator

 -----Original Message-----
 From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos@gmail.com]
 Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:48 AM
 To: USANYS-MADOFF; Olsen, Wendy (USANYS); Litt, Marc (USANYS)
 Cc: webo; vasilescua@sec.gov; friedmani@sec.gov; krishnamurthyp@sec.gov
 Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US
 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY

 Ms Olsen

 Thank you for keeping me informed.

 Yes unseal all my emails with all their attachments immediately and
 make certain that the US Attorny's office finally practices full
 disclosurement as to who I am and what my concerns are as per the Rule
 of Law within a purported democracy.

 As you folks all well know I am not a shy man and I have done nothing
 wrong. It appears to me that bureacratic people only use the right to
 privacy of others when it suits their malicious ends in order to
 protect their butts from impreacment,  litigation and prosecution.

 The people in the US Attorney's Office and the SEC etc are very well
 aware that I protested immediately to everyone I could think of when
 the instant I knew that my correspondences went under seal and Madoff
 pled guilty so quickly and yet another cover up involing my actions
 was under full steam. Everybody knows that.the US Government has been
 trying to keep my concerns about the rampant public corruption a
 secret for well over seven long years. However now that a lot of
 poeple and their countries in general are losing a lot of money people
 are beginning to remember just exactly who I am and what i did
 beginning over seven years ago..

 Veritas Vincit
 David Raymond Amos
 506 756 8687

 P.S. For the record  Obviously I pounced on these Yankee bastards as
 soon as the newsrag in Boston published this article on the web last
 night.

http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1162354&f
 ormat=&page=2&listingType=biz#articleFull

 Notice that Nester just like everyone else would not say my name? It
 is because my issues surrounding both Madoff and are NOT marketing
 timing  They are as you all well know money laundering, fraud,
 forgery, perjury, securites fraud, tax fraud, Bank fraud, illegal
 wiretappping  and Murder amongst other very serious crimes.

 "SEC spokesman John Nester dismissed similarities between Markopolos
 and Scannell's cases as "not a valid comparison."

 He said the SEC determined the market-timing by Putnam clients that
 Scannell reported didn't violate federal law. Nester said the SEC only
 acted after another tipster alleged undisclosed market-timing by some
 Putnam insiders.

 Scannell, now a crusader for SEC reforms, isn't surprised the agency
 is in hot water again.

 Noting that several top SEC officials have gone on to high-paying
 private-sector jobs, he believes hopes for future employment impact
 investigations. "It's a distinct disadvantage to make waves before you
 enter the private sector," Scannell said."

 --- On Mon, 3/30/09, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> wrote:

 From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
 Subject: Fwd: USANYS-MADOFF IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE SDNY
 To: NesterJ@sec.gov, letterstoeditor@bostonherald.com, "oig"
 <oig@sec.gov>, Thunter@tribune.com, david@davidmyles.com,
ddexter@ns.sympatico.ca, "Dan Fitzgerald" <danf@danf.net>
 Cc: dsheehan@bakerlaw.com, dspelfogel@bakerlaw.com,
mc@whistleblowers.org, gkachroo@mccarter.com,
david.straube@accenture.com, gurdip.s.sahota@accenture.com,
benjamin_mcmurray@ao.uscourts.gov, bob_burke@ao.uscourts.gov
 Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 10:00 PM

 Need I say BULLSHIT?

http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1162354&f
 ormat=&page=2&listingType=biz#articleFull


 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
 Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:03:13 -0300
 Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S
 OFFICE SDNY
 To: Russ.Stanton@latimes.com, meredith.goodman@latimes.com,
ninkster@navigantconsulting.com, dgolub@sgtlaw.com
 Cc: firstselectmanffld@town.fairfield.ct.us,
editor@whatsupfairfield.com, info@csiworld.org, jacques_poitras
 <jacques_poitras@cbc.ca>

 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
 Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:40:55 -0300
 Subject: Fwd: USANYS-MADOFF FW: IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US
 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY
 To: gmacnamara@town.fairfield.ct.us, MartiK1 <MartiK1@parl.gc.ca>,
 "Paul. Harpelle" <Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca>, Jason Keenan
 <jason.keenan@icann.org>, Kandalaw <Kandalaw@mindspring.com>
 Cc: info@grahamdefense.org, fbinhct@leo.gov

 From: "Peck,Dave" <DPeck@town.fairfield.ct.us>
 Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:32:32 -0400
 Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: USANYS-MADOFF FW: IMPORTANT
 INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY
 To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

 I will be unavailable until 4/1/09.

 Deputy Chief MacNamara will be in charge while I am away.

 He can be reached at 254-4831 or email him at
gmacnamara@town.fairfield.ct.us

 I will not be checking emails or cell phone messages.

 Thank you,

 Chief Dave Peck

 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
 Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:32:18 -0300
 Subject: Fwd: USANYS-MADOFF FW: IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US
 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY
 To: dpeck@town.fairfield.ct.us, edit@ctpost.com, bresee@courant.com

 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
 Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:19:35 -0300
 Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF FW: IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US
 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY
 To: dtnews@telegraph.co.uk

 -----Original Message-----
 From: USANYS-MADOFF
 Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 3:06 PM
 To: DAVID.RAYMOND.AMOS@GMAIL.COM
 Subject: IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY

 In United States v. Bernard L. Madoff, 09 Cr. 213 (DC), the Court
 received a request from NBC and ABC to unseal all correspondence from
 victims that has been submitted in connection with the case.  This
 includes your email to the Government.  If the correspondence from
 victims is unsealed, the victim's personal identifying information
 including name, address, telephone number and email address (to the
 extent it was included on the correspondence) will become public. The
 Government must submit a response to the request by NBC and ABC by
 Tuesday, March 31, 2009.  Please let us know whether you consent to
 the full disclosure of your correspondence, or whether you wish to
 have your correspondence remain sealed for privacy or other reasons.
 If you wish to have your correspondence remain sealed, please let us
 know the reason.  We will defend your privacy to the extent that we
 can.  Thank you.

 I looks like the US attorney in New York finally has to unseal my
 emails that you dudes have been sitting on for quite some time for no
 reason I will ever understand other than you are just a bunch of
 chickenshits.

 I know NBC, ABC, your blogger buddies or any other media wacko will
 never say my name but the pissed off folks that lost a lot of money
 with Bernie Baby just may ask how the hell I am EH?

 Veritas Vincit
 David Raymond Amos




 From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
 Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:48:50 -0300
 Subject: Fwd: Trust that whatever covert deal that Bernie Madoff and
 KPMG etc  may make with the Feds they are not fooling mean old me
 To: Marc.Litt@usdoj.gov

 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
 Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:29:42 -0300
 Subject: Fwd: Trust that whatever covert deal that Bernie Madoff and
 KPMG etc  may make with the Feds they are not fooling mean old me
 To: PChavkin@mintz.com
 Cc: webo <webo@xplornet.com>

 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 From: "Olsen, Wendy (USANYS)" <Wendy.Olsen@usdoj.gov>
 Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:08:04 -0400
 Subject: RE: Trust that whatever covert deal that Bernie Madoff and
 KPMG etc may make with the Feds they are not fooling mean old me
 To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com

     On March 10, 2009, the Honorable Denny Chin provided the following
 guidance for victims who wish to be heard at the plea proceeding on
 March 12, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.:

      Judge Chin stated that there are two issues that the Court will
 consider at the hearing: (1) whether to accept a guilty plea from the
 defendant to the eleven-count Criminal Information filed by the
 Government, which provides for a maximum sentence of 150 years'
 imprisonment; and (2) whether the defendant should be remanded or
 released on conditions of bail, if the Court accepts a guilty plea.
 Judge Chin also stated that, at the hearing on March 12, 2009, he will
 conduct a plea allocution of the defendant and then will announce
 whether the Court intends to accept the plea.  At that time, the Court
 will solicit speakers who disagree with the Court's intended ruling.

     Assuming the defendant pleads guilty and his plea is accepted by the
 Court, the Court intends to allow the Government and defense counsel
 to speak on the issue of bail.  The Court will then announce its
 intended ruling on that issue.  The Court will then invite individuals
 who disagree with the proposed ruling on bail to be heard.

     The Court noted that there will be opportunity for victims to be
 heard in the future on the subjects of sentencing, forfeiture and
 restitution in advance of any sentencing of the defendant.  The Court
 also noted that it is not appropriate for victims who wish to speak
 concerning sentencing issues to be heard at the March 12, 2009
 proceeding.

     A link to the a transcript of the March 10, 2009 Court hearing can
 be
 found on the website of the United States Attorney's Office for the
 Southern District of New York:

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nys


 -----Original Message-----
 From: Olsen, Wendy (USANYS)
 Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 10:56 AM
 To: usanys.madoff@usdoj.gov
 Subject: FW: Trust that whatever covert deal that Bernie Madoff and
 KPMG etc may make with the Feds they are not fooling mean old me


 -----Original Message-----
 From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos@gmail.com]
 Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 12:58 PM
 To: horwitzd@dicksteinshapiro.com; Nardoza, Robert (USANYE);
 USAMA-Media (USAMA); Olsen, Wendy (USANYS)
 Cc: oig
 Subject: Trust that whatever covert deal that Bernie Madoff and KPMG
 etc may make with the Feds they are not fooling mean old me

horwitzd@dicksteinshapiro.com

 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 From: "Sartory, Thomas J." <TSartory@goulstonstorrs.com>
 Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 07:41:20 -0500
 Subject: RE: I did talk the lawyers Golub and Flumenbaum tried to
 discuss         Bernie Madoff and KPMG etc before sending these emails
 To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com


 Dear Mr. Amos,

         I am General Counsel at Goulston & Storrs.  Your email below to
 Messers. Rosensweig and Reisch has been forwarded to me for response.
 While it's not clear what type of assistance, if any, you seek from
 Goulston % Storrs, please be advised that we are not in a  position to
 help you.  Please do not send further communications to any of our
 attorneys.  We will not be able to respond, and your communications
 will not be protected by the attorney-client privilege.

         We wish you well in the pursuit of your concerns.

 Sincerely,

 Thomas J. Sartory




 -----Original Message-----
 From: David Amos [mailto:
 Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 8:18 PM
 To: Rosensweig, Richard J.; info@LAtaxlawyers.com; Reisch, Alan M.;
reed@hbsslaw.com
 Subject: Fwd: I did talk the lawyers Golub and Flumenbaum tried to
 discuss Bernie Madoff and KPMG etc before sending these emails

 Perhaps somebody should call me back now. EH?

Winnipeg Starts Today

National Citizens Inquiry Team

<canadacitizensinquiry@gmail.com>		Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 9:01 AM
Reply-To: canadacitizensinquiry@gmail.com
To: David Amos <David.Raymond.Amos333@gmail.com>

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Dear David,

Firstly, we need to acknowledge the overwhelming support we have received over the last week. Thanks to your generous donations, we were able to cover all costs associated with our three-day hearing in Toronto, which concluded on April 1st. The Toronto hearing can be viewed in full on the National Citizens Inquiry website.

Now that Toronto has wrapped up, we are excited to begin our Winnipeg hearing today, which will run to Saturday, April 15th.
 
We have an impressive line up of experts providing testimony to our commissioners over the course of the next three days. They include Jeffrey Tucker, founder of The Brownstone Institute, and Jay Bhattacharya, Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration. Along with these esteemed witnesses, we will be joined by an array of experts in multiple fields, including epidemiology and law enforcement. Be sure to tune in and follow along.
 
As you know, the National Citizens Inquiry is a citizen-led and citizen funded initiative, and we cannot complete this important work without your continued help. We rely solely on your donations to cover all expenses related to conducting our country-wide hearings. These include travel costs for commissioners, venue rental, audio visual expertise and equipment to assist with production, and any other expenses that arise in connection with this hearing.

We are reaching out today to ask if you will consider contributing to our efforts. Canadians were subjected to some of the most stringent covid policies in the world and deserve an honest examination of our governments’ responses.
 
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The National Citizens Inquiry Invites Media to Winnipeg Hearings April 13 to 15, 2023



National Citizens Inquiry

  

Nationwide - TheNewswire - April 11, 2023 - The National Citizens Inquiry (NCI) opens three days of hearings in Winnipeg this Thursday, April 13, 2023. Expert witnesses are to include:

  • Natalie Bjorklund Gordon – Geneticist and Epidemiologist 

  • Stephen Theriault – Medical microbiologist. 

  • Jessica Rose – EXPERT on the VAERS data. 

  • Staff Sgt Rick Abott – Edmonton Police Officer. 

  • Jay Bhattacharya – Professor of Medicine at Stanford 

  • Jeffrey Tucker – Founder of the Brownstone Institute 

  • Deanne McLeod – Medical Researcher 

  • Charley Hooper – Researcher on Early Covid Treatment 

The Winnipeg hearings, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Central, will be broadcast live on the NCI website https://nationalcitizensinquiry.ca/nci-live/ and on the NCI Rumble Channel https://rumble.com/user/NationalCitizensInquiryCA

Follow the NCI on social media:

https://twitter.com/Inquiry_Canada
https://www.facebook.com/NationalCitizensInquiry

The Winnipeg venue is Holiday Inn Winnipeg
Airport West
2520 Portage Ave.
Winnipeg, MB R3J 3T6
Ph. (204) 885-4478
https://ywgwest.com/

Due to limited space in the room the public is asked to arrange for access through Eventbrite. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-citizens-inquiry-across-canada-winnipeg-tickets-608694430427

 Members of the media are asked to provide identification to NCI volunteers on site to obtain access. Prior notification of attendance to press@nationalcitizensinquiry.ca will assist in assuring seating.

NCI spokesperson, Michelle Leduc Catlin, will be at the hearings and will be able to assist you.

Hearings will follow in:

  • Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, from April 20 to 22 

  • Red Deer, Alberta, from April 26 to 28 

Further hearings are scheduled for Vancouver, Quebec, and Ottawa.

NCI is a Canada-wide citizen-led and citizen-funded initiative to investigate governments’ COVID-19 policies in a fair and impartial manner that is completely independent from government. Through questioning led by lawyers, individual Canadians and experts will present evidence under oath to Independent Commissioners. The first six days of hearings were held in Truro, NS and Toronto, ON.

Media inquiries concerning the National Citizens Inquiry should be directed to:

press@nationalcitizensinquiry.ca


https://nationalcitizensinquiry.ca/call-for-witnesses-now-open/

 

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Call For Witnesses Now Open!

OTTAWA: The National Citizens Inquiry (NCI) – a citizen-led inquiry into Canada’s response to COVID-19 – is extending a call to Canadians across the country in search for witnesses. Both expert and non-expert, these individuals are invited to join in nine hearings across the country. 

The closing of the Public Order Emergencies Commission left Canadians with more questions than answers about the pandemic response – at all levels of government. With calls for more transparency coming from all federal opposition parties, Blacklock’s Reporter indicated on December 8th that the Liberal government is planning a secretive “internal report” on its handling of the pandemic. Our government officials are effectively “grading their own work,” as Blacklock’s put it.

But with polls showing that 3 out of every 4 Canadians felt harmed by the pandemic response, politicians and bureaucrats reviewing their own notes is not enough. Canadians want their voices to be heard.

The National Citizens Inquiry will give a voice and a platform to those who have been left out of the government’s pantomime. Only with the full support and participation of the public can we have a real conversation around what went right, what went wrong, and how we can properly prepare for the future.

Projected dates for the Inquiry are for in-person and virtual hearings to begin in mid March and conclude by mid May. The proposed locations are Moncton, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Red Deer, Victoria, and Ottawa, with the Commissioners expected to produce their final report by late June. At this time, the NCI is inviting those who would like to participate to make a submission at nationalcitizensinquiry.ca/hearings.   

This invitation is extended to experts in the areas of economics; health care; mental health and wellness; constitutional expertise; learning; and any other area significantly affected by pandemic response at any level. The call also extends to non-experts those with personal stories that have been overlooked, stories that will help illuminate any shortcomings in the responses of the last year. 

Take the example of Brian and Kelly.

Before the COVID-19 measures, Brian and Kelly were the owners of a thriving fitness centre in the GTA. In fact, they had just opened their second location. Banks would tell them their growth and returns were exceptional and were eager to support them.

Then Ontario locked down for “two weeks to flatten the curve.” Forced closures or severe capacity restrictions became the norm for two years for small businesses like theirs.

Brian and Kelly did their best to keep up with the province’s unpredictable, inconsistent, and unclear measures. They innovated, began offering online classes. Reduced or eliminated their own pay to keep the lights on and employees paid.

But while the government gave exemptions and went easy on major retailers and corporations, small business owners like Brian and Kelly got no reprieve. The government made it illegal to operate above 30% capacity. But landlords were free to charge 100% of the rent, same with utilities.

First they used up their savings, then their inheritance and then they sold all their meaningful possessions. There was no Plan B for them: No expensive education or wealthy family to fall back on and restart their lives. And as business owners, not employees, they did not even qualify for employment insurance.

They had hoped the health emergency would be over and trusted the politicians’ promises. Weeks became months. Then until we had masks and layered protection. Then once we got the vaccines. Then once most got vaccinated. Then after autumn, then after winter…

Backs against the wall, they began accepting the government’s predatory loans, which made them sign as personal guarantors, hoping they could just outlast the restrictions.

March 2022 came and the restrictions finally ended for good. But most of their customers never came back. Surrounding gyms observed the same. After two years of restrictions, GTA residents had adapted. They bought their own gym equipment, started new routines, or simply could not afford a membership anymore.

They hoped this was temporary – a market correction. But the spring and summer passed, and fall was coming. There was nothing left. Costs exceeded revenue. Multiple commercial and government loans had been used up.

In late October, they let go of all their staff—nearly 10 Canadians who will now at best find minimum wage retail work, and at worst be on EI and welfare for some time. 

As for Brian and Kelly, they defaulted on their loans. They are praying now that their creditors realize there are no personal assets to go after. The creditors are fully within their right to force them into insolvency and have them declared bankrupt.

Brian and Kelly are staring at a grim future in Canada. There is nothing to restart from—they are going on welfare. And if they are declared bankrupt, they will not even be allowed to try and restart for several years.

 

 

MEET THE COMMISSIONERS

Commissioner Bernard Massie

Dr. Bernard Massie

Bernard Massie, Ph.D., graduated in microbiology and immunology from the University of Montreal in 1982 and completed a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at McGill University studying DNA tumor viruses. He worked at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) from 1985 to 2019 as a biotechnology researcher and held various management positions, including the position of Acting Director General of the Therapeutics in Human Health Center from 2016 to 2019. He has devoted a significant part of his career to the development of integrated bioprocesses for the industrial production of therapeutic antibodies and adenovirus vaccines. He was also an associate professor in the department of microbiology and immunology at the University of Montreal from 1998 to 2019. He is currently an independent consultant in biotechnology.

Read Dr. Massie’s personal statement: ENGLISH

Commissioner Ken Drysdale

Ken Drysdale, FEC, P.Eng.

Ken Drysdale is an executive engineer with over 40 years of experience as a Professional Engineer, which includes 29 years experience in the development and management of national and regional engineering businesses. Ken is currently retired from full time practice as a consulting engineer, but continues to be active in the area of forensic engineering, investigations, preparation of expert reports and expert testimony at trial, arbitrations, and mediations. He has testified as expert witness at trials in Manitoba and Ontario. He has acted as the arbitrator and mediator in disputes.

Commissioner Janice Kaikkonen

Janice Kaikkonen

Janice Kaikkonen’s passion is community outreach. She works primarily with vulnerable populations and youth. Academically, she holds degrees in Island Studies (M.A.), English and Political Science (B.A.), and Public Administration. Janice has taught in both K-12 and post-secondary education (Faculty of Arts, Education, Journalism, pre-Med). Her research specialization involves the intersection of public policy and the social fabric which has led Janice to pursue a Ph.D in Theology and Discipleship.

Professionally, Janice served as a researcher on the PEI Task Force for Student Achievement, as Coordinator for Canadian Blood Services, and was a contributing member to the Supply Chain Management Sector Council. At one point, Janice established a transportation service for adults with special needs and owned/operated a summer day camp for youth. In her spare time, Janice enjoys reading and writing, and leading workshops on effective communications and media.

Currently, Janice serves as an elected trustee for Bluewater District School Board. Married to Reima, they have 7 children and 17 grandchildren. They live on a farm in Southgate, Ontario.

Commissioner Heather DiGregorio

Heather DiGregorio

Heather DiGregorio is a senior law partner at a regional law firm located in Calgary, Alberta. Heather has nearly 20 years of experience in the areas of tax planning and dispute resolution, which involves assisting her clients to navigate the complex and ever-evolving Canadian tax landscape. She is a past executive member of each of the Canadian Bar Association (Taxation Specialists) and the Canadian Petroleum Tax Society. She continues to be a frequent speaker and presenter at these organizations, as well as at the Canadian Tax Foundation and the Tax Executives Institute. Repeatedly recognized within the legal community as an expert and leading lawyer, Heather has represented clients at all levels of Court, including the Alberta Court of King’s Bench, the Tax Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.

 

Automatic reply: [EXT] Fwd: I just called

David LeGeyt

<dlegeyt@bdplaw.com>		Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 5:46 PM
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

I am away from the office until April 17, 2023 and will be delayed in responding to email.  I will respond as soon as I can.  For immediate assitance please email my assitant Annie at agillistapp@bdplaw.com.

 

 

I just called

  

David Amos

<david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>		AttachmentFri, Apr 14, 2023 at 5:10 PM
To: hrd@bdplaw.com



https://nationalcitizensinquiry.ca/meet-the-commissioners/


Heather DiGregorio

Heather DiGregorio is a senior law partner at a regional law firm
located in Calgary, Alberta. Heather has nearly 20 years of experience
in the areas of tax planning and dispute resolution, which involves
assisting her clients to navigate the complex and ever-evolving
Canadian tax landscape. She is a past executive member of each of the
Canadian Bar Association (Taxation Specialists) and the Canadian
Petroleum Tax Society. She continues to be a frequent speaker and
presenter at these organizations, as well as at the Canadian Tax
Foundation and the Tax Executives Institute. Repeatedly recognized
within the legal community as an expert and leading lawyer, Heather
has represented clients at all levels of Court, including the Alberta
Court of King’s Bench, the Tax Court of Canada, the Federal Court of
Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.


https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/review-of-current-investigations-and-regulatory-actions-regarding-the-mutual-fund-industry

 Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the
Mutual Fund Industry

Date:   Thursday, November 20, 2003 Time:   02:00 PM
Topic
The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a
series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and
Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.”
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1

    Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
    Director - Division of Enforcement
    Securities and Exchange Commission
          Cutler - November 20, 2003
    Mr. Robert Glauber
    Chairman and CEO
    National Association of Securities Dealers
          Glauber - November 20, 2003
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    Attorney General
    State of New York
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From: "Min.Mail / Courrier.Min (CRA/ARC)" <PABMINMAILG@cra-arc.gc.ca>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 13:10:52 +0000
Subject: Your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes - 2017-02631
To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Mr. David Raymond Amos
motomaniac333@gmail.com


Dear Mr. Amos:

Thank you for your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes,
and for your understanding regarding the delay of this response.

This is an opportunity for me to address your concerns about the way
the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) deals with aggressive tax planning,
tax avoidance, and tax evasion by targeting individuals and groups
that promote schemes intended to avoid payment of tax. It is also an
opportunity for me to present the Government of Canada’s main
strategies for ensuring fairness for all taxpayers.

The CRA’s mission is to preserve the integrity of Canada’s tax system,
and it is taking concrete and effective action to deal with abusive
tax schemes. Through federal budget funding in 2016 and 2017, the
government has committed close to $1 billion in cracking down on tax
evasion and combatting tax avoidance at home and through the use of
offshore transactions. This additional funding is expected to generate
federal revenues of $2.6 billion over five years for Budget 2016, and
$2.5 billion over five years for Budget 2017.

More precisely, the CRA is cracking down on tax cheats by hiring more
auditors, maintaining its underground economy specialist teams,
increasing coverage of aggressive goods and service tax/harmonized
sales tax planning, increasing coverage of multinational corporations
and wealthy individuals, and taking targeted actions aimed at
promoters of abusive tax schemes.

On the offshore front, the CRA continues to develop tools to improve
its focus on high‑risk taxpayers. It is also considering changes to
its Voluntary Disclosures Program following the first set of program
recommendations received from an independent Offshore Compliance
Advisory Committee. In addition, the CRA is leading international
projects to address the base erosion and profit shifting initiative of
the G20 and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development, and is collaborating with treaty partners to address the
Panama Papers leaks.

These actions are evidence of the government’s commitment to
protecting tax fairness. The CRA has strengthened its intelligence and
technical capacities for the early detection of abusive tax
arrangements and deterrence of those who participate in them. To
ensure compliance, it has increased the number of actions aimed at
promoters who use illegal schemes. These measures include increased
audits of such promoters, improved information gathering, criminal
investigations where warranted, and better communication with
taxpayers.

To deter potential taxpayer involvement in these schemes, the CRA is
increasing notifications and warnings through its communications
products. It also seeks partnerships with tax preparers, accountants,
and community groups so that they can become informed observers who
can educate their clients.

The CRA will assess penalties against promoters and other
representatives who make false statements involving illegal tax
schemes. The promotion of tax schemes to defraud the government can
lead to criminal investigations, fingerprinting, criminal prosecution,
court fines, and jail time.

Between April 1, 2011, and March 31, 2016, the CRA’s criminal
investigations resulted in the conviction of 42 Canadian taxpayers for
tax evasion with links to money and assets held offshore. In total,
the $34 million in evaded taxes resulted in court fines of $12 million
and 734 months of jail time.

When deciding to pursue compliance actions through the courts, the CRA
consults the Department of Justice Canada to choose an appropriate
solution. Complex tax-related litigation is costly and time consuming,
and the outcome may be unsuccessful. All options to recover amounts
owed are considered.

More specifically, in relation to the KPMG Isle of Man tax avoidance
scheme, publicly available court records show that it is through the
CRA’s efforts that the scheme was discovered. The CRA identified many
of the participants and continues to actively pursue the matter. The
CRA has also identified at least 10 additional tax structures on the
Isle of Man, and is auditing taxpayers in relation to these
structures.

To ensure tax fairness, the CRA commissioned an independent review in
March 2016 to determine if it had acted appropriately concerning KPMG
and its clients. In her review, Ms. Kimberley Brooks, Associate
Professor and former Dean of the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie
University, examined the CRA’s operational processes and decisions in
relation to the KPMG offshore tax structure and its efforts to obtain
the names of all taxpayers participating in the scheme. Following this
review, the report, released on May 5, 2016, concluded that the CRA
had acted appropriately in its management of the KPMG Isle of Man
file. The report found that the series of compliance measures the CRA
took were in accordance with its policies and procedures. It was
concluded that the procedural actions taken on the KPMG file were
appropriate given the facts of this particular case and were
consistent with the treatment of taxpayers in similar situations. The
report concluded that actions by CRA employees were in accordance with
the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct. There was no
evidence of inappropriate interaction between KPMG and the CRA
employees involved in the case.

Under the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct, all CRA
employees are responsible for real, apparent, or potential conflicts
of interests between their current duties and any subsequent
employment outside of the CRA or the Public Service of Canada.
Consequences and corrective measures play an important role in
protecting the CRA’s integrity.

The CRA takes misconduct very seriously. The consequences of
misconduct depend on the gravity of the incident and its repercussions
on trust both within and outside of the CRA. Misconduct can result in
disciplinary measures up to dismissal.

All forms of tax evasion are illegal. The CRA manages the Informant
Leads Program, which handles leads received from the public regarding
cases of tax evasion across the country. This program, which
coordinates all the leads the CRA receives from informants, determines
whether there has been any non-compliance with tax law and ensures
that the information is examined and conveyed, if applicable, so that
compliance measures are taken. This program does not offer any reward
for tips received.

The new Offshore Tax Informant Program (OTIP) has also been put in
place. The OTIP offers financial compensation to individuals who
provide information related to major cases of offshore tax evasion
that lead to the collection of tax owing. As of December 31, 2016, the
OTIP had received 963 calls and 407 written submissions from possible
informants. Over 218 taxpayers are currently under audit based on
information the CRA received through the OTIP.

With a focus on the highest-risk sectors nationally and
internationally and an increased ability to gather information, the
CRA has the means to target taxpayers who try to hide their income.
For example, since January 2015, the CRA has been collecting
information on all international electronic funds transfers (EFTs) of
$10,000 or more ending or originating in Canada. It is also adopting a
proactive approach by focusing each year on four jurisdictions that
raise suspicion. For the Isle of Man, the CRA audited 3,000 EFTs
totalling $860 million over 12 months and involving approximately 800
taxpayers. Based on these audits, the CRA communicated with
approximately 350 individuals and 400 corporations and performed 60
audits.

In January 2017, I reaffirmed Canada’s important role as a leader for
tax authorities around the world in detecting the structures used for
aggressive tax planning and tax evasion. This is why Canada works
daily with the Joint International Tax Shelter Information Centre
(JITSIC), a network of tax administrations in over 35 countries. The
CRA participates in two expert groups within the JITSIC and leads the
working group on intermediaries and proponents. This ongoing
collaboration is a key component of the CRA’s work to develop strong
relationships with the international community, which will help it
refine the world-class tax system that benefits all Canadians.

The CRA is increasing its efforts and is seeing early signs of
success. Last year, the CRA recovered just under $13 billion as a
result of its audit activities on the domestic and offshore fronts.
Two-thirds of these recoveries are the result of its audit efforts
relating to large businesses and multinational companies.

But there is still much to do, and additional improvements and
investments are underway.

Tax cheats are having a harder and harder time hiding. Taxpayers who
choose to promote or participate in malicious and illegal tax
strategies must face the consequences of their actions. Canadians
expect nothing less. I invite you to read my most recent statement on
this matter at canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/news/2017/03/
statement_from_thehonourabledianelebouthillierministerofnational.

Thank you for taking the time to write. I hope the information I have
provided is helpful.

Sincerely,

The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier
Minister of National Revenue


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