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Premier's former spokesperson wants to run against Liberal Leader Susan Holt
Nicolle Carlin sets sights on Fredericton South-Silverwood
Nicolle Carlin, who has worked as spokesperson for Premier Blaine Higgs since 2018, has announced she is seeking the Progressive Conservative nomination in Fredericton South-Silverwood.
It's the same riding where Liberal Leader Susan Holt plans to run in the next election, which is scheduled for October.
Carlin said she resigned from her job as deputy minister of strategic initiatives and communications on Monday to campaign full time.
"I've been very fortunate. I do have a strong voice at the table and the premier's put a lot of faith in me and he's allowed me to be vocal," Carlin said in an interview with Radio-Canada.
"I loved serving in my job, but this is completely different. When you have people you are speaking for, when you are taking their issues to heart, when you're advocating for them, that's a completely different responsibility."
Carlin said she wasn't recruited by the PC Party and the decision to run was hers alone.
Stands with Higgs on Policy 713
Carlin has previously been a municipal councillor in Hanwell and worked as a reporter for both CTV Atlantic and CBC New Brunswick.
When asked, she said she stands with Higgs on the issue of Policy 713, the gender-identity school policy his government changed last summer.
The revised Policy 713 requires that school staff obtain parental consent before letting a student under 16 adopt a new name or pronoun that reflects their gender identity.
"I do stand with the premier on 713, and I don't think that there is a line between being progressive and supporting the role that parents play," Carlin said.
Liberal
Leader Susan Holt, shown here at the recent Liberal nomination meeting
for Hampton-Fundy-St. Martins, is running for a seat in Fredericton
South-Silverwood. (Sam Farley/CBC News)
She said children should feel welcome in their schools and classrooms, but parents should be involved with elementary-aged kids transitioning and using a different name and pronouns.
"I'm very progressive. I'm a progressive in my views, I'm a Progressive Conservative and I stand with the premier on that issue, 100 per cent," Carlin said.
In an emailed statement, Liberal Leader Susan Holt said she welcomes Carlin to the race.
"Glad to see that PCs have found a candidate to make this a good race, which is critical to a strong democracy," Holt said.
"I look forward to seeing Nicolle at the doors and engaging in meaningful discussions about the most important issues to the people of Fredericton South-Silverwood."
Holt won a seat in a 2023 byelection in the riding of Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore, but has chosen to run in a Fredericton riding come October. The Liberal leader lives in the city of Fredericton.
Simon Ouellette is the Green Party candidate for the riding. (Radio-Canada)
The Green Party's candidate for the riding, Simon Ouellette, also welcomed Carlin to the race in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
"I'm looking forward to a fair and competitive race focused on good ideas and honest politics. I hope to see Nicolle at local debates, where we can share our different visions for the future of our province," Ouellette said.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
With files from Alix Villeneuve
2004
All eyes turned, cameras were flashing, and Nicolle Carlin, budding reporter, just stood waiting to hear an answer from an MP in Ottawa. Only in Gr. 10, Carlin caught the MP off guard when she asked if her school could have some money back to fund their music program which had been cancelled. Reporters scrummed her afterwards and it is then, Carlin recounts, that she realized that she had an interest in journalism.
“Wow, I like asking questions…and I kind of like catching him off guard.” thought young Carlin at the time. Now 25 and a Videojournalist at ATV in Fredericton, there is no looking back. Carlin grew up in Saint John and chose to study Journalism at St. Thomas University.
Sherry and Mary Wilson are old school women that asks permission to go to the bathroom.
I like Margaret but she is old school too, but she fought for her bridge in Florenceville that will never happen. Higgs keeps dangling that carrot for her though so she’ll run again.
Andrea Anderson Mason and Arlene Dunn…Dorothy Shepherd too stood up to Higgs for years.
Jill Green is fascinated by Higgs when she doesn’t need the money.
Good luck Nicole. Higgs will put you in a woman’s role soon if you are elected as MLA.
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
"Carlin said she wasn't recruited by the PC Party and the decision to run was hers alone."
Hmmmm, do I believe Higgs's spokescritter on this or any issue at this point?
Le Wier
Reply to G. Timothy Walton
I see Carlin’s father In law was high up in the former NBTel and a prominent family in Quispamsis and her mother was affiliated with the UPC.
Bobby Richards
Jake Stewart is the father of Nicole’s baby. That happened 2 terms ago
Bobby Richards
Reply to Le Wier
There used to be a vetting process
David Amos
Reply to G. Timothy Walton
IMHO Never believe anything until Higgy's spokescritter officially denies it
David Amos
Reply to Le Wier
Bingo
David Amos
Reply to Bobby Richards
Wow
Reply to Bobby Richards
Reply to Bobby Richards
Reply to Ralph Skavinsky
Reply to Le Wier
Notice anything missing?
Reply to David Amos
Reply to Le Wier
More than that is missing
Keep trying.
Higgs has several women that he would boot out if that was the case.
Jill Green is fascinated by Higgs when she doesn’t need the money.
I think the baby Daddy is now in Ottawa.
Reply to Kyle Woodman
Reply to Bobby Richards
They spent many evenings together in the hotel
Reply to SarahRose Werner
I would suggest it’s more about being both humble and acknowledging the privilege she was afforded from the position……
Reply to SarahRose Werner
She will get treated very differently if she is elected and Higgs makes government. Higgs uses everyone for his own gain. Right now she feels on top but Higgs will put her on bottom if she dares speak up for her riding.
Perhaps I should ask you the obvious question
Reply to David Amos
Is that your real name?
Reply to David Amos
That is particularly true with my family name But everybody in the Conservative Party knows who my Father and Mother were particularly today
A lot of Canadians visited my Mother's favourite Brother's grave today
Kyle Woodman
She fits the mold of right wing yes woman.
Reply to Kyle Woodman
Indeed
Kyle Woodman
If she supports Higgs she is not Progressive no matter how many times she says it.
Reply to Kyle Woodman
Grits or tories, same old stories.
Reply to Howard Higgs
I don't believe that is the case in this election.
Reply to Howard Higgs
Agreed. But only since 2003, starting first at the Federal and having spread progressively to the provinces since.
C'est Vrai
Reply to David Amos
Robert Brannen
One is a matter of creating fantasy; the other, a matter of dealing with the harsh reality of the lives lived by the New Brunswick population.
Reply to Robert Brannen
You are right. She understands the mechanics of NB government but has had the privilege of being shielded by being on the inside.
It's nice to see young people engaged in the future of their province.
Reply to David Amos
Reply to David Amos
Reply to David Amos
The last thing we need is a 'mouthpiece' who only knows how to mimic and echo Higgs. Puppets are the worst kind of politician.
Reply to Bobby Richards
Did she work for Jake?
Only at the hotel
Yes outside of business hours
it sure wasnt to check his riding........i dont think Dawson goes around neither..........
They checked each other out in the evenings after dark
Art McCarthy
"I am a progressive." I work for a leader who is old-fashioned, old-school, reactionary, and stogy, who brooks no dissention from his views, yet I am progressive?
Something does not align here.
Everything Higgs is tainted. If she wants to run for the conservatives (I have long since dropped the word 'progressive') then have at it boss. All it means to us voters is that she is perfectly OK with the 'pronoun war distraction' over real issues.
Amen
Crafting Higgs Irvings messages must have been hard on her conscience OR perhaps not!
Reply to Doug McBride
I doubt it.
Reply to Doug McBride
For her......not at all.
" resigned from her job as deputy minister of strategic initiatives and communications on Monday to campaign full time."
There are strategic initiatives in NB? Might they include contract nurses or actually improving the health care system. Based on what people deal with day to day, clearly nothing viable occurring.
There really has been nothing progressive in the Higgs government in the last 5 years. Why think anything will change
Well this should be an easy seat for the Liberals to take. As spokesperson for Higgs she has to carry the burden of his misinformation on 713, illegal firings that cost millions, travel nurse contracts, Union lawsuits and preferential tax treatment to his former employer and so much more.
She will no doubt be a strong competitor to go against Holt
Reply to Daniel Henwell
Not a chance. She has to check everything she does with Higgy first.
Reply to Deborah Reddon
This is all Steve Outhouse’s idea.
I see the name Outhouse, I automatically assume they are full of you-know-what...
Reply to Bobby Richards
Of course thats his job
Susan Holt
Bathurst-East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore
Susan is perfectly bilingual thanks to New Brunswick’s early immersion program, paired with continued practice and a strong commitment to the French language. She, her husband Jon and their three young children are passionate about New Brunswick’s environment and outdoors as avid hikers, runners, and campers.
Open, transparent, inclusive, and empathetic leadership is the cornerstone of Susan’s vision for the Party. Susan envisions a New Brunswick where everyone has access to the health care they need, where we lead the world in combating climate change, and we lean into digital transformation to provide better services and access to information.
Susan is passionate about people-focused policy that makes our lives better. She believes in empowered communities that are environmentally friendly, age-friendly, inclusive, and vibrant, where everyone has an affordable place to call home; where high-quality education and bold ideas drive a robust economy that allows every New Brunswicker to thrive.
Susan will promote unified and respectful politics in New Brunswick. This includes a pride in New Brunswick’s bilingualism and a deep commitment to true reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. She will work towards a New Brunswick that recognizes that diversity is our strength and that our democracy is stronger when everyone can participate fully.
and so fortunate to be part of your mission for change
Meet Nicolle
My name is Nicolle Carlin and I am running to be the MLA for the riding of Fredericton South-Silverwood. I moved to Fredericton when I was 18 years old to study Journalism at Saint Thomas University. At an early age I knew I wanted to give a voice to others, fight injustice, and instigate change.
Over the course of my career I worked for Global News, CTV Atlantic, and CBC. I was always honoured that others would trust me to tell their stories, sometimes in their most vulnerable moments. They often did so with the hopes that it would somehow lead to positive change for others. I took those stories and experiences with me when I entered politics.
In 2018 I joined Premier Higgs (then Leader of the Opposition) and worked on the provincial campaign doing communications from the tour bus. I then went to work in the Premier’s Office, first as Director of Communications, and later became Deputy Minister of Strategic Initiatives and Communication.
I have been a strong voice at the table for the past six years, and I am proud of my contributions to the betterment of our province, but going forward, when I raise my voice and push for change, I want to do it with a mandate and as the representative of the citizens of Fredericton South-Silverwood.
I look forward to meeting as many riding residents as possible. I have left my job in the Premier’s office to make this campaign and earning your trust and support my priority. I’m eager to hear your thoughts and views. I’m here for you!
I want to thank my friends and family for their love and encouragement to run, especially my husband Fenton and my three wonderful children.
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Fredericton South-Silverwood Green Party Candidate Simon Ouellette sits down with Blogger!!!!
Charles Leblanc 
About Simon Ouellette
Simon Ouellette was born on November 22, 1988, in Grand Falls, New Brunswick. Throughout his career, he has been committed to advocating for the rights and well-being of working people.
Actively engaged in the labour movement for the last decade, Simon has been working as the Communications Representative for the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in Fredericton, since 2016. In this capacity, he has represented the interests of over 30 thousand unionized members in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. His work has spanned various sectors, including nursing homes, municipalities, healthcare, education, and social services, among others.
One of Simon's proudest achievements has been his role in the 2021 provincial strike aimed at securing improved wages for frontline workers in New Brunswick.
Beyond his role at CUPE, he is a member of the City of Fredericton's Social Inclusion Committee and has also served on the boards of several community organizations, such as the NB Common Front for Social Justice, the Société de l’Acadie du Nouveau Brunswick, and has served two terms as the Vice-President of the Fédération étudiante du Centre universitaire de Moncton (FÉCUM).
Simon holds a law degree from the Université de Moncton, earned in 2015, in addition to a bachelor’s degree in history. Before his time with CUPE, Simon has worked with the NB Human Rights Commission, the CKUM 93.5 FM radio station and the NB Housing Corporation.
He is a fervent advocate for improved public transit, affordable housing, good urban planning, and improved public services. Simon and his partner, Annick, live on the Hill, in the King's College’s area.
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Premier Higgs Thanks Nicolle Carlin and Congratulates on Nomination for Fredericton South Silverwood
NB PC Caucus New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is asked about Ensemble Moncton and other Meth Heads issues!!!
Charles Leblanc 
Nicole Carlin from ATV NEWS to return to Fredericton????
15 Thursday Feb 2007
Posted in Uncategorized
But not as a reporter?
There’s going to be lots of changes coming in the Capital during the next few weeks!!!
Stay tuned!!!
Nicolle Carlin will stay in Halifax!!!!
30 Friday Mar 2007
Posted in Uncategorized
Nicolle Carlin will not be returning to Fredericton.
I guess she worked out a new deal with CTV?
She might be a host at ATV!
I guess the NB government’s communications branch will have to look elsewhere.
Nicole Carlin from CBC television is getting married in July!!!
08 Thursday Nov 2007
Posted in Uncategorized
Nicolle Carlin is doing a good job as host of CBC television News at Six!!
03 Thursday Jul 2008
Nicolle Carlin from CBC News is getting married this weekend!!!
09 Wednesday Jul 2008
Posted in Uncategorized
Bonne Chance Nicolle!!!
Nicolle Carlin from CBC to be laid off this week!!!
27 Wednesday May 2009
Posted in Uncategorized
Bonne Chance Nicolle!!!
Just got the news!!!
Too bad because she’s a very good journalist!!!!
WE DON’T NEED ANY CUTS AT THE CBC IN NEW BRUNSWICK!!!
MAYBE IN QUEBEC BUT NOT HERE!!!!
Journalist Nicolle Carlin is returning to CBC in the morning!!
28 Monday Feb 2011
Posted in Uncategorized
Welcome back Nicolle!!!!
Journalist Nicolle Carlin got laid Off from the CBC and is expecting another Child!!!
05 Monday Nov 2012
Posted in Uncategorized
Saw her at the Farmer’s Market last Saturday and she told me the News.
Too bad she got laid off from the CBC because she was good.
Here’s some photos I found on my blog.
Just call me the Paparazzi Blogger!!!
Wish her all the best…:)
CBC Journalist Nicolle Carlin is doing great!!!
18 Wednesday Jan 2012
Posted in Uncategorized
I chatted with Nicolle today on the streets and Things are going ok, but its taking a little longer than she thought to straighten out her thyroid problem.
She had a radio active iodine treatment that is suppost to kill off most of her thyroid cells, and unfortunately it doesn’t seem the treatment worked.
That means she will likely have to do a second treatment but they like to wait 6 months in between.
There is still a chance that the first treatment will have an impact so our fingers are crossed,
In the meantime she’s ok, not dying or anything, just not feeling great…extreme fatigue and aches and pains but there are some good days mixed in with the bad.
She’ll be back in better shape then ever!!!!!!
STU Pride: A Glimpse into the Life of ATV’s Nicolle Carlin
“Wow, I like asking questions…and I kind of like catching him off guard.” thought young Carlin at the time. Now 25 and a Videojournalist at ATV in Fredericton, there is no looking back. Carlin grew up in Saint John and chose to study Journalism at St. Thomas University.
“My best years were here” says Carlin. “Journalism was a really new program…I didn’t want to leave my family, it was close to home, a small school, and affordable.” Like other STU journalism students at that time, Carlin studied her 3rd year in Woodstock and then took a year off to work at Global.
“[STU] was a good place to be because you had Cable 10 just down the road.” said Carlin. “ I could walk down the road to City Hall.” She also shared how the program really started to evolve while she was a student.
“I learned the most in my last year with Phillip Lee…He came in and revamped everything. I learned a lot about the ethics of journalism and not just working the machines and the camera, but what made me want to be a good journalist, what made me want to ask the questions and be responsible and get in there.”
Carlin’s passion for her work is obvious when you hear her talk. Her eyes light up, she laughs, yet is brought to tears at the memory of some more difficult stories she’s had to tell. There was a man in St. John who kept appealing to Carlin to do on a story him. “I live in house with no wheelchair access,” he’d tell her. A bit uncomfortable with his appearance and pushiness, Carlin put off the story.
When she did finally go down to do his story, Carlin was surprised to find him dressed in his Sunday suit. “It would’ve been so much for him to just get that much done.“ He proceeded to show her what he had to go through everyday to get in his front door.
“This man gets out of his wheel chair and he pulls himself along the floor on his elbows,” Carlin remembers. He had had a stroke 4 years previous and was getting by on $450 per month.
“It just made me realize that it is a privilege that people invite you into their homes and share their stories with you.” says Carlin. “There’s so many injustices and those stories need to be told…It‘s my job to tell them.” As a little girl, Carlin says she always wanted to make a difference.
“When we get older, that kinda gets beaten out of us…but with my job, I get a reminder everyday.” says Carlin. “Sometimes it’s disheartening…but then there are times when you really do see a change and that’s what drives you to get through all the grueling hours.”
Carlin’s advice for anyone who wants to be a journalist “is to educate yourself, and not just in the classroom. Read the papers, watch the news…Keep up to date on current events, be really persistent and don’t give up, because breaks don’t come to you.”
As encouragement for those who are hoping to break into the competitive field, Carlin says, “Don’t lose the fire. Realize why you’re doing it…if you don’t have that motivation that you want to make a difference, that you feel like you’re contributing to society then it’s grueling work and you’re not going to make it.” She says if someone doesn’t really love it they should probably find something else.
“But if you do, go at it full force, don’t give up, and stay true to yourself.” You’d have to love it to be able to go through the routine each day. Carlin shared what a typical work schedule would look like.
“It is stressful. I start out at 8:30 looking for stories. By 9:15, my least favourite part of the day, we get on to the conference call with everybody in Halifax and everybody in New Brunswick and we throw in our ideas and you just feel like you’re getting up in front of the class,” says Carlin. “From 10am on I’m trying to line up interviews. By 12:30-1pm I better be shooting those interviews. By 3:30 I’m back in my office picking out clips and choosing pieces. By 4 I’m writing, by 5 I’m editing, and by 6pm that story goes to air. And there is nothing that can happen to interrupt that schedule!”
Carlin speaks of how bad you feel if you’re one minute short on meeting a deadline. “The going reporter’s lunch is a bagel and a coffee. I do not stop for lunch…There’s only 2 of us here in Fredericton, so if anything happens at night, if anything breaks, one of the 2 of us is covering it…It is stress to the max, so you’ve got to learn to handle it, be it yoga, going to the gym, you find ways to cope.”
As the first, female Videojournalist in New Brunswick, Carlin had to learn from hands on experience. She has a producer who looks over her work, but shoots, writes, and edits it all herself. ““I like people stories…and that’s what drives me; when I think I’ve done somebody justice.”
Though she’s extremely happy in Fredericton, Carlin is pushing to report full time. ”I wish I could stay here forever, but I know I won’t be able to…my goal is to stay in the Maritimes and get as big as I can here.”
As for career goals, Carlin says, “I want to anchor and help lead the newscast…They produce, they help reporters pull their stories together, and they shape the newscast and of course deliver it in the end.”
In November, Carlin was part of the crew who hosted ATV’s Live at 5 from STU’s campus. “That has been a highlight for me,” Carlin said. “It was kind of the meshing of my past and my present. It was just such high energy and people made me feel like I was something really special.”
Carlin admitted to being nervous at STU, when usually she isn’t. “It’s completely different when you’ve got a whole crowd around you, let alone people you feel you have a connection with. It was nerve-wracking. I wanted to make STU proud.”
Working with her colleagues from Halifax might also have been cause for excitement. She says it’s surprising how close she’s been able to get with them by going down on weekends and through telephone calls. “Pure, plain, and simple, they’re fun.”
She attributes her success and becoming the reporter she is to a Senior Producer from Halifax, Wade Keller, who she says “shaped and moulded me.” Bruce Frisko, part of the “ATV family“ has also encouraged Carlin along her way. “They’re constantly there asking ‘how’s your day going, what’s going on’ and not just professionally…He‘s helped me a lot.”
“There are a lot of personal sacrifices,” Carlin says. “You can’t ask somebody to keep moving with you and changing their career with you and so I suspect to get where I really want to be, it could be a lonely road.” With Carlin’s personality and charm though, it would be hard to imagine her alone.
“This game is a confidence game. You need people who are going to tell you you can do it. You need to believe you can do it.”
“I’m so embarrassed [when I look back at my work as a student],” says Carlin. But she’s moved forward and learned from her mistakes. “If I could’ve done it differently, when I was in University I would’ve taken it a bit more seriously…and maybe taken a keener interest in politics because it was a real catch up game for me later once I started.”
At 6pm, you can find Carlin watching her show and madly flicking between CBC and Global. “You’re only as good as your last story,” says Carlin. “Everyday the competition starts again and everyday it’s my job to kick their ass…I want to have the elements and personal details they didn’t have…there is no balance.”
There are rules that Carlin speaks of, “…You have to be so careful everyday…I’ve learned the difference that one word can make. And you have to be very aware that you do have a responsibility and a power…there are moral decisions that you make…they could have major consequences.”
Creativity is one of the prime qualities of a good journalist according to Carlin, “Creative I mean, in a way that you pull your stories together, that you approach people, that you get them to talk to you. You have to have some personality and people skills and you have to be creative in the way that when obstacles come your way…it’s do or die, sink or swim…because the cream floats to the top.”
Carlin had one final tip for young journalists, “Don’t just leave your story. Once you do a story, there are probably 70 different off shoots from it,” said Carlin. With more stories to tell, yet the pressure of deadlines again setting in, Carlin briskly left STU campus with the latest copy of the Aquinian and story ideas stewing in her head.
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Subject: RE: Need I remind Higgy and Holland that some folks have a
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Subject: Fwd: Need I remind Higgy and Holland that some folks have a
long memory and keep good records as well?
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Monday, 1 November 2021
Need I remind Marc Patrone formerly of the CRTC and the RCMP that some
folks have a long memory and keep good records as well?
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Subject: In light of the email I sent you recently the CBC news about your neck of the woods is interesting EH Eddie Cornell?
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Former Liberal cabinet minister is next New Brunswick senator
Victor Boudreau of Shediac to join upper chamber after over a decade as New Brunswick MLA
nFormer MLA and Liberal cabinet minister Victor Boudreau was appointed to Canada's Senate on Friday. (Alix Villeneuve/CBC)Former Liberal MLA and cabinet minister Victor Boudreau was appointed to Canada's Senate on Friday after over a decade in provincial politics.
Boudreau, currently the chief administrative officer for the Town of Shediac, said on Saturday he was excited to receive the news.
"I'm very excited about the opportunity to get to work, to represent New Brunswick and New Brunswickers' interest in our federal parliamentary system," he told Radio-Canada in Shediac.
However, Boudreau said he has yet to commit to any particular Senate group, including Justin Trudeau's Independent Senators Group.
Victor Boudreau is New Brunswick's next senator
"I obviously want to take my time to get to understand the various groups that are represented in the Senate, and decide which one aligns more with my values, and what's important to me," he said.
"No doubt there will be some causes that I will be more passionate about. Social causes are always something throughout my career that have been very important to me."
Boudreau was elected to New Brunswick's legislature in 2004 and was re-elected for several terms after that. In that time, he held several cabinet portfolios, including health, finance, economic development and the Regional Development Corporation.
He was also appointed to the interim Liberal leader role in 2010, replacing former New Brunswick premier Shawn Graham.
Victor
Boudreau is pictured speaking to reporters in 2015 about the auditor
general's report on the previous Liberal government's Atcon fiasco. He
was finance minister when Atcon's bankruptcy cost taxpayers over $70
million. (CBC)
His time in the legislative assembly was also marked by some controversy for his role in the Atcon scandal — signing off on removing security on $64 million in loan guarantees — and for his now-dropped investment in a proposed Shediac campground.
The former was subject to an investigation by the auditor general, as over 70 million in taxpayer dollars were lost when Atcon went bankrupt.
The appointment comes after New Brunswick senator and longtime Progressive Conservative MLA Percy Mockler, from Saint-Léonard, retired in April.
Shediac Mayor Roger Caissie said he's known Boudreau for over 35 years after they met in university.
Mayor Roger Caissie says the Town of Shediac will miss Boudreau as he begins his new senator role. (Gary Moore/CBC)
"He believes in what he says, and I know that during his past life as a politician ... obviously the folks here wished to have him," Caissie said.
"He was well liked within his party, he was well liked by the opposition party because he treats everybody reasonably. He's as solid a person as they come."
While Boudreau has yet to declare an affiliation, political scientist J.P. Lewis said Trudeau's appointment of longtime Liberal politicians to the Senate may cast doubts on his earlier commitment to make the Senate less partisan.
J.P.
Lewis, a political scientist at the University of New Brunswick in
Saint John, said nominations of long-time politicians may undermine
Justin Trudeau's promise to end partisanship in the Senate. (CBC)
"If you want senators with political experience, obviously Boudreau has a record of public service in the province," Lewis said.
"But a longtime Liberal provincial minister is, it's difficult to make the case that they are independent ... I guess a tiger can change their stripes."
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With files from Alix Villeneuve
Once touted as possible health minister, rookie MLA says he's quitting
Richard Losier, former health care CEO, won't run in the next provincial election
A rookie politician who had been touted by some Liberals as the next health or social development minister says he won’t run in the next provincial election.
Richard Losier, the MLA who won the Dieppe riding in a by-election only 13 months ago, said on Tuesday he was stepping down for personal reasons.
The married father of three told reporters at the legislature his decision had nothing to do with his family.
“You have to be a certain way to be in politics and to me, now when I look at it, I probably don’t fit that all that well,” said the social development critic, as Liberal Opposition Leader Susan Holt looked on. “I’m not saying I hated it. Not at all. There were a lot of things I liked about it but there was some stuff I didn’t like.”
Losier was vague about what he didn’t like, only mentioning that it was “personal” and complaining that “there were politics within politics.”
“It’s a different world. You’re in the spotlight all the time.”
Losier said he had no job offers and no immediate plans.
Once a registered nurse who worked in a high-stressed intensive care unit, Losier also served for more than 10 years as the executive director of the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton and five years as CEO of Extra-Mural and Ambulance New Brunswick.
Fluently bilingual, he took over the Dieppe riding from former interim Liberal Opposition Leader Roger Melanson. He was considered a star candidate in a safe Liberal seat.
Losier told Holt of his decision 12 days before divulging the news on his social media feed and in the house on Tuesday.
The most concerning issue that I believe faces our young generation is how we forgot the definition of the word respect.
Richard Losier
His leader had boasted in recent months that all the Liberal MLAs were reoffering in the election, which must be held by Oct. 21.
On Tuesday, Holt said she was saddened by Losier’s departure and would miss his invaluable experience. However, Holt added she had plenty of other candidates who were strong in the all-important health portfolio, including health critic Rob McKee (Moncton Centre), former Horizon Health Network CEO John Dornan (running in Portland-Simonds) and dietitian and Université de Moncton professor Claire Johnson (offering in Moncton South).
Losier’s speech in the house to announce he would only serve as an MLA until the next election included an impassioned plea for politicians to have respectful, civilized debates, rather than the name calling and partisan diatribes that have become the norm.
“We believe climate change is a big issue, and it is,” Losier said. “But the most concerning issue that I believe faces our young generation is how we forgot the definition of the word respect, within this province, within this country, within North America, within the world. And if we’re not careful with that, our future generations will hurt.”
He said he had a grandson and wanted to make sure that he was raised in a province that was proud and respectful.
“As leaders of our communities, we must take a step back and think that through,” Losier said. “We are better people than that. We need to accept our differences and live as human beings and do the right thing.”
His words won a standing ovation from the governing Progressive Conservatives and opposition Liberals and Greens.
Candidates raising a stink in eastern New Brunswick
Activist who worked relentlessly to shutter smelly factory wants to run for the Liberals, who approved the plant in the first place
Maisie McNaughton, spokesperson for the Kent Clean Air Action Committee, is running for the Liberal nomination in Kent North. Photo by Payge Woodard/Brunswick NewsThe spokeswoman for the “Stop the Stink” movement in Richibucto wants to run in the provincial election for the same party that, when in power, helped establish the smelly shellfish plant that she worked to shut down.
Maisie Rae McNaughton, a teacher, lobsterwoman and member of the Kent Clean Air Action Committee, is seeking the Liberal nomination in Kent North.
Her announcement last week came just days before Coastal Shell Products said it was closing its factory in eastern New Brunswick.
She says she has no problem making peace with the Liberals, who under former Premier Brian Gallant in 2016 helped launch the factory by providing Coastal Shell’s predecessor Omera Shells $2.9 million in payroll rebates and term loans.
“Gallant is long gone, and Higgs has been in power for six years now,” McNaughton said. “I’m looking for solutions and who’s going to bring them.”
She also said the company had promised 74 jobs, corroborated in a 2016 Opportunities New Brunswick media release. The plant, she said, until recently had five or six permanent staff and about 20 seasonal workers and truckers who hauled in the stinky waste from lobster, crab and shrimp processing plants from other coastal communities.
The factory was also supposed to have state-of-the-art technology to eliminate odours.
“What was proposed in 2014 was very different than what we ended up with in 2024.”
McNaughton has been pushing the Progressive Conservative government to shut down the factory for two years.
Even before that, the unpleasant smell generated hundreds of complaints from residents.
Last week, a nearby school sent a warning to parents it might have to close temporarily if the odours become a health hazard to students and staff.
Then, on Saturday, Coastal Shell announced it had shuttered operations as of June 16 and would lay off its employees.
It blamed the provincial government for putting too many onerous conditions in place, making it impossible to make a profit and stymying its efforts to put in better technology that would eliminate the stench.
As a representative of the Kent Clean Air Action Committee, McNaughton plans to meet privately with Glen Savoie, the environment minister, in Fredericton, perhaps as early as next week. She wants to ensure the plant never opens again.
Susan Holt and the Liberals put that in the community. It’s squarely on her.
Glen Savoie
That meeting could prove awkward. Savoie has defended the jobs at the plant and the larger processing industry that sends its waste there, as 4,000 people work in the industry. He also believes the product it makes – organic fertilizer – is valuable and environmentally friendly, diverting waste from landfills and helping to produce more food.
“I’m a fan of history, and I like to know how we got here,” Savoie told reporters at the legislature earlier this month. “And how we got here is Susan Holt and the Liberals put that in the community. It’s squarely on her.”
Before becoming Liberal leader and head of the Official Opposition, Holt was a top advisor to Gallant. Last week, Holt issued a news release calling upon the Higgs government to shut the plant down, just a few days before Coastal Shell announced it was closing.
Kent North’s MLA is Kevin Arseneau, who will once again be running for the Greens in the provincial election, which must be held no later than Oct. 21. He won 48 per cent of the vote in the 2020 election, while the Liberals took 35 per cent and the Tories 16 per cent.
Green MLA Kevin Arseneau says Coastal Shell Products should move out of
the community of Richibucto because residents hate the smell. Brunswick News ArchiveThe Greens are the smallest opposition party in the house, with only three seats.
But Arseneau has been just as vocal as McNaughton about getting rid of the plant.
“The Liberals, with Opportunities New Brunswick, gave the big grant,” the politician said in an interview last week. “The company has been saying since I was elected in 2018 they were going to fix the odour problem, and they have not. And so I definitely think they are not situated in the right place and it’s time for them to move out.”
Arseneau favours moving the plant farther away from homes. As a farmer, he understands the need to recycle and reuse organic waste, such as the shells that came from 10 different lobster, shrimp and crab processing plants up and down the coast. But he points out that agricultural operations are generally in more rural areas, and when manure is spread, it’s usually for two weeks a year, not every day.
“They have an interesting product and a reason to exist,” he said. “But not beside a school, a rec centre and an arena and a bunch of houses. Even if they do fix the smell at the plant, with all the trucks coming in and out that put a smell into the community, that has to be taken into consideration.”
Before running in the election, McNaughton has to win the Liberal nomination. She’s facing off July 4 against former Liberal MP Pat Finnigan, who held Miramichi-Grand Lake for two terms before quitting in 2021. Along with his wife, Finnigan started the popular Mr. Tomato bakery and produce market in Rogersville about 40 years ago. They sold their interest in March, freeing up his time to re-enter politics.
Finnigan said in an interview Wednesday he has the experience and bilingual background to win the riding, which is majority francophone. The Progressive Conservatives have nominated Carl Cosby of the Rexton Community Improvement Committee in Kent North, who has an uphill climb in a riding that traditionally does not vote Tory.
“I’ve been around a long time, people know me, I’ve had a business for a long time, and I was a federal MP for two terms,” Finnegan, 69, said. “I’m not running against Maisie Rae. She’s running and I’m running. We’re both offering our service to the county. The main issue here is we’ve been sitting on the opposition benches for six years, we’ve suffered because of that, and we need to get back onside. So, the question is for the voters, who can best represent them and win the riding?”
McNaughton, who fishes lobster up to 12 hours or more a day with her mother Debbie Thompson from August to October and then teaches the rest of the year in the local school system, says she’s more than a one-issue candidate. She recited a long list of issues she’d fight for: more affordable homes, stable hospital hours, better mental health and substance abuse services, improved roads, to name a few.
Her competitor, Finnigan, named the very same issues.
But unusually, she cited a Tory for her inspiration: cabinet minister Mike Holland, who has publicly championed the idea that people with a passion for issues should run for politics.
“Coastal Shell Products has been my issue and where I have shown my dedication and how hard I will work, the relentlessness that I bring to the job,” she said. “I won’t stop.”
https://tj.news/new-brunswick/
Dominic Cardy: Why I'll be voting for Susan Holt
Outgoing Independent MLA says Liberals are the only major party that's still 'ashamed of lying'
Outgoing Fredericton West-Hanwell Independent MLA Dominic Cardy says he’ll vote for Liberal Leader Susan Holt in this year’s provincial election because her party is the only one that can win office and is still “ashamed of lying.”
Holt is running in the newly created riding of Fredericton South-Silverwood, and will face off against Progressive Conservative Nicolle Carlin, Premier Blaine Higgs’s former senior communications boss, and Green Simon Ouellette, who works for CUPE.
Other candidates haven’t been nominated.
After last year’s legally required 10-year review of the province’s 49 ridings, Fredericton West-Hanwell was split into Fredericton South-Silverwood and Hanwell-New Maryland.
“My riding will have an interesting choice of candidates,” Cardy said on Tuesday.
“I’ll be voting for Susan Holt in the fall, on the grounds that she is representing the only party that could win government that’s committed to, broadly speaking, Liberal Western democracy, and still being ashamed of lying, and talking about some of our institutions and trying to reform them, instead of stripping them apart and making up the reasons why.
“I’ve had a long relationship with Nicolle Carlin, I always got along well with her, but if the government is going to claim that everything Susan Holt does is at the behest of (Prime Minister) Justin Trudeau, then I’m not sure how anyone thinks Nicolle Carlin will be able to act independently of the premier.”
Cardy – the former provincial NDP leader who defected to the Progressive Conservatives before quitting his cabinet post in October 2022 after a fight with Higgs, and who was subsequently kicked out of caucus – has repeatedly said he’d only ever consider reoffering for the PCs, and only if Higgs wasn’t the leader.
He reiterated that stance on Tuesday, and said his focus now is on building up the newly formed Canadian Future Party, which hopes to be on the federal ballot next year.
Speaking to Brunswick News after announcing her candidacy, Carlin said she’s “not a paper candidate” and is “in it to win it 110 per cent.”
“I’m not taking anything for granted, but this riding has changed dramatically with the redrawing of the boundary lines,” she said. “This will be one to watch. I don’t think it’s going to be an easy win for anybody.”
Holt said she’s hoping Cardy will join her to knock on doors in Fredericton South-Silverwood this summer.
“Lovely,” she replied when told of Cardy’s endorsement, adding that while she’s “sure it comes with pros and cons, we’ll take it.”
From: LeBlanc, Dominic - député <dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Subject: Automatic reply: Perhaps Higgy and Dr Desrosiers should review all the comments in CBC on June the 6th before they send the RCMP to bother me again EH Eddie Cornell?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
(English follows)
Bonjour,
Nous
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Date: Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Subject: Automatic reply: Perhaps Higgy and Dr Desrosiers should review all the comments in CBC on June the 6th before they send the RCMP to bother me again EH Eddie Cornell?
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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:12:06 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Hey Higgy do ya think Chucky Leblanc or
Louie Leger or Dean French or anyone else cares that the Cdn Armed
Forces Vet James Topp is coming to New Brunswick???
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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:12:09 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Hey Higgy do ya think Chucky Leblanc or
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I am away until September 1st. Please email
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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 16:10:00 -0300
Subject: Hey Higgy do ya think Chucky Leblanc or Louie Leger or Dean
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Horizon Ottawa plans to oppose those they deem to be too far right and
fix the toxic environment at City Hall as well
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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 01:24:57 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Cdn Armed Forces Vet James Topp marches into
my stomping grounds next week
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Another public appointee with ties to Doug Ford's former Chief of
Staff, Dean French, has resigned. Ian Neita is now the sixth person to
either resign or be let go since the appointment scandal erupted.
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David Amos
David Amos
CityNews says there were 6 appointees who got the boot but 12 days
later CBC claims there were only 2???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Doug Ford's chief of staff resigns | Power & Politics
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Jun 24, 2019
CBC News
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Dean French, Ontario Premier Doug Ford's chief of staff, has resigned
in the wake of damning reports that the Progressive Conservative
government's picks for two patronage appointments had ties to French.
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David Amos
David Amos
Methinks everybody must have laughed at Stockwell Day too N'esy Pas?
anthony silva
anthony silva
Here’s a guy (Dean French) who excoriated a provincially elected MPP (
a grown woman) to the point of tears in FULL view of the premier,
other MPPs and staffers; and this coward, Doug Ford, still counts him
as part of “Ontario’s best team”. This happened 2 weeks ago and Doug
was too chicken to fire him..... he actually resigned once his
patronage appointments became public. Makes Trump look like a Mensa
candidate.
David Amos
David Amos
LOL
Will Doon
Will Doon
Seems to me that the Conservatives and the Liberals have had too many
kicks at the can. Time to elect a government that hasn't been
corrupted. Vote NDP.
David Amos
David Amos
Surely you jest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Ottawa convoy mediator calls government's use of Emergencies Act an
'overreaction'
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Aug 17, 2022
CBC News
3.16M subscribers
Dean French, who led negotiations between Ottawa's mayor and convoy
leaders, says the government should have waited to see if protesters
cleared residential areas after a deal was struck before invoking the
Emergencies Act.
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David Amos
David Amos
Methinks everybody in the know knows why I just gave this French dude
a call N'esy Pas?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/
Doug Ford's ex-chief of staff leads back-channel talks between City of
Ottawa, protesters
Dean French helped broker deal to have trucks move out of residential
neighbourhoods
CBC News · Posted: Feb 15, 2022 6:55 PM ET
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, sits alongside Dean French, who was
his chief of staff at the time, at the Ontario PC convention in
Toronto in November 2018. (Chris Young/Canadian Press)
Dean French, the controversial former chief of staff to Ontario
Premier Doug Ford, is leading the back-channel negotiations between
the City of Ottawa and the protesters occupying its downtown.
Multiple sources have told CBC News that French is acting as Ottawa
Mayor Jim Watson's go-between communicating with the leaders of the
protest that has choked the city for 19 days.
The sources say French brokered a deal last weekend, under which the
estimated 400 trucks in residential areas would move, to contain the
protest zone to the streets immediately around Parliament Hill.
However, few trucks have actually moved, and one of the protest
leaders, Tamara Lich, cast doubt on whether such a deal had actually
been made.
Watson told CBC News on Tuesday that French approached him and said he
had connections among the truckers involved in the protest and could
help negotiate.
French also confirmed his role in the talks. He told CBC News he is
involved as a private citizen and is trying to bring a peaceful
resolution to the protest.
An upside-down Canadian flag flies on the bumper of a vehicle
parked on Wellington Street in Ottawa in early February. (Justin
Tang/The Canadian Press)
French resigned from the top political job in the premier's office in
the summer of 2019. He oversaw Ford's tumultuous first year in power
and was at the centre of a range of political controversies,
including:
The appointment of Ford's longtime friend Ron Taverner, a veteran
Toronto Police superintendent, to head the Ontario Provincial Police.
Taverner ultimately withdrew from the post.
Ordering senior political aides to direct police to raid
unlicensed cannabis stores on the first day of pot legalization, as
reported by the Toronto Star.
A series of patronage appointments to plum taxpayer-funded jobs,
some of them for people with close personal ties to French.
Ford was not involved in enlisting French to negotiate with the Ottawa
protesters, the premier's spokesperson says.
"Neither the premier nor his office has spoken to Mr. French and are
not aware of any professional or personal involvements he may have,"
said Ford's director of media relations Ivana Yelich in an email.
with files from Travis Dhanraj, Mike Crawley
CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
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WHO WAS WHITEY BULGER?: Boston mob chief ruled Hub for decades
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Aug 26, 2022
Toronto Sun
80.5K subscribers
While James "Whitey" Bulger ruled the roost in Boston, he also acted
as a stool pigeon for the FBI. He informed on underworld rivals. After
it emerged Bulger was a rat, fellow mobsters wanted him dead.
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David Amos
David Amos
Methinks the Toronto Sun should never forget they asked the question N'esy Pas?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
MOBSTER’S LAMENT: 3 charged in Boston crime boss Whitey Bulger’s murder
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Aug 19, 2022
Toronto Sun
80.5K subscribers
It took nearly 4 years, but the US Dept. of Justice has finally
charged three convicts with the slaying of longtime Boston underworld
kingpin Whitey Bulger.
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David Amos
David Amos
Why not ask me why It took the USDOJ so long to do such a simple task?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
FUREY FACTOR: Politicization of the RCMP continues?!
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Aug 18, 2022
Toronto Sun80.5K subscribers
RCMP staff are sticking with their story that Commissioner Brenda
Lucki told them to prematurely release info about the 2020 Nova Scotia
mass shooting because the Liberal government wanted it out there for
political reasons. This is a serious problem, explains columnist
Anthony Furey.
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David Amos
David Amos
Trust that the USDOJ plays politics with murder investigations just
like the RCMP do
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Doug Ford: People are worried about jobs, not Dean French
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Jul 8, 2019
CTV News
807K subscribers
Ontario Premier Doug Ford tells the media that people on the streets
worry about jobs, not about his ex-chief of staff Dean French.
#onpoli #cdnpoli
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David Amos
David Amos
Methinks Higgy's very sneaky Chief of Staff Little Louie Leger must
have got nervous when his boss got caught in the limelight just as
Dougy Baby was trying to get the press to forget French because Higgy
does exactly the same thing and everybody knows why CBC deletes all my
comments N'esy Pas?
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Hand-picked Higgs officials living outside Fredericton cost taxpayers extra
https://www.cbc.ca/news/
Louis Léger, chief of staff in the Premier's Office, has a home in
Sainte-Marie-de-Kent. (CBC)
Logan does still qualify for payment of his Fredericton living
expenses as does Léger, which Carlin said has been the case for
previous chiefs of staff..
"Mr. Leger's position is not a permanent position with the civil
service," said a statement issued by Carlin.
"It is a job with a fixed time limit, and therefore most people who
accept such a position would not move their home and family."
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'Absolute disgrace:' Ottawa mayor blasts Conservative MPs for visiting
'Freedom Convoy' protesters
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Canadian service members, legal 'Samurai for hire' go to court to stop
military COVID vax mandate
Judge who says Candadian courts are "not the thought police" maintains
social media ban on released Freedom Convoy leader — to prevent "toxic
groupthink."
By Greg Piper
As U.S. service members ramp up their legal challenges to military
COVID-19 vaccine mandates, their Canadian counterparts are joining the
action.
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) said Tuesday it
had filed "the first of many [planned] injunctions" against the
dismissal of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members for refusing the
shots "on the basis of health concerns, religious or conscientious
objections."
The Canadian civil liberties group has received "hundreds of requests"
for help since January from active-duty members who are facing removal
under the Item 5(f) process, it said in a press release.
CAF considers them "unsuitable for further service" because they
developed "personal weakness or behaviour" due to factors "wholly or
chiefly ... within [their] control" by refusing COVID vaccines.
Canada's Department of National Defence confirmed to Canadian news
organization True North in November that members of the armed forces
risk removal as "unsuitable" unless they get an approved
accommodation. CAF's vaccination rate was 98.3% in January when it
launched formal proceedings against more than 900 members for
noncompliance, The Canadian Press reported.
Legal challenges are much further along below the border. Navy SEALs
with religious objections, represented by First Liberty Institute, won
a reprieve in January from a federal judge, who then expanded their
action into a class-action suit covering the entire service in March.
The Navy said May 25 it has granted 28 religious accommodations.
Air Force service members also represented by the Christian legal
defense nonprofit recently requested a "class wide temporary
restraining order" after their religious exemptions were denied. Only
68 exemptions have been approved.
JCCF's first client to go to court is Shannon Jones, "a healthy and
skilled" CAF member who stands to lose her pension unless her
injunction is approved at next week's hearing. Director of
Communications Marnie Cathcart told Just the News it wasn't sharing
its filings "at this time."
"This is fundamentally a patched together policy designed to punish
those who do not get in line with the political objectives assigned to
[Department of National Defence] policy from Ottawa," said the lawyer
commissioned for the project, Phillip Millar.
The vaccine mandate has "nothing to do with operational effectiveness
as it is simply a political move imposed on the military by the
Federal Government," he said in JCCF's release.
A former combat officer and assistant crown attorney who says he has
won compensation cases for sexual assault victims and cleared the
"wrongfully accused," Millar recently applied to join the "hardcore
litigation department" billionaire Elon Musk is building at Tesla. He
calls himself a "Samurai for hire" on Twitter.
Millar told Just the News these were his first COVID vaccine cases for
service members. He has previously represented university professors
put on unpaid leave on the same grounds.
He expects one or two injunction hearings per month and is planning to
add cases on behalf of unvaccinated youth who are prevented from
training in the "Army Cadet" program.
Millar believes CAF chose the "unsuitable" administrative removal
process because a vaccine-specific rule lets members challenge their
removal in court. If he can secure injunctions for clients, they can
remain in the service while finishing the multiyear grievance process,
Millar said.
JCCF kicked off the legal effort a month ago with 16 CAF members,
including 28-year reservist James Topp, who faces court martial for
"conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline."
He posted a Tik Tok video in which a uniformed Topp says he's on
unpaid leave "because I will not change my vaccination status," the
CBC reported. The video did not violate a military policy on "people
in uniform making political statements" because Topp was "speaking
about a policy that directly affects him and his conviction," Millar
said.
Topp is walking across Canada to protest COVID mandates and support
those punished for noncompliance or coerced into compliance,
chronicling his journey on Tik Tok for the past few months. He reached
the Lake Superior town of Marathon on Monday.
He started his journey from Vancouver on Feb. 20, the same day police
cracked down on Freedom Convoy protesters in Ottawa under Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau's unprecedented invocation of the Emergencies
Act.
"I have to watch what I say from here on out for a little while
because the Eye of Sauron is upon me," Topp said as he left, likening
CAF to the primary antagonist in "The Lord of the Rings."
One of the jailed Freedom Convoy leaders has been banned from speaking
her mind, at least on social media, as a condition of keeping her
freedom.
The government argued last month that Tamara Lich should be sent back
to jail for violating her March bail conditions, which included a ban
on supporting anything "related" to the Freedom Convoy, including on
social media, and travel to Ontario.
A supporter sent her a pendant emblazoned with a truck image and the
words "Freedom" and "Canada" and asked for a photo of her wearing it,
which Lich gave permission to post, the CBC reported.
She also accepted JCCF's George Jonas Freedom Award for "spending 18
days unjustly jailed" for leading a "peaceful protest" against COVID
mandates. The award ceremony is June 16 in Toronto, but Lich testified
she wouldn't attend without court permission.
Justice Kevin Phillips agreed these actions didn't violate her bail
conditions and amended them to let her travel to Ontario but not
downtown Ottawa, which had been paralyzed by the convoy. Even though
he said Canadian courts "are not the thought police," Phillips refused
to lift the social media ban because that would facilitate "toxic
groupthink," JCCF said after the hearing.
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2022 17:20:31 -0300
Subject: I called AGAIN Correct Mr Millar, Mr Fowler and Mr Drapeau?
To: rory@roryfowlerlaw.com, phillip@millarslaw.com, info@mdlo.ca,
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 21:44:43 -0300
Subject: I called about Warrant Office James Topp, The Chief Justice
of the Court Martial Appeal Court and Mean Old Me
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/
Court martial planned for soldier who criticized vaccine mandates, led
march to Ottawa
Warrant Officer James Topp charged with two counts of conduct to the
prejudice of good order and discipline
Lee Berthiaume · The Canadian Press · Posted: Jul 05, 2022 3:55 PM ET
Veteran James Topp, in the orange vest, is flanked by supporters as he
arrives at Hog's Back Park in Ottawa on June 30, 2022. Topp marched
from Vancouver to Ottawa to protest remaining COVID-19 vaccine
mandates. (Jean Delisle/CBC)
The Canadian soldier who recently led a protest march to Ottawa is now
facing a court martial for having spoken out against the federal
government's COVID-19 vaccine requirements while wearing his uniform.
Warrant Officer James Topp was recently notified that he will be
allowed to have his case heard in a military court instead of by his
chain of command, according to the army reservist's civilian lawyer.
Phillip Millar said the decision represents a second about-face after
the military initially offered his client a court martial when he was
charged in February, only to rescind the offer and send his case to
Topp's unit commanders.
"It's hard to know what they're doing, because I don't think they
really know what they're doing," said Millar. "But now they're saying
it's a court martial."
The decision raises the stakes for Topp, according to military law
experts. Courts martial are allowed to impose heavier sentences
against Armed Forces members than if they are tried by their chain of
command in what is known as a summary trial.
Freedom Convoy protesters, revellers mix on Canada Day in Ottawa
Freedom Convoy protesters return to Ottawa for Canada Day
Police make arrests after anti-vaccine mandate army reservist
leads march into Ottawa
It also means he will be allowed to have legal representation at trial
— which wouldn't necessarily have been the case had he been tried by
his commanding officer — while his trial will receive much more public
attention.
"The stakes are obviously going to be increased in a public-relations
context," said retired lieutenant-colonel Rory Fowler, who is now a
lawyer specializing in military law in Kingston, Ont.
The Department of National Defence did not respond to questions about
whether Topp's case was changed from a court martial to summary trial
and back again.
Potentially stiffer penalties
Topp was charged in February with two counts of conduct to the
prejudice of good order and discipline after the army reservist
appeared in uniform in two online videos criticizing vaccine
requirements for military personnel and other federal employees.
Canadian Armed Forces members are severely restricted in the comments
they can make while in uniform, particularly when it comes to
criticizing government policies, in large part to protect the military
from any perception of politicization.
Topp, who is now in the process of being released from the military,
later led a months-long march from Vancouver that ended in Ottawa last
week and was supported by many of the same people behind this year's
"Freedom Convoy."
He has since become a symbol of sorts for Canadians opposed to
vaccines, vaccine mandates and perceived government overreach. Some
Conservative MPs have also hitched their wagon to him, including
leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre.
While Millar questioned the military's back and forth with his client,
and said he planned to question the way Topp's charges were handled,
he still welcomed the latest decision to allow a court martial.
A crowd of people, many carrying Canadian flags, gathers in a crowd
outside a monument.A large crowd of people gathers at the National War
Memorial in Ottawa on June 30, 2022, to mark the arrival of veteran
James Topp. Topp marched across Canada as part of a protest against
remaining COVID-19 vaccine mandates. (Frédéric Pepin/Radio-Canada)
Millar said he plans to call expert witnesses to question the need and
efficacy of the military's vaccine requirement.
The requirement imposed by Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre
late last year remains in place, even though a similar mandate for
most other federal public servants has now been suspended.
"It opens the door for us to call witnesses about the decision to
charge him," Millar said. "It opens the door for us to call experts on
whether or not there was any science behind the mandate."
While the shift from a summary trial back to a court martial means
Topp will be afforded an independent trial with legal representation,
Fowler said it also means the army reservist faces potentially stiffer
penalties if convicted.
CPC MPs meet with Freedom Convoy organizers
Military investigating at least 6 active soldiers for supporting
convoy protests
Under a summary trial, commanding officers are largely restricted to
handing down reprimands and fines. If he is found guilty by court
martial, however, Topp faces the threat of dismissal from the military
with disgrace and up to two years in prison.
Retired colonel Michel Drapeau said that while the military may have
had a number of reasons for changing the case from a summary trial
back to a court martial, he believes the latter is the appropriate
venue for hearing Topp's case.
"It provides for a trial in an open court with all [Charter of Rights
and Freedoms] legal guarantees," Drapeau said in an email. "It also
provides for the provision of free legal support to the member."
CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practice
https://www.fct-cf.gc.ca/en/
The Honourable B. Richard Bell
Born in Woodstock, New Brunswick. Educated at the University of New
Brunswick, where he was awarded the Canadian Institute of Mining and
Metallurgy Scholarship, the Captain Robert McBride Memorial
Scholarship, the Carleton Soldiers' Memorial Chapter of the I.O.D.E.
Bursary and a University Entrance Scholarship. Joined the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police in 1973 and served as constable at various
locations throughout Nova Scotia. Graduated from Dalhousie University
with a Bachelor of Laws in 1979 and a Master of Laws in 1998. Called
to the Bar of New Brunswick in 1979. Practiced as the senior partner
in the Fredericton office of the Atlantic law firm McInnes Cooper.
Awarded the Queen's Counsel designation in 2004. Author, arbitrator,
and adjunct Professor of Business Law at Crandall University. Course
leader and lecturer at the Bar Admission Course. Served as Counsel to
the Christie Inquiry into labour relations at the Irving Oil refinery.
Appeared as counsel for a former commanding officer of the RCMP at the
Arar Inquiry. Served terms as President of the Canadian Bar
Association (New Brunswick Branch), President of the Fredericton North
Rotary Club, Director of the Canadian Bar Association (National),
Chairperson of the Bench/Bar Liaison Committee for the New Brunswick
Court of Appeal, Vice-Chair of the New Brunswick Judicial Council.
Served on various committees of the Law Society of New Brunswick and
the Administration of Justice Committee of the Canadian Judicial
Council. Appointed to the Court of Queen's Bench, Trial Division in
Moncton, New Brunswick on June 27, 2006. Appointed to the New
Brunswick Court of Appeal on June 22, 2007. Appointed a Judge of the
Federal Court, a Judge of the Court Martial Appeal and Chief Justice
of the Court Martial Appeal Court on February 6, 2015.
>>>
>>> ---------- 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.
>>>
>>> These are digital recordings of the last three hearings
>>>
>>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/
>>>
>>> January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/
>>>
>>> April 3rd, 2017
>>>
>>> https://archive.org/details/
>>>
>>>
>>> This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal
>>>
>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>>>
>>>
>>> The only hearing thus far
>>>
>>> May 24th, 2017
>>>
>>> https://archive.org/details/
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> http://davidraymondamos3.
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>>
>>> Vertias Vincit
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>> 902 800 0369
>>>
>>> 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.
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.archive.org/
>>>
>>> http://www.archive.org/
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> Hon. Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.
>>> Integrity Commissioner
>>>
>>> Hon. Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C., who resides in Bathurst, N.B., is a
>>> native of Kedgwick, N.B., and is married to Huguette (Savoie)
>>> Deschênes. They have two sons.
>>>
>>> He studied at Saint-Joseph University (now Université de Moncton) from
>>> 1960 to 1962, University of Ottawa from 1962-1965 (B.A.), and
>>> University of New Brunswick (LL.B., 1968). He was admitted to the Law
>>> Society of New Brunswick in 1968. He was legal counsel to the
>>> Department of Justice in Fredericton from 1968 to 1971. He was in
>>> private practice from 1972 to 1982 and specialized in civil litigation
>>> as a partner in the law firm of Michaud, Leblanc, Robichaud, and
>>> Deschênes. While residing in Shediac, N.B., he served on town council
>>> and became the first president of the South East Economic Commission.
>>> He is a past president of the Richelieu Club in Shediac.
>>>
>>> In 1982, he was appointed a judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of New
>>> Brunswick and of the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick in 2000.
>>>
>>> On July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the Court Martial Appeal Court of
>>> Canada.
>>>
>>> While on the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, he was appointed
>>> President of the provincial Judicial Council and in 2012 Chairperson
>>> of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of New
>>> Brunswick for the 2015 federal election.
>>>
>>> He was appointed Conflict of Interest Commissioner in December 2016
>>> and became New Brunswick’s first Integrity Commissioner on December
>>> 16, 2016 with responsibilities for conflict of interest issues related
>>> to Members of the Legislative Assembly. As of April 1, 2017 he
>>> supervises lobbyists of public office holders under the Lobbyists’
>>> Registration Act.
>>>
>>> As of September 1, 2017, he will be assuming the functions presently
>>> held by the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner.
>>>
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Email: mark@millarslaw.com
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DND still requires an Inspector General. f this I am certain if for no
other reasons to ENSURE that the ARBOUR recommendations are properly
implemented in an timely fashion. Not surprisingly, however, there
are early signs of resistance within the CAF ranks. Reasons and
arguments for such resistance will abound; lack of personnel, growing
operational commitments, the need to consult (this excuse has already
been used by the MND). There are also sacred cows like the RMC which
can and is already rallying support among the military brass. The
truth is: Canada and the CAF simply cannot afford ANOTHER study; the
Lamer, Lesage, Deschamps, Fish and Arbour studies are more enough to
point the way to the required
reform.https://ottawacitizen.
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 12:50:23 -0300
Subject: Attn Charlotte Duval-Lantoine and Rory Fowler we just talked
about what you said to CBC correct?
To: rory@roryfowlerlaw.com, cduval-lantoine@cgai.ca
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, ibk@kapoorbarristers.com
https://www.cbc.ca/news/
Former chief of the defence staff Jonathan Vance charged with
obstruction of justice
Vance is being investigated for sexual misconduct over his
relationship with a subordinate
Murray Brewster · CBC News · Posted: Jul 15, 2021 3:01 PM ET
The Crown's hurdles
"One legal expert says that one of the hurdles the Crown will have to
cross in proving the charge is whether Vance threatened Brennan.
"We don't have all of the evidence, but what I would be interested in
knowing is what evidence they have that there was a threat, a bribe or
other corrupt means to persuade Ms. Brennan to lie — because simply
asking somebody to lie is not obstruction of justice," said retired
colonel Rory Fowler, a military lawyer now in private practice.
There is a 10-year maximum sentence for a conviction on an obstruction
of justice charge, Fowler said.
PM's chief adviser knew of 'misconduct' allegation against top
military commander, committee told
He added that it is unprecedented that such a senior retired officer
is charged with a criminal offence.
"Previous to this, the most senior rank in living memory, the most
senior rank who was facing a charge like this, was the then-vice-chief
of the defence staff [Vice-Admiral] Mark Norman," said Fowler.
Norman was accused in 2017 of leaking cabinet secrets and charged by
the RCMP with a single count of breach of trust. The charge was stayed
two years later."
"Defence expert Charlotte Duval-Lantoine said the charge against Vance
is serious and a demonstration by the federal government and the
military that there will be no impunity.
Restoring confidence in the military justice system will depend on
whether he is found guilty and punished, she suggested.
"We don't really know what is the outcome of this charge, but there is
that idea now that even a chief of the defence staff needs to be
subject to the same punishment, to the same sanctions as anyone else
in the Canadian Armed Forces," said Duval-Lantoine, a fellow at the
Canadian Global Affairs Institute.
The ongoing sexual misconduct crisis has prompted calls for the
resignation of Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, which were renewed
Thursday once the obstruction charge was announced."
http://roryfowlerlaw.com/
Rory Fowler
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rory@roryfowlerlaw.com
(613) 777 3820
Lieutenant-Colonel (retired) Rory G. Fowler, BComm, LL.B., LL.M., CD
Lieutenant-Colonel (retired) Rory Fowler retired from the Canadian
Forces after having served for nearly 28 years, first as an infantry
officer with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, and
subsequently as a Legal Officer with the Office of the Judge Advocate
General. In the latter role, Rory served as a deployed legal advisor,
educator, and worked extensively in the area of public and
administrative law. He helped lead the development of the current
curriculum used to train new legal officers and served as a mentor to
many in the field of administrative law. Among his various positions,
Rory served as the Deputy Judge Advocate for Canadian Forces Base
Kingston, Director of Law – Compensation, Benefits, Pensions and
Estates and Director of Law – Administrative Law.
As Director of Law – Compensation, Benefits, Pensions and Estates,
Rory advised on a wide range of benefits for members of the Canadian
Forces under the National Defence Act, including pay, allowances,
reimbursement of expenses, as well as benefits under the Canadian
Forces Superannuation Act. As the Director of Law – Administrative
Law, Rory led the team responsible for advising on the Canadian Forces
grievance process, including providing direct support to the final
authority and assisting legal advisors to the various initial
authorities. He was also responsible for legal support to Boards of
Inquiry, summary investigations and other administrative
investigations.
https://www.cgai.ca/charlotte_
Charlotte Duval-Lantoine
Ottawa Operations Manager
Canadian Global Affairs Institute
8 York Street
2nd Floor
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1N 5S6
cduval-lantoine@cgai.ca
(613) 288-2529 ext 101
Charlotte Duval-Lantoine
Defence | Western Hemisphere
Charlotte is the Ottawa Operations Manager and a Fellow at the
Canadian Global Affairs Institute. She completed a Master in Military
History at Queen’s University, during which she started researching on
the toxic culture of leadership in the Canadian Armed Forces during
the 1990s and its impact on gender integration, which had started in
1989. She continues to study leadership and culture change issues in
the military in her free time. She obtained her BA in History and
Political Science at McGill University in 2017. During her graduate
studies, Charlotte served as the Assistant to the Executive Director
of Women In International Security-Canada for the fiscal year
2018-2019. She has also worked as a research assistant and translator
on projects about gender mainstreaming and integration in NATO Armed
Forces, and on the gendered dimension of veteran transition at Queen's
University Center for International and Defence Policy (CIDP).
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From: CEDRIC.ASPIRAULT@forces.gc.ca
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 23:08:54 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Attn Ian B. Kasper we just talked about
cupcakes and CBC correct?
To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Please note that I am no longer CO 12 RBC and will be on leave and
moving to the US.
Please contact Maj Cameron, A/CO 12 RBC if there is any regimental
requierements.(david.cameron9@
I will monitor this adress until May 28th
My civilian email adress is : LCAspi50@me.com
418-806-9705
Lcol JLC Aspirault
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 23:09:41 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Attn Ian B. Kasper we just talked about
cupcakes and CBC correct?
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 23:09:57 +0000
Subject: RE: Attn Ian B. Kasper we just talked about cupcakes and CBC correct?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 20:08:44 -0300
Subject: Attn Ian B. Kasper we just talked about cupcakes and CBC correct?
To: ibk@kapoorbarristers.com, "wayne.eyre" <wayne.eyre@forces.gc.ca>,
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Ian B. Kasper
Called to the bar: 2015 (ON)
Kapoor Barristers
Suite 2900
161 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2S1
Phone: 416-363-2700
Fax: 416-363-2787
Email: ibk@kapoorbarristers.com
Ian Kasper
416.363.2700 ext 8103
ibk@kapoorbarristers.com
Ian Kasper
416.363.2700 ext 8103
ibk@kapoorbarristers.com
Mr. Kasper joined Kapoor Barristers in 2017. He appears in all courts
on trial and appellate matters.
He is a graduate of the University of Waterloo where he obtained a
Bachelor of Mathematics (Honours). Thereafter he attended Osgoode Hall
Law School, where his studies focused almost exclusively on criminal
law and related topics.
Mr. Kasper completed his articles at the law firm of Greenspan
Humphrey Lavine. Upon his call to the Bar in 2015, he opened a sole
practice in Toronto, where his practice included trial and appeal
matters in criminal law, mental health law, and correctional law.
In addition to his legal career, Mr. Kasper is a reservist in the
Canadian Armed Forces. He enlisted in 2011 and currently parades with
the Governor General's Horse Guards in Toronto.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/
Evidence lost in case of soldier accused of feeding cannabis-laced
cupcakes to gunners, lawyer says
'The loss of such important evidence was the result of incompetence,'
accused's lawyer says
Ashley Burke · CBC News · Posted: Jul 12, 2021 4:00 AM ET
Bombardier Chelsea Cogswell's court martial is scheduled to start Aug.
3 in New Brunswick. (Submitted)
Evidence in a bizarre case of a Canadian soldier accused of drugging
comrades with marijuana-laced cupcakes was lost by military police,
says the soldier's lawyer — who accuses the Department of National
Defence of conducting a sloppy, incompetent investigation.
Bombardier Chelsea Cogswell's military trial is slated to start next
month. It's believed to be the first of its kind.
She faces 18 charges, including administering a noxious substance to
eight soldiers without their consent in July 2018 at CFB Gagetown. At
the time, the soldiers were taking part in a live-fire exercise
involving explosives and weapons drills.
CBC News has obtained a copy of a court application filed by
Cogswell's lawyer Ian Kasper. In it, Kasper argues the military should
throw out evidence of traces of THC — the main psychoactive compound
in cannabis — gathered from one cupcake wrapper because the other
cupcake wrappers were lost and never tested.
"The chain of command and the military police did not preserve all the
wrappers for further investigation," Kasper wrote in the application.
"The loss of such important evidence was the result of incompetence.
"The chain of command's loss of the cupcake wrappers was so shockingly
negligent as to constitute an abuse of process."
The military is in the midst of an institutional crisis over its
handling of misconduct in the ranks. Critics have said military police
are ill-equipped to investigate offences.
'There's a lack of expertise. A lack of competence'
Military law expert Michel Drapeau has been arguing for years that the
military police do not have the depth, supervision and training to
conduct criminal investigations.
A sniper taking part in a competition between peers at CFB Gagetown in
Oromocto, N.B. (Kevin Bissett/Canadian Press)
Drapeau reviewed the court documents obtained by CBC News. He pointed
out that it took roughly 17 months for the military police to realize
they hadn't secured all of the wrappers, and to investigate where they
went.
"Seventeen months required to discover it is disturbing, to say the
least," he said. "There is something lacking there. It could be a lack
of expertise. It could also be incompetence, obviously."
Cogswell's unusual case made headlines around the world. The
Department of National Defence has said it's believed to be the first
case of a soldier charged with feeding marijuana to colleagues without
their consent.
Cogswell's mother told CBC News strangers have bombarded her with hate
messages online and she found her vehicle keyed in her driveway on one
occasion.
"The military community was entitled to a proper and complete
investigation, not a half-hearted and incomplete one that saw crucial
evidence lost," reads Kasper's application. "The applicant's career
and liberty are on the line."
Regional military prosecutors responded, saying the evidence was never
lost since it was never in government authorities' possession in the
first place.
"Any cupcake wrappers which were not collected had been disposed of by
witnesses or complainants prior to commencement or contemplation of an
investigation," reads the military's response to the court
application. "There was no abuse of process."
'Loopy, anxious and paranoid'
At the time of the incident on July 21, 2018, Cogswell was working at
a mobile canteen at the army's combat training centre in New
Brunswick, according to court martial documents.
Cogswell offered some troops from the gun detachment free cupcakes she
had baked that she said contained coconut oil and avocados, according
to the document. At least nine soldiers ate the cupcakes; within an
hour, some described feeling "high," the court martial documents said.
The charges are related to an incident at this firing range at CFB
Gagetown in Oromocto, N.B. (David Smith/Canadian Press)
"They variously described feeling tired, exhausted, loopy, anxious and
paranoid," said Kasper's court document. "Others, however, believed
they were dehydrated or were suffering heat exhaustion."
Citing safety concerns, the military called off the live fire training
exercise on that hot summer day and loaded those affected into an
air-conditioned truck for assessment. A medical technician on scene
ruled out heat injuries, according to the documents.
The commanding officer called in military police to investigate the
possibility that "the members of the artillery school were suffering
from mind-altering drugs while on a live fire exercise," Kasper's
court document states.
Soldier gathered five wrappers
One of the soldiers who ate a cupcake and felt fine collected about
five wrappers and gave them to the chain of command — one Warrant
Officer Mangrove, according to the court document.
The base military police officer who attended the scene, Cpl. Benjamin
Whitehall, obtained one of the wrappers from a soldier who got it from
Mangrove and tested it for drugs. The test came back negative but
later tested positive for traces of THC, according to both Kasper's
court document and the response from military prosecutors.
The military police only discovered other wrappers existed almost a
year and a half later, in January 2020, after a request from the
accused's lawyer.
"No explanation has been proffered," wrote Kasper. "The only
reasonable conclusion is that they were lost through incompetence. The
wrappers are at the heart of the case ... and they could afford
forensic evidence tending to disprove the offences charged."
The military wrote in its defence that it doesn't know where the other
wrappers went "missing." At the time of the incident, the focus was on
possible health and safety risks, not the "possibility of a future
criminal investigation," said the military prosecutors.
"There is no evidence of any attempt to conceal or destroy evidence in
this case, nor is there any evidence of bad faith on the part of the
Crown," the prosecutors wrote. "In fact, it is more likely than not
that obtaining the missing wrappers would have strengthened the
Crown's case."
Civilian system should investigate military misconduct claims for
now, ex-judge says
Fifth Estate
Commanding officers interfered in sexual assault investigations,
retired military police officer says
Military justice system at crossroads as court hears case on
judges' independence
The Canadian Forces Provost Marshal would not tell CBC News if the
military police involved in the case are with the base or with the
Canadian Forces National Investigative Service unit.
The Military Police Complaints Commission will not confirm that it's
received a complaint in connection to Cogswell's case. In a statement,
the commission said it does not release information or the identity of
complainants or subjects in "non-public interest cases."
Cogswell's court martial is set to begin Aug. 3 in Oromocto, New Brunswick.
Along with charges for administering a noxious substance, Cogswell
also faces nine counts of conduct to the prejudice of good order and
discipline and one count of behaving in a disgraceful manner.
Cogswell faces a maximum sentence of two years imprisonment, the
defence department said.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Ashley Burke is a senior reporter with CBC's Parliamentary Bureau.
Have a story idea? Email her at ashley.burke@cbc.ca
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2021 15:52:53 -0300
Subject: This important Thats why I just called and tweeted both of
your congressional offices
To: Dawn.McArdle@mail.house.gov, Matt.Gaetz@mail.house.gov,
patrick.parsons@mail.house.gov
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2021 14:48:36 -0300
Subject: Fwd: [Non-DoD Source] Fwd: Methinks the evil lawyer Howie
Cooper made a deal with the VERY NASTY FBI dudes in Beantown N'esy Pas
Howie Anglin?
To: nia_ig.fct@navy.mil, washington field
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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2021 11:03:08 +0000
Subject: RE: [Non-DoD Source] Fwd: Methinks the evil lawyer Howie
Cooper made a deal with the VERY NASTY FBI dudes in Beantown N'esy Pas
Howie Anglin?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Dear David Amos,
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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:49:10 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks the evil lawyer Howie Cooper made a
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To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
The Acting Chief of the Defence Staff is LGen Wayne Eyre, he may be
reached at wayne.eyre@forces.gc.ca.
Le Chef d'état-major de la Défense par intérim est le LGen Wayne Eyre.
Il peut être rejoint au wayne.eyre@forces.gc.ca.
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> > > > From: "McKnight, Gisele" McKnight.Gisele@kingscorecord.
> > > > To: lcampenella@ledger.com
> > > > Cc:motomaniac_02186@hotmail.
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:53 PM
> > > > Subject: David Amos
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hello Lisa,
> > > > > David Amos asked me to contact you. I met him last June after he
> > became
> > > an
> > > > > independent (not representing any political party) candidate in our
> > > > federal
> > > > > election that was held June 28.
> > > > >
> > > > > He was a candidate in our constituency of Fundy (now called
> > > Fundy-Royal).
> > > > I
> > > > > wrote a profile story about him, as I did all other candidates. That
> > > story
> > > > > appeared in the Kings County Record June 22. A second story, written
> > by
> > > > one
> > > > > of my reporters, appeared on the same date, which was a report on
> the
> > > > > candidates' debate held June 18.
> > > > >
> > > > > As I recall David Amos came last of four candidates in the election.
> > The
> > > > > winner got 14,997 votes, while Amos got 358.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have attached the two stories that appeared, as well as a photo
> > taken
> > > by
> > > > > reporter Erin Hatfield during the debate. I couldn't find the photo
> > that
> > > > > ran, but this one is very similar.
> > > > >
> > > > > Gisele McKnight
> > > > > editor A1-debate A1-amos,David for MP 24.doc debate
2.JPG
> > > > > Kings County Record
> > > > > Sussex, New Brunswick
> > > > > Canada
> > > > > 506-433-1070
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
Raising a Little Hell- Lively Debate Provokes Crowd
By Erin Hatfield
"If you don't like what you got, why don't you change it? If your
world is all screwed up, rearrange it."
The 1979 Trooper song Raise a Little Hell blared on the speakers at
the 8th Hussars Sports Center Friday evening as people filed in to
watch the Fundy candidates debate the issues. It was an accurate, if
unofficial, theme song for the debate.
The crowd of over 200 spectators was dwarfed by the huge arena, but as
they chose their seats, it was clear the battle lines were drawn.
Supporters of Conservative candidate Rob Moore naturally took the blue
chairs on the right of the rink floor while John Herron's Liberalswent
left. There were splashes of orange, supporters of NDP Pat Hanratty,
mixed throughout. Perhaps the loudest applause came from a row towards
the back, where supporters of independent candidate David Amos sat.
The debate was moderated by Leo Melanson of CJCW Radio and was
organized by the Sussex Valley Jaycees. Candidates wereasked a barrage
of questions bypanelists Gisele McKnight of the Kings County Record
and Lisa Spencer of CJCW.
Staying true to party platforms for the most part, candidates
responded to questions about the gun registry, same sex marriage, the
exodus of young people from the Maritimes and regulated gas prices.
Herron and Moore were clear competitors,constantly challenging each
other on their answers and criticizing eachothers’ party leaders.
Hanratty flew under the radar, giving short, concise responses to the
questions while Amos provided some food for thought and a bit of comic
relief with quirky answers. "I was raised with a gun," Amos said in
response to the question of thenational gun registry. "Nobody's
getting mine and I'm not paying 10 cents for it."
Herron, a Progressive Conservative MP turned Liberal, veered from his
party'splatform with regard to gun control. "It was ill advised but
well intentioned," Herron said. "No matter what side of the house I am
on, I'm voting against it." Pat Hanratty agreed there were better
places for the gun registry dollars to be spent.Recreational hunters
shouldn't have been penalized by this gun registry," he said.
The gun registry issues provoked the tempers of Herron and Moore. At
one point Herron got out of his seat and threw a piece of paper in
front of Moore. "Read that," Herron said to Moore, referring to the
voting record of Conservative Party leader Steven Harper. According to
Herron, Harper voted in favour of the registry on the first and second
readings of the bill in 1995. "He voted against it when it counted, at
final count," Moore said. "We needa government with courage to
register sex offenders rather than register the property of law
abiding citizens."
The crowd was vocal throughout the evening, with white haired men and
women heckling from the Conservative side. "Shut up John," one woman
yelled. "How can you talk about selling out?" a man yelled whenHerron
spoke about his fear that the Conservatives are selling farmers out.
Although the Liberal side was less vocal, Kings East MLA Leroy
Armstrong weighed in at one point. "You’re out of touch," Armstrong
yelled to Moore from the crowd when the debate turned to the cost of
post-secondary education. Later in the evening Amos challenged
Armstrong to a public debate of their own. "Talk is cheap. Any time,
anyplace," Armstrong responded.
As the crowd made its way out of the building following the debate,
candidates worked the room. They shook hands with well-wishers and
fielded questions from spectators-all part of the decision-making
process for the June 28 vote.
Cutline – David Amos, independent candidate in Fundy, with some of his
favourite possessions—motorcycles.
McKnight/KCR
The Unconventional Candidate
David Amos Isn’t Campaigning For Your Vote, But….
By Gisele McKnight
FUNDY—He has a pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket, a chain on his
wallet, a beard at least a foot long, 60 motorcycles and a cell phone
that rings to the tune of "Yankee Doodle."
Meet the latest addition to the Fundy ballot—David Amos.
The independent candidate lives in Milton, Massachusetts with his wife
and two children, but his place of residence does not stop him from
running for office in Canada.
One has only to be at least 18, a Canadian citizen and not be in jail
to meet Elections Canada requirements.
When it came time to launch his political crusade, Amos chose his
favourite place to do so—Fundy.
Amos, 52, is running for political office because of his
dissatisfaction with politicians.
"I’ve become aware of much corruption involving our two countries," he
said. "The only way to fix corruption is in the political forum."
The journey that eventually led Amos to politics began in Sussex in
1987. He woke up one morning disillusioned with life and decided he
needed to change his life.
"I lost my faith in mankind," he said. "People go through that
sometimes in midlife."
So Amos, who’d lived in Sussex since 1973, closed his Four Corners
motorcycle shop, paid his bills and hit the road with Annie, his 1952
Panhead motorcycle.
"Annie and I rode around for awhile (three years, to be exact)
experiencing the milk of human kindness," he said. "This is how you
renew your faith in mankind – you help anyone you can, you never ask
for anything, but you take what they offer."
For those three years, they offered food, a place to sleep, odd jobs
and conversation all over North America.
Since he and Annie stopped wandering, he has married, fathered a son
and a daughter and become a house-husband – Mr. Mom, as he calls
himself.
He also describes himself in far more colourful terms—a motorcyclist
rather than a biker, a "fun-loving, free-thinking, pig-headed
individual," a "pissed-off Maritimer" rather than an activist, a proud
Canadian and a "wild colonial boy."
Ironically, the man who is running for office has never voted in his life.
"But I have no right to criticize unless I offer my name," he said.
"It’s alright to bitch in the kitchen, but can you walk the walk?"
Amos has no intention of actively campaigning.
"I didn’t appreciate it when they (politicians) pounded on my door
interrupting my dinner," he said. "If people are interested, they can
call me. I’m not going to drive my opinions down their throats."
And he has no campaign budget, nor does he want one.
"I won’t take any donations," he said. "Just try to give me some. It’s
not about money. It goes against what I’m fighting about."
What he’s fighting for is the discussion of issues – tainted blood,
the exploitation of the Maritimes’ gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to
name a few.
"The political issues in the Maritimes involve the three Fs – fishing,
farming and forestry, but they forget foreign issues," he said. "I’m
death on NAFTA, the back room deals and free trade. I say chuck it
(NAFTA) out the window.
NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement which allows an
easier flow of goods between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Amos disagrees with the idea that a vote for him is a wasted vote.
"There are no wasted votes," he said. "I want people like me,
especially young people, to pay attention and exercise their right.
Don’t necessarily vote for me, but vote."
Although…if you’re going to vote anyway, Amos would be happy to have
your X by his name.
"I want people to go into that voting booth, see my name, laugh and
say, ‘what the hell.’"
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