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Bruce R. Pardy
Professor
Professor Pardy is a classically liberal legal academic for whom equal application of the law, negative rights, private property, limited government, and separation of powers are foundational to the Canadian and Western legal tradition. A critic of legal progressivism, social justice, and the discretionary administrative state, he has written on a range of pressing legal subjects at the front lines of the culture war inside the law, including environmental governance, climate change, energy policy, human rights and freedoms, professional and university governance, property and tort theory, free markets, and the rule of law. He has taught at law schools in Canada, the United States and New Zealand, practiced civil litigation at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Toronto, served as adjudicator and mediator on the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal, and has published and commented widely in traditional and online media. He serves as senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, and helped to birth the Runnymede Society, a branch of the Canadian Constitution Foundation. He spearheaded resistance to and ultimate repeal of the Law Society of Ontario’s statement of principles (SOP) policy that required Ontario lawyers to attest to their ideological purity to maintain their licence to practice. He is one of the co-creators of the Free North Declaration , a public petition and movement to protect civil liberties in Canada from COVID-19 irrationality and overreach.
Professor Pardy is presently on leave from Queen’s Law to serve as the Executive Director of Rights Probe, a division of the Energy Probe Research Foundation, one of Canada’s leading public policy and governance thinktanks. The work of Rights Probe can be found on its website at https://www.rightsprobe.org/
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The mandate of Rights Probe is to research and explain this shifting legal ground and to challenge these trends. It will defend and promote the classical liberal conception of individual rights and the rule of law, in which people have primary control over their own lives and their own decisions; and will seek to inform and assist people to resist government coercion and mob rule.
The legal ground is shifting.
In the 21st century, citizens of Western countries have more freedom than most of the rest of the world at most other times in history. But the legal ground is shifting. Individual autonomy – the crowning achievement of Western legal systems – is now at risk. The law is moving from individualist to collectivist; from blind justice to social justice; from equality of treatment to equality of outcome; from capitalist to statist; from economic competition to political conformity; and from neutral adjudication to judicial activism. The managerial state has become ubiquitous.
Progressive illiberal impulses fuel the regulation of individual behavior and speech. In Canada, courts and academics are transforming the Charter of Rights and Freedoms from a roster of individual rights into a social justice charter that legitimizes curbing civil liberties in the name of common good. Public institutions exercise discretionary authority to pursue social ends they deem desirable. These trends have accelerated in the Covid period of the past 18 months. In this new era, Canadians have become acutely less free, and the law has not protected them.
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Bruce Pardy
Executive Director
Energy Probe Research Foundation: Uncommon Wisdom
What we do
EPRF works to promote social, economic, and environmental well-being in Canada and abroad.
How we do it
We are neither left wing nor right wing. Our fundamental concern is with process. We rarely argue for particular ends, because the world is too complex to know what they should be. Rather, we argue for the means – the rule of law, markets, the ballot box – to hold decision-makers accountable for the consequences of their actions.
We apply sound scientific and economic analysis to environmental challenges.
We promote “bottom-up” environmentalism, and champion the use of property rights and decentralized decision making to empower individuals and communities to protect the environment. We believe in the good judgment and incentives of ordinary people, and we work to put power and information in the hands of those most affected by decisions.
We believe that environmental protection and economic progress go hand in hand, and that the interests of one need not be achieved at the expense of the other. Furthermore, we believe that the economy and the environment require many of the same conditions – such as diversity and feedback – to thrive.
The fine print
We promote the rule of law, the right to know, accountability through liability, cost and risk internalization, economic efficiency, property rights (private or communal), markets, competition, and consumer choice.
The following principles and priorities have evolved from our 30-plus years of analysis of the root causes of environmental destruction and the elements of a sustainable society. (Click on the links to learn about how we have put our principles into practice.)
• We work to establish decentralized decision-making processes and to devolve decision making to the lowest practicable level – that which is closest to the affected individuals.
• We strive to eliminate tragedies of the commons1 by advocating property rights where resources can be exclusive, divisible, and alienable. In these situations, we believe resources are most sustainably managed when users themselves own and manage them.
• We advocate property rights:
• to establish and preserve rights and responsibilities;
• to account fully for social and environmental costs based on the values assigned by the rights holders; and
• to internalize risks and costs (and to eliminate moral hazards2) in decision making.
• We favour court actions based on the common law of nuisance, trespass, and riparian rights to empower individuals to protect themselves from environmental harm. We do not believe that governments should have the discretion to negotiate with polluters, or with other parties, to override traditional common law protections.
• We generally oppose expropriation, which often results in environmental harm. We believe that voluntary agreements more fully internalize costs, protect the environment, and ensure economic efficiency.
• Where property rights cannot easily or affordably be assigned or enforced, we strive to eliminate tragic commons through statutory law and regulation. Where regulation is required, regulatory authority must be independent and provide all affected individuals and groups due process and access to information, while avoiding creating barriers to entry, stifling innovation, interrupting the flow of information, or forcing regulated parties to act against their best judgement.
• We work to ensure the integrity of regulatory systems and the strict enforcement of laws that penalize unauthorized pollution. To eliminate biases and conflicts of interest, and to ensure that public- and private-sector polluters are treated equally, we advocate independent regulators, who are subject to due process and judicial review, and regulatory processes that require full disclosure of information.
• We argue for the break up of unnatural monopolies, created by political or regulatory decree. Where natural monopolies exist, we advocate regulation that is mandated to protect the interests of consumers.
• We oppose subsidies to resource use. Resource subsidies encourage waste, often directly promote environmental harm, and, as a tool for delivering political favours to select constituencies, promote the abuse of power. Where society favours subsidies to ensure social equity, we favour subsidizing disadvantaged people with direct payments, untied to their level of consumption, rather than providing subsidies that lower the apparent cost of resources.
• We oppose the socialization of private costs and risks through government subsidies and indemnities. For example, while we approve of private insurance as a way to internalize risks and costs, we oppose government indemnities to resource or financial sectors, particularly if those indemnities protect risk takers and polluters from the risks and costs of their activities.
• Lastly, we believe that good decision-making requires sound scientific and technical analysis that is free of political distortions.
Notes
1 The tragedy of the commons, popularized by Garrett Hardin’s essay in 1968, explains individuals’ incentives to exploit common resources for personal gain and the exhaustion of the resources in the process. “Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. Freedom in the commons brings ruin to all.” (Return)
2 “Moral hazard” refers to people’s increased incentives to take risks when insured. “Moral hazard” exists when institutions and incentives induce a person to abandon moral behaviour: If politicians and civil servants can award contracts for multi-million dollar public works projects without public oversight or legal accountability, they can be easily induced to award contracts to the firms that pay them bribes. Such circumstances are hazardous to their morals. (Return)
Our Funding
The Foundation is an outspoken watchdog organization that is financially independent of governments, corporations, and unions. The bulk of our funds comes in the form of foundation grants and individual donations from the general public. The Foundation also earns income from publications sales and fees for articles, studies, speaking engagements, and participation in hearings.
Donations are tax creditable and may be directed to the general work of the Foundation or to Energy Probe, Probe International, Environment Probe, or Urban Renaissance Institute. Each division has its own budget and each depends on the continued respect and support of the Canadian public for the funding of its operations.
Senior Staff
Our senior staff members have demonstrated the country’s longest commitment to the environment: Four have been with us for more than 30 years, and four others joined us 12-25 years ago. In addition to being unusually tenacious, staff members have drawn an unusual number of honours. Four members are listed in various editions of Who’s Who (Probe International’s Patricia Adams, Environment Probe’s Elizabeth Brubaker, and Energy Probe’s Norman Rubin and Lawrence Solomon).
Patricia Adams, President, EPRF, and Executive Director, Probe International
Patricia Adams is an economist. Her books include In the Name of Progress: The Underside of Foreign Aid (Doubleday 1985, 1991) and Odious Debts: Loose Lending, Corruption and the Third World’s Environmental Legacy (Earthscan 1991), a seminal text on the issue of Third World debt. Patricia also edited the English language translation of Yangtze! Yangtze!, the critique by Chinese experts of the Three Gorges dam that inspired the democracy movement when it was first published in 1989, led to the postponement of the dam, and was subsequently banned by Chinese authorities. She has written editorial page articles for major daily newspapers and has appeared on many radio and TV news programs in Canada and abroad.
Before joining EPRF in 1980, Patricia worked on a variety of development projects for the International Development Research Centre and Acres International. She taught economics in Jamaica, advised the World Council of Churches’ energy program, and Chaired the Nairobi-based Environment Liaison Centre, a coalition of 300 environmental and citizens’ groups from around the world. She is a co-founder of the International Rivers Network and the World Rainforest Movement.
Elizabeth Brubaker, Executive Director, Environment Probe
Elizabeth Brubaker, who joined EPRF in 1987, specializes in the use of property rights and market mechanisms to protect the environment. Her books include Property Rights in the Defence of Nature (Earthscan 1995), Liquid Assets: Privatizing and Regulating Canada’s Water Utilities (University of Toronto 2002), and Greener Pastures: Decentralizing the Regulation of Agricultural Pollution (University of Toronto Press 2007). She has contributed chapters to 14 other books published in five countries.
Elizabeth has produced studies of the private financing and delivery of water and wastewater services for the Walkerton Inquiry, the Government of Ontario Panel on the Role of Government, and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. She has participated in a dozen environmental assessments and regulatory hearings. Between 2008 and 2011, she was a member of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy.
Frank Cianflone, Accountant / Office Manager, EPRF
Frank Cianflone has managed EPRF’s office and its books for more than 20 years. He holds a BA in Commerce from the University of Toronto.
Mu Lan, Editor (Chinese), Three Gorges Probe
Mu Lan is a Chinese scholar of environmental and population migration issues, has taught in Chinese and Canadian universities, done field work and primary research in the Three Gorges area, and studied in the U.S. and the U.K. Currently, Mu Lan is working with Probe International as a translator, researcher, writer, and Chief Editor of the internet newsletter, Three Gorges Probe (Chinese language edition).
Lisa Peryman, Editor, EPRF
Lisa Peryman is a communications specialist who hails from New Zealand, where she worked for environmental groups. She has studied journalism, publishing and politics. Lisa has written and edited for daily newspapers and trade magazines, as well as creative copywriting for broadcast. Lisa handles many aspects of communications for EPRF, including editing and writing online content (websites and e-newsletters).
Slawek Pycek, Information Systems, EPRF
Slawek Pycek has overseen EPRF’s computer systems and operations for more than 20 years.
Norm Rubin, Director, Nuclear Research, Energy Probe
Norm Rubin helped found EPRF in 1979 and has been working as a consultant with Energy Probe for more than 20 years. One of Canada’s leading critics of the nuclear industry, Norm has appeared at many hearings and court proceedings as an expert witness. He is a member of the Ontario Energy Board’s Working Group on Electricity Demand-Side Management and Demand Reduction, the Ontario Power Authority’s Conservation Business Stakeholder Advisory Group, and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s Non-Governmental Organization Regulatory Advisory Committee. Norm is a highly sought-after public speaker, with more than 500 public speaking engagements under his belt, and makes frequent appearances on radio and television shows.
Lawrence Solomon, Managing Director, EPRF, and Executive Director, Energy Probe and Urban Renaissance Institute
Lawrence Solomon, a co-founder of EPRF, is one of Canada’s leading environmentalists. An advisor to President Carter’s Task Force on the Global Environment (the Global 2000 Report) in the late 1970’s, he has since been at the forefront of movements to reform foreign aid, stop nuclear power expansion, save the world’s forests, restructure the electricity sector, convert free roads to toll roads, and counter global warming alarmism.
Lawrence is author or co-author of seven books, including The Conserver Solution (Doubleday 1978), Energy Shock (Doubleday 1980), In the Name of Progress (Doubleday 1985, 1991), Breaking Up Ontario Hydro’s Monopoly (Energy Probe 1982), Power at What Cost (Doubleday 1984), Toronto Sprawls (University of Toronto Press 2007) and, most recently, The Deniers (Richard Vigilante Books 2008, 2010). He is a columnist with the National Post and has been a columnist for the Globe and Mail, a syndicated columnist, a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and the editor and publisher of the award-winning The Next City magazine.
Board
Like our staff, our board of directors has shown a long-term commitment to our foundation and to the environment. Three of our current directors have been with us since our inception, and three others have been with us for 10 years or more. Our past directors also remained with us for many, many terms.
Patricia Adams, President
Patricia Adams is an economist and the Executive Director of Probe International, an independent think-tank and watchdog over the environmental consequences of Canadian government and corporate activities around the world. Her books include In the Name of Progress: The Underside of Foreign Aid, (Doubleday 1985), and Odious Debts: Loose Lending, Corruption and the Third World”s Environmental Legacy (Earthscan 1991). Pat also edited the English language translation of Yangtze! Yangtze!, a critique by Chinese experts of the Three Gorges.
Before coming to Probe International, Pat worked on a variety of development projects for the International Development Research Centre and Acres International. She has taught economics in Jamaica, advised the World Council of Churches” energy program, and Chaired the Nairobi-based Environment Liaison Centre, a coalition of 300 environmental and citizens’ groups from around the world. She is a co-founder of the International Rivers Network and the World Rainforest Movement, and is an associate editor of the British magazine, The Ecologist.
Max Allen
Max Allen is a producer for CBC Radio’s program, Ideas. He is also the co-founder and curator of the Textile Museum of Canada.
Dr. Ann Cavoukian
Executive Director of the Privacy and Big Data Institute at Ryerson University. Recognized as one of the leading privacy experts in the world, Dr. Cavoukian is an avowed believer in the role that technology can play in protecting privacy. Her ground-breaking 1995 paper, Privacy-Enhancing Technologies: The Path to Anonymity, laid the foundation for her magnum opus, Privacy by Design (PbD) – which is now recognized as the world’s gold standard in privacy protection. Dr. Cavoukian is well known for her former role as Ontario’s longest serving Information and Privacy Commissioner.
David Cayley
A Toronto-based Canadian writer and broadcaster, who was a friend of Ivan Illich. His work airs on CBC Radio One’s program Ideas.
Glenn Fox
Glenn Fox is an agricultural and natural resource economist. He received an undergraduate degree in agriculture in 1977 and a Master of Science in agricultural economics in 1979, both from the University of Guelph. He completed a PhD in agricultural economics and economics in 1985 at the University of Minnesota. He has taught at the University of Western Ontario and since 1985 has been a member of the faculty in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph. Mr. Fox’s teaching and research interests include the economics of property rights and environmental stewardship and economic methodology. He is a student of the Austrian school in economics, established by Carl Menger at the University of Vienna in the late 19th century.
Gail Regan
Gail Regan is treasurer of Cara Holdings Ltd. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, a Certificate in Education from the Ontario College of Education, and from the University of Toronto: an MA in Educational Theory, a PhD in Educational Theory, and a Master of Business Administration in Marketing and Finance. From 1972 to 1982, Ms. Regan was an assistant professor and lecturer at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Education. She is a past chair of Women’s College Hospital and Women’s College Hospital Foundation and still serves on the Women’s College Council.
George Tomko
Dr. George Tomko was recently appointed to the post of Expert-in-Residence in IPSI at the University of Toronto. Dr. Tomko is best known for having invented the privacy-enhancing technology called “Biometric Encryption,” as well as “Anonymous Database,” both of which were the subject of numerous patents in the 1990’s. Later he invented “SmartData,” and is presently working on developing Smart Intelligent Agents. Dr. Tomko served for three years as the Chairman of Photonics Research Ontario, one of four Ontario Centres of Excellence, comprising of researchers from across Ontario universities and research institutes, with the mandate to develop optical and photon-based technologies. Dr. Tomko holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, obtained from the University of Toronto. He graduated with a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Physics, and an M.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. After his Ph.D., he went on to complete an Executive MBA. He has held a number of executive positions including: Vice-president & General Manager of Chubb Security in Canada; Vice President of Marketing at Sentrol Systems, a process control company; and Director of Neurotoxicology at Bio-Research Laboratories, a toxicology testing laboratory for pharmaceuticals and chemicals.
Notable Past Board Members
Andrew Roman is retired from a successful law practice spanning 45 years. He has practiced administrative law at all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada, and has appeared in courts and administrative tribunals in all the Canadian provinces and territories. His practice has included advising and representing professional regulatory tribunals, both for the tribunals and for members subject to disciplinary proceedings. Mr. Roman is the author of more than 90 publications, including reports, articles, monographs and a book. His writings have been cited in judgments of the Supreme Court of Canada. He has taught administrative law and advocacy as an adjunct faculty member at four law schools.
Ian Gray
Director, 2001-2021
Ian Gray was the former president of St. Lawrence Starch Co. Ltd., which owned and operated St. Lawrence Grains. Mr. Gray holds a Master of Business Administration in Agricultural Economics from the University of Guelph.
Clifford Orwin
Director, 1999-2019
Clifford Orwin has been a professor of political science at the University of Toronto for more than 25 years. Mr. Orwin has published dozens of articles and chapters on a range of topics—anywhere from ancient and modern political thought to current political issues such as humanitarianism and religion in contemporary politics. Mr. Orwin is a regular contributor to the National Post, The Globe and Mail and other periodicals. His work has been translated into French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Hebrew. Mr. Orwin received his MA and PhD from Harvard University and his BA from Cornell University. He has taught as a visitor at Harvard, the University of Chicago, and Michigan State University. He has also held positions at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Lisbon. He has served on the Panel on Political Science at the National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington. He is the recipient of three NEH Fellowships, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award and a St. Michael’s College Teacher of the Year Award.
Thomas R. Berger
Director, 1985-1988
Thomas R. Berger is a prominent legal voice in Canada, often defending minority and aboriginal rights. Mr. Berger has played a vital role in protecting aboriginal lands and ensuring their rights were included in the new Canadian Constitution. He served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of BC from 1971 – 1983. He has held positions as the Chairman of the Royal Commission on Family and Children’s Law, BC, Commissioner of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry and Inquiry on Indian and Health Consultation for the Government of Canada. He served as Deputy Chairman of the World Bank’s Sardar Sarovar Commission in India. He is also the author of a number of books. Mr Berger holds honorary degrees from 13 universities, and received the Order of Canada in 1990. In 1992 he was made a Freeman of the City of Vancouver.
Arthur Bielfeld
Chairman of the Board, 1982-1986
Director, 1981-1990
Rabbi Arthur Bielfeld served on the EPRF Board of Directors from 1981 to 1990, and was Chairman of the Board from 1982 to 1986. Born in the United States, Rabbi Bielfeld was ordained in 1964 and emigrated to Canada in 1967. He is a founding member and continuing Executive Board Member of the Leo Baeck School, a former member of the Executive Board for the North York Mayor’s Committee on Community Race & Ethnic Relations, past Chairman of Canadian Council of Reform Rabbis, and a former member of the Executive Board of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. Rabbi Bielfeld has been with the Temple Emanu-El in Toronto since 1967. Served as director from 1981 to 1990, and was Chairman of the Board from 1982 to 1986.
David Bronfman
Director, 1998-2001
David Bronfman is a prominent activist and writer. He’s the co-author of the vegetarian cookbook, Calciyum: Delicious Calcium-Rich Dairy-Free Vegetarian Recipes.
George Connell
Director, 2002-2008
President Emeritus Connell served as a University of Toronto professor and administrator for 20 years before his tenure as president from 1984 to 1990. He also served as president of the University of Western Ontario from 1977 to 1984. He is currently a senior policy adviser with the Canada Foundation for Innovation and past chair of the Protein Engineering Network of Centres of Excellence and the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy. He is also a director of Allelix Biopharmaceuticals Inc., a member of the Ontario Press Council, and a trustee of the McLaughlin Foundation.
Andrew Coyne
Director, 2001-2021
Andrew Coyne is one of the leading voices and opinions on the current state of Canadian politics and issues. As national affairs columnist of the National Post, Mr. Coyne is on the front line of the major debates raging in Canadian society. Mr. Coyne received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and History from Trinity College, University of Toronto, and a Masters in Economics from the London School of Economics. He has been an editorial writer and columnist for the Financial Post, The Globe and Mail, and the National Post. In addition, he is a frequent commentator on television and radio. Mr. Coyne has been nominated for four National Newspaper Awards, winning twice. He is also a past recipient of the Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism.
Georges Erasmus
Director, 1988-1998
Georges Erasmus is perhaps most widely recognized for his role as Chairman of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, he was also chair of the University of Canada North (1971-1975), president of the Indian Brotherhood of Northwest Territories (later the Dene Nation), and elected National Chief for the Assembly of First Nations in 1985. In addition to these achievements, Georges Erasmus has been the Canadian delegate to such international conferences as the World Council of Indigenous Peoples.
Parker Gallant
Director, 2010-2012
Parker Gallant is a retired banker whose 33 year career with the TD bank included lending positions in the domestic market and many years in international banking where he had responsibility as VP for both trade finance and correspondent banking relationships. Between stints with the domestic and international parts of the TD, Parker spent several years with the Canadian subsidiary of a UK trade finance lender where he gained much of his knowledge on trade finance. During his time with TD Parker served a term as Chairman of the Canadian Bankers Association’s Trade Finance Committee interacting with EDC, the Canadian Exporters Association and the Trade Ministry.
Parker’s retirement allows him to spend time researching the energy sector and apply his banker’s common sense to analyzing the sector’s approach to the production, transmission and distribution of electricity to Ontario’s consumers. Parker is a regular contributor to the Financial Post on matters related to the energy sector.
John F. Helliwell
Director, 1992-1994
John F. Helliwell is internationally-recognized economist and one of the pioneers in incorporating the idea of well-being into economic models. Mr. Helliwell often questions how economic movements and social capital affect the well-being of citizens. Mr. Helliwell is Arthur J.E. Child Foundation Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and co-director (with George Akerlof) of CIFAR’s program on “Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being”. He is also Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of British Columbia, a member of the National Statistics Council and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He’s held a number of advisor and teaching positions at universities, think-tanks and governments around the globe. He’s also won dozens of awards for his work and published a number of books, articles and editorials. Mr. Helliwell studied at Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and at the University of British Columbia, where he is an Emeritus Professor of Economics.
Ken Hare
Director, 1981-1982
Kenneth Hare was a pre-eminent climatologist, environmentalist and meteorologist. Throughout his career, Mr. Hare sought to protect the natural environment through serving on commissions and committees on acid rain, desertification, heavy metals, nuclear reactors and waste products, ozone, greenhouse gases and climate change. Mr. Hare held a number of prestigious posts at both prestigious Canadian and international universities. He was a professor and dean of arts and science at McGill University, master of Birkbeck College at the University of London, president of the University of British Columbia, Chancellor at Trent University, and professor at the University of Toronto. He also chaired the national Climate Program Planning Board. Mr. Hare was born in Wiltshire, England and moved to Canada in 1945. He later earned a PhD as an arctic climatologist. He died on September 3, 2002.
George Ignatieff
Director, 1981-1987
Few Canadians symbolize the nation’s outstanding international reputation and service better than George Ignatieff. He enjoyed a long, distinguished career in international service – representing Canada for decades in number of countries and for a variety of organizations. After joining the Department of External Affairs in 1940, Mr. Ignatieff went on to hold a number of posts, including: Canadian ambassador for the UN, President of the Security Council, ambassador to Yugoslavia, permanent representative to NATO and disarmament ambassador. He was also provost of Trinity College, University of Toronto, chancellor of U of T and lecturer at Queen’s University. Mr. Ignatieff was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia on December 16, 1913. He obtained a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University in the UK. He was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1973.
Jane Jacobs
Director, 1981-1997
Jane Jacobs was one of the foremost writers, activists and critics on city-planning and community-based initiatives. Her 1961 treatise on The Death and Life of Great American Cities has become one of the most influential works on the failings of inner-city life and the politics and business decisions behind urban issues. Her support of community-based activism has helped prevent the construction of highways, protect local neighborhoods and—in one case—resulted in the ousting of a New York City Parks Commissioner. Rather than relying on academic studies, Ms. Jacobs used her keen sense of observation and support of neighborhood initiatives to explain modern cities. She helped lay the foundation for local activism and community development long before they became common elements to urban life. Publishing nine books and dozens of articles, Ms. Jacobs was a leading voice for a new approach to city planning. Ms. Jacobs was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1916 and later moved to New York City during the Great Depression. While living in New York City, she helped organize resistance to then Parks Commissioner Robert Moses’ plan for top-down neighborhood cleaning and highway building. In opposition to the Vietnam War, she moved her family to Toronto in 1968. She became a Canadian citizen in 1974 and lived in Toronto until her death on April 25th, 2006. “Whenever and wherever societies have flourished and prospered rather than stagnated and decayed, creative and workable cities have been at the core of the phenomenon… Decaying cities, declining economies, and mounting social troubles travel together,” she said. “The combination is not coincidental.”
Margaret Laurence
Director, 1982-1987
Margaret Laurence was one of the eminent voices in both Canadian literature and activism. While she is remembered most for her internationally-acclaimed novels, Ms. Laurence spent the last decade of her life writing and speaking on issues such as nuclear disarmament, the environment, literacy and other issues. Her vision and compassion continues to be carried out through organizations such as Energy Probe’s Margaret Laurence Fund and the Margaret Laurence Award for Excellence. After working as a reporter and editor in Winnipeg during the 1940s, Ms. Laurence moved to Africa where she began to focus her attention on writing fiction. After moving back to Canada in the 1950s, Laurence soon began publishing her critically acclaimed Manawaka books. In 1971 Ms. Laurence received the honour of being named a Companion of the Order of Canada. She later also received the Governor Generals Award and the Molson Prize for her fiction. She died on January 5, 1987.
David MacDonald
Director, 1984-1986
David MacDonald is a United Church of Canada minister and former Minister of Parliament. His career in politics began when he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament. For the next 20 years, he would hold a number of high-level positions, including: Minister of Communications, Minister responsible for the Status of Women and Secretary of State for Canada. In between his political positions, he spent time working in Africa.
Lynn McDonald
Director, 1981-1982
Lynn McDonald is a health activist, academic and former provincial politician. Ms. McDonald is a strong advocate for womens rights and environmental sociology. Ms. McDonald is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Guelph, Ontario where she directs the Collected Works of Florence Nightingale, a major project from which six volumes of a projected 16 have already been published. She has authored three books on sociological theory and has published a number of articles in academic journals. She has also had an outstanding political career, where she was a member of Parliament from 1982 to 1988 and former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women. She is currently working as a professor of sociology at the University of Guelph.
David Nowlan
Director, 1998-2009
David Nowlan’s work covered a variety of fields, including economic growth and technical change, development planning, transportation economics, urban and regional economics, land economics and the economics of regulation. His current research focuses on urban land-use and taxation issues, on metropolitan and regional growth, and the relationship between central cities and metropolitan regions, on transportation pricing and on the relationship between transportation and land use. Mr. Nolan served as vice-president of research. In a long and varied career, Nowlan acted as a consultant to governments at all levels—from the City of Toronto to the United Nations. He was also Tanzania’s senior transportation economist in the mid-1960s, a member of the Commonwealth Mission to Uganda in 1979, vice-chairman of the United Nation’s Expert Group on Landlocked Countries in the mid-1980s, a consultant to the Jamaican government on the structure of the University of the West Indies, and he has served as an adviser on many of Toronto’s city and metropolitan committees. He held degrees in engineering from Queen’s University, and in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. In 1965, Mr. Nowlan received his PhD in economics from the University of Toronto. In 1998, he received the Outstanding Teaching Award from the Faculty of Arts and Science.
Walter Pitman
Director, 1983-2000
Walter Pitman’s pivotal win in a 1961 by-election helped lay the foundation for the soon-to-be-formed New Democratic Party. Since then, Mr. Pitman has been a leading figure in both the Ontario and Toronto arts and academic scenes. Mr. Pitman has held posts as the Former Executive Director of the Ontario Arts Council, President of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and Dean, Faculty of Arts & Sciences at Trent University. He has also been president of Canadian Civil Liberties and president of Canadian Association of Adult Education. He has an honorary doctorate from Trinity College, University of Toronto, and is an Officer, Order of Canada and member of the Order of Ontario.
John Sewell
Director, 1991
John Sewell is an influential voice in both the city of Toronto’s political and physical landscape. As a former mayor of Toronto and contributor to a number of city-based publications, Mr. Sewell has been a critic and leader in the development of Toronto for more than 30 years. After working as an alderman for the Toronto City Council from 1969 to 1978, Mr. Sewell was elected Mayor for a two year term. Throughout his time as both an alderman and as mayor, he was a strong advocate of city-based initiatives – including increased and affordable public transportation and a larger stock of public housing. He was also a leading defender of gay rights, long before the issue was taken up by other politicians in Toronto. Since leaving politics, he has been a regular contributor to a number of publications, including: The Globe and Mail, Now, Post City Magazine and Eye Weekly. He’s also the author of eight books. Mr. Sewell was born in Toronto in 1940, and raised in the Beaches area of the city. He received a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Toronto in 1961 and a law degree from the University of Toronto Law School in 1964. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2005.
David Suzuki
Director, 1988-1990
David Suzuki is considered by many to be the face of the environmental movement in Canada. He is the co-founder of the Suzuki Foundation, as well as an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster. Mr. Suzuki has been explaining and discussing environmental issues for more than 30 years— and he’s currently the host of CBC’s popular show, The Nature of Things. He also held a post as a full professor at the University of British Columbia from 1969 until his retirement in 2001. He is now professor emeritus with UBC’s Sustainable Development Research Institute. He has received dozens of awards for his work, including the Roger Tory Peterson Award from Harvard University. He is also a Companion of the Order of Canada, and a member of the Order of British Columbia. Throughout his career he has received 20 honorary doctorates—from both domestic and international universities. Mr. Suzuki was born in Vancouver, BC in 1936. He graduated from Amherst College in 1958 and earned his PhD in Zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961. He is the author of more than 40 books.
Harry Swain
Director, 2004-2006
Harry Swain is a company director and management consultant. On leaving the Canadian federal government, where he had worked for 22 years, including eight as a deputy minister (Indian Affairs, Industry), he became CEO of Hambros Canada and a director of its UK merchant banking parent. When Hambros was bought by Société Générale, he stayed for the transition but left in September 1998 to found the Toronto office of Sussex Circle, a consultancy concentrating on strategic and financial advice for public and private sector clients. He is currently a director of Canadian Bank Note Limited, Canadian Geographic Enterprises, and several philanthropic organizations. Educated at UBC, Minnesota and Cambridge, he holds a doctorate in economic geography.
The Very Reverend Dr. Lois Wilson
Director, 1981-1987
Throughout her long and prestigious career, the Very Reverend Dr. Lois Wilson has been an ardent champion of human rights and religious understand. Whether she’s been working for the United Church of Canada or the Canadian government, Ms. Wilson has always been a strong advocate for the promotion of social justice and defender of human rights. But she has also been an exemplary role model – opening doors of opportunity for future generations of women. She was the first woman to be President of the Canadian Council of Churches, as well as the first woman to be Moderator of the United Church of Canada. She is also the first Canadian to be the President of the World Council of Churches and the first woman to be Chancellor of Lakehead University. Ms. Wilson was ordained a United Church minister in 1965. As President of both the Canadian and World Council of Churches, she continually visited churches in Asia, Latin America, India and Africa. She monitored elections in El Salvador and Mexico – developing a strong connection and compassion for citizens of the developing world. She became an active leader in Amnesty International and with the Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security. She has also served as Chair of the Board of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development. In 1998, she was appointed to the Senate of Canada, where she served as an Independent member until her retirement in 2002 at the age of 75. In recognition of her outstanding work on both the domestic and international stage, Ms. Wilson has won a number of awards, including: the World Federalist Peace Prize, Canada’s Pearson Peace Medal, an Officer of the Order of Canada and promotion to the top rank of Companion. She is also a Member of the Order of Ontario.
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Probe International is an independent environmental advocacy group that fights to stop ill-conceived aid, trade projects, and foreign investments. More importantly, we work to give citizens the tools they need to stop these projects – the rule of law, democratic processes, and honest, transparent accounting.
Probe International goes where few others tread: we resurrected the doctrine of odious debts to challenge the enforceability of today’s Third World debts; we argue that markets can work to improve people’s living standards and protect their environment when they are decentralized, competitive and governed by the rule of law; we maintain that state-to-state aid has undermined political accountability and promoted a culture of corruption in both the donor and receiving nation; we have warned for the past decade that carbon credit schemes will threaten Third World environments; and we think the best way to protect the environment is to entrench and enforce the individual and collective property rights of citizens.
Our convictions come from years of working with citizens groups around the world, whether from the remote highlands of Cambodia, the river valleys of China, the forests of the Amazon, the savannas of Africa, or the streets of Baghdad. We are inspired by the courage of these people who do not ask for handouts, but for the right to defend their resources and chart their own economies.
How do we make our case? With the power of the pen and the mouse. We dig into the history books and the law tomes; we interview the experts; we tackle the technical arguments from both the independents and the propagandists; we listen to the people and we give voice to the voiceless by bypassing the censors. There is no greater guarantee of justice than the free flow of information. Our goal is to inform and to empower and we do so by publishing groundbreaking books, writing articles for the mainstream media and our online news services.
Contact Us:
Probe International
417 Bloor St West
Toronto, ON M5S 1X6
Patricia Adams
Executive Director
tel: 1 (416) 964-9223 (ext 227)
Staff
Patricia Adams, Executive Director
E-mail: patriciaadams@probeinternational.org
Patricia Adams is an economist and the Executive Director of Probe International, an independent think-tank and watchdog over the environmental consequences of Canadian government and corporate activities around the world. Her books include In the Name of Progress: The Underside of Foreign Aid, (Doubleday 1985), and Odious Debts: Loose Lending, Corruption and the Third World”s Environmental Legacy (Earthscan 1991), which exposes the jeopardy of years of loose lending for both the Third World’s environment and their economies, and proposes a legal remedy to place responsibility for the Third World’s debt crisis on the parties involved, instead of on First and Third World taxpayers. Pat also edited the English language translation of Yangtze! Yangtze!, the extraordinary critique by Chinese experts of the Three Gorges dam that inspired the democracy movement when it was first published in 1989, led to the postponement of the dam, and was subsequently banned by Chinese authorities. Her books have been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Bahasa Indonesia.
Before coming to Probe International, Pat worked on a variety of development projects for the International Development Research Centre and Acres International. She has taught economics in Jamaica, advised the World Council of Churches” energy program, and Chaired the Nairobi-based Environment Liaison Centre, a coalition of 300 environmental and citizens’ groups from around the world. She is a co-founder of the International Rivers Network and the World Rainforest Movement, and was an associate editor of the British magazine, The Ecologist.
Pat has appeared before Congressional and Parliamentary Committees in the US and Canada and has given speaking tours of the United Kingdom, Argentina, and Chile. She is a blogger for the Huffington Post – Canada, and has written editorial page articles for major daily newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal, Guardian, New Statesman, and the Indian, Malaysian, and Jamaican press, and in Canada, for the National Post, Globe and Mail, Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, Winnipeg Free Press, Vancouver Sun, and Hamilton Spectator. She has appeared on many of Canada’s major radio and TV news and current affairs programs, including Canada AM, As It Happens, Ideas, Newsworld, Face Off, and Morningside. Outside Canada, she has appeared on British, Australian, French, Thai, and Japanese TV and radio.
https://journal.probeinternational.org/author/adamspatricia/
Author Archives
Patricia Adams
Patricia Adams is an economist and the Executive Director of Probe International, an independent think-tank and watchdog over the environmental consequences of Canadian government and corporate activities around the world. Her books include In the Name of Progress: The Underside of Foreign Aid, (Doubleday 1985), and Odious Debts: Loose Lending, Corruption and the Third World”s Environmental Legacy (Earthscan 1991), which exposes the jeopardy of years of loose lending for both the Third World’s environment and their economies, and proposes a legal remedy to place responsibility for the Third World’s debt crisis on the parties involved, instead of on First and Third World taxpayers. Pat also edited the English language translation of Yangtze! Yangtze!, the extraordinary critique by Chinese experts of the Three Gorges dam that inspired the democracy movement when it was first published in 1989, led to the postponement of the dam, and was subsequently banned by Chinese authorities. Her books have been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Bahasa Indonesia.
Israel helps Taiwan in defending against Chinese aggression
The possibility that Taiwan and Israel have formed a military alliance must give China pause.
Gaza 2035—Netanyahu’s path to peace, following the Gaza war
A three-stage plan over the next decade or two could catapult Gaza into a manufacturing center and international trading hub.
Playing the Trump card in Canadian elections
In the next federal election, both Trudeau and the CCP may continue using a Trump-and-racism playbook. Here’s what Poilievre should do to prevent a repeat of O’Toole’s mistakes and champion Canadian democracy.
Why China’s interference in Canada’s election mattered
The loss of seats changed control over parliamentary committees and the ability to expose wrongdoing.
Carnage in the hospitals
Health care needs revamped regulation to lower the toll of death and maiming.
China’s addiction to coal
The world believes China is leading the way on green energy. In reality, Xi Jinping’s political legitimacy depends on fossil-fuel powered growth for stability.
Poor forest management to blame for Canada’s wildfires, not climate change
There is no correlation between the number of fires and the climate change the government refers to.
Trudeau’s focus isn’t on making our elections secure, but making Canadians think they are
The countries of the West are teeming with Chinese spies, and Canada is no exception. But other countries have done something about it.
The Israeli left is doomed
75 years after Israel’s founding, the country is turning increasingly conservative, permanently ending the dominance of the socialist ruling class.
2023—the Year of the Antisemite
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The coming dismemberment of Ukraine
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TIMELINE: What Prime Minister Trudeau knew and when about Chinese Communist Party interference in Canada’s 2019 general election
Abundant evidence attests to widespread infiltration by China’s Communist Party (CCP) into the Canadian parliament and Canadian institutions, including Privy Council Office documents that are now a matter of public record.
Trudeau is the beneficiary of China’s election interference
Unlike other countries, Canada keeps stalling in countering communist China’s ability to determine parliamentary outcomes.
Israel’s accelerating democracy
Following the greatest repudiation of the left in Israeli history, right-wing lawmakers are aggressively honoring their election promises.
After Canada was bought and paid for, President Xi is understandably piqued at Trudeau’s performance
Canada is said to be more exposed than other Western democracies to China’s interference, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau either deflects or stonewalls on concrete actions. Why?
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Case Number:
EB-2023-0195
Intervenor Name:
Energy Probe Research Foundation
Mandate and Objectives:
Refer to the frequent intervenor form.
https://www.rds.oeb.ca/CMWebDrawer/Record/786117/File/document
Membership of the Intervenor and Constituency
Represented:
Refer to the frequent intervenor form.
https://www.rds.oeb.ca/CMWebDrawer/Record/786117/File/document
Programs or Activities Carried Out by the Intervenor:
Refer to the frequent intervenor form.
https://www.rds.oeb.ca/CMWebDrawer/Record/786117/File/document
Governance Structure:
Refer to the frequent intervenor form.
https://www.rds.oeb.ca/CMWebDrawer/Record/786117/File/document
Representatives:
Tom Ladanyi
tom.ladanyi@rogers.com
Michael Ladanyi
Other Contacts:
Patricia Adams
PatriciaAdams@probeinternational.org
Frequent Intervenor Form:
OEB Proceedings:
Energy Probe was granted intervenor status in the following proceedings:
EB-2021-0002, EB-2021-0110, EB-2021-0117, EB-2021-0243, EB-2021-0307, EB-2021-
0318,
EB-2022-0072, EB-2022-0076, EB-2022-0086, EB-2022-0094, EB-2022-0137, EB-2022-
0157,
EB-2022-0200, EB-2023-0055, EB-2023-0072, EB-2023-0092.
Energy Probe was only denied intervenor status in the EB-2023-0062 proceeding.
Issues:
Energy Probe’s members and supporters are residential customers of the applicant and will be
affected by the proposed rate increases. Energy Probe will seek to examine the reasons for the
rate increases including load forecasts, capital expenditures and OM&A costs.
Policy Interests:
Energy Probe is a strong supporter of the OEB’s “benefits follow costs” principle. Energy
Probe is concerned that some of the programs and expenditures proposed by the Applicant will
only benefit certain residential customers while all residential customers will have to pay for
them.
Energy Probe believes that incentive regulation should provide incentives for cost savings and
productivity improvements by distributors. Energy Probe is concerned that custom incentive
regulation proposals by certain distributors such as Toronto Hydro do not provide adequate
incentives for cost savings and productivity improvements and that they transfer too much risk
to ratepayers.
Hearings:
Energy Probe has no preference for a specific type of hearing.
Evidence:
Energy Probe does not intend to file evidence.
Coordination with Other Intervenors:
Energy Probe intends to co-ordinate with other intervenors to avoid any potential duplication,
where several intervenors ask same or similar interrogatories. To avoid duplication, Energy
Probe intends to share drafts of interrogatories and submissions with other intervenors.
Cost Awards:
Energy Probe is a non-profit organization which relies on individual donations to help protect
the public interest. Without the prospect of an award of costs, Energy Probe’s ability to
participate in OEB proceedings would be very limited. Energy Probe applies for recovery of
its reasonably incurred costs in the course of its intervention in this proceeding. Energy
Probe's members and supporters are customers of the Applicant and eligible for an award of
costs according to section 3.03(a) of the Practice Direction. Energy Probe has participated in
many regulatory proceedings in Ontario, including consultations, rate cases, and other
processes and hearings, and has been found eligible to be paid its reasonably incurred costs.
Language Preference:
Energy Probe does not intend to participate in the proceeding using the French language
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Ontario Energy Board
Form of Certification of Destruction
CERTIFICATION OF DESTRUCTION
TO: The Ontario Energy Board (the “Board”)
RE: Confidential information received in proceeding [____________________]
[insert proceeding number] (“Confidential Information”)
I hereby confirm that I have:
1. Destroyed all Confidential Information and all documents and materials in all non-
electronic media containing Confidential Information governed by the Declaration
and Undertaking signed by me in the above-referenced proceeding, including
notes, memoranda, transcripts and written submissions.
2. Expunged all Confidential Information and all documents and materials in
electronic media containing Confidential Information governed by the Declaration
and Undertaking signed by me in the above-referenced proceeding, including
notes, memoranda, transcripts and written submissions, from all electronic
apparatus and data storage media under my direction or control.
Dated at ______________________, this _____ day of ____________, __________.
Signature: _______________________________
Name: _________________________________
Company/Firm: _____________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________________________
Telephone: __________________________________
Fax: ________________________________________
E-mail: ________________________
Digitally signed by Tom Ladanyi. TL Energy Regulatory Consultants Inc. 41 Divadale Drive, Toronto, ON, M4G2N7. 416-423-3685 no fax tom.ladanyi@rogers.com.
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Annual Filing of Frequent Intervenor
Intervenor Name:
Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada
Mandate and Objectives:
The CCMBC was formed in 2016 with a mandate to advocate for proactive and innovative
policies that are conducive to manufacturing and business retention and safeguarding job
growth in Canada. The creation of the organization was sparked by the high cost of electricity
in Ontario and the negative impact it was having on business competitiveness in the province.
Most members of CCMBC were former members of the Canadian Manufacturers and
Exporters association who left that organization over their differing views and approaches
towards issues facing the manufacturing community.
Membership of the Intervenor and Constituency
Represented:
The CCMBC is a non-profit organization which relies on membership fees and individual
donations to help protect the interests of its 418 member manufacturers and other businesses
who are all energy consumers. Most CCMBC members are Ontario manufacturers.
Programs or Activities Carried Out by the Intervenor:
The CCMBC is active on a range of business issues on behalf of its members including energy
costs, environmental regulations, innovation, and taxes. It has a regular cable TV program
called Canadian Innovators where it informs the public of innovations in the manufacturing
and commercial sector.
Governance Structure:
The CCMBC is governed by a Board of Directors who appoint the President and members of
the Management Team. Board of Directors and the Management Team hold regular meetings
to discuss and approve activities, receive reports, and review and approve financial statements.
Representatives:
Tom Ladanyi
tom.ladanyi@rogers.com
Michael Ladanyi
mjladanyi@pm.me
Other Contacts:
Catherine Swift
swifty4488@outlook.com
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/making-it-canada-s-moment-a-covid-economic-recovery-plan-884709408.html
Making it Canada's Moment: a COVID economic recovery plan
News provided by
Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of CanadaJun 09, 2020, 13:15 ET
SCARBOROUGH, ON, June 9, 2020 /CNW/ - Today the Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada released a report - "Making it Canada's Moment" - aimed at reviving the economy and the manufacturing sector coast-to-coast. The report contains a series of recommendations to kick-start economic growth and create well-paying skilled jobs in the manufacturing and energy sectors. "This can be Canada's moment," said Coalition founder and President Jocelyn Bamford of the Scarborough, Ontario based organization. "Our manufacturing and energy sectors are the key to our country's economic recovery; when we support both, they will deliver!"
Key recommendations include:
- Invest in key public infrastructure projects that will expand our economic capacity and export potential.
- In particular, key 'gate way' projects such as improvements to rail, road, bridges, ports and other such initiatives that enable Canadian companies to get their products to export markets. These activities are important job creators.
Canada has vast reserves of oil and natural gas, two energy solutions that will continue to be in high demand in North America and on world markets.
- Declare the orderly development of Canada's energy sector is in the national interest from an economic development, energy security and environmental perspective.
- Enable pipelines by amending legislation that stands in the way to getting them built (Bill C-69). Increasing our productivity, by cutting red tape.
- Canada's regulatory environment will continue to be a challenge to our economy as we enter into the recovery stage.
- We need to innovate and establish a reasonable and streamlined approach to project timelines and permits.
- Allow full tax credits when making a capital investment in new equipment, machinery and technology applications. This will simultaneously be a direct investment in the economy and increase efficiencies, therefore productivity.
CCMBC Board member Catherine Swift added "When considering how Canada can best recover from COVID-19, some groups have proposed a so called 'resilient recovery' with an exclusive focus on 'green' energy. Although this will be part of the solution, neglecting the oil and gas sectors and related manufacturing, which contributes so significantly to Canada's economy, will only ensure that our recovery is much weaker and prolonged than necessary."
The Coalition encourages all Canadians to join www.responsiblerecovery.ca to ensure we have a recovery that focuses on our 2nd and 3rd GDP contributors that are key to Canadian prosperity.
About CCMBC
The Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada
was formed in 2016 with a mandate to advocate for proactive and
innovative policies that are conducive to manufacturing and business
retention and growth in Canada.
The full report can be accessed at www.ccmbc.ca
SOURCE Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada
Jocelyn Bamford, President and Founder, (416) 335-7500 ext. 269; Media inquiries, Commentaires aussi disponsibles en français, Please contact spokesperson, Catherine Swift, swifty4488@outlook.com, 416-816-7248
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Deja Vu or what?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Me, Myself and I
342 views
Apr 2, 2013
David Amos
https://www.cbc.ca/news/
Meet the father and son running in Nova Scotia's election
Kai Trappenberg, 18, is the son of Green Party Leader Thomas Trappenberg
Richard Woodbury · CBC News · Posted: May 26, 2017 7:00 AM AT
Kai Trappenberg (left) is running for the Green Party in
Timberlea-Prospect and his dad, Green Party Leader Thomas Trappenberg
(right), is running in Clayton Park West. (Submitted by Thomas
Trappenberg)
Yet CBC always illegaly ignored their non partison mandate and never
mentioned yours truly during 7 elections except ust once in 2005 as
they bragged of their world traveling NDP/PC hero Dominic Cardy
Go Figure
https://www.cbc.ca/news/
Fundy Royal campaign targets middle class with focus on jobs
Fundy Royal voters have elected Conservatives all but 1 time in 28
elections over 101 years
CBC News · Posted: Oct 17, 2015 6:00 AM AT
Four candidats are running in the federal riding of Fundy-Royal. Green
candidate Stephanie Coburn, NDP candidate Jennifer McKenzie, Liberal
candidate Alaina Lockhart and Conservative candidate Rob Moore.
(Courtesy of Stephanie Coburn, Jennifer McKenzie/Facebook, Alaina
Lockhart/Facebook, CBC)
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McKenzie and David Amos.
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NDP gets help from democracy expert
CBC News · Posted: Jan 09, 2006 4:23 PM AT
An international expert on democracy has flown all the way from Egypt
to help NDP candidate John Carty campaign in Fredericton.
Dominic Cardy is with a group called The National Democratic
Institute. Its members include such people as former U.S. President
Jimmy Carter. The group's mission is to teach democratic values and
spread democracy around the world.
Cardy has taught about democracy in Algeria, Bangladesh, and Cambodia
during the past few years. When he heard his friend John Carty was
running for office back in his home town of Fredericton, he hopped on
a plane.
"It was a strange experience," Cardy said. "One evening I was watching
the sun go down over the pyramids, and the next evening watched it go
down over Fredericton airport as I came into land."
Cardy is no relation to the NDP candidate. But he loves elections and
loves getting people pumped up about democracy.
Carty the candidate is running against federal Indian Affairs Minister
Andy Scott, Conservative Pat Lynch, Green candidate Philip Duchastel
and independent David Amos. The riding has sent Scott to Ottawa for
the last four elections, despite the best efforts of the other
parties.
Cardy says he doesn't care how tough the race his – he just wants
people to participate in the process. "People have forgotten how
incredibly precious these gifts that our ancestors fought for are and
were just giving them away. It makes me furious when I talk to people
and people just say 'ah there's no point in voting.'"
After election day, Dominic Cardy is flying back home to his wife in
Kathmandu, Nepal. He hopes to leave behind a new Member of Parliament
for Fredericton, his friend John Carty for the NDP.
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MLA Bios - 60th Legislature
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Dominic Cardy
Hon. Dominic Cardy
Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development
Dominic Cardy was born in the UK in 1970; his family moved to
Fredericton in 1971.
Mr. Cardy was elected as the Progressive Conservative MLA for the
constituency of Fredericton West-Hanwell on September 24, 2018 and
sworn in as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development on
November 9, 2018. He was re-elected on September 14, 2020 and
re-appointed as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development
on September 29, 2020.
He has a B.A. in Political Science from Dalhousie University.
Mr. Cardy worked for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs on the
campaign to ban landmines, for the Washington-based National
Democratic Institute for International Affairs in increasingly senior
managerial roles, living and working in countries across Asia and
Africa, and then served as Asia-Pacific Director for the Ottawa-based
Forum of Federations.
He was leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party from 2011-2016
and served as Chief of Staff to the Leader of the Opposition from
2017-2018.
He is a member of the editorial board of Inroads, a Canadian policy
journal, and has been a flying instructor since 1994.
Last updated : 10/15/2020
However Higgy et al forgot to mention how much Cardy loves butter tarts
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Friday, 12 January 2018
YO Dominic Cardy how can you Conservatives brag of buying Butter Tarts
when CBC tells me you dudes have to sell your HQ? Yet you wackos want
control of our provincial economy?
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Tuesday, 10 October 2017
Methinks if Blaine Higgs had two clues between his ears he would not
have hired the Arsehole Dominic Cardy in the first place
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:34:34 -0300
Subject: F Yo Premier Iain Rankin Methinks somebody should tell your
buddy Timmy Boy Houston he picked a bad day not to come to the phone
N'esy Pas?
To: Premier <PREMIER@novascotia.ca>, Jane.Taber@novascotia.ca,
Chad.Lucas@novascotia.ca, Tamar.Brown@novascotia.ca,
JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca, info@nsbs.org, pictoueastcamp2021@gmail.com,
archy4preston@gmail.com, premier <premier@ontario.ca>, Office of the
Premier <scott.moe@gov.sk.ca>, premier <premier@leg.gov.mb.ca>,
premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
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Deja Vu Anyone???
http://davidraymondamos3.
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Federal and provincial governments to hold public inquiry into Nova
Scotia mass shootings
https://twitter.com/
David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos
Methinks lots of folks may enjoy what Peter Mac Issac and his cohorts
said while the RCMP and a lot of LIEbranos were stuttering and
doubletalking bigtime N'esy Pas?
https://novascotia.ca/news/
Land Titles Initiative
The Land Titles Initiative helps residents in the communities of North
Preston, East Preston, Cherry Brook/Lake Loon, Lincolnville and
Sunnyville get clear title to their land at no cost.
Background
For more than 200 years, many African Nova Scotians have been living
on land passed down by their ancestors without clear land title.
Without clear title, they can’t get a mortgage, bequeath or sell their
land, or access housing grants.
Clarifying land title can be an expensive legal process. Under the
Land Titles Initiative, all fees will be covered at no cost.
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Email: Jane.Taber@novascotia.ca
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while some progress has been made since the funding announcement in
2017, some North Preston residents have died waiting for land title.
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N.S. police officer, wife launch complaint against RCMP for ‘driving
while Black’
Michael Tutton
HALIFAX
The Canadian Press
Published July 16, 2021
A Halifax police superintendent and his wife, a lawyer, said Friday
they were launching a complaint alleging the RCMP stopped their
vehicle and ordered the officer out at gunpoint based on racial
profiling.
The RCMP, however, issued a statement later in the day saying the
couple’s car matched the description of a suspect in a shooting
incident, and they said the officers “ensured a safe outcome to a very
stressful situation.”
Dean Simmonds, a 20-year-veteran of the Halifax police, and Angela
Simmonds, a lawyer who was acclaimed this week as the provincial
Liberal candidate for Preston, say the incident of “driving while
Black” occurred as they were on their way to buy groceries in their
community of Preston at about 12:30 p.m. on July 4.
Angela Simmonds, reached by telephone Friday, declined further comment
but said she and her husband stand by the details they provided in a
news release issued by the African Nova Scotian Decade for People of
African Descent Coalition.
The coalition quotes the couple as saying that when they were stopped,
one of the Mounties ordered the 45-year-old police superintendent, who
was wearing plain clothes, out of the vehicle with his hands up, while
the other officer pointed a carbine rifle in his direction.
It was only after several minutes, once Dean Simmonds managed to
explain who he was, that the two officers told the couple there had
been a report of shots fired in the area. The officers “did not
explain if Dean and Angela fit a description of the alleged
perpetrators,” the release says. “The experience was traumatic for the
couple, who feared for their lives.”
Angela Simmonds is quoted saying the case was an example of the way
Black people continue “to be subjected to inhumane treatment and are
regarded as dangerous, dishonest, guilty criminals.” The release calls
the incident “another brutal reminder of the broader problem of
systemic racism within the RCMP, and it further erodes the trust
between police and Black communities in Nova Scotia.”
The couple say they intend to file a complaint with the Civilian
Review and Complaints Commission “and want a full investigation into
the incident.”
Cpl. Lisa Croteau, a spokeswoman for the RCMP, said in an e-mail
Friday that the suspect vehicle fleeing the scene was reported to be a
white SUV, with an out of province licence plate and tinted windows,
which she said matched the Simmonds’ vehicle.
“The high-risk traffic stop involved a vehicle that matched the
suspect vehicle description, with an out of province licence plate,
that was coming from the direction of the nearby community,” Croteau
said.
“Halifax District Operations Officers have examined the traffic stop
and the actions of our members. From the information we have gathered,
the traffic stop and the tactics employed by our members were in line
with RCMP policy and training. Additionally, our members ensured a
safe outcome to a very stressful situation, through a professional and
measured response.”
The RCMP, she added, have received a complaint related to the traffic
stop, which they “take very seriously.”
“The complaint has been provided to our professional responsibilities
unit and a public complaint file has been opened for thorough
investigation. Should new information come to light through this
investigation, we will take any and all appropriate actions.”
Dean Simmonds says in the release he has been dedicated to addressing
the mistrust between the Black community and police. “I truly believed
that my core values, leadership and respect for my community, my job
and fellow officers would contribute to positive changes within
community policing,” he said.
Heather Fairbairn, spokesperson for Nova Scotia Justice Minister Randy
Delorey, issued an e-mail statement Friday on behalf of the minister.
“The allegations are certainly concerning,” Delorey said. “I
understand a complaint is being filed, so it is important that I allow
that process to unfold. As this relates to an ongoing police
investigation it would be inappropriate for me to comment further.”
Improper policing of Black Nova Scotians has an extensive history,
said Vanessa Fells, director of operations at the coalition. She said
that for two years the coalition has been calling on the RCMP to
collaborate with the group to establish an African Nova Scotian
policing strategy.
“We have had absolutely no traction with it,” she said. “They seem not
interested. We need to stop what is currently happening and what has
been happening for decades and generations. It causes trauma to our
community.”
The RCMP, which polices the suburbs of Halifax, was part of a study by
criminologist Scot Wortley released in March 2019 that condemned the
practice of street checks as creating a “disproportionate and
negative” impact on the Black community. The study found Black
citizens in the Halifax region were five times more likely to be
street-checked than white citizens. Street checks are the police
practice of randomly stopping people, collecting personal information
and storing it.
On Nov. 29, 2019, Halifax police Chief Dan Kinsella issued an apology
before several hundred members of the Black community, but the RCMP
has yet to issue a similar apology on the street checks issue.
Kinsella said in a release Friday that the superintendent had the
right to pursue a complaint as a private citizen, adding that it would
be inappropriate for him to comment further.
The phrase “driving while Black” became well known in the province
after a 2003 decision of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission in
the case of boxer Kirk Johnson, who was repeatedly pulled over by
police and once had his car seized. Johnson was pursued and his car
was towed after the officer wasn’t satisfied by the documents offered.
A board of inquiry ruled in 2003 that Johnson’s treatment was a
violation of his human rights.
Black police officer and Liberal candidate pulled over at gunpoint by RCMP
HRP superintendent Dean Simmonds and Preston candidate Angela Simmonds
file formal complaint against RCMP after terrifying ride to the
grocery store.
By Gabrielle Drolet
Read more at: https://www.thecoast.ca/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/
Preston riding has all-Black slate of candidates
One of Canada's oldest and largest Black communities has been
represented by a white MLA since 1999
Brooklyn Currie · CBC News · Posted: Jul 25, 2021 1:10 PM AT
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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2021 00:31:10 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Premier Iain Rankin tell your buddy Big
Bad Billy Casey to check out my old Chevy in the photo hereto attached
Trust that it is is still registered in Nova Scotia along with my
Harleys etc
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Subject: RE: Yo Premier Iain Rankin tell your buddy Big Bad Billy
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that it is is still registered in Nova Scotia along with my Harleys
etc
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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 21:30:48 -0300
Subject: Yo Premier Iain Rankin tell your buddy Big Bad Billy Casey to
check out my old Chevy in the photo hereto attached Trust that it is
is still registered in Nova Scotia along with my Harleys etc
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JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca, Naomi.Shelton@novascotia.ca,
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Deja Vu Anyone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Premier Iain Rankin and his buddy
Big Bad Billy Casey who uses an old Chevy just like mine to promote
himself should sit up and pay attention N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister
Trudeau The Younger?
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Subject: RE: Methinks Premier Iain Rankin and his buddy Big Bad Billy
Casey who uses an old Chevy just like mine to promote himself should
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On 7/23/21, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
> Nova Scotia Liberal Party
> P.O. Box 723
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> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>
> Rankin promises to nix Cobequid tolls, gets cool reception in Amherst
>
> Liberals made the same promise in 2017 election but didn't follow through
> Michael Gorman · CBC News · Posted: Jul 20, 2021 3:16 PM AT
>
> Liberal Leader Iain Rankin speaks in Amherst, N.S., on Tuesday, July
> 20, 2021, with protesters standing behind him. (Robert Short/CBC)
>
> The welcome mat wasn't exactly rolled out for Nova Scotia Liberal
> Leader Iain Rankin as he arrived Tuesday in Amherst, N.S., for a
> campaign stop.
>
> Rankin was in town to announce plans to remove tolls from the Cobequid
> Pass for passenger vehicles with Nova Scotia plates by Oct. 1, if his
> party is re-elected.
>
> But a group of about 15 protesters angry over public health
> restrictions made it challenging for Rankin to announce his plan.
>
> The protesters say restrictions put in place because of the COVID-19
> pandemic have cut them off from the rest of the province and
> neighbouring communities in New Brunswick.
>
> Some of them waved signs in support of Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin, the
> Independent candidate for Cumberland North. She was kicked out of the
> Tory caucus for her part in protests that shut down Highway 104 last
> month.
>
> Supporters of Independent candidate Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin
> protested a Liberal party campaign event Tuesday in Amherst. Thomas
> Everett, in sunglasses, holds a sign reading, 'Elizabeth for Premier.'
> (Robert Short/CBC)
>
> Thomas Everett, an Amherst resident who attended the protest, said
> removing the tolls now won't be enough to sway voters.
>
> "Cumberland County only matters when it comes to votes," he said.
>
> "When all the [COVID] cases were going on in Halifax and there were no
> cases in Amherst, we were locked down just the same way Halifax was,
> to appease Halifax residents."
> Locals already avoid the tolls
>
> Everett said locals who don't want to pay the tolls already drive
> through the Wentworth Valley on the old highway to avoid them.
>
> While the tolls will come off for passenger vehicles with Nova Scotia
> plates, they'll remain in place for commercial vehicles and cars from
> out of province.
>
> Rankin said that's to help pay for continued maintenance of the
> highway and to construct new rest stops and maintenance sheds along
> the Cobequid Pass.
>
> The Liberals also promised to remove the tolls during the 2017
> election. Rankin said the promise was to do so once the bonds were
> paid off, something he said would happen this September. Previously,
> the Liberals suggested the tolls would be gone by as soon as 2019, but
> that did not happen.
>
> For every toll paid at the Cobequid Pass, private lenders have pocketed
> half
>
> The Liberal leader, who moved indoors to take questions from
> reporters, said he wasn't surprised by his reception outside a local
> hotel next to Highway 104, where people hollered and waved signs
> behind him as he made his announcement.
>
> "Lives were disrupted in the pandemic and I think in Cumberland more
> so than any other region of the province," he said.
>
> "So I appreciate the frustration. At the same time, I hope that they
> can recognize that we were really trying to look out for the safety of
> all Nova Scotians, including themselves, and we had to make tough
> decisions. That's what managing a crisis like a pandemic is all
> about."
>
> Rankin campaigned Tuesday with local candidate Bill Casey, a longtime
> member of Parliament who came out of retirement to run in this
> election.
>
> Casey, the Liberal candidate for Cumberland North, stands in front of
> a campaign-branded vintage truck in his riding. (Robert Short/CBC)
>
> Casey said there are people in Cumberland County who are frustrated
> and feel like a political afterthought, but he wasn't sure some of the
> protesters who greeted him and Rankin were representative of the
> region.
>
> "I understand them but I don't think they're well founded in some ways
> and in some ways I do," he told reporters.
>
> "Cumberland County was affected by the closures of the border more
> than any other county. We're the only county in Nova Scotia that
> borders on another province and every day we're affected by New
> Brunswick regulations and Nova Scotia regulations. We're the only
> county that has to deal with that."
>
> Casey said it shouldn't be forgotten that Nova Scotia's response to
> the COVID-19 pandemic was among the best in the world.
> Tories, NDP respond
>
> The leaders of the Tories and NDP, meanwhile, criticized the Liberals
> for trying to make the same promise two elections in a row.
>
> Tory Leader Tim Houston, whose party is still searching for a
> candidate, said his party would remove all tolls from the Cobequid
> Pass right away if they form government.
>
> NDP Leader Gary Burrill said his party would remove all tolls from the
> highway as soon as the debt is paid off.
>
>
> ABOUT THE AUTHOR
> Michael Gorman
>
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>
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> Writs of election have been issued for the 41st Provincial General
> Election in Nova Scotia. Election day will be Tuesday, August 17,
> 2021.
>
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> In Nova Scotia, we currently have five registered political parties. These
> are:
>
> Atlantica Party Association of Nova Scotia
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>
> Green Party of Nova Scotia
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>
> Nova Scotia Liberal Party
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>
> Nova Scotia New Democratic Party
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> Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia
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> https://www.atlanticaparty.ca/
>
> Jonathan Dean Returns as Leader of NS Atlantica Party
> Atlantica
> 11/20/2020
> Announcements
>
> The Atlantica Party is returning to Nova Scotia’s political landscape
> with former leader Jonathan Dean at the helm. Dean, who co-founded the
> Atlantica Party in 2006, resigned as leader two years ago after
> growing discord within the Party executive over Atlantica’s direction,
> prompting him to step away entirely.
>
> “I was not going to lead a boring party,” said Dean, a long-time
> investment researcher who opened his own consulting practice after
> leaving the Party.
>
> “I’ve always believed the Atlantica Party should stay true to its
> transformative core vision of smaller, more transparent and more
> democratic government with greater accountability to citizens,” he
> said. “From the very beginning, all of our policies were guided by
> those principles.”
>
> With a new executive in place, the Party conducted a membership survey
> in June. Dean said many Nova Scotians value the Party’s direction, but
> have been disappointed by the sense that “government commitments begin
> and end with election campaigns.”
>
> “Right now, we have a provincial government that campaigned on
> transparency then effectively shut down any democratic accountability
> by cancelling legislature committee meetings for six months during a
> global pandemic,” he said. “To say some voters are disillusioned with
> politicians right now is an understatement.”
>
> Dean said they are working to build on the momentum from the last
> provincial election when the Party had the best results in its
> history. He said the goal is to present Nova Scotians with “a common
> sense alternative” the next time they go to the polls. This includes a
> pro-market approach to business, and a greater emphasis on democracy
> and good decision-making.
>
> Party president Darryl Skeard said there is a lot of excitement around
> Dean’s return, and that plans are underway for a virtual annual
> general meeting designed to unite both new and long-time party
> members.
>
> “It’s a new era, but with Jonathan returning as leader, it’s also a
> re-commitment to our roots,” said Skeard. “Jonathan has the vision,
> experience and solid integrity we need.”
>
> To arrange an interview with Jonathan Dean, please contact:
>
> info@atlanticaparty.ca
> For more information on the Atlantica Party, policy briefs, or to get
> involved, visit atlanticaparty.ca, facebook.com/AtlanticaPartyNS/ and
> twitter.com/AtlanticaParty.
>
>
> https://greenpartyns.ca/
>
> Thomas Trappenberg Stepping Down as Leader of NS Green Party
>
> 2021-04-30 By Krista Grear Leave a Comment
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> Halifax 04/26/2021
>
> (Halifax)Dr. Thomas Trappenberg has announced that he is stepping down
> as leader of the Green Party of Nova Scotia. He has been leader of the
> GPNS since 2016 and has run several times as a Green Party candidate
> both provincially and federally since 2006.
>
> Dr. Trappenberg took on the leadership of GPNS, with Deputy Leader
> Jessica Alexander at a time when the party was at risk of dissolving.
> Since that time the party has stabilized and grown significantly. “I
> feel the party now has a firm foundation. I am proud of the successes
> we have had over the past five years. We have been a strong voice for
> the environment, standing up for our forests, our oceans and social
> justice,” he said.
>
> “We are a grassroots party and our members have indicated that they
> are ready for new leadership,” he added. As part of the Annual General
> Meeting of the GPNS held on April 25, the majority of members voted in
> favour of holding a leadership contest.
>
> This recommendation will now go to the GPNS Executive for decisions on
> next steps. Deputy Leader, Jessica Alexander, will be acting Interim
> Leader until that time.
>
> The Past President of the GPNS, Ashley Morton said, “The Green Party
> of Nova Scotia thanks Dr. Trappenberg for his leadership and thousands
> of hours of labour for the party. He is unquestionably leaving it in
> better shape upon his departure than when he took on the leadership
> role.”
>
> For more information contact:
>
> Ashley Morton, 902-999-7017
>
>
> Election to be called today – Open call for Candidates
>
> 2021-07-17 By Matthew Piggott Leave a Comment
>
> It’s time for a provincial election! It is widely expected that an
> election will be called today (July 17th) with an anticipated election
> day of August 17th, 2021.
>
> The Green Party of Nova Scotia aims to give every Nova Scotian the
> opportunity to vote for the candidate of their choice. If you are
> excited for change, want to take on a new challenge, or simply provide
> a new choice for you and your community then this may be the
> opportunity for you.
>
> All interested candidates who have been a resident of Nova Scotia for
> at least 6 months are encouraged to apply here: Green Party of Nova
> Scotia Candidate Application Form
>
> If you are approved the deadline to register with Elections Nova
> Scotia could be as early as July 28th, 2021 at 2pm.
>
> The Green Party will be offering an exciting team of candidates and
> will be announcing those candidates in their confirmed ridings soon.
> At this time we are searching for additional candidates on Cape Breton
> Island and on the South Shore between Digby and Queens Counties.
>
> For more information please contact campaign.manager@greenpartyns.
> or provincial.admin@greenpartyns.
>
> https://www.greenparty.ca/en/
>
> Matthew Piggott
> Federal Council - Nova Scotia
> matthew.piggott@greenparty.ca
>
> I first got involved with the Green Party in 2003. This is my
> political home. Whether we agree or disagree, all who have worked with
> me know I'm here for Green values and building long term
> relationships.
>
> Over the last 18 years I've held countless volunteer roles, mostly at
> the local EDA and campaign level, and with many provincial Green
> parties. I have twice held staff roles with the GPC.
>
> These values guide my involvement: Safe spaces are a non-negotiable
> requirement. Kindness and being reasonable should guide decisions.
> Commitment to diversity and anti-oppression are not up for debate and
> will help grow the party. Accountability should be aligned with
> influence. On doit etre une partie billangue pour etre une vraie
> partie national. Providing space for emotional safety goes a long way
> towards doing the grueling work of building a national political
> party. And most importantly, political parties must run on trust (or
> else they don't work).
>
> This next federal council needs to get back to basics. It is
> impossible to run a national party without functioning processes and
> party institutions. If something is missing we need to build it, and
> it's the role of Council to set the policy/procedures and then let the
> work be done. I'm stepping up at this moment to do that work.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Justice Minister <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca>
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:38:42 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement
> (Case Ref: ES3077) Methinks Premier Iain Rankin is far more than
> merely welcome N'esy Pas Higgy?
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>
> Thank you for your email to the Minister of Justice. Please be assured
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>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 14:38:10 -0300
> Subject: Re: MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement (Case Ref:
> ES3077) Methinks Premier Iain Rankin is far more than merely welcome
> N'esy Pas Higgy?
> To: mla@esmithmccrossinmla.com, "Mike.Comeau" <Mike.Comeau@gnb.ca>,
> "Mitton, Megan (LEG)" <megan.mitton@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs"
> <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@ontario.ca>, Office of the
> Premier <scott.moe@gov.sk.ca>, PREMIER <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>,
> michelle.stevens@novascotia.ca
> elizabeth.macdonald@
> dkogon@amherst.ca, jmacdonald@amherst.ca, darrell.cole@amherstnews.ca,
> lifestyle@thecoast.ca, tmccoag@amherst.ca, Newsroom
> <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>,
> dpike@amherst.ca, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
> DJT@trumporg.com, David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca,
> Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.
> pm@pm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca,
> djtjr@trumporg.com, Donald.J.Trump@donaldtrump.com
> JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca, Frank.McKenna@td.com
> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, JUSTMIN
> <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki" <Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
> "barbara.massey" <barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> <barb.whitenect@gnb.ca>, "Boston.Mail" <Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>,
> washington field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, "Bill.Blair"
> <Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca>
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Justice Minister <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca>
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:19:07 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement
> (Case Ref: ES3077) Methinks Iain Rankin and Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin
> cannot read but I certainly can N'esy Pas Higgy?
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>
> Thank you for your email to the Minister of Justice. Please be assured
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> reviewed and addressed accordingly. Thank you.
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Premier <PREMIER@novascotia.ca>
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:19:03 +0000
> Subject: Thank you for your email to Premier Rankin
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>
> Thank you for your email to Premier Rankin. This is an automatic
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:21:14 +0000
> Subject: RE: MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement (Case Ref:
> ES3077) Methinks Iain Rankin and Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin cannot read
> but I certainly can N'esy Pas Higgy?
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>
> Hello,
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Premier of Ontario | Premier ministre de l’Ontario
> <Premier@ontario.ca>
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:18:56 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement
> (Case Ref: ES3077) Methinks Iain Rankin and Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin
> cannot read but I certainly can N'esy Pas Higgy?
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>
> Thank you for your email. Your thoughts, comments and input are greatly
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
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> Subject: Automatic Reply
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Office of the Premier <scott.moe@gov.sk.ca>
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> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 14:52:40 -0300
> Subject: Re MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement (Case Ref:
> ES3077) I just called again
> To: PREMIER <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>
> Cc: assistant <assistant@esmithmccrossinmla.
> <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
>
> Media Contact:
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> Contact Elizabeth
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> EMAIL assistant@esmithmccrossinmla.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: mla@esmithmccrossinmla.com
> Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2021 16:31:17 +0000 (UTC)
> Subject: MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement (Case Ref: ES3077)
> To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>
>
> Dear David Amos
>
> MLA Weekly Update
>
> Date Tuesday July 6th, 2021
>
> My Mission as MLA for Cumberland North
>
> Serve the people
> Build Unity & Trust
> Influence Legislation & public policy
> For the greater good.
> Educate and Build Capacity
> Promote the people and area,
> Build a world-class health care system
> And improve population health.
>
> I have some news to share to start the week.
>
> I don’t know when Iain Rankin is going to call the next election.
>
> But I do know this.
>
> When Iain Rankin calls the election, I will be running as an
> Independent candidate for re-election as MLA for Cumberland North.
>
> You, the good people of Cumberland North know me.
>
> You know I will always put your priorities first.
>
> I will always fight for you.
>
> No apologies.
>
> Running as an Independent outside of party politics isn’t easy.
>
> If the people of Cumberland North continue to stand by me, I will
> continue to fight for you.
>
> For better health care.
>
> For regional co-operation to keep our borders open.
>
> For getting rid of the Cobequid Pass tolls.
>
> For supporting local food and the farmers who make it happen.
>
> I’m the only candidate in Cumberland North who doesn’t
> have to answer to a party leader in Halifax.
>
> I’m not a career politician. I&
> nurse. I have owned and operated my own
> businesses. I have put people to work and met a payroll.
>
> Above all, I’m a fighter who doesn’t back down.
>
> With your support, let’s put the people of Cumberland North
> first.
>
> I learned at a young age to stand my ground and I am not about to
> change now.
>
>
> Last Week in Politics
>
> Last week my staff and I worked with constituents on many matters of
> importance such as lack of family physicians, housing, roads, Covid
> rules and restrictions, NS NB Border, addictions and mental health and
> more.
>
> I continue to work with Municipal partners on various projects
> throughout Cumberland North,
>
>
> This Week In Politics
>
> Local
> This week I will be meeting with constituents to continue to work on
> ongoing projects for family physician recruitment and addictions and
> mental illness recovery projects.
>
> National
> The Borders are opening between Canada and US this week for fully
> vaccinated persons.
> We also see the toll of the wild fires in British Colombia.
> Heartbreaking to see the devastation and deaths from the deadly
> fires.
>
>
> Pandemic Update
>
> Vaccine
>
> Vaccination for the Covid-19 virus continues to be the main tool we
> have to prevent illness and death. If you require assistance to book
> your Covid19 vaccine please call my office and my staff can provide
> you with some help. Our office phone number is 902-661-2288.
>
> NS has only 26.1 % of the population with 2nd doses of vaccine while
> NB has 39.6% of the population vaccinated with 2nd doses. NB also
> vaccinates persons with medical conditions that deems them high risk
> but our NS government refuses.
>
> Nova Scotia
>
> NS has 53 active cases of Covid19 as of Monday morning with 3 new
> cases being identified on Sunday. No one in ICU in the entire province
> and only 3 people in hospital.
>
> https://novascotia.ca/
>
>
> New Brunswick
>
> NB has 21 active cases of Covid-19 as of Monday morning with only 1
> new case identified on Sunday. NB has no one in ICU and 4 persons on
> hospital with Covid infections.
>
> https://experience.arcgis.com/
>
>
>
> Birthdays
>
> Monday Ashleigh Coffin and Sheila Rushton
> Tuesday Laura Wells
> Wednesday Mal MacDonald
> Thursday Kittee Baxter and Carl LeBlanc
> Friday Chuck MacInnis
> Saturday Krista Cormier and Adrian VanVulpen
>
> Obituaries
>
> Hermina "Mini" Porter
>
> https://www.
>
>
> Margaret Ann Myles
>
> https://www.arbormemorial.ca/
>
> Nova Scotia Starts Here ~ Cumberland
>
> Several months ago I started this campaign emphasizing the importance
> of Cumberland County. Nova Scotia does start in Cumberland. Cumberland
> is the Gateway for the Atlantic Cooridor and on average 50 million
> dollars worth of goods travel through our Gateway. We may only have 3%
> of the population of NS but we provide critical infrastructure for NS,
> the Maritimes, Canada and the entire Eastern Seaboard.
>
> Never underestimate your value as citizens of Cumberland. We are
> important and we will stand for our area of the province. It’s
> time for Cumberland to receive the respect we deserve and we will grow
> and become all that we are meant to be.
>
> Have a great week, take care of yourselves and take care of one
> another.
>
> Take care,
> Elizabeth
>
>
> Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin MBA, BScN
> Cumberland North MLA
>
> Live everyday to the fullest and love as much as humanly possible.
>
>
>
>>>>>
>>>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>>>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>>> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:15:59 -0400
>>>>>> Subject: Hey Ralph Goodale perhaps you and the RCMP should call the
>>>>>> Yankees Governor Charlie Baker, his lawyer Bob Ross, Rachael Rollins
>>>>>> and this cop Robert Ridge (857 259 9083) ASAP EH Mr Primme Minister
>>>>>> Trudeau the Younger and Donald Trump Jr?
>>>>>> To: pm@pm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
>>>>>> Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca, djtjr@trumporg.com,
>>>>>> Donald.J.Trump@donaldtrump.com
>>>>>> Frank.McKenna@td.com, barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>>>>> Douglas.Johnson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>>>> washington.field@ic.fbi.gov, Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>>>>> gov.press@state.ma.us, bob.ross@state.ma.us, jfurey@nbpower.com,
>>>>>> jfetzer@d.umn.edu, Newsroom@globeandmail.com, sfine@globeandmail.com,
>>>>>> .Poitras@cbc.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca, David.Akin@globalnews.ca,
>>>>>> Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, news@kingscorecord.com,
>>>>>> news@dailygleaner.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com, jbosnitch@gmail.com,
>>>>>> andre@jafaust.com>
>>>>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>>>> wharrison@nbpower.com, David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca,
>>>>>> Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>>> From: "Murray, Charles (Ombud)" <Charles.Murray@gnb.ca>
>>>>>>> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:16:15 +0000
>>>>>>> Subject: You wished to speak with me
>>>>>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have the advantage, sir, of having read many of your emails over
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> years.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As such, I do not think a phone conversation between us, and
>>>>>>> specifically one which you might mistakenly assume was in response
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> your threat of legal action against me, is likely to prove a
>>>>>>> productive use of either of our time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If there is some specific matter about which you wish to communicate
>>>>>>> with me, feel free to email me with the full details and it will be
>>>>>>> given due consideration.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Charles Murray
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ombud NB
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Acting Integrity Commissioner
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> From: Justice Website <JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca>
>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:21:11 +0000
>>>>>>>> Subject: Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova
>>>>>>>> Scotia
>>>>>>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mr. Amos,
>>>>>>>> We acknowledge receipt of your recent emails to the Deputy Minister
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> Justice and lawyers within the Legal Services Division of the
>>>>>>>> Department of Justice respecting a possible claim against the
>>>>>>>> Province
>>>>>>>> of Nova Scotia. Service of any documents respecting a legal claim
>>>>>>>> against the Province of Nova Scotia may be served on the Attorney
>>>>>>>> General at 1690 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS. Please note that we
>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>> not be responding to further emails on this matter.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Department of Justice
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 8/3/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If want something very serious to download and laugh at as well
>>>>>>>>> Please
>>>>>>>>> Enjoy and share real wiretap tapes of the mob
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://thedavidamosrant.
>>>>>>>>> ilian.html
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I
>>>>>>>>>> must
>>>>>>>>>> ask them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING????
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament
>>>>>>>>>> baseball
>>>>>>>>>> cards?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://archive.org/details/
>>>>>>>>>> 6
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.archive.org/
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://archive.org/details/
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
>>>>>>>>>> Senator Arlen Specter
>>>>>>>>>> United States Senate
>>>>>>>>>> Committee on the Judiciary
>>>>>>>>>> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
>>>>>>>>>> Washington, DC 20510
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Dear Mr. Specter:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
>>>>>>>>>> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the
>>>>>>>>>> matters
>>>>>>>>>> raised in the attached letter.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire
>>>>>>>>>> tap
>>>>>>>>>> tapes.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this
>>>>>>>>>> previously.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Very truly yours,
>>>>>>>>>> Barry A. Bachrach
>>>>>>>>>> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
>>>>>>>>>> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
>>>>>>>>>> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>>>>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>>>>>>>>> To: coi@gnb.ca
>>>>>>>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Good Day Sir
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and
>>>>>>>>> managed
>>>>>>>>> to speak to one of your staff for the first time
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady
>>>>>>>>> who
>>>>>>>>> answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the
>>>>>>>>> Sgt
>>>>>>>>> at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
>>>>>>>>> Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
>>>>>>>>> suggested that you study closely.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This is the docket in Federal Court
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>>>>>>> From: justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca
>>>>>>>>> Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:18 PM
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Réponse automatique : RE My complaint against the CROWN
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> Federal Court Attn David Hansen and Peter MacKay If you planning
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> submit a motion for a publication ban on my complaint trust that
>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>> dudes are way past too late
>>>>>>>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Veuillez noter que j'ai changé de courriel. Vous pouvez me
>>>>>>>>> rejoindre
>>>>>>>>> à
>>>>>>>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Pour rejoindre le bureau de M. Trudeau veuillez envoyer un
>>>>>>>>> courriel
>>>>>>>>> à
>>>>>>>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Please note that I changed email address, you can reach me at
>>>>>>>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> To reach the office of Mr. Trudeau please send an email to
>>>>>>>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Merci ,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://davidraymondamos3.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 83. The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more
>>>>>>>>> war
>>>>>>>>> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times
>>>>>>>>> over
>>>>>>>>> five years after he began his bragging:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> January 13, 2015
>>>>>>>>> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> December 8, 2014
>>>>>>>>> Why Canada Stood Tall!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Friday, October 3, 2014
>>>>>>>>> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
>>>>>>>>> Stupid Justin Trudeau
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Canada’s and Canadians free ride is over. Canada can no longer
>>>>>>>>> hide
>>>>>>>>> behind Amerka’s and NATO’s skirts.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When I was still in Canadian Forces then Prime Minister Jean
>>>>>>>>> Chretien
>>>>>>>>> actually committed the Canadian Army to deploy in the second
>>>>>>>>> campaign
>>>>>>>>> in Iraq, the Coalition of the Willing. This was against or
>>>>>>>>> contrary
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> the wisdom or advice of those of us Canadian officers that were
>>>>>>>>> involved in the initial planning phases of that operation. There
>>>>>>>>> were
>>>>>>>>> significant concern in our planning cell, and NDHQ about of the
>>>>>>>>> dearth
>>>>>>>>> of concern for operational guidance, direction, and forces for
>>>>>>>>> operations after the initial occupation of Iraq. At the “last
>>>>>>>>> minute”
>>>>>>>>> Prime Minister Chretien and the Liberal government changed its
>>>>>>>>> mind.
>>>>>>>>> The Canadian government told our amerkan cousins that we would not
>>>>>>>>> deploy combat troops for the Iraq campaign, but would deploy a
>>>>>>>>> Canadian Battle Group to Afghanistan, enabling our amerkan cousins
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> redeploy troops from there to Iraq. The PMO’s thinking that it was
>>>>>>>>> less costly to deploy Canadian Forces to Afghanistan than Iraq.
>>>>>>>>> But
>>>>>>>>> alas no one seems to remind the Liberals of Prime Minister
>>>>>>>>> Chretien’s
>>>>>>>>> then grossly incorrect assumption. Notwithstanding Jean Chretien’s
>>>>>>>>> incompetence and stupidity, the Canadian Army was heroic,
>>>>>>>>> professional, punched well above it’s weight, and the PPCLI Battle
>>>>>>>>> Group, is credited with “saving Afghanistan” during the Panjway
>>>>>>>>> campaign of 2006.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What Justin Trudeau and the Liberals don’t tell you now, is that
>>>>>>>>> then
>>>>>>>>> Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien committed, and deployed the
>>>>>>>>> Canadian army to Canada’s longest “war” without the advice,
>>>>>>>>> consent,
>>>>>>>>> support, or vote of the Canadian Parliament.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What David Amos and the rest of the ignorant, uneducated, and
>>>>>>>>> babbling
>>>>>>>>> chattering classes are too addled to understand is the deployment
>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> less than 75 special operations troops, and what is known by
>>>>>>>>> planners
>>>>>>>>> as a “six pac cell” of fighter aircraft is NOT the same as a
>>>>>>>>> deployment of a Battle Group, nor a “war” make.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The Canadian Government or The Crown unlike our amerkan cousins
>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>> the “constitutional authority” to commit the Canadian nation to
>>>>>>>>> war.
>>>>>>>>> That has been recently clearly articulated to the Canadian public
>>>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>>> constitutional scholar Phillippe Legasse. What Parliament can do
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> remove “confidence” in The Crown’s Government in a “vote of
>>>>>>>>> non-confidence.” That could not happen to the Chretien Government
>>>>>>>>> regarding deployment to Afghanistan, and it won’t happen in this
>>>>>>>>> instance with the conservative majority in The Commons regarding a
>>>>>>>>> limited Canadian deployment to the Middle East.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> President George Bush was quite correct after 911 and the terror
>>>>>>>>> attacks in New York; that the Taliban “occupied” and “failed
>>>>>>>>> state”
>>>>>>>>> Afghanistan was the source of logistical support, command and
>>>>>>>>> control,
>>>>>>>>> and training for the Al Quaeda war of terror against the world.
>>>>>>>>> The
>>>>>>>>> initial defeat, and removal from control of Afghanistan was vital
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> P.S. Whereas this CBC article is about your opinion of the actions
>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> the latest Minister Of Health trust that Mr Boudreau and the CBC
>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>> had my files for many years and the last thing they are is
>>>>>>>>> ethical.
>>>>>>>>> Ask his friends Mr Murphy and the RCMP if you don't believe me.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Subject:
>>>>>>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
>>>>>>>>> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
>>>>>>>>> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> January 30, 2007
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Mr. David Amos
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Dear Mr. Amos:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December
>>>>>>>>> 29,
>>>>>>>>> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I
>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner
>>>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>>>> Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
>>>>>>>>> Minister of Health
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> CM/cb
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
>>>>>>>>> From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>>>>>>> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
>>>>>>>>> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
>>>>>>>>> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>>>>>>>> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com,
>>>>>>>>> riding@chuckstrahl.com,John.
>>>>>>>>> Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,"Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>>>>>>>> "Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
>>>>>>>>> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have not
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Dear Mr. Amos,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off
>>>>>>>>> over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured
>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our
>>>>>>>>> position
>>>>>>>>> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
>>>>>>>>> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
>>>>>>>>> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
>>>>>>>>> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
>>>>>>>>> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
>>>>>>>>> that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada
>>>>>>>>> the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
>>>>>>>>> and policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had
>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future
>>>>>>>>> endeavors.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
>>>>>>>>> GRC Caledonia RCMP
>>>>>>>>> Traffic Services NCO
>>>>>>>>> Ph: (506) 387-2222
>>>>>>>>> Fax: (506) 387-4622
>>>>>>>>> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>>>>>>>>> Office of the Integrity Commissioner
>>>>>>>>> Edgecombe House, 736 King Street
>>>>>>>>> Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3B 5H1
>>>>>>>>> tel.: 506-457-7890
>>>>>>>>> fax: 506-444-5224
>>>>>>>>> e-mail:coi@gnb.ca
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://davidraymondamos3.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sunday, 19 November 2017
>>>>>>>> Federal Court of Appeal Finally Makes The BIG Decision And
>>>>>>>> Publishes
>>>>>>>> It Now The Crooks Cannot Take Back Ticket To Try Put My Matter
>>>>>>>> Before
>>>>>>>> The Supreme Court
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Amos v. Canada
>>>>>>>> Court (s) Database
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
>>>>>>>> Date
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2017-10-30
>>>>>>>> Neutral citation
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2017 FCA 213
>>>>>>>> File numbers
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A-48-16
>>>>>>>> Date: 20171030
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Docket: A-48-16
>>>>>>>> Citation: 2017 FCA 213
>>>>>>>> CORAM:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> WEBB J.A.
>>>>>>>> NEAR J.A.
>>>>>>>> GLEASON J.A.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> BETWEEN:
>>>>>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>>>>>>>> Respondent on the cross-appeal
>>>>>>>> (and formally Appellant)
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>>>>>>> Appellant on the cross-appeal
>>>>>>>> (and formerly Respondent)
>>>>>>>> Heard at Fredericton, New Brunswick, on May 24, 2017.
>>>>>>>> Judgment delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on October 30, 2017.
>>>>>>>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> THE COURT
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Date: 20171030
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Docket: A-48-16
>>>>>>>> Citation: 2017 FCA 213
>>>>>>>> CORAM:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> WEBB J.A.
>>>>>>>> NEAR J.A.
>>>>>>>> GLEASON J.A.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> BETWEEN:
>>>>>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>>>>>>>> Respondent on the cross-appeal
>>>>>>>> (and formally Appellant)
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>>>>>>> Appellant on the cross-appeal
>>>>>>>> (and formerly Respondent)
>>>>>>>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY THE COURT
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I. Introduction
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [1] On September 16, 2015, David Raymond Amos (Mr.
>>>>>>>> Amos)
>>>>>>>> filed a 53-page Statement of Claim (the Claim) in Federal Court
>>>>>>>> against Her Majesty the Queen (the Crown). Mr. Amos claims $11
>>>>>>>> million
>>>>>>>> in damages and a public apology from the Prime Minister and
>>>>>>>> Provincial
>>>>>>>> Premiers for being illegally barred from accessing parliamentary
>>>>>>>> properties and seeks a declaration from the Minister of Public
>>>>>>>> Safety
>>>>>>>> that the Canadian Government will no longer allow the Royal
>>>>>>>> Canadian
>>>>>>>> Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canadian Forces to harass him and his
>>>>>>>> clan
>>>>>>>> (Claim at para. 96).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [2] On November 12, 2015 (Docket T-1557-15), by way
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> motion brought by the Crown, a prothonotary of the Federal Court
>>>>>>>> (the
>>>>>>>> Prothonotary) struck the Claim in its entirety, without leave to
>>>>>>>> amend, on the basis that it was plain and obvious that the Claim
>>>>>>>> disclosed no reasonable claim, the Claim was fundamentally
>>>>>>>> vexatious,
>>>>>>>> and the Claim could not be salvaged by way of further amendment
>>>>>>>> (the
>>>>>>>> Prothontary’s Order).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [3] On January 25, 2016 (2016 FC 93), by way of Mr.
>>>>>>>> Amos’ appeal from the Prothonotary’s Order, a judge of the Federal
>>>>>>>> Court (the Judge), reviewing the matter de novo, struck all of Mr.
>>>>>>>> Amos’ claims for relief with the exception of the claim for damages
>>>>>>>> for being barred by the RCMP from the New Brunswick legislature in
>>>>>>>> 2004 (the Federal Court Judgment).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [4] Mr. Amos appealed and the Crown cross-appealed
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> Federal Court Judgment. Further to the issuance of a Notice of
>>>>>>>> Status
>>>>>>>> Review, Mr. Amos’ appeal was dismissed for delay on December 19,
>>>>>>>> 2016.
>>>>>>>> As such, the only matter before this Court is the Crown’s
>>>>>>>> cross-appeal.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> II. Preliminary Matter
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [5] Mr. Amos, in his memorandum of fact and law in
>>>>>>>> relation to the cross-appeal that was filed with this Court on
>>>>>>>> March
>>>>>>>> 6, 2017, indicated that several judges of this Court, including two
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> the judges of this panel, had a conflict of interest in this
>>>>>>>> appeal.
>>>>>>>> This was the first time that he identified the judges whom he
>>>>>>>> believed
>>>>>>>> had a conflict of interest in a document that was filed with this
>>>>>>>> Court. In his notice of appeal he had alluded to a conflict with
>>>>>>>> several judges but did not name those judges.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [6] Mr. Amos was of the view that he did not have to
>>>>>>>> identify the judges in any document filed with this Court because
>>>>>>>> he
>>>>>>>> had identified the judges in various documents that had been filed
>>>>>>>> with the Federal Court. In his view the Federal Court and the
>>>>>>>> Federal
>>>>>>>> Court of Appeal are the same court and therefore any document filed
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> the Federal Court would be filed in this Court. This view is based
>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>> subsections 5(4) and 5.1(4) of the Federal Courts Act, R.S.C.,
>>>>>>>> 1985,
>>>>>>>> c. F-7:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 5(4) Every judge of the Federal Court is, by virtue of his or her
>>>>>>>> office, a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal and has all the
>>>>>>>> jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> Appeal.
>>>>>>>> […]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 5(4) Les juges de la Cour fédérale sont d’office juges de la Cour
>>>>>>>> d’appel fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs
>>>>>>>> que
>>>>>>>> les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale.
>>>>>>>> […]
>>>>>>>> 5.1(4) Every judge of the Federal Court of Appeal is, by virtue of
>>>>>>>> that office, a judge of the Federal Court and has all the
>>>>>>>> jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 5.1(4) Les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale sont d’office juges de
>>>>>>>> la
>>>>>>>> Cour fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que
>>>>>>>> les
>>>>>>>> juges de la Cour fédérale.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [7] However, these subsections only provide that the
>>>>>>>> judges of the Federal Court are also judges of this Court (and vice
>>>>>>>> versa). It does not mean that there is only one court. If the
>>>>>>>> Federal
>>>>>>>> Court and this Court were one Court, there would be no need for
>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>> section.
>>>>>>>> [8] Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act
>>>>>>>> provide
>>>>>>>> that:
>>>>>>>> 3 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal
>>>>>>>> Court
>>>>>>>> — Appeal Division is continued under the name “Federal Court of
>>>>>>>> Appeal” in English and “Cour d’appel fédérale” in French. It is
>>>>>>>> continued as an additional court of law, equity and admiralty in
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> for Canada, for the better administration of the laws of Canada and
>>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>>> a superior court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 3 La Section d’appel, aussi appelée la Cour d’appel ou la Cour
>>>>>>>> d’appel
>>>>>>>> fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée « Cour d’appel fédérale » en
>>>>>>>> français et « Federal Court of Appeal » en anglais. Elle est
>>>>>>>> maintenue
>>>>>>>> à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et d’amirauté du
>>>>>>>> Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit canadien, et
>>>>>>>> continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant compétence en
>>>>>>>> matière civile et pénale.
>>>>>>>> 4 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal
>>>>>>>> Court
>>>>>>>> — Trial Division is continued under the name “Federal Court” in
>>>>>>>> English and “Cour fédérale” in French. It is continued as an
>>>>>>>> additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and for Canada,
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>> the better administration of the laws of Canada and as a superior
>>>>>>>> court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 4 La section de la Cour fédérale du Canada, appelée la Section de
>>>>>>>> première instance de la Cour fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée «
>>>>>>>> Cour fédérale » en français et « Federal Court » en anglais. Elle
>>>>>>>> est
>>>>>>>> maintenue à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et
>>>>>>>> d’amirauté du Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit
>>>>>>>> canadien, et continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant
>>>>>>>> compétence en matière civile et pénale.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [9] Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act create
>>>>>>>> two separate courts – this Court (section 3) and the Federal Court
>>>>>>>> (section 4). If, as Mr. Amos suggests, documents filed in the
>>>>>>>> Federal
>>>>>>>> Court were automatically also filed in this Court, then there would
>>>>>>>> no
>>>>>>>> need for the parties to prepare and file appeal books as required
>>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>> Rules 343 to 345 of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106 in
>>>>>>>> relation
>>>>>>>> to any appeal from a decision of the Federal Court. The requirement
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> file an appeal book with this Court in relation to an appeal from a
>>>>>>>> decision of the Federal Court makes it clear that the only
>>>>>>>> documents
>>>>>>>> that will be before this Court are the documents that are part of
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> appeal book.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [10] Therefore, the memorandum of fact and law filed on
>>>>>>>> March 6, 2017 is the first document, filed with this Court, in
>>>>>>>> which
>>>>>>>> Mr. Amos identified the particular judges that he submits have a
>>>>>>>> conflict in any matter related to him.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [11] On April 3, 2017, Mr. Amos attempted to bring a
>>>>>>>> motion
>>>>>>>> before the Federal Court seeking an order “affirming or denying the
>>>>>>>> conflict of interest he has” with a number of judges of the Federal
>>>>>>>> Court. A judge of the Federal Court issued a direction noting that
>>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>>> Mr. Amos was seeking this order in relation to judges of the
>>>>>>>> Federal
>>>>>>>> Court of Appeal, it was beyond the jurisdiction of the Federal
>>>>>>>> Court.
>>>>>>>> Mr. Amos raised the Federal Court motion at the hearing of this
>>>>>>>> cross-appeal. The Federal Court motion is not a motion before this
>>>>>>>> Court and, as such, the submissions filed before the Federal Court
>>>>>>>> will not be entertained. As well, since this was a motion brought
>>>>>>>> before the Federal Court (and not this Court), any documents filed
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> relation to that motion are not part of the record of this Court.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [12] During the hearing of the appeal Mr. Amos alleged
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> the third member of this panel also had a conflict of interest and
>>>>>>>> submitted some documents that, in his view, supported his claim of
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> conflict. Mr. Amos, following the hearing of his appeal, was also
>>>>>>>> afforded the opportunity to provide a brief summary of the conflict
>>>>>>>> that he was alleging and to file additional documents that, in his
>>>>>>>> view, supported his allegations. Mr. Amos submitted several pages
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> documents in relation to the alleged conflicts. He organized the
>>>>>>>> documents by submitting a copy of the biography of the particular
>>>>>>>> judge and then, immediately following that biography, by including
>>>>>>>> copies of the documents that, in his view, supported his claim that
>>>>>>>> such judge had a conflict.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [13] The nature of the alleged conflict of Justice Webb
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> that before he was appointed as a Judge of the Tax Court of Canada
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> 2006, he was a partner with the law firm Patterson Law, and before
>>>>>>>> that with Patterson Palmer in Nova Scotia. Mr. Amos submitted that
>>>>>>>> he
>>>>>>>> had a number of disputes with Patterson Palmer and Patterson Law
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> therefore Justice Webb has a conflict simply because he was a
>>>>>>>> partner
>>>>>>>> of these firms. Mr. Amos is not alleging that Justice Webb was
>>>>>>>> personally involved in or had any knowledge of any matter in which
>>>>>>>> Mr.
>>>>>>>> Amos was involved with Justice Webb’s former law firm – only that
>>>>>>>> he
>>>>>>>> was a member of such firm.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [14] During his oral submissions at the hearing of his
>>>>>>>> appeal Mr. Amos, in relation to the alleged conflict for Justice
>>>>>>>> Webb,
>>>>>>>> focused on dealings between himself and a particular lawyer at
>>>>>>>> Patterson Law. However, none of the documents submitted by Mr. Amos
>>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>>> the hearing or subsequently related to any dealings with this
>>>>>>>> particular lawyer nor is it clear when Mr. Amos was dealing with
>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>> lawyer. In particular, it is far from clear whether such dealings
>>>>>>>> were
>>>>>>>> after the time that Justice Webb was appointed as a Judge of the
>>>>>>>> Tax
>>>>>>>> Court of Canada over 10 years ago.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [15] The documents that he submitted in relation to the
>>>>>>>> alleged conflict for Justice Webb largely relate to dealings
>>>>>>>> between
>>>>>>>> Byron Prior and the St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador office of
>>>>>>>> Patterson Palmer, which is not in the same province where Justice
>>>>>>>> Webb
>>>>>>>> practiced law. The only document that indicates any dealing between
>>>>>>>> Mr. Amos and Patterson Palmer is a copy of an affidavit of Stephen
>>>>>>>> May
>>>>>>>> who was a partner in the St. John’s NL office of Patterson Palmer.
>>>>>>>> The
>>>>>>>> affidavit is dated January 24, 2005 and refers to a number of
>>>>>>>> e-mails
>>>>>>>> that were sent by Mr. Amos to Stephen May. Mr. Amos also included a
>>>>>>>> letter that is addressed to four individuals, one of whom is John
>>>>>>>> Crosbie who was counsel to the St. John’s NL office of Patterson
>>>>>>>> Palmer. The letter is dated September 2, 2004 and is addressed to
>>>>>>>> “John Crosbie, c/o Greg G. Byrne, Suite 502, 570 Queen Street,
>>>>>>>> Fredericton, NB E3B 5E3”. In this letter Mr. Amos alludes to a
>>>>>>>> possible lawsuit against Patterson Palmer.
>>>>>>>> [16] Mr. Amos’ position is that simply because Justice
>>>>>>>> Webb
>>>>>>>> was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer, he now has a conflict. In
>>>>>>>> Wewaykum
>>>>>>>> Indian Band v. Her Majesty the Queen, 2003 SCC 45, [2003] 2 S.C.R.
>>>>>>>> 259, the Supreme Court of Canada noted that disqualification of a
>>>>>>>> judge is to be determined based on whether there is a reasonable
>>>>>>>> apprehension of bias:
>>>>>>>> 60 In Canadian law, one standard has now emerged as the
>>>>>>>> criterion for disqualification. The criterion, as expressed by de
>>>>>>>> Grandpré J. in Committee for Justice and Liberty v. National Energy
>>>>>>>> Board, …[[1978] 1 S.C.R. 369, 68 D.L.R. (3d) 716], at p. 394, is
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> reasonable apprehension of bias:
>>>>>>>> … the apprehension of bias must be a reasonable one, held by
>>>>>>>> reasonable and right minded persons, applying themselves to the
>>>>>>>> question and obtaining thereon the required information. In the
>>>>>>>> words
>>>>>>>> of the Court of Appeal, that test is "what would an informed
>>>>>>>> person,
>>>>>>>> viewing the matter realistically and practically -- and having
>>>>>>>> thought
>>>>>>>> the matter through -- conclude. Would he think that it is more
>>>>>>>> likely
>>>>>>>> than not that [the decision-maker], whether consciously or
>>>>>>>> unconsciously, would not decide fairly."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [17] The issue to be determined is whether an informed
>>>>>>>> person, viewing the matter realistically and practically, and
>>>>>>>> having
>>>>>>>> thought the matter through, would conclude that Mr. Amos’
>>>>>>>> allegations
>>>>>>>> give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias. As this Court has
>>>>>>>> previously remarked, “there is a strong presumption that judges
>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>> administer justice impartially” and this presumption will not be
>>>>>>>> rebutted in the absence of “convincing evidence” of bias (Collins
>>>>>>>> v.
>>>>>>>> Canada, 2011 FCA 140 at para. 7, [2011] 4 C.T.C. 157 [Collins]. See
>>>>>>>> also R. v. S. (R.D.), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484 at para. 32, 151 D.L.R.
>>>>>>>> (4th) 193).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [18] The Ontario Court of Appeal in Rando Drugs Ltd. v.
>>>>>>>> Scott, 2007 ONCA 553, 86 O.R. (3d) 653 (leave to appeal to the
>>>>>>>> Supreme
>>>>>>>> Court of Canada refused, 32285 (August 1, 2007)), addressed the
>>>>>>>> particular issue of whether a judge is disqualified from hearing a
>>>>>>>> case simply because he had been a member of a law firm that was
>>>>>>>> involved in the litigation that was now before that judge. The
>>>>>>>> Ontario
>>>>>>>> Court of Appeal determined that the judge was not disqualified if
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> judge had no involvement with the person or the matter when he was
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> lawyer. The Ontario Court of Appeal also explained that the rules
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>> determining whether a judge is disqualified are different from the
>>>>>>>> rules to determine whether a lawyer has a conflict:
>>>>>>>> 27 Thus, disqualification is not the natural corollary to a
>>>>>>>> finding that a trial judge has had some involvement in a case over
>>>>>>>> which he or she is now presiding. Where the judge had no
>>>>>>>> involvement,
>>>>>>>> as here, it cannot be said that the judge is disqualified.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 28 The point can rightly be made that had Mr. Patterson been
>>>>>>>> asked to represent the appellant as counsel before his appointment
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> the bench, the conflict rules would likely have prevented him from
>>>>>>>> taking the case because his firm had formerly represented one of
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> defendants in the case. Thus, it is argued how is it that as a
>>>>>>>> trial
>>>>>>>> judge Patterson J. can hear the case? This issue was considered by
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in Locabail (U.K.) Ltd. v.
>>>>>>>> Bayfield
>>>>>>>> Properties Ltd., [2000] Q.B. 451. The court held, at para. 58, that
>>>>>>>> there is no inflexible rule governing the disqualification of a
>>>>>>>> judge
>>>>>>>> and that, "[e]verything depends on the circumstances."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 29 It seems to me that what appears at first sight to be an
>>>>>>>> inconsistency in application of rules can be explained by the
>>>>>>>> different contexts and in particular, the strong presumption of
>>>>>>>> judicial impartiality that applies in the context of
>>>>>>>> disqualification
>>>>>>>> of a judge. There is no such presumption in cases of allegations of
>>>>>>>> conflict of interest against a lawyer because of a firm's previous
>>>>>>>> involvement in the case. To the contrary, as explained by Sopinka
>>>>>>>> J.
>>>>>>>> in MacDonald Estate v. Martin (1990), 77 D.L.R. (4th) 249 (S.C.C.),
>>>>>>>> for sound policy reasons there is a presumption of a disqualifying
>>>>>>>> interest that can rarely be overcome. In particular, a conclusory
>>>>>>>> statement from the lawyer that he or she had no confidential
>>>>>>>> information about the case will never be sufficient. The case is
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> opposite where the allegation of bias is made against a trial
>>>>>>>> judge.
>>>>>>>> His or her statement that he or she knew nothing about the case and
>>>>>>>> had no involvement in it will ordinarily be accepted at face value
>>>>>>>> unless there is good reason to doubt it: see Locabail, at para. 19.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 30 That brings me then to consider the particular
>>>>>>>> circumstances
>>>>>>>> of this case and whether there are serious grounds to find a
>>>>>>>> disqualifying conflict of interest in this case. In my view, there
>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>> two significant factors that justify the trial judge's decision not
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> recuse himself. The first is his statement, which all parties
>>>>>>>> accept,
>>>>>>>> that he knew nothing of the case when it was in his former firm and
>>>>>>>> that he had nothing to do with it. The second is the long passage
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> time. As was said in Wewaykum, at para. 85:
>>>>>>>> To us, one significant factor stands out, and must
>>>>>>>> inform
>>>>>>>> the perspective of the reasonable person assessing the impact of
>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>> involvement on Binnie J.'s impartiality in the appeals. That factor
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> the passage of time. Most arguments for disqualification rest on
>>>>>>>> circumstances that are either contemporaneous to the
>>>>>>>> decision-making,
>>>>>>>> or that occurred within a short time prior to the decision-making.
>>>>>>>> 31 There are other factors that inform the issue. The Wilson
>>>>>>>> Walker firm no longer acted for any of the parties by the time of
>>>>>>>> trial. More importantly, at the time of the motion, Patterson J.
>>>>>>>> had
>>>>>>>> been a judge for six years and thus had not had a relationship with
>>>>>>>> his former firm for a considerable period of time.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 32 In my view, a reasonable person, viewing the matter
>>>>>>>> realistically would conclude that the trial judge could deal fairly
>>>>>>>> and impartially with this case. I take this view principally
>>>>>>>> because
>>>>>>>> of the long passage of time and the trial judge's lack of
>>>>>>>> involvement
>>>>>>>> in or knowledge of the case when the Wilson Walker firm had
>>>>>>>> carriage.
>>>>>>>> In these circumstances it cannot be reasonably contended that the
>>>>>>>> trial judge could not remain impartial in the case. The mere fact
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> his name appears on the letterhead of some correspondence from over
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> decade ago would not lead a reasonable person to believe that he
>>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>>> either consciously or unconsciously favour his former firm's former
>>>>>>>> client. It is simply not realistic to think that a judge would
>>>>>>>> throw
>>>>>>>> off his mantle of impartiality, ignore his oath of office and
>>>>>>>> favour
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> client - about whom he knew nothing - of a firm that he left six
>>>>>>>> years
>>>>>>>> earlier and that no longer acts for the client, in a case involving
>>>>>>>> events from over a decade ago.
>>>>>>>> (emphasis added)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [19] Justice Webb had no involvement with any matter
>>>>>>>> involving Mr. Amos while he was a member of Patterson Palmer or
>>>>>>>> Patterson Law, nor does Mr. Amos suggest that he did. Mr. Amos made
>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> clear during the hearing of this matter that the only reason for
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> alleged conflict for Justice Webb was that he was a member of
>>>>>>>> Patterson Law and Patterson Palmer. This is simply not enough for
>>>>>>>> Justice Webb to be disqualified. Any involvement of Mr. Amos with
>>>>>>>> Patterson Law while Justice Webb was a member of that firm would
>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>> had to occur over 10 years ago and even longer for the time when he
>>>>>>>> was a member of Patterson Palmer. In addition to the lack of any
>>>>>>>> involvement on his part with any matter or dispute that Mr. Amos
>>>>>>>> had
>>>>>>>> with Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer (which in and of itself is
>>>>>>>> sufficient to dispose of this matter), the length of time since
>>>>>>>> Justice Webb was a member of Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer
>>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>>> also result in the same finding – that there is no conflict in
>>>>>>>> Justice
>>>>>>>> Webb hearing this appeal.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [20] Similarly in R. v. Bagot, 2000 MBCA 30, 145 Man. R.
>>>>>>>> (2d) 260, the Manitoba Court of Appeal found that there was no
>>>>>>>> reasonable apprehension of bias when a judge, who had been a member
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> the law firm that had been retained by the accused, had no
>>>>>>>> involvement
>>>>>>>> with the accused while he was a lawyer with that firm.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [21] In Del Zotto v. Minister of National Revenue, [2000]
>>>>>>>> 4
>>>>>>>> F.C. 321, 257 N.R. 96, this court did find that there would be a
>>>>>>>> reasonable apprehension of bias where a judge, who while he was a
>>>>>>>> lawyer, had recorded time on a matter involving the same person who
>>>>>>>> was before that judge. However, this case can be distinguished as
>>>>>>>> Justice Webb did not have any time recorded on any files involving
>>>>>>>> Mr.
>>>>>>>> Amos while he was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer or Patterson Law.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [22] Mr. Amos also included with his submissions a CD. He
>>>>>>>> stated in his affidavit dated June 26, 2017 that there is a “true
>>>>>>>> copy
>>>>>>>> of an American police surveillance wiretap entitled 139” on this
>>>>>>>> CD.
>>>>>>>> He has also indicated that he has “provided a true copy of the CD
>>>>>>>> entitled 139 to many American and Canadian law enforcement
>>>>>>>> authorities
>>>>>>>> and not one of the police forces or officers of the court are
>>>>>>>> willing
>>>>>>>> to investigate it”. Since he has indicated that this is an
>>>>>>>> “American
>>>>>>>> police surveillance wiretap”, this is a matter for the American law
>>>>>>>> enforcement authorities and cannot create, as Mr. Amos suggests, a
>>>>>>>> conflict of interest for any judge to whom he provides a copy.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [23] As a result, there is no conflict or reasonable
>>>>>>>> apprehension of bias for Justice Webb and therefore, no reason for
>>>>>>>> him
>>>>>>>> to recuse himself.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [24] Mr. Amos alleged that Justice Near’s past
>>>>>>>> professional
>>>>>>>> experience with the government created a “quasi-conflict” in
>>>>>>>> deciding
>>>>>>>> the cross-appeal. Mr. Amos provided no details and Justice Near
>>>>>>>> confirmed that he had no prior knowledge of the matters alleged in
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> Claim. Justice Near sees no reason to recuse himself.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [25] Insofar as it is possible to glean the basis for Mr.
>>>>>>>> Amos’ allegations against Justice Gleason, it appears that he
>>>>>>>> alleges
>>>>>>>> that she is incapable of hearing this appeal because he says he
>>>>>>>> wrote
>>>>>>>> a letter to Brian Mulroney and Jean Chrétien in 2004. At that time,
>>>>>>>> both Justice Gleason and Mr. Mulroney were partners in the law firm
>>>>>>>> Ogilvy Renault, LLP. The letter in question, which is rude and
>>>>>>>> angry,
>>>>>>>> begins with “Hey you two Evil Old Smiling Bastards” and “Re: me
>>>>>>>> suing
>>>>>>>> you and your little dogs too”. There is no indication that the
>>>>>>>> letter
>>>>>>>> was ever responded to or that a law suit was ever commenced by Mr.
>>>>>>>> Amos against Mr. Mulroney. In the circumstances, there is no reason
>>>>>>>> for Justice Gleason to recuse herself as the letter in question
>>>>>>>> does
>>>>>>>> not give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> III. Issue
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [26] The issue on the cross-appeal is as follows: Did the
>>>>>>>> Judge err in setting aside the Prothonotary’s Order striking the
>>>>>>>> Claim
>>>>>>>> in its entirety without leave to amend and in determining that Mr.
>>>>>>>> Amos’ allegation that the RCMP barred him from the New Brunswick
>>>>>>>> legislature in 2004 was capable of supporting a cause of action?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> IV. Analysis
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A. Standard of Review
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [27] Following the Judge’s decision to set aside the
>>>>>>>> Prothonotary’s Order, this Court revisited the standard of review
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> be applied to discretionary decisions of prothonotaries and
>>>>>>>> decisions
>>>>>>>> made by judges on appeals of prothonotaries’ decisions in Hospira
>>>>>>>> Healthcare Corp. v. Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, 2016 FCA
>>>>>>>> 215,
>>>>>>>> 402 D.L.R. (4th) 497 [Hospira]. In Hospira, a five-member panel of
>>>>>>>> this Court replaced the Aqua-Gem standard of review with that
>>>>>>>> articulated in Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R.
>>>>>>>> 235
>>>>>>>> [Housen]. As a result, it is no longer appropriate for the Federal
>>>>>>>> Court to conduct a de novo review of a discretionary order made by
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> prothonotary in regard to questions vital to the final issue of the
>>>>>>>> case. Rather, a Federal Court judge can only intervene on appeal if
>>>>>>>> the prothonotary made an error of law or a palpable and overriding
>>>>>>>> error in determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> law (Hospira at para. 79). Further, this Court can only interfere
>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>> a Federal Court judge’s review of a prothonotary’s discretionary
>>>>>>>> order
>>>>>>>> if the judge made an error of law or palpable and overriding error
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and law
>>>>>>>> (Hospira at paras. 82-83).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [28] In the case at bar, the Judge substituted his own
>>>>>>>> assessment of Mr. Amos’ Claim for that of the Prothonotary. This
>>>>>>>> Court
>>>>>>>> must look to the Prothonotary’s Order to determine whether the
>>>>>>>> Judge
>>>>>>>> erred in law or made a palpable and overriding error in choosing to
>>>>>>>> interfere.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> B. Did the Judge err in interfering with the
>>>>>>>> Prothonotary’s Order?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [29] The Prothontoary’s Order accepted the following
>>>>>>>> paragraphs from the Crown’s submissions as the basis for striking
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> Claim in its entirety without leave to amend:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 17. Within the 96 paragraph Statement of Claim, the Plaintiff
>>>>>>>> addresses his complaint in paragraphs 14-24, inclusive. All but
>>>>>>>> four
>>>>>>>> of those paragraphs are dedicated to an incident that occurred in
>>>>>>>> 2006
>>>>>>>> in and around the legislature in New Brunswick. The jurisdiction of
>>>>>>>> the Federal Court does not extend to Her Majesty the Queen in right
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> the Provinces. In any event, the Plaintiff hasn’t named the
>>>>>>>> Province
>>>>>>>> or provincial actors as parties to this action. The incident
>>>>>>>> alleged
>>>>>>>> does not give rise to a justiciable cause of action in this Court.
>>>>>>>> (…)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 21. The few paragraphs that directly address the Defendant
>>>>>>>> provide no details as to the individuals involved or the location
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> the alleged incidents or other details sufficient to allow the
>>>>>>>> Defendant to respond. As a result, it is difficult or impossible to
>>>>>>>> determine the causes of action the Plaintiff is attempting to
>>>>>>>> advance.
>>>>>>>> A generous reading of the Statement of Claim allows the Defendant
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> only speculate as to the true and/or intended cause of action. At
>>>>>>>> best, the Plaintiff’s action may possibly be summarized as: he
>>>>>>>> suspects he is barred from the House of Commons.
>>>>>>>> [footnotes omitted].
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [30] The Judge determined that he could not strike the
>>>>>>>> Claim
>>>>>>>> on the same jurisdictional basis as the Prothonotary. The Judge
>>>>>>>> noted
>>>>>>>> that the Federal Court has jurisdiction over claims based on the
>>>>>>>> liability of Federal Crown servants like the RCMP and that the
>>>>>>>> actors
>>>>>>>> who barred Mr. Amos from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004
>>>>>>>> included the RCMP (Federal Court Judgment at para. 23). In
>>>>>>>> considering
>>>>>>>> the viability of these allegations de novo, the Judge identified
>>>>>>>> paragraph 14 of the Claim as containing “some precision” as it
>>>>>>>> identifies the date of the event and a RCMP officer acting as
>>>>>>>> Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor (Federal Court Judgment at
>>>>>>>> para. 27).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [31] The Judge noted that the 2004 event could support a
>>>>>>>> cause of action in the tort of misfeasance in public office and
>>>>>>>> identified the elements of the tort as excerpted from Meigs v.
>>>>>>>> Canada,
>>>>>>>> 2013 FC 389, 431 F.T.R. 111:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [13] As in both the cases of Odhavji Estate v Woodhouse, 2003
>>>>>>>> SCC
>>>>>>>> 69 [Odhavji] and Lewis v Canada, 2012 FC 1514 [Lewis], I must
>>>>>>>> determine whether the plaintiffs’ statement of claim pleads each
>>>>>>>> element of the alleged tort of misfeasance in public office:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> a) The public officer must have engaged in deliberate and unlawful
>>>>>>>> conduct in his or her capacity as public officer;
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> b) The public officer must have been aware both that his or her
>>>>>>>> conduct was unlawful and that it was likely to harm the plaintiff;
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> c) There must be an element of bad faith or dishonesty by the
>>>>>>>> public
>>>>>>>> officer and knowledge of harm alone is insufficient to conclude
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> public officer acted in bad faith or dishonestly.
>>>>>>>> Odhavji, above, at paras 23, 24 and 28
>>>>>>>> (Federal Court Judgment at para. 28).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [32] The Judge determined that Mr. Amos disclosed
>>>>>>>> sufficient
>>>>>>>> material facts to meet the elements of the tort of misfeasance in
>>>>>>>> public office because the actors, who barred him from the New
>>>>>>>> Brunswick legislature in 2004, including the RCMP, did so for
>>>>>>>> “political reasons” (Federal Court Judgment at para. 29).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [33] This Court’s discussion of the sufficiency of
>>>>>>>> pleadings
>>>>>>>> in Merchant Law Group v. Canada (Revenue Agency), 2010 FCA 184, 321
>>>>>>>> D.L.R (4th) 301 is particularly apt:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> …When pleading bad faith or abuse of power, it is not enough to
>>>>>>>> assert, baldly, conclusory phrases such as “deliberately or
>>>>>>>> negligently,” “callous disregard,” or “by fraud and theft did
>>>>>>>> steal”.
>>>>>>>> “The bare assertion of a conclusion upon which the court is called
>>>>>>>> upon to pronounce is not an allegation of material fact”. Making
>>>>>>>> bald,
>>>>>>>> conclusory allegations without any evidentiary foundation is an
>>>>>>>> abuse
>>>>>>>> of process…
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> To this, I would add that the tort of misfeasance in public office
>>>>>>>> requires a particular state of mind of a public officer in carrying
>>>>>>>> out the impunged action, i.e., deliberate conduct which the public
>>>>>>>> officer knows to be inconsistent with the obligations of his or her
>>>>>>>> office. For this tort, particularization of the allegations is
>>>>>>>> mandatory. Rule 181 specifically requires particularization of
>>>>>>>> allegations of “breach of trust,” “wilful default,” “state of mind
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> a person,” “malice” or “fraudulent intention.”
>>>>>>>> (at paras. 34-35, citations omitted).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [34] Applying the Housen standard of review to the
>>>>>>>> Prothonotary’s Order, we are of the view that the Judge interfered
>>>>>>>> absent a legal or palpable and overriding error.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [35] The Prothonotary determined that Mr. Amos’ Claim
>>>>>>>> disclosed no reasonable claim and was fundamentally vexatious on
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> basis of jurisdictional concerns and the absence of material facts
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> ground a cause of action. Paragraph 14 of the Claim, which
>>>>>>>> addresses
>>>>>>>> the 2004 event, pleads no material facts as to how the RCMP officer
>>>>>>>> engaged in deliberate and unlawful conduct, knew that his or her
>>>>>>>> conduct was unlawful and likely to harm Mr. Amos, and acted in bad
>>>>>>>> faith. While the Claim alleges elsewhere that Mr. Amos was barred
>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>> the New Brunswick legislature for political and/or malicious
>>>>>>>> reasons,
>>>>>>>> these allegations are not particularized and are directed against
>>>>>>>> non-federal actors, such as the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Legislative
>>>>>>>> Assembly of New Brunswick and the Fredericton Police Force. As
>>>>>>>> such,
>>>>>>>> the Judge erred in determining that Mr. Amos’ allegation that the
>>>>>>>> RCMP
>>>>>>>> barred him from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004 was capable
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> supporting a cause of action.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [36] In our view, the Claim is made up entirely of bare
>>>>>>>> allegations, devoid of any detail, such that it discloses no
>>>>>>>> reasonable cause of action within the jurisdiction of the Federal
>>>>>>>> Courts. Therefore, the Judge erred in interfering to set aside the
>>>>>>>> Prothonotary’s Order striking the claim in its entirety. Further,
>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>> find that the Prothonotary made no error in denying leave to amend.
>>>>>>>> The deficiencies in Mr. Amos’ pleadings are so extensive such that
>>>>>>>> amendment could not cure them (see Collins at para. 26).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> V. Conclusion
>>>>>>>> [37] For the foregoing reasons, we would allow the
>>>>>>>> Crown’s
>>>>>>>> cross-appeal, with costs, setting aside the Federal Court Judgment,
>>>>>>>> dated January 25, 2016 and restoring the Prothonotary’s Order,
>>>>>>>> dated
>>>>>>>> November 12, 2015, which struck Mr. Amos’ Claim in its entirety
>>>>>>>> without leave to amend.
>>>>>>>> "Wyman W. Webb"
>>>>>>>> J.A.
>>>>>>>> "David G. Near"
>>>>>>>> J.A.
>>>>>>>> "Mary J.L. Gleason"
>>>>>>>> J.A.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
>>>>>>>> NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A CROSS-APPEAL FROM AN ORDER OF THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE SOUTHCOTT
>>>>>>>> DATED
>>>>>>>> JANUARY 25, 2016; DOCKET NUMBER T-1557-15.
>>>>>>>> DOCKET:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A-48-16
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> STYLE OF CAUSE:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> PLACE OF HEARING:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Fredericton,
>>>>>>>> New Brunswick
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> DATE OF HEARING:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> May 24, 2017
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> WEBB J.A.
>>>>>>>> NEAR J.A.
>>>>>>>> GLEASON J.A.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> DATED:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> October 30, 2017
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> APPEARANCES:
>>>>>>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For The Appellant / respondent on cross-appeal
>>>>>>>> (on his own behalf)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jan Jensen
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For The Respondent / appELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
>>>>>>>> Nathalie G. Drouin
>>>>>>>> Deputy Attorney General of Canada
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For The Respondent / APPELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>>> Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 19:01:11 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>> From: "David Amos" motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>>>> Subject: Now everybody and his dog knows TJ Burke and his cop buddies
>>>>> allegations against me are false and you had the proof all along EH
>>>>> Chucky?
>>>>> To: oldmaison@yahoo.com, nbombud@gnb.ca, dan.bussieres@gnb.ca,
>>>>> jacques_poitras@cbc.ca, news@dailygleaner.com,
>>>>> kcarmichael@bloomberg.net, advocacycollective@yahoo.com,
>>>>> Easter.W@parl.gc.ca, Comartin.J@parl.gc.ca, cityadmin@fredericton.ca,
>>>>> info@gg.ca, bmosher@mosherchedore.ca, rchedore@mosherchedore.ca,
>>>>> police@fredericton.ca, chebert@thestar.ca, Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca,
>>>>> Stronach.B@parl.gc.ca, Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca, alltrue@nl.rogers.com,
>>>>> Harper.S@parl.gc.ca, Layton.J@parl.gc.ca, Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca,
>>>>> Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca
>>>>> CC: dgleg@nb.aibn.com, brad.woodside@fredericton.ca,
>>>>> whalen@fredericton.ca, david.kelly@fredericton.ca,
>>>>> cathy.maclaggan@fredericton.ca
>>>>> tom.jellinek@fredericton.ca, scott.mcconaghy@fredericton.ca
>>>>> marilyn.kerton@fredericton.ca, walter.brown@fredericton.ca,
>>>>> norah.davidson@fredericton.ca, mike.obrien@fredericton.ca,
>>>>> bruce.grandy@fredericton.ca, dan.keenan@fredericton.ca,
>>>>> jeff.mockler@gnb.ca, mrichard@lawsociety-barreau.
>>>>> cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci.
>>>>> scotta@parl.gc.ca, michael.bray@gnb.ca, jack.e.mackay@gnb.ca
>>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.canadaeast.com/ce2/
>>>>>
>>>>> http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> http://maritimes.indymedia.
>>>>>
>>>>> Methinks your liberal pals just made a major faux pas N'est Pas?
>>>>> Scroll down Frenchie and go down?.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Threat against Burke taken seriously
>>>>>
>>>>> By STEPHEN LLEWELLYN
>>>>> dgleg@nb.aibn.com
>>>>> Published Thursday May 24th, 2007
>>>>> Appeared on page A1
>>>>> An RCMP security detail has been guarding Justice Minister and
>>>>> Attorney General T.J. Burke because of threats made against him
>>>>> recently.
>>>>>
>>>>> Burke, the Liberal MLA for Fredericton-Fort Nashwaaksis, wouldn't
>>>>> explain the nature of the threats.
>>>>>
>>>>> "I have had a particular individual or individuals who have made
>>>>> specific overtures about causing harm towards me," he told reporters
>>>>> Wednesday.
>>>>>
>>>>> "The RCMP has provided security to me recently by accompanying me to a
>>>>> couple of public functions where the individual is known to reside or
>>>>> have family members in the area," said Burke. "It is nice to have some
>>>>> added protection and that added comfort."
>>>>>
>>>>> The RCMP provides protection to the premier and MLAs with its VIP
>>>>> security
>>>>> unit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Burke didn't say when the threat was made but it's believed to have
>>>>> been in recent weeks.
>>>>>
>>>>> "When a threat is posed to you and it is a credible threat, you have
>>>>> to be cautious about where you go and who you are around," he said.
>>>>> "But again, I am more concerned about my family as opposed to my own
>>>>> personal safety."
>>>>>
>>>>> Burke said he doesn't feel any differently and he has not changed his
>>>>> pattern of activity.
>>>>>
>>>>> "It doesn't bother me one bit," he said. "It makes my wife feel awful
>>>>> nervous."
>>>>>
>>>>> Burke served in an elite American military unit before becoming a
>>>>> lawyer and going into politics in New Brunswick.
>>>>>
>>>>> "(I) have taken my own precautions and what I have to do to ensure my
>>>>> family's safety," he said. "I am a very cautious person in general due
>>>>> to my background and training.
>>>>>
>>>>> "I am comfortable with defending myself or my family if it ever had to
>>>>> happen."
>>>>>
>>>>> Burke said it is not uncommon for politicians to have security
>>>>> concerns.
>>>>>
>>>>> "We do live unfortunately in an age and in a society now where threats
>>>>> have to be taken pretty seriously," he said.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since the terrorism attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001,
>>>>> security in New Brunswick has been
>>>>> beefed up.
>>>>>
>>>>> Metal detectors were recently installed in the legislature and all
>>>>> visitors are screened.
>>>>>
>>>>> The position of attorney general is often referred to as the
>>>>> province's "top cop."
>>>>>
>>>>> Burke said sometimes people do not differentiate between his role as
>>>>> the manager of the justice system and the individual who actually
>>>>> prosecutes them.
>>>>>
>>>>> "With the job sometimes comes threats," he said. "I have had numerous
>>>>> threats since Day 1 in office."
>>>>>
>>>>> Burke said he hopes his First Nations heritage has nothing to do with
>>>>> it.
>>>>>
>>>>> "I think it is more of an issue where people get fixated on a matter
>>>>> and they believe you are personally responsible for assigning them
>>>>> their punishment or their sanction," he said.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is the threat from someone who was recently incarcerated?
>>>>>
>>>>> "I probably shouldn't answer that," he replied.
>>>>>
>>>>> Reporters asked when the threat would be over.
>>>>>
>>>>> "I don't think a threat ever passes once it has been made," said
>>>>> Burke. "You have to consider the credibility of the source."
>>>>>
>>>>> Bruce Fitch, former justice minister in the Conservative government,
>>>>> said "every now and again there would be e-mails that were not
>>>>> complimentary."
>>>>>
>>>>> "I did have a meeting with the RCMP who are in charge of the security
>>>>> of the MLAs and ministers," said Fitch.
>>>>>
>>>>> "They look at each and every situation."
>>>>>
>>>>> Fitch said he never had bodyguards assigned to him although former
>>>>> premier Bernard Lord and former health minister Elvy Robichaud did
>>>>> have extra security staff assigned on occasion.
>>>>>
>>>>> He said if any MLA felt threatened, he or she would discuss it with
>>>>> the
>>>>> RCMP.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.archive.org/
>>>>>
>>>>> Small World EH Chucky Leblanc?
>>>>>
>>>>> "Lafleur, Lou" lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> From: "Lafleur, Lou" lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca
>>>>> To: "'motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com'" motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com,
>>>>> "Lafleur, Lou" lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca
>>>>> Subject: Fredericton Police Force
>>>>> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:21:13 -0300
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Mr. Amos
>>>>>
>>>>> My Name is Lou LaFleur and I am a Detective with the Fredericton
>>>>> Police Major Crime Unit. I would like to talk to you regarding files
>>>>> that I am investigating and that you are alleged to have involvement
>>>>> in.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please call me at your earliest convenience and leave a message and a
>>>>> phone number on my secure and confidential line if I am not in my
>>>>> office.
>>>>>
>>>>> yours truly,
>>>>> Cpl. Lou LaFleur
>>>>> Fredericton Police Force
>>>>> 311 Queen St.
>>>>> Fredericton, NB
>>>>> 506-460-2332
>>>>> ______________________________
>>>>> This electronic mail, including any attachments, is confidential and
>>>>> is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may be privileged.
>>>>> Any unauthorized distribution, copying, disclosure or review is
>>>>> prohibited. Neither communication over the Internet nor disclosure to
>>>>> anyone other than the intended recipient constitutes waiver of
>>>>> privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately
>>>>> notify the sender and then delete this communication and any
>>>>> attachments from your computer system and records without saving or
>>>>> forwarding it. Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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