Wednesday, 4 February 2026

ICE has offices in 5 Canadian cities. Here’s what it can and can’t do


 
 

ICE has offices in 5 Canadian cities. Here’s what it can — and can’t — do

Alberta MP calls on Canada to shut down U.S. immigration and customs operations north of border

As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to draw widespread criticism for its deportation crackdown in the States, there’s concern brewing about the agency's presence north of the border.

The U.S. government’s website lists ICE offices in five Canadian cities: Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Ottawa.

In an emailed statement to CBC News, an ICE spokesperson confirmed its criminal investigative law enforcement component — Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) — conducts work at the U.S. embassy in the country’s capital, and at consulates in the other four cities.

HSI personnel are separate from the ICE arm at the forefront of the immigration crackdowns making headlines in cities like Minneapolis, known as Enforcement and Removal Operations.

According to the government website, HSI has over 93 offices in more than 50 countries, with a mandate to identify and stop crime “before it reaches the United States.”

What does ICE do in Canada?

“HSI special agents conduct criminal investigations to protect the United States from dangerous transnational organizations, like terrorist groups and drug cartels,” the ICE spokesperson told CBC News.

“These skilled and highly trained special agents focus on a wide variety of serious crimes, like drug trafficking, child exploitation, weapons smuggling, human smuggling, financial fraud, and more.”

A security guard works outside the Embassy of the United States of America in Ottawa on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020.    A security guard works outside the Embassy of the United States of America in Ottawa on Nov. 7, 2020. ICE said its Homeland Security Investigations component operates out of this location and four consulates across Canada. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press) 

The ICE spokesperson said the agency also helps track and detain known and potential terrorists before they can carry out attacks against the United States and its allies.

According to the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, HSI has supported several investigations in Canada, including a case from October where police laid 700 charges against 20 people after a law enforcement operation seized over 14 kilograms of drugs and 35 firearms in raids in Ottawa, Cornwall, Ont., and Akwesasne, Que.

ICE did not confirm how long it has been established in Canada.

Here’s what the U.S. agency can — and can’t — do north of the border:

Can ICE arrest people in Canada?

No. HSI special agents do not conduct operational activities in Canada, such as making arrests or executing search warrants, according to ICE.

Are agents armed?

No. ICE confirmed HSI agents do not carry firearms in Canada.

Calls for Canada to ‘ICE-out’

News of these ICE field offices spread quickly on social media over the past week, leading to calls for Canada to shut down ICE operations in the country.

In a letter to the prime minister last week, Edmonton Strathcona MP Heather McPherson called on Mark Carney to close ICE field offices in Canada until the “human rights crisis is resolved,” referring to the agency’s operations in the U.S.

“Canada has sovereign authority over who operates on our territory, and you must revoke ICE’s permission to maintain offices here,” said McPherson, who is currently running for the leadership of the federal NDP.

CBC News has reached out to the Prime Minister's Office for a response to McPherson's letter.

The U.S. Embassy in Ottawa addressed the outpouring of concern with a thread on its X account recounting a number of investigations HSI has supported north of the border, adding that its “work in Canada is about partnership, public safety, and upholding the law.”

“We remain committed to working with our Canadian counterparts to keep our communities safe.”

Mark Kersten, an assistant professor of human rights law at the University of the Fraser Valley and a consultant with the Wayamo Foundation, an international justice organization, said ICE’s recent fatal operations in Minnesota and Trump’s threats to Canadian sovereignty are critical to understanding how ICE in Canada could pose a potential public safety concern.

“In that context, I think people rightly deserve and want to know more about what experts have called a paramilitary of the Trump administration is doing in Canada,” he said.

“And whether in fact we should have any presence, regardless of what they're doing, of an entity that is committing such horrible harms with impunity in America, again, at a time when our sovereignty is consistently being put to question by American authorities.”

A man walks by posters of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, who were both fatally shot by federal agents, in Minneapolis, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026.    A man walks by posters of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, who were both fatally shot by federal agents, in Minneapolis, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Ryan Murphy/AP)

Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minnesota on Jan. 7. Then, just over a week ago, ICU nurse Alex Pretti was killed in another shooting by federal officers.

CBS News reported ICE was holding a record 73,000 people in detention in mid-January — an 84 per cent increase since U.S. President Donald Trump took office last year.

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“No one is saying that Canada, Canadian authorities and American authorities shouldn't cooperate when it comes to human trafficking, when it comes to drug trafficking, when it comes to various types of transnational, trans-border criminal conduct. We absolutely need to co-operate on those issues,” Kersten said.

But he said that other agencies under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, such as Customs and Border Protection, could potentially carry out HSI's current duties without ICE needing to operate on Canadian soil.

In its statement, ICE said "HSI has a longstanding and productive relationship with Canada, one of America’s most essential partners."

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Rukhsar Ali is a multiplatform reporter with CBC Calgary. She has previously reported for The Globe and Mail, CTV News and Global News, as well as produced on CBC Radio's Cross Country Checkup and Just Asking. Rukhsar was a 2023 recipient of the CBC Joan Donaldson Scholarship and holds a Master of Journalism from Carleton University. Want to share a story tip? You can reach her at rukhsar.ali@cbc.ca.

 

 

International Offices

Crime does not stop at our borders, and neither do we. HSI’s expansive international presence enables us to identify and stop crime before it reaches the United States.

With a global footprint spanning over 90 offices in more than 50 countries, HSI is uniquely positioned to shield our nation from transnational threats.

HSI’s cadre of nearly 500 internationally deployed special agents, criminal analysts and mission support personnel work alongside locally employed staff and foreign law enforcement partners to advance the HSI mission around the world.

Through its global network of attaches and liaisons, HSI establishes and builds relationships with foreign and interagency counterparts. We then use these partnerships to further our investigations, initiatives, and operations that have an international connection. Together with our partners abroad, we collect evidence; arrest criminals; seize drugs, money, weapons, and other items; stop threats from traveling to the United States; and conduct other activities to protect the public from those seeking to harm our country.

Collectively, these efforts help equip HSI with an unparalleled capability to combat transnational criminal organizations on a global scale, and to detect and deter national security and public safety threats before they reach the homeland.

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NDP MP calls on government to sanction Canadian companies doing business with ICE

McPherson says Canadians 'must not engage with or support fascist violence'

An NDP MP is calling on the government to take action to stop Canadian businesses from having any dealings with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.

Heather McPherson posted a letter she penned to Prime Minister Mark Carney on X Thursday, saying that the government should consider a number of actions against Canadian companies that have business with the agency.

"Canada and Canadians must not engage with or support fascist violence that destroys communities and threatens the safety of our American neighbours and ourselves," she wrote.

McPherson said the government should deny export permits to companies selling equipment to ICE and pull any public subsidies or contracts from companies who have dealings with the agency.

A post on X which reads Canada cannot fund, arm, or legitimize ICE.   I’ve written to PM Carney calling for sanctions, export bans, cancelled subsidies, and the closure of ICE offices in Canada. Fascist violence and human rights abuses demand action.

 NDP MP Heather McPherson posted a letter about ICE's business with Canadian firms Thursday on X. (@HMcPhersonNDP/X)

Since beginning his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has sent federal agents into cities he has alleged are overridden with crime, including Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago and Charlotte, N.C.

Minneapolis is the latest city targeted by the administration, with thousands of masked and armed agents on the streets, raiding business and homes. The Trump administration says the agents are targeting criminals who are in the United States illegally.

Since ICE ramped up its activities in Minneapolis in the past month, two U.S. citizens have been shot and killed at the hands of federal agents and a five-year-old child detained alongside his father.

WATCH | Was Alex Pretti a 'would-be assassin’?:
 
Was Alex Pretti a 'would-be assassin’? We break down the footage of fatal ICE shooting | About That
January 27|
Duration 13:01
 
U.S. government officials say ICE agents fatally shot Alex Pretti at a protest in Minneapolis because he had a gun on his person and, according to U.S. President Donald Trump's homeland security adviser Stephen Miller, was a 'would-be assassin.' Andrew Chang breaks down several video angles of the shooting, moment by moment, to understand how accurate the government's initial account is. Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters and Getty Images

Thousands of demonstrators have been drawn to the streets calling on ICE to leave the city.

"What Canadians are seeing south of the border, in Minnesota and beyond, is terrifying. The Trump administration's abuses have no limits," McPherson wrote in her letter.

Canadian business dealings

A number of Canadian companies reportedly have business with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees ICE.

McPherson listed several examples in her letter, including the tech business Hootsuite. A U.S. government procurement website shows that the Vancouver-based company is providing social media services to DHS, with the contract beginning in August 2024.

Hootsuite CEO Irina Novoselsky said in a statement Wednesday that "what we are watching unfold right now is wrong," but said that their contract with ICE does not include tracking or surveillance of individuals.

WATCH | B.C. company criticized for potential ICE business deal:
 
B.C. company criticized for potential ICE business deal
January 28|
Duration 2:10
 
B.C.-based Jim Pattison Developments is facing criticism for considering selling a large Virginia warehouse property to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for the purpose of immigration and customs enforcement operations.

B.C. billionaire Jim Pattison has also faced scrutiny over the possible sale of a Virginia warehouse to DHS for use as an ICE processing facility.

ICE itself has earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel.

CBC News has reached out to the Prime Minister's Office for a response to McPherson's letter.

McPherson is currently running for her party's leadership. The NDP confirmed Thursday that the MP and four other candidates have cleared the final hurdle to be on the ballot in March. The other candidates include: activist and filmmaker Avi Lewis, union leader Rob Ashton, social worker Tanille Johnston and farmer Tony McQuail.

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Darren Major

Senior writer

Darren Major is a senior writer for CBC's parliamentary bureau in Ottawa. He previously worked as a digital reporter for CBC Ottawa and a producer for CBC's Power & Politics. He holds a master's degree in journalism and a bachelor's degree in public affairs and policy management, both from Carleton University. He also holds master's degree in arts from Queen's University. He can be reached at darren.major@cbc.ca.

With files from The Canadian Press

 
 
 
 
 

Letter from Irina,

CEO of Hootsuite

What we are watching unfold right now is wrong.

The loss of life and the fear being felt in communities as a result of recent enforcement actions are devastating. 

Beyond how painful it has been to process the current situation on a personal level, we have also felt the concern expressed about Hootsuite’s work with ICE’s public affairs office. I want to share how I think about this candidly, human to human.

We’ve worked with government organizations across countries and administrations for more than 15 years, including the U.S. government. Our use-case with ICE does not include tracking or surveillance of individuals using our tools. Any claim otherwise is false and prohibited under our terms of service, which we actively enforce.

Our technology makes public conversation visible at scale. It helps organizations understand what people are saying using unbiased, authentic social data - this helps them understand how people are feeling, and where trust is being earned or lost. Today more than ever, organizations need to hear more from the public, not less. Our responsibility is to ensure those voices remain visible. We work with a wide range of organizations because listening to real conversations leads to insights that drive better decisions and accountability, without endorsing specific actions or policies.

We understand this is a complex issue and that people will hold strong opinions. Our responsibility is to our customers, to the clear standards that govern how our technology is used, and to ensuring public conversation can be understood responsibly and at scale.

Irina
 
 
 

Hootsuite CEO responds to backlash over U.S. Homeland Security contract

Irina Novoselsky says contract with ICE does not include tracking or surveillance of individuals

The CEO of Vancouver-based tech company Hootsuite is responding to backlash over a contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

A U.S. government procurement website shows that Hootsuite is providing social media services to the DHS, with the contract beginning in August 2024.

The contract between Homeland Security and New York-based Seneca Strategic Partners is to provide "social media management platform Hootsuite and support services," and is worth up to $2.8 million US, according to the procurement website.

The site does not explain the relationship between Hootsuite and Seneca, which describes itself as a federal government contracting business wholly owned by the Seneca Nation of Indians.

A protest outside Hootsuite’s Vancouver headquarters is planned for Friday by a group called Democracy Rising, which is urging Hootsuite to "cancel its contracts and publicly apologize."

WATCH | ICE immigration crackdown in Minnesota drawing attention:
 
‘Insurrection’?: How Minnesota is being singled out in ‘largest’ crackdown ‘ever’ | About That
January 16|
Duration 11:47
 
A week after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis, another ICE-involved shooting in the city is fuelling growing tension between federal law enforcement and protesters. As President Donald Trump threatens to bring in the National Guard, Andrew Chang explains ICE’s heightened presence in Minnesota’s Twin Cities. Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters and Getty Images

ICE has come under heavy criticism for its actions during a recent immigration crackdown in the state of Minnesota, with the deaths of two U.S. citizens in federal agent-involved shootings being a particular flashpoint.

Hootsuite CEO Irina Novoselsky said in a statement Wednesday that "what we are watching unfold right now is wrong."

She said the loss of life and the fear being felt in communities as a result of recent enforcement actions are "devastating."

"Beyond how painful it has been to process the current situation on a personal level, we have also felt the concern expressed about Hootsuite’s work with ICE’s public affairs office," Novoselsky said. 

WATCH | Protests outside hotel believed to be housing ICE agents:
 
                                                             Protesters, police clash outside hotel housing ICE agents
January 27|
Duration 1:25
 
U.S. President Donald Trump is shaking up the leadership in charge of his immigration crackdown in Minnesota, replacing U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino with his border czar, Tom Homan. Still, that didn’t stop protesters welding pots, pans and other noise makers from clashing with police outside a hotel believed to be housing Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents on Monday evening.

Novoselsky said Hootsuite has worked with government organizations across countries and administrations for more than 15 years, including the U.S. government. 

"Our use-case with ICE does not include tracking or surveillance of individuals using our tools. Any claim otherwise is false and prohibited under our terms of service, which we actively enforce," she said. 

A woman walks past a colourful building on a sunny day.    A woman walks past the Hootsuite HQ in January 2020. (Ben Nelms/CBC)

Novoselsky said Hootsuite's technology "makes public conversation visible at scale" and "helps organizations understand what people are saying using unbiased, authentic social data."

Her statement does not commit to an end to the contract, saying the company's responsibility is to its customers and standards that demonstrate how its technology is used.

"We work with a wide range of organizations because listening to real conversations leads to insights that drive better decisions and accountability, without endorsing specific actions or policies," the statement adds.

Contract with ICE ended in 2020

A release posted by the Department of Homeland Security last year says the department would only use Hootsuite to manage its social media channels to deliver information to the general public "while promoting transparency and accountability" for those seeking information from the department.

Hootsuite was founded in 2008 and employs about 1,000 people across the globe.

In 2020, the company's then-CEO Tom Keiser announced it had axed a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a "broad emotional and passionate'' reaction from staff.

He did not share why staff were concerned, but said the issue created a divided company and it was not the kind of business he wanted to lead, so he reversed the decision.

In an unrelated news conference Tuesday, B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma urged Canadian businesses to think about their role when considering business with ICE.

It comes after another B.C. company, Jim Pattison Developments, is in the process of selling one of its warehouses in Hanover, Va., to ICE.

WATCH | Niki Sharma urges caution from business leaders:
 
B.C. attorney general wants businesses to 'think about their role' supporting ICE
January 27|
Duration 0:39
 
B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma says her government is watching events in the United States "in horror" and says Canadian companies should "think about their role" when considering whether to do business with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

In a statement, a spokesperson for Jim Pattison Developments said the property was publicly listed for sale after "operating needs changed," and an offer was accepted to sell to a U.S. government contractor.

"Some time later, we became aware of the ultimate owner and intended use of the building," the spokesperson wrote. "This transaction is still subject to certain approvals and closing conditions."

WATCH | B.C. billionaire's conglomerate facing flak for ICE deal:
 
B.C. company criticized for potential ICE business deal
January 28|
Duration 2:10
 
B.C.-based Jim Pattison Developments is facing criticism for considering selling a large Virginia warehouse property to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for the purpose of immigration and customs enforcement operations.

With files from The Canadian Press's Nono Shen and the CBC's Andrew Kurjata

 
 
 

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Honourable Niki Sharma

Niki Sharma was elected MLA for Vancouver-Hastings in 2020 and previously served as the deputy caucus chair and parliamentary secretary for Community Development and Non-Profits.

Niki is a lawyer whose practice focused on representing Indigenous people, including residential school survivors. Niki has worked across B.C. as an advocate on climate policy and reconciliation. She has also been recognized for her work on combatting racism.

Niki was elected to the board of Vancity Credit Union where she served as vice-chair and chaired the Climate Justice Working Group. She also served as chair of the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation. In these roles, she worked to improve her community and make life better for people and our planet.

In 2017, Niki worked as a senior ministerial assistant helping to deliver more child care spaces for B.C. families.

Niki was raised in Sparwood, B.C. A mother of two, she has lived in East Vancouver for more than 15 years and has deep connections in the community.

 
 
 
 

B.C.'s attorney general urges Canadian businesses to 'think about their role' in supporting ICE operations

Several companies are facing pressure to back out of deals with ICE amid backlash

B.C.'s attorney general says Canadian companies should "think about their role" when considering whether to do business with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Niki Sharma, who also acts as the deputy premier, was asked at an unrelated news conference Tuesday morning about the backlash facing B.C. billionaire Jim Pattison, over the potential sale of a Virginia warehouse to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for use as an ICE processing facility.

Pattison, whose conglomerate the Jim Pattison Group spans various sectors including real estate, automotive, media and groceries, is being urged by some to not move forward with the deal, citing the actions of ICE officers in the United States, including the killing of two U.S. citizens in Minnesota.

Sharma says her government is watching those actions "with concern."

WATCH | Attorney general on B.C. businesses working with ICE:
 
B.C. attorney general wants businesses to 'think about their role' supporting ICE
January 27|
Duration 0:39
 
B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma says her government is watching events in the United States "in horror" and says Canadian companies should "think about their role" when considering whether to do business with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

"Just like the rest of the world, we watch in horror about what's happening there and I think that calls on business leaders across this province, and including the whole country, to think about their role in what is unfolding there, and to make decisions that would not lead to some of the outcomes that we're seeing unfold in the States," she said Tuesday.

Homeland Security sent a letter to the Hanover County planning department in Hanover, Va., last Wednesday, sharing its intent to "purchase, occupy and rehabilitate" the warehouse property owned by Jim Pattison Developments.

Property records show Jim Pattison Developments bought the building for roughly $10.4 million Cdn in 2022, and the site is expected to be valued at around $69 million Cdn this year, following improvements.

In a statement, a spokesperson for Jim Pattison Developments said the property was publicly listed for sale after "operating needs changed," and the transaction was still subject to certain approvals and closing conditions.

"As a matter of policy, we do not comment on private transactions," the spokesperson wrote.

"However, we understand that the conversation around immigration policy and enforcement is particularly heated, and has become much more so over the past few weeks. We respect that this issue is deeply important to many people."

WATCH | Property owned by Pattison Developments to be sold to ICE:
 
U.S. wants to buy B.C. billionaire's Virginia warehouse to use as ICE facility | Hanomansing Tonight 
January 28|
Duration 4:44
 
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is in talks to buy a Virginia warehouse owned by B.C. billionaire Jim Pattison, with plans to turn it into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility.

The statement did not make any further comment about ICE or the possible sale.

Food-workers union condemns sale

Among the businesses owned by the Pattison conglomerate are numerous grocery chains, including Save-On-Foods.

In a letter dated Jan. 26, the union representing Save-On-Foods employees, among 28,000 food workers across B.C., wrote to the Jim Pattison Group over the potential sale of the warehouse, saying it would contribute to "the dehumanization and targeting of immigrant workers.

"The labour movement in both Canada and the United States stands in solidarity with immigrant workers — many of whom are a part of our union and operate grocery stores belonging to the Pattison Group across Canada," reads the letter from United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1518.

"They work in our grocery stores, warehouses, and farms — these workers are an integral part of our communities, and they deserve dignity, respect, and safety."

Pattison isn't the only Canadian business facing these calls: as reported by The Globe and Mail, Vancouver tech company Hootsuite secured a $95,000 US pilot project with ICE in September that involves monitoring social media discussions about the immigration agency. 

ICE has also earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order of 20 armoured vehicles from Brampton, Ont.-based defence manufacturer Roshel.

With files from Yasmine Ghania and The Canadian Press

 

 
 
 

'Mr. Trump, stop killing American citizens,' Kinew says after 2nd fatal shooting in Minnesota

Trade relation shouldn't prevent people from speaking with moral clarity, Manitoba premier says

Manitoba's premier says he's reached out to his counterpart in Minnesota again following the killing of another American citizen by federal immigration officials, calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to stop the violence.

Wab Kinew said he sent Governor Tim Walz a message of support and shared his outrage over the death of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse killed by immigration officers in Minneapolis Saturday morning.

"You could be over here. You can even be a Trump supporter. I don't think anybody wants to see people shot in the middle of the street," Kinew told reporters during an unrelated news conference Monday.

"I don't think anybody wants to see people shot in the back. So we got to show support."

Trump administration officials rushed to defend the shooting over the weekend, saying Border Patrol agents shot the man "defensively" despite bystander videos contradicting that narrative.

A photo of a man on top of a wreath on a snowy pathway. There is a cardboard sign in front of the pgoto that says 'Rest in Peace ALEX Pretti.'    A makeshift memorial is placed where Alex Pretti was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis. (Adam Gray/The Associated Press)

Kinew said he hopes American conservatives recognize it's time for "moral clarity."

"Mr. Trump, stop killing American citizens," he said. "The idea of trying to protect Americans from the bad parts of immigration by killing American citizens doesn't make any sense."

'We have to speak out'

The comment was in response to a question on what sort of plans the province has to deal with potential U.S. tariffs after Trump threatened to slap a 100 per cent levy on Canadian goods if the country "makes a deal with China."

Prime Minister Mark Carney said over the weekend the government is not pursuing a free trade agreement with that country.

"We're going to get a trade deal. We're going to do business with the U.S.," Kinew said.

"But we also have to be able to speak with integrity and look at ourselves in the mirror at the end of this. And at a time when we're seeing terrible things happening like are happening right next to us, we have to speak out."

Pretti's death comes two weeks after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) killed Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three. Protests against a federal immigration crackdown in the U.S. city flared up in the aftermath of the shooting.

Kinew previously said he spoke with Walz shortly after Good was shot, offering to provide whatever assistance it can to the neighbouring U.S. state.

 

Manitoba stands with Minnesota, Premier Wab Kinew says after woman fatally shot by ICE agent in Minneapolis

Premier Wab Kinew says he spoke with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz about fatal shooting by U.S. immigration office

Premier Wab Kinew is voicing solidarity with Minnesotans after a woman was shot dead in Minneapolis by a U.S. immigration officer last week, setting off days of protests.

Kinew said he spoke with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Monday after having also reached out to Minnesota Lt.-Gov. Peggy Flanagan shortly after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot Renee Nicole Good three times in her vehicle.

"I offered whatever assistance we could provide and of course the sense of solidarity that we could send down to our American friends and, in many cases, family," Kinew said at an unrelated news conference Monday in Winnipeg.

"I let him know that we here in Manitoba support our neighbours … and of course, we just want to see what's happening down there stop."

Video circulated Wednesday of an ICE agent firing three shots at Good, 37, while she was behind the wheel of her SUV in Minneapolis.

More footage emerged from the ICE officer's perspective Friday.

Those videos contradict characterizations by U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice-President JD Vance and others who have said Good was attempting to ram the officer with her SUV.

The shooting set off days of ongoing protests, with Walz declaring Friday a "day of unity" in the state in an attempt to tamp down tensions and prevent further violence.

"Regardless of where you stand on immigration, regardless of where you stand on Trump, I think everyone agrees that seeing a mother have her life taken in such a way is just wrong," Kinew said Monday.

"Let's just find a way to help our American neighbours make it through this difficult period in that country so that we can get back to a more positive way of life."

Third-world country comments

Kinew also pointed to recent statements by former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura who compared the U.S. to a "third-world country."

The Vietnam-war veteran and former Navy Seal equated the state of American politics under Trump to that of the dictatorship that emerged while he was deployed in the Philippines in the 1970s under then-president Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr.

"We went from nobody to a guy with a machine gun on every corner. That's what happens in a dictatorship: In comes the military," Ventura told WCCO-CBS Minnesota. "That's what's happening here."

Kinew said he didn't have on his "2026 bingo card" that he would be agreeing with Ventura.

"Jesse Ventura said recently that America is becoming a third-world country when they have military police operations taking place in large cities. He's not wrong," Kinew said.

"That is something that should cause all of us concern."

He urged Manitobans to check in with American friends and family.

"I can tell you it meant a lot to Gov. Walz to have our province reach out and offer support. I think if you could do the same to American friends and relatives that would be greatly appreciated," he said.

"Thank God we're Canadian, and we're going to keep it that way." 

A man in a white and blue patterned-shirt holds a water bottle in one hand and a microphone in the other while addressing a crowd.Patrick Allard speaks at a 'Nahanni Must Go' protest outside the Manitoba Legislature on Oct. 1. (Bryce Hoye/CBC)

The premier also said Manitoba's Progressive Conservative Party would "have some explaining to do" on Monday after a member of its board posted comments on social media seeming to suggest support for ICE.

On Monday, PC Leader Obby Khan distanced the party from board member Patrick Allard and comments he made online about ICE over the weekend.

Khan said Allard has been suspended over "inappropriate and offensive" comments online following the fatal shooting and will not be permitted to run under the PC banner.

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Bryce Hoye is a multi-platform journalist with a background in wildlife biology. He has worked for CBC Manitoba for over a decade with stints producing at CBC's Quirks & Quarks and Front Burner. He was a 2024-25 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. He is also Prairie rep for outCBC. He has won a national Radio Television Digital News Association award for a 2017 feature on the history of the fur trade, and a 2023 Prairie region award for an audio documentary about a Chinese-Canadian father passing down his love for hockey to the next generation of Asian Canadians.

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Manitoba Tories suspend board member over online comments following fatal ICE shooting

PC Leader Khan condemns Patrick Allard, says he won't run for PCs in next election

The Tories are distancing themselves from a board member over social media comments he made after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot an American woman in Minneapolis.

Progressive Conservative Leader Obby Khan denounced an online post from Patrick Allard over the weekend, calling the statements "offensive and inappropriate."

"To make light of Renee Good, the mother of three, to try and justify in any way the killing of Renee Good, is unacceptable," Khan said at a news conference on Monday.

"There is no room for hate in this party, there is no room for these type of comments. Enough is enough."

In a post of his own, Khan on Monday said on social media that the statements made by Allard don't reflect the values of the PC party, and said Allard will not be a PC candidate in the upcoming election.

Khan said after an emergency meeting, the party decided unanimously to suspend Allard's party membership and his position on the board.

The move comes after Allard made comments on social media on the weekend.

"Do we have ICE in Manitoba? If so are they hiring? Asking for a friend," reads one post from Allard.

Allard made his comments amid days-long protests that erupted in Minneapolis following the death of Renee Nicole Good.

Video circulated Wednesday of an ICE agent firing three shots at Renee Nicole Good, 37, while she was behind the wheel of her SUV.

WATCH | ICE agent's phone video shows new perspective of moments before shooting:
 
New video of Minneapolis shooting taken by ICE agent
January 9|
Duration 5:21
 
A U.S. online media outlet called Alpha News has released a video from the perspective of a federal immigration agent who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis this week. This video includes graphic language and the sound of shots being fired.

Footage taken by that immigration officer emerged Friday.

During an unrelated news conference on Monday, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said he reached out to Minn. Gov. Tim Walz to show solidarity.

"This is not something to be flippant about," Kinew said. "I think the Manitoba PCs will have some explaining to do on that front."

Khan said the PCs "do not stand for hate, do not stand for division."

"There is no room for it," he said.

A man in a blue suit speaks into a microphone.Progressive Conservative Leader Obby Khan addresses media on Monday after announcing Patrick Allard has been suspended from his role on the party board. (Jeff Stapleton/CBC)

Allard was among several people fined thousands of dollars for opposing pandemic public health measures meant to stem the spread of COVID-19. He was fined over a dozen times, for a total of about $35,000.

In recent years Allard has run and lost in races at the school board trustee level and provincial politics. He ran as an independent in the last election in the St. Johns riding.

Last fall, a judge tossed a defamation lawsuit Allard filed against the NDP.

'Knee-jerk reaction': Allard

Allard said Khan has "made a very knee-jerk reaction to a somewhat comical post."

"What offends me may not offend you and what offends you may not offend me," Allard told CBC News on Monday.

In exchanges that ensued online after his original post, Allard responded to one person in the thread by saying Good "tried running them [ICE] over, and was rightfully terminated."

He said he used that phrasing because comments using words like "shot" or "killed" are likely to get flagged by Facebook.

"So the word 'terminated,' although it sounds probably more horrible, I would have said, if Facebook didn't have their censoring posts, like you know, on trigger words ... I would have used the word 'shot.' She was shot by the ICE agent in self-defence," Allard said.

WATCH | PCs suspend board member over ICE comments:
 
Manitoba PCs suspend board member over ICE comments
January 13|
Duration 1:51
 
The Manitoba Progressive Conservatives have suspended Patrick Allard, a party board member, over social media comments he made after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot an American woman in Minneapolis.

Allard said he doesn't believe the Progressive Conservatives would have let him get the PC nomination next election and run against Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine in her riding of St. Johns.

He said the party is just progressive, not conservative, and is turning its back on its conservative base.

"They've shot themselves in the foot," Allard said. "They've told their conservative base, 'we don't want you' by making this move."

Allard said he still plans to run in St. Johns in the next election — possibly as an independent once again or for another party.

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Judge tosses anti-vaxxer's defamation lawsuit against Manitoba's New Democrats

'Necessary and appropriate' for NDP to call Patrick Allard's rhetoric 'racist,' judge says

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Manitoba's New Democrats that was launched after a failed political candidate and vaccine critic claimed he was defamed by one of the party's hopefuls in 2022.

Patrick Allard ran as an independent in the 2022 byelection in Manitoba's Fort Whyte riding to fill former premier Brian Pallister's empty seat — a race narrowly won by now Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader Obby Khan.

In a written decision released Thursday, Manitoba Court of King's Bench Associate Chief Justice Shane Perlmutter rejected Allard's claim he was defamed when Manitoba's New Democrats described him as someone who spouts "racist rhetoric" in a March 2022 news release provided to the Winnipeg Free Press.

The NDP issued the release to explain why their candidate, Trudy Schroeder, did not want to participate in an all-candidates forum proposed by Liberal candidate (and now party leader) Willard Reaves that would have included Allard, Perlmutter's decision said.

"Trudy is happy to have a debate but the Liberal proposal to give Patrick Allard a platform to spout his anti-vaccination and racist rhetoric is wrong," the NDP's release said, which is quoted in the decision.

The quote was attributed to an unidentified party spokesperson at the time, but was revealed to have been written by Mark Rosner, who is now Premier Wab Kinew's chief of staff, Perlmutter wrote.

Allard — a vocal opponent of Manitoba's public health measures who was fined nearly $35,000 in 2022 for violating them — said he was defamed because the NDP's news release implied that he is a racist, which he denies, the decision says.

In his testimony, Rosner referred to remarks made on a comment chain — before the news release was issued — under a Facebook post that encouraged people to report those disobeying COVID-19 public health orders, in which Allard said to "turn in any attic hiding jews while you’re at it," the decision says.

Allard testified that his Facebook comments were misconstrued, since he was pointing out how people were encouraged by the government to turn in their Jewish neighbours during 1930s Germany's persecution of Jewish people, Perlmutter said.

Allard testified that he "was not comparing the systemic extermination of six million Jewish people and countless others to the COVID-19 pandemic, but was instead comparing the government’s actions of encouraging people to turn in their neighbours," Perlmutter wrote.

"As objectionable as Mr. Allard’s language, I am not satisfied that it is possible to determine in this instance and context, as a matter of truth or falsity, what spouting racist rhetoric means so as to determine whether in making his two offensive Facebook posts Mr. Allard was, in fact, spouting racist rhetoric."

Allard broke court rule

Perlmutter said testimony by Schroeder, Rosner and an NDP volunteer who helped draft the news release reflected their "sincerely held beliefs" that Allard's rhetoric "was, in fact, racist."

Perlmutter sided with the NDP's argument that while Allard was defamed, the party's comments are defensible under qualified privilege — the ability to make statements that might otherwise meet the legal definition of defamation if there's a legal, moral or social duty to make them.

Perlmutter said it was "both necessary and appropriate to the occasion" for the NDP to refer to Allard as spouting "racist rhetoric" in the news release because they were explaining concerns about him having a platform to do so.

Allard had sought at least $50,000 in general damages, as well as punitive and aggravated damages.

"Had I found in Mr. Allard’s favour, I would have awarded him nominal damages of $1," Perlmutter wrote.

However, the judge found that Allard had breached a court rule that says anyone involved in a matter before the court cannot use evidence or information received during that process for any purpose other than the court proceeding.

Allard submitted NDP text messages obtained through the court proceeding to the Winnipeg Sun, Perlmutter said.

Perlmutter said he accepted Allard's explanation that he had inadvertently breached the court rule because he wasn't aware of it.

Perlmutter concluded by saying that he does not want his ruling to be seen as a "license to publish, with impunity, remarks which may be defamatory and untrue about another simply because they are published in the context of an election campaign."

"To avoid exceeding [qualified] privilege, the comments in question must be relevant, necessary, and appropriate, as I found them to be in this case," he wrote.

Manitoba NDP spokesperson Evan Krosney, who also testified on behalf of the NDP during the court proceedings, said in a statement to CBC News that the party is pleased with the ruling and is committed to "defending our values in all venues."

Allard told CBC News on Friday that he found Perlmutter's ruling to be inconsistent and described qualified privilege as a legal "loophole" for defamation cases.

He is considering filing an appeal, he said.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Özten Shebahkeget is a member of Northwest Angle 33 First Nation, born and raised in Winnipeg. A graduate of CBC's inaugural Pathways program, she has been writing for CBC Manitoba since 2022. She is also a graduate of the University of Winnipeg's creative writing program and holds an MFA in writing from the University of Saskatchewan.

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Former Blue Bomber Willard Reaves named new leader of Manitoba Liberal Party

Reaves, 66, rises to top job after other Liberal candidates failed to meet requirements

Former Winnipeg Blue Bomber Willard Reaves has been named the new leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party.

Reaves, 66, was declared winner of the party leadership contest on Monday. 

No other candidates met the requirements of running for leader by the deadline on Saturday. As a result, Reaves was the sole qualified candidate and declared winner without a vote, according to Sam Dixon, the party's executive director.

Dixon confirmed a leadership convention that would have otherwise taken place on Oct. 25 has been cancelled.

Reaves, a star running back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1983 to 1987 fills a void left by former party leader Dougald Lamont, who was elected MLA for St. Boniface in 2018 and served that constituency until losing his seat in the 2023 provincial election.

He resigned and Cindy Lamoureux has been interim leader ever since.

Reaves first ran for the Manitoba Liberals in a March 2022 byelection in Fort Whyte. He lost to Progressive Conservative candidate Obby Khan, who was is now the leader of that party.

He ran again in the riding for the Liberals and lost in the fall 2023 provincial election. Lamoureux (Tyndall Park) was the lone Liberal elected, so the Liberals failed to meet the minimum threshold of four MLAs required for official party status.

Two men in blazers standing in front of a brick staircase and brown buildingFormer Winnipeg Blue Bomber Willard Reaves, left, is joined by former Manitoba Liberal leader Jon Gerrard on Sept. 7 as Reaves announced his intention to run for leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party. (Gavin Axelrod/CBC)

Reaves briefly served as deputy leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party from November 2023 to June 2024.

He launched his leadership campaign earlier this month. Reaves, who lives in Fort Whyte, said at the launch that he had not yet decided which riding he would run in during the next general election.

Terry Hayward, president of the Liberals, said Reaves will transition into the new position over the coming weeks.

"Mr. Reaves brings a wide range of experiences to the position of party leader," Hayward said in a statement. "He will work closely with Cindy Lamoureux, our sitting member, to champion issues and concerns of Manitobans across the province."'

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2 Native American-owned corporations cancel contracts with ICE

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation chairman calls reservations the 'first attempts at detention centres'

Last week, a second Native American-owned corporation announced it was severing a multi-million dollar contract with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after community pressure.  

A subsidiary of Oneida ESC Group, a corporation owned by the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, cancelled a US $3.8 million contract with ICE for engineering and inspection of federal facilities after the Oneida government became aware of and condemned the contract. The Oneida government also replaced the subsidiary's board of managers.

Oneida Nation of Wisconsin’s Chairman Tahassi Hill, in an email to CBC Indigenous, wrote that every nation should have the power to determine its own vision and values.

"When issues arise that conflict with our laws, policies and core values, we must remain steadfast in acting immediately," the statement said.

Last month, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas announced it had cancelled a US $29.9 million contract for planning, research and concept designs for secure structures that its corporation had with ICE, and had fired senior members of the corporation's leadership.

“We know our Indian reservations were the government’s first attempts at detention centres. We were placed here because we were treated as prisoners of war,” said Prairie Band Tribal Chairman Joseph “Zeke” Rupnick, in a statement on YouTube.

“We must ask ourselves why we would ever participate in something that mirrors the harm and trauma once done to our people.”

Becky Webster, an enrolled citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and former senior staff attorney for the tribe, said tribal corporations operate independently from nations, so they can more nimbly expand into different economic ventures. It also protects the nation from certain legal liabilities.

Woman smiling.Becky Webster, an enrolled citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and its former senior staff attorney, said she was 'shocked' to learn her nation had a contract with ICE. (Submitted by Becky Webster)

Corporate boards provide oversight of daily operations rather than the nation, though there is regular reporting. 

Webster said she was shocked when she learned her nation held a contract with ICE.

“The nature of the contracts runs counter to who I thought we were as a people and the values that we hold,” she said.

Matthew L. M. Fletcher, a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and a professor of law and American culture at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., said the contracts are examples of affirmative action programs dating back to the 1960s and 1970s that favoured historically disadvantaged, minority-owned businesses.

Tribally owned corporations, Alaska Native corporations (created by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971), Native Hawaiian organizations and businesses that are 51 per cent tribally owned are eligible for preferences in contracting under the federal section 8(a) program.

Man wearing sweater smiling.Matthew L.M. Fletcher, a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, is a law professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. (Submitted by Matthew L.M. Fletcher)

8(a) is a contracting and business development program for small business owners who are socially and economically disadvantaged.

“Congress created what they called set asides to make sure that at least a portion of defence contracting and other federal government contracting went to minority-owned businesses,” Fletcher said.

He said around the 2000s provisions were expanded, removing a cap for Indigenous-owned businesses, eliminating some paperwork still required by other minorities and authorizing no-bid awards to tribally owned or Alaska Native corporations.

While other affirmative action programs have been ended by the current administration, 8(a) was not affected. 

“The weird thing is that the Trump people would never go in with Indigenous peoples as a matter of principle given their political stance against what they call DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion],” Fletcher said in an email. 

“But the legal position these tribes are in makes this kind of contracting very attractive to them.”

Fletcher said tribes are not publicly traded corporations, so they don't have to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and "generally don't have to share information in terms of public accountability to anybody."

And for matters of national security, public requests for information can be ignored, he said.

Pass-through entities

Akima, a business portfolio of NANA Regional Corporation, which is owned by 11 Iñupiaq villages in Northwest Alaska, holds multi-million dollar contracts with the Department of Homeland Security and ICE, including in relation to detention services at the Guantanamo Bay naval base.

NANA and Akima did not respond to requests for comment by time of publishing.

An April 10, 2025 statement on NANA's website said "Since 2013, NANA and our affiliated companies have secured federal contracts in support of U.S. government-owned detention facilities. We have robust internal policies and compliance programs in place to ensure operations align with legal and ethical expectations."

In the statement, board chair Piquk Linda Lee was quoted, “NANA does not deviate from our Iñupiat Iḷitqusiat values in the pursuit of contracts. Our values are fundamental to who we are as people and as professionals. They guide everything we do at NANA – upholding the dignity and wellbeing of every person.

“While we are limited in what we can share publicly about specific customers and contracts, we remain committed to transparency for our shareholders and accountability in all that we do.”

Fletcher said other Alaska Native corporations, the Mississippi Choctaw, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, Cherokee Nation, Chickasaw and some tribes in Oklahoma also do logistics work for the federal government, Fletcher said. 

He said often these tribal corporations operate as pass-through or "strawman" entities.

“They will never do any of the work. They just happen to have that legal advantage of being eligible for no-bid contracting with no monetary cap on it,” Fletcher said.

Writer and environmentalist Winona LaDuke from White Earth Reservation in Minnesota said the situation today reminds her of the early '80s.

"They were trying to peddle nuclear waste and like 16 of the 20 recipients of the initial grants were Indian tribes,” she said.

“That was because there was a lot of money involved — no-strings money — and poor people with a lot of pressure on them.”

Woman wearing floral scarf, smiling and standing in front of building.Winona LaDuke is from White Earth Reservation in Minnesota. (Submitted by Winona LaDuke )

She said turning Indigenous people into corporations is a colonization process.

"Then you make them dependent upon the destruction of the world that they value," she said.

LaDuke said she thinks some of the contracts taken by some Alaska Native corporations are "morally reprehensible.”

She said tribes like the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and Oneida Nation of Wisconsin should pay more attention to their business operations in the future because if their citizens had not "sparked an outrage," they might still have the ICE contracts.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Candace Maracle

Journalist

Candace Maracle is Kanien'kehá:ka, Wolf Clan from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. Her latest short film, "Tsi ní:yoht yonkwayentá:’on ne óhses" (How We Got Maple Syrup) is completely in the Kanien’kéha language.

 
 
 
 
Matthew Fletcher

Matthew
L.M.
Fletcher

Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law
 

Matthew L.M. Fletcher, ’97, is the Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law and Professor of American Culture at the University of Michigan. He teaches and writes in the areas of federal Indian law, American Indian tribal law, Anishinaabe legal and political philosophy, constitutional law, federal courts, and legal ethics. He sits as the chief justice of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, and the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. He also sits as an appellate judge for the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, the Colorado River Indian Tribes, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians, and the Tulalip Tribes. 

Fletcher previously taught at the Michigan State University College of Law (2006 to 2022) and the University of North Dakota School of Law (2004 to 2006). He has been a visiting professor at Arizona, Harvard, Michigan, Montana, UC Law San Francisco, and Stanford law schools. He is a frequent instructor at the Pre-Law Summer Institute for American Indian students. He is a member of the Grand Traverse Band.

He was lead reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatement of the Law of American Indians, completed in 2022. He has published articles in the California Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Northwestern University Law Review, Yale Law Journal, and many others. He also authored a hornbook, Federal Indian Law (West Academic Publishing, 2016), and a concise hornbook, Principles of Federal Indian Law (West Academic Publishing, 2017). Fletcher co-authored the sixth, seventh, and eighth editions of Cases and Materials on Federal Indian Law (West Publishing 2011, 2017, and forthcoming 2025) and three editions of American Indian Tribal Law (Aspen 2011, 2020, and 2024), the only casebook for law students on tribal law. He also authored Stick Houses: Stories (Michigan State University Press, 2025), Ghost Road: Anishinaabe Responses to Indian-Hating (Fulcrum Publishing, 2020), The Return of the Eagle: The Legal History of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (Michigan State University Press, 2012), and American Indian Education: Counternarratives in Racism, Struggle, and the Law (Routledge 2008). He co-edited The Indian Civil Rights Act at Forty with Kristen A. Carpenter and Angela R. Riley (UCLA American Indian Studies Press, 2012) and Facing the Future: The Indian Child Welfare Act at 30 with Wenona T. Singel and Kathryn E. Fort (Michigan State University Press, 2009).  

Fletcher’s scholarship and advocacy has been cited by several times by the United States Supreme Court. Finally, he is the primary editor and author of the leading law blog on American Indian law and policy, Turtle Talk.

He worked as a staff attorney for four Indian Tribes—the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, the Hoopa Valley Tribe, the Suquamish Tribe, and the Grand Traverse Band. He has sat on the judiciaries of the Hoopa Valley Tribe, the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians, the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, and the Shoshone & Arapaho Courts of the Wind River Indian Reservation, and he served as a consultant to the Seneca Nation of Indians Court of Appeals. 

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Our Mission:

The mission of the White Earth Land Recovery Project is to facilitate the recovery of the original land base of the White Earth Indian Reservation while preserving and restoring traditional practices of sound land stewardship, language fluency, community development, and strengthening our spiritual and cultural heritage.

About Our Founder

Winona LaDuke (Native American activist, economist and author) is an Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe woman) enrolled member of the Mississippi band of Ashinaabeg who lives and works on the White Earth Indian Reservation and is the mother of three children. Winona founded the White Earth Land Recovery Project in 1989 and served as its executive director for 25 years. She also cofounded Honor the Earth, where she worked on a national level to advocate, raise public support, and create funding for frontline Native environmental groups.

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January 2026 Chairman's Report

Aaniin Boozhoo Gaa-waabaabiganikaag
Niminwendam Waabaminaan!

Gichi-Manidoo-Giizis!

Aaniish inaa akawe ninga-gaagiizomaag aadi-zookaanag.

Weweni-sago-na

Greetings White Earth Nation I am Happy to See You!

It is already January the Great Spirit Moon!
Everyone Be Safe.

Many moons ago, our Anishinaabe ancestors journeyed here from the eastern edge of Turtle Island, North America following the waters from the Atlantic coast on up through the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes, through Mashkiki-Ziibiing, meaning Medicine River but the colonizers deemed it Bad River like many other sacred places we have. Mashkiki Ziibiing is the heart of Turtle Island. I have ancestors from there; Bad place was never bad to us; it was made “bad” only by those who did not understand its power strength to us.

Our relatives remain scattered along that great water road, bound together by blood, memory, and
language. We were taught long ago that no force could ever erase us as long as we continued to speak our words and tell our stories, passing them down from gichi-aya'aag gagwewinan gagwejitoonan miinawaa gagwewidamawinan – teachings that are carried and remembered, abinoonjiinyag, elders to children hand to hand, breath to breath, and generation to generation.
We are still here because our ancestors knew this.

Our old teachings were written on wiigwaas, birchbark scrolls, and actually some of those sacred
records have found their way home again to Gaawaabaabiganikaag Ishkoning, White Earth Nation
a few years ago. That return did not happen by accident. It came at the right time, because we now walk in the era of the Seventh Fire which is being ignited by our children and grandchildren, the Oshki Ogimaag who came here just to do just that.

It is said they are the ones who will heal us all and take us out of Historical Trauma. They are igniting the Eighth and Final Fire as we speak and it is prophesized they are the ones who will take us up and out of Historical Trauma. My grandma said, “Those 8th Fire babies weren’t created like us or our ancestors they come here as healers not affected by their elders’ history.”

Each fire marks a chapter of our Anishinaabe history, before the arrival of the gichi-mookomaanag,
long knife people (White race) - to these modern days, reminding us of what our people endured and how we survived. These teachings slow us down, steady our hearts, and remind us who we truly are as Anishinaabeg.

White Earth State Forest/Tamarac Refuge
We have been working hard for the return of the 160,000-acre White Earth State Forest to the White Earth Band of Anishinaabe. White Earth Nation’s goal is the management and return of the White Earth State Forest to protect the resources in an environmentally positive manner for the benefit of present and future generations and to ensure the forest lands on the White Earth State Forest are managed in an environmentally sensitive, sustainable, and economically viable manner. And manage the forest land in balance with the conservation of natural, aesthetic, and our own
Anishinaabe cultural values.

We have made great strides in clarifying the White Earth Band’s treaty rights and regulatory
authority in the entirety of the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge, including both the portion located
within the White Earth Nation and the portion within the 1855 Treaty Territory. The Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge encompasses approximately 42,724 acres. A little over half of the Refuge (24,162 acres) is located within the White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe’s Reservation, and the rest of the Refuge is located within the 1855 Treaty Territory
wherein the Band retains hunting, fishing and gathering rights.

Elder Tiny Homes
In an increasing need for Elder housing, White Earth Builders completed and turned over the keys to Elder Tiny Homes in Rice Lake (10), Naytahwaush (6), White Earth (4) and Pine Point (2). These homes were proudly manufactured by Dynamic Homes of Detroit Lakes, a company owned by Ho-Chunk Inc., the award-winning economic development corporation of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

White Earth Buys Land Near Moorhead
The White Earth Band recently purchased 280 acres east of Moorhead at the intersection of Interstate 94 and Highway 336 at a local land auction. This purchase is part of our broader efforts to support the long-term economic and cultural sustainability of our people. As stewards of our own future, we are continuously exploring opportunities to diversify our economic initiatives, which may include but are not limited to housing, education, environmental preservation, business development, and cultural enrichment.

Bison Program
The White Earth Bison Program continues to move forward with our goals and initiatives. The program recently expanded its herd with the arrival of 45 new bison, which includes yearlings, mature cows and two cow and calf pairs. The program welcomed its first calf to its breeding herd near Naytahwaush. This historic birth marks a new chapter in our ongoing efforts to restore the bison to Anishinaabe lands. We are very excited about continuing to move this program forward and anticipate further requests related to the program. Whether those requests are for meat/con-
sumption or for any ceremonial purposes or items (hides, bones, skulls, etc.) we look forward to doing our best to accommodate these requests and leading in a good way.

Waabigwan Mashkiki Celebrates Historic Grand Opening
On May 24 in Moorhead, Minn., we made history as the first tribal cannabis dispensary to operate off-reservation in the state of Minnesota. This moment is not only a step forward for White Earth but a strong message of sovereignty and vision for all of Anishinaabe Country. A second dispensary was opened on July 2 in St. Cloud, Minn. This is only the beginning. As we move forward ahead of any tribe in Minnesota, we remember that true growth takes patience.

White Earth Public Transit Building
A groundbreaking ceremony was held this spring for a new Transit building in Waubun.
This building will house a bus wash bay, mechanic bays, bus storage, indoor transfer and
passenger waiting area, administrative offices and dispatch center. Transit looks forward to
serving the people of White Earth and surrounding areas with your transportation needs. The
building is expected to be completed in early or late fall of 2026.

Severe Thunderstorm Damage
A powerful wind storm swept through the White Earth Reservation on the evening of June
20, leaving widespread damage in its wake. The severe thunderstorm brought down trees, disrupted power lines, and left many residents without electricity—some for days. White Earth
Emergency Management, in partnership with White Earth Public Safety and White Earth
Conservation, led efforts to assist affected residents. Emergency generators were delivered to
Elders and individuals with medical needs, and water was provided where service had been disrupted.

Highway 59 Homes
It’s with deep pride and hope for our future that I share exciting news about a new initiative
that is not only rooted in economic growth, but in service to our people: Highway 59 Homes.

This new tribally owned business is more than a home dealership—it’s a bold step forward
in our mission to create opportunity, stability, and prosperity for our families. Located in Waubun, this project is a product of the Nation’s business arm, Mississippi Pillager LLC, and it stands as another example of what we can accomplish when we invest in ourselves. Highway 59 Homes will offer high-quality, affordable manufactured homes.

These aren’t just structures—they are fresh start for young families, a dignified downsizing option for our elders and a real path to home ownership for those who’ve long waited for the chance.

Child Care Building/Library
A brand-new Child Care building located near the White Earth RBC building opened for business. This beautiful learning facility will provide more opportunities for our children in their early stages of development. These children are our future. In addition to the new building, the library was relocated on site and is expected open to the community in the summer.

Wild Rice
We had another record breaking year for purchasing wild rice! The 2025 manoomin harvest season has been a remarkable year for our community. White Earth purchased a total of
320,699 pounds of manoomin from ricers, making this the largest year for rice purchasing in
our history. This year, White Earth compensated ricers with a total payout of $1,747,299. WENR
purchased 176,895 pounds of rice at $5 per pound, amounting to $884,475, and 143,804
pounds at $6 per pound, totaling $862,824. These figures not only highlight the economic
significance of the Manoomin harvest but also underscore the importance of making sure this
valuable food source is accessible to our tribal membership.

In addition, several major infrastructure projects were also completed this year at Lower Rice Lake through a collaborative effort involving several programs. At Ponsford and Bush Landings, wood corduroy walkways with gravel overlays were installed, providing improved access to the water’s edge. Boulders were strategically placed at the start of each walkway to prevent damage from ATVs and UTVs. Parking areas were also expanded to improve traffic flow and accommodate more vehicles. The old channel at Big Bear Landing was reopened after years of overgrowth, allowing ricers to travel directly from the parking area to the lake. All four landings are now equipped with poles that will support solar-powered lights and navigation flags.

Ojibwe Language Immersion
As council we are really pushing for our future Ojibwe Gaawaabaabiganikaag Language immersion school. Our Language and Culture Director Rob Tibbetts is making headway. I talked to him recently at the Naytahwaush Sobriety Powwow; he said, “Yes, but it will be very difficult.” So as council I will keep you updated with his progress. Rob is our Spiritual Advisor at many of our programs and events also.

White Earth Health System and 638 Process
We are excited our Health Board will be running our own health clinics on June 1, 2026.
(Self-Governance) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA), Public Law 93-638, which allows tribes to assume control and management of IHS health programs, offering greater flexibility than Title I contracts, though often used alongside it for broader self-determination in healthcare delivery. It’s a key legal framework for tribal self-governance, enabling us as White Earth Nation (WEN) to operate federal health services directly, moving from federal administration (IHS) to our own control.

As we enter into 2026, I’d like to thank everyone for your support and the most successful year ever - 2025! Looking back last year we dealt with land issues, addressed housing concerns, moved forward with our Waabigwan Mashkiki business, expanded our Bison heard, created Highway 59 Homes, bought land in Moorhead for the future casino - plus so much more! I am excited for us as Gaawaabaabiganikaag Ishkoning- White Earth Nation.

Chi-miigwech bizindawiyeg miinawaa anooj
ninda-gikinoo’amaadiwin
Gigawaabamininim naagaj.
Thank you for listening and continuing to learn together.
Take it easy.
See you all later.
Chairman Michael Fairbanks

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We're still working on structuring our contact information for you to best connect with us. For now, please send an email to this address: Contact.WEN@whiteearth-nsn.gov

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Merlin Deegan
802 - Deputy Chief
Tyrell Rishovd
803 - Lieutenant
Dustin Anderson
804 - Patrol Sargent
Gunnar Nelson
805 - Patrol Sergeant
Ryan Zettel
806 - HSO Patrol Sergeant
Frank Tibbetts
807 - Housing Investigator
Peter Drift Jr
808 - Narcotics Investigator
Derrick Cardinal
809 - DV/SA Investigator
Scott Brehm
810 - Narcotics Investigator
Chad Guinn
812- Patrol Officer
Breck Ehlers
813 - Patrol Officer
Lane West
814 - Patrol Officer
Erik Jax
815 - Patrol Officer
Jordan Johnson
816 - HSO Patrol Officer
Brent Weems
817 - SRO
Peter Drift Sr
818 - Patrol Officer
Tim Antell
819 - Patrol Officer
Craig Cosse
820 - Patrol Officer
Grace Falconer
821 - HSO Patrol Officer
Brandon Goodwin
822 - Patrol Officer
Tara Pfeiffer
824 - Patrol Officer
Matthew Brun
825 - Patrol Officer
Autumn Cardinal
852 - Animal Control Officer
Kevin Dorman
 
 
 

 
 

Criminal Legal Defense In A Good Way

This report is an independent evaluation by the Minnesota Justice Research Center, led by Kayla Richards (Oglala Lakota) and Kailee Schaberg with support from Dr. Katie Remington Cunningham. This report highlights RNPDC’s holistic defense work and the importance of doing this work “in a good way”—with respect, intention, reciprocity, and sincerity. Click below to read the full report.

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ICE has offices in 5 Canadian cities. Here’s what it can and can’t do



 
 
 

Walz lauds role of the media

“World is watching” federal siege of MN

 
Gov. Tim Walz speaks to journalists gathered at the annual Minnesota Newspaper Association convention.
 

BROOKLYN PARK — Gov. Tim Walz lauded the work of journalists here during a luncheon at the Minnesota Newspaper Association’s annual convention. While offering a crowd what it wants to hear is routine fare for a politician, Walz’s comments came amid the backdrop of what many have called a federal siege of the Twin Cities and at a time when reporters from news media around the world have arrived to report on the Trump administration’s astonishing actions.

“We are in a moment that the world is watching,” said Walz, speaking just five days after Border Patrol agents gunned down Alex Pretti on a Minneapolis street. “I, for one, in this moment, am thankful for many things. I’m thankful for a robust press that’s here, telling a story that needs to get out. [These are] folks that are putting themselves out there, literally out there, on the line in the middle of things happening.”

Walz said that Minnesotans are angry about the actions of the thousands of federal agents sent to the state by President Donald Trump and noted that federal agents and their agencies are largely non-responsive to questions from average citizens.

“In Minnesota, 5.6 million people can’t stand and ask them the questions they want to ask. That’s the job of the press — that and expecting an answer.”

Walz, who spoke shortly after a phone conversation with Trump, said he was being measured in his comments.

“I recognize that’s not normally my MO, but I recognize the moment we’re in, the need to restore both safety, security, and a sense of well-being in a community that has been shattered.”

With administration officials claiming that the state is failing to comply with its requests, known as “detainers,” to transfer custody of convicted criminals in Minnesota prisons, Walz answered those claims directly in his speech to journalists.

“You have my absolute commitment that we will honor every single detainer on every prisoner that’s in our prisons, to turn people over just like we have done for 30 years,” he said. “But I am not going to help them raid daycares. That’s not my job.”

Walz rejected the characterizations of federal officials who have suggested that the state’s leaders don’t care about dangerous criminals on the streets of their cities.

“Of course we do,” said Walz. “But we also recognize that what we’ve witnessed over the last few weeks has certainly made no one safer. It has certainly not increased anyone’s trust. It has certainly not gotten at the heart of a humane and effective immigration policy.”

While Walz said he appreciated the recent federal willingness to at least talk about the situation in the Twin Cities, he said there needs to be recognition of the costs in human lives.

“Sometimes, in these elected positions, you just need to say you’re sorry. A ‘sorry’ would really help and I encourage you to continue to pass that off to our federal partners,” he added.

Walz said he was taken aback the week before, when he received a demand from Attorney General Pam Bondi that implied that the federal surge could be scaled back if the state would hand over voter data, including identifying voter information.

“That took me by surprise,” said Walz, noting that federal officials have given various rationale for the immigration surge. “That wasn’t what I thought this was about.”

Trump originally cited the state’s fraud problem in justifying the surge of federal immigration officers, but that argument was later replaced by a claim that the state’s unwillingness to comply with federal detainers made the surge necessary. State officials, including Department of Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell, have pushed back hard on those claims, providing both documentation and video of the routine transfer of undocumented felons from state to federal custody.

Walz challenged the notion himself. “Why would I as governor go out of my way to not turn someone over who is a criminal, who would make my state less safe? That doesn’t make any sense, but the fact of the matter is that Minnesota has always honored our commitments. Now, you know this, too.”

Access to information

While most of the governor’s comments focused on the federal surge, he also made a pitch to the assembled reporters to push for greater transparency from the Legislature. Walz stressed the importance of transparency and accountability in government and said his office has, to date, provided more than 15 million pages of documents in response to data practices requests.

While that response takes time, Walz encouraged reporters to keep pushing.

“That’s how you see accountability. That’s how you get trust,” he said. Walz asked the room for help this legislative session in his bid to extend the data practices requirements to state lawmakers themselves.

“I’m going to make one plug for this legislative session,” he said. “It boggles my mind that state legislators are the only group that are exempt from data practices requests. It is absolutely ludicrous.”

Walz said he hopes to build a coalition to extend the authority of the data practices act to include members of the Legislature, to extend accountability to those who make the laws, rather than just those charged with carrying them out.

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Feb 3, 2026
 

Gov. Tim Walz exits race with $3M to boost Democrats

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Gov. Tim Walz's first interview since dropping out of 2026 race

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Jan 26, 2026
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IMHO Walz and Trump deserve each other
 
 
 
David Amos
A few Midwestern maxims to remember 
 
I feel bad about being in New York with Trump’s mercenaries snatching presumed foreigners off the streets in Minnesota — it feels like desertion in the face of duty, this is Germany 1937 — but an old one-armed man is nobody you’d want with you on the picket line. 
 
And my favorite: If you didn’t want to go to Chicago, why’d you get on the train? That one sums it up pretty well. Trump is no mystery. He’s a tabloid playboy turned playground bully who makes up his view of reality as it suits him and for whom public service and private profit are one and the same. He ran for office as a disrupter and his supporters got what they voted for, a trashman who is trashing the schools, medical research, foreign aid, higher education, our reputation among our allies, and the Department of Justice. If you order leftover sardines, don’t hope for lobster ceviche. 
 
 
  

 
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Tuesday, 6 January 2026

Sen. Amy Klobuchar considering run for Minnesota governor after Tim Walz ends reelection bid, sources say

What difference a day makes EH

 
 
 

Tim Walz scraps Minnesota re-election campaign amid state fraud scandals

Walz had announced bid for 3rd term, but pandemic-era fraud cases hurt his record

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a news conference Monday at the state capitol in St. Paul, Minn. (Kerem Yücel/Minnesota Public Radio/The Associated Press)

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is ending his bid for a third term, less than four months after announcing his re-election campaign.

Walz, who was part of the Democratic U.S. presidential ticket last year as Kamala Harris's running mate, said in a statement Monday that he could no longer devote the energy necessary to win another term, even as he expressed confidence that he could win.

He cited ongoing attention on the fraud cases and described an "extraordinarily difficult year for our state," while also noting the accomplishments of his first seven years in office.

U.S. President Donald Trump and other Republicans have relentlessly focused on a fraud investigation into child-care programs in Minnesota in social media posts and interviews on right-wing cable news shows.

Trump’s administration announced last week that it was freezing child-care funds to Minnesota and demanding an audit of some daycare centres after a series of fraud cases involving state government programs in recent years.

"Donald Trump and his allies — in Washington, in St. Paul and online — want to make our state a colder, meaner place," Walz said, referring to the Trump administration withholding funds for the programs.

"They want to poison our people against each other by attacking our neighbours. And, ultimately, they want to take away much of what makes Minnesota the best place in America to raise a family."

A person speaks while standing at a podium as other people and camera operators and sit stand nearby.Walz, left, speaks during a news conference as his wife, Gwen Walz, looks on in St. Paul, Minn., on Monday. (Kerem Yücel/Minnesota Public Radio/The Associated Press)

The bitterness between Trump and Walz has continued long after the 2024 campaign.

After former Democratic state House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed in June, part of a violent spree where a suspect is also charged with shooting State Sen. John Hoffman, a Democrat, and his wife on the same day, Trump declined to call Walz to express his condolences on behalf of the White House, saying it would be a "waste of time."

On Saturday, Trump shared a social media post on Truth Social that alleged a wild conspiracy theory implicating Walz in Hortman's death. Both Walz and Hortman's children condemned the post and urged him to take it down.

"Dangerous, depraved behaviour from the sitting president of the United States," Walz said in his own social media post in response. "In covering for an actual serial killer, he is going to get more innocent people killed."

From high school to politics

Harris picked Walz as her running mate in the 2024 presidential election, citing his history across a range of experiences in advocating for working families.

Walz, who grew up in the small town of West Point, Neb., was a social studies teacher and high school football coach before he got into politics. He also served in the U.S. national guard for 24 years.

A man and a woman in suits lift arms with one another on a stage.Walz, right, is shown with Kamala Harris, left, in Chicago at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 22, 2024. (Paul Sancya/The Associated Press)

On Monday evening, Harris wrote on social media that Walz is "always guided by what's best for the people of Minnesota," and "his decision not to seek re-election reflects that same selfless commitment to the people he serves."

Walz flipped a Republican seat in rural Minnesota in 2006 to represent the state in U.S. Congress. He was viewed as a moderate Democrat who supported gun rights and was elected to the House of Representatives six times before leaving to run for governor in 2018. 

During that campaign, Walz got a warm welcome from Democratic voters due to his folksy charm, and his attack line against Trump and his running mate, JD Vance — "These guys are just weird" — spread widely. But he drew mixed reviews for his lone debate against Vance.

Defends Somali community from Trump attacks

Through nearly two terms as governor, Walz navigated a closely divided legislature. In his first term, he served alongside a Democratic-led House and Republican-controlled Senate that resisted his proposals to use higher taxes to boost money for schools, health care and roads. But he helped broker compromises.

After the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by a white Minneapolis police officer in 2020, Walz pleaded for calm but also stood out as a white political leader who expressed empathy toward Black Americans and their experiences with police violence.

In his second term, Walz worked with Democratic majorities in both legislative chambers to chart a more liberal course in state government, aided by a huge budget surplus.

Minnesota eliminated nearly all of the state abortion restrictions enacted in the past by Republicans, protected gender-affirming care for transgender youth and legalized the recreational use of marijuana. Walz and his fellow Democrats also enacted free school meals for all students and a paid family and medical leave program that went live on Jan. 1.

But he has been plagued by a $300-million US pandemic food fraud scheme revolving around the non-profit Feeding Our Future, for which 57 defendants in Minnesota have been convicted.

Most of those defendants were Somali American, but Walz and other Democrats have criticized Trump and his allies for statements that appeared to blame the entire diaspora for actions committed by just dozens of people.

WATCH | Tempers flare over ICE operations in Minnesota:
 
Minnesota immigration crackdown met by organized opposition
December 17, 2025|
Duration 5:36
 
An immigration crackdown in Minnesota is being met by organized opposition from people who are angry about U.S. Donald Trump’s anti-Somali tirades. For The National, CBC’s Katie Nicholson goes to Minneapolis and finds a community coming together to try and protect its neighbours.

The Minneapolis-St. Paul area is home to about 84,000 residents of Somali descent, and the Trump administration's efforts to deport unauthorized American residents have included operations in the state.

Democratic National Committee chairman Ken Martin, another Minnesotan, said Monday that Walz "entered public life for the right reasons and never lost sight of them."

At the Republican Governors Association, spokesperson Courtney Alexander blasted Walz for "failed leadership" and argued that the eventual Democratic nominee "will need to defend years of mismanagement and misplaced priorities."

Around a dozen Republicans are already running in the party's primary to determine a gubernatorial candidate. The list includes a number of current and former state legislators, as well as MyPillow founder and chief executive Mike Lindell, a 2020 election denier who is close to Trump.

A total of 36 states hold gubernatorial elections in 2026, a midterm election year.

With files from CBC News

 
 


Sen. Amy Klobuchar considering run for Minnesota governor after Tim Walz ends reelection bid, sources say

By Hunter Woodall

Updated on: January 5, 2026 / 1:07 PM CST / CBS Minnesota 

 

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Jan 3, 2026
From the growing fallout from Minnesota fraud allegations to HUD revelations and the foreign policy front, FOX Business covered this week's major news and events.
 

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Now is the winter of our discontent 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dec 29, 2025
Several Republican lawmakers in Minnesota released a statement officially calling on the state's Democratic governor, Tim Walz, to resign in light of the unfolding fraud scandal that has spiraled during his tenure.
 

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Ask me what I think of the FBI I Double Dog Dare Ya 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jan 6, 2026 
Gov. Tim Walz delivers remarks on Minnesota’s Paid Leave program after dropping his bid for re-election.
 

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Nous avons bien reçu votre courriel et nous vous remercions d'avoir écrit à M. Yves-François Blanchet, député de Beloeil-Chambly et chef du Bloc Québécois.

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---------- Original message ---------
From: Poilievre, Pierre - M.P. <pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Subject: Acknowledgement – Email Received / Accusé de réception – Courriel reçu
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

On behalf of the Hon. Pierre Poilievre, we would like to thank you for contacting the Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition.

 Mr. Poilievre greatly values feedback and input from Canadians.  We wish to inform you that the Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition reads and reviews every e-mail we receive.  Please note that this account receives a high volume of e-mails, and we endeavour to reply as quickly as possible.

If you are a constituent of Mr. Poilievre in the riding of Battle River - Crowfoot and you have an urgent matter to discuss, please contact his constituency office at:

Phone:                1-780-608-4600

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Hon. Pierre Poilievre, M.P.
Battle River – Crowfoot

4945 50 Street

Camrose, Alberta  T4V 1P9

Once again, thank you for writing.


Sincerely,


Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition

______________________________________________________________________________________

Au nom de l’honorable Pierre Poilievre, nous tenons à vous remercier d’avoir communiqué avec le Bureau du chef de l’Opposition officielle.

 M. Poilievre accorde une grande importance aux commentaires et aux suggestions des Canadiens. Nous tenons à vous informer que le Bureau du chef de l’Opposition officielle lit et examine tous les courriels qu’il reçoit. Veuillez noter que ce compte reçoit un volume important de courriels et que nous nous efforçons d’y répondre le plus rapidement possible.

Si vous êtes un électeur de M. Poilievre dans la circonscription de Battle River - Crowfoot et que vous avez une question urgente à discuter, veuillez contacter son bureau de circonscription :

Téléphone :                                       1-780-608-4600

Télécopieur :                                    1-780-608-4603

 
L’honorable Pierre Poilievre, député
Battle River – Crowfoot

4945, 50 Street

Camrose (Alberta) T4V 1P9

Encore une fois, merci de votre message.


Veuillez agréer nos salutations distinguées,


Bureau du chef de l’Opposition officielle



---------- Original message ---------
From: Davies, Don - M.P. <don.davies@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Subject: Automatic reply: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

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Greetings!

I acknowledge receipt of your email. Thank you for taking the time to contact me and express your views.

Our office is open Mondays, Tuesday, Thursdays, and Fridays from 10am-4pm. We are closed Wednesdays for case processing.

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---------- Original message ---------
From: Moore, Rob - M.P. <Rob.Moore@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Subject: Automatic reply: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

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 ---------- Original message ---------

From: Holt, Susan Premier (PO/CPM) <Susan.Holt@gnb.ca>
Date: Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Subject: Automatic reply: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

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Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec la première ministre Susan Holt. Nous recevons un important volume de courriels, mais soyez assurés que votre message est important pour nous et qu’il sera traité comme il se doit.

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---------- Original message ---------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)
To: <sen.bobby.champion@mnsenate.gov>, <Alayna.Smieja@house.mn.gov>, <rep.zack.stephenson@house.mn.gov>, <web_comments@wcco.com>, <walz.press@state.mn.us>, <Attorney.General@ag.state.mn.us>, washington field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, Donald J. Trump <contact@win.donaldjtrump.com>, djtjr <djtjr@trumporg.com>, news-tips <news-tips@nytimes.com>
Cc: Francois-Phillipe Champagne <francois-philippe.champagne@parl.gc.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, dominic.leblanc <dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca>, Anita.Anand <Anita.Anand@parl.gc.ca>, <DND_MND@forces.gc.ca>, david mcguinty <david.mcguinty@parl.gc.ca>, pierre.poilievre <pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca>, rob.moore <rob.moore@parl.gc.ca>, John.Williamson <John.Williamson@parl.gc.ca>, <Don.Monahan@gnb.ca>, ragingdissident <ragingdissident@protonmail.com>, Yves-Francois.Blanchet <Yves-Francois.Blanchet@parl.gc.ca>, Sean.Fraser <Sean.Fraser@parl.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, fin.minfinance-financemin.fin <fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca>, Michael.Duheme <Michael.Duheme@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, <melanie.joly@ised-isde.gc.ca>, <ps.ministerofpublicsafety-ministredelasecuritepublique.sp@ps-sp.gc.ca>, robert.gauvin <robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>, Chrystia.Freeland <Chrystia.Freeland@parl.gc.ca>, <Chris.dEntremont@parl.gc.ca>, Mark Carney <mark.carney@parl.gc.ca>, Mark.Blakely <Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, warren.mcbeath <warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, <paulpalango@eastlink.ca>, <News@nowmediainc.com>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, news <news@chco.tv>, Susan.Holt <Susan.Holt@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@ontario.ca>, don.davies <don.davies@parl.gc.ca>, elizabeth.may <elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca>, Hon. Wayne Easter <aweaster@gmail.com>


Deja Vu Anyone???
 



 
Jan 6, 2026 
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced he will not seek re-election amid the ongoing fraud scandal. Cenk Uygur and Sharon Reed discuss on The Young Turks. Do you agree with TYT's take? Tell us what you think in the comments 
 
"Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said in a statement Monday that he is ending his re-election bid and will not seek a third term. 
 
Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee, cited heightened attention on fraud allegations in Minnesota, adding that "the political gamesmanship we’re seeing from Republicans is only making that fight harder to win."" 

1,133 Comments

I have doubts about your agenda
 
Highlighted reply
 
I have doubts about your intelligence

 @nate1111-b4u  Feel free to Google my name "David Raymond Amos"
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jan 7, 2026
United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem defended ICE agents, claiming they acted in self-defense by killing 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks. Do you agree with TYT's take? Tell us what you think in the comments below. 
 

9,369 Comments

Will your fans doubt my intelligence if I agree with you today even though I still doubt your agenda? 
 
If anyone doubts my agenda best check out page 2 of a document over 20 years old then read on in order to see that I have huge bone to pick with the DHS and legions of crooked Yankees

 
BTW I inserted this within yesterday's blog 
 
 
Tuesday, 6 January 2026 
Sen. Amy Klobuchar considering run for Minnesota governor after Tim Walz ends reelection bid, sources say
 
 
 
 
 

Cenk REACTS To Fatal ICE Shooting

Jan 8, 2026 
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz urged peaceful protesting in the wake of the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks. Do you agree with TYT's take? Tell us what you think in the comments below.
 

1,769 Comments

YO Cenk did you bother to read the email I sent you and many others yesterday?
 
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Why are you emailing him? 😅😅
 @runrafarunthebestintheworld  The lawyer would not return my calls 
 
 
 @runrafarunthebestintheworld  For the record I published the aforementioned email
 
Sent Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Subject: Nate The Lawyer called me back so his entitled know what FEDS know 
Its truly amazing how many people the RCMP shoot and kill and NONE are ever charged
 
Even a busted clock is correct twice a day
 
"Tim Walz: "I want Minnesotans to hear this from me. The desire to get out and protest and to speak up to this administration of how wrong this is -- that is a patriotic duty at this point in time. But it needs to be done safely." 
 

 
 
 
Dec 3, 2025
More than 400 employees of the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) accused Gov. Tim Walz of failing to act on widespread fraud warnings and alleged retaliation against whistleblowers.
 

5,954 Comments

Methinks many folks would agree that Trump and Walz deserve each other N'esy Pas?
 
 
 

Thursday, 31 May 2018

Perhaps folks should read paragraph 83 of my lawsuit against the Crown real slow and ask Jean Chrétien about it ASAP N'esy Pas?

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 17:11:23 -0400
Subject: Attn Debra Hilstrom, Keith Ellison, Matt Pelikan and Mike
Hatch I called all four of you correct? These are some of the issues
that one of you and I may argue someday EH Chuck Brown?
To: sean.broom@mail.house.gov, debra@debrahilstrom.com,
info@mattpelikan.com, mhatch@blackwellburke.com,
sen.patricia.torres.ray@senate.mn, mo@mhta.org, mdcohen212@gmail.com,
Press@bankofengland.co.uk, djtjr@trumporg.com, Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov,
Attorney.General@ag.state.mn.us, Chuck.Brown@startribune.com,
motomaniac333@gmail.com
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com

http://www.startribune.com/candidates-make-it-official-on-final-filing-day/484590681/?om_rid=2512782793&om_mid=93245897#1

Keith Ellison running for attorney general, opening congressional seat
Former Attorney General Mike Hatch, state Rep. Hilstrom also filed to
run for attorney general.
By Jessie Van Berkel Star Tribune


Mike Hatch
Phone: 612.343.3289
Email: mhatch@blackwellburke.com

Representative Keith Ellison *, c/o Mr. Sean Broom, District Staff Assistant
Email: sean.broom@mail.house.gov
Phone: 612.522.1212


---------- Original message ----------
From: "Office, Press" <Press@bankofengland.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 22:23:31 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Bill Morneau before Trump causes the
markets to crash Methinks I should remind folks of the Bank of Canadas
long lost mandate, Harper's Bankster bail out 10 years ago and Trudeau
The Younger's recent Bankster Bail-In plan
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

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---------- Original message ----------
From: Michael Cohen <mcohen@trumporg.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 23:49:05 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Bill Morneau before Trump causes the
markets to crash Methinks I should remind folks of the Bank of Canadas
long lost mandate, Harper's Bankster bail out 10 years ago and Trudeau
The Younger's recent Bankster Bail-In plan
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Justin, Neal" <Neal.Justin@startribune.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 20:06:36 +0000
Subject: RE: Gosh I wonder if Garrison Keillor and his old buddies in
the Star Tribune remember mean old me?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I'd like to know what you want to talk about.

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2018 2:05 PM
To: Justin, Neal <Neal.Justin@startribune.com>; Klingensmith, Michael
<Michael.Klingensmith@startribune.com>; Sanchez, Rene
<Rene.Sanchez@startribune.com>; Yaeger, Steve
<Steve.Yaeger@startribune.com>; Meitrodt, Jeff
<Jeff.Meitrodt@startribune.com>; Justin, Neal
<Neal.Justin@startribune.com>; newsroom@mpr.org;
jmctaggart@americanpublicmedia.org; dobee@timescolonist.com;
support@apnews.com; newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>;
seth@leventhalpllc.com; eric.nilsson@nilssonlaw.com; Bill.Morneau
<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>; postur <postur@for.is>; oig <oig@sec.gov>;
washington field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>;
jeanne.cooney@usdoj.gov; joe.campbell@ci.stpaul.mn.us;
fortmcmurray.woodbuffalo@assembly.ab.ca; brian.jean
<brian.jean@assembly.ab.ca>; premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>;
lanny.breuer@usdoj.gov; david.kris@usdoj.gov; Furst, Randy
<Randy.Furst@startribune.com>; b.todd.Jones@nfl.com;
NFLMCPOLICY@nfl.com; djtjr <djtjr@trumporg.com>; Boston.Mail
<Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>; mcohen <mcohen@trumporg.com>; gopublic
<gopublic@cbc.ca>; Jacques.Poitras <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>; newstips
<newstips@cnn.com>; news <news@dailymail.co.uk>; news-tips
<news-tips@nytimes.com>; news <news@kingscorecord.com>; oldmaison
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>; andre <andre@jafaust.com>; jbosnitch
<jbosnitch@gmail.com>; Robert. Jones <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>; Brown, Chuck
<Chuck.Brown@startribune.com>; Lebedoff, Randy
<Randy.Lebedoff@startribune.com>
Subject: Re: Gosh I wonder if Garrison Keillor and his old buddies in
the Star Tribune remember mean old me?


FYI I just called these guys and left voicemails as well and told them
to expect the email below after your newsroom lady had no time to
listen to me and you did not bother to call me back. I would more than
happy to explain to Randy Lebedoff and Chuck Brown

http://www.startribunecompany.com/learn-about-us/our-leadership/


On 2/16/18, Meitrodt, Jeff <Jeff.Meitrodt@startribune.com> wrote:
> Could you be a little more direct?
> This is a pretty long email chain. What’s the gist?  If there’s a story
> here, what is it?
> I am out rest of day but am checking my email.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Feb 16, 2018, at 2:05 PM, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/16/18, Justin, Neal <Neal.Justin@startribune.com> wrote:
>>> Sorry, I don't know what this means or what you're referring to. Doyou
>>> have
>>> some ties to Mr. Keillor or MPR?
>>
>>
>> FYI I just called these guys and left voicemails as well and told them
>> to expect the email below after your newsroom lady had no time to
>> listen to me and you did not bother to call me back. I would more than
>> happy to explain to Randy Lebedoff and Chuck Brown
>>
>> http://www.startribunecompany.com/learn-about-us/our-leadership/
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
>> <fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca>
>> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 19:12:45 +0000
>> Subject: RE: Gosh I wonder if Garrison Keillor and his old buddies in
>> the Star Tribune remember mean old me?
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
>> correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
>> comments.
>>
>> Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
>> électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
>> commentaires.
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Póstur FOR <postur@for.is>
>> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 19:13:23 +0000
>> Subject: Re: Gosh I wonder if Garrison Keillor and his old buddies in
>> the Star Tribune remember mean old me?
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið  / Your request has been received
>>
>> Kveðja / Best regards
>> Forsætisráðuneytið  / Prime Minister's Office
>>
>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>>> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:23:24 -0300
>>>> Subject: ATTN FBI Special Agent Richard Deslauriers Have you talked to
>>>> your buddies Fred Wyshak and Brian Kelly about the wiretap tapes YET?
>>>> To: boston@ic.fbi.gov, washington.field@ic.fbi.gov,
>>>> bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>>> Brian.Kelly@usdoj.gov, us.marshals@usdoj.gov, Fred.Wyshak@usdoj.gov,
>>>> jcarney@carneybassil.com, bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net
>>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, birgittaj@althingi.is,
>>>> shmurphy@globe.com, redicecreations@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> FBI Boston
>>>> One Center Plaza
>>>> Suite 600
>>>> Boston, MA 02108
>>>> Phone: (617) 742-5533
>>>> Fax: (617) 223-6327
>>>> E-mail: Boston@ic.fbi.gov
>>>>
>>>> Hours
>>>> Although we operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, our normal
>>>> "walk-in" business hours are from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday
>>>> through Friday. If you need to speak with a FBI representative at any
>>>> time other than during normal business hours, please telephone our
>>>> office at (617) 742-5533.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>>> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 01:20:20 -0300
>>>> Subject: Yo Fred Wyshak and Brian Kelly your buddy Whitey's trial is
>>>> finally underway now correct? What the hell do I do with the wiretap
>>>> tapes Sell them on Ebay?
>>>> To: Brian.Kelly@usdoj.gov, us.marshals@usdoj.gov,
>>>> Fred.Wyshak@usdoj.gov, jcarney@carneybassil.com,
>>>> bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net, wolfheartlodge@live.com, shmurphy@globe.com,
>>>> >> jonathan.albano@bingham.commvalencia@globe.com
>>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com,
>>>> PATRICK.MURPHY@dhs.gov, rounappletree@aol.com
>>>>
>>>> http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/06/05/james-whitey-bulger-jury-selection-process-enters-second-day/KjS80ofyMMM5IkByK74bkK/story.html
>>>>
>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/09/nsa-leak-guardian.html
>>>>
>>>> As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I must ask
>>>> them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING????
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugUalUO8YY
>>>>
>>>> What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon the
>>>> USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament baseball
>>>> cards?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.archive.org/details/FedsUsTreasuryDeptRcmpEtc
>>>>
>>>> http://archive.org/details/ITriedToExplainItToAllMaritimersInEarly2006
>>>>
>>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/2006/05/wiretap-tapes-impeach-bush.html
>>>>
>>>> http://www.archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139
>>>>
>>>> http://archive.org/details/Part1WiretapTape143
>>>>
>>>> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
>>>> Senator Arlen Specter
>>>> United States Senate
>>>> Committee on the Judiciary
>>>> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
>>>> Washington, DC 20510
>>>>
>>>> Dear Mr. Specter:
>>>>
>>>> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
>>>> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
>>>> raised in the attached letter.
>>>>
>>>> Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire tap
>>>> tapes.
>>>>
>>>> I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this previously.
>>>>
>>>> Very truly yours,
>>>> Barry A. Bachrach
>>>> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
>>>> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
>>>> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "David Amos" david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>> To: "Rob Talach" rtalach@ledroitbeckett.com
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 10:59 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Attn Robert Talach and I should talk ASAP about my suing
>>>> the Catholic Church Trust that Bastarache knows why
>>>>
>>>> The date stamp on about page 134 of this old file of mine should mean
>>>> a lot to you
>>>>
>>>> http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2619437-CROSS-BORDER-txt-.pdf
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>>> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:37:08 -0400
>>>> Subject: To Hell with the KILLER COP Gilles Moreau What say you NOW
>>>> Bernadine Chapman??
>>>> To: Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, phil.giles@statcan.ca,
>>>> maritme_malaise@yahoo.ca, Jennifer.Nixon@ps-sp.gc.ca,
>>>> bartman.heidi@psic-ispc.gc.ca, Yves.J.Marineau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>>> david.paradiso@erc-cee.gc.ca, desaulniea@smtp.gc.ca,
>>>> denise.brennan@tbs-sct.gc.ca, anne.murtha@vac-acc.gc.ca,
>>>> webo@xplornet.com, julie.dickson@osfi-bsif.gc.ca,
>>>> rod.giles@osfi-bsif.gc.ca, flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca, toewsv1@parl.gc.ca,
>>>> Nycole.Turmel@parl.gc.ca,Clemet1@parl.gc.ca, maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca,
>>>> >> oig@sec.gov, whistleblower@finra.org, whistle@fsa.gov.uk,
>>>> david@fairwhistleblower.ca
>>>> Cc: j.kroes@interpol.int, david.raymond.amos@gmail.com,
>>>> bernadine.chapman@rcmp-grc.gc.cajustin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca,
>>>> Juanita.Peddle@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com,
>>>> Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Robert.Trevors@gnb.ca,
>>>> ian.fahie@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/nb/news-nouvelles/media-medias-eng.htm
>>>>
>>>> http://nb.rcmpvet.ca/Newsletters/VetsReview/nlnov06.pdf
>>>>
>>>> From: Gilles Moreau Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:03:22 -0500
>>>> Subject: Re: Lets ee if the really nasty Newfy Lawyer Danny Boy
>>>> Millions will explain this email to you or your boss Vic Toews EH
>>>> Constable Peddle???
>>>> To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> Please cease and desist from using my name in your emails.
>>>>
>>>> Gilles Moreau, Chief Superintendent, CHRP and ACC
>>>> Director General
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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Thank you for contacting the Office of Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan. This mailbox is not regularly monitored. If you would like to contact our office, please visit the Governor's Office contact page - Contact / Office of Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan (mn.gov)

 

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar considering run for Minnesota governor after Tim Walz ends reelection bid, sources say

By Hunter Woodall

Updated on: January 5, 2026 / 1:07 PM CST / CBS Minnesota

Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is seriously considering a run for governor in the wake of Tim Walz's decision Monday to end his bid for a third term

Sources close to Klobuchar tell CBS News she is getting outreach encouraging her to run, but that she has not made a final decision yet. 



Governor Walz made the difficult decision to focus on his job and the challenges facing our state rather than campaigning and running for reelection. He has always dedicated his career to delivering for Minnesota — from providing school breakfast and lunches to our kids to passing gun safety legislation to maintaining our state’s AAA bond rating. He is a true public servant.




I just called 2 of your offices Correct?




Washington, DC


425 Dirksen Senate Building
Washington, DC 20510
phone: 202-224-3244
fax: 202-228-2186

Metro Office

P.O. Box Number 15024
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Main Line: 612-727-5220
Main Fax: 202-224-1792
Toll Free: 1-888-224-9043


https://www.senate.mn/members?id=leadership


Sen. Champion

President of the Senate

Bobby Joe Champion (59, DFL)

3401 Minnesota Senate Bldg.

St. Paul, MN 55155
651-296-9246



Senator Erin P. Murphy (64, DFL)

Majority Leader

Senator Erin P. Murphy

Capitol Office

95 University Avenue W.
Minnesota Senate Bldg., Room 3113
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-296-5931
E-mail: Use Mail Form

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Rep. Zack Stephenson

Rep. Zack Stephenson
Rep. Zack Stephenson (DFL) District: 35A
DFL Caucus Leader
5th Floor Centennial Office Building *
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-296-5513
E-mail: rep.zack.stephenson@house.mn.gov

Zack Stephenson, the leader of the DFL in the Minnesota House, said Walz has been "an exceptional public servant, and he deserves our gratitude."

"Governor Walz led our state ably through COVID-19 and the murder of George Floyd, two of the most difficult moments in our state's history. He signed balanced budgets, worked to find compromise in divided government, and — working with Melissa Hortman and Kari Dziedzic — signed historic legislation into law in 2023 that will benefit Minnesotans for generations to come," Stephenson said.




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https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/walz-drops-out-governors-race-minnesota-leaders-react/?intcid=CNR-02-0623

Minnesota leaders react after Gov. Tim Walz announces he's ending reelection bid

By

January 5, 2026 / 9:46 AM CST / CBS Minnesota

"Tim Walz is a remarkable leader, and Minnesota has benefitted immensely from the compassion he brought to his decades of public service," said Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.

Ellison noted that the two of them have had similar paths to public office: they were elected to Congress in the same year, and both were elected to statewide office in 2018.


https://www.naag.org/attorney-general/keith-ellison/

Keith Ellison has served as Minnesota Attorney General since 2019. As the People’s Lawyer, Attorney General Ellison’s job is to help Minnesotans afford their lives and live with dignity, safety, and respect. His life’s work is oriented around the principles that everybody counts and everybody matters, and that no one is outside our circle of compassion.

As Minnesota’s chief legal officer, Ellison leads the Attorney General’s Office in an expansive body of work that includes a wide variety of consumer-protection work and litigation, contributing to public safety, and representing more than 100 State of Minnesota agencies, boards, and commissions. He has brought landmark consumer-protection litigation against Big Oil, Big Tobacco, the gun lobby, opioid companies, and other special interests that have harmed Minnesotans.

Attorney General Ellison is currently helping to lead the national legal fight against Donald Trump’s illegal and unconstitutional executive orders and other actions. He has filed or intervened in more than 20 lawsuits against the administration in defense of democracy and the rule of law and against Trump attacks on birthright citizenship, public health, a variety of vital federal agencies, transgender children, voting rights, and much more. To date, he and his fellow Democratic attorneys general have not lost a case.

Attorney General Ellison was the lead prosecutor of the May 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. He led the team that successfully convicted four former police officers of second-degree murder or second-degree manslaughter, demonstrating that no one is above the law, and no one is beneath it. He is a national thought leader in the effort to advance constitutional policing that builds community trust and helps bring about true public safety for all people and communities.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Attorney General Ellison’s office enforced executive orders barring evictions and price-gouging and successfully defended the constitutionality of pandemic-related executive orders in court. He has also led substantive policy initiatives on lowering the cost of pharmaceutical drugs, reducing deadly-force encounters between law enforcement and civilians, and advancing women’s economic security.

Under Keith Ellison’s leadership, the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office has been named a Top Minnesota Workplace and a Top USA Workplace for five consecutive years—the first time the Office has won those recognitions.

From 2007 to 2019, Ellison served in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he championed consumer, worker, environmental, and civil- and human-rights protections for all. Among his accomplishments are passing provisions to protect credit-card holders from abusive practices and the rights of renters and tenants. While in Congress, he founded the Congressional Antitrust and Consumer Justice Caucuses, and served as co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which he helped build to more than 100 members. In 2017, he was a candidate for DNC chair.

Before entering Congress, Attorney General Ellison served in the Minnesota House of Representatives for four years and practiced law as a criminal-defense and civil-rights attorney for 16 years.


Keith Ellison Minnesota Attorney General 

Suite 102, State Capital
75 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Saint Paul, MN 55155

(651) 296-3353
1-800-657-3787

 

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