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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/premier-brian-gallant-bilingualism-work-1.3778828
Brian Gallant calls for more tolerance of bilingualism
Province has faced several hot-button issues dealing with bilingualism in the last 2 years
By Jacques Poitras, CBC News Posted: Sep 26, 2016 11:08 AM AT
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/french-immersion-announcement-gallant-government-1.3785370
French immersion returns to Grade 1 early entry
Teachers skeptical about change being made without any testing to show current system isn't working
By Alan White, CBC News Posted: Sep 30, 2016 9:01 AM AT
Early entry point for French immersion is back
1:30
Alan White
Alan White is a Fredericton native
who has been working as a journalist since 1981, mostly in New Brunswick. He
joined CBC in 2003 and is now a senior producer.
The early entry point for French
immersion in the anglophone school system will return to Grade 1 in September
2017, the Gallant government announced on Friday.
Restoring the entry point for early
French immersion to Grade 1 was a high-profile promise in the Liberals'
election campaign in 2014.
- New Brunswick early French immersion issue hits campaign trail
- Early French immersion change coming, Serge Rousselle says
"If you want to learn a second language, and languages in general, the best time to do so is when you're young," said Gallant.
"[Children] are sponges at that
age and they're able to pick up the language that much easier."
System
changed in 2008
The former Liberal government of
Shawn Graham changed the entry point from Grade 1 to Grade 3 in 2008.
Then-education minister Kelly
Lamrock said early immersion starting in Grade 1 was creating a two-tiered
system in New Brunswick's anglophone schools.
"When I go to my son's school,
I see his French immersion class with 17 or 18 kids, of whom none were on
special education plans," said Lamrock in 2008 at a CBC town hall meeting
about the changes. "And then I visit the core French class. In a class of
22 kids, 10 might be on special education plans, and if a kid struggles a
little bit, he falls right through the cracks."
Lamrock said students in the regular
anglophone stream at the time with basic French instruction scored the worst
grades in Canada on national tests.
Lamrock's initial plan was to
eliminate early immersion and replace it with an intensive French-language
course that begins in Grade 5, followed by an entry-point for late immersion in
middle school. The Graham government later relented under public pressure and allowed
an early immersion entry point in Grade 3.
Gallant said the government will
make improvements to the previous Grade 1 immersion program and include
initiatives to address classroom composition.
There has not been any testing yet
of the first group of Grade 3 immersion entries from 2008. They are now in
Grade 9 and will not be assessed until they are graduating from high
school.
Teachers
skeptical
The president of the New Brunswick
Teachers' Association said the government shouldn't be making the change back
to a Grade 1 entry point until testing is done to compare how well the Grade 3
cohort does in French compared to the former Grade 1 cohorts.
"I would have thought looking
at their education plan and their focus on data collection, and data, data,
data, that they should be focusing on the data on this new program, the Grade 3
entry point: Has it been successful?" said Guy Arseneault.
"The focus, rather than on entry, should be on outcome."
"The focus, rather than on entry, should be on outcome."
NBTA president Guy Arseneault says teachers
feel another change in French immersion will create instability in the
education system. (CBC)
Arseneault is skeptical
the government will deliver on a promise to address classroom composition
issues.
"I think they should announce
what those measures are," said Arseneault. "We've heard that before
from other governments … Let's see what those measures are."
Arseneault said the change will
create instability in the education system and use resources that would be
going elsewhere.
Gallant said concern about
instability was not enough reason to stop the change from going ahead.
"Yes, we want to have stability
as one of the principles that will guide us in the decisions that we make, but
we can't necessarily say that's going to be the only principle," he said.
"If it were, that would mean
we'd just simply have the status quo. And we have to improve our education
outcome."
Rural
access
There has also been criticism
that French immersion — a program in anglophone schools to give students a
solid foundation in French — is not as available in rural areas of the
province as it is in urban areas.
Gallant said the province will
improve access to early immersion in rural schools by getting an early
expression of interest from parents and work with districts to make immersion
available in as many schools as possible.
If there is some interest in
immersion at a school, but not enough to warrant an immersion class, Gallant
said the province will do research "to find innovative solutions to [allow
for] access to enhanced French learning in rural schools."
Gallant said he is not promising
immersion in places where there isn't sufficient interest in it, but will
provide "enhanced French language training."
Gallant said the province will
work with the New Brunswick Teachers' Association to find employment
opportunities for teachers displaced by the reintroduction of Grade 1
immersion.
Parents
respond
Canadian Parents for French
president Jane Keith applauded the decision.
"It's the most inclusive
program if the support is provided for kids who may struggle
academically," she said. "We really think it's the best way to
learn."
Parent Adam Read of Grand
Bay-Westfield isn't so sure. He has a daughter who is in Grade 6 and is doing
well after starting immersion in Grade 3.
"I can only speak for myself
but it's working well for me on my end right now," he said. "Don't
make a change just for making a change.
"Don't make a change if it's
not broken."
Political
reaction
New Democratic Party leader Dominic
Cardy said the government should evaluate the needs of students and
teachers before restoring Grade 1 immersion.
"Today's announcement, within
weeks of the government releasing an education plan saying that they were going
to trust teachers, shows that Premier Gallant has ignored the advice of every
elected English school district and every English teachers' union in the
province," stated Cardy in a news release.
Cardy said before early immersion
was moved to Grade 3, 98 per cent of special needs students and 80 per cent of
the poorest students in the province did not participate in French immersion.
"Since the removal of the Grade
1 entry point, English provincial literacy rates have increased and students
from rural schools and the most vulnerable families in New Brunswick have
received the opportunity to enrol in French immersion.
"After delivering one of the
biggest cuts to education in the province's history, Premier Gallant needs to
ensure that immersion isn't just a program for elites or we will make the
language divide worse, not better."
- Sep 30 2016 8:19 AMThe French immersion announcement will start at around 11 a.m. CBC reporter Jacques Poitras will be covering it live from Park Street School in Fredericton.
- Sep 30 2016 8:21 AMThe former Shawn Graham government made changes in 2008. Premier Brian Gallant promised in the 2014 election campaign to return the early immersion entry point to Grade 1.
Early French immersion still too hot an issue for many candidates
CBC NewsThe issue of early French immersion has been a hot political issue in New Brunswick for several years and it has once again made its way to the campaign trail. - Sep 30 2016 8:22 AMTory leadership candidate Jake Stewart has called for French immersion to be offered in more schools.
Miramichi-area MLA says more schools should offer French immersion classes
CBC NewsA Progressive Conservative MLA says it’s time for the government to guarantee French immersion and better second-language education throughout New Brunswick. Jake Stewart introduced a motion Friday that calls for a study of how immersion and second-language schooling can be put in place in areas where it doesn’t exist. - Sep 30 2016 8:23 AMHere is a story from 2015 where the province said there was "still work to be done" before the entry point could be returned to Grade 1.
Grade 1 French immersion won't happen this year
CBC NewsThe province's plan to restart early French immersion in Grade 1 will not be ready to implement in time for the start of the next school year. - Antoine Trépanier
@ATrepanier_RC
Victor Boudreau: "Je suis fier d'annoncer 300M$ pour... *exclamation générale*... Euh... 300 000$"Retweeted by poitrasCBC - Antoine Trépanier
@ATrepanier_RC
Relationniste du ministère de la Santé: "oufff, j'ai presque fait une crise cardiaque"Retweeted by poitrasCBC - Jacques Poitras
@poitrasCBC
Awaiting 10 a.m. Premier Gallant announcement on French immersion at Park St. School in Fredericton. - Jacques Poitras
@poitrasCBC
We expect an announcement about entry point. On Monday Gallant also said there'd be something on more immersion access in rural areas. - Jacques Poitras
@poitrasCBC
Background: in 2008 Graham Liberals eliminated immersion in favour of more French for all starting in Grade 5. (1/2) - Jacques Poitras
@poitrasCBC
That gov't later backed down and went with Grade 3 entry point for immersion, saying it would give kids stronger foundation in English 1st. - Jacques Poitras
@poitrasCBC
NEW: French immersion start point returns to Grade 1 in fall 2017, Gallant gov't announces. - Jacques Poitras
@poitrasCBC
Gov't will also look for "innovative solutions" in areas where interest in immersion doesn't meet threshold. - CBC New Brunswick
@CBCNB
You can watch the French immersion news conference on Facebook Live here: facebook.com/CBCNB/videos/1…Retweeted by poitrasCBC - Jacques Poitras
@poitrasCBC
Currently, to create immersion class, must be enough students that class will be roughly same size as others in that grade at that school. - Jacques Poitras
@poitrasCBC
Jane Keith of Cdn Parents for French agrees with Gallant: 2nd language retained better the earlier kids learn it.
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The bizarre fascination with all things french continues - while the province in general is financially raided.
Oversight of the critical disciplines (finance, health, public information) is dealt with punitively - except the french commissioner of course.
Do they not know how angry people are becoming?
Will we EVER have leadership to acknowledge the requirements for participation in the real world??
Oversight of the critical disciplines (finance, health, public information) is dealt with punitively - except the french commissioner of course.
Do they not know how angry people are becoming?
Will we EVER have leadership to acknowledge the requirements for participation in the real world??
@Andrew St.John You can't
force people to spend thousands of hours learning a language they don't
need and won't use. This is beyond ludicrous.
@Andrew St.John It is bizarre, that's the best word for it that successive governments
have felt the compulsion to throw money st anything French. It must and
will stop. Language legislation is offensive. It fosters segregation and
it's wrong
@Andrew St.John
This is a move to calm the anglophone backlash against the previous decision that was argued to be unfair to anglophone youth. Now you want us to believe it is being done to infuriate them. Keep in mind that many people will be happy with this and that many anglophones want nothing more than to have their children get this fair chance.
Despite having a few economic challenges this government is correctly siding with what is fair and will shoulder. Maybe it's something we can better afford with the saving that comes from having lowered the deficit from over 650 million to the 150 million rage...who knows and we' ll see. It is correct to promote fairness, though. That should always be near the top.
This is a move to calm the anglophone backlash against the previous decision that was argued to be unfair to anglophone youth. Now you want us to believe it is being done to infuriate them. Keep in mind that many people will be happy with this and that many anglophones want nothing more than to have their children get this fair chance.
Despite having a few economic challenges this government is correctly siding with what is fair and will shoulder. Maybe it's something we can better afford with the saving that comes from having lowered the deficit from over 650 million to the 150 million rage...who knows and we' ll see. It is correct to promote fairness, though. That should always be near the top.
@Andrew Cormier - "Don't need
and won't use"? Every time language issues come up for discussion, I
hear monolingual anglophones complained that they "need" to speak French
in order to get a job in New Brunswick.
@Mike Smith This is being thrown to anglophones, no? Or, should we call them and their desires "things English"?
It won't stop anytime soon, because language protection is constitutionally protected. It isn't offensive because it is preserving some semblance of fairness as far as learning of languages and cultural survival is concerned.
I've seen lots of arguments about how some cultures should just pack it up and disappear, but I have always found those offensive. We all strive for peace. The best way to have it is to foster equality of opportunity and tolerance. It's not just an Anglo-Franco thing either. If there wasn't that here there' d likely be another thing. The population would want to fracture along some other line, like it has in the past when Loyalists were fighting Planters, i.e.
It won't stop anytime soon, because language protection is constitutionally protected. It isn't offensive because it is preserving some semblance of fairness as far as learning of languages and cultural survival is concerned.
I've seen lots of arguments about how some cultures should just pack it up and disappear, but I have always found those offensive. We all strive for peace. The best way to have it is to foster equality of opportunity and tolerance. It's not just an Anglo-Franco thing either. If there wasn't that here there' d likely be another thing. The population would want to fracture along some other line, like it has in the past when Loyalists were fighting Planters, i.e.
@Andrew St.John Actually you
can force a kid in grade one to do another the educational system
wants. And thats what this is about. Parents are clamouring for french
immersion and more of it. Even the quote above from Jake Stewart, who
wants to get rid of the language commissioner is all about expanding
french training opportunities. If you are older and don't want to learn
french, thats fine, but don't be surprised when you find it makes you
less marketable in a bilingual province.
The big question is why isn't french immersion available everywhere? It seems rural students don't have the same access, its too bad 'geography' isn't a charter right.
The big question is why isn't french immersion available everywhere? It seems rural students don't have the same access, its too bad 'geography' isn't a charter right.
@Andrew St.John
We brought in inclusion in the Anglophone side for special needs children and the resources to deal with this is abysmal.. Classrooms are maxed out and teachers are burning out on the Anglo side. But Hey the French side is streamed for the brightest students and teachers have good ratios when it comes to teacher student... And what do we get on the French side another total failure... LOL... It's all to funny in this backward province... We're bankrupt we give Corporate Welfare to Corps and fair share of taxes is not even discussed... Disgusting politicians to say the least.... Thank you NB voters for the same old same old and Thank you to our sell out politicians.....
We brought in inclusion in the Anglophone side for special needs children and the resources to deal with this is abysmal.. Classrooms are maxed out and teachers are burning out on the Anglo side. But Hey the French side is streamed for the brightest students and teachers have good ratios when it comes to teacher student... And what do we get on the French side another total failure... LOL... It's all to funny in this backward province... We're bankrupt we give Corporate Welfare to Corps and fair share of taxes is not even discussed... Disgusting politicians to say the least.... Thank you NB voters for the same old same old and Thank you to our sell out politicians.....
@Phil Peters
This is a move to throw gasoline on the fiery anglophone backlash. More jobs for the French more money for the French
This is a move to throw gasoline on the fiery anglophone backlash. More jobs for the French more money for the French
@Phil Peters
Is there no limit to the nonsense
Is there no limit to the nonsense
@Andrew St.John
Effort spells the same in both official languages, I supppose it sounds to french for some to make effort...eh.
Effort spells the same in both official languages, I supppose it sounds to french for some to make effort...eh.
@SarahRose Werner
All in context, my dear, all in context. you obviously know nothing of the forced-language battles history in New Brunswick. It is NOT a 'need' as in wanting to...it IS a 'need' as in why do we need to be forced to learn another language JUST to get employment.
All in context, my dear, all in context. you obviously know nothing of the forced-language battles history in New Brunswick. It is NOT a 'need' as in wanting to...it IS a 'need' as in why do we need to be forced to learn another language JUST to get employment.
@Mike Archibald I f you want to be marketable, learn Mandarin. French is only needed if you want to work for the NB government.
@Mike Archibald Being the only bilingual province you mean.That would make it really challenging geographically speaking.
@Derek Smith Agreed.
My child dropped french in Grade 4, and never looked back. His marks are in the high 90's and he now is learning Mandarin in High School - a much better use of his time for what he wants to do with his future. If all he aspired to was to stay in NB and hope for a government job, I suspect it may be the wrong decision. Thankfully, he has his sights set much higher.
My child dropped french in Grade 4, and never looked back. His marks are in the high 90's and he now is learning Mandarin in High School - a much better use of his time for what he wants to do with his future. If all he aspired to was to stay in NB and hope for a government job, I suspect it may be the wrong decision. Thankfully, he has his sights set much higher.
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@Andrew St.John I wonder if
Rob Hoadley or the lawyer Thomas Christie now a Judge whom Peter MacKay
appointed to replace Bruce Noble in Fat Fred City or anyone else
remembers way back to 2008?
http://nb.cpf.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/summer2011.pdf
FYI In 2008 Chucky Leblanc and his friends within the NDP supporters called QSLS were making fun of mean old me while the Liebrano lawyer TJ Burke, the lawyer who was the Language Commissioner, the lawyer who was the leader of the the Provincial Green Party and her nasty hubby who was the Master of Disaster for the IRVING's electronic media (then later led the Occupy NB protesters after he got fired by the Irvings) all tried to have me arrested by the RCMP and charged by the CROWN because of my published opinions on this topic and other matters.
Anyway when the false arrest finally happened and failed the RCMP conned an immigrant doctor into having the corrupt cops hold me down so that his nurse Rachet could inject me with drugs then file me in the Looney Bin in Fat Fred City. To this very day David Coon the current leader of the Green Party talks of Looney Tunes? Yea Right he knew everything about my since 2004 when I stuck my hand out to him while he was subject to a SLAPP lawsuit by a Yankee Corp and handled by McInnes Cooper.
http://nb.cpf.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/summer2011.pdf
FYI In 2008 Chucky Leblanc and his friends within the NDP supporters called QSLS were making fun of mean old me while the Liebrano lawyer TJ Burke, the lawyer who was the Language Commissioner, the lawyer who was the leader of the the Provincial Green Party and her nasty hubby who was the Master of Disaster for the IRVING's electronic media (then later led the Occupy NB protesters after he got fired by the Irvings) all tried to have me arrested by the RCMP and charged by the CROWN because of my published opinions on this topic and other matters.
Anyway when the false arrest finally happened and failed the RCMP conned an immigrant doctor into having the corrupt cops hold me down so that his nurse Rachet could inject me with drugs then file me in the Looney Bin in Fat Fred City. To this very day David Coon the current leader of the Green Party talks of Looney Tunes? Yea Right he knew everything about my since 2004 when I stuck my hand out to him while he was subject to a SLAPP lawsuit by a Yankee Corp and handled by McInnes Cooper.
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@David Raymond Amos Anyway
while being held against my will in the Looney Bin Chucky Leblanc and
his QSLS pals violated my privacy and gloated about my false
imprisonment and still do to this very day. However when I found out
about Chucky's malicious nonsense, I asked my friend Ken Ross a former
Deputy Minister of Health under Mike Murphy to investigate. Ross
assigned an assistant to do so. She did nothing at all for the benefit
of the Liebranos. Now she works for the Dept of Public Safety YEA RIGHT.
In 2008 everybody and his dog particularly the RCMP, the CBC and the Liebrano lawyers TJ Burke, Kelly Lamrock and Mike Murphy tried hard to pretend that any of this ever happened. Remember? Well it did. Surf the Internet and you can reiew many things.
BTW Rob Hoadley teased me on the phone at the time saying that he understood the Charter differently than I did. However the lawyer Tom Christie responded to me in writng and thanked me for the info. Methinks that is the reason MacKay appointed him to be judge.
Knowledge is power Correct?
Well that in mind what will any of the wannabe PC leaders or anyone else do with their newfound knowledge if CBC has the sand to post these comments? I am betting everyone will continue to play dumb just like CBC has since 2002 when the received Hard Copy of my first two lawsuits in the the USA EH?
In 2008 everybody and his dog particularly the RCMP, the CBC and the Liebrano lawyers TJ Burke, Kelly Lamrock and Mike Murphy tried hard to pretend that any of this ever happened. Remember? Well it did. Surf the Internet and you can reiew many things.
BTW Rob Hoadley teased me on the phone at the time saying that he understood the Charter differently than I did. However the lawyer Tom Christie responded to me in writng and thanked me for the info. Methinks that is the reason MacKay appointed him to be judge.
Knowledge is power Correct?
Well that in mind what will any of the wannabe PC leaders or anyone else do with their newfound knowledge if CBC has the sand to post these comments? I am betting everyone will continue to play dumb just like CBC has since 2002 when the received Hard Copy of my first two lawsuits in the the USA EH?
@Andrew St.John ; I am an Angpophoen who happens to think that this is a great idea!
@Frank O'Phil I'm confused Thus far CBC has posted one of my comments before your words but not the other. Go figure.
@Mike Smith I heard a rumor that just in the last 18 months the N-B government has spent $220 000 000 to promote french.
@Mike Archibald You will
force them and they will do it to pass to the next grade but they will
forget everything as soon as the year is done. You're dreaming in
Technicolor.
@Roland Godin People won't make an effort if the reward isn't worth it. Keep dreaming of an utopian world.
@Andrew Cormier That rumour was garbage. The feds may have spent that, but the province certainly didn't.
As for jobs, mandarin is great so long as you plan on moving to china-as plenty do. But if you ask a lot of people, maybe most people, they want to stay near their families. French isn't useful just for government jobs, and of course Quebec is right next door. And starting french young is a great way to start learning other languages.
But I think a bigger point here is the teachers assertions that they don't yet know whether what they are currently doing is working or not. So so far on language, we have a reversion to what used to be policy, based on no testing, which doesn't seem to be a bright way of making policy.
As for jobs, mandarin is great so long as you plan on moving to china-as plenty do. But if you ask a lot of people, maybe most people, they want to stay near their families. French isn't useful just for government jobs, and of course Quebec is right next door. And starting french young is a great way to start learning other languages.
But I think a bigger point here is the teachers assertions that they don't yet know whether what they are currently doing is working or not. So so far on language, we have a reversion to what used to be policy, based on no testing, which doesn't seem to be a bright way of making policy.
@Andrew St.John - The
reality is, the "culture " they are trying to maintain is dwindling in
signifgance. Other cultures thrive and survive, the Acadians prove,
their culture is unable to maintain itself, even with millions of
dollars thrown at it.
@David Kane I've met people who wanted, for ancestral reasons, to devout himself to
revitalise the gaelic language. I thought it was pointless, "how do you
say computer in gaelic?" He said he understood.
@David Kane How do you figure that?
@Mike Archibald
There were $217,000,000 federal tax dollars spent on French in NB in the last 16 months. Money that could have been spent in hospitals, seniors, roads and several other things that would benefit ALL NBers
There were $217,000,000 federal tax dollars spent on French in NB in the last 16 months. Money that could have been spent in hospitals, seniors, roads and several other things that would benefit ALL NBers
@Andrew St.John We have a
Premier who understand what parents go through. His father French,
mother English and the things his mother was told throughout his
education WE live in a BILINGUAL province and all rwsidents should know
that
@Mike Archibald Well said
@Dave Peters I was a member
of a national Committee and I can tell you there are bilingual people in
almost all provinces and territories
@Greg Forsythe Doesn't mean
that a heavily French loaded government should tell the Anglophone
system how to run their language courses. If this were the other way
round the Francophones would be rioting in the streets.
@Phil Peters Hard to even read your posts. Nonsensical
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YO @Phil Peters @Mike
Archibald I have a question or two for you two all knowing dudes and two
more for the cohorts of @AlexJohnston the Governor General's daughter
who is also a lawyer for the BILINGUAL CROWN Corp CBC/Radio Canada as
well.
1. Please explain why the CROWN of Canada's ONLY BILINGUAL province DID NOT PUBLISH this official document in the Royal Gazette?
https://www.scribd.com/doc/2724591/tanker-contemptable
Trust that CBC/Radio Canada and their blogging buddy Chucky Leblanc know the document is SIGNED and was served upon me in 2006 by their friend the Sgt at Arms (the ex RCMP/GRC dude who flew with the Queen and checked Hatfield's baggage long ago) and his Aides de Campe, the Fat Fred City Finest not long after I ran in the election of the 39th Parliament for the Fredericton seat on "The Hill".
2. Can you two dudes or any wannabe lawyer you know find the trespass law that the CROWN quoted to me in the document found within the link above in the Criminal Code of Canada?
3. Can the CBC/Radio Canada lawyer @AlexJohnston query and understand the documents in the docket (T-1557-15) of the Federal Court located across the street (named after the woman I sued) from the Fat Fred City Finest's cop shop in Fredericton?
http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
4. Why won't the 'journalists" of the CROWN Corp CBC/Radio Canada or the wannabe journalist and proud FRENCH dude Chucky Leblanc who was also barred from his beloved "Old Maison" and arrested by the Fat Fred City Finest twice because of his UNSIGNED ENGLISH ONLY DOCUMENT report about any of this or even admit that I ran for public office 5 times?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276
1. Please explain why the CROWN of Canada's ONLY BILINGUAL province DID NOT PUBLISH this official document in the Royal Gazette?
https://www.scribd.com/doc/2724591/tanker-contemptable
Trust that CBC/Radio Canada and their blogging buddy Chucky Leblanc know the document is SIGNED and was served upon me in 2006 by their friend the Sgt at Arms (the ex RCMP/GRC dude who flew with the Queen and checked Hatfield's baggage long ago) and his Aides de Campe, the Fat Fred City Finest not long after I ran in the election of the 39th Parliament for the Fredericton seat on "The Hill".
2. Can you two dudes or any wannabe lawyer you know find the trespass law that the CROWN quoted to me in the document found within the link above in the Criminal Code of Canada?
3. Can the CBC/Radio Canada lawyer @AlexJohnston query and understand the documents in the docket (T-1557-15) of the Federal Court located across the street (named after the woman I sued) from the Fat Fred City Finest's cop shop in Fredericton?
http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
4. Why won't the 'journalists" of the CROWN Corp CBC/Radio Canada or the wannabe journalist and proud FRENCH dude Chucky Leblanc who was also barred from his beloved "Old Maison" and arrested by the Fat Fred City Finest twice because of his UNSIGNED ENGLISH ONLY DOCUMENT report about any of this or even admit that I ran for public office 5 times?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276
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@Mike Smith You don't have to
be clever to read or understand my posts. However you have to be
either a CBC employee or fairly diligent in reading all the posts before
the Crown Corp commonly known as CBC buries them or better yet changes
its malevolent mind and removes posts after they have stood for hours.
In fact I have witnessed the CBC delete entire threads that I have
posted within and saved the proof and forwarded it to their lawyers such
as Alex Johnston. This thread contains 3 examples of that fact and now
quite likely four EH Hubby Lacroix? However one post still remains and
certain other lawyers and politicians now know that I am not confused.
That said at least Melanie Joly the lawyer who is Canada's latest Minister of Heritage has acknowledged to me in writing that she understood my troubles with the Crown Corp she oversees. I also hope that she reads the posts in this comment section as well. It appears that I am not alone. If I understand posts that I can read in here today, I would have to say that the majority of the folks of English Heritage in New Brunswick have grown tired of the LIebranos and their bilingual games financed by the taxpayer.
That said at least Melanie Joly the lawyer who is Canada's latest Minister of Heritage has acknowledged to me in writing that she understood my troubles with the Crown Corp she oversees. I also hope that she reads the posts in this comment section as well. It appears that I am not alone. If I understand posts that I can read in here today, I would have to say that the majority of the folks of English Heritage in New Brunswick have grown tired of the LIebranos and their bilingual games financed by the taxpayer.
David Raymond Amos
@Andrew St.John In my youth
in the 1960's in NB I studied French and Latin in High School because
even back then I truly believed that you know as many people as you know
languages.I must say that the fella who is proud of his child studying a
common Chinese tongue made a very valid point. I have practiced the
art of politicking in Canada and the USA for quite sometime. Yet his
posts made me consider something about New Brunswick and languages that
never dawned on my marble head before. Perhaps other political people
should consider what he posted as well?. N'esy Pas Governor Johnston,
PM Trudeau, Minister Leblanc, and Premier Gallant ?
Veritas Vincit
Veritas Vincit
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http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_33011.html
OTTAWA, December 18, 2013 – The Honourable Peter MacKay, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Central Nova, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointments:
The Honourable E. Thomas Christie, a sole practitioner in Fredericton, is appointed a judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick in Saint John to replace Mr. Justice B.A. Noble, who was transferred to Woodstock.
Mr. Justice Christie obtained a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New Brunswick in 1985, a Master of Theological Studies from Queen’s University in 1987 and a Master of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2011. He was admitted to the Bar of New Brunswick in 1991 and to the Bar of Nova Scotia in 1998. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2007.
Mr. Justice Christie has been a sole practitioner operating as Christie Law Office since 2007. Prior to that, he served as Executive Director of the New Brunswick Nurses’ Union and as legal counsel for the Canadian Union of Public Employees. He also practised with Petrie Richmond from 1990-1993. His main areas of practice were administrative law, labour law, employment law and family law.
Justice Christie has been actively involved with the Law Society of New Brunswick and, in particular, served as President from 2008-2009. He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and a past member of the Canadian Association of Labour lawyers. He was an instructor for the Bar Admission Course and is a former board member and speaker for the New Brunswick Public Legal Education program.
These appointments are effective immediately.
----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos
To: tclaw@nb.aibn.com ; egreenspan@144king.com ; vchristie@144king.com ; afrey@mayerbrown.com
Cc: djacobs@firstcdn.com ; jtownsend@coxandpalmer.com ; danny.copp@fredericton.ca ; dan.bussieres@gnb.ca ; oldmaison@yahoo.com
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 9:47 PM
Subject: Thanks for finally responding to me Mr Christie perhaps you should call me back EH?
I must say that was an interesting response from you Mr. Christie about a rather minor issue to me after your ignoring my very serious concerns for so long. It was kinda polite particularly in light of the fact that my voicemail was deadnuts serious in nature. Could it be that your strange response was prompted by the fact I sent the email to many others and then blogged it as well in order to make you acknowledge that I at least existed?
With that in mind I have decided to introduce you to the First Canadaian folks whose parent company should settle with me ASAP about a very fraudulent Real Estate transaction in the USA after they have ignored my concerns about their severe lack of integrity for four long years. May they will take me seriously as well EH? Let just say I find it hard to take you peopel seriously because I found it far more than comical when they beat your law society in court and won the right to edge you lawyers out of their very lucrative game. I am certain Mr Townsend QC and the Real Estate Association of New Brunswick that he represents understands the joke but Chucky Leblanc never will.
When we do finally have a chance at a little pow wow Mr Christie I will point out the fact tha your law society supported my false imprisonment in the USA in 2004 after I ran in the election of the 39th Parliament and ask you why this is. When everyone in Fredericton either laughed at me or ignored me or harassed me before and during and after I ran in their riding during the election of the 39th Parlaiment, rest assured I was not one bit surprised.
FYI Over the long weekendI will forward this email to others and blog it as well in a sincere effort to resolve some of my concerns ASAP. For you benefit you got it first and I have included an email freshly sent to some interesting Yankees that you should study rather closely. However please allow me to be quite likely the first to introduce you to Eddy Greenspan and Andrew Frey. But then again you could be related to his associate Ms. Christie which would only go to prove my point that it is a small world after all. Whichever way the cookie crumbles I will lay odds that Andy and Eddy and their friends and clients within the Paul Weiss law firm hate me more than you Christie lawyers do. Scroll down and check my work to see why.
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
tclaw@nb.aibn.com wrote:
http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_33011.html
OTTAWA, December 18, 2013 – The Honourable Peter MacKay, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Central Nova, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointments:
The Honourable E. Thomas Christie, a sole practitioner in Fredericton, is appointed a judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick in Saint John to replace Mr. Justice B.A. Noble, who was transferred to Woodstock.
Mr. Justice Christie obtained a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New Brunswick in 1985, a Master of Theological Studies from Queen’s University in 1987 and a Master of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2011. He was admitted to the Bar of New Brunswick in 1991 and to the Bar of Nova Scotia in 1998. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2007.
Mr. Justice Christie has been a sole practitioner operating as Christie Law Office since 2007. Prior to that, he served as Executive Director of the New Brunswick Nurses’ Union and as legal counsel for the Canadian Union of Public Employees. He also practised with Petrie Richmond from 1990-1993. His main areas of practice were administrative law, labour law, employment law and family law.
Justice Christie has been actively involved with the Law Society of New Brunswick and, in particular, served as President from 2008-2009. He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and a past member of the Canadian Association of Labour lawyers. He was an instructor for the Bar Admission Course and is a former board member and speaker for the New Brunswick Public Legal Education program.
These appointments are effective immediately.
----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos
To: tclaw@nb.aibn.com ; egreenspan@144king.com ; vchristie@144king.com ; afrey@mayerbrown.com
Cc: djacobs@firstcdn.com ; jtownsend@coxandpalmer.com ; danny.copp@fredericton.ca ; dan.bussieres@gnb.ca ; oldmaison@yahoo.com
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 9:47 PM
Subject: Thanks for finally responding to me Mr Christie perhaps you should call me back EH?
I must say that was an interesting response from you Mr. Christie about a rather minor issue to me after your ignoring my very serious concerns for so long. It was kinda polite particularly in light of the fact that my voicemail was deadnuts serious in nature. Could it be that your strange response was prompted by the fact I sent the email to many others and then blogged it as well in order to make you acknowledge that I at least existed?
With that in mind I have decided to introduce you to the First Canadaian folks whose parent company should settle with me ASAP about a very fraudulent Real Estate transaction in the USA after they have ignored my concerns about their severe lack of integrity for four long years. May they will take me seriously as well EH? Let just say I find it hard to take you peopel seriously because I found it far more than comical when they beat your law society in court and won the right to edge you lawyers out of their very lucrative game. I am certain Mr Townsend QC and the Real Estate Association of New Brunswick that he represents understands the joke but Chucky Leblanc never will.
When we do finally have a chance at a little pow wow Mr Christie I will point out the fact tha your law society supported my false imprisonment in the USA in 2004 after I ran in the election of the 39th Parliament and ask you why this is. When everyone in Fredericton either laughed at me or ignored me or harassed me before and during and after I ran in their riding during the election of the 39th Parlaiment, rest assured I was not one bit surprised.
FYI Over the long weekendI will forward this email to others and blog it as well in a sincere effort to resolve some of my concerns ASAP. For you benefit you got it first and I have included an email freshly sent to some interesting Yankees that you should study rather closely. However please allow me to be quite likely the first to introduce you to Eddy Greenspan and Andrew Frey. But then again you could be related to his associate Ms. Christie which would only go to prove my point that it is a small world after all. Whichever way the cookie crumbles I will lay odds that Andy and Eddy and their friends and clients within the Paul Weiss law firm hate me more than you Christie lawyers do. Scroll down and check my work to see why.
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
tclaw@nb.aibn.com wrote:
Canadian Parents for French
New Brunswick Branch
Provincial Board of Directors
Elected April 30, 2011 in Dieppe
at the Annual General Meeting
New Brunswick Branch
Provincial Board of Directors
Elected April 30, 2011 in Dieppe
at the Annual General Meeting
| Name | Contact Information | School District |
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President
Richard Rice |
Email: rmrice@nbnet.nb.ca
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6 - Rothesay
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Vice-President
Greg Keith |
Email: kgkeith@rogers.com
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6 - Sussex
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Director
Robert Bernier |
Email: rgbernier@hotmail.com | 6 - Sussex |
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Director
Rob Hoadley |
Email: rob.hoadley@gmail.com | 18 - Fredericton |
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Director
Asma Regragui |
Email: amouk@nbnet.nb.ca
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14 - Woodstock
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Director
Tina Wilson |
Email:tmdw@nb.sympatico.ca
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6 - Rothesay
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Email: helenepelletier@nb.aibn.com
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:09:20 -0300
Subject: RE The Official Languages Act being reviewed in secret and yet much discussed in the social media etc
To: "marie-claude.blais"
Cc: complaints@officiallanguages.nb.ca, commissioner@officiallanguages.nb.ca, infomorning
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2012/09/18/nb-official-languages-committee-review-secret.html
http://www.cbc.ca/informationmorningfredericton/2012/09/19/language-hearings/
I have three questions to ask the CROWN that nobody will ever answer.
They are as follows
ONE
If banishments of Chucky Leblanc and I from the Legislature properties
are even remotely legal then howcome the documents that Bussieres and
the Fat Fred City Finest served upon Chucky and I in June of 2006 are NOT
EVEN written in BOTH ENGLISH AND FRENCH and NEVER recorded in
the Royal Gazette?
Check the documents PUBLISHED within the links for years by Chucky and
his friends
http://charlesotherpersonality.blogspot.ca/2010/06/it-was-four-years-ago-today-that-i-was_20.html
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2008/06/david-amos-vs-fat-fred-citys-finest.html
http://uncoverthefakeroots.wordpress.com/2012/08/05/david-raymond-amos-the-silence-indicates-you-got-schooled-in-the-law-7/
TWO
Howcome the Language Commissioners and the Attorney Generals have
NEVER answered my emails about the obvious Charter violations?
THREE
Anybody remember the email posted within the website below?
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 08:24:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: "David Amos"
Subject: Re: RE : What of the evidence of murder I just sent you?
To: robin.cantin@OCOL-CLO.GC.CA
CC: carl.urquhart@gnb.ca, mike.olscamp@gnb.ca, bruce.northrup@gnb.ca,
info@pco-bcp.gc.ca, bill.corby@gnb.ca, ken.cook@fredericton.ca,
brad.green@gnb.ca, bev.harrison@gnb.ca, Wayne.STEEVES@gnb.ca,
bruce.noble@fredericton.ca, Jody.CARR@gnb.ca, Keith.ASHFIELD@gnb.ca,
David.ALWARD@gnb.ca, warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca, Comuzzi.J@parl.gc.ca, Arthur.A@parl.gc.ca,
Kathy.Alchorn@fredericton.ca, Kim.Quartermain@fredericton.ca,
police@fredericton.ca, Harper.S@parl.gc.ca, info@gg.ca
Exactly
May I suggest that you call the RCMP/GRC and the Office of Public
Sector Integrity NOW?
Then perhaps you should have your lawyer contact me.
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond amos
Subject: RE : What of the evidence of murder I just sent you?
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 10:58:37 -0400
From: robin.cantin@OCOL-CLO.GC.CA
To: David Amos
I fail to see how that is something the Commissioner of Official
Languages could possibly investigate. Obviously, for criminal matters
you need a police force, not a language ombudsman.
Robin
-----Message d'origine-----
De : David Amos
Envoyé : 20 mai, 2008 10:49
À : Cantin, Robin
Objet : What of the evidence of murder I just sent you?
Importance : Faible
robin.cantin@OCOL-CLO.GC.CA wrote:
Ah yes, I did remember your message when you mentioned our Moncton
office and court intervention on the phone.
I assume you are aware that the issue has already been taken to court
- an application for judicial review has been filed to the Court of
Queen's Bench in Saint John. See
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/296686.
I believe the response you got from our office in Moncton makes sense.
On the topic of the AG's powers, jurisprudence is full of cases that
went to court (and some were won) despite the opposition of a
provincial AG.
Cordially,
Robin Cantin
Manager, Media Relations / Gestionnaire, Relations avec les médias
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages / Commissariat aux
langues officielles
Phone / Téléphone : (613) 995-0374
Cell. : (613) 324-0999
robin.cantin@ocol-clo.gc.ca
Please visit our Web site www.officiallanguages.gc.ca and read Beyond
Words, Canada’s official languages newsletter.
Veuillez visiter notre site Web www.languesofficielles.gc.ca et lire
Au-delà des mots, le cyberbulletin des langues officielles du Canada.
-----Message d'origine-----
De : David Amos
Envoyé : 20 mai, 2008 10:24
À : Cantin, Robin
Objet : Fwd: RE: Does the Language Commissioner suggest that I file
something in Federal Court instead of him?
----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos
To: tclaw@nb.aibn.com ; egreenspan@144king.com ; vchristie@144king.com ; afrey@mayerbrown.com
Cc: djacobs@firstcdn.com ; jtownsend@coxandpalmer.com ; danny.copp@fredericton.ca ; dan.bussieres@gnb.ca ; oldmaison@yahoo.com
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 9:47 PM
Subject: Thanks for finally responding to me Mr Christie perhaps you should call me back EH?
I must say that was an interesting response from you Mr. Christie about a rather minor issue to me after your ignoring my very serious concerns for so long. It was kinda polite particularly in light of the fact that my voicemail was deadnuts serious in nature. Could it be that your strange response was prompted by the fact I sent the email to many others and then blogged it as well in order to make you acknowledge that I at least existed?
With that in mind I have decided to introduce you to the First Canadaian folks whose parent company should settle with me ASAP about a very fraudulent Real Estate transaction in the USA after they have ignored my concerns about their severe lack of integrity for four long years. May they will take me seriously as well EH? Let just say I find it hard to take you peopel seriously because I found it far more than comical when they beat your law society in court and won the right to edge you lawyers out of their very lucrative game. I am certain Mr Townsend QC and the Real Estate Association of New Brunswick that he represents understands the joke but Chucky Leblanc never will.
When we do finally have a chance at a little pow wow Mr Christie I will point out the fact tha your law society supported my false imprisonment in the USA in 2004 after I ran in the election of the 39th Parliament and ask you why this is. When everyone in Fredericton either laughed at me or ignored me or harassed me before and during and after I ran in their riding during the election of the 39th Parlaiment, rest assured I was not one bit surprised.
FYI Over the long weekendI will forward this email to others and blog it as well in a sincere effort to resolve some of my concerns ASAP. For you benefit you got it first and I have included an email freshly sent to some interesting Yankees that you should study rather closely. However please allow me to be quite likely the first to introduce you to Eddy Greenspan and Andrew Frey. But then again you could be related to his associate Ms. Christie which would only go to prove my point that it is a small world after all. Whichever way the cookie crumbles I will lay odds that Andy and Eddy and their friends and clients within the Paul Weiss law firm hate me more than you Christie lawyers do. Scroll down and check my work to see why.
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
tclaw@nb.aibn.com wrote:
From: tclaw@nb.aibn.com
To: "David Amos"
Subject: Re: Fwd: RE: Does the Language Commissioner suggest that I
file something in Federal Court instead of him?
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 17:22:57 -0400
Mr. Amos, thank you for your telephone message and the email attached.
Tom Christie
From: David Amos
Date: 2008/05/16 Fri PM 04:22:13 EDT
To: bureau@acpi-cait.ca, tclaw@nb.aibn.com
Subject: Fwd: RE: Does the Language Commissioner suggest that I file
something in Federal Court instead of him?
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:36:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: "David Amos"
Subject: For the Record I just called and tried to alk to Graham
Fraser and Gilbert Taylor and was not allowed to do so
To: robin.cantin@ocol-clo.gc.ca
I was told by Taylor's assistant that he was in Ottawa today. whereas
you people do not wish to dicuss the Act that you were hired to uphold
we will argue it in Federal Court as the commissioner of Languages in
New Brunswick suggests. EH?
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Commissioner of Official Languages’ New Representative for the Atlantic Region
The Commissioner of Official Languages, Graham Fraser, is pleased to
announce the appointment of Gilbert Taylor as the Commissioner’s
Representative for the Atlantic Region.
"Mr. Taylor will continue the dialogue with institutions subject to
the Official Languages Act and with various organizations that play an
essential role in the vitality of the two official language communities,”
Mr. Fraser said. “I am convinced Mr. Taylor will serve the region well
and that his experience in the Maritimes and across the country will
prove to be very valuable.”
Commissioner Fraser also thanked Claude Haché for the work he has done
as his representative. The role of the Commissioner’s Representative
is to support the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages in
the Atlantic region. In particular, this involves working with federal
institutions and communities to ensure full respect for the language
rights of the public, to promote the equality of the two official
languages in an increasingly diverse society and to enhance the
vitality of official language minority communities.
This role is more relevant than ever in the context of implementing
Part VII of the Official Languages Act, which requires that federal
institutions take positive measures to promote linguistic duality and
to contribute to the development of official language communities.
Gilbert Taylor has rich and varied experience in several areas of the
federal public service. He has proven his leadership in the area of
official languages during his 28 years of experience. Mr. Taylor
received recognition from the Prince Edward Island Federal Council in
2004 for his contributions to the province’s official languages
program. Since 2005, he has worked as a consultant and National
rehabilitation manager at the head office of Veterans Affairs in
Charlottetown. He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Queen’s
University and studied anthropology at the University of Prince Edward
Island.
Mr. Taylor will assume his responsibilities on August 13, 2007. He
replaces Mr. Claude Haché, who will become an investigator for the
Atlantic region. You may contact the Atlantic regional office in
Moncton at 506-851-7047 or 1-800-561-7109
- 30 -
For more information, contact:
Robin Cantin
Manager, Media Relations
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
Telephone: 613-995-0374
Cellular: 613-324-0999
Toll-free: 1-877-996-6368
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages – Atlantic Region
Heritage Place, 95 Foundry Street, Suite 410
Moncton, New Brunswick
E1C 5H7
Telephone: 506-851-7047
Toll-free: 1-800-561-7109
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:08:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Amos
Subject: RE: Does the Language Commissioner suggest that I file
something in Federal Court instead of him?
To: "Parent, Patricia (OL-LO)" Patricia.Parent@gnb.ca
You do understand who I am and of the fact I have sued an Attorney
General and many politicians and lawyers in the past? I hope the
commisssioner is aware of an answer I received from Bernie Richard and
of his invitation to sue him.
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
"Parent, Patricia (OL-LO)" Patricia.Parent@gnb.ca wrote:
Dear Sir:
I acknowledge receipt of your email message below.
As explained in the press release, a copy of which was provided to you
in our earlier email, the Commissioner has recommended that people who
wish to contest the proposed FSL (French Second Language) Reform
should contact the Ombudsman. Those who would wish to challenge the
decision before the Courts should consult a lawyer in order to find
out what remedies are available (injunction, order, etc… ) and also
where the action should be filed. The matter of whether the Attorney
General can stop such a lawsuit should also be discussed with the
lawyer. While in cases where people which to issue a constitutional
challenge, they must formally advise the Attorney General, this does
not mean that the Attorney General has the power to stop the matter.
Trusting this response will meet with your approval.
Yours truly,
Patricia Parent
Manager / Gestionnaire
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages for N.B.
Bureau du Commissaire aux langues officielles du N.-B.
440 rue King Street
Tour King Tower, Pièce/Suite 646
Fredericton, N.B. E3B 5H8
telephone (TTY)/téléphone (ATS) : (506) 444-4229
toll free (TTY)/aucuns frais (ATS) : 1-888-651-6444
facsimile/télécopieur : (506) 444-4456
www.officiallanguages.nb.ca / www.languesofficielles.nb.ca
Français ou anglais..C'est votre choix!
English or French..It's your choice!
From: David Amos
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 4:55 PM
To: Parent, Patricia (OL-LO)
Subject: Does the Language Commissioner suggest that I file something
in Federal Court instead of him?
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/ShowFullDoc/cs/O-3.01///en
Everybody knows that the Attorney General will stop any lawsuit that
does not suit him or his political party within the Province of New
Brunsick. Perhaps the Commissioner and I should have a long talk
ASAP EH?
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
"Parent, Patricia (OL-LO)" Patricia.Parent@gnb.ca wrote:
Dear Sir:
I acknowledge receipt of your email message below.
Rest assured that your comments have been passed on to the Commissioner.
For your information, please find below a statement that went out on
March 20th, 2008, from our office to the media all across the
province. This should answer your questions regarding what the
Commissioner has done and continues to do with respect to the issue of
French Second Language (FSL).
It is important to note that this issue will require more than the
Commissioner's position and unless parents and other members of the
public openly take issue and condemn the decision, the chances that
the plan will be implemented are quite high.
Thank you for your interest and for contacting our office.
Yours truly,
Patricia Parent
Manager / Gestionnaire
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages for N.B.
Bureau du Commissaire aux langues officielles du N.-B.
440 rue King Street
Tour King Tower, Pièce/Suite 646
Fredericton, N.B. E3B 5H8
telephone (TTY)/téléphone (ATS) : (506) 444-4229 toll free
(TTY)/aucuns frais (ATS) : 1-888-651-6444
facsimile/télécopieur : (506) 444-4456
www.officiallanguages.nb.ca / www.languesofficielles.nb.ca
Français ou anglais..C'est votre choix!
English or French..It's your choice!
*************************************************************************************************************
For immediate release
Fredericton, March 20, 2008 - The Official Languages Act of New
Brunswick states that it does not apply to the Department of
Education. This in fact limits the power of the Commissioner of
Official Languages to investigate complaints with respect to the
operation of the education system. The Act, however, does provide him
with the authority and the responsibility to promote the advancement
of both official languages. It is based on this part of his mandate
that Commissioner Michel Carrier became involved with FSL reform in
the province, beginning with his own review, the details of which were
included in his 2005-2006 annual report.
The Commissioner has been speaking in favor of improving FSL for many
years. He made presentations to the FSL Commissioners to this effect
last fall and was instrumental in ensuring that the Federal
Commissioner of Official Languages, Graham Fraser, and others appeared
before the FSL Review Commissioners as he believed these people had
valuable information and insights to share. The Commissioner also
spoke directly with the Minister prior to the launching of the
department's FSL Review, following the release of the Review and prior
to the announcement in the Legislature last Friday. Mr. Carrier
attempted to convince the Minister that the abolition of the early
Immersion program was not the right course of action. He pointed out
that there are a number of expert recommendations that did not seem to
have been given the proper attention during the review process.
While the Commissioner does not take issue with the Minister's right
to bring about needed changes in the education system, and while he
recognizes the fact that the Minister has been available to meet with
him on this subject, he cannot support the decision to remove the
Early Immersion program from the FSL curriculum. "There is no doubt
that the system is in need of reform", adds the Commissioner.
"However, like many others who have come forward, I am not convinced
that this is the way to go. Indeed, experts in the field have
confirmed that there are many options that could have been considered
other than slashing the early immersion program."
As his mandate does not allow him to investigate complaints related to
the ongoing FSL controversy, the Commissioner is encouraging New
Brunswickers who are unhappy with the government's decision to contact
the Office of the Ombudsman. While policy issues and decisions are
generally in the domain of the legislators, the suggestion that the
immersion changes are more administrative than legislative and,
moreover, that the Commissioners' work was flawed, brings about
questions of due process, an issue that falls squarely within the
Ombudsman's purview. As well, the Ombudsman's role as Child and Youth
Advocate mandates him to examine the impact of the changes on New
Brunswick's children.
"It is now essential that New Brunswickers share their concerns with
their government," Mr. Carrier said. "In addition to letters to the
editor, MLA's and the Minister, they can also contact the Office of
the Ombudsman. For my part, I intend to continue exerting whatever
influence I have to convince the provincial government of the need to
re-think its decision."
-- 30 --
From: David Amos
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 4:51 PM
To: complaints@officiallanguages.nb.ca; commissioner@officiallanguages.nb.ca
Cc: Colford, Krista (OAG/CPG); Doyle Landry, Heather (OAG/CPG); Gould,
William (OAG/CPG); Laflamme, Marcel (OAG/CPG); Volpé, Jeannot (LEG);
MacDonald, Kirk (LEG); Fitch, Bruce (LEG); Betts, John W. (LEG)
Subject: No need of a legal team to study the French question the
Commissioner should read the Charter He is a lawyer Correct?
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 17:41:43 -0300
From: "David Amos"
To: nbombud@gnb.ca , kelly.lamrock@gnb.ca , wally.stiles@gnb.ca ,
Ed.Doherty@gnb.ca , T.J.Burke@gnb.ca , roly.macintyre@gnb.ca ,
John.Foran@gnb.ca , aleblanc.mla@nb.aibn.com , oldmaison@yahoo.com ,
jonesr@cbc.ca , eugene.mcginley2@gnb.ca , christian.whalen@gnb.ca ,
Thibault.L@parl.gc.ca , Casey.B@parl.gc.ca ,
Barry.MacKnight@fredericton.ca , Danny.Copp@fredericton.ca ,
Premier@gnb.ca , Hermenegilde.Chiasson@gnb.ca , Dion.S@parl.gc.ca ,
scotta@parl.gc.ca
Subject: Attn Kelly Lamrock and Bernie Richard and folks concerned
about French Immersion and the Charter
CC: carl.urquhart@gnb.ca , mike.olscamp@gnb.ca , bruce.northrup@gnb.ca
, info@pco-bcp.gc.ca , bill.corby@gnb.ca , ken.cook@fredericton.ca ,
brad.green@gnb.ca , bev.harrison@gnb.ca , Wayne.STEEVES@gnb.ca ,
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First things first.
The Charter clearly states the following.
23. (1) Citizens of Canada
a) whose first language learned and still understood is that of the
English or French linguistic minority population of the province in
which they reside, or
b) who have received their primary school instruction in Canada in
English or French and reside in a province where the language in which
they received that instruction is the language of the English or
French linguistic minority population of the province,
(2) Citizens of Canada of whom any child has received or is receiving
primary or secondary school instruction in English or French in
Canada, have the right to have all their children receive primary and
secondary school instruction in the same language
(3) The right of citizens of Canada under subsections (1) and (2) to
have their children receive primary and secondary school instruction
in the language of the English or French linguistic minority
population of a province
a) applies wherever in the province the number of children of citizens
who have such a right is sufficient to warrant the provision to them
out of public funds of minority language instruction; and
b) includes, where the number of those children so warrants, the right
to have them receive that instruction in minority language educational
facilities provided out of public funds.
Get it? I quoted it out of the gate before my following rant that I
doubt anybody but Kelly Lamrock will read. I did so so that the honest
Maritimes amongst us can take the words of the Charter and run with to
bitch to the lawyer Bernie Richard about the lawyer Kelly Lamrock's
antics. Somebody should explain the meaning of those words. It ain't
my job to do so.
Read on if you are bored or just happen to care about the sad state of
our Democracy today and what another pigheaded Maritimer is up to
today in order to try to defend it and his protect his own dumb arse
at the same time. The joke is on us if you don't. After all we always
get the governments we deserve. Correct?
You can find the rest of the email here. Just go to the link and read
the last comment if you wish.
FYI I made reference to you Bob Bernier but I did not name you in my
rant because I am not certain that you are the same dude who just quit
the liberals in Kings East. If you are that fella you certainly know
who I am Correct?
http://davidamos.blogspot.com/2006/05/mariitime-and-yankee-arseholes.html
Excerpts of a letter to the Liberal party of N.B.
April 3 was a sad day for the Liberal Party of New Brunswick. Premier
Shawn Graham, along with his Minister of Education, Kelly Lamrock,
have ignored the request of the provincial Ombudsman to halt the
changes to the anglophone school system.
This represents severe contempt for both the desires of the people of
New Brunswick, as well as the Office of the Ombudsman. The past three
weeks have seen a wave of dissent grow against the changes to our
schools. The speed at which this wave is sweeping across New Brunswick
has not been seen in a generation.
The Liberal Party of New Brunswick is in danger of being swamped by
this wave. Liberal Associations and MPs across the province have
spoken out against the Lamrock Plan. The Globe and Mail and Montreal
Gazette have slammed the Lamrock Plan.
It's time to put an end to this nonsensical decision.
Regardless of our political leanings, we can all share in the memory
of Louis J. Robichaud, one of our province's greatest leaders. For
young New Brunswickers, P'tit Louis represents the dream of a
bilingual society. The Lamrock Plan denies our children these
opportunities, and denies our province of this dream. Members of
Liberal Party Executive, I trust you will hear our cries for help and
do what is right for both New Brunswick and the Liberal Party. Speak
to your MLAs, and talk them down off this political ledge.
ROB HOADLEY
Fredericton
Group studies its legal options
Early immersion | Reversal of decision wanted ASAP
By JENNIFER DUNVILLE
dunville.jennifer@dailygleaner.com
Published Tuesday April 8th, 2008
Appeared on page A1
A lobby group opposed to the elimination of New Brunswick's early
immersion program is weighing its legal options.
Rob Hoadley, spokesman for Citizens for Education Choice, said the
group's goal is to take legal action that will affect the upcoming
school year.
"We're consulting with lawyers on avenues of legal recourse," Hoadley
said. "Our legal team is preparing a legal challenge to the decision.
"At this point, we're just making sure we have all the documentation
we need. Whatever we decide to do, it's going to happen fast."
One of the options the group is considering is approaching the Court
of Queen's Bench for a judicial review of the decision to eliminate
the early immersion program.
Hoadley said they've filed a request under the Right to Information
Act for all documentation relating to the provincial government's
decision to axe the program.
"The New Brunswick ombudsman is doing this already, but we're also
looking to get all the documents so we can review them too," Hoadley
said.
"I wouldn't want to comment yet on all the legal options we are
weighing because I don't want to limit our group to one thing."
Citizens for Educational Choice disagrees with the government's
decision to implement a new French second-language model, which
includes the intensive French program and excludes early exposure to
the French language.
It wants the decision reversed.
"We want a proper consultation process," Hoadley said. "We know the
system needs changes, but we want to make sure that those much-needed
revisions are done with the research in mind."
Alison Menard, president of the New Brunswick chapter of Canadian
Parents for French, said she commends the citizens' group for fighting
the decision through the legal system.
But she said it's unfortunate it's been pushed to that point.
"When we see the absolute, very quick refusal to the ombudsman's
suggestion that this decision be delayed for a year while he
investigates, that gives you an idea of what we're dealing with,"
Menard said. "It's not likely that we're going to see the government
back down or have sober second thoughts.
"Citizens find themselves in the kind of situation where they don't
have much of a choice but to undertake legal action."
Menard said Canadian Parents for French won't get involved in legal
action against the government because it's not part of the group's
mandate.
But she said she's pleased the citizens' group is trying to have the
decision reversed.
"I would think that citizens and governments would have better things
to do than sue each other," Menard said. "It's unfortunate they have
to do this, but Canadian Parents for French supports them all the
way."
Hoadley said he and other members of the group have been writing to
MLAs, and Members of Parliament, along with sending opinion letters to
newspapers throughout the province.
"We're not going away," Hoadley said of the citizens' group.
"If the government thinks we've been vocal to this point, they should
know we're only just getting started."
Canadian Parents for French
New Brunswick Branch
Provincial Board of Directors
Elected May 7, 2006 in Fredericton
at the Annual General Meeting
New Brunswick Branch
Provincial Board of Directors
Elected May 7, 2006 in Fredericton
at the Annual General Meeting
Alison J. Ménard, President Elect
506-204-4635 (work)
Fax: 506-204-2194 (work)
Email: menard@nbnet.nb.ca
506-204-4635 (work)
Fax: 506-204-2194 (work)
Email: menard@nbnet.nb.ca
Robert Bernier, Vice-President
Tel: 433-4536 (home)
Email: rgbernier@hotmail.com (home)
Tel: 433-4536 (home)
Email: rgbernier@hotmail.com (home)
Walter Lee
Email: Walter.Lee@yorkvilleu.ca (work)
Email: Walter.Lee@yorkvilleu.ca (work)
Linda Duffett-Leger
Tel: 452-6160 (work)
459-5091 (home)
449-1889 (cell)
Fax: 453-4565
Email: lduffett@unb.ca
Tel: 452-6160 (work)
459-5091 (home)
449-1889 (cell)
Fax: 453-4565
Email: lduffett@unb.ca
Jack SadlerTel: 433-1901 (home)
432-4200 (work)
432-4246 (cell)
Email: jsadler@nb.sympatico.ca
432-4200 (work)
432-4246 (cell)
Email: jsadler@nb.sympatico.ca
Jane Buckley
Tel: 459-1538 (home)
458-8211 (work)
Email: jmbuckleycc@nb.aibn.com
Tel: 459-1538 (home)
458-8211 (work)
Email: jmbuckleycc@nb.aibn.com
Richard Rice
Tel: 849-3585 (home)
333-1288 (cell)
Email: rick.rice@gnb.ca
Tel: 849-3585 (home)
333-1288 (cell)
Email: rick.rice@gnb.ca
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