Harper government partnered with industry group battling CRA over KPMG case
Minister touted 'collaboration' with CPA Canada as group readied to fight tax agency on principle
This story was published on Oct. 6, 2015. Here is some of our May 2016 coverage of KPMG:
- May 5, 2016: CRA executives decline to answer KPMG questions before finance MPs
- May 3, 2016: KPMG official tells MPs firm no longer in tax-shelter business
Revenue Minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay trumpeted the alliance in November 2014 as a "new era of information and collaboration" between the Canada Revenue Agency and Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada.
CPA Canada represents and lobbies on behalf of most accounting firms in Canada, including KPMG, which the government was pursuing in court at the time to obtain a list of wealthy clients enrolled in an offshore tax scheme in the Isle of Man.
- KPMG offshore 'sham' deceived tax authorities, CRA alleges
- Federal probe of KPMG tax 'sham' stalled in court
- KPMG tax 'sham' could lead to criminal investigation: experts
- Tax havens explained: How the rich hide money
"We value our role as a trusted adviser to the CRA," Dancey said after the agreement was signed.
The files show KPMG, CPA Canada and another firm met with Harper, his chief of staff Ray Novak and two other aides, though the Prime Minister's Office won't say what was discussed except to say it was a routine stakeholder meeting.
"This is a serious problem, certainly a perception of conflict of interest. The government shouldn't be cozying up to companies that they've taken to court over very serious allegations," said Dennis Howlett, executive director of Canadians for Tax Fairness.
For confidential tips on this story, please email investigations@cbc.ca or call Harvey Cashore at 416-526-4704.
Howlett said the government should have thought more about partnerships and high-level meetings with an industry whose clients it audits and investigates.
"When they get in bed with the very companies that they're supposed to be regulating, it leads to all kinds of dangerous results," Howlett said.
Duff Conacher, who teaches government ethics at the University of Ottawa, said the agreement might send mixed signals to CRA staff auditing clients of CPA Canada member firms.
"It sends a very bad message. Essentially it says don't enforce laws fully and properly because the government is now a partner with this organization and you wouldn't want to make the government look bad."
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CPA joined fight over principle
At the same time as forming their partnership with the CRA, CPA Canada had sought intervention in a court case where KPMG was opposing federal tax authorities in a major legal battle over access to records of its clients ensnared in an offshore tax probe.
In February 2013, the CRA obtained a judge's order to force KPMG to hand over the names and all its files from "high net worth" Canadians involved in a KPMG-created tax avoidance scheme in the Isle of Man. Tax officials claim the scheme is a "sham" that allegedly "intended to deceive" tax investigators.
CPA Canada formally stated its intention to join the KPMG court action against the federal government in October 2013, court records show. There has been no ruling so far on CPA Canada's request.
- Tory ministers met publicly with KPMG as alleged tax 'sham' was probed
- Tax 'sham' used by at least 25 wealthy Canadians: document
In a statement CPA Canada posted online after this story was first published, the organization repeated that it sought intervenor status on principle. "CPA Canada does not advocate for the interests of any individual accounting firm or member," the statement says.
Howlett, of Canadians for Tax Fairness, said he suspects CPA Canada is involved in the KPMG case because it might set a precedent for the entire industry.
"They're nervous that if the government… gets the evidence they need to pursue another case against KPMG, then this whole house of cards, of sham companies and offshore banking, is going to come tumbling down," Howlett told CBC News.
The CRA's case against KPMG had remained mysteriously stalled for more than two years without a single court date. Then, after a series of stories by CBC News and Radio-Canada about the case in September, a KPMG lawyer told the court just last week that out-of-court settlement talks had failed — and both sides are now asking for a hearing before a judge.
'Not about trying to hide nefarious tax schemes'
In addition to CPA Canada's request to intervene in the KPMG case, the association has also been campaigning for limits on what accounting firms have to provide to tax authorities when clients are being audited and investigated. The campaign has included lobbying Ottawa bureaucrats, politicians and their staff on related topics for several years, a review of lobby registry records shows.
According to those records, CPA Canada was particularly concerned with the CRA's "access to auditors/accountants working papers" — one of the central issues in the alleged KPMG tax "sham" case.
CPA Canada has also registered to lobby Ottawa on "third-party liability" — the penalties and fines imposed by the CRA on accountants and others who facilitate aggressive tax avoidance by their clients.
Gabe Hayos, vice-president of tax for CPA Canada, said that the association has "long been on the record opposing tax evasion" and that the lobbying campaign is "not about people trying to hide nefarious tax schemes" but rather about ensuring accountants can provide candid, thorough advice to their clients. "All taxpayers have the right to have confidential conversations with their advisers," he said.
Hayos added that the "the ultimate authority" in CPA Canada's partnership with the government "rests as always with the CRA."
He also said there is no connection between the association's Ottawa lobbying and its involvement in the KPMG court case.
As for the meeting with Harper, CPA Canada head Dancey told CBC in an email that his organization did not raise the KPMG court case or any related policy matters with the prime minister or his staff. A spokesperson for Revenue Minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay said neither she nor her staff have ever been approached to discuss the KPMG case.
In a further statement CPA's Dancey said, "For more than a decade we have sought some form of protection for auditor's working papers and the tax advice provided by professional accountants. We have always been transparent and reported all our organization's lobbying activities."
If you have any information on this story, please contact investigations@cbc.ca or phone Harvey Cashore at 416-526-4704. Follow @HarveyCashore on Twitter
For more on this story, watch the documentary The Isle of Sham from CBC-TV's The National.
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Harper and Bankers
Just DaveMay 10th, 2006
Prime Minister Stephen Harper,
Minister of Public Safety, Stockwell Day,
President of the Treasury Board, John Baird,
Ministers James Flaherty, and Vic Toews
C/o Bill Casey MP
103 Albion Street South,
Amherst, NS, B4H 2X2
Franky Boy McKenna, Deputy Chair,
John Bragg and John Thompson, Directors
Chris Montague Legal Counsel
C/o Jill Crosby, Bank Manager
TD Financial Group
620 Main Street
Sussex, NB, E4E 5L4
W. Geoffrey Beattie, Director
David Allgood, Legal Counsel,
C/o Sharon Armstrong, Bank Manager
Royal Bank of Canada
644 Main Street
Sussex, NB, E4E 7H9
John Manley PC, Director and
E. Jennifer Warren, Legal Counsel
C/o Maria Cormie, Bank Manager
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
761 Main St,
Moncton, NB. E1C 1E5
RE: Blowing the whistle on big banks and corrupt politicians too.
Hey,
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 09:26:07 -0400
Subject: Re MONEY Adisory and Mean Old Me versus legions of crooked lawyers such as the evil Yankee Davd Wilkins who conning NB right now
To: premier@gnb.ca, rick.doucet@gnb.ca, brian.gallant@gnb.ca, duane.woods@chaleursawmills.ca, derrickrussell@nb.aibn.com, peterdegraaf@xplornet.ca, delfor@nbnet.nb.ca, sgriffith@akingump.com, lawrence.schneider@apks.com, efeldman@bakerlaw.com, deen.kaplan@hoganlovells.com, msdavenport@djtradelaw.com, mmoran@steptoe.com, matthew.clark@arentfox.com, matthew.nicely@hugheshubbard.com, dyocis@pkrllp.com, dharrison@gibsondunn.com, tbeline@cassidylevy.com, khm@mowrygrimson.com, wspak@whitecase.com, dcameron@mmmlaw.com, rweiner@sidley.com, yohai.baisburd@dentons.com, Joel.Junker@tradelawcounsel.com, wbarringer@curtis.com, jcail@akingump.com, devonlumber@devonlumber.ca, joel.maclaggan@eacantimber.ca, william.amos@parl.gc.ca, Steven.MacKinnon@parl.gc.ca, Alaina.Lockhart@parl.gc.ca, michael.godin@fornebulumber.com, jean@goguenlumber.com, sales@langevinfp.com, premier@gov.bc.ca, blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca, bostn@international.gc.ca, Davidc.Coon@gmail.com, David.Coon@gnb.ca, terry.seguin@cbc.ca, keith.mary@jdirving.com, pfolkins@snbwc.ca, woodlot@nbnet.nb.ca, nsfpmb@nbnet.nb.ca, odvdm@nbnet.nb.ca, info@cvwpa.ca, Bruce.Northrup@gnb.ca, PREMIER@gov.ns.ca, jamiebaillie@gov.ns.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca, oldmaison1@yahoo.ca, darouse@porlaw.com, fmcelman@stewartmckelvey.com, kelly@lamrockslaw.com, chris.collins@gnb.ca, dan.bussieres@gnb.ca, brian.hodgson@assembly.ab.ca, Michael.Duheme@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Roger.L.Melanson@gnb.ca, Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Bobbi-Jean.MacKinnon@cbc.ca, Kevin.Brosseau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, ian.mcphail@crcc-ccetp.gc.ca, peter.kraska@eku.edu, MulcaT@parl.gc.ca, maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca, leader@greenparty.ca, Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, Michael.Wernick@pco-bcp.gc.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, pm@pm.gc.ca, mdcohen212@gmail.com, publicaffairs@doc.gov, david.wilkins@nelsonmullins.com, Jim.Carr@parl.gc.ca, andre@jafaust.com, markandcaroline@gmail.com, Matt.DeCourcey@parl.gc.ca, Bill.Casey@parl.gc.ca, Bill.Morneau@canada.ca, Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca, hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca, jbosnitch@gmail.com, bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca, Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, ht.lacroix@cbc.ca, sylvie.gadoury@radio-canada.ca
https://money.ca/news/2017/05/25/media-advisory-minister-carr-to-hold-media-availability/
Need i say that after I listened to Minister Jumping Jimmy Carrr,
Trudeau The Younger's mindless minion from Manitoba yap on CBC this
morning with the nasty bastard Terry Seguin and say nothing at all, I
called Harry Gill who was too busy to come to the phone again before I
sent this email? Need i say that this email is to remind you all that
at least one Maritimer is paying attention and plenty pissed off and
reminding Trump's lawyer Mikey Cohen of the amount of money his GOP
buddy David Wilkins is sucking out off the dumb liberals in NB to do
nothing worthwhile at all in Washington as his boss Trump plays with
WAR, NAFTA and Tariffs etc?.
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Doucet, Rick (LEG)" Rick.Doucet@gnb.ca
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 01:07:58 +0000
Subject: RE: Final Docs
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Will get right on this.
Always look forward to your brilliant thoughts.
R
Hon.Rick Doucet
Legislative member for Charlotte-the isles
28 Mt.Pleasant Rd.
St.George, N.B. E5C 3K4
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/softwood-tariff-envoy-new-brunswick-david-wilkins-1.4127368
N.B.'s softwood lumber envoy will seek return of border tax exemption
David Wilkins, who is getting paid about $658,000, says exemption
'just makes good sense'
CBC News Posted: May 23, 2017 6:36 PM AT
"David Wilkins, who was in Saint John on Tuesday afternoon with
Premier Brian Gallant, said his goal is to get a return of the
long-standing exemption on border taxes on softwood lumber exports
from the province."
David H. Wilkins
Partner
david.wilkins@nelsonmullins.com
T: 864.373.2231
Poinsett Plaza, Suite 900
104 South Main Street
Greenville, SC 29601
101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Suite 900
Washington, D.C. 20001
T: 202.689.2829
The ghost of the former LIEbrano Minister of Indian Affairs Andy Scott
who I ran against in the election of the 39th Parlaiment and everybody
else and his dog knows that after the sneaky lawyers David Wilins and
Brian Gallant were talking tough about Trump in Saint John I had a lot
to say in Federal Court in Fat Fred City the very next day EH Minister
Morneau, Matt DeCourcey, Chucky Leblanc and Andre Faust?
Your buddy Stevey Boy Murphy of CTV must recall this interview EH Chucky Baby?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1azdNWbF3A
Me,Myself and I
David Amos
Published on Apr 1, 2013
Although the Crown Corp commonly known as the CBC/RadioCanada sent its
sneaky reporters to watch Brucy Northrups lawyers whine and cry and
the RCMP?GRC do the same in court in Moncton on the 24th at least the
other Crown Corp the RCMP/GRC sent two of its chickenshit French
members who would not even identify themselves to me in order to
listen to every word and take notes N'esy Pas Bobby Paulson and Hubby
Lacroix?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/bruce-northrup-windsor-lawsuit-1.4129938
MLA's lawyers ask for dismissal of Windsor Energy defamation suit
Former cabinet minister's lawyers say judge's ruling on seismic
testing permission should also be thrown out
By Jacques Poitras, CBC News Posted: May 24, 2017 6:14 PM AT
"Northrup's lawyer, Fred McElman, argued Wednesday that when the
provincial highway passes inside municipal boundaries — as Route 1
does where Windsor was testing — then permission from both is
required.
Windsor's lawyer Andrew Rouse said the law doesn't mention that scenario.
"If the municipality is to have jurisdiction over that highway, it
must be done explicitly," he said.
"They should have provided for that" in the law."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rcmp-labour-code-trial-moncton-shootings-1.4127878
Status quo deemed 'unacceptable' years before Moncton Mountie
shootings, trial hears
Police force charged in connection with shooting deaths of 3 Moncton
officers, wounding of 2
By Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, CBC News Posted: May 24, 2017 9:00 AM AT
"On Tuesday, an expert on police militarization in the United States,
testified that arming police with high-powered rifles, such as
carbines, can actually reduce safety for the public and officers.
Peter Kraska, a professor at Eastern Kentucky University, said if
citizens see officers as occupiers, it can result in more violence."
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 13:58:50 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing today in
Federal Court and the notes I read from as I argued the Queen's sneaky
little minions who think they are above the law and the rest of us as
well
To: blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca, bruce.northrup@gnb.ca,
hugh.flemming@gnb.ca, BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.com, carl.davies@gnb.ca,
carl.urquhart@gnb.ca, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca, Paul.Lynch@edmontonpolice.ca,
Paul.Collister@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca, peacock.kurt@telegraphjournal.com, news@kingscorecord.com,
sfine@globeandmail.com, newsroom@globeandmail.ca,
nick.brown@gnb.ca, nick.moore@bellmedia.ca, dan.bussieres@gnb.ca,
Tim.RICHARDSON@gnb.ca, randy.mckeen@gnb.ca, premier@gnb.ca, brian.gallant@gnb.ca, PREMIER@gov.ns.ca, premier@gov.ab.ca, brian.hodgson@assembly.ab.ca, premier@gov.bc.ca, suzanne.anton.mla@leg.bc.ca, serge.rousselle@gnb.ca, david.eidt@gnb.ca,
brian@brianruhe.ca, paul@paulfromm.com, sunrayzulu@shaw.ca, patrick_doran1@hotmail.com, cps@calgarypolice.ca, theresa.may.mp@parliament.uk, themayor@calgary.ca,
sylvie.gadoury@radio-canada.ca, ht.lacroix@cbc.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca,
don.marshall@edmonton.ca, don.iveson@edmonton.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, brian@murphygroup.ca, david@lutz.nb.ca, michael.comeau@gnb.ca
May 24th
https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
April 3rd
https://archive.org/details/April32017JusticeLeblancHearing
---------- Original message ----------
From: NATALIA OLIVEIRA JOHNSTON natalia.johnston@cbc.ca
Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 17:13:10 -0700
Subject: Out of office Re: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing
today in Federal Court and the notes I read from as I argued the
Queen's sneaky little minions who think they are above the law and the
rest of us as well
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
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From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)" fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca
Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 00:14:35 +000
Subject: RE: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing today in
Federal Court and the notes I read from as I argued the Queen's sneaky
little minions who think they are above the law and the rest of us as
well
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
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http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/04/attn-wilbur-l-ross-jr-i-just-called.html
Friday, 28 April 2017
Attn Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. I just called about Softwood Tariffs
---------- Original message ----------
From: Premier
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 19:02:21 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: [PROBABLE-SPAM] Attn Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. I
just called about Softwood Tariffs
To: David Amos
Thank you for your email to Premier McNeil.
This is an automatic confirmation your email has been received.
Warmest Regards,
Premier's Correspondence Unit
For the Public record these are the documents I attached to my email
about Softwood Tariffs .
https://www.scribd.com/document/346747066/Arnold-and-Porter-Response
https://www.scribd.com/document/346746903/Arnold-and-Porter
https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right
Final-Recipient: rfc822; yohai.baisburd@dentons.com
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 15:02:12 -0400
Subject: Attn Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. I just called about Softwood Tariffs
To: publicaffairs@doc.gov, sgriffith@akingump.com,
lawrence.schneider@apks.com, efeldman@bakerlaw.com,
deen.kaplan@hoganlovells.com, msdavenport@djtradelaw.com,
mmoran@steptoe.com, matthew.clark@arentfox.com,
matthew.nicely@hugheshubbard.com, dyocis@pkrllp.com,
dharrison@gibsondunn.com, tbeline@cassidylevy.com,
khm@mowrygrimson.com, wspak@whitecase.com, dcameron@mmmlaw.com,
rweiner@sidley.com, yohai.baisburd@dentons.com,
Joel.Junker@tradelawcounsel.com, wbarringer@curtis.com, pm ,
jcail@akingump.com
Cc: "David.Raymond.Amos" , Premier , "blaine.Higgs" ,
PREMIER@gov.ns.ca, jamiebaillie@gov.ns.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca,
Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca
https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2017/02/wilbur-l-ross-jr-sworn-secretary-commerce-vice-president-mike-pence
Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.
Secretary of Commerce and "King of Bankruptcy"
C/o
Office of Public Affairs
202-482-4883
publicaffairs@doc.gov
The documents hereto attached to and from Arnold & Porter and others
should refresh the memories of your Canadian clients and my Yankee
opponents as well.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 12:18:29 -0400
Subject: I just called about Softwood Tariffs
To: dkoschik@whitecase.com, vdesantis@whitecase.com
Cc: "David.Raymond.Amos"
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/j-d-irving-advantage-tariff-trade-softwood-lumber-1.4087231
J.D. Irving Ltd. had advantage in fighting for lower tariff, says Roger Melanson
Irving denies advantage over other companies because of operation in Maine
By Jacques Poitras, CBC News Posted: Apr 26, 2017 6:03 PM A
"The company uses a top Washington law firm, White and Case, that
specializes in international trade."
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:41:14 -0400
Subject: Fwd: FYI I called Mr Stillwell then I listened to the Green
Meanie David Coon on CBC yapping about the Maritime Lumber Bureau and
I called them too
To: duane.woods@chaleursawmills.ca, derrickrussell@nb.aibn.com,
peterdegraaf@xplornet.ca, delfor@nbnet.nb.ca,
devonlumber@devonlumber.ca, joel.maclaggan@eacantimber.ca,
michael.godin@fornebulumber.com, jean@goguenlumber.com,
sales@langevinfp.com
Cc: "David.Raymond.Amos" , mdcohen212@gmail.com
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 08:16:56 -0400
Subject: FYI I called Mr Stillwell then I listened to the Green Meanie
David Coon on CBC yapping about the Maritime Lumber Bureau and I
called them too
To: Bill.Casey@parl.gc.ca, kmerriam@mlb.ca, Premier ,
premier@gov.bc.ca, blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca, bostn@international.gc.ca,
Davidc.Coon@gmail.com, David.Coon@gnb.ca, Matt.DeCourcey@parl.gc.ca,
terry.seguin@cbc.ca, keith.mary@jdirving.com, pfolkins@snbwc.ca,
brian.gallant@gnb.ca, rick.doucet@gnb.ca, woodlot@nbnet.nb.ca,
nsfpmb@nbnet.nb.ca, odvdm@nbnet.nb.ca, info@cvwpa.ca,
Bruce.Northrup@gnb.ca
Cc: "David.Raymond.Amos" , william.amos@parl.gc.ca, Steven.MacKinnon@parl.gc.ca,
Alaina.Lockhart@parl.gc.ca
Maritime Lumber Bureau
P.O. Box 459
Amherst, Nova Scotia
B4H 4A1
Phone: 902.667.3889
Hainesville Sawmill Ltd.
2779 Rte. 104
Middle Hainesville, NB
E6E 1H3
(506) 463-2261
Stillwell didn't know me from Adam and didn't much care and disagreed
with me about Trump's actions. So I told him to cantact the Maritime
Lumber Bureau because they have had my documents since 2005 and they
and the Feds are the ones who dropped the ball dealing with Trump
about softwood tariffs. It was not all Gallant's fault this time but a
lot of the blame can be shouldered by Blaine Higg's and his old buddy
David Alward who is now our top Fed in Beantown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7c4VjtY3-M
Maritime Lumber Bureau
David Amos
66 views
REPublished on Apr 4, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Ir55k6kMY
Maritime Lumber Bureau 2
David Amos
REPublished on Apr 4, 2013
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/02/re-fatca-nafta-tpp-etc-attn-president.html
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President Donald J. Trump I just got
off the phone with your lawyer Mr Cohen (646-853-0114) Why does he lie
to me after all this time???
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From: David Amos
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:51:14 -0400
Subject: RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President Donald J. Trump I
just got off the phone with your lawyer Mr Cohen (646-853-0114) Why
does he lie to me after all this time???
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From: Michael Cohen
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:15:14 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just
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From: "Finance Public / Finance Publique (FIN)"
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:05:00 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo President Trump RE the Federal Court of Canada File No
T-1557-15 lets see how the media people do with news that is NOT FAKE
To: David Amos
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Thursday, 27 April 2017
YO Jean-Pierre Blais the Smiling Bastards in Google had my old
Faithful Motomaniac333 deleted today Right after I sent an email to
Dick Tracy and the FEDS
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From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 00:32:01 +0000
Subject: RE: YO Jean-Pierre Blais the Smilling Bastards in Google had
my old Faithfull Motomaniac333 deleted today Right after I sent an
email to Dick Tracy and the FEDS
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http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/02/yo-chucky-leblanc-re-latest-jdi-lawsuit.html
Monday, 6 February 2017
Yo Chucky Leblanc RE latest JDI lawsuit Here is scoop for ya the media
won't touch BTW I called your old pal Jeannot Volpe at (506) 737 4436
and left voicemail just so he can't say I talked behind his back N'esy
Pas?
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From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 16:10:07 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo Chucky Leblanc RE latest JDI lawsuit Here is scoop for
ya the media won't touch BTW I called your old pal Jeannot Volpe at
(506) 737 4436 and left voicemail just so he can't say I talked behind
his back N'esy Pas?
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/softwood-lumber-tariff-irving-united-states-1.4088004
'I was pretty sure it was coming': Hainesville sawmill prepares to
close over tariff
Hainesville Sawmill Ltd. will close next week but owner hopeful
business will resume in 6 months
CBC News Posted: Apr 27, 2017 12:12 PM AT
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Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 13:26:14 +0000
Subject: RE: Re MONEY Adisory and Mean Old Me versus legions of crooked lawyers such as the evil Yankee Davd Wilkins who conning NB right now
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Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 13:26:14 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Re MONEY Adisory and Mean Old Me versus legions of crooked lawyers such as the evil Yankee Davd Wilkins who conning NB right now
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Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 13:26:33 +0000
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/softwood-tariff-envoy-new-brunswick-david-wilkins-1.4127368
N.B.'s softwood lumber envoy will seek return of border tax exemption
David Wilkins, who is getting paid about $658,000, says exemption 'just makes good sense'
CBC News Posted: May 23, 2017 6:36 PM AT
David Wilkins met in Saint John with government officials and industry stakeholders on Tuesday. (CBC)
David Wilkins, who was in Saint John on Tuesday afternoon with Premier Brian Gallant, said his goal is to get a return of the long-standing exemption on border taxes on softwood lumber exports from the province.
"New Brunswick benefited greatly from the Maritime exclusion," Wilkins said during a news conference at the Trade and Convention Centre
"It took a heavy investment of leadership on both sides of that issue, and that's exactly what we need again.
'We believe in the tremendous potential that this province has to offer the U.S.' - David Wilkins, special envoy
"And it just makes good sense. New Brunswick and the U.S. have an obvious and mutually beneficial trade relationship that creates thousands of jobs for both countries."
Wilkins, a former U.S. ambassador to Canada, was hired by the province this month after the Trump administration announced it will slap tariffs of between three and 24 per cent on softwood lumber from Canada.
The province is paying Wilkins $40,000 US per month for the one-year term, nearly $658,000 Cdn, to assist with lobbying efforts and provide the Gallant government with advice.
Wilkins said he will also try to create new business for New Brunswick in the U.S.
"And I promise you this, while I'm going to work as hard as I can alongside your premier to help strengthen those ties you already have, we're also striving along with your premier to help open more doors for investment and opportunities in the U.S.," he said.
"We believe in the tremendous potential that this province has to offer the U.S."
The forest industry contributes more than $1.45 billion to the provincial economy a year and employs about 22,000 New Brunswickers.
But the New Brunswick government has warned the softwood lumber tariffs could lead to mill closures and job losses.
Up to 25 sawmills owned by 14 companies could suffer in the trade dispute.
Wilkins, who served from 2005 to 2009 during the George W. Bush administration, is a partner at a law firm and lobby group based in Columbia, S.C.
Stakeholder 'pleased'
He met with government officials and forest industry representatives earlier Tuesday.
Mike Légère, executive director of Forest NB, said in a government-issued release that the organization was "pleased with the discussion that took place."
"Forestry is an important part of our economy, and provides jobs in communities across the province," said Légère. "Our industry is working with our partners to resolve the softwood lumber challenge."
Treasury Board President Roger Melanson, who is also the minister responsible for trade policy, described the discussions as "productive and informative."
Melanson had initially declined to disclose how much the government is paying Wilkins, but a government spokeswoman later revealed the amount.
Wilkins helped resolve a previous softwood lumber dispute between Canada and the U.S. within 15 months of becoming ambassador. That deal earned the support of "most of the Canadian lumber industry," according to the provincial government.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/bruce-northrup-windsor-lawsuit-1.4129938
MLA's lawyers ask for dismissal of Windsor Energy defamation suit
Former cabinet minister's lawyers say judge's ruling on seismic testing permission should also be thrown out
By Jacques Poitras, CBC News Posted: May 24, 2017 6:14 PM AT
Northrup’s lawyer, Fred McElman, argued Wednesday that
when a provincial highway passes inside municipal boundaries — as Route
1 does where Windsor was testing — then permission from both levels of
government is required before testing. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Lawyers for a Progressive Conservative MLA have asked
New Brunswick's highest court to throw out a defamation lawsuit filed
against him by a shale gas company.
The request stems from a 2011 incident when Bruce Northrup, the natural resources minister at the time, said in a news release and media interviews that Windsor Energy "violated" the Oil and Natural Gas Act when its contractor did seismic testing within Sussex's town boundaries.
Northrup called it "a blatant disregard" for the law.
Windsor's CEO, Khalid Amin responded by filing the lawsuit just weeks before the 2014 provincial election, alleging Northrup's comments had cost the company money by driving away investors.
Northrup defended his comments when the suit was filed.
"I don't have any regrets about what I did there in that situation," Northrup told CBC News then.
"Apparently the other side … thinks I did something wrong, but I can go to bed at the end of the day with a clear head."
On Wednesday, Northrup's lawyers tried to persuade three judges of the Court of Appeal to overturn a November ruling by Justice Judy Clendening that concluded Windsor had not broken the law.
They said if the justices agreed, Northrup's 2011 comments were by definition true, and he could not be sued for defamation and the lawsuit should be dismissed.
Justice Marc Richard seemed to be open to the argument that Clendening's decision was flawed, suggesting it "doesn't stand up to scrutiny" unless Windsor's lawyers could prove otherwise.
Clendening's ruling in November found that a gas company like Windsor must get either a municipality's consent to testing if it's within the municipal boundary, or the province's permission if it's in the right-of-way of a provincial highway.
Windsor had the province's permission to test along Route 1 in 2011,
but it didn't have the consent of the Town of Sussex, even though it
believed it was testing within town boundaries.
The act says a company with a permit can't work "within the bounds of a municipality unless it has the municipality's consent in writing, or within any highway right-of-way without the written consent of the district transportation engineer."
Windsor says the word "or" means one or the other is required, but not both — the logic Clendening accepted in November.
But Northrup's lawyer, Fred McElman, argued Wednesday that when the provincial highway passes inside municipal boundaries — as Route 1 does where Windsor was testing — then permission from both is required.
Windsor's lawyer Andrew Rouse said the law doesn't mention that scenario.
"If the municipality is to have jurisdiction over that highway, it must be done explicitly," he said.
"They should have provided for that" in the law.
Richard pushed back on that, asking if it was possible the government that passed the law meant for both approvals to be required in that scenario.
"Maybe that's how the legislators saw it," he said.
The mostly technical arguments could have major consequences for Northrup, a three-term PC MLA.
If Windsor only needed the province's permission, it was acting within the law in 2011.
But if both permissions were required, then Northrup's 2011 comments would be true, his lawyers said Wednesday. A ruling in his favour would require the court to throw out the lawsuit.
The three justices said they will rule on the issue at a later date.
Windsor's lawyer also introduced a legal curve ball Wednesday by
asking the court to let him change some of the company's legal
arguments.
While the company believed at the time it was operating inside Sussex town boundaries, it is no longer sure the site it was testing is actually within Sussex town boundaries because it now has new information that the highway was widened in the early 1980s, which might have shifted the town limit along with the road.
Northrup's lawyers said the company shouldn't be allowed to make that change at this point in the case and questioned how the company could have been mistaken.
"They're in the business of knowing where they're working," lawyer Josie Marks argued.
If the court ruled in Windsor's favour on that issue, then it would be able to argue that its testing was legal even Clendening's November ruling were upheld, closing off another legal avenue for Northrup.
The three justices said they'll also rule on that issue at a later date.
The lawyers for both sides refused to comment on the case.
Windsor Energy included the New Brunswick government in its initial lawsuit in 2014 but agreed to remove it last year after a judge ruled the suit fell outside the kind of legal action that can be filed against the province.
The two 2011 press releases containing Northrup's accusations remain available on the provincial government website.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rcmp-labour-code-trial-moncton-shootings-1.4127878
The request stems from a 2011 incident when Bruce Northrup, the natural resources minister at the time, said in a news release and media interviews that Windsor Energy "violated" the Oil and Natural Gas Act when its contractor did seismic testing within Sussex's town boundaries.
Northrup called it "a blatant disregard" for the law.
- Bruce Northrup seeks appeal of ruling Windsor Energy's testing in Sussex was legal
- Windsor Energy's 2011 seismic testing in Sussex was legal: judge
- Bruce Northrup, province files defence against Windsor Energy claims
Windsor's CEO, Khalid Amin responded by filing the lawsuit just weeks before the 2014 provincial election, alleging Northrup's comments had cost the company money by driving away investors.
Northrup defended his comments when the suit was filed.
"I don't have any regrets about what I did there in that situation," Northrup told CBC News then.
"Apparently the other side … thinks I did something wrong, but I can go to bed at the end of the day with a clear head."
On Wednesday, Northrup's lawyers tried to persuade three judges of the Court of Appeal to overturn a November ruling by Justice Judy Clendening that concluded Windsor had not broken the law.
They said if the justices agreed, Northrup's 2011 comments were by definition true, and he could not be sued for defamation and the lawsuit should be dismissed.
Justice Marc Richard seemed to be open to the argument that Clendening's decision was flawed, suggesting it "doesn't stand up to scrutiny" unless Windsor's lawyers could prove otherwise.
Clendening's ruling in November found that a gas company like Windsor must get either a municipality's consent to testing if it's within the municipal boundary, or the province's permission if it's in the right-of-way of a provincial highway.
Jurisdictional confusion
'If the municipality is to have jurisdiction
over that highway, it must be done explicitly,' Windsor lawyer Andrew
Rouse said to the New Brunswick Court of Appeal. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
The act says a company with a permit can't work "within the bounds of a municipality unless it has the municipality's consent in writing, or within any highway right-of-way without the written consent of the district transportation engineer."
Windsor says the word "or" means one or the other is required, but not both — the logic Clendening accepted in November.
Differs over what law means
But Northrup's lawyer, Fred McElman, argued Wednesday that when the provincial highway passes inside municipal boundaries — as Route 1 does where Windsor was testing — then permission from both is required.
Windsor's lawyer Andrew Rouse said the law doesn't mention that scenario.
"If the municipality is to have jurisdiction over that highway, it must be done explicitly," he said.
"They should have provided for that" in the law.
Judge offers alternative
Richard pushed back on that, asking if it was possible the government that passed the law meant for both approvals to be required in that scenario.
"Maybe that's how the legislators saw it," he said.
The mostly technical arguments could have major consequences for Northrup, a three-term PC MLA.
If Windsor only needed the province's permission, it was acting within the law in 2011.
But if both permissions were required, then Northrup's 2011 comments would be true, his lawyers said Wednesday. A ruling in his favour would require the court to throw out the lawsuit.
The three justices said they will rule on the issue at a later date.
Windsor has new view
Lawyers for former natural resources minister
Bruce Northrup argued Wednesday for overturning a ruling by Justice
Judy Clendening, who found Windsor Energy had not broken the law when it
did seismic testing in Sussex.
While the company believed at the time it was operating inside Sussex town boundaries, it is no longer sure the site it was testing is actually within Sussex town boundaries because it now has new information that the highway was widened in the early 1980s, which might have shifted the town limit along with the road.
Northrup's lawyers said the company shouldn't be allowed to make that change at this point in the case and questioned how the company could have been mistaken.
"They're in the business of knowing where they're working," lawyer Josie Marks argued.
Decision later
If the court ruled in Windsor's favour on that issue, then it would be able to argue that its testing was legal even Clendening's November ruling were upheld, closing off another legal avenue for Northrup.
The three justices said they'll also rule on that issue at a later date.
The lawyers for both sides refused to comment on the case.
Windsor Energy included the New Brunswick government in its initial lawsuit in 2014 but agreed to remove it last year after a judge ruled the suit fell outside the kind of legal action that can be filed against the province.
The two 2011 press releases containing Northrup's accusations remain available on the provincial government website.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rcmp-labour-code-trial-moncton-shootings-1.4127878
Status quo deemed 'unacceptable' years before Moncton Mountie shootings, trial hears
Police force charged in connection with shooting deaths of 3 Moncton officers, wounding of 2
By Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, CBC News Posted: May 24, 2017 9:00 AM AT
RCMP Insp. Larry Brookson took over the carbine project in
2011 and left the position in mid-June 2013. (CBC)
An internal RCMP document written years before the shooting deaths of three Moncton Mounties and wounding of two others said "continuation of the status quo [with respect to weaponry and training] is unacceptable," the national police force's Labour Code trial heard on Wednesday.
The document, written between December 2011 and August 2012, outlining the costs of acquiring carbine rifles for front-line officers, also stated the RCMP has a duty to protect members under Canada's Labour Code.
The RCMP is on trial in connection with Justin Bourque's deadly shooting rampage in a residential area of Moncton's north end on June 4, 2014.
4 alleged violations of code
The police force is charged with violating four provisions of the Canada Labour Code by allegedly failing to provide members with appropriate use-of-force equipment and training for responding to an active threat or active shooting event, and failing to ensure the health and safety of every person employed by the force.
Crown prosecutor Paul Adams had Insp. Larry Brookson read the internal document aloud for the Moncton courtroom during cross-examination.
Earlier in the day, during direct examination by the defence, Brookson testified that arming front-line officers with carbine weapons was "priority one" for him in 2011.
But getting project approval and funding required risk assessment, said Brookson.
"It took a while, but it's those boxes that needed to be checked off."
On Tuesday, Deputy Commissioner Kevin Brosseau also testified that rolling out C8 carbines to officers was a high priority in 2011 when he was working on the file.
Brookson, who took over from Brosseau, in charge of the RCMP's use-of-force program at Contract and Aboriginal Policing, walked the court through what needed to be done before officers had the powerful semi-automatic weapons in their hands.
He said securing the budget, training, policies, carrying racks, and ammunition were all examples of what needed to be discussed and planned for.
Moncton RCMP officers did not have access to
any carbine weapons on the night of Justin Bourque's deadly shooting
spree, the trial has heard. (Marc Grandmaison/Canadian Press)Even finding space inside the average RCMP vehicle was an issue, said Brookson.
The RCMP did manage to put in a bulk order for 375 carbines in 2011, but by February 2012 the plan was revised and scaled down to 125 guns, he said.
About 300 carbines would have cost about $1 million at the time, said Brookson, who left the position in mid-June 2013.
"The cost of ammunition is equal to just the frame of the carbine," he said.
Constables, left to right, Douglas James
Larche, 40, from Saint John, Const. Dave Joseph Ross, 32, from
Victoriaville, Que., and Const. Fabrice Georges Gevaudan, 45, from
Boulogne-Billancourt, France, were killed in Moncton by Justin Bourque.
(Canadian Press)
Peter Kraska, a professor at Eastern Kentucky University, said if citizens see officers as occupiers, it can result in more violence.
The militarization culture can also be seductive to some officers, he said.
The trial started on April 24. About two months have been set aside.
Each of the four charges carries a maximum fine of $1 million.
Bourque is serving five life sentences with no chance of parole for 75 years after pleading guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder.
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