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Subject: RE: One very long year later and still Kim.MacPherson and her fellow Chartered Accountants can't answer my emails EH Terry Seguin of CBC?
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Subject: Re: One very long year later and still Kim.MacPherson and her fellow Chartered Accountants can't answer my emails EH Terry Seguin of CBC?
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Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 15:49:09 -0400
Subject: One very long year later and still Kim.MacPherson and her fellow Chartered Accountants can't answer my emails EH Terry Seguin of CBC?
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http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2016/06/kim-macpherson-and-her-fellow-chartered.html
Thursday, 16 June 2016
Kim MacPherson and her fellow Chartered Accountants can tell her buddy Terry Seguin of CBC that she is under "Oath" to the Queen I am suing but the people within the Global oversight of her chosen profession should not care
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From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)" Brian.Gallant@gnb.camailto:Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 11:00:54 +0000
Subject: RE: So what does Premier Gallant and Minister Doucet et al think of my lawsuit? How about David Coon and his blogging buddy Chucky joking about being illegally barred from parliamentary property
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.commailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/auditor-general-report-new-brunswick-social-development-1.4168848
Province paid $13M to consultants to find $10M in savings — maybe
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Lou Bell
I'm sure this will be
corrected immediately !! No, probably the consultants will continue with
their contract. They'll probably fire MacPherson ! That's how N.B.
politics works !!!!!!!!
David Raymond Amos
@Lou Bell A lot you know
about anything. Trust that they will never dare to fire MacPherson
because of what I said in Federal Court last month and the brief I have
been directed to file this week.
Lou Bell
Thank goodness for Kim
MacPherson !! Like standing on a 2 foot by 2 foot raft in the middle of
a 100 square kilometre swamp with the gators snappin' at her feet !
SHAME on all of our politicians !!!!! Proof again they're in it for one
thing, and it's not the people !!!!!!!
David Raymond Amos
@Lou Bell Methinks the lady doth protest too much.
If Kim MacPherson were truly serious about what she reported today then she and her many auditors would have studied the file of mine on Ernst & Young et al that sent to her over a year ago after her Deputy Minister called me. When I heard this reported on the news today I called many of her people. Only two fellas picked up the phone and both auditors played dumb as posts so i sent the same email again and published in the same both I made last year about this topic. I made it a point to ask one fella the obvious question I have been asking for years when i first encountered Sheila Fraser and her lawyer Richard Dearden in 2004 who audits the Auditor Generals. Clearly it has to be me because the file I sent MacPherson about Beancounters was from 2004.
Anyone can check it out now.
https://www.scribd.com/document/351841765/Ernst-Young-et-al
If Kim MacPherson were truly serious about what she reported today then she and her many auditors would have studied the file of mine on Ernst & Young et al that sent to her over a year ago after her Deputy Minister called me. When I heard this reported on the news today I called many of her people. Only two fellas picked up the phone and both auditors played dumb as posts so i sent the same email again and published in the same both I made last year about this topic. I made it a point to ask one fella the obvious question I have been asking for years when i first encountered Sheila Fraser and her lawyer Richard Dearden in 2004 who audits the Auditor Generals. Clearly it has to be me because the file I sent MacPherson about Beancounters was from 2004.
Anyone can check it out now.
https://www.scribd.com/document/351841765/Ernst-Young-et-al
Lou Bell
@David Raymond Amos Fine, but I think she has enough work from past 3 or 4 years without going back 13. Am glad she found this.
Bob Smith
The question is, why is the
consultant's name shrouded in secrecy? If the AG won't name the person,
why won't anyone in government? Spending taxpayer money in a reckless
manner with no oversight seems abusive, at the very least...
Matt Steele
@Bob Smith .....probably because this Consultant is politically connected....
David Raymond Amos
@Matt Steele 'Politically connected' ??? Thats an understatement. In an nutshell they own the politicians
Stephen Long
$600,000 in travel expenses? Where was he going, to the moon?
William Roberts
@Stephen Long $13,000,000.00 in consulting fees???????????????
They really don't care!! It is not their GD money!!!!
They really don't care!! It is not their GD money!!!!
David Raymond Amos
@William Roberts Wrong its their money now.
Bob Besner
$16 million dollar NB Tourism
contract, awarded to liberal-friendly firm m5 should be next! NB Tax
payers should not be footing the bill for 'owed' favors from political
parties to their sponsors. No amount of tax increases or infrastructure
spending can fix or cover up this fundamental problem.
David Raymond Amos
@Bob Besner This wicked game
had been going on for over fifty years since Little Louis centralized
the government and all the players climbed on the gravy train and
settled in around Fredericton
Harold Fitzgerald
My God! Ya can't make stuff
this outrageous up! What collusal incompetence! A mystery consultant
paid $13 million. Seriously? NB is so screwed!
David Raymond Amos
@Harold Fitzgerald Ernst & Young are no mystery to me
Marilynn Doherty
More of the same by both the
Cons and Liberals. Total incompetence in running procurements and
monitoring performance on contracts. Again, complete disregard and waste
of hard earned taxpayers’ money. We cannot afford this any longer.
We’re taxed to the nth as it is. It certainly does not pass the smell
test! NBers should be outraged and start showing it.
David Raymond Amos
@Marilynn Doherty I have been
outraged for years and even ran for public office 5 times while folks
either laughed at me or ignored me or put me in jail. So I sued the
Crown in 2015. Now its 2017 and the Queen's and Mr Trump's many lawyers
ain't laughing no more.
James Freney
Time for a radical
change,nothing can be worse than Red or Blue. Complete disregard for
taxpayers and their money. Friends of the government continue to feed at
the trough and rules are disregarded like they don't exist.
Mack Leigh
@James Freney
Why not disregard the rules, it is quite evident that " anything " goes with absolutely no accountability and no ramifications.
Why not disregard the rules, it is quite evident that " anything " goes with absolutely no accountability and no ramifications.
David Raymond Amos
@Mack Leigh I listened to
MacPherson talk to her CBC pal on Info Morning show again today. Perhaps
folks should read my blog about MacPherson and Seguin last year? Anyone
can find the link to at the top of my Twitter account right now. I
posted it yesterday before she spoke on the Crown's airwaves today.
Robert McCready
Conflict of interest, do y'
think? When one of the bidders gets to write the specs for the tender,
what else could it be? If this happened in the private sector someone
would go to jail.
David Raymond Amos
@Robert McCready If you truly
care read the comment section within the CBC article found below, then
go to Federal Court in Fredericton and pull Docket Number T-1557-15 and
A-048-16 or wait for my bog about this news item put forth by CBC today.
Fundy Royal campaign targets middle class with focus on jobs
Fundy Royal voters have elected Conservatives all but 1 time in 28 elections over 101 years
CBC News Posted: Oct 17, 2015 6:00 AM AT
Four candidats are running in the federal riding of
Fundy-Royal. Green candidate Stephanie Coburn, NDP candidate Jennifer
McKenzie, Liberal candidate Alaina Lockhart and Conservative candidate
Rob Moore. (Courtesy of Stephanie Coburn, Jennifer McKenzie/Facebook,
Alaina Lockhart/Facebook, CBC)
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tony forward
I may be a little confused
here, Is there not 5 candidates in this Riding.. Humm. Seems you forgot
the Independent candidate, David Amos is running, heard him on the radio
and has a u tube following, Funny how u tube has become become more
accurate than the CBC. Shame on you, CBC. Lets just see if you will
post this comment,,,
@tony forward For the record
CBC is well aware that I am the fifth candidate. Hance Colburne of CBC
moderated the debate in Hampton on Oct 7th one before CBC posted on
their website on Oct 14th his interview with Rob Moore on CBC airwaves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyNx6QEHqRA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyNx6QEHqRA
David Amos
It appears that the CROWN
Corp known as CBC has failed its MANDATE once again and acted in a very
partisan fashion in ignoring my name on the ballot. Correct? The real
question is will the CROWN even allow this comment to be posted?
RURAL GUY
@David Amos was going to hold
my nose and vote con until I seen your name right at the top of the
ballot. I instantly checked yours without even looking any further. I've
never seen such a poor choice for prime minister for our three main
parties, ever. when harper polls as good as he is, kinda tells you
something about the other two, yuk
David Amos
@David Amos FACTS
http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/reporting-to-canadians/acts-and-policies/management/human-resources/2-2-21/
STATEMENT
CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada's national public broadcaster and one of its largest cultural institutions. In the fulfillment of this critical role, this Code of Conduct outlines the values and expected behaviours that guide CBC/Radio-Canada employees in all activities related to their professional duties. By committing to these values and adhering to the expected behaviours, CBC/Radio-Canada employees strengthen the ethical culture of the public sector and contribute to public confidence in the integrity of all public institutions.
1. Respect for Democracy
Subject to the Broadcasting Act, CBC/Radio-Canada employees shall uphold the Canadian parliamentary democracy and its institutions by:
1.1 Respecting the rule of law and carrying out their duties in accordance with legislation, policies and directives in a manner that is and appears to be non-partisan and impartial.
1.2 Loyally carrying out the mandate of CBC/Radio-Canada as set out in the Broadcasting Act, for which it is accountable to Parliament and Canadians.
1.3 Providing decision makers of CBC/Radio-Canada with the information, analysis and advice they need, always striving to be open, candid and impartial.
2. Respect for People
CBC/Radio-Canada employees shall respect human dignity and the value of every person by:
2.1 Treating every person with respect and fairness.
http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/reporting-to-canadians/acts-and-policies/management/human-resources/2-2-21/
STATEMENT
CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada's national public broadcaster and one of its largest cultural institutions. In the fulfillment of this critical role, this Code of Conduct outlines the values and expected behaviours that guide CBC/Radio-Canada employees in all activities related to their professional duties. By committing to these values and adhering to the expected behaviours, CBC/Radio-Canada employees strengthen the ethical culture of the public sector and contribute to public confidence in the integrity of all public institutions.
1. Respect for Democracy
Subject to the Broadcasting Act, CBC/Radio-Canada employees shall uphold the Canadian parliamentary democracy and its institutions by:
1.1 Respecting the rule of law and carrying out their duties in accordance with legislation, policies and directives in a manner that is and appears to be non-partisan and impartial.
1.2 Loyally carrying out the mandate of CBC/Radio-Canada as set out in the Broadcasting Act, for which it is accountable to Parliament and Canadians.
1.3 Providing decision makers of CBC/Radio-Canada with the information, analysis and advice they need, always striving to be open, candid and impartial.
2. Respect for People
CBC/Radio-Canada employees shall respect human dignity and the value of every person by:
2.1 Treating every person with respect and fairness.
David Amos
@RURAL GUY Thank You for the vote of confidence Kind Sir
David Amos
Clearly there are FIVE candidates not merely four.
http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=13004&EV=41&QID=-1&PAGEID=17
and everybody knows it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=13004&EV=41&QID=-1&PAGEID=17
and everybody knows it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
CT
@David Amos I'm sorry they
ignored you,you have great points but you should really pick a
demographic that is smarter.Here people vote for cons without ever using
their brains.Sad really when all they represent are Irving ,the potash
corp and their minions.They are owned by them and they don't even know
it.
David Amos
Go figure http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/pirate-party-s-james-wilson-aims-to-lead-party-nationally-1.2511054?cmp=rss
CBC writes lots about people who BS a lot then don't bother to put their name on a ballot. Yet I have done so FIVE times and they have never said a peep other than bar me from the airwaves and try to have their pals in the other CROWN Corp known as the RCMP arrest me. Page 14 of this old pdf file of mine is the reason why.
http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2526023-DAMOSIntegrity-yea-right.-txt.pdf
David Amos
Anybody bother to notice I am
the only person posting here with a real name and it is the same name
that is on the ballot in Fundy Royal? Do ya think the lawyer Rob Moore "The True Conservative" or any of the others would dare to debate me in writing with their true name within a website funded by the taxpayer and controlled by questionable public servants? How about outside the CROWN"s domain within the Yankee website called Twitter? That is where I play very serious Political Hard Ball. See for yourself or ask Rob Moore's hero Stevey Boy Harper if I am a liar or not.
https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies
David Amos
BTW Rob Moore and I know the
truth about Randy Quaid's questionable arrests in Canada and the USA.
More importantly so does Randy I know that for a fact. http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/randy-quaid-release-jail-vermont-1.3274216
"I never worried about being found guilty or any of that for any of these charges because I know the truth, and I know the facts are going to come out at some point, and today was a good sign of that," Randy Quaid said
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/randy-quaid-court-appearance-1.3262238
"Quaid and his wife Evi, a Canadian citizen, have been living in Montreal since February 2013."
"Robert Gervais, an official with the Immigration and Refugee Board, confirmed in an email to CBC News that a detention review hearing for Quaid is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
But the reason for the actor's arrest is unclear.
Quaid, 64, was detained Tuesday morning after attending a regular check-in with CBSA officials in downtown Montreal.
Quaid's lawyer, Mark Gruszczynski, declined to shed light on the affair or to reveal the reason for Quaid's arrest."
David Amos
I must Say I am rather
impressed at CBC's sudden fit of Integrity to allow my posts to stand
the test of time for a few hours at least. (: Rest assured that I have
been saving digital snapshots just in case they delete and block me as
usual :)
In return here is an old scoop about CTV that CBC and everybody else and his dog has been ignoring for 11 very long years after I ran in the election of the 38th Parliament against the aptly named lawyer Rob Moore.
http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/08/re-bce-and-jean-pierre-blais-of-crtc.html
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From: martine.turcotte@bell.ca
To: motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com
Cc: bcecomms@bce.ca ; W-Five@ctv.ca
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:28 AM
Subject: RE: I am curious
Mr. Amos, I confirm that I have received your documentation. There is
no need to send us a hard copy. As you have said yourself, the
documentation is very voluminous and after 3 days, we are still in the
process of printing it. I have asked one of my lawyers to review it
in my absence and report back to me upon my return in the office. We
will then provide you with a reply.
Martine Turcotte
Chief Legal Officer / Chef principal du service juridique
BCE Inc. / Bell Canada
1000 de La Gauchetière ouest, bureau 3700
Montréal (Qc) H3B 4Y7
Tel: (514) 870-4637
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Stephen Wood
The scandals keep coming in
and the millions keep going out, Who were the contractors, friends and
family of the Conservatives and Liberals? Maybe we will find out that it
was just more millions for the Quebec connection? Will Gallant or Higgs
ever fess up to the truth? Is it not time for NBers to say enough is
enough and it is time to dump the old tired backward thinking Red and
Blue two party system in New Brunswick? When will people see there is a new clear choice to bring NB into the
future with prosperity, Peoples Alliance of New Brunswick. Get with it
folks or lose it all.
Content disabled.
David Raymond Amos
@Stephen Wood Just so folks know there is another political party as well N'esy Pas?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/kiss-nb-political-party-1.4051485
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/kiss-nb-political-party-1.4051485
New political party aims to keep it simple
Party advocates for reduced debt, tolls on provincial highways
By Jordan Gill, CBC News Posted: Apr 02, 2017 10:59 AM AT
KISS N.B. Political Party leader Gerald Bourque started
the party after becoming disillusioned with the state of politics in the
province. (Facebook)
A new political party has premiered on the scene less than two years before the next provincial election.
KISS N.B. Political Party, which stands for keep it simple solutions, is the brainchild of Woodlands, N.B politician Gerald Bourque. He said the idea for the party came after the government's town hall meetings about the budget.
"The only conclusion that we come to is that both parties, the Liberals and the Conservatives, are exactly the same and that something had to be done or this province was going to go bankrupt," said Bourque.
This isn't Bourque's first foray into provincial politics. He ran in the riding of Fredericton-York in the last provincial election as an independent after failing to secure the Liberal nomination in that riding. He received 2.9 per cent of the vote.
Party policy
While Bourque's party does have policies it wants to implement he said the party's position on the political spectrum is complicated.
"I'd put my party on the political spectrum in the concern for the people of New Brunswick. I don't care where you stick it. I never really figured out the right and the left," said Bourque.
Policies the new party champions is the creation of a New Brunswick constitution that all political parties would be bound to follow, controlling the debt and reinstating tolls on provincial highways.
"Bernard Lord went in and promised to take the tolls off. He didn't take the tolls off, he took the toll booths off. We are paying shadow tolls," said Bourque.
Chances in 2018
Bourque hopes to run a full slate of candidates in the next election. Even though the province already has five registered political parties, Bourque is confident in his party's chances.
"I have a great team so far started out. Way above what I expected," said Bourque.
The next provincial election is scheduled for Sept. 24, 2018.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/climate-change-1.4170652
Auditor general praised for questioning province's climate change response
Conservation Council says Kim MacPherson is right to be concerned about unlegislated targets
CBC News Posted: Jun 21, 2017 12:14 PM AT
New Brunswick Auditor General Kim MacPherson presented the
first volume of her 2017 annual report on Tuesday. (CBC)
The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is applauding the New
Brunswick auditor-general's call for putting targets for reducing
greenhouse gas emissions into legislation.
"When you put it in a piece of legislation, it becomes very serious," Lois Corbett, executive director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, said Wednesday. "It becomes the law.
Auditor General Kim MacPherson recommended Tuesday that the province follow four other provinces, including Nova Scotia, and legislate targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions.
"We can turn worldwide to see what other jurisdictions have done, what mistakes to avoid, how to communicate better, how to get people all pulling on the same piece of string that empowers communities," Corbett said.
Corbett said MacPherson's team presented a "very good audit" of the province's response to climate change and asked the right questions to find out whether promises are being carried out in a way that shows results.
"Is it going to be enough? When and how will the government get it done and what's the impact of getting it done [and] not getting it done?" Corbett asked.
In her report, MacPherson also wanted to see the province to identify priorities and an implementation plan for the 118 actions identified in the Climate Change Action Plan, Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Economy.
In an interview with Information Morning Fredericton, she said there's still significant work to be done.
"There is no detail behind each action item, there are no timelines in terms of when they intend to achieve each action," MacPherson said. "There's funding required for a number of them, that's not defined, who's responsible to implement each of these actions … it's all the detail that goes behind it [plan] that has yet to be done."
MacPherson said New Brunswick has had three climate change action plans since 2007, and Premier Brian Gallant released his government's plan in December.
Although emissions in New Brunswick are on track to meet 2020 reduction targets, her reort said the plan will not be enough to meet 2030 and 2050 targets.
"Dealing with climate change over time, carbon pollution and all the sources of carbon pollution in our environment is not the easiest in the world, but it's also not rocket science," said Corbett. "It's somewhere in between. … I recognize it's one of those gnarly issues that's across all of the [provincial] departments."
But MacPherson said the government has acknowledged these shortcomings and will take action by the end of the year to put the details behind the plan.
Corbett said the auditor general was also correct in singling out NB Power, one of the province's largest emissions producers, which has renewable energy targets but no specific greenhouse gas emissions-reduction targets.
The utility faces potential operational risks, given the recently announced federal initiative to phase out coal-fired electricity by 2030, Corbett said, noting Belledune Generating Station produces 13 per cent of NB Power's total capacity.
"It is accountable for its pollution to the people of New Brunswick and secondly it's a big source," she said. "I thought putting NB Power in its climate change perspective under a microscope was a very good service."
"When you put it in a piece of legislation, it becomes very serious," Lois Corbett, executive director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, said Wednesday. "It becomes the law.
Auditor General Kim MacPherson recommended Tuesday that the province follow four other provinces, including Nova Scotia, and legislate targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions.
- Legislate reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions in N.B., says auditor general
- Province paid $13M to consultants to find $10M in savings — maybe
- Climate change committee off to secretive start
"We can turn worldwide to see what other jurisdictions have done, what mistakes to avoid, how to communicate better, how to get people all pulling on the same piece of string that empowers communities," Corbett said.
Corbett said MacPherson's team presented a "very good audit" of the province's response to climate change and asked the right questions to find out whether promises are being carried out in a way that shows results.
"Is it going to be enough? When and how will the government get it done and what's the impact of getting it done [and] not getting it done?" Corbett asked.
In her report, MacPherson also wanted to see the province to identify priorities and an implementation plan for the 118 actions identified in the Climate Change Action Plan, Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Economy.
In an interview with Information Morning Fredericton, she said there's still significant work to be done.
"There is no detail behind each action item, there are no timelines in terms of when they intend to achieve each action," MacPherson said. "There's funding required for a number of them, that's not defined, who's responsible to implement each of these actions … it's all the detail that goes behind it [plan] that has yet to be done."
Lessons to be learned
MacPherson said New Brunswick has had three climate change action plans since 2007, and Premier Brian Gallant released his government's plan in December.
Although emissions in New Brunswick are on track to meet 2020 reduction targets, her reort said the plan will not be enough to meet 2030 and 2050 targets.
"Dealing with climate change over time, carbon pollution and all the sources of carbon pollution in our environment is not the easiest in the world, but it's also not rocket science," said Corbett. "It's somewhere in between. … I recognize it's one of those gnarly issues that's across all of the [provincial] departments."
But MacPherson said the government has acknowledged these shortcomings and will take action by the end of the year to put the details behind the plan.
NB Power under a microscope
Corbett said the auditor general was also correct in singling out NB Power, one of the province's largest emissions producers, which has renewable energy targets but no specific greenhouse gas emissions-reduction targets.
The utility faces potential operational risks, given the recently announced federal initiative to phase out coal-fired electricity by 2030, Corbett said, noting Belledune Generating Station produces 13 per cent of NB Power's total capacity.
"It is accountable for its pollution to the people of New Brunswick and secondly it's a big source," she said. "I thought putting NB Power in its climate change perspective under a microscope was a very good service."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/auditor-general-climate-change-targets-new-brunswick-1.4168892
Legislate reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions in N.B., says auditor general
Kim MacPherson's annual report finds climate change action items lack timelines, implementation plans
CBC News
Posted: Jun 20, 2017 2:44 PM AT
Greenhouse gas emissions in New Brunswick are not
projected to decline much more under the status quo, Auditor General Kim
MacPherson found. (Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press)
Kim MacPherson also wants to see a comprehensive risk assessment for the province to identify priorities and an implementation plan for the 118 actions identified in the province's Climate Change Action Plan, Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Economy.
"Adapting to climate change may be one of the greatest challenges for communities, governments and corporations in the coming decades," MacPherson said on Tuesday, when she tabled the first volume of her annual report in Fredericton.
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Although emissions in New Brunswick have declined from their peak in 2001 and are on track to meet the 2020 reduction targets laid out in the province's 2016 action plan, the status quo will not be enough to meet 2030 and 2050 targets, according to her report.
Premier Brian Gallant released the Climate Change Action Plan in December.
"Significant actions are required," MacPherson's report says.
"Overall, we found many action items do not have timelines or implementation plans," or allocated funding, said MacPherson.
Reduction targets that are legislated show a government's commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, her 43-page chapter on climate change says.
"If targets were legislated, it would give government authority to enforce these actions."
Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia have all legislated their reduction targets, the report points out.
Will 'seriously consider' report
Environment and Local Government Minister Serge Rousselle told reporters the government "will seriously consider" MacPherson's recommendations.
"Right now, we are working on doing the carbon pricing and things like that, and in the next two years, we are seriously considering that," he said.
Environment and Local Government Minister Serge Rousselle says the government is focused on carbon pricing. (CBC)
The Conservation Council of New Brunswick urged prompt action.
Executive director Lois Corbett suggested the Brian Gallant government introduce legislation in time for the next sitting of the legislature this fall.
"And let's hope all parties vote for its speedy adoption," she said in a statement.
'The target of 2030, we're not going to get anywhere close unless we up our game.' - David Coon, Green Party leader
"If we want to catch this boat, the time for the government and NB Power to move is now. Not in 2018. Not 10 years from now."
Green Party Leader David Coon also wants to see legislated reduction targets and details about when and how the government will achieve the goals of the Climate Change Action Plan.
"The target of 2030, we're not going to get anywhere close unless we up our game in helping people save energy and helping people and businesses switch to renewable energy," Coon said. "Those two are the key elements.
"That's how we solve climate change and we have to do it in a way that's affordable for all."
NB Power-specific targets needed
NB Power, one of the province's largest emissions producers, has renewable energy targets but no specific greenhouse gas emissions-reduction targets, MacPherson found.
And the utility faces potential operational risks, given the recently announced federal initiative to phase out coal-fired electricity by 2030, she said, noting Belledune Generating Station currently produces 13 per cent of NB Power's total capacity.
Belledune Generating Station produces 13 per
cent of NB Power’s total capacity, but the federal government plans to
phase out coal-fired electricity by 2030. (Environment and Climate
Change Canada)
"In addition, impacts and solutions relating to a potential phase-out of the Belledune coal-fired plant should be developed and analyzed," she said, noting New Brunswick is the only province with a coal plant that doesn't have a phase-out plan.
New Brunswick ranks as the seventh highest greenhouse gas emitter per capita, at 17.5 tonnes per person, and eighth highest in total emissions, according to MacPherson's report.
The province's greenhouse gas emissions in 2015 were 14.1 mega tonnes.
The three biggest contributors to the emissions in New Brunswick are electricity generation, industry and transportation, said MacPherson.
The 2020 emissions target is 14.8 mega tonnes.
Vulnerability assessments have been completed in 46 communities, she found.
Province paid $13M to consultants to find $10M in savings — maybe
Auditor general slams Social Development's 'culture of complacency' in monitoring deal
By Jacques Poitras, CBC News Posted: Jun 20, 2017 12:59 PM AT
Auditor General Kim MacPherson presented the first volume
of her 2017 report to a committee of MLAs in Fredericton on Tuesday.
(Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Ernst & Young played a role in setting the terms of part of the contract the firm later bid on, which Kim MacPherson calls a conflict of interest.
'The actual benefit to the Department of the $13 million consultant payments remains unclear at best.' - Kim MacPherson, auditor general
The consultants began their work at the Department of Social Development under the previous Progressive Conservative government, but they continued to bill taxpayers after the Liberals took office in 2014 and after staff turnover in the department — indications of a "culture of complacency," MacPherson says in her report.
Last summer, Kaitlyn Layden told CBC News her
wheelchair had not been fixed properly or on time since the Red Cross
took over the contract. (CBC)
MacPherson said the consultants were still working with the Department of Social Development as of February of this year.
Questions how work monitored
"The consultant was paid regardless of whether or not government implemented and achieved the savings solutions identified."
The facts show "a very troubling disregard" for how government contracts should be signed and monitored, the report says.
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Liberal cabinet minister Serge Rousselle said in the wake of the report that the government would implement MacPherson's recommendations.
He said the Liberals allowed the contract to continue in 2015 because "all that work had been done, so the department decided at this stage, it was better to finish the work with this consulting firm."
Included in Ernst & Young's billings was $1.9 million for two initiatives that were never implemented.
The consultants also earned a $97,000 "performance fee" for awarding a wheelchair-maintenance contract to the Canadian Red Cross — a decision that created headaches for many disabled people on low incomes.
Much less saved than expected
That contract was supposed to save taxpayers $647,000 but the savings were only $116,500.
MacPherson presented the first volume of her annual report to a committee of MLAs at the legislature Tuesday morning.
The goal of the Ernst & Young work was to save $47 million, but by June 2016, the government said only $10 million had been saved. MacPherson said she couldn't be sure even that amount was accurate.
The government relied on the consultants to evaluate their own performance. They were paid for "anticipated" savings, not real savings, the auditor general says.
Benefits not clear to auditor
"The actual benefit to the Department of the $13 million consultant payments remains unclear at best," MacPherson says in her report.
According to the audit, the Department of Social Development used an "urgent/emergency" exemption to award Ernst & Young the first two phases of the contract in the first half of 2013, when the PC government of David Alward was still in office.
The "emergency" exemption allowed the firm to be hired without a tender.
But that exemption was created to allow fast action in situations such as floods or the failure of a heating system in a school during the winter, MacPherson says, not "to achieve aggressive budget reduction targets" — the reason cited in 2013.
Conflict-of-interest concerns
Service New Brunswick staff warned Social Development the "emergency" exemption couldn't be used indefinitely.
"We feel that the longer one company is engaged under exemption, the more biased our evaluation becomes and could be challenged as an unfair process by the other qualified companies," the audit quotes Service New Brunswick staff telling the department at the time.
But the agency approved the contract anyway.
Service New Brunswick also warned that Ernst & Young would be in a conflict of interest because the consultants were already working with the department and were involved in drafting a tender for the next phase of the contract that they would bid on.
This "highly and inappropriately" created an advantage for the consultants, MacPherson writes, but the department went ahead.
Not the first time
Ernst & Young was awarded the $12.25 million phase three contract after three other bidders were disqualified, and it appeared to know it had landed the bid before Service New Brunswick signed off.
Similar issues came to light in MacPherson's 2012 report that showed consultants on an e-health contract had influence over whether they or their competitors were chosen for additional work.
She said Tuesday that five years later, it was "a good question" why the rules had not been changed to prevent that from happening again.
Rousselle said "there are certainly a lot of questions" about how the contract was awarded, "and I strongly invite you to go and ask those questions to Mr. Higgs."
Higgs was minister
PC Leader Blaine Higgs was the finance minister at the time and was overseeing the government's process-improvement initiative.
Higgs wasn't available Tuesday but first-term PC MLA Ernie Steeves said he would ask former PC ministers who were around in 2013 what happened.
"I would say from the AG's report that there were things that obviously could have been done better," he said. "Those people made decisions that they thought were the best for New Brunswick at the time. Every government does."
The province also paid $700,000 more than what the Ernst & Young contract's purchase order allowed, MacPherson's report says. The consultants also billed $600,000 in travel expenses.
Complaints about Red Cross deal
The Red Cross contract, signed in August 2014, was the subject of complaints by several disabled New Brunswickers last year who told CBC News they had to turn to charities for help because the Red Cross was taking too long to provide services.
Those services included the provision and maintenance of wheelchairs and other equipment to help them be more mobile.
The New Brunswick Association of Occupational Therapists warned in December 2014 that the Red Cross lacked the ability to take over those services.
Service New Brunswick said last year that the contract was awarded "in a fair and consistent manner, not only based on pricing, but on all technical and service related requirements."
No automatic renewal
But last December the Liberal government said it would not automatically renew the Red Cross contract and would invite new bidders.
MacPherson's audit says the Red Cross contract was one cost-saving initiative developed by Ernst & Young. She said it created an "increased risk of inadequate service delivery" and fell short of its anticipated savings.
"Given that Social Development delivers social programs to those who are the most vulnerable in New Brunswick, you would have expected that they would assess, in implementing these changes, the impact on the client," MacPherson said, "and we found that they did not do that."
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