Methinks Deputy Premier Robert Gauvin who is the minister responsible for the Francophonie has no plan whatsoever N'esy Pas?

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From: "Gallant, Brian (LEG)" <Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 17:48:50 +0000
Subject: RE: YO Deputy Premier Robert Gauvin Enjoy
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Gauvin, Serge (SNB)" <Serge.Gauvin@snb.ca>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 17:48:49 +0000
Subject: Réponse automatique : YO Deputy Premier Robert Gauvin Enjoy
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I am out of the office.  Please contact Patrick Windle at
patrick.windle@snb.caPatrick.windle@snb.ca>

Je suis absent du bureau.  Veuillez contacter Patrick Windle à
patrick.windle@snb.caPatrick.windle@snb.ca>



---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 13:48:25 -0400
Subject: YO Deputy Premier Robert Gauvin Enjoy
To: robert.gauvin@gnb.ca, blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, brian.gallant@gnb.ca,
premier@gnb.ca, Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca, Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca,
kris.austin@gnb.ca, David.Coon@gnb.ca>, megan.mitton@gnb.ca,
Kevin.A.Arseneau@gnb.ca, rick.desaulniers@gnb.ca, michelle.conroy@gnb.ca,

mike.holland@gnb.ca, bruce.northrup@gnb.ca, premier@ontario.ca,  

Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca,  greg.byrne@gnb.ca, Jack.Keir@gnb.ca,  

oldmaison@yahoo.com, andre@jafaust.com, serge.gauvin@snb.ca,  

serge.rousselle@gnb.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, steve.murphy@ctv.ca, pm@pm.gc.ca,
Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, Michel.Carrier@gnb.ca, claude.poirier@snb.ca,  

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https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/12/methinks-deputy-premier-robert-gauvin.html

Friday, 7 December 2018

Methinks Deputy Premier Robert Gauvin who is the minister responsible
for the Francophonie has no plan whatsoever N'esy Pas?

https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies



David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos 

Replying to @DavidRayAmos @Kathryn98967631 and 48 others

Methinks Gauvin should shut the Circus down ASAP before any more tax dollars are wasted on the secretive LIEbrano/SANB schemers who want all the province has to offer $10 million for event security N'esy Pas?

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/12/methinks-deputy-premier-robert-gauvin.html

#nbpoli #cdnpoli


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/francophonie-games-dieppe-moncton-costs-1.4939776 


 

Francophonie Games organizers defend $130M cost estimate

Board president says earlier $17M estimate was developed by the province

Shane Magee · CBC · Posted: Dec 10, 2018 9:52 PM AT 

Éric Mathieu Doucet, the president of the 2021 Francophonie Games organizing committee, says its members aren't to blame for the jump in costs from $17 million to $130 million. (Shane Magee/CBC)


Several more details about the estimated $130 million cost to host the 2021 Francophonie Games trickled out Monday.

Organizers said in a news conference late in the afternoon that its budget submitted to the province, federal and municipal governments included $84 million in operations costs, $36 million on infrastructure and $10 million for event security.

The committee has come under pressure to explain the jump in the budget to $130 million from $17 million just two years ago when Dieppe and Moncton were picked to host the international event.

• Liberals say they rejected price tag of 2021 Francophonie Games

• Sticker shock: Moncton councillors balk at Francophonie Games price

• Dieppe mayor 'absolutely shocked' by ballooning Francophonie Games price 

The Games are expected to draw more than 4,000 athletes and artists to the host cities.

Éric Mathieu Doucet, president of the organizing committee's board of directors, told reporters the current committee shouldn't be blamed for the skyrocketing cost.

"We were not responsible for the budget," he said, saying the the decision was made in 2015 by an earlier bid committee created by the province with civil servants and community volunteers. Those volunteers included Doucet and Éric Larocque, who now is the organizing committee's executive director.

"We were not the ones responsible for writing the budget," Doucet repeated.

Éric Larocque, executive director of the 2021 Francophonie Games organizing committee, says the infrastructure requests cropped up after the initial cost estimate was developed. (Shane Magee/CBC)

"I can say it's the former government that submitted a bid for the Francophonie Games," Doucet said when asked if the former Gallant government was responsible for the lower bid.

Larocque said last week the $17-million bid was based on a suggested financial framework in the International Organization of the Francophonie Games guide. The $130-million price tag, he explained, is the full business plan, which the committee wasn't required to submit as part of its bid.

The actual business plan submitted to the federal, provincial and host city municipal governments on March 30, 2018 has yet to be released.

The federal government also hired an independent consultant to review the plans. That report was delivered to the province and federal governments a week before the Sept. 24 provincial election, the committee members said Monday.

Province won't release report

CBC requested the report from the province, which said late Monday afternoon it would not release it because it is a federal document.

Of the infrastructure spending, Doucet said $24 million is considered essential. That's despite previous statements that said the "beauty" of the bid was that the Games would use existing infrastructure.

The committee in submitting its request for funding, put items in one of three columns: "essential for holding the Games," "desirable," and "useful and enjoyable."

Laraquoe said the essential spending includes money for new soccer fields, resurfacing the tennis courts in Moncton's Centennial Park, and repairs to the track at the University of Moncton stadium.

The stadium at the university of Moncton hosted the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2015. (CBC)

Moncton's capital budget for 2019 includes $5.1 million for artificial fields at the CN Sportsplex with the city hoping to get $3.7 million paid for by other levels of government.

Doucet said the spending rose after the bid was submitted.

"When the bid was done, we went on the information we had," Doucet said. He said since then, officials from FIFA and other sports organizations have evaluated the facilities.

Information Morning - Fredericton

Francophonie games funding struggle

 We ask Deputy Premier Robert Gauvin how will the province handle the major increase in the estimated cost of hosting the francophonie games. 13:03

Yet again on Monday, Robert Gauvin, the province's deputy premier, reiterated New Brunswick won't spend more than $10 million on the Games.

"We have to find ways to bring the cost of the Games down," he said.

The federal government has said it will stick to its commitment to cover half the cost.

The president of the board of directors wouldn't comment on whether the Games could still be held at a lower cost.

Pulling out not considered

The province has not signed a contract to host the Games. A provincial spokesperson, Stéphanie Bilodeau, said it is still possible to pull out of hosting.

"However, this is not an option the government is considering at this point," he said.

---------- Original message ----------
From: "Hardy, Erin (SNB)" <Erin.Hardy@snb.ca>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:11:58 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Hey Serge Trust that the First Canadian
Title people, the Fidelity minions and many lawyers will tell you that
I will figure out what a form 13a is.
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Hello,

I will be out of the office from August 9-24 inclusive. I will reply
to your email upon my return, however, I will be checking emails
periodically. Thank you.

Bonjour,

Je serai absent du bureau du 9 au 24 août inclusivement.  Je répondrai
à votre courriel à mon retour, mais, je vérifierai régulièrement les
courriels. Merci.



---------- Original message ----------
From: Brian Gallant <briangallant10@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 06:11:54 -0700
Subject: Merci / Thank you Re: Hey Serge Trust that the First Canadian
Title people, the Fidelity minions and many lawyers will tell you that
I will figure out what a form 13a is.
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

(Français à suivre)

If your email is pertaining to the Government of New Brunswick, please
email me at brian.gallant@gnb.ca

If your matter is urgent, please email Greg Byrne at greg.byrne@gnb.ca

Thank you.

Si votre courriel s'addresse au Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick,
‎svp m'envoyez un courriel à brian.gallant@gnb.ca

Pour les urgences, veuillez contacter Greg Byrne à greg.byrne@gnb.ca

Merci.


---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:11:48 -0400
Subject: Hey Serge Trust that the First Canadian Title people, the Fidelity minions and
many lawyers will tell you that I will figure out what a form 13a is.
To: serge.gauvin@snb.ca, patrick.windle@snb.ca,
"claude.poirier" <claude.poirier@snb.ca>, "john.mcnair" <john.mcnair@snb.ca>,
Erin.Hardy@snb.ca, "alan.roy" <alan.roy@snb.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
"brian.gallant" <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, "hugh.flemming" <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>,
MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca, "serge.rousselle" <serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, kevhache@nb.sympatico.ca, "greg.byrne" <greg.byrne@gnb.ca>,
krisaustin <krisaustin@peoplesalliance.ca>, "David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

Serge Gauvin
Registrar General of Land Titles
Called to the bar: 1995 (NB)
Phone: 506-457-6933
Fax: 506-444-3033
Email: serge.gauvin@snb.ca
Patrick V. Windle
Deputy Registrar General of Land Titles
Called to the bar: 1997 (NB)
Email: patrick.windle@snb.ca
Service New Brunswick
Land Registry, 985 College Hill Rd.
PO Box 1998, Stn. A
Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5G4

---------- Original message ----------
From: "Auto-reply from kevhache@nb.aibn.com" <kevhache@nb.aibn.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 18:20:04 -0400
Subject: Re: Too Funny I just talked to Claude Landry Elvy Robichaud’s
old Chief of Staff He forgot what went down in 2004 and the emails I
sent him since
To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com

Bonjour

Je serais absent du bureau du 6 aout au   22 aout inclusivement.  Le
bureau sera fermé du 6 au 19 aout inclusivement pour les vacances d
ete et sera ouvert a partir du 20 aout.  Bonne Vacance a tous

Je retournerais votre courriel a mon retour.

Kevin J. Hache

CABINET KEVIN J. HACHE
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Caraquet NB E1W 1B7
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506 727 6686 (telecopieur)
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brian Gallant <briangallant10@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 06:01:57 -0700
Subject: Merci / Thank you Re: Fwd: I just called Alan Roy again about
my right to health care, my missing 1965 Harley, the Yankee Wiretaps
tapes in its saddlebag and Federal Court and his assistant played dumb
as usual
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com

(Français à suivre)

If your email is pertaining to the Government of New Brunswick, please
email me at brian.gallant@gnb.ca

If your matter is urgent, please email Greg Byrne at greg.byrne@gnb.ca

Thank you.

Si votre courriel s'addresse au Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick,
‎svp m'envoyez un courriel à brian.gallant@gnb.ca

Pour les urgences, veuillez contacter Greg Byrne à greg.byrne@gnb.ca

Merci.




---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 10:42:09 -0400
Subject: Attn Marc Richard and John McNair I just called AGAIN Say hey
to my Brother in Law W. S. Reid CHEDORE and his brother of the law
David Lutz QC for me will ya?
To: MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca, John.McNair@snb.ca,
"serge.rousselle" <serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, Erin.Hardy@snb.ca,
David.Eidt@gnb.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marc Richard <MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:51:09 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE Irving's ridiculous constitutional
challenge and Federal Court File no T-1557-15 I wonder if George
Cooper and Hélène Beaulieure even know how many times the Irvings and
partners of their VERY snobby law firm have offended me over t...
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office until October 30, 2017.  Je serai absent
du bureau jusqu'au 30 octobre 2017.


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From: "Eidt, David (OAG/CPG)" <David.Eidt@gnb.ca>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 00:33:21 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Mr Lutz howcome your buddy the clerk
would not file this motion and properly witnessed affidavit and why
did she take all four copies?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office until Monday, March 13, 2017. I will have
little to no access to email. Please dial 453-2222 for assistance.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marc Richard <MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:16:46 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE: The New Brunswick Real Estate
Association and their deliberate ignorance for the bankster's benefit
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office until  August 15, 2016. Je serai absent du
bureau jusqu'au 15 août 2016.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "McNair, John (SNB)" <John.McNair@snb.ca>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 16:04:29 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE: The New Brunswick Real Estate
Association and their deliberate ignorance for the bankster's benefit
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office August 1 - August 12. I will reply to your
email when I return. If you require immediate assistance, please
contact Chantal Leger at 663-2510. Thank you.

Je serai absent du bureau les 1 aout - 12 aout. Je répondrai à votre
courriel à mon retour. Si vous nécessitez de l'assistance
immédiatement, veuillez contacter Chantal Leger au 663-2510. Merci.



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Hardy, Erin (SNB)" <Erin.Hardy@snb.ca>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 16:04:28 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE: The New Brunswick Real Estate
Association and their deliberate ignorance for the bankster's benefit
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Le francais suit:

Hello,

I am currently out of the office. I will gladly reply to your message
upon my return on August 15, 2016. Should you require immediate
assitance please contact Celeste Savoie at (506) 471-5290 or by email:
Celeste.Savoie@snb.ca.

Have a nice day!

Bonjour,

Je suis presentement hors du bureau. Il me fera plaisir de repondre a
votre message a mon retour August 15, 2016. Si vous avez besoin d'une
assitance immediate, veuillez communiquer avec Celeste Savoie au (506)
471-5290 ou par courriel a: Celeste.Savoie@snb.ca.

Bonne journee!


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marc Richard <MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:43:27 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Oh My My we just talked briefly Correct Ms
Beaulieu? It appears to me that the latest President of the NB Law
Society thinks non lawyers are not worth talking to
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

I will be out of the office until July 21, 2014. Je serai absent du
bureau jusqu'au 21 juillet 2014.



> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
> Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
> To: coi@gnb.ca
> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> Good Day Sir
>
> After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
> to speak to one of your staff for the first time
>
> Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
> answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
> at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
> Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.
>
> These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
> suggested that you study closely.
>
> This is the docket in Federal Court
>
> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
>
> These are digital recordings of  the last three hearings
>
> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
>
> January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015
>
> April 3rd, 2017
>
> https://archive.org/details/April32017JusticeLeblancHearing
>
>
> This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal
>
> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All
>
>
> The only hearing thus far
>
> May 24th, 2017
>
> https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
>
>
> This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity
>
> Date: 20151223
>
> Docket: T-1557-15
>
> Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015
>
> PRESENT:        The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell
>
> BETWEEN:
>
> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>
> Plaintiff
>
> and
>
> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>
> Defendant
>
> ORDER
>
> (Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on
> December 14, 2015)
>
> The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant to
> the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on November
> 12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of Claim
> in its entirety.
>
> At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my attention a
> letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then
> capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian
> Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen Quigg,
> (now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal).  In that letter
> he stated:
>
> As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check the
> work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including you.
> You are your brother’s keeper.
>
> Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former
> colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition to
> expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a number of
> people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be witnesses
> or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known to
> me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime
> Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former
> Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court of
> Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore;
> former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; former
> Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former Staff
> Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick Court
> of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, retired
> Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted
> Police.
>
> In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my
> personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many
> potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I am
> of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias should I
> hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in
> Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et al,
> [1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding
> allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party has
> requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so.
>
>
> AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the Administrator of
> the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion.  There
> is no order as to costs.
>
> “B. Richard Bell”
> Judge
>
>
> Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one comment
> already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had sent
> to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006.
>
>  I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the  the Court
> Martial Appeal Court of Canada  Perhaps you should scroll to the
> bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83  of my
> lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada?
>
> "FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the most
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca
> Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:18 PM
> Subject: Réponse automatique : RE My complaint against the CROWN in
> Federal Court Attn David Hansen and Peter MacKay If you planning to
> submit a motion for a publication ban on my complaint trust that you
> dudes are way past too late
> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> Veuillez noter que j'ai changé de courriel. Vous pouvez me rejoindre à
> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>
> Pour rejoindre le bureau de M. Trudeau veuillez envoyer un courriel à
> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>
> Please note that I changed email address, you can reach me at
> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>
> To reach the office of Mr. Trudeau please send an email to
> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>
> Thank you,
>
> Merci ,
>
>
> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html
>
>
> 83.  The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
> five years after he began his bragging:
>
> January 13, 2015
> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
>
> December 8, 2014
> Why Canada Stood Tall!
>
> Friday, October 3, 2014
> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
> Stupid Justin Trudeau
>
> Canada’s and Canadians free ride is over. Canada can no longer hide
> behind Amerka’s and NATO’s skirts.
>
> When I was still in Canadian Forces then Prime Minister Jean Chretien
> actually committed the Canadian Army to deploy in the second campaign
> in Iraq, the Coalition of the Willing. This was against or contrary to
> the wisdom or advice of those of us Canadian officers that were
> involved in the initial planning phases of that operation. There were
> significant concern in our planning cell, and NDHQ about of the dearth
> of concern for operational guidance, direction, and forces for
> operations after the initial occupation of Iraq. At the “last minute”
> Prime Minister Chretien and the Liberal government changed its mind.
> The Canadian government told our amerkan cousins that we would not
> deploy combat troops for the Iraq campaign, but would deploy a
> Canadian Battle Group to Afghanistan, enabling our amerkan cousins to
> redeploy troops from there to Iraq. The PMO’s thinking that it was
> less costly to deploy Canadian Forces to Afghanistan than Iraq. But
> alas no one seems to remind the Liberals of Prime Minister Chretien’s
> then grossly incorrect assumption. Notwithstanding Jean Chretien’s
> incompetence and stupidity, the Canadian Army was heroic,
> professional, punched well above it’s weight, and the PPCLI Battle
> Group, is credited with “saving Afghanistan” during the Panjway
> campaign of 2006.
>
> What Justin Trudeau and the Liberals don’t tell you now, is that then
> Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien committed, and deployed the
> Canadian army to Canada’s longest “war” without the advice, consent,
> support, or vote of the Canadian Parliament.
>
> What David Amos and the rest of the ignorant, uneducated, and babbling
> chattering classes are too addled to understand is the deployment of
> less than 75 special operations troops, and what is known by planners
> as a “six pac cell” of fighter aircraft is NOT the same as a
> deployment of a Battle Group, nor a “war” make.
>
> The Canadian Government or The Crown unlike our amerkan cousins have
> the “constitutional authority” to commit the Canadian nation to war.
> That has been recently clearly articulated to the Canadian public by
> constitutional scholar Phillippe Legasse. What Parliament can do is
> remove “confidence” in The Crown’s Government in a “vote of
> non-confidence.” That could not happen to the Chretien Government
> regarding deployment to Afghanistan, and it won’t happen in this
> instance with the conservative majority in The Commons regarding a
> limited Canadian deployment to the Middle East.
>
> President George Bush was quite correct after 911 and the terror
> attacks in New York; that the Taliban “occupied” and “failed state”
> Afghanistan was the source of logistical support, command and control,
> and training for the Al Quaeda war of terror against the world. The
> initial defeat, and removal from control of Afghanistan was vital and
>
> P.S. Whereas this CBC article is about your opinion of the actions of
> the latest Minister Of Health trust that Mr Boudreau and the CBC have
> had my files for many years and the last thing they are is ethical.
> Ask his friends Mr Murphy and the RCMP if you don't believe me.
>
> Subject:
> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>
> January 30, 2007
>
> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>
> Mr. David Amos
>
> Dear Mr. Amos:
>
> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>
> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
> Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
> Minister of Health
>
> CM/cb
>
>
> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
> From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,John.Foran@gnb.ca,
> Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,"Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> "Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have not
>
> Dear Mr. Amos,
>
> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off
> over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I
> was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>
> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>
> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
> that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada
> the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
> and policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
>
> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>
>  Sincerely,
>
> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
> GRC Caledonia RCMP
> Traffic Services NCO
> Ph: (506) 387-2222
> Fax: (506) 387-4622
> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>
>
>
> Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
> Office of the Integrity Commissioner
> Edgecombe House, 736 King Street
> Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3B 5H1
> tel.: 506-457-7890
> fax: 506-444-5224
> e-mail:coi@gnb.ca
>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Justice Website <JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:21:11 +0000
Subject: Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova Scotia
To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Mr. Amos,
We acknowledge receipt of your recent emails to the Deputy Minister of
Justice and lawyers within the Legal Services Division of the
Department of Justice respecting a possible claim against the Province
of Nova Scotia.  Service of any documents respecting a legal claim
against the Province of Nova Scotia may be served on the Attorney
General at 1690 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS.  Please note that we will
not be responding to further emails on this matter.

Department of Justice

On 8/3/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:

> If want something very serious to download and laugh at as well Please
> Enjoy and share real wiretap tapes of the mob
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-greenwald-and-braz
> ilian.html
>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/09/nsa-leak-guardian.html
>>
>> As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I must
>> ask them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING????
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugUalUO8YY
>>
>> What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon the
>> USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament baseball
>> cards?
>>
>> http://archive.org/details/ITriedToExplainItToAllMaritimersInEarly200
>> 6
>>
>> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/2006/05/wiretap-tapes-impeach-bush.html
>>
>> http://www.archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139
>>
>> http://archive.org/details/Part1WiretapTape143
>>
>> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
>> Senator Arlen Specter
>> United States Senate
>> Committee on the Judiciary
>> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
>> Washington, DC 20510
>>
>> Dear Mr. Specter:
>>
>> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
>> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
>> raised in the attached letter.
>>
>> Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes.
>>
>> I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this previously.
>>
>> Very truly yours,
>> Barry A. Bachrach
>> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
>> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
>> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>>
>

http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/11/federal-court-of-appeal-finally-makes.html


Sunday, 19 November 2017
Federal Court of Appeal Finally Makes The BIG Decision And Publishes
It Now The Crooks Cannot Take Back Ticket To Try Put My Matter Before
The Supreme Court

https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fca-caf/decisions/en/item/236679/index.do


Federal Court of Appeal Decisions

Amos v. Canada
Court (s) Database

Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
Date

2017-10-30
Neutral citation

2017 FCA 213
File numbers

A-48-16
Date: 20171030

Docket: A-48-16
Citation: 2017 FCA 213
CORAM:

WEBB J.A.
NEAR J.A.
GLEASON J.A.


BETWEEN:
DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
Respondent on the cross-appeal
(and formally Appellant)
and
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Appellant on the cross-appeal
(and formerly Respondent)
Heard at Fredericton, New Brunswick, on May 24, 2017.
Judgment delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on October 30, 2017.
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:

THE COURT



Date: 20171030

Docket: A-48-16
Citation: 2017 FCA 213
CORAM:

WEBB J.A.
NEAR J.A.
GLEASON J.A.


BETWEEN:
DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
Respondent on the cross-appeal
(and formally Appellant)
and
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Appellant on the cross-appeal
(and formerly Respondent)
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY THE COURT

I.                    Introduction

[1]               On September 16, 2015, David Raymond Amos (Mr. Amos)
filed a 53-page Statement of Claim (the Claim) in Federal Court
against Her Majesty the Queen (the Crown). Mr. Amos claims $11 million
in damages and a public apology from the Prime Minister and Provincial
Premiers for being illegally barred from accessing parliamentary
properties and seeks a declaration from the Minister of Public Safety
that the Canadian Government will no longer allow the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canadian Forces to harass him and his clan
(Claim at para. 96).

[2]               On November 12, 2015 (Docket T-1557-15), by way of a
motion brought by the Crown, a prothonotary of the Federal Court (the
Prothonotary) struck the Claim in its entirety, without leave to
amend, on the basis that it was plain and obvious that the Claim
disclosed no reasonable claim, the Claim was fundamentally vexatious,
and the Claim could not be salvaged by way of further amendment (the
Prothontary’s Order).


[3]               On January 25, 2016 (2016 FC 93), by way of Mr.
Amos’ appeal from the Prothonotary’s Order, a judge of the Federal
Court (the Judge), reviewing the matter de novo, struck all of Mr.
Amos’ claims for relief with the exception of the claim for damages
for being barred by the RCMP from the New Brunswick legislature in
2004 (the Federal Court Judgment).


[4]               Mr. Amos appealed and the Crown cross-appealed the
Federal Court Judgment. Further to the issuance of a Notice of Status
Review, Mr. Amos’ appeal was dismissed for delay on December 19, 2016.
As such, the only matter before this Court is the Crown’s
cross-appeal.


II.                 Preliminary Matter

[5]               Mr. Amos, in his memorandum of fact and law in
relation to the cross-appeal that was filed with this Court on March
6, 2017, indicated that several judges of this Court, including two of
the judges of this panel, had a conflict of interest in this appeal.
This was the first time that he identified the judges whom he believed
had a conflict of interest in a document that was filed with this
Court. In his notice of appeal he had alluded to a conflict with
several judges but did not name those judges.

[6]               Mr. Amos was of the view that he did not have to
identify the judges in any document filed with this Court because he
had identified the judges in various documents that had been filed
with the Federal Court. In his view the Federal Court and the Federal
Court of Appeal are the same court and therefore any document filed in
the Federal Court would be filed in this Court. This view is based on
subsections 5(4) and 5.1(4) of the Federal Courts Act, R.S.C., 1985,
c. F-7:


5(4) Every judge of the Federal Court is, by virtue of his or her
office, a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal and has all the
jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court of
Appeal.
[…]

5(4) Les juges de la Cour fédérale sont d’office juges de la Cour
d’appel fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que
les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale.
[…]
5.1(4) Every judge of the Federal Court of Appeal is, by virtue of
that office, a judge of the Federal Court and has all the
jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court.

5.1(4) Les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale sont d’office juges de la
Cour fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que les
juges de la Cour fédérale.


[7]               However, these subsections only provide that the
judges of the Federal Court are also judges of this Court (and vice
versa). It does not mean that there is only one court. If the Federal
Court and this Court were one Court, there would be no need for this
section.
[8]               Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act provide that:
3 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
— Appeal Division is continued under the name “Federal Court of
Appeal” in English and “Cour d’appel fédérale” in French. It is
continued as an additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and
for Canada, for the better administration of the laws of Canada and as
a superior court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.

3 La Section d’appel, aussi appelée la Cour d’appel ou la Cour d’appel
fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée « Cour d’appel fédérale » en
français et « Federal Court of Appeal » en anglais. Elle est maintenue
à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et d’amirauté du
Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit canadien, et
continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant compétence en
matière civile et pénale.
4 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
— Trial Division is continued under the name “Federal Court” in
English and “Cour fédérale” in French. It is continued as an
additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and for Canada, for
the better administration of the laws of Canada and as a superior
court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.

4 La section de la Cour fédérale du Canada, appelée la Section de
première instance de la Cour fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée «
Cour fédérale » en français et « Federal Court » en anglais. Elle est
maintenue à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et
d’amirauté du Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit
canadien, et continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant
compétence en matière civile et pénale.


[9]               Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act create
two separate courts – this Court (section 3) and the Federal Court
(section 4). If, as Mr. Amos suggests, documents filed in the Federal
Court were automatically also filed in this Court, then there would no
need for the parties to prepare and file appeal books as required by
Rules 343 to 345 of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106 in relation
to any appeal from a decision of the Federal Court. The requirement to
file an appeal book with this Court in relation to an appeal from a
decision of the Federal Court makes it clear that the only documents
that will be before this Court are the documents that are part of that
appeal book.


[10]           Therefore, the memorandum of fact and law filed on
March 6, 2017 is the first document, filed with this Court, in which
Mr. Amos identified the particular judges that he submits have a
conflict in any matter related to him.


[11]           On April 3, 2017, Mr. Amos attempted to bring a motion
before the Federal Court seeking an order “affirming or denying the
conflict of interest he has” with a number of judges of the Federal
Court. A judge of the Federal Court issued a direction noting that if
Mr. Amos was seeking this order in relation to judges of the Federal
Court of Appeal, it was beyond the jurisdiction of the Federal Court.
Mr. Amos raised the Federal Court motion at the hearing of this
cross-appeal. The Federal Court motion is not a motion before this
Court and, as such, the submissions filed before the Federal Court
will not be entertained. As well, since this was a motion brought
before the Federal Court (and not this Court), any documents filed in
relation to that motion are not part of the record of this Court.


[12]           During the hearing of the appeal Mr. Amos alleged that
the third member of this panel also had a conflict of interest and
submitted some documents that, in his view, supported his claim of a
conflict. Mr. Amos, following the hearing of his appeal, was also
afforded the opportunity to provide a brief summary of the conflict
that he was alleging and to file additional documents that, in his
view, supported his allegations. Mr. Amos submitted several pages of
documents in relation to the alleged conflicts. He organized the
documents by submitting a copy of the biography of the particular
judge and then, immediately following that biography, by including
copies of the documents that, in his view, supported his claim that
such judge had a conflict.


[13]           The nature of the alleged conflict of Justice Webb is
that before he was appointed as a Judge of the Tax Court of Canada in
2006, he was a partner with the law firm Patterson Law, and before
that with Patterson Palmer in Nova Scotia. Mr. Amos submitted that he
had a number of disputes with Patterson Palmer and Patterson Law and
therefore Justice Webb has a conflict simply because he was a partner
of these firms. Mr. Amos is not alleging that Justice Webb was
personally involved in or had any knowledge of any matter in which Mr.
Amos was involved with Justice Webb’s former law firm – only that he
was a member of such firm.


[14]           During his oral submissions at the hearing of his
appeal Mr. Amos, in relation to the alleged conflict for Justice Webb,
focused on dealings between himself and a particular lawyer at
Patterson Law. However, none of the documents submitted by Mr. Amos at
the hearing or subsequently related to any dealings with this
particular lawyer nor is it clear when Mr. Amos was dealing with this
lawyer. In particular, it is far from clear whether such dealings were
after the time that Justice Webb was appointed as a Judge of the Tax
Court of Canada over 10 years ago.


[15]           The documents that he submitted in relation to the
alleged conflict for Justice Webb largely relate to dealings between
Byron Prior and the St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador office of
Patterson Palmer, which is not in the same province where Justice Webb
practiced law. The only document that indicates any dealing between
Mr. Amos and Patterson Palmer is a copy of an affidavit of Stephen May
who was a partner in the St. John’s NL office of Patterson Palmer. The
affidavit is dated January 24, 2005 and refers to a number of e-mails
that were sent by Mr. Amos to Stephen May. Mr. Amos also included a
letter that is addressed to four individuals, one of whom is John
Crosbie who was counsel to the St. John’s NL office of Patterson
Palmer. The letter is dated September 2, 2004 and is addressed to
“John Crosbie, c/o Greg G. Byrne, Suite 502, 570 Queen Street,
Fredericton, NB E3B 5E3”. In this letter Mr. Amos alludes to a
possible lawsuit against Patterson Palmer.
[16]           Mr. Amos’ position is that simply because Justice Webb
was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer, he now has a conflict. In Wewaykum
Indian Band v. Her Majesty the Queen, 2003 SCC 45, [2003] 2 S.C.R.
259, the Supreme Court of Canada noted that disqualification of a
judge is to be determined based on whether there is a reasonable
apprehension of bias:
60        In Canadian law, one standard has now emerged as the
criterion for disqualification. The criterion, as expressed by de
Grandpré J. in Committee for Justice and Liberty v. National Energy
Board, …[[1978] 1 S.C.R. 369, 68 D.L.R. (3d) 716], at p. 394, is the
reasonable apprehension of bias:
… the apprehension of bias must be a reasonable one, held by
reasonable and right minded persons, applying themselves to the
question and obtaining thereon the required information. In the words
of the Court of Appeal, that test is "what would an informed person,
viewing the matter realistically and practically -- and having thought
the matter through -- conclude. Would he think that it is more likely
than not that [the decision-maker], whether consciously or
unconsciously, would not decide fairly."

[17]           The issue to be determined is whether an informed
person, viewing the matter realistically and practically, and having
thought the matter through, would conclude that Mr. Amos’ allegations
give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias. As this Court has
previously remarked, “there is a strong presumption that judges will
administer justice impartially” and this presumption will not be
rebutted in the absence of “convincing evidence” of bias (Collins v.
Canada, 2011 FCA 140 at para. 7, [2011] 4 C.T.C. 157 [Collins]. See
also R. v. S. (R.D.), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484 at para. 32, 151 D.L.R.
(4th) 193).

[18]           The Ontario Court of Appeal in Rando Drugs Ltd. v.
Scott, 2007 ONCA 553, 86 O.R. (3d) 653 (leave to appeal to the Supreme
Court of Canada refused, 32285 (August 1, 2007)), addressed the
particular issue of whether a judge is disqualified from hearing a
case simply because he had been a member of a law firm that was
involved in the litigation that was now before that judge. The Ontario
Court of Appeal determined that the judge was not disqualified if the
judge had no involvement with the person or the matter when he was a
lawyer. The Ontario Court of Appeal also explained that the rules for
determining whether a judge is disqualified are different from the
rules to determine whether a lawyer has a conflict:
27        Thus, disqualification is not the natural corollary to a
finding that a trial judge has had some involvement in a case over
which he or she is now presiding. Where the judge had no involvement,
as here, it cannot be said that the judge is disqualified.


28        The point can rightly be made that had Mr. Patterson been
asked to represent the appellant as counsel before his appointment to
the bench, the conflict rules would likely have prevented him from
taking the case because his firm had formerly represented one of the
defendants in the case. Thus, it is argued how is it that as a trial
judge Patterson J. can hear the case? This issue was considered by the
Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in Locabail (U.K.) Ltd. v. Bayfield
Properties Ltd., [2000] Q.B. 451. The court held, at para. 58, that
there is no inflexible rule governing the disqualification of a judge
and that, "[e]verything depends on the circumstances."


29        It seems to me that what appears at first sight to be an
inconsistency in application of rules can be explained by the
different contexts and in particular, the strong presumption of
judicial impartiality that applies in the context of disqualification
of a judge. There is no such presumption in cases of allegations of
conflict of interest against a lawyer because of a firm's previous
involvement in the case. To the contrary, as explained by Sopinka J.
in MacDonald Estate v. Martin (1990), 77 D.L.R. (4th) 249 (S.C.C.),
for sound policy reasons there is a presumption of a disqualifying
interest that can rarely be overcome. In particular, a conclusory
statement from the lawyer that he or she had no confidential
information about the case will never be sufficient. The case is the
opposite where the allegation of bias is made against a trial judge.
His or her statement that he or she knew nothing about the case and
had no involvement in it will ordinarily be accepted at face value
unless there is good reason to doubt it: see Locabail, at para. 19.


30        That brings me then to consider the particular circumstances
of this case and whether there are serious grounds to find a
disqualifying conflict of interest in this case. In my view, there are
two significant factors that justify the trial judge's decision not to
recuse himself. The first is his statement, which all parties accept,
that he knew nothing of the case when it was in his former firm and
that he had nothing to do with it. The second is the long passage of
time. As was said in Wewaykum, at para. 85:
            To us, one significant factor stands out, and must inform
the perspective of the reasonable person assessing the impact of this
involvement on Binnie J.'s impartiality in the appeals. That factor is
the passage of time. Most arguments for disqualification rest on
circumstances that are either contemporaneous to the decision-making,
or that occurred within a short time prior to the decision-making.
31        There are other factors that inform the issue. The Wilson
Walker firm no longer acted for any of the parties by the time of
trial. More importantly, at the time of the motion, Patterson J. had
been a judge for six years and thus had not had a relationship with
his former firm for a considerable period of time.


32        In my view, a reasonable person, viewing the matter
realistically would conclude that the trial judge could deal fairly
and impartially with this case. I take this view principally because
of the long passage of time and the trial judge's lack of involvement
in or knowledge of the case when the Wilson Walker firm had carriage.
In these circumstances it cannot be reasonably contended that the
trial judge could not remain impartial in the case. The mere fact that
his name appears on the letterhead of some correspondence from over a
decade ago would not lead a reasonable person to believe that he would
either consciously or unconsciously favour his former firm's former
client. It is simply not realistic to think that a judge would throw
off his mantle of impartiality, ignore his oath of office and favour a
client - about whom he knew nothing - of a firm that he left six years
earlier and that no longer acts for the client, in a case involving
events from over a decade ago.
(emphasis added)

[19]           Justice Webb had no involvement with any matter
involving Mr. Amos while he was a member of Patterson Palmer or
Patterson Law, nor does Mr. Amos suggest that he did. Mr. Amos made it
clear during the hearing of this matter that the only reason for the
alleged conflict for Justice Webb was that he was a member of
Patterson Law and Patterson Palmer. This is simply not enough for
Justice Webb to be disqualified. Any involvement of Mr. Amos with
Patterson Law while Justice Webb was a member of that firm would have
had to occur over 10 years ago and even longer for the time when he
was a member of Patterson Palmer. In addition to the lack of any
involvement on his part with any matter or dispute that Mr. Amos had
with Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer (which in and of itself is
sufficient to dispose of this matter), the length of time since
Justice Webb was a member of Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer would
also result in the same finding – that there is no conflict in Justice
Webb hearing this appeal.

[20]           Similarly in R. v. Bagot, 2000 MBCA 30, 145 Man. R.
(2d) 260, the Manitoba Court of Appeal found that there was no
reasonable apprehension of bias when a judge, who had been a member of
the law firm that had been retained by the accused, had no involvement
with the accused while he was a lawyer with that firm.

[21]           In Del Zotto v. Minister of National Revenue, [2000] 4
F.C. 321, 257 N.R. 96, this court did find that there would be a
reasonable apprehension of bias where a judge, who while he was a
lawyer, had recorded time on a matter involving the same person who
was before that judge. However, this case can be distinguished as
Justice Webb did not have any time recorded on any files involving Mr.
Amos while he was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer or Patterson Law.

[22]           Mr. Amos also included with his submissions a CD. He
stated in his affidavit dated June 26, 2017 that there is a “true copy
of an American police surveillance wiretap entitled 139” on this CD.
He has also indicated that he has “provided a true copy of the CD
entitled 139 to many American and Canadian law enforcement authorities
and not one of the police forces or officers of the court are willing
to investigate it”. Since he has indicated that this is an “American
police surveillance wiretap”, this is a matter for the American law
enforcement authorities and cannot create, as Mr. Amos suggests, a
conflict of interest for any judge to whom he provides a copy.

[23]           As a result, there is no conflict or reasonable
apprehension of bias for Justice Webb and therefore, no reason for him
to recuse himself.

[24]           Mr. Amos alleged that Justice Near’s past professional
experience with the government created a “quasi-conflict” in deciding
the cross-appeal. Mr. Amos provided no details and Justice Near
confirmed that he had no prior knowledge of the matters alleged in the
Claim. Justice Near sees no reason to recuse himself.

[25]           Insofar as it is possible to glean the basis for Mr.
Amos’ allegations against Justice Gleason, it appears that he alleges
that she is incapable of hearing this appeal because he says he wrote
a letter to Brian Mulroney and Jean Chrétien in 2004. At that time,
both Justice Gleason and Mr. Mulroney were partners in the law firm
Ogilvy Renault, LLP. The letter in question, which is rude and angry,
begins with “Hey you two Evil Old Smiling Bastards” and “Re: me suing
you and your little dogs too”. There is no indication that the letter
was ever responded to or that a law suit was ever commenced by Mr.
Amos against Mr. Mulroney. In the circumstances, there is no reason
for Justice Gleason to recuse herself as the letter in question does
not give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias.


III.               Issue

[26]           The issue on the cross-appeal is as follows: Did the
Judge err in setting aside the Prothonotary’s Order striking the Claim
in its entirety without leave to amend and in determining that Mr.
Amos’ allegation that the RCMP barred him from the New Brunswick
legislature in 2004 was capable of supporting a cause of action?

IV.              Analysis

A.                 Standard of Review

[27]           Following the Judge’s decision to set aside the
Prothonotary’s Order, this Court revisited the standard of review to
be applied to discretionary decisions of prothonotaries and decisions
made by judges on appeals of prothonotaries’ decisions in Hospira
Healthcare Corp. v. Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, 2016 FCA 215,
402 D.L.R. (4th) 497 [Hospira]. In Hospira, a five-member panel of
this Court replaced the Aqua-Gem standard of review with that
articulated in Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235
[Housen]. As a result, it is no longer appropriate for the Federal
Court to conduct a de novo review of a discretionary order made by a
prothonotary in regard to questions vital to the final issue of the
case. Rather, a Federal Court judge can only intervene on appeal if
the prothonotary made an error of law or a palpable and overriding
error in determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and
law (Hospira at para. 79). Further, this Court can only interfere with
a Federal Court judge’s review of a prothonotary’s discretionary order
if the judge made an error of law or palpable and overriding error in
determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and law
(Hospira at paras. 82-83).

[28]           In the case at bar, the Judge substituted his own
assessment of Mr. Amos’ Claim for that of the Prothonotary. This Court
must look to the Prothonotary’s Order to determine whether the Judge
erred in law or made a palpable and overriding error in choosing to
interfere.


B.                 Did the Judge err in interfering with the
Prothonotary’s Order?

[29]           The Prothontoary’s Order accepted the following
paragraphs from the Crown’s submissions as the basis for striking the
Claim in its entirety without leave to amend:

17.       Within the 96 paragraph Statement of Claim, the Plaintiff
addresses his complaint in paragraphs 14-24, inclusive. All but four
of those paragraphs are dedicated to an incident that occurred in 2006
in and around the legislature in New Brunswick. The jurisdiction of
the Federal Court does not extend to Her Majesty the Queen in right of
the Provinces. In any event, the Plaintiff hasn’t named the Province
or provincial actors as parties to this action. The incident alleged
does not give rise to a justiciable cause of action in this Court.
(…)


21.       The few paragraphs that directly address the Defendant
provide no details as to the individuals involved or the location of
the alleged incidents or other details sufficient to allow the
Defendant to respond. As a result, it is difficult or impossible to
determine the causes of action the Plaintiff is attempting to advance.
A generous reading of the Statement of Claim allows the Defendant to
only speculate as to the true and/or intended cause of action. At
best, the Plaintiff’s action may possibly be summarized as: he
suspects he is barred from the House of Commons.
[footnotes omitted].


[30]           The Judge determined that he could not strike the Claim
on the same jurisdictional basis as the Prothonotary. The Judge noted
that the Federal Court has jurisdiction over claims based on the
liability of Federal Crown servants like the RCMP and that the actors
who barred Mr. Amos from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004
included the RCMP (Federal Court Judgment at para. 23). In considering
the viability of these allegations de novo, the Judge identified
paragraph 14 of the Claim as containing “some precision” as it
identifies the date of the event and a RCMP officer acting as
Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor (Federal Court Judgment at
para. 27).


[31]           The Judge noted that the 2004 event could support a
cause of action in the tort of misfeasance in public office and
identified the elements of the tort as excerpted from Meigs v. Canada,
2013 FC 389, 431 F.T.R. 111:


[13]      As in both the cases of Odhavji Estate v Woodhouse, 2003 SCC
69 [Odhavji] and Lewis v Canada, 2012 FC 1514 [Lewis], I must
determine whether the plaintiffs’ statement of claim pleads each
element of the alleged tort of misfeasance in public office:

a) The public officer must have engaged in deliberate and unlawful
conduct in his or her capacity as public officer;

b) The public officer must have been aware both that his or her
conduct was unlawful and that it was likely to harm the plaintiff; and

c) There must be an element of bad faith or dishonesty by the public
officer and knowledge of harm alone is insufficient to conclude that a
public officer acted in bad faith or dishonestly.
Odhavji, above, at paras 23, 24 and 28
(Federal Court Judgment at para. 28).

[32]           The Judge determined that Mr. Amos disclosed sufficient
material facts to meet the elements of the tort of misfeasance in
public office because the actors, who barred him from the New
Brunswick legislature in 2004, including the RCMP, did so for
“political reasons” (Federal Court Judgment at para. 29).

[33]           This Court’s discussion of the sufficiency of pleadings
in Merchant Law Group v. Canada (Revenue Agency), 2010 FCA 184, 321
D.L.R (4th) 301 is particularly apt:

…When pleading bad faith or abuse of power, it is not enough to
assert, baldly, conclusory phrases such as “deliberately or
negligently,” “callous disregard,” or “by fraud and theft did steal”.
“The bare assertion of a conclusion upon which the court is called
upon to pronounce is not an allegation of material fact”. Making bald,
conclusory allegations without any evidentiary foundation is an abuse
of process…

To this, I would add that the tort of misfeasance in public office
requires a particular state of mind of a public officer in carrying
out the impunged action, i.e., deliberate conduct which the public
officer knows to be inconsistent with the obligations of his or her
office. For this tort, particularization of the allegations is
mandatory. Rule 181 specifically requires particularization of
allegations of “breach of trust,” “wilful default,” “state of mind of
a person,” “malice” or “fraudulent intention.”
(at paras. 34-35, citations omitted).

[34]           Applying the Housen standard of review to the
Prothonotary’s Order, we are of the view that the Judge interfered
absent a legal or palpable and overriding error.

[35]           The Prothonotary determined that Mr. Amos’ Claim
disclosed no reasonable claim and was fundamentally vexatious on the
basis of jurisdictional concerns and the absence of material facts to
ground a cause of action. Paragraph 14 of the Claim, which addresses
the 2004 event, pleads no material facts as to how the RCMP officer
engaged in deliberate and unlawful conduct, knew that his or her
conduct was unlawful and likely to harm Mr. Amos, and acted in bad
faith. While the Claim alleges elsewhere that Mr. Amos was barred from
the New Brunswick legislature for political and/or malicious reasons,
these allegations are not particularized and are directed against
non-federal actors, such as the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Legislative
Assembly of New Brunswick and the Fredericton Police Force. As such,
the Judge erred in determining that Mr. Amos’ allegation that the RCMP
barred him from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004 was capable of
supporting a cause of action.

[36]           In our view, the Claim is made up entirely of bare
allegations, devoid of any detail, such that it discloses no
reasonable cause of action within the jurisdiction of the Federal
Courts. Therefore, the Judge erred in interfering to set aside the
Prothonotary’s Order striking the claim in its entirety. Further, we
find that the Prothonotary made no error in denying leave to amend.
The deficiencies in Mr. Amos’ pleadings are so extensive such that
amendment could not cure them (see Collins at para. 26).

V.                 Conclusion
[37]           For the foregoing reasons, we would allow the Crown’s
cross-appeal, with costs, setting aside the Federal Court Judgment,
dated January 25, 2016 and restoring the Prothonotary’s Order, dated
November 12, 2015, which struck Mr. Amos’ Claim in its entirety
without leave to amend.
"Wyman W. Webb"
J.A.
"David G. Near"
J.A.
"Mary J.L. Gleason"
J.A.



FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

A CROSS-APPEAL FROM AN ORDER OF THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE SOUTHCOTT DATED
JANUARY 25, 2016; DOCKET NUMBER T-1557-15.
DOCKET:

A-48-16



STYLE OF CAUSE:

DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN



PLACE OF HEARING:

Fredericton,
New Brunswick

DATE OF HEARING:

May 24, 2017

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:

WEBB J.A.
NEAR J.A.
GLEASON J.A.

DATED:

October 30, 2017

APPEARANCES:
David Raymond Amos


For The Appellant / respondent on cross-appeal
(on his own behalf)

Jan Jensen


For The Respondent / appELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Nathalie G. Drouin
Deputy Attorney General of Canada

For The Respondent / APPELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL


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Progressive Conservative MLA calls it quits at provincial level
Brian Macdonald won't run again for legislature seat, but might try
federal politics
CBC News · Posted: May 28, 2018 6:07 PM AT | Last Updated: May 28

Brian Macdonald, a Progressive Conservative MLA, has announced he
won't run in the Sept. 24 provincial election. (CBC)

New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative party is losing one of its
highest-profile MLAs just months before the next provincial election.

Brian Macdonald says he won't be a candidate this fall and may instead
jump into federal politics.

Calling the last year "my best year in politics," the two-term MLA
said his decision has nothing to do with PC Leader Blaine Higgs, who
beat Macdonald for the party leadership in 2016.

"It's been a really good year," Macdonald said. "I've had a strong
voice in the legislature on issues that are really important to my
heart.

"I also think it can be a challenge being in provincial politics. It's
very small, it's very close, it's very tight, and on a personal basis,
I want to move on."

Macdonald says he’s considering running for the federal Conservative
nomination in New Brunswick Southwest, which includes part of the
riding of Fredericton West-Hanwell, where he has been the MLA. (CBC)

Macdonald said he's considering running for the federal Conservative
nomination in New Brunswick Southwest, a constituency that includes
part of Macdonald's provincial riding of Fredericton West-Hanwell.

    Health critic slams 'gutting' of top doctor's office

    Blaine Higgs faces internal PC dissent over appointment

That decision would pit him against former Conservative MP John
Williamson, who announced May 21 he'll also seek the nomination in the
riding he represented from 2011 to 2015. Party members in the riding
will nominate their candidate June 28.

Macdonald said he'll also consider running federally in Fredericton.
The former soldier said he's also looking at job opportunities with
national organizations that advocate for veterans.

"I'm looking for opportunities and considering a lot of options," he said.

    Blaine Higgs wins N.B. PC leadership race on 3rd ballot

    Tory leadership hopefuls scramble to be 'second choice' of rivals'
supporters

Macdonald is the fifth candidate from the 2016 provincial PC
leadership race to opt against running in this year's election under
Higgs.

Macdonald said he is confident he would have won his riding again and
the Tories will win the election Sept. 24, meaning he'd have a shot of
becoming a minister.

But he said being a provincial politician "does wear on you and it
does make you think about what the other options are. … If I go
another four years in provincial politics, it concerns me that my
options would be limited after that."

The 47-year-old also said the recent death of some friends made him
realize he should pursue other opportunities when he can.

Macdonald's interest in federal politics has been well-known for
years. He was a political assistant to former federal Defence Minister
Peter MacKay and sought the federal Conservative nomination for
Fredericton for the 2008 election.

After failing to win that nomination, he ran provincially in
Fredericton-Silverwood in 2010 and was elected. He was re-elected in
the newly created riding of Fredericton West-Hanwell in 2014, when he
defeated then-NDP leader Dominic Cardy.

Macdonald ran for the leadership of the New Brunswick Progressive
Conservative Party but lost to Blaine Higgs. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)

In 2016, Macdonald ran for the PC leadership, placing sixth on the
first ballot out of seven candidates.

Macdonald said he doesn't think his departure will hurt the provincial
party's chances of holding on to Fredericton West-Hanwell.

"It's going to be very attractive to a number of high-calibre
candidates who are now beginning to come forward," he said.

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David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos 

Replying to @DavidRayAmos @Kathryn98967631 and 48 others

Methinks everybody knows the old joke about how to tell if a politician is lying Their lips are moving N'esy Pas? Its a small wonder why CBC does not offer a comment section after the Circus yesterday EH?

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/12/methinks-deputy-premier-robert-gauvin.html

#nbpoli #cdnpoli


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Liberals say they rejected price tag of 2021 Francophonie Games

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David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos 

Replying to @DavidRayAmos @Kathryn98967631 and 48 others

Methinks Deputy Premier Robert Gauvin who is the minister responsible for the Francophonie has no plan whatsoever N'esy Pas?

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/12/methinks-deputy-premier-robert-gauvin.html

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/francophonie-games-cost-reaction-dieppe-1.4935809

Dieppe mayor 'absolutely shocked' by ballooning Francophonie Games price

228 Comments 
Commenting is now closed for this story.

 
Eric Fowler

Good thing that there is lots of time to cancel. 17 million dollars was too much, 130 million is insane. Let your M.P and M.L.A. know how you feel. No money for so many things, but lots of money for "games". This is crazy.

David Amos

@Eric Fowler Welcome to the Circus

Marguerite Deschamps

... here comes the clown!

 
Simeon Elliott

Time to pull a Calgary.....just say no to overpriced games.

daryl doucette

@Simeon Elliott exactly

David Amos

@Simeon Elliott YUP

Norman Albert Snr

@Simeon Elliott Champagne wishes on a min wage income. We need to get back to need taking presidence over luxury wants. No way can we afford such expensive extravagances. If we could afford it it would still be last on a wish list.

Marguerite Deschamps

@Norman Albert Snr, agreed! However many do not practice what they preach. I see processions of big + 60 grant SUV trucks they don't need idling while waiting to get their fix at the Tim Horton drive-through, many lot of them puffing on their $14 a pack cigarette.

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks even you Quebeckers must know that cigarettes are more than 14 loonies in the liberal idea of the "Place to Be" N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David Amos, honestly, I didn't know. I don't smoke; therefore I do not buy cigarettes. More than 14 $! Well, it's a shame some people still buy them.

Melanie Hooley

The planning committee should admit their mistake and back out of the games for all taxpayers sakes. Instead think about investing 17 million directly into the city where the citizens could benefit as a whole like the current housing crisis. Start building affordable housing apartments or subsidize housing for low income. As a tax paying member of this province we cannot afford to host an event at such an outrageous cost. Do the right thing! Back out!

David Amos
@Melanie Hooley Methinks Mr Higgs has faith that his French Lieutenant is gonna come up with a plan to make the Anglophones who voted for his party happy N'esy Pas?

"Robert Gauvin, deputy premier and minister responsible for the Francophonie, called the news a chance to work together with federal and municipal governments as well as businesses. "We're fairly positive we'll do the best Games that we can," he said. "While it's surprising, again, there's still time to work together and come up with a plan."

Marguerite Deschamps

@David Amos, worry pas, unilingual Anglophones can play.

 
Mario Doucet

Just think how far this money would go for the homeless or into hospital equipment.

David Amos

@Mario Doucet Methinks we should consider all the potholes that Minister Gauvin and his boss Mr Higgs don't consider worth fixing N'esy Pas?

Lloyd Joslin

I have to wait 13 months for eye surgery and we have money to waste on this?

David Amos

@Lloyd Joslin Methinks the SANB must be pacified N'esy Pas?

 
Jacques poirier

Let the organizers swallow their pride and admit this is a big mistake.This province is too far in debt and has cut too many needed services to justify spending that much money for games that are geared toward the elite athletes of the world.PULL OUT OF THIS FIASCO.The tax payers of this province have had enough!!!

David Amos

@Jacques poirier Methinks this dude may be embarrassed about stating the following N'esy Pas?

"Lapierre doesn't think there's a risk of the Games not occurring. "I doubt that the province of New Brunswick and government of Canada would want to face that embarrassment," he said. "

 
Edwin Kelley

The province can not afford this and provincially, taxpayers don't want to fund it. More important issues require funding. And forget the rhetoric about all the benefits. The business case fails.

David Amos

@Edwin Kelley Mais Oui

Marguerite Deschamps

@David Amos, mais non!

 
Colin Seeley

Pull out.

Just like Calgary.

We cannot afford this.

Please do it ASAP.

Norman Albert Snr

@Colin Seeley Stupid is as stupid does. They will do this regardless of costs. Vanity!!!!

David Amos

@Norman Albert Snr “My mom always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.”.

The folks who voted for Trudeau the Younger and his pals Mr Gallant and Mr Higgs now have the governments they deserve N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David Amos, "Methinks" you have indulged in too much chocolate looking for what you're gonna get, n'est-ce pas?

 
Marc LeBlanc

Common sense tells you to allow for a 15-20% contingency when planning for an event such as this
How could anyone get this so wrong?

Billy Hachey

@Marc LeBlanc "It's a 664 per cent increase. It's not just forgetting a small element of the project."

Marguerite Deschamps

@Billy Hachey, governments are so easy to hoodwink. Does Mactaquac, Pointe Lepreau, the Olympic Stadium ring a bell? - And if we keep digging, we will find many more. Trump does have a point about governments squandering money.

Marc Martin

@Marguerite Deschamps

*Trump *

Don't say that word you will attract Davis...

Marguerite Deschamps

@Marc Martin, David should soon be here. I am the attraction. He is infatuated with me. Didn't you notice?

Marc Martin

@Marguerite Deschamps

What did you do to him ?

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps "David should soon be here. I am the attraction. He is infatuated with me."

Methinks the lady doth think far too much of herself N'esy Pas?

Mack Leigh

@Marc LeBlanc

This whole thing smells like a setup.... Manipulation and conning at its' best..

Marguerite Deschamps

@David Amos, I am always a pretty well relaxed and laid back person. I still think you really like me.

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks the lady doth flatter herself far too much N'esy Pas?

 
Marguerite Deschamps

Maybe we could use some of that money so that the kids can play and have fun. Then put the rest of the money to better use.

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Cry me a river

Mack Leigh

@Marguerite Deschamps

Ah !! but nothing is too good for the Francophone Elite ! No matter who has to go without just as long as their unrealistic, unwarranted demands are met....

Marguerite Deschamps

@David Amos, should we take your comment to mean that this money should all go to waste?

 
Robert L. Brown

once again the Francophone community wants money from the 66% English community to fund their projects. When we have so much poverty in this province and so much provincial dept and the list could go on for the rest of the day we need to put New Brunswick first and forget all the groups that could not care for anyone except their own agenda

Marguerite Deschamps

@Robert L. Brown, you're paying nothing. We have all the jobs; remember?

Colin Seeley

@Robert L. Brown

Of course they do. It’s like Corporate Welfare on Steroids.

66% off your projects.

And still they complain.

Marc Martin

@Robert L. Brown

*once again the Francophone community wants money from the 66% English community *

You want money from my paycheck every week for your schools, museums and festivals what do you sugest ?

Maybe if we change the name to *Anglophone games* you would want it to be funded ?

Colin Seeley

@Marguerite Deschamps

That was funny Maggie. Touché.

But Oh yes he is paying.

You have all the bilingual Govt jobs. You know the ones that drive your kids to schools and pick up our sick in Ambulances.

Colin Seeley

@Marc Martin

Anglo games are integrated!

Marc Martin

@Colin Seeley

If we have all the government jobs then we pay all the taxes and should take all the decisions then right ?

Robert L. Brown

@Marguerite Deschamps So no taxpayer money in this venture. I appropriate your sarcastic reply did you just get back from Cannabis NB?

Colin Seeley

@Marc Martin

You just said it all.

Out of the mouths of babes .

Marc Martin

@Colin Seeley

Do you think Ontario paid their own games ?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/to2015-pan-am-games-within-2-4b-budget-ontario-says-1.3306622

Marc Bourque

@Robert L. Brown dont make this a language issue,use common sense will ya...

Marc Martin

@Robert L. Brown

*did you just get back from Cannabis NB?*

You look pretty much happy on your pic....just saying...

Marguerite Deschamps

I don't like the lavish costs of these games any more than most of you do and also believe that they should be scrapped. But you can not have it both ways. At least if you were prepared to admit that less than 50% of government jobs require bilingual proficiency, you would be taken more seriously. Hence, we have all the jobs; you guys said it. Therefore, don't complain if you're on social assistance given that we're also paying for you.

daryl doucette

@Marc Martin whats next " the Korean games"? The " Syrian games"? The " African games"? The list could go on and on....it seems that one certain group in this area seems to never be satisfied unless they are " front and center" in the media in one form or another....either " complaining" or " celebrating"......

Marguerite Deschamps

@daryl doucette, what would be your reaction if your Special Olympics games were cancelled?

Marc Martin

@Marguerite Deschamps

well said...

Marc Martin

@daryl doucette

I am all for canceling it, but when you make it a language issue your opening a can of worms buddy.

daryl doucette

@Marc Martin the " can of worms" that you refer to was opened a long time ago " buddy". Reasonable people of BOTH linguistic communities here are sick and tired of the CONSTANT whining and complaining re language " rights" that negatively affect the majority of unilingual taxpayers in this province.

reginald churchill

@daryl doucette ----------excellent right to the point

daryl doucette

@Marguerite Deschamps heh heh you funny

daryl doucette

@reginald churchill thank you.

Marguerite Deschamps

@Marc Martin, either you're retired like me or you are unemployed for continuously posting on here 24/7. Otherwise, you would be on the pick and shovel.

Colin Seeley

@Marc Martin

Weak Canard.

And you would know the Ontario games were for all cultures.

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps "you're paying nothing. We have all the jobs; remember?"

WOW

David Amos

@Marc Martin "If we have all the government jobs then we pay all the taxes and should take all the decisions then right ?"

Methinks you should confer with your lawyers first N'esy Pas?

 
Robert L. Brown

"I doubt that the province of New Brunswick and government of Canada would want to face that embarrassment," yet Yvon Lapierre does not want The hub of Francophone in southern New Brunswick to pay. The embarrassment is Him.

Marc Martin

@Robert L. Brown

Cry me a river...

Bernard McIntyre

@Marc Martin sounding like someone else with that saying.

Marc Martin

@Bernard McIntyre

Who cares...

Marguerite Deschamps

@Marc Martin, alas! If only Charlie Van Horne was still around. He cared!

Bernard McIntyre

@Marguerite Deschamps Lots of people care. Just not the people who are in the governent.

David Amos

@Bernard McIntyre YUP

Marc Bourque

130,000,000 think of how many, much needed doctors and nurses,whose education can be paid for and used in this province!!! Priorities has to be set right

Marc Martin

@Marc Bourque

*much needed doctors *

If the universities would stop taking outside immigrant to fill out New Brunswick student spots we would not have this problem...

Rick Dee

@Marc Martin International students is actually what's keeping them going (higher rates). Without them, we'd have a much bigger problem.

Marc Martin

@Rick Dee

We have a huge problem right now, we have no doctors because we train doctors that DONT STAY IN CANADA.

Tim Raworth

@Marc Martin Because we cant afford to pay them. No wonder why.

Edwin Kelley

@Marc Martin Mr.Martin you are showing your true colors. I doubt if any New Brunswick student is denied a university position due to an immigrant. Your opinions just became irrelevant. Reap just what you sow.

cheryl wright

@Marc Martin bigotry comes in all forms. seems you are not as perfect as you might think you are. how are those immigrated students to feel about this comment. shame on you

David Amos

@cheryl wright Methinks in order to feel shame one must be first blessed with a conscience N'esy Pas?

 
Stephen Wood

If they cannot be up front and honest about the cost , then they do not deserve to have the money or the games. Enough is enough .Corrupt, misinformed , misrepresented Bidding . throw the whole thing OUT and cancel the games. NB needs basic services for its people not games.

Marc Martin

@Stephen Wood

I got to give you this you didn't make it a language issue. so it makes sense what you said.

Dianne MacPherson

@Marc Martin
It's NOT a "language issue"
it's COMMON SENSE !!!!!

David Amos

@Dianne MacPherson Methinks Mr Martin and his hero the former President of SANB Kevin Arseneau have already proven that they have no idea what common sense is N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@Dianne MacPherson, for some on here, they always make it a language issue harping this issue to death 24/7. Just wondering where they find the time to get any work done.

 
John Haigh

This is asinine & it doesn't matter what language the games are celebrating.

David Amos

@John Haigh I agree

This reeks of pigs at a trough and incompetence. Pull the plug on this frivolous expense before we set a path to keep New Brunswick in the poor house forever.

David Amos

@ Methinks many folks are no doubt as curious as I as to who you are N'esy Pas?

 
daryl doucette

Very easy solution to this " dilemma" re the " Francophonie Games" re this monstrous price tag. JUST CANCEL THEM. Let Quebec host the games...they have lots of extra cash floating around obviously...the province of New Brunswick is broke. Why cant these politicians understand that we simply cannot afford extravagances like this? Just for a 2 week glorified track and field event and a big party? Calgary " got it right" re the Olympics, the public is getting fed up with being taxed to death. Enough is enough.

David Amos

@daryl doucette I Wholeheartedly Agree Sir

 
Richard Dunn

$130 Million!!! We cannot afford this extravagance. Cancel the bid and move on.

The larger question is who was asleep at the wheel to allow this bid to proceed without even having a business plan? Absolute insanity! The mayors of Moncton and Dieppe, Brian Gallant and others need to answer for this error. Who is protecting the taxpayers?

And who is this Eric LaRoque guy, what are his qualifications and who does he report to?

David Amos

@Richard Dunn "who is this Eric LaRoque guy, what are his qualifications and who does he report to?"

Good question

 
cheryl wright

the province cannot afford this; I cant afford this as a taxpayer.. our water bills are increasing, our property taxes are increasing, gas increasing etc... if I have to fork money over for this frivolous party of 3000 people I want to join. I want free drink and free meals and someone to rub my feet at the end of every day. NO?? Im not francophone?? cancel it!!! I think numbers speak volumes in this day and age and we should all meet at the legislature and say NO to this circus!

daryl doucette

@Marc Martin yes they should stop funding ALL these " games" in Canada until all the bills are paid for ESSENTIALS

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David Amos

@daryl doucette Methinks whereas you appear to be arguing a ghost Mr Martin must be testing CBC's ethics bigtime today before I entered the fray within this comment section N'esy Pas?

David Amos

@Marc Martin Hmmm

Marguerite Deschamps

@David Amos, what did Marc Martin state. Did you flag his post again?

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David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps The Crown knows that I believe in Free Speech but not libel. However I i NEVER flagged anyone's comment EVER Methinks you cannot not say the same N'esy Pas?

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks no doubt you and Mr Martin know as well as I that it is I who has been blocked twice thus far within this thread N'esy Pas?

David Amos

@David Amos BTW I have never flagged anyone ever

Marguerite Deschamps

Higg's French lieutenant wants the games to go on. Higgs better take heed! He has one foot out of the Premier's officer and the other one on a banana peel.

Wendy Staples

@Marguerite Deschamps , in your dreams...

Marguerite Deschamps

The gloves will soon come off with Austin and his clique vs Gauvin while Higgs will get stuck in the middle. Let the games begin!

Marc Martin

@Marguerite Deschamps

Its about to explode, I agree.

Dianne MacPherson

@Marguerite Deschamps
Gosh....you do have a 'hate' on
for this Province !!!!

Marguerite Deschamps

@Dianne MacPherson, talk for yourself lady@

Marguerite Deschamps

@Dianne MacPherson, more your hatred for anything French. And don't tell me I hate anything English given that I speak and write it better than you.

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps "Higg's French lieutenant wants the games to go on. "

Methinks I should consider copyrighting my expressions N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David Amos, you think you invented the expression "French lieutenant"? - You are giving yourself too much credit. I am just waiting to see if Gauvin will get to be more known as Judah Iscariot.

Dianne MacPherson

@Marguerite Deschamps
And a nasty 'piece of work', besides !!!!

 
Bernard McIntyre

I don't care if it's the Francophonie games or the Olympics. The price of hold any sporting event is getting ridiculous and soon if the sporting committees do get the act together soon there probably no place will be hosting any sporting event anywhere.

Marc Martin

@Bernard McIntyre

I agree with you, you make sense when you don't make it a French issue.

Bernard McIntyre

@Marc Martin I'm not on side or the other. I try to be on everyones side.

David Amos

@Bernard McIntyre Methinks a person who tries to be a friend of everyone winds up being a friend of none N'esy Pas?

 
Roy Kirk

I'm sure it's not the first time someone made a low-ball bid for something funded by government, only to present a much bigger bill once the commitment was made. If you don't want such behavior in the future you must punish it in the present. And the best way to do that is have the feds and the province give them $10 million each, and no more.

David Amos

@Roy Kirk Good idea

Marguerite Deschamps

Roger that!

 
Mario Doucet

No price is too high when it comes to the French culture.

Marc LeBlanc

@Mario Doucet This has nothing to do with french culture.It's all about gross incompetence on behalf of those responsible for the process that led to this massive cluster &$#%.A 600% increase is inconceivable.Trying to justify continuing with the games is lunacy.Higgs and Austin will be seen as anti-French,then so be it.i want a government that lives within it's means.....like the rest of us

daryl doucette

@Mario Doucet you nailed it.

Marc Bourque

@Mario Doucet I have to disagree with you on that point.This is a sporting event,there are trouble makers on both sides of the language issue.Iam not one of them I dont and cannot comprehend how a language can divide.Ive been bilingual all my life and have problems with any anglophones what so ever.Those who choose to hate and or divide over language should put on their big boy/girl pants on and GROW UP!

Roland Godin

@Mario Doucet
I will permit a one day credit on bashing for this one, and also a bycott of poutine, french fries and french vanilla chocolate milk...et voilà.

Marguerite Deschamps

@Roland Godin... and French toast and French kiss!

David Amos

@Mario Doucet Methinks many a true word is said in jest N'esy Pas?

 
Shawn McShane

The cost going from $17 million to $130 million is the embarrassment. To not cancel the games is an embarrassment.

We cannot afford it. Bad enough the hundred millions for the Irving arena.

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David Amos

@Shawn McShane Methinks that just may be the biggest understatement within this comment section N'esy Pas?

David Amos

@Shawn McShane Methinks this may be the winter of discontent for certian minions of the Irving Clan N'esy Pas?

 
Jeff Vautour

Excerpt from the article in the CBC new site...
"The $17-million bid was based on a suggested financial framework in the International Organization of the Francophonie Games guide, explained Eric Larocque, executive director of the 2021 Games organizing committee.

The $130-million price tag, he explained, is the full business plan, which the committee wasn't required to submit as part of its bid.

Larocque rejected the idea the committee won its bid under false pretences but agreed it would have been "the right thing to do" to submit the business plan from the get-go."

A) The committee knew the full price tag all along.
B) They misrepresented that info to the very organizations that had committed to paying.
C) Sounds like Fraud to me... as the executive director of the committee - Larocque IS responsible.
D) Both Provincial/Feds have every right to say, We'll pass on the games...
E) How can anyone think little NB can afford ~$65M when we have so many other pressing issue to face....

Shawn McShane

@Jeff Vautour Eric Larocque is very smug. He basically said, "As if the games would only be $17-million." He said NB must come up with a funding formula to pay the $130 Million.
NB funding formula should be to send the games to Sherbrooke (Quebec) or Guadeloupe (France) who had also bid on the games. I would even go as far as to give Quebec millions to take the games and punish sneaky Larocque.

Marguerite Deschamps

@Shawn McShane, no you wouldn't!

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks you need to calm down and learn to take a joke N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David Amos, guess who always complains that he gets insulted on here?

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks there is BIG difference between an insult and libel N'esy Pas?

 

Marguerite Deschamps

@David Amos, however BIG the difference may be, you would not know the difference. I have yet to read anything written towards you by anyone here that would even come close to libel. I dare you to point it to me. Be my guest!

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Why did the Crown delete all of Mr Martin's comments about my lawsuit and in return why did he claim my blog about it in which his comments were saved was libel when in last it is his words that were criminal in nature?

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps "I dare you to point it to me. Be my guest!"

Methinks you should ask Mr Martin why I already blogged my reply N'esy Pas?

 
Lou Bell

What an incompetent bunch ! Another Atcon 6 giveaway by the Liberals and their " one trick pony " agenda !

David Amos

@Lou Bell Methinks they have lots of tricks when it comes to spending other people's money N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David Amos, "Methinks, Methinks, Methinks". You don't seem too sure of yourself that you do think.

 
Lou Bell

I suspect Gallant and his lieutenants , knowing the reaction from the majority of NB'ers , just said to leave out the key financials, if we can't bury it we'll spin later !

David Amos

@Lou Bell YUP

 
Lou Bell

Where'd these people get their education ? Apparently economics wasn't offered !

David Amos

@Lou Bell Mais Oui

 
Lou Bell

I guess I know where the " phonie " part comes from !

Albert Wade

@Lou Bell yes, I believe translated to English the term is franklyphony

David Amos

@Albert Wade LMAO Methinks that how we say it in Chiac N'esy Pas?

 
Jim Cyr

It's fun to spend other people's money!! :)

David Amos

@Jim Cyr Methinks Trudeau The Younger was taught how to play the wicked game well by Papa Pierre and his many minions N'esy Pas?

 
Paul Eric Lagace

It's a luxury NB doesn't need and doesn't deserve.

NB is culturally stagnating.
Dieppe has nothing to offer the greater Francophonie, and can't afford it.
Outside Quebec, we are being assimilated.

David Amos

@Paul Eric Lagace Methinks some folks may recall that Louis Riel predicted that the French would take back Canada without firing a shot N'esy Pas?

Seamus O'hern

@David Amos ....take back?...lol....and how that turn out for ol louie?....

Marguerite Deschamps

@Seamus O'hern, ...lol.. funny depending on which side of the noose you happen to be.

David Amos 

@Seamus O'hern Methinks the lady's attempt at gallows humour is sick Need I say that I would not be shocked to learn that your forefathers were"ol Lourie's" hangmen? Small wonder why the Ghosts of my Forefathers no doubt enjoyed my suing Cardinal Bernard Francis law and my wife's Yankee Irish Catholic relatives in Beantown

BTW The RCMP and legions of lawyers on both sides of the medicine line know that after I won some judgements in the US of A a lawyer working for the American Indian Movement asked for my assistance before I came home to run in the election of the 38th Parliament I bet you don't know why N'esy Pas?






 
Stephen Wood

By the time the 2021 Francophonie Games roll around , the cost will likely have ballooned to double that again. 260 million . Another Liberal BOMB left ticking for NBers to disarm .

David Amos

@Stephen Wood Of that I have no doubt

 
Lou Bell

Guess the games will go on , now that " common sense " is no politically correct !!! At least to the minority !!!

David Amos

@Lou Bell Methinks common sense is a myth to politicians and defy us to define it N'esy Pas?

 
Mario Doucet

International fraud and scam.

David Amos

@Mario Doucet Its definitely a scam

 
Jeff LeBlanc

@Dieppe...lol

Marguerite Deschamps

@Jeff LeBlanc; Hillsborough, ...lol

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks Quebec is the biggest joke of all to most Proud Maritimers N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David Amos, just get to be known a little bit more and you'll be a shoo-in for the title.

 
Albert Wade

Tax payers will pony up again for another francliphony hand out. Will see what happens when NB is bankrupt and under third party management. Anglophones able to will all eventually move away but the rest will remain saddle with the debt.

Marguerite Deschamps

@Albert Wade, why do you think you are so indispensable and that the province could not function without you?

Marguerite Deschamps

.... after all, don't we have all the jobs? It must follow that you must be a burden on employed New Brunswickers, eh?

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps "why do you think you are so indispensable and that the province could not function without you?"

Methinks you should ask yourself the same question N'esy Pas?

Matt Steele

@Marguerite Deschamps .....If you want these foolish games so bad , why don't you pay the 130 MILLION yourself instead of wanting the taxpayers to pick up the tab ! . If there was a vote on this issue ; the great majority would vote to dump these boondoggle games .

Marguerite Deschamps

@Matt Steele, actually I have already voiced my opinion to scrap it if you had bothered to read. Tell that to your comedian turned Deputy-Premier Robert Gauvin, not me!

George Smith

Would there be money for a anglophone event like this? Why will a province that's a majority English have to pay for an event that they aren't a part of? How is it that Moncton and Dieppe are taking so much of our tax dollars the last couple of years? A new arena and this party for francophone voters in a nearly bankrupt province. Shame. The only embarrassment will be in going through with this event. 17 million is too much and 130 million is foolish.

daryl doucette

@George Smith 17 dollars is too much. That would feed a homeless family for a day!

Marguerite Deschamps

@George Smith, you can be part of it. Yup, even unilingual Anglos can play.

david herman

@George Smith
Question: Why will a province that's a majority English have to pay for an event that they aren't a part of?
Answer: Because it is the epitome of segregation.

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps "Yup, even unilingual Anglos can play."

Methinks you tell that to all the guys N'esy Pas?

 
david herman

SO...let me guess then...these francophones responsible for the number error.......are they the same people in the municipal finance department of the provincial government?
(i know, i know...stupid question)

Marguerite Deschamps

@david herman, you sure seem calm tonight! Are you on Valium?

David Amos

@david herman "i know, i know...stupid question"

Methinks you should ask your not so funny critic if she knows any of these people N'esy Pas?

https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right

 
 Roger Richard

I wonder what «  embarrassment » Mr. Lapierre is talking about? This is just crazy. Our elected officials are living in a bubble, on the clouds, way up there not understanding the reality.

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David Amos

@Roger Richard Mon Ami as you know I wholeheartedly agree

David Amos

@David Amos Hmmm

 
Marguerite Deschamps

No worries Robert Gauvin, Kris Austin and his cohorts will vote for the government and approve this. As long as the pay comes in!

David Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks you should ask your beloved French Lieutenant if he finds this stuff as funny as you do N'esy Pas?

https://www.scribd.com/document/2619437/CROSS-BORDER

Lou Bell

130 million ! Did there people just have a sense of entitlement , or a backdoor guarantee from Gallant and his " one trick pony " party ? guess the election sure threw them a curveball ! Maybe all them companies that came here because of our " bilingual capacity " will pay the tab ! Or was that all just spin ?? Methinks it was !!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/four-members-resign-francophonie-games-1.4943494

4 members of Francophonie Games committee resign over controversy

Members point to 'undue controversy' around planning for games

Gabrielle Fahmy · CBC News · Posted: Dec 12, 2018 7:04 PM AT

 

Costs for the 2021 games rose to $130 million, from an initial bid of $17.5 million by the province. (Hussein Malla/Associated Press)


Four members of the board of directors of the organizing committee of the 2021 Francophonie Games announced their resignation Wednesday afternoon, citing "undue controversy" around the planning of the games.

CBC News learned last Thursday that the cost of the games, to be hosted in Moncton-Dieppe, had ballooned more than sevenfold — from an initial bid of $17.5 million back in July 2015 to a request now for $130 million.

• 2021 Francophonie Games could cost taxpayers 7 times more than expected ​
• Liberals say they rejected price tag of 2021 Francophonie Games

A detailed explanation of the rising costs hasn't been given.

Organizers have said the original bid was based on a number provided in the International Organization of the Francophonie guidebook, and a detailed business plan wasn't developed until after New Brunswick had won the bid to host the games.

"During the last few days, media reports and public reaction around the proposed business plan for the 2021 games have created what we believe to be undue controversy around the planning and delivery of the upcoming Jeux de la Francophonie," reads the news release.

"This shadow of a doubt is taking away from the real story — the amazing benefits and opportunities these games will bring to our region."

President Eric Mathieu Doucet announced his resignation Wednesday. (Shane Magee/CBC)

 

 

Eric Mathieu Doucet, the president of the board, is resigning, along with members Mirelle Cyr, Eric Cormier and Kim Rayworth.

Radio-Canada has learned board vice-president Linda Schofield announced her resignation earlier in the day, citing personal reasons.

The board is made up of 11 members — five chosen by the province, four by the federal government, one each by the cities of Moncton and Dieppe.

The five who resigned were the ones chosen by the province of New Brunswick in November 2017.
Resigning members said they believed they no longer had the confidence of the province to continue their mandate.

"We hope that these resignations will allow the partners to return to the negotiating table in a healthier media and political climate," they said.




https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/francophonie-games-cost-higgs-investigation-1.4941221

Premier open to probe into $130M cost of Francophonie Games

Blaine Higgs says it's important to know why estimated cost has gone up so much

Shane Magee · CBC News · Posted: Dec 11, 2018 3:57 PM AT

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he's open to asking a legislative committee to investigate the growing cost of hosting the 2021 Francophonie Games. (James West/Canadian Press)

 New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he's open to asking a legislative committee to investigate the growing cost of hosting the 2021 Francophonie Games.

Last week, Radio-Canada revealed the estimated cost to hold the international event in Dieppe and Moncton has surged to $130 million from $17 million.

On Tuesday, the Liberals revealed new details of the increased spending, including that a business plan filed in February pegged the cost of the games at $45 million.

David Coon and Kevin Arseneau of the Green Party both suggested in the legislature Tuesday that a committee investigate the growing cost.

"Understanding how we got here and why we got here is important, and if we can create a committee to look into that, I would certainly be in favour of that," Higgs said in response to Arseneau.

• Economists question 2021 Francophonie Games spinoff figures

• Francophonie Games organizers defend $130M cost estimate

• Liberals say they rejected price tag of 2021 Francophonie Games

Tracey Suley, a spokesperson for the organizing committee, said in an email the group is "really looking forward to collaborating with our partners" to move the Games forward.
"Whatever approach that may be, we will work alongside them to deliver the best solution for our region and the games," Suley wrote.

Higgs said he'd also be in favour of releasing the details of the original bid submission.

The organizing committee for the games has said the original bid used numbers included in a bid submission guide from the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. It did not draft a complete business plan accounting for all costs until after the bid was won.

The games are expected to draw 4,000 athletes and artists to the Moncton area in 2021. (Hussein Malla/Associated Press)

That plan, outlined at a news conference Monday, included added costs, such as $36 million for infrastructure in the two cities as well as $10 million for security.

But the business plan the committee sent to the host municipal, provincial and federal governments on March 30, 2018,  was an increase from a version filed only one month before, two former Liberals ministers said Tuesday.

Roger Melanson, the former president of the Treasury Board, told reporters the committee had submitted a version of the plan in February that estimated a cost of $45 million, which was a 164 per cent increase from the initial bid budget.

"As soon as we saw that, we said that's not acceptable," Melanson said.

'Unacceptable'

A month later, he said the $130-million version was submitted, a 664 per cent increase from the initial budget.

"So obviously, it was not only unacceptable but concerning," Melanson said, adding the province put "safeguards" in place.

They included asking the committee to review its business plan, changing the committee's funding from annual to month-to-month and assigning a deputy minister committee to oversee to the development of the business plan.

CBC requested a response from Suley about Melanson's statements, but no response was provided before publication.

Roger Melanson, former president of the Treasury Board, says the Games organizing committee originally submitted a business plan that estimated the event would cost $45 million, a request the Liberals rejected. (Joe McDonald/CBC)​

The federal government hire an independent consultant to review the $130-million business plan. That review was carried out and a report was given to the federal and provincial governments in mid-September.

Its findings have not been made public. CBC has requested a copy of the report from the federal government.

Thousands expected to take part

The event is expected to draw more than 4,000 athletes and artists to the cities. The games are open to athletes from 58 member countries of La Francophonie, regardless of the language they speak.
Kris Austin, leader of the People's Alliance, reiterated his call for Higgs not to spend any more money on any games.

Higgs said the province won't spend more than $10 million.

"Anything that goes above and beyond that goes above that needs to be found somewhere else," he said.

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Shane Magee is a Moncton-based reporter for CBC.

Dieppe mayor 'absolutely shocked' by ballooning Francophonie Games price

Yvon Lapierre says the city can't take on any more spending to help cover estimated $130M event

Shane Magee · CBC News · Posted: Dec 07, 2018 4:00 AM AT

Dieppe Mayor Yvon Lapierre says he was shocked to learn the new estimated cost to host the 2021 Francophonie Games in his city and Moncton. (CBC)


The mayor of Dieppe says he was shocked to learn the cost of hosting the 2021 Francophonie Games in his city and neighbouring Moncton had grown from about $17 million to $130 million.

Mayor Yvon Lapierre said he understood the cost would be $17 to 19 million until Wednesday night. That's when someone from the province told him about the increase to $130 million, something he said left him "absolutely shocked by the amount."

Dieppe and Moncton are co-hosting the international sports and culture event, considered one of the largest in the francophone world.



Radio-Canada reported Thursday the organizing committee for the event submitted a funding request to the province for $130 million in April.

• 2021 Francophonie Games could cost taxpayers 7 times more than expected

• New Brunswick governments spent $286K bidding to host Francophonie Games

• Francophonie games in Moncton-Dieppe is 'a huge deal'

How to pay the bill is now a pressing question, Lapierre said.

"Obviously there will need to be some very serious discussions about the finances of this project," he said.

The province and the federal government had previously committed to split the cost of hosting the games equally.

The new Progressive Conservative government said Thursday there were no funds approved in the budget for the Games. The federal government said it would stick to the original commitment to fund half of the cost, leaving the other half to the province.

Robert Gauvin, the province's deputy premier, says there's still time to come up with a plan to fund the Games and ensure they take place. (Radio Canada)

Robert Gauvin, deputy premier and minister responsible for the Francophonie, called the news a chance to work together with federal and municipal governments as well as businesses.

"We're fairly positive we'll do the best Games that we can," he said. "While it's surprising, again, there's still time to work together and come up with a plan."

Lapierre said the city isn't prepared to consider increasing its funding commitment.
"Absolutely not," he said.

Legacy costs

Dieppe and Moncton both committed to pay $750,000 as part of hosting the games.

Dieppe is also committed to covering one third of "legacy projects," the mayor said.

One example would be plans to add two soccer fields near the Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick campus, which he said carries an estimated $2.5-million price tag.

Avoid embarrassment

Lapierre doesn't think there's a risk of the Games not occurring.

"I doubt that the province of New Brunswick and government of Canada would want to face that embarrassment," he said.

The event is expected to draw more than 3,000 athletes and artists from around the world.

Information Morning - Moncton

The exploding cost of the Francophonie Games

00:00 12:14

Eric Larocque is CEO of the organizing committee for the Moncton-Dieppe Francophonie Games. Yvon Lapierre is the Mayor of Dieppe. 12:14

About the Author

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/francophonie-games-bid-documents-moncton-dieppe-1.4942172

Province's 'financially sound candidacy' touted among reasons to select Francophonie Games bid

Documents shared by the tourism department reveal details of province’s original 2015 bid

Gabrielle Fahmy · CBC News · Posted: Dec 12, 2018 6:00 AM AT

The Games are the largest sporting and cultural event in the French-speaking world. (AFP/Issouf Sanogo)

Documents containing New Brunswick's original bid to host the 2021 Francophonie Games, shared by the provincial government with Radio-Canada, reveal new details behind the winning candidacy.

The initial bid, submitted in July 2015 by Brian Gallant's Liberal government, totalled $17.5 million — a figure that pales in comparison to the updated price tag of $130 million.

• 2021 Francophonie Games could cost taxpayers 7 times more than expected

• Premier open to probe into $130M cost of Francophonie Games

• Liberals say they rejected price tag of 2021 Francophonie Games

The original bid was revised to 19.5 million a few months later after a group of five experts from the International Organization of the Francophonie visited Moncton and Dieppe, the host cities.

The document described the province's "financially sound candidacy" and "an exceptional international organizational experience" in a list called "10 good reasons New Brunswick should be entrusted with the organization of the 2021 Games."

Mahaman Lawan Seriba, Director of the International Organization of the Games of La Francophonie came to meet with Moncton Mayor, George LeBlanc back in November 2015. (Jennifer Choi/CBC)

More space is taken up in the document discussing New Brunswick's weather than the cost of running the largest games in the French-speaking world.

The budget only takes up three pages of the 104-page document.

• Francophonie Games organizers defend $130M cost estimate

• Sticker shock: Moncton councillors balk at Francophonie Games price

Based on that plan, Moncton-Dieppe won the 2021 Games over Sherbrooke's $50-million bid that included a detailed business plan.

New Brunswick's initial $17.5 million bid, which the document shows as taken directly from the application guidebook and converted from Euros to Canadian dollars, was broken down like this:

• Co-ordination International Committee of the Francophonie Games: $2.1 million
• Costs related to sporting sites: $1 million
• Costs related to cultural sites: $1 million
• Costs related to development activity sites: $1 million
• Material for sporting, cultural and development activities: $1 million
• Lodging: $1 million
• Meals: $1.5 million
• IT equipment and accreditation: $1 million
• Protocol: $500,000
• Opening and closing ceremonies: $1.5 million
• Entertainment and Village de la Francophonie: $ 1 million
• Volunteers: $100,000
• Organizing funding campaign: $100,000
• Communications and marketing: $400,000
• Press centre: $384,300
• Broadcasting rights: $800,000
• Health: $600,000
• Transport: $1.5 million
• Security: $1 million
• Ticket office: $30,000

In the revenue column, the document said $15 million would be obtained from the three levels of government, $194,000 would come from registration fees, $1 million from "proportional contributions," $500,000 through a funding campaign, and $750,000 from ticket sales.

Budget doesn't take up much space in the 104-page document. (CBC)

The revised bid — from $17.5 to $19.5 million — came after an additional million was added to each of the lodging and meals expense categories.

Another $2 million, to be obtained through "goods and services," was added to the revenue column to balance things out, and submitted as part of a revised bid in December 2015.

Sudden infrastructure costs

The bidding document brags about the host cities' existing infrastructure several times.

"The concept retained rests on the use of existing and multi-purpose sites, where no additional permanent construction is planned — asides from temporary landscaping work or repairs to certain sites," reads page 84 of the document.

"These costs are included in the provisional budget," it goes on to say.

But skyrocketing infrastructure costs are at least one factor why the budget for hosting the Games jumped to the $130 million price tag submitted to government in March.

The stadium at the University of Moncton, one of the main locations for the 2021 Games, is thought to need some patch up work, according to the Games executive committee. (CBC)

At a news conference in Moncton on Monday, representatives from the games organizing committee said infrastructure costs now totalled $36 million of the request for funding.

Three projects requested by the host cities — resurfacing the Centennial Park tennis courts, converting the CN Sportplex soccer field from grass to synthetic, and constructing two new soccer fields in Dieppe — together totalled about $10 million.

The committee remained vague about the rest of the infrastructure asks.

"We worked with partners — universities, colleges — to identify projects they would like to see, and that had a direct link with the Francophonie Games," said Eric Larocque, executive director of the Games' organizing committee.

Éric Larocque, executive director of the 2021 Francophonie Games organizing committee, says the infrastructure requests appeared after the initial cost estimate was developed. (Shane Magee/CBC)

"No, no... no big infrastructure, it's a lot of upgrades," he then said when asked to elaborate.

"I don't necessarily want to go too much in detail, but it's upgrades to certain buildings….re-patching the stadium — because there are some small defects.

"There's elements like that — we have to upgrade our infrastructure to be able to welcome a competition of international calibre."

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The 2015 document listed several buildings at the University of Moncton, Mount Allison University, Crandall University and College Communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick that would be used either for lodging for athletes or to host sporting or cultural events.

The original document listed every one of those sites as "not needing upgrades."

Essential vs. desirable vs. useful and enjoyable

The organizing committee said Monday $24 million out of the $36 million in infrastructure requirements were considered essential to running the Games.

It explained budget items had been put into one of three categories in the request for funding: "essential," "desirable," and "useful and enjoyable."

The committee told CBC News on Tuesday, $2.8 million had been put in the "desirable" infrastructure category, and $8.9 million in the "useful and enjoyable" column, without wanting to go into further detail.

The 2021 Francophonie Games were expected to draw more than 3,000 athletes, coaches and artists to the Moncton area. (Hussein Malla/Associated Press)

The committee also refused to give the breakdown for operations costs and security.

As much as $84 million was in the request for funding for operations, and $10 million for security — a tenfold increase from the number provided in the 2015 bid.

Youth at the centre

The province's 2015 vision was to put youth at the forefront of the Games.

It said in its bid it would like to,  for example, organize workshops outside of competitions around themes like developing leadership skills, celebrating well-being and a healthy lifestyle, and social responsibility.

The Francophonie Games are for athletes aged 18 to 35.

The bid also said the games would do a lot to strengthen the identity of the Acadian and francophone communities as an essential part of New Brunswick's success and to emphasize the influence of Acadian artists on the international scene.

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 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/francophone-organizing-committee-back-the-board-1.4937853

Liberals say they rejected price tag of 2021 Francophonie Games

Francophone committee was told to go back to the drawing board: Melanson

Gabrielle Fahmy · CBC News · Posted: Dec 08, 2018 9:00 AM AT

Roger Melanson, former Liberal chair of the Treasury Board, says he told the committee to go back to the drawing board. (CBC)

Former Liberal chair of the Treasury Board Roger Melanson say he was shocked when the request for funding by the organizing committee for the 2021 Francophonie Games ended up on his desk back in April with a price tag of $130 million.

Moncton-Dieppe won the bid to host the games — considered the largest sporting and cultural event in the French-speaking world — based on a $17 million financial framework presented to the International Organization of the Francophonie in 2015.

When the funding request came in, Melanson says he told the committee to go back to the drawing board.

"To our surprise, we saw the number of $130 million as a proposal. For us that was unacceptable, and we refused that," said Melanson.

Melanson said the federal government also hired an independent expert to prepare a report looking at how the costs could be reduced.

Who knew what?

People from the organizing committee either could not be reached on Friday or refused to talk about costs.

On Thursday, Eric Larocque, executive director of the organizing committee, said he could not go into the details about why the price tag for the games was suddenly higher or which items were in the request for funding.

Eric Larocque, executive director of the 2021 Games organizing committee. (CBC)

He rejected the idea the games had been won under false pretences.

The city of Sherbrooke, Que., also made a bid and lost. It was worth $50 million and included a detailed business plan, something Larocque said New Brunswick did not submit.

He said it was not required by the International Organization of the Francophonie, and so a decision was made not to submit it, though he agreed it may have been the right thing to do.

But there are questions about whether New Brunswick's bid was realistic.

The last games, held in 2017 in Ivory Coast, cost $50 million.

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"The price of past games was much more than 20 million," said University of Moncton political science professor Roger Melanson.

"How come New Brunswick decided in 2015, well … 15-20 million, it will do the job? The decision - the final decision, was a political decision, a decision from Cabinet at that time."

But Melanson denied the province or the committee thought the initial bid was not realistic.

"I think it was," said Melanson. "Because we have the infrastructure in place. We thought it was."

The city of Moncton also said at the time the "beauty" of its bid was that all the infrastructure needed was already in place. But Larocque did say a request for new infrastructure was made, refusing to go into further detail.

"When the more detailed business plan came in, it was a big surprise," he said.

As for former Premier Brian Gallant, a spokesperson from the opposition office told CBC Friday he would not be commenting on the matter, as he had chosen to recuse himself from any Cabinet decisions about the Games when he was Premier, because some people involved in the games' organization were close friends of his.

In a bind or start of negotiations?

The federal, provincial and municipal government, and the organizing committee all said the Games need to go ahead in New Brunswick in 2021, all the while refusing to commit to more funding.

Robert Gauvin, minister for the Francophonie, said this was just the start of negotiations and that he is optimistic.

But according to a document obtained by Radio-Canada, Blaine Higgs wrote to the federal government to say he would honour the initial agreement — which was for the province to pay up to $10 million — but that he had no intention to pay more.

And the federal government said Thursday it would not foot more than 50 per cent of the total bill, in accordance with the federal policy on international sporting events.

The mayor of Dieppe meanwhile said the city will not give more money than the initial 750-thousand dollar commitment, plus a third of the cost of any legacy projects, as agreed to. And most Moncton city councillors CBC News spoke to said the same.

The organizing committee would need a budget by January to be on schedule.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moncton-dieppe-francophonie-games-cost-reaction-1.4937208

Sticker shock: Moncton councillors balk at Francophonie Games price

How to pay estimated $130M cost an open question

Shane Magee · CBC News · Posted: Dec 07, 2018 7:12 PM AT 

Several Moncton councillors balked at the jump in cost of holding the Francophonie Games in 2021 to $130 million and say the city shouldn't consider any increase in its funding commitment. (Shane Magee/CBC)

Two Moncton city councillors say there's no appetite to increase the city's funding commitment to co-host the Francophonie Games in 2021, while another one is leaving the door open.

Isabelle LeBlanc, Moncton's director of communications, said there's been no request for the city to increase its funding at this point.

Whether to increase its contribution would be a council decision. Councillors say they expect to discuss the Games at a private meeting on Monday.

It was more expensive than anticipated … but this is a chance for us to work together.- Robert Gauvin, deputy premier

"I don't think that our bid offer that the City of Moncton has budgeted for, the $750,000, should be increased," Coun. Shawn Crossman said Friday. "I don't think there's any reason for us to increase that."

Who will pay the higher price to host the event is an open question now that the estimated cost has exploded from about $17 million to $130 million.

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Radio-Canada reported Friday that Premier Blaine Higgs told the federal government New Brunswick will only pay up to $10 million of the cost of the Games. The federal government has indicated it won't pay more than half the cost of the Games.

The federal and provincial governments had previously agreed to split the cost equally, with Moncton and Dieppe contributing $750,000 each.

That would potentially leave the province's share at $63 million dollars, more than double the amount the province is paying to build a new middle school in Moncton.

The games are expected to draw 4,000 athletes and artists to the Moncton area in 2021. (Hussein Malla/Associated Press)

The Games, expected to draw athletes and artists from around the world, will be held in Dieppe and Moncton in 2021. The International Organisation of La Francophonie holds the Games, which are open to participants who do not speak French.

New Brunswick's Deputy Premier Robert Gauvin said Thursday various funding partners would have to come up with a plan.

"It was more expensive than anticipated … but this is a chance for us to work together with the federal, municipalities, people from business communities to show that New Brunswick can shine," Gauvin said.

Dieppe Mayor Yvon Lapierre said the city would "absolutely not" be open to increasing its funding commitment.

Paulette Thériault, a Moncton councillor, says whether the city should increase its funding depends on the approach taken by other levels of government. (CBC)​

Coun. Bryan Butler also said he "certainly wouldn't be" willing to increase how much Moncton contributes.

Coun. Paulette Thériault said such a decision should wait until the shock of the massive increase has worn off. She left the door open to considering a funding increase.

"It depends, we'll have to see what other levels of government are doing," Thériault said.

The Games organizing committee bid for the event without drafting a complete business plan.

The increase of more than 600 per cent was revealed when that plan was completed and sent to funding partners like the city and provincial government earlier this year.

Isabelle LeBlanc, Moncton's director of communications, says city staff were told of the increased cost of hosting the Games in April. (CBC)

While Dieppe's mayor said this week he only learned of the new cost on Wednesday night, city staff in both cities have known since April when they received the business plan.

"We got a copy of the business plan at the end of April and that's when we learned that the scope of the financial ask was broader than what was really submitted as part of the bid package," LeBlanc said. "However, we also knew that the federal and provincial governments needed to go through their negotiations process."

LeBlanc and Annie Duguay, Dieppe's director of communications, say the information wasn't shared with elected officials because the cities weren't asked to increase their contribution, so there was nothing for council to review and approve.

Several Moncton councillors expressed frustration they learned about the cost difference in media reports.

"I think council should've had a meeting on that," Crossman said.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/2021-francophonie-games-dieppe-seven-times-over-budget-1.4934984

2021 Francophonie Games could cost taxpayers 7 times more than expected

Moncton-Dieppe won bid to host Francophonie Games in 2016 based on a $17 million budget

Gabrielle Fahmy · CBC News · Posted: Dec 06, 2018 4:46 PM AT 

The Francophonie Games are expected to draw more than 3,000 athletes and artists from around the world. (Hussein Malla/Associated Press)

The Francophonie Games could cost taxpayers seven times more than expected.

The Moncton-Dieppe bid was selected to host the 2021 Games — considered the biggest sporting and cultural event in the French-speaking world — based on a $17-million budget submitted back in 2015.

But Radio-Canada has learned the request for funding by the Games' organizing committee, first submitted to government back in April, is for $130 million, raising questions about whether hosting the games in New Brunswick is still a viable option.

The municipalities of Moncton and Dieppe were supposed to contribute $750,000 each, with the rest of the money split evenly between the federal and provincial governments.

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But various levels of government are now saying they might not be able to afford the difference.
New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative government said it was shocked to find out the price tag when it took office.

"To our surprise, there were no funds approved in the budget for the Games," said Louis Léger, Premier Blaine Higgs's chief of staff.

"We were incredibly surprised.

Louis Léger, chief of staff to Premier Blaine Higgs, said the province is concerned about the inflated price tag. (CBC)

Léger said he is not ready to say the Games are in jeopardy, but he is unsure where the funds will come from.

"We have to recognize New Brunswick is a small province," he said, leaving the ball in the court of the federal government.

But Ottawa said it will not contribute more than 50 per cent of the cost of running the Games.
"We're obviously worried by the potential cost," said Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc.

"It's important now for New Brunswick to assume its responsibility, and we'll be an important partner in the Games."

Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc said he can't imagine Moncton-Dieppe won't host the 2021 Francophonie Games. (CBC)

LeBlanc said the federal government could pay 50 per cent of the new costs but, according to federal policy on funding for international sporting events, it would not go beyond half the overall price tag.

The minister said he is looking forward to continuing discussions with the province.

"I can't imagine the provincial government would give up on the Games," he said.

"I can't imagine the Francophonie Games wouldn't take place in New Brunswick in 2021."

No false pretences

The $17-million bid was based on a suggested financial framework in the International Organization of the Francophonie Games guide, explained Eric Larocque, executive director of the 2021 Games organizing committee.

The $130-million price tag, he explained, is the full business plan, which the committee wasn't required to submit as part of its bid.

In contrast, the City of Sherbrooke, Que., who also made a bid to host the games and lost, had a $50-million business plan as part of its application.

Larocque rejected the idea the committee won its bid under false pretences but agreed it would have been "the right thing to do" to submit the business plan from the get-go.

Eric Larocque, executive director of the 2021 Games organizing committee, said the committee wasn't acting under false pretences when it submitted its $17-million bid. (CBC)

"Of course, yes," said Larocque. "But it was not asked from us, so we didn't.

"There were some volunteers, and there were some public servants. I'm not here to pinpoint or to blame somebody. It was a group decision, and that's it."

Larocque said he could not provide details about what items were part of the business plan, short of confirming a request for infrastructure was made.

When Moncton won the bid, the city said "the beauty" of its bid was that it already had all the infrastructure required — referring to the stadium at the University of Moncton and the new Avenir Centre — and there wouldn't be any costs associated with that.

Officials from the International Committee of Games of La Francophonie met with Moncton-Dieppe officials and organizations to talk about bid for 2021 games in the 2015 file photo. (Jennifer Choi/CBC)

Larocque said governments could decide to provide only a portion of the money requested by the organizing committee.

"I don't think we're going to lose the Games. They need to talk and to find a solution," he said.
"We're going to do the best with the money we're going to get."

He said the funds would have to be approved by January for the committee to be on schedule.

The City of Moncton said it approved a financial contribution of $750,000 toward the Games, as part of its 2017 budget deliberations, and that no further request for funding has been made to the city by the local organizing committee.

The province meanwhile remains concerned.

"We inherited this situation," said Léger. This worries us to the highest degree. To see that such an important event had not been as well planned as it should have..."

"It's a 664 per cent increase. It's not just forgetting a small element of the project."

Since they were created in 1989, the Games have been held in Morocco, France, Lebanon, Ivory Coast, Madagascar and Niger.

Canada last hosted the event in 2001 when it was held in Ottawa and Gatineau, Que.

The event is expected to draw more than 3,000 athletes and artists from around the world.

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Gabrielle Fahmy is a reporter based in Moncton. She's been a journalist with the CBC since 2014.

With files from Radio-Canada's Elisa Serret


 https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/jeux/news/news_release.2017.08.1105.html

News Release

Intergovernmental Affairs
Francophonie
Games of La Francophonie
Tourism, Heritage and Culture

Ivory Coast to present the Games of La Francophonie flag to New Brunswick

15 August 2017

 FREDERICTON (GNB) – Ivory Coast’s ambassador to Canada, N’Goran Kouamé, will present the Games of La Francophonie flag to Economic Development Minister Francine Landry, who is also minister responsible for La Francophonie, as part of the Acadian Day celebrations to be held in Moncton and Dieppe this evening.

“I thank Ivory Coast once again for so kindly hosting the various countries that took part in the eighth Games of La Francophonie,” said Landry. “I will have the great pleasure, on this Aug. 15, of hosting Mr. Kouamé in the Moncton and Dieppe area and celebrating the wonderful partnerships and friendships we made with Ivory Coast during the games in Abidjan, which ended on July 30.”

The ninth Games of La Francophonie will take place in the Moncton and Dieppe area in 2021. This international event will attract thousands of participants and even more visitors to the region. Up to 84 delegations from the member states and governments of the International Organization of the Francophonie will be in attendance.

“Occasions such as this provide a concrete example of the advantages arising from bilingualism and the diversity of our province,” said Landry. “With various national and international media covering the games, the area will receive extraordinary worldwide visibility. They will highlight our cultural pride and generate real spinoffs by attracting visitors to the area and creating business opportunities and jobs.”

The games are the largest sporting and cultural event of the Francophonie dedicated to youth. They are held every four years in the year following the Olympic Summer Games.



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Ottawa signals Michaëlle Jean's bid for second term at Francophonie all but over

Minister's office says Canada will join 'consensus view,' which is coalescing around Rwanda's foreign minister

Tom Parry · CBC News · Posted: Oct 09, 2018 3:43 PM ET

The Trudeau government appears to have given up on former governor general Michaëlle Jean's bid for a second term as secretary general of la Francophonie. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)


Canada is all but abandoning its support for former governor general Michaëlle ​Jean as she campaigns for a second term as secretary general of la Francophonie.

The organization, representing more than 80 states and governments with linguistic or cultural ties to France, will select a new leader this week at its summit in Armenia.

Jean has been the organization's secretary general since 2014. She's facing a strong challenge from Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo, who has the support of French President Emmanuel Macron, as well as the African Union, whose member states form a powerful bloc within la Francophonie.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau left for the summit Tuesday night.

'Canada will join the consensus view'

Melanie Joly, the federal minister responsible for la Francophonie, is already in Armenia.

In a written statement, her press secretary Jeremy Ghio today wrote: "We have tremendous respect for Madame Jean's track record as secretary general of la Francophonie, particularly as it relates to the education ‎and empowerment of women and girls. With respect to the choice of the next secretary general, Canada will join the consensus view, as is the organization's custom."

That consensus has been increasingly forming around Jean's rival.

A source close to events in Armenia says the Canadian delegation has concluded Jean's chances of successfully campaigning for a second term are near zero. With that in mind, the source says Canada "will not go to the wall" to support Jean's bid.

Trudeau has made phone calls in support of Jean's bid. Trudeau also invited several Francophonie members to join G7 leaders at their summit in Charlevoix, Que., this summer.
Privately, however, there have been serious doubts about Jean's chances.

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Four years ago, when Jean was chosen as secretary general, there was no agreement on any one candidate from Africa. That's not the case this year; African leaders are coalescing around Mushikiwabo.

At the same time, Canada has no interest in taking a confrontational approach with France or the African Union as it conducts its own lobbying effort for a seat on the United Nations Security Council.

Rwanda's foreign minister, Louise Mushikiwabo, has emerged as a consensus pick for the next secretary general of la Francophonie. The organization of more than 80 states with ties to France votes on the position later this week. (Simon Newman/Reuters)

Earlier Tuesday, before the government announced its new position, a spokesperson for Jean vowed she would continue her campaign.

"Madame Jean will fight for the job. She would like to be judged on her work and results," Bertin Leblanc wrote in an email.

Questions about spending

Jean has faced criticism about her spending as head of la Francophonie. Earlier this year, Quebecor Media ran stories about renovations — reportedly worth half a million dollars — made to Jean's taxpayer-funded apartment in Paris.

Jean defended herself, writing that she was the victim of a ruthless campaign of disinformation. But federal Conservatives, who were in power when Jean became head of la Francophonie, turned on her, with one MP calling her an embarrassment to Canada.

Quebec's premier-designate, François ​Legault, is travelling with Trudeau to the summit in Armenia.

He also questioned Jean's spending and today announced via Twitter he would not support Jean's bid for a second term.

François Legault ✔ @francoislegault

Je vous annonce que le gouvernement élu de la CAQ n’appuiera pas Mme Jean pour sa réélection à la tête de l’OIF. Nous nous joindrons au consensus africain qui est plein de potentiel. Il est maintenant temps de laisser place à un nouveau style de gestion.

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If Mushikiwabo is chosen to succeed Jean, it would happen in spite of her country's poor human rights record and the shifting nature of the French presence in Rwandan society.

The vast majority of the country's population speaks the Kinyarwanda language. After many in Rwanda accused France of complicity in the country's 1994 genocide, Rwandan President Paul Kagame declared English one of his country's official languages in 2003. English would later replace French in Rwanda's school system.

As this year's summit shows, however, a strong grounding in French is not necessarily a prerequisite for membership in la Francophonie. Leaders are choosing their new secretary general in the Armenian capital of Yerevan. While the city has a small French language university, it's estimated that less than one per cent of the country's population can actually speak French.

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Michaëlle Jean makes final pitch to keep top post as Francophonie summit opens

Rwandan candidate for secretary general has more support than Canada's former governor general

The Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 11, 2018 7:34 AM ET 

Michaelle Jean, the secretary general of the Francophonie, greeted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he arrived at the Francophonie Summit in Yerevan, Armenia Thursday. Jean's bid to continue in her role is likely to be rejected by Francophonie members at the summit. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)


Michaëlle Jean made a public plea to hold on to her post as secretary general of la Francophonie Thursday, urging member nations not to allow the defence of rights and democracy to take a back seat to partisan ambitions.

For Jean, the address to the opening session of the summit of la Francophonie in Yerevan, Armenia was a final stand ahead of a closed-door meeting of members Friday to choose the next secretary general. Her words were clearly aimed at her rival for the post, Rwandan Foreign Affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo.

"At a moment when we march toward the 50th anniversary of la Francophonie, let's ask ourselves here in Yerevan, in all conscience and in all responsibility, on which side of history do we want to be," Jean said.



"Are we ready to accept that international organizations are used for partisan purposes?" Jean asked.

 "Are we ready to accept that democracy, rights and freedoms are reduced to mere words, that we make them meaningless in the name of realpolitik?"

The former Canadian governor general, who has held the top job at the organization of French-speaking nations since 2014, is facing an uphill battle as she seeks a second term.

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After months of supporting her, the Canadian and Quebec governments announced this week that they would rally around the "consensus" candidate, Mushikiwabo. Traditionally, the selection of a secretary general is by agreement, not through a vote.

Mushikiwabo already had the support of France — which is the main funder of la Francophonie — and many African Union countries.

Rwanda has managed to secure support for Mushikiwabo's candidacy despite its poor record upholding democratic rights and freedom of the press. Rwandan President Paul Kagame has been labelled an authoritarian by rights groups.

No consensus yet?

Jean, however, refused to back down amid diminishing chances of securing another term. Her spokesman, Bertin Leblanc, has said any consensus must be reached by the heads of state and governments behind closed doors.

Meanwhile, a source close to Jean's campaign says some African leaders are uncomfortable with the idea of a done deal and have even told her directly that they find themselves in an impossible position.
According to a survey by Radio France International, the Haitian-born Jean had the support of 17 or 18 delegations on the eve of the summit. La Francophonie has 54 full member states and governments.
Earlier Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau praised the "remarkable work" done by the former governor general, who has focused on women, youth and human rights while in the post.

"Michaelle affirmed herself as an ardent defender of women, notably by asserting their right to education and fighting for their emancipation," Trudeau told heads of state in the Armenian capital, lauding her dedication and contagious energy.

Trudeau and Jean had a one-on-one meeting upon the prime minister's arrival in Yerevan but no details were released.

Despite not backing her, French President Emmanuel Macron also paid homage to Jean's defence of women's rights.

"La Francophonie must be the space that fights for the rights of women, and I want to salute the work that was done by Michaelle Jean, to whom I pay tribute, who strongly mobilized in this fight," Macron said near the end of his opening remarks.

"La Francophonie must be feminist, and you were right, madame secretary general, not to give up in this fight."

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had his first meeting with the incoming premier of Quebec, François Legault, on the sidelines of the Francophonie summit. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

Trudeau also paid tribute to the late Charles Aznavour, whose music was playing throughout the site of the summit. The French-Armenian singer died Oct. 1.

"When I arrived in Armenia, I immediately thought of a great man I loved so much, a great lover of the French language who died last week, the incomparable Charles Aznavour," Trudeau said.

"In the days following his death, francophones and francophiles of the world united in mourning through his work. This momentum of solidarity was perhaps the greatest tribute that could have been made to him."

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Secretary General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Michaëlle Jean, attend the Closing Session of the XVIIth Francophonie Summit in Yerevan, Armenia

 October 12, 2018


 

 


 https://www.francophonie.org/Welcome-to-the-International.html

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www.francophonie.org is a portal site where you can :

• discover the extent of the IOF’s vitality and wealth, its wide ranging cultures and French accents and its partner languages ;

• keep abreast with the IOF’s latest political activities to promote peace, democracy and Human Rights, under the leadership of its Secretary General Michaëlle Jean, 27th Governor General and Commander in Chief of Canada ;

• learn about the cooperation measures taken to promote the French language, cultural diversity, sustainable development, education and training ;

• surf the Web more easily thanks to RSS feed formats and discover all the French-language resources on the Internet ;

• access a database comprising thousands of photos, videos and audio documents.

About us

The International Organisation of La Francophonie represents one of the biggest linguistic zones in the world. Its members share more than just a common language. They also share the humanist values promoted by the French language. The French language and its humanist values represent the two cornerstones on which the International Organisation of La Francophonie is based.

The International Organisation of La Francophonie was created in 1970. Its mission is to embody the active solidarity between its 84 member states and governments (58 members and 26 observers), which together represent over one-third of the United Nations’ member states and account for a population of over 900 million people, including 274 million French speakers.

IOF organises political activities and actions of multilateral cooperation that benefit French-speaking populations. Its actions respect cultural and linguistic diversity and serve to promote the French language, peace and sustainable development.

IOF has concluded 33 cooperation agreements with international and regional organisations and has established permanent dialogue between the major international linguistic zones (the English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Arab-speaking zones).

The IOF has its head office in Paris as well as four permanent representations in Addis Ababa (at the African Union and at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa), in Brussels (at the European Union), in New York and in Geneva (at the UN). It has three regional offices (West Africa ; Central Africa and Indian Ocean ; Asia-Pacific) located respectively in Lomé (Togo), Libreville (Gabon) and Hanoi (Vietnam) and two regional antennas in Bucharest (Romania) and in Port-au-Prince (Haiti).

Alongside the IOF, the Parliamentary Assembly of La Francophonie and the four direct operators are responsible for implementing the programs decided at the Summits. The four direct operators are : the Academic Agency of La Francophonie, TV5Monde, the International Association of Francophone Mayors and The Senghor University of Alexandria.

58 Member States and Governments :

Albania, Principality of Andorra, Armenia, Kingdom of Belgium, French Community of Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Canada-New-Brunswick, Canada-Quebec, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, , Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Laos, Lebanon, Luxembourg, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Mauritius, Mauritania, Moldova, Monaco, Niger, New-Caledonia, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Säo Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, Vanuatu, Vietnam.

26 Observers :

Argentina, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada-Ontario, South Corea, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Montenegro, Mozambique, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay.

Secretary General of La Francophonie : Michaëlle Jean
Administrator : Adama Ouane

Contacts :

Secretary general’s office :
19-21, avenue Bosquet, 75007 Paris, France
Tel. : +33 1 44 11 12 50 - Fax : +33 1 44 11 12 87
Email
Administration and Cooperation
19-21, avenue Bosquet, 75007 Paris, France
Tel. : +33 1 44 37 33 00 - Fax : + 33 1 45 79 14 98
Email

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• The IOF : 84 States and governments
The International Organisation of La Francophonie (IOF) has 84 States and governments (including 26 observers) across the five continents.
• IOF’s community : 1,5 billion people
The IOF’s 84 States and governments account for a population of 1,5 billion people, which represents 16% of the world’s population
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French is either the official language, or one of the official languages in 32 of the IOF’s member states, governments or observers.
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• 900,000 French teachers worldwide
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• 60% of French speakers are under 30 years old
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• 55% of French-speakers live in Africa
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Michaëlle Jean under fire over expenses as she heads into Francophonie election

Former Canadian GG up for re-election as secretary general of the French-speaking nations' organization

CBC Radio · May 29

As Canada's former governor general Michaëlle Jean is seeking re-election as leader of la Francophonie, an international organization of French-speaking nations. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

As Canada's former Governor General Michaëlle Jean seeks re-election as leader of la Francophonie, she has lost the support of France and is facing tough opposition from lawmakers in her home province of Quebec.

Jean was named secretary general of the French-speaking nations' organization in 2014, with a promise to promote economic development, gender equality and dialogue, especially among developing African nations.

In recent months she has been dogged by questions about her expenses, which include a $500,000 renovation to her rented Paris residence and a $20,000 piano, according to Quebecor media outlets.

"She needs to show some leadership," Quebec MP Alupa Clarke told As It Happens host Carol Off. "It's a complete fiasco right now."

• Michaëlle Jean calls reported Trump comments 'troubling'

Jean's office did not respond to As It Happens' request for comment, but she defended her expenses in French-language interviews in 2017.

She told TFO the Canadian government assigned her a residence that was in dire need of renovations, and that items like the grand piano were necessary to create an atmosphere where she could host diplomatic receptions.

Conservative MP Alupa Clarke says Jean's expenses are harming Canada's international reputation. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

That explanation doesn't cut it for Clarke.

"I do not exactly agree with all those expenses for diplomatic reasons," he said. "She needs to come clear publicly at the mic and explain herself way more than just answering here and there."

'A problem for our reputation'

He said his constituents have contacted him to express their concerns about Jean.

Canada is the second biggest donor to the International Organization of la Francophonie (OIF).
"When I speak to Canadians in the street, they're embarrassed right now," he said. "It's a problem for our reputation."

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pictured with Jean at the OIF Headquarters in Paris in April. The federal government is standing behind the former governor general. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

Clarke's colleague, Gérard Deltell, also piled on, claiming that "only Liberals" could be proud of Jean's reign.

"Michaëlle Jean has become an embarrassment to Canada," he said in question period.
"She has managed the organization in a completely irresponsible way."

Bloc Quebecois MP Xavier Barsalou-Duval also suggested the Liberals should not support Jean given various "scandals" during her tenure.

Canada backs Jean as France drops support 

Also not supporting Jean this time is France, which dealt a blow to Jean's chances at a second term when President Emmanuel Macron said he would back Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo when the organization chooses a new leader in October.

But the governments of both Canada and Quebec have pledged to support Jean, while conceding there is room to improve the organization's financial management.

"Our government is determined to [ensure] that Canadians' money is used judiciously and rigorously," Justine Lesage, spokesperson for International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, told As It Happens in an emailed statement.

"That is why our government is engaging with the OIF to helping modernize its management practices, achieve a more effective communication of results as well as a greater transparency."

Jean is pictured with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris in July 2017. He is now backing another candidate in the OIF leadership race. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)

Lesage also defended Jean's legacy as a champion of human rights and Canadian values, noting she is the only secretary general of the organization to have been invited to speak at the United Nations Security Council.

"We are proud to have a Canadian at the head of an important international organization such as the OIF," Lesage said.

A similar position was expressed by Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, who said last week he is happy to see a Quebecer and Canadian leading the organization.

He added that concerns about its finances "have been heard," saying he believes Jean intends to present a plan to address the matter.

"Ms. Jean actively promotes our Canadian priorities such as gender equality and entrepreneurship among youth and women."

Jean, who was born in Haiti, was Canada's governor general from 2005 to 2010.


Written by Sheena Goodyear with files from Canadian Press. Interview with Alupa Clarke produced by Kevin Robertson.




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Mar 29, 2018, 10:00 ET

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The Government of Canada has appointed members to the National Organizing Committee of the 9th Games of La Francophonie

OTTAWA, March 29, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - Today, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, announced the appointments of four members to the National Organizing Committee of the 9^th Games of La Francophonie.

The 9^th Games of La Francophonie will be held in 2021 in Moncton and Dieppe, New Brunswick. This athletic and cultural event is held every four years and brings together around 3,000 young athletes and artists, aged 18 to 35, from member and observer states and governments of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF).

The four members appointed by the Government of Canada who will be part of the National Organizing Committee of the 2021 Games of La Francophonie are:

– Mélanie McGrath
A lawyer by profession, Ms. McGrath holds a bachelor of laws and a bachelor of arts with a major in psychology. She was previously President of the Société des Jeux de l'Acadie, and she helped organize the 2017 Canadian Francophone Games and the 2017 Allan Cup.

– Mohamed Ali M'halla
Originally from Tunisia, Mr. M'halla has lived in southeastern New Brunswick for many years. He owns two restaurants, and has an engineering degree and a master's degree in business administration from the Université de Moncton.

– Vicki Wallace-Godbout
Ms. Wallace-Godbout is a member of the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation. She holds a bachelor of laws and a bachelor of arts with a double major in criminology and psychology. A lawyer and accomplished businesswoman, she will provide valuable advice to the committee.

– Nathalie Wybouw
Ms. Wybouw is a chartered accountant. In addition to working at RBC, she is very active in the Greater Moncton community. Ms. Wybouw holds a bachelor of business administration (concentration in finance), a certificate in accounting and a master's in project management.

Quotes

"I am pleased to announce the appointment of these four exceptional individuals as members of the National Organizing Committee of the 9^th Games of La Francophonie. The committee will be in good hands thanks to the leadership, experience and skills of these members. I am certain they will make the Games a real success."

—The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities

"The Games of La Francophonie are an essential event for the international Francophonie, and it is a privilege to welcome them back to Canada in 2021. These games will allow participants to reach their full potential in French, and celebrate cultural diversity and athletic excellence."

—The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister responsible for Official Languages

Quick Facts

The Games of La Francophonie, created in 1987 during the Summit of La Francophonie in Québec City, are the only major games that feature both sport (including para-sport) and cultural competitions. They also allow for the celebration of the Francophonie, solidarity and diversity.

The National Organizing Committee of the 2021 Games of La Francophonie is responsible for planning, organizing and directing the activities related to the hosting and smooth operation of the 9^th Games.

The Board of Directors of the 2021 Games of La Francophonie National Organizing Committee is made up of 11 members. In addition to the 4 individuals appointed by the Government of Canada, members have been appointed by the Government of New Brunswick (5), the City of Moncton (1) and the City of Dieppe (1).

In January 2018, Éric Mathieu Doucet was elected President and Director of the Board of Directors of the 2021 Games of La Francophonie National Organizing Committee.

Éric Larocque has been the General Director of the 2021 Games of La Francophonie National Organizing Committee since May 2016.

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Sport Canada
Games of La Francophonie

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Intergovernmental Affairs
Francophonie
Games of La Francophonie

2021 International Games of La Francophonie: provincial appointments to organizing committee

31 October 2017

 FREDERICTON (GNB) – The provincial government today released the names of its representatives on the board of directors of the organizing committee for the 2021 International Games of La Francophonie. The Games will be held in Moncton and Dieppe.

“I thank everyone in the province who showed an interest, and I congratulate the members chosen to sit on the board who will be called upon to play a major role in the organization and presentation of the biggest sporting and cultural event ever held in New Brunswick,” said Economic Development Minister Francine Landry, who is also the minister responsible for La Francophonie.

The five provincial members who will sit on the board are:

• Éric Cormier

• Mirelle Cyr

• Éric Mathieu Doucet

• Kim Rayworth

• Linda Schofield

The organizing committee, a national non-profit body, consists of five members appointed by the provincial government, four members appointed by the federal government, one member – André Vincent – representing the City of Moncton, and one member – Guy Duguay – representing the City of Dieppe.

“It is a real honour for the city of Moncton to be one of the host cities for the 2021 Games of La Francophonie,” said Moncton Mayor Dawn Arnold. “Holding the Games in our region will have a very positive impact on our community for many years to come. Also, this unifying project will increase our hosting capacity significantly and will promote our region, our province and our country throughout La Francophonie.”

The members will serve on the board of directors until the organization is dissolved in 2022.

“The City of Dieppe is pleased that Guy Duguay was chosen to sit on the organizing committee for the International Games of La Francophonie,” said Dieppe Mayor Yvon Lapierre. “During the course of his career, Mr. Duguay has made a name for himself through his dedication to the community and his involvement in the sports world. A graduate of the Université de Moncton in leisure studies with a certificate in economic development from the University of Waterloo, he was the first Jeux de l’Acadie athlete to become president of the games. He worked for the City of Dieppe for several years and helped to develop the downtown we know today. He was also the first executive director of the Commission de tourisme acadien du Canada atlantique. Mr. Duguay’s background and experience certainly make him an asset for the success of this major event.”

The Games are the largest sporting and cultural event of the Francophonie dedicated to youth. They are held every four years, in the year following the Olympic Summer Games.

“We can all be proud that New Brunswick was chosen to host and organize these prestigious games, which bring together more than 3,000 participants from more than 50 member nations,” said Landry.

“It is thanks to our status as an officially bilingual province and our participation in the International Organization of La Francophonie that we are able to benefit from such significant international partnerships. Hosting this unique event will have major sporting, economic, social and cultural spinoffs for New Brunswick.”

Media Contact(s)

Stéphanie Bilodeau, communications, Executive Council Office, 506-453-4090, stephanie.bilodeau@gnb.ca.