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Surprise Surprise Surprise

Methinks the next leader has already been chosen On June 22nd we will just have another circus to watch N'esy Pas?

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/liberal-party-leadership-new-brunswick-1.4995527

Susan Holt, Wayne Long bow out of Liberal leadership race

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David R. Amos

Surprise Surprise Surprise

Methinks the next leader has already been chosen On June 22nd wee will just have another circus to watch N'esy Pas?

Aaron Allison

@David R. Amos I agree

 
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Michael Hunt

Par for the course for the Liberal party. All three candidates with english last names step aside and a francophone from France stays in. After the contempt Gallant's Liberals showed towards english New Brunswickers I would say he is perfect to pick the the torch (and pitchfork). Be in this place (unless you are english)

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David R. Amos

@Michael Hunt Methinks Mr Vickers will save the day in June N'esy Pas?

 
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Matt Steele

Given the financial mess and corruption that Brian Gallant created with his ONE TERM in office , it is understandable why no one would want to run for the Leadership of the party . Add in the fact that the SANB has nearly total control over the Liberal party makes it very difficult to recruit and retain Anglophones party members/voters as well. Sometimes you reap what you sow ; and the Liberals have lost a lot of Anglophone support .

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David R. Amos

@Matt Steele Cry me a river

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Dan Armitage

@Matt Steele Hopefully The one they choose took Mathematics the last two liberal leaders that were Premiers sure as heck didn't

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Marc Martin

@Matt Steele

You fail to mention the CoRservatives with Higgs as finance minister did worst with a one term before Gallant was in power.

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David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Methinks you SANB dudes are like moths to the flame N'esy Pas?

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Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

Are you sure your talking to the right Marc Martin ?

 

Emilien Forest

Holt mentioned she was in it only for the money. I wonder if Long has the same excuse.

Susan Holt

@Emilien Forest That's incorrect, I was not, and never have been in politics only for the money. I just can't make the compensation work with out current configuration of kids, bills, mortgages, loans, etc. But I was absolutely willing to take a pay cut to advance the ideas I believe will benefit NB - which is why I gave up my job in the civil service and ran. I don't believe anyone who goes into politics, with all the insults, attacks, 24x7 world it brings, does it for money.

David R. Amos

@Susan Holt Remeber me?

Susan Holt

@David R. Amos Sure do. Although the weather was nicer last time we were face to face. I have to say I disagree with you - the next leader has not yet been chosen. Don't underestimate the diversity of views and segments of the Liberal Party.

John O'Brien

@Susan Holt How many impoverished former or retired politicians do you know. If you politicians are not in it for the money, why are so many politicians who supposedly earn a couple of hundred grand a year for their terms retire as millionaires. Sorry but the only politician I would believe that of is Higgs.

David R. Amos

@Susan Holt Methinks Mr Vickers has the job if he wants it

That said you and many folks should checkout the podcast of Maritime Noon today to listen what the preacher says about President Trump and the Trolls within the CBC online comment sections Even though we disagree about nearly everything at least we are real people who put out names on ballots N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@Susan Holt

Well said Ms. Holt.

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Marc Martin

@Susan Holt

And Davis put in his place....

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David R. Amos

@Marc Martin Who is Davis?

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin "Well said Ms. Holt."

Methinks SANB spin doctors really should read before they write but I don't mind Everybody knows its never over until the fat lady who loves hockey sings a tune or two N'esy Pas?

Mike Morton

@Emilien Forest

Have to disagree with you there Emilien. If the money were better, we would have better candidates to choose from.

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Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

Funny you should ask Davis...

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

Again making no sense....

Toby Tolly

@Emilien Forest
She set you in your place....

Emilien Forest

@Susan Holt

"can't make the compensation work"...what I said. The compensation worked when you ran for an MLA seat and lost.

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Emilien Forest

@Mike Morton

Money does not make a candidate any better than a previous one.

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Emilien Forest

@Toby Tolly

Yes , she repeated what I said, only it in for the money.

David R. Amos
@Susan Holt "I just can't make the compensation work with out current configuration of kids, bills, mortgages, loans, etc. But I was absolutely willing to take a pay cut to advance the ideas I believe will benefit NB - which is why I gave up my job in the civil service and ran."

Methinks many folks had questions about your jobs months before we met face to face last August just before the writ was dropped You must have noticed how disgusted I was with David **** and his BS that I was considering running against him N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/opposition-maternity-loop-hole-1.4559462

Susan Holt

@John O'Brien I'd be interested to see what the data shows for the economic status of former politicians. Some serve only 1 term, or only in opposition (and no politicians in NB earn $200k+). I can't make it work right now. Maybe if I save up over the next 5-10 years.

Susan Holt

@Emilien Forest The compensation for an elected official (in opposition or in govt) is different from a non-elected party leader. I was willing to (and did) give up a job that paid better than any elected position in NB for the possibility of becoming a legislator and serving my neighbours and my province. Those circumstances have changed.

Marguerite Deschamps

I've said it many times; you couldn't pay me enough to be a politician.

Jake Devries

@Susan Holt when anyone says "it's NOT about the money", it IS about the money, 100%

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David R. Amos

@Marc Martin "Again making no sense...."

Methinks the fat lady is singing now N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

@Marc Martin "You fail to mention the CoRservatives with Higgs as finance minister did worst with a one term before Gallant was in power."

Methinks some folks must have noticed that some of your malicious nonsense went "Poof" as usual N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Sing me another tune

David R. Amos

@Jake Devries Methinks you must have heard the old adage "Everything politcial is always about the money" N'esy Pas?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, no one does anything anytime unless there is something in it for him/her.

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David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Methinks your latest tune is not true as per your MO. I would lay odds that many folks can name numerous Mothers and Fathers who would do anything and give everything in support of their children's well-being N'esy Pas?

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David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps Why the long delay whenever I reply to you?

Marguerite Deschamps

@David R. Amos, I have a much more interesting life than wasting most of my time to comment on these topics, more so replying to your baloney.

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David R. Amos

@Marguerite Deschamps "I have a much more interesting life"

Yea Right

Methinks you know as well as I that I was replying to your BS directed at me late in the evening and was wondering why it was taking so long to be posted So I posted the question and bingo my reply finally appeared N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

Why are you so mean about your wife?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

*Methinks some folks must have noticed that some of your malicious nonsense went "Poof" as usual N'esy Pas?*

Facts and numbers don't lie Davis...

Frank Hood

Not easy being a politician! Your past and your life all get looked at! Imagine being the leader of a party! ouch!!!

David R. Amos

@Frank Hood Yea right

Lou Bell

No surprise. Suspect SANB / Liberal caucus already has candidate in place. Perhaps their " smoke and mirrors " nominee Mr. Vickers ,although it appears he has no interest. All they're looking for is a puppet to control anyway.

David R. Amos

@Lou Bell Methinks I already said that N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

@Lou Bell "Kevin Vickers, a retired RCMP officer and former sergeant-at-arms of the House of Commons who became famous after helping stop a terrorist attack on Parliament in 2014, is considering running."

Methinks with the update of this article they are merely teasing us in order to retain interest the upcoming circus N'esy Pas?

Fred Dee

Sadly, though that those we need to run and help the people of NB will not run!! They understand that it is not about doing what is right, it is about doing what the PARTY wants. Sadly the PARTY's do not really care about the PEOPLE of NB, just those segments that they think they can convince to vote for them.

NB is in sad shape and I truly do not know how it can be corrected. Tough changes must be made, and with those changes, re-election 4 years later would not happen, thus NOTHING will change till the BANKS take over. Then it will be very hard for those who have chosen to stay in this messed up province!

David R. Amos

@Fred Dee Methinks everybody knows the banks don't care as long as we keep paying their usury fees N'esy Pas?

 
Rod McLeod

Smart moves; keep your credibility. Unfortunately, the next leader will likely be another 'quick we need someone' decision from a shallow pool of options.

David R. Amos

@Rod McLeod YUP

 
michael levesque

Holt would have been a bad choice she surrounds herself with people that think wasting taxpayers money is funny.

Matt Steele

@michael levesque ......Probably not totally her fault . She drank the Kool-Aid that ONE TERM Premier Brian Gallant was handing out with his wild out of control spending , and poor decision making....no doubt she regrets drinking that Kool-Aid now , as do many other Liberals .

David R. Amos

@Matt Steele Methinks many would agree that Madame Holt is far more clever than you think At least she is ethical enough to acknowledge that I exist which is more than you have ever done N'esy Pas?

Matt Steele

At this point , the Liberal Party of N.B. is totally controlled by the SANB , and has lost most of its Anglophone support . The Liberals reap what they sow , and they have lost all of Southern N.B. ; and it will be a long time before they get that Anglophone support back . Any leader that is chosen now will be a SANB puppet . It is what it is .

Marc Martin

@Matt Steele

*and has lost most of its Anglophone support . The Liberals reap what they sow , and they have lost all of Southern N.B*

Says a CoRservative supporter.....

David R. Amos

@Matt Steele Methinks many folks would agree that you and Mr Martin deserve each other N'esy Pas?

 
Dale Chapman

I honestly don't care who is the leader of any of the political parties in NB. What I really want is someone who will LEAD this province and I will vote for, campaign for and work my tail off to get them elected if I really believe that they will do what is necessary.
1 - slap down and ignore the whining of all of the special interest groups: including, but not limited to SANB, senior citizens, the remnants of the COR party, the provincial unions and the Irving group of companies.
2 - create a framework under which decisions would be made that prioritizes doing the right thing fiscally, socially and environmentally.
3 - take control of our finances and put us on a path where we are not reliant on federal equalization transfer payments
4 - quit screwing around with the education system and emphasize STEM with a higher performance expectation of our children - there is no reason that we cannot be the top province educationally and be as good as any European or Asian country.

Doing these 4 things will be painful as heck, but the outcome on the other side will be the envy of the rest of Canada. All it would take is a leader who can lead and a province of people who will work to get us there. My two concerns are that there is no one who will lead like this and that more people in this province want to be taken care of instead of taking care of the province.

David R. Amos

@Dale Chapman Good luck in your quest

Paul Bourgoin

What New Brunswick needs is a Government by the people, for the People!
Not a government funded by rich interests who with their political donations set the future directions.
A new Brunswick where everybody pays their share, invests in NB, as residents not Royalty.
Liberals? Conservative? Alliance ? Green Party? or Political Party Managers ?

David R. Amos

@Paul Bourgoin YUP

 
Lou Bell

Liberals/ SANB have created a wildfire and appear to be using water pistols in an attempt to extinguish it. Appears 3 candidates already are seeing the writing on the wall and have no interest in Captaining a sinking ship. Hence, Mr. Vickers would be their " ringer " . The sacrificial lamb , with no experience ,and no leadership background .

David R. Amos

@Lou Bell YUP

 
Joseph Vacher

SANB will be busy recruiting new members

David R. Amos

@Joseph Vacher Methinks they have been already at it for months N'esy Pas?

 
SarahRose Werner

"He said in an interview that some 'old boys' in the party have tried to discourage him from running." - The voters are tired of the old boys in the party - in any party.

David R. Amos

@SarahRose Werner "The voters are tired of the old boys in the party - in any party."

Methinks everybody knows why I sincerely hope that proves to be true in the upcoming elections N'esy Pas?

Harold Benson

Probably tired of Mckenna sticking his nose in where in where was already booted out of.

Harold Benson

@Harold Benson edit function please.

David R. Amos

@Harold Benson Methinks Sam should keep a better watch over you N'esy Pas?

 
Jim Cyr

It doesn't matter WHO is chosen. NBers have a religious devotion to the Liberal Party. Every now and then they give the Tories a brief try to straighten things out (after things have become desperate). And then they go right back to their core obsession: liberalism. You can argue this all you want, but the history proves it. In 2018, when any other province would have thrown the Liberal "leader" Gallant out on his ear, Higgs was only BARELY given a very temporary seat at the top. No matter HOW successful he turns out to be, NB has a mindless devotion to the Libs. And Higgs will be given the boot.........no matter WHO the Liberal leader is.

David R. Amos

@Jim Cyr "NBers have a religious devotion to the Liberal Party."

Methinks far too many Maritimers still believe that they are "Canada's Natural Governing Party" N'esy Pas?

Harold Benson

@Jim Cyr I disagree. we keep booting the doughheads out. problem is not much choice here.

SarahRose Werner

@Jim Cyr - They do? I've lived in NB since the summer of 1998, so 20 years. For 11 of these years, the province has been under PC leadership - Lord for 7, Alward for 4. The province has been under Liberal leadership for only 9 years - I caught the last year of Theriault, then Graham and Gallant at 4 each. I'm not seeing any "religious devotion."

JJ Carrier

@SarahRose Werner Cons were in for 17 years before that lol...Most Cyrs like him I know, the majority of which never vote it seems, hang at Tim's spewing this foolishness, especially at the Bathurst and Campbellton locations...How do I know this? I was once criticized by two Cyr brothers for a Sunday night call-in show I was on for Rogers because, get this, they had no idea I worked for The Tribune and were angry "I was doing both..." Ahh, mental hernias...

David Peters

@Jim Cyr

Ppl are hypnotized into thinking big gov't and monopolies running 90% of the economy is a good thing...even after decades of failure and shrinking population.

David R. Amos

@JJ Carrier "Ahh, mental hernias..."

Methinks you know what I think of journalists Lets just say many hernias are familiar with them as well N'esy Pas?

Rosco holt

@Jim Cyr
Right out of the gate, Higgs pushes for pipeline and fracking, he even put out the idea of refusing transfer payments if resources aren't developed (basic blackmail).

Who would benefit from these the most from these?

Higgs isn't there for NBers or won the PC leadership because he was popular, allot of PC supporters have quit the party, when Higgs was crown party leader.

David R. Amos

@Rosco holt "allot of PC supporters have quit the party, when Higgs was crown party leader."

I heard that too and that Cardy and Lamrock made matters worse

 
michael levesque

I was hoping roger melanson would be interm leader for a few years so we could all have a good laugh

Harold Benson

@michael levesque It hasn't been very funny , the last 25 years when you think about the " progress " we've made.

David R. Amos

@michael levesque Methinks many would agree that Horsman the former Deputy Premier and local ex cop would be the most comical in a proper circus in Fat Fred City N'esy Pas?

Joe Gallant

@David R. Amos
What's with the Methinks and N'esy Pas saying? You've watched way to many episodes of Seinfeld "David thinks he smart" "David likes to speak like an alien"David funny" You must have voted for the green party.

David R. Amos

@Joe Gallant Methinks you clearly have no clue as to what I am up to if you think I am a Green Meanie N'esy Pas?

David R. Amos

@Joe Gallant Methinks your last name indicates that you may be related to the former premier who is hiding under a rock since he embarrassed his beloved political party by supporting the Green Meanies and their nonsense to no avail N'esy Pas?

Ian Smyth

@Joe Gallant it's his MO, its quite odd and I don't know what he expects to get out of it. It just makes people not take anything he says remotely seriously.

 
Richard Dunn

Is it possible that Gallant has done so much damage to the party that nobody wants the keys to the bus?
I find it very funny that the news is even reporting that the backroom bosses are still trying to steer the ship and call the shots. Seems that "Dominic the Clam Man" still wants to be boss.

Harold Benson

@Richard Dunn Or the trailer park guy from dieppe.

David R. Amos

@Richard Dunn Methinks many would agree that he is the boss N'esy Pas?

Bob Smith

Clearing a path for Cathy Rogers or Dawn Arnold to run...

David R. Amos

@Bob Smith Methinks that would make for a wonderful circus N'esy Pas?

Marc Martin

@David R. Amos

we all know you want to run for Liberals but they don't want you Davis...

Lou Bell

@Marc Martin You should run for your SANB cohorts .

 

Lynn Gilbert

If Kevin Vickers runs, nobody has a chance.

Lou Bell

@ Lynn Gilbert Gilbert is the " sacrificial lamb ' the Liberals are hoping to throw to what base they have left in their party. No expectations to win next election , as shown by the quick withdrawals of leadership hopefuls !

Lou Bell

@Lou Bell Correction - " Vickers is the sacrificial lamb --- "

  

Fred Brewer

Like rats fleeing from a sinking ship.

Susan Holt, Wayne Long bow out of Liberal leadership race

Liberals will elect their new leader June 22 after former premier Brian Gallant announced he would leave

Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Jan 28, 2019 12:21 PM AT

Susan Holt, who ran unsuccessfully in Fredericton South in September, and Saint John-Rothesay MP Wayne Long won't run for Liberal leadership. (CBC)

With a date set for the New Brunswick Liberals to choose a new leader, two high-profile party members have officially taken themselves out of the race.

Defeated candidate Susan Holt and Saint John-Rothesay MP Wayne Long both say they will not be candidates when party members vote for a new leader June 22.

"I'm out," Long declared.

Meanwhile, Holt said Monday that "life at this point in time" makes it impossible for her to run.
"All the pieces don't fit together."

A new leader for the New Brunswick Liberal Party will be chosen seven months after former premier Brian Gallant announced he was stepping aside. 

The Liberal party's board of directors voted on the weekend to set June 22 as the date for the vote. A convention will be held at the Saint John Trade and Convention Centre, though in the last race party members were able to vote around the province.

Former premier Brian Gallant announced after his government was defeated in a confidence vote last fall that he would resign as leader.

At first, Gallant said he would stay on until a new leader was chosen. But in late December, he said he would quit earlier and let the party's MLAs choose an interim leader in February.

More to come

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/liberal-party-leadership-new-brunswick-1.4995527

René Ephestion, the executive director of Moncton’s Nazareth House,
said he will run for Liberal leadership. (Radio-Canada)


René Ephestion, General Director,
House Of Nazareth;
Phone: 506-858-5702;
directiongenerale@maisonnazareth.com


https://www.telegraphjournal.com/times-transcript/story/100775704/rene-ephestion-leader-liberal



 

Business owner, newcomer to run for Liberal leader

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November 21, 2018

Business owner, newcomer to run for Liberal leader

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A Metro Moncton newcomer said his leadership is the shakeup the New Brunswick Liberal Association needs following this fall's election.

René Ephestion, executive director of Nazareth House homeless shelter, said this week he'll put his name forward to replace Brian Gallant as leader of the provincial party.

Party executive director Keiller Zed said in a statement a steering committee for the leadership contest will be appointed at a Dec. 1 board of directors meeting and the committee will discuss the parameters of the race, including the candidate application process.

Ephestion, 39, was born on the Caribbean island of Martinique and later moved to France with his single mother "for better opportunity."

There, he earned degrees in economic management, commercial development and human resources. The father of two moved to New Brunswick in 2015 with his wife.

Before Nazareth, he worked for TD Bank and Vitalite Health Department and has volunteered in leadership roles with francophone resettlement agency Le CAFi and is president of the New Brunswick Public Libraries Board.

He's been a member of the Liberal party for about a year and leads the New Brunswick Liberal Multicultural Inclusion Commission.

In France, Ephestion volunteered for French president Emmanuel Macron's social-liberal party. He also owns his own business with his wife.

"We had a huge leader with Brian Gallant, a progressive leader who made a lot of change in New Brunswick and I want to follow this work. I want to be progressive and reformative," he said.

But Ephestion said the fall election didn't include enough discussion about poverty and immigration.

"It's important for me during this run to talk about things that political members don't talk about," he said. "[In] the last election, New Brunswickers sent us a big message: you have to do politics different.
It's important to have a new voice, a new face. Francophone, anglophone, LGBT, First Nations, immigrants.... We have to have diversity."

Ephestion cited anti-immigration sentiment from Quebec's new premier François Legault, U.S. President Donald Trump and governments in Brazil, Italy, Austria, Finland and Bulgaria as stark warnings for New Brunswick.

The Liberals have "the moral duty of reconciling New Brunswickers with their political leaders and not allowing the seed of division in our province to germinate," he said.

Ephestion said he knows he's an outsider to the party, and he's hoping to find volunteers and supporters as his campaign develops.

"I don't think that you will see another immigrant candidate run for this," he said.




https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moncton-shelter-nazareth-funding-1.4783205

After serving 700 people last year, Moncton shelter asks for more money

House of Nazareth looking for $90,000 for urgent renovations

CBC News · Posted: Aug 13, 2018 1:25 PM AT

The House of Nazareth emergency shelter in Moncton needs $90,000 for urgent repairs, says its new executive director, Rene Ephestion. (Maison Nazareth-House of Nazareth/Facebook)

A Moncton emergency shelter is looking for more funding from the provincial government.

The House of Nazareth is in urgent need of renovations, according to its new executive director Rene Ephestion.

The shelter housed more than 700 people in the past year, Ephestion said, putting them up for a total of more than 5,000 nights.

With that degree of use, it doesn't take long for damage to take place, he said.

Ephestion said the dormitories and bathrooms need work and the shelter could use two heat pumps, which would also serve as air conditioners.

Ephestion declined to say how much funding the shelter now receives from governments.

But according to the Canada Revenue Agency's list of registered charities, Maison Nazareth Inc. received $7,487 from the federal government in 2016-17 and $94,063 from provincial governments.

The two largest portions of its revenue, about $200,000 each, came from donations and the sale of goods and services.

The shelter spent $408,032 to do its work, including $375,336 to pay 10 full-time employees and seven part-time employees.

Ephestion said the estimate for the heat pumps and dorm repairs is $90,000.

And another $60,000 worth of work is on a list of less urgent repairs.

The executive director said the shelter is providing an important service to the public and deserves more public money.

"When poverty hits you in the face, the first place that you go is an emergency shelter," said Ephestion.

Ephestion said he has spoken with local MLAs Monique LeBlanc and Cathy Rogers but has not received any funding commitments.

"I will find the funding," he said.

"I will knock at all the doors, but I will find the funding. It's a necessity."

Information Morning - Moncton

The House of Nazareth in Moncton needs money for major renovations

00:00 07:09

Rene Ephestion, executive director of the House of Nazareth in Moncton says the province should step up and help out. 7:09

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> 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: "Cormier, Donna (JAG/JPG)" <donna.cormier@gnb.ca>
> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 20:15:11 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Yp John Logan I just called
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> I'm away from the office until December 12, 2018. Should your matter
> require immediate attention, please contact Susan Butler at (506)
> 453-6309.
>
> Je suis à l'extérieur du bureau jusqu'au 12 décembre 2018.   Si votre
> matière est urgente, veuillez communiquer avec Susan Butler au (506)
> 453-6309.
>
> Merci / Thank you
> Donna Cormier
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 15:49:18 -0400
> Subject: Yp John Logan I just called
> To: donna.cormier@gnb.ca, John.Logan@gnb.ca
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 02:04:52 -0400
> Subject: So Much for the Strong Ethics of the Strong Organization
> commonnly knows as the RCMP/GRC N'esy Pas?
> To: Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, "Jody.Wilson-Raybould"
> <Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca>, "Holland, Mike (LEG)"
> <mike.holland@gnb.ca>, "Mitton, Megan (LEG)" <megan.mitton@gnb.ca>,
> "carl.urquhart" <carl.urquhart@gnb.ca>, "Stephane.vaillancourt"
> <Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "steve.murphy"
> <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, news <news@kingscorecord.com>, "Gilles.Blinn"
> <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Michelle.Boutin"
> <Michelle.Boutin@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "michelle.conroy"
> <michelle.conroy@gnb.ca>, "michael.comeau" <michael.comeau@gnb.ca>,
> "Norman.Sabourin" <Norman.Sabourin@cjc-ccm.gc.ca

>, "andrew.scheer"
> <andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>, "maxime.bernier"
> <maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"
> <Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Cote" <Gilles.Cote@gnb.ca>,
> "gerry.lowe" <gerry.lowe@gnb.ca>, "Gerald.Butts"
> <Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "Michael.Wernick"
> <Michael.Wernick@pco-bcp.gc.ca>, "Dale.Morgan"
> <Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "dale.drummond"
> <dale.drummond@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, DDrummond <DDrummond@google.com>,
> ddale <ddale@thestar.ca>, sfine <sfine@globeandmail.com>
> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: ethics-ethique ethics-ethique <ethics-ethique@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2018 00:22:30 -0500
> Subject: Re: Re My many calls to the Calgary Police Dept about their
> client Partick Doran and his many cohorts
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> This will confirm that we have received your enquiry and it has been
> placed in a priority sequence.
> ***********************************
> La présente confirme que nous avons bien reçu votre requête et qu'elle
> a été placée en ordre de priorité de réception.
>
> Thank you/Merci
>
> Professional Ethics Office / Bureau de l'éthique professionelle
> Royal Canadian Mounted Police / Gendarmerie royale du Canada
> 73 Leikin Dr., M5-3-101
> RCMP Mailstop #58/
> GRC Arrêt Postal #58
> Ottawa, Ontario
> K1A 0R2
>
> 1-866-206-0195 (off/bur)
>
> ethics-ethique@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>
> "Strong Ethics, Strong Organization"
> « Une éthique solide pour une organisation solide »
>
> This document is the property of the Government of Canada. It is
> loaned, in confidence, to your agency only and is not to be
> reclassified or further disseminated without the consent of the
> originator."
>
> « Ce document appartient au gouvernement du Canada. Il n'est transmis
> en confidence qu'à votre organisme et il ne doit pas être reclassifié
> ou transmis à d'autres sans le consentement de l'expéditeur. »
>
>
>
>
>
>> ---------- 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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>> confidentielles et peuvent faire l'objet d'un privilège avocat-client.
>> Les informations sont dirigées au(x) destinataire(s) seulement. Si
>> vous avez reçu ce courriel par erreur, veuillez en aviser l'expéditeur
>> par courriel ou par téléphone, aux frais de McInnes Cooper.
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>> Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 10:35 AM
>> Subject: 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.Hansen@justice.gc.ca, peter.mackay@justice.gc.ca
>> peacock.kurt@telegraphjournal.com, mclaughlin.heather@dailygleaner.com,
>> david.akin@sunmedia.ca, robert.frater@justice.gc.ca,
>> paul.riley@ppsc-sppc.gc.ca,
>> greg@gregdelbigio.com, joyce.dewitt-vanoosten@gov.bc.ca,
>> joan.barrett@ontario.ca, jean-vincent.lacroix@gouv.qc.ca,
>> peter.rogers@mcinnescooper.com, mfeder@mccarthy.ca, mjamal@osler.com
>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, gopublic@cbc.ca,
>> Whistleblower@ctv.ca
>>
>> https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14439/index.do
>>
>> http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/WebDocuments-DocumentsWeb/35072/FM030_Respondent_Attorney-General-of-Canada-on-Behalf-of-the-United-States-of-America.pdf
>>
>> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-greenwald-and-brazilian.html
>>
>> I repeat what the Hell do I do with the Yankee wiretapes taps sell
>> them on Ebay or listen to them and argue them with you dudes in
>> Feferal Court?
>>
>> Petey Baby loses all parliamentary privelges in less than a month but
>> he still supposed to be an ethical officer of the Court CORRECT?
>>
>> Veritas Vincit
>> David Raymond Amos
>> 902 800 0369
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>> Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:10:14 -0400
>> Subject: Yo Mr Bauer say hey to your client Obama and his buddies in
>> the USDOJ for me will ya?
>> To: RBauer@perkinscoie.com, sshimshak@paulweiss.com,
>> cspada@lswlaw.com, msmith@svlaw.com, bginsberg@pattonboggs.com,
>> gregory.craig@skadden.com, pm@pm.gc.ca, bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>> bob.rae@rogers.blackberry.net, MulcaT@parl.gc.ca,  leader@greenparty.ca
>> Cc: alevine@cooley.com, david.raymond.amos@gmail.com,
>> michael.rothfeld@wsj.com, remery@ecbalaw.com
>>
>> QSLS Politics
>> By Location Visit Detail
>> Visit 29,419
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>> IP Address 149.101.1.# (US Dept of Justice)
>> ISP US Dept of Justice
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>> Country : United States (Facts)
>> State : District of Columbia
>> City : Washington
>> Lat/Long : 38.9097, -77.0231 (Map)
>> Language English (U.S.) en-us
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>> DI60SP1001)
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>> Visit Number 29,419
>>
>> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2009/03/david-amos-to-wendy-olsen-on.html
>>
>>
>> Could ya tell I am investigating your pension plan bigtime? Its
>> because no member of the RCMP I have ever encountered has earned it yet
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:36:04 -0400
>> Subject: This is a brief as I can make my concerns Randy
>> To:  randyedmunds@gov.nl.ca
>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>
>> In a nutshell my concerns about the actions of the Investment Industry
>> affect the interests of every person in every district of every
>> country not just the USA and Canada. I was offering to help you with
>> Emera because my work with them and Danny Williams is well known and
>> some of it is over eight years old and in the PUBLIC Record.
>>
>> All you have to do is stand in the Legislature and ask the MInister of
>> Justice why I have been invited to sue Newfoundland by the
>> Conservatives
>>
>>
>> Obviously I am the guy the USDOJ and the SEC would not name who is the
>> link to Madoff and Putnam Investments
>>
>> Here is why
>>
>> http://banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=90f8e691-9065-4f8c-a465-72722b47e7f2
>>
>> Notice the transcripts and webcasts of the hearing of the US Senate
>> Banking Commitee are still missing? Mr Emory should at least notice
>> Eliot Spitzer and the Dates around November 20th, 2003 in the
>> following file
>>
>> http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2526023-DAMOSIntegrity-yea-right.-txt.pdf
>>
>> http://occupywallst.org/users/DavidRaymondAmos/
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Hansen, David" David.Hansen@justice.gc.ca
>> Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 19:28:44 +0000
>> Subject: RE: I just called again Mr Hansen
>> To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>
>> Hello Mr. Amos,
>>
>> I manage the Justice Canada civil litigation section in the Atlantic
>> region.  We are only responsible for litigating existing civil
>> litigation files in which the Attorney General of Canada is a named
>> defendant or plaintiff.  If you are a plaintiff or defendant in an
>> existing civil litigation matter in the Atlantic region in which
>> Attorney General of Canada is a named defendant or plaintiff please
>> provide the court file number, the names of the parties in the action
>> and your question.  I am not the appropriate contact for other
>> matters.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> David A. Hansen
>> Regional Director | Directeur régional
>> General Counsel |Avocat général
>> Civil Litigation and Advisory | Contentieux des affaires civiles et
>> services de consultation
>> Department of Justice | Ministère de la Justice
>> Suite 1400 – Duke Tower | Pièce 1400 – Tour Duke
>> 5251 Duke Street | 5251 rue Duke
>> Halifax, Nova Scotia | Halifax, Nouvelle- Écosse
>> B3J 1P3
>> david.hansen@justice.gc.ca
>> Telephone | Téléphone (902) 426-3261 / Facsimile | Télécopieur (902)
>> 426-2329
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>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:23:24 -0300
>>> Subject: ATTN FBI Special Agent Richard Deslauriers Have you talked to
>>> your buddies Fred Wyshak and Brian Kelly about the wiretap tapes YET?
>>> To: boston@ic.fbi.gov, washington.field@ic.fbi.gov,
>>> bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>> Brian.Kelly@usdoj.gov, us.marshals@usdoj.gov, Fred.Wyshak@usdoj.gov,
>>> jcarney@carneybassil.com, bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net
>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, birgittaj@althingi.is,
>>> shmurphy@globe.com, redicecreations@gmail.com
>>>
>>> FBI Boston
>>> One Center Plaza
>>> Suite 600
>>> Boston, MA 02108
>>> Phone: (617) 742-5533
>>> Fax: (617) 223-6327
>>> E-mail: Boston@ic.fbi.gov
>>>
>>> Hours
>>> Although we operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, our normal
>>> "walk-in" business hours are from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday
>>> through Friday. If you need to speak with a FBI representative at any
>>> time other than during normal business hours, please telephone our
>>> office at (617) 742-5533.
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 01:20:20 -0300
>>> Subject: Yo Fred Wyshak and Brian Kelly your buddy Whitey's trial is
>>> finally underway now correct? What the hell do I do with the wiretap
>>> tapes Sell them on Ebay?
>>> To: Brian.Kelly@usdoj.gov, us.marshals@usdoj.gov,
>>> Fred.Wyshak@usdoj.gov, jcarney@carneybassil.com,
>>> bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net, wolfheartlodge@live.com, shmurphy@globe.com,
>>> >> jonathan.albano@bingham.com,  mvalencia@globe.com
>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com,
>>> PATRICK.MURPHY@dhs.gov, rounappletree@aol.com
>>>
>>> http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/06/05/james-whitey-bulger-jury-selection-process-enters-second-day/KjS80ofyMMM5IkByK74bkK/story.html
>>>
>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/09/nsa-leak-guardian.html
>>>
>>> As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I must ask
>>> them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING????
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugUalUO8YY
>>>
>>> What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon the
>>> USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament baseball
>>> cards?
>>>
>>> http://www.archive.org/details/FedsUsTreasuryDeptRcmpEtc
>>>
>>> http://archive.org/details/ITriedToExplainItToAllMaritimersInEarly2006
>>>
>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/2006/05/wiretap-tapes-impeach-bush.html
>>>
>>> http://www.archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139
>>>
>>> http://archive.org/details/Part1WiretapTape143
>>>
>>> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
>>> Senator Arlen Specter
>>> United States Senate
>>> Committee on the Judiciary
>>> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
>>> Washington, DC 20510
>>>
>>> Dear Mr. Specter:
>>>
>>> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
>>> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
>>> raised in the attached letter.
>>>
>>> Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire tap
>>> tapes.
>>>
>>> I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this previously.
>>>
>>> Very truly yours,
>>> Barry A. Bachrach
>>> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
>>> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
>>> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "David Amos" david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>> To: "Rob Talach" rtalach@ledroitbeckett.com
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 10:59 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Attn Robert Talach and I should talk ASAP about my suing
>>> the Catholic Church Trust that Bastarache knows why
>>>
>>> The date stamp on about page 134 of this old file of mine should mean
>>> a lot to you
>>>
>>> http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2619437-CROSS-BORDER-txt-.pdf
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:37:08 -0400
>>> Subject: To Hell with the KILLER COP Gilles Moreau What say you NOW
>>> Bernadine Chapman??
>>> To: Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, phil.giles@statcan.ca,
>>> maritme_malaise@yahoo.ca, Jennifer.Nixon@ps-sp.gc.ca,
>>> bartman.heidi@psic-ispc.gc.ca, Yves.J.Marineau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>> david.paradiso@erc-cee.gc.ca, desaulniea@smtp.gc.ca,
>>> denise.brennan@tbs-sct.gc.ca, anne.murtha@vac-acc.gc.ca,
>>> webo@xplornet.com, julie.dickson@osfi-bsif.gc.ca,
>>> rod.giles@osfi-bsif.gc.ca, flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca, toewsv1@parl.gc.ca,
>>> Nycole.Turmel@parl.gc.ca,Clemet1@parl.gc.ca, maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca,
>>> >> oig@sec.gov, whistleblower@finra.org, whistle@fsa.gov.uk,
>>> david@fairwhistleblower.ca
>>> Cc: j.kroes@interpol.int, david.raymond.amos@gmail.com,
>>> bernadine.chapman@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,  justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca,
>>> Juanita.Peddle@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com,
>>> Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Robert.Trevors@gnb.ca,
>>> ian.fahie@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>>>
>>> http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/nb/news-nouvelles/media-medias-eng.htm
>>>
>>> http://nb.rcmpvet.ca/Newsletters/VetsReview/nlnov06.pdf
>>>
>>> From: Gilles Moreau Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:03:22 -0500
>>> Subject: Re: Lets ee if the really nasty Newfy Lawyer Danny Boy
>>> Millions will explain this email to you or your boss Vic Toews EH
>>> Constable Peddle???
>>> To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>>
>>> Please cease and desist from using my name in your emails.
>>>
>>> Gilles Moreau, Chief Superintendent, CHRP and ACC
>>> Director General
>>> HR Transformation
>>> 73 Leikin Drive, M5-2-502
>>> Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R2
>>>
>>> Tel 613-843-6039
>>> Cel 613-818-6947
>>>
>>> Gilles Moreau, surintendant principal, CRHA et ACC
>>> Directeur général de la Transformation des ressources humaines
>>> 73 Leikin, pièce M5-2-502
>>> Ottawa, ON K1A 0R2
>>>
>>> tél 613-843-6039
>>> cel 613-818-6947
>>> gilles.moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>
>>
>> First things first have a Look at the 3 documents hereto attached (Not
>> a big read)
>>
>> Listen to these old voicemails from interesting FEDS at about  the
>> same point in time (Won't take long)
>>
>> http://www.archive.org/details/FedsUsTreasuryDeptRcmpEtc
>>
>> then ask youselves or the lawyers Senator Shelby or Spizter or Cutler
>> or Bernie madoff's old buddy Robert Glauber where the webcast and
>> transcript went for a very important hearing held in late 2003 by the
>> United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
>>
>> http://www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=90F8E691-9065-4F8C-A465-72722B47E7F2
>>
>> Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the
>> Mutual Fund Industry
>>
>> November 20, 2003 02:00 PM
>> The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a
>> series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and
>> Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.”
>>
>>     Archived Webcast
>>
>> Witness Panel 1
>>
>> Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
>>     Director - Division of Enforcement
>>     Securities and Exchange Commission
>>     cutler.pdf (175.5 KBs)
>>
>> Mr. Robert Glauber
>>     Chairman and CEO
>>     National Association of Securities Dealers
>>     glauber.pdf (171.1 KBs)
>>
>> Eliot Spitzer
>>     Attorney General
>>     State of New York
>>     spitzer.pdf (68.2 KBs)
>>
>> Permalink:
>> http://www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2003/11/review-of-current-investigations-and-regulatory-actions-regarding-the-mutual-fund-industry
>>
>>
>> Trust that the evil women and men that  PM Trudeau "The Younger"
>> appointed to to his cabinet will continue to play dumb because of
>> their oath to The Privy Council. However it does not follow that
>> everybody who works for them are dumb and they have no such oath to
>> uphold N'esy Pas?.
>>
>> Veritas Vincit
>> David Raymond Amos
>> 902 800 0369
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Lisa Porteous <lporteous@kleinlyons.com>
>> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 14:46:22 +0000
>> Subject: RCMP
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> David,
>>
>> Thank you for your email inquiring about our class action against the
>> RCMP. As you may know, the Notice of Claim was filed in the British
>> Columbia Supreme Court on March 27, 2012. The lawsuit has been
>> brought by former RCMP constable Janet Merlo on behalf of female RCMP
>> members. Unfortunately, we cannot assist you with your claim.
>>
>> We recommend that you contact Mr. Barry Carter of Mair Jensen Blair
>> LLP to discuss any claim you may have against the RCMP for harassment.
>> His contact information is as follows:
>>
>> Mr. Barry Carter
>> Mair Jensen Blair LLP
>> 1380-885 W. Georgia Street
>> Vancouver, BC V6C 3E8
>> Phone: 604-682-6299
>> Fax 1-604-374-6992
>>
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>> case. In declining to represent you, we are not expressing an opinion
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>>
>> You should be aware that there may be strict time limitations within
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>> your lawsuit by filing an action within the required time may mean
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>> should immediately contact another lawyer ( as indicated above) to
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/liberal-party-leadership-new-brunswick-1.4995527

3 Liberal party members bow out of leadership race

Liberals will elect their new leader June 22 after former premier Brian Gallant announced he would leave

Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Jan 28, 2019 12:21 PM AT

Brian Kenny, Susan Holt and Wayne Long say they will not be running for the Liberal leadership. (CBC)


With a date set for the New Brunswick Liberals to choose a new leader, three high-profile party members have officially taken themselves out of the race.

Bathurst MLA Brian Kenny, defeated candidate Susan Holt and Saint John-Rothesay MP Wayne Long all say they will not be candidates when party members vote for a new leader on June 22.

"I'm out," Long declared.



Meanwhile, Holt said Monday that "life at this point in time" makes it impossible for her to run.
"All the pieces don't fit together."

Kenny, the MLA for Bathurst West-Beresford, said that at age 50, he was leery of committing to what could be another 12 years in politics.

"I've made my decision that I'm not going to be going ahead."

A new leader for the New Brunswick Liberal Party will be chosen seven months after former premier Brian Gallant announced he was stepping aside. 

The Liberal Party's board of directors voted on the weekend to set June 22 as the date for the vote. A convention will be held at the Saint John Trade and Convention Centre, though in the last race, party members were able to vote around the province.

Former premier Brian Gallant announced after his government was defeated in a confidence vote last fall that he would resign as leader.

At first, Gallant said he would stay on until a new leader was chosen. But in late December, he said he would quit earlier and let the party's MLAs choose an interim leader in February.

• Analysis
  Gallant's regrets turn to successes in 'jaded' Liberal leader's farewell

Only one candidate has said for sure he will run: René Ephestion, the executive director of Moncton's Nazareth House and a member of the party executive.

Ephestion says he's running to encourage "a deep debate within my political family" about how Liberals should take on populist politicians whom he says are "playing with fire" on issues such as bilingualism.

Kevin Vickers, a retired RCMP officer and former sergeant-at-arms of the House of Commons who became famous after helping stop a terrorist attack on Parliament in 2014, is considering running.

René Ephestion, the executive director of Moncton’s Nazareth House, said he will run for Liberal leadership. (Radio-Canada)

Vickers declined an interview request Monday by email.

The leadership vote will happen quickly compared to past races in which both the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives chose new leaders two years or more after election defeats.

University of New Brunswick political scientist J.P. Lewis says the fast turnaround this time is due to "the tenuous nature of a minority government" led by PC Premier Blaine Higgs.

A quick replacement

While the People's Alliance has promised to vote with the PCs on budgets and confidence issues until the spring of 2020, Lewis said the Liberals likely want a leader in place quickly just in case things change.

He also said the short race will benefit higher-profile candidates.

"Logic would suggest that shorter time frames are better for people with a track record within the party or people with a bigger name," he said.

• Brian Gallant moves up departure from helm of Liberal Party

Former Moncton Liberal MP Brian Murphy said Vickers's potential candidacy is gathering steam.

"He's got a lot of support behind him across the province: north, south, east and west, and linguistically. It looks very good for him."

But Lewis said no one should assume Vickers can cruise to victory until they've seen how he handles the requirements of the campaign.

"We'll have to wait to see his first press conference," Lewis said. "We've seen this before, where you'll have a name, and then as soon as they start to open their mouths on political ideas, some of the shine comes off."

Advice from 'old boys' 

Ephestion, a recent immigrant from France, said he wants to see the Liberals tackle issues such as poverty and the transition to a green economy.

He said in an interview that some "old boys" in the party have tried to discourage him from running.

"I'm an atypical candidate," he said. "They've never seen that before. I am young, I am black, I am francophone, I am an immigrant, and I bring new ideas and new vision. Maybe it's too much for them.

 But these kinds of comments energize me."

• N.B. Liberals to pick new leader in June

Holt, who ran and lost in Fredericton South in last fall's election, said the demands of family life were an obstacle to running.

But part of her decision was based on the Liberal party's inability to tell her what salary she'd earn as a party leader without a seat in the legislature, she said.

"The way it was suggested to me is that the new leader decides," she said.

Holt said she remains a Liberal supporter and will be looking to support a candidate who shares her views on making politics more open and transparent.

"If I can find a candidate who shares those views … I'm totally prepared to get behind them and support them," she said.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-pc-liberals-allow-civil-servant-election-1.4558204

PCs question Liberals' move to allow civil servant to run for election

Susan Holt's job was moved from a civil service role to political staff role

Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Mar 01, 2018 8:18 PM AT

Susan Holt, the Liberal candidate in Fredericton South, says she supports the existing policies that lets non-partisan civil servants move into partisan political jobs so they can become election candidates. (Joe McDonald/CBC)

A Liberal candidate running on a slogan of change says she's not pushing to change a political practice that exempts her from civil-service rules and lets her run for office.

Susan Holt says she supports existing policies that let non-partisan civil servants move into partisan political jobs so they can become election candidates — then move back to a non-partisan role later if they lose.

"We're moving from policy to policy and assessing what rules apply, and abiding by those rules that are appropriate to the circumstances," said Holt, the Liberal candidate in Fredericton South.

Previous governments have allowed their appointees to do the same thing, and while Holt's slogan is "Add women, change politics," she says the change she'll push is to make politics more transparent and civil — not get rid of the practice.

"I believe the role of unrestricted staffers is an appropriate one … because of the nature of their work. I understand that to be an appropriate position for a select group of folks. So I wasn't planning on eliminating all politically unrestricted positions."

PCs question job transfer

Holt's status, including the fact she's on maternity leave from her job, became an issue Wednesday when Progressive Conservative MLA Brian Macdonald asked about her running for office while she's on paid leave.

Macdonald said in a committee session Holt was "campaigning full-time" and receiving "the full salary" while on leave from her position as chief of business relationships with the Gallant government's Jobs Board. The salary is between $150,000 and $175,000 per year.

But after Premier Brian Gallant said she was on maternity leave and Macdonald was "setting back" the attempt to get more women running for office, the Tory MLA said he was not interested in the maternity-leave angle.

"I am no longer concerned that she has taken any leave at all," Macdonald said. "Whether she took leave or not no longer bothers me."

He said the real issue was Gallant shifting Holt from the civil service into a political staff role so she could run for office without having to resign.

Until last fall, Holt's Jobs Board role was a politically restricted civil service position, meaning, like most civil servants, she was not allowed to take part in partisan politics.

But in late September, about two weeks before she gave birth and began her leave, Gallant quietly transferred her job into his office, which redefined it as non-restricted, Holt confirmed Thursday.
"It's the same role that I've had. It's just been moved."

More women in politics

Gallant said it's important to make it easier for women to get into politics.

Holt says changing her status means she can run as long as she takes an unpaid leave beginning 20 days before election day, when she becomes an official candidate.

Susan Holt is on maternity leave from her position as chief of business relationships with the Jobs Board. She is also the Liberal candidate in Fredericton South for the upcoming election. (Joe McDonald/CBC)

And she says the rules also allow her to eventually return to a non-partisan civil service job.

If she loses in Fredericton South on Sept. 24 but Gallant's Liberals are re-elected, "then I will return to the premier's office in a politically unrestricted capacity," she said. She could return to a civil role later "if that's where the clerk and the premier's office want to put me."

Gallant defended his decision to shift Holt's position during Wednesday's legislative committee hearing by pointing out Dallas McCready, a PC-appointed deputy minister in the Alward government, was moved in the same way.

That allowed him to take unpaid leave so he could help run the Tory campaign, Gallant said. "That was okay because he was a man and he was still working?" he asked Macdonald.

Macdonald said Thursday the distinction is Holt is running as a candidate. "That's a special category. The premier should not be using public funds to recruit Liberal candidates."

Not a gender issue

Several women used social media Thursday to accuse Macdonald of discouraging women from running for office.

"Anyone still wondering why there are still so few women in politics?" tweeted Fredericton businesswoman Andrea Feunekes. "I thought we had made headway in the last several years. Apparently not."

But other women weren't convinced. "I don't think it's a gender issue," said Becky Matchett, who lives in the Fredericton South riding where Holt is running.

"I don't think it needed to be spun as a gender issue, and that's frustrating. It was just a question of, 'was she moved from this position to this position.' Yes, she was. … She just happens to be on maternity leave."

Gallant said Wednesday that Macdonald's allegation Holt is campaigning "full-time" shows a lack of awareness. "Is he insinuating there's no real work when someone's on maternity leave?" Gallant asked.

Holt said she's doing about 20 hours of campaigning a week so far while also caring for her newborn daughter and her two other children.

Not on full salary

She also said she's not receiving her full salary from the province. Maternity leave benefits come from the federal government, and the province has a policy of topping up that amount to 75 per cent of an employee's salary.

Once Holt goes on unpaid leave for the campaign, she'll lose the provincial top-up but will still collect the maternity leave benefits from Ottawa, she said.

The province's rules on political activity by public employees are silent on how to account for someone on maternity leave. "It's an opportunity for us, maybe, to modernize," Holt said.

The restrictions on political activity by civil servants are designed to preserve "the public trust" people have in government, according to a government policy document.

"Members of the public must be assured their political affiliation is not a consideration in any dealings they may have with public servants," it says.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/opposition-maternity-loop-hole-1.4559462

Opposition questions Liberal candidate's leave loophole

PCs question chain of events that allowed Fredericton-South Liberal candidate to run while on maternity leave

Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Mar 03, 2018 7:00 AM AT 

Susan Holt is on maternity leave from her position as chief of business relationships with the Jobs Board. She is also the Liberal candidate in Fredericton South for the upcoming election. (Joe McDonald/CBC)

The Opposition Progressive Conservatives are casting doubt on an interpretation of rules that allow former civil servant Susan Holt to run as a Liberal candidate in the upcoming election — and to keep collecting provincial tax dollars until the campaign starts.

They say Holt's switch to a political staff job in Premier Brian Gallant's office is not an opportunity that's available to any bureaucrat who'd like to run.

"Does what applies in this case — is it now a general practice? That's clearly not the case," said PC MLA Brian Macdonald. "If anyone wanted to do what this person has done in the civil service, could they do it today? The answer is no. They couldn't."

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Macdonald also questions whether guidelines really allow Holt to continue to receive provincial top-up payments to her maternity leave ahead of the official election period in August.

That's the interpretation both Holt and a senior human-resources official put forward Thursday
.

PC MLA rejects interpretation

 

Progressive Conservative MLA Brian MacDonald rejects the Liberal interpretation of the government's human resources policy on political activity by civil servants. (Pat Richard/CBC)

"I reject it completely," Macdonald said in an interview, brandishing a copy of a seven-page government human resources policy on political activity by civil servants. "It is clearly not the case."

As a civil servant until last September, Holt would not have been able to run as a Liberal without resigning her officially non-partisan position.

But Gallant moved her into a politically unrestricted job in his office last September, a role for which the rules allow more flexibility. Macdonald says that's an opportunity clearly not available to all government employees.

On top of that, the province's policy AD-2192 says a non-restricted employee such as Holt "shall … obtain a leave of absence" from the head of their organization "before publicly announcing an intention to run."

But the policy also says the leave of absence "shall commence no later than the day on which the employee files the nomination papers with the returning officer." That deadline is 20 days before election day, during the official campaign period.

Fred Finn, the assistant deputy minister for human resources at the provincial Treasury Board, said that means Holt would have "obtained" the leave before winning the Liberal nomination in January, but the date for the leave to start would be the official filing day.

Holt is on maternity leave and is receiving the federal benefits that go with that. The province is also "topping up" that amount to the equivalent of 75 per cent of her regular salary, a policy that applies to all provincial employees on maternity leave.

"When the policy says my candidate leave applies, that's when the unpaid portion kicks in, so we're following Elections NB's policy on that," she said on Thursday.

Macdonald points out the policy also says a civil servant "may" get a leave of absence while "seeking nomination as a candidate."

It also lays out how a civil servant can return from their leave of absence if they don't win the nomination, so it clearly contemplates a leave of absence earlier than the campaign period.

"'Seeking nomination as a candidate.' That's what it says in black and white, right there," Macdonald said. "I don't see how there could be any other interpretation. … Okay, it doesn't say it starts immediately. I think that's pretty obvious."

Liberals stand by interpretation

 

Treasury Board minister Roger Melanson believes the Liberal government has interpreted the policy on civil servant political activity correctly. (CBC News)

Treasury Board minister Roger Melanson insisted on Friday that the government has interpreted the policy correctly. "The period of the [election] writ is when she needs to pull back," he said. "Definitely, based on the unrestricted position she's in now, she can run for office."

During a lengthy exchange at a legislative committee session Wednesday, Gallant told Macdonald that the arrangement was made because it's important that women are accommodated when they want to run for office.

Melanson repeated that argument Friday, pointing to Holt's private-sector and government experience and the need to get more women elected.

"We want to attract women of her calibre," he said. "Outside of the opposition, the Conservative party, people would recognize what she's got to offer."

But the PC MLA says Holt's arrangement goes against the principle of the policy on political activity by civil servants, which says it is designed to preserve "the public trust" people have in government.

"Members of the public must be assured their political affiliation is not a consideration in any dealings they may have with public servants," the document says.

"The intent of these policies is to prevent people from politicizing the civil service. And that is exactly what has happened in this case," Macdonald says.

"This is about nothing but the premier's manipulation of the rules to benefit his own political aims.

That's what it's about."

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Jacques Poitras

Provincial Affairs reporter

Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. Raised in Moncton, he also produces the CBC political podcast Spin Reduxit.

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