David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos @alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks its kinda rough getting family doctor when the province won't give me a health care card N'esy Pas?
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/09/new-brunswick-medical-society-defends.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/specialists-referrals-family-doctor-1.5268072
---------- Original message ----------
From: Ginette.PetitpasTaylor@parl.
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2018 19:08:54 +0000
Subject: RE: Methinks I should remind the local Health Minister Benoît Bourque while he still
has the job that I still don't have my Health Care Card YET N'esy Pas Ginette Petitpas Taylor?
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
Dear Mr. Amos,
On behalf of the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, I would like to
acknowledge receipt of your correspondence and I thank you for
writing.
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Once again, thank you for taking the time to write.
Respectfully yours,
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Subject: Methinks I should remind the local Health Minister Benoît
Bourque while he still has the job that I still don't have my Health
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Thursday, 25 October 2018
Methinks I should remind the Health Minister Benoît Bourque while he
still has the job that I still don't have my Health Care Card YET N'esy Pas?
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Methinks I should remind the local Health Minister Benoît Bourque
while he still has the job that I still don't have my Health Care
Card YET N'esy Pas Ginette Petitpas Taylor?
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Bilingual ambulance service dominates 1st question period of new legislature
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Methinks I should remind the Health Minister Benoît Bourque while he
still has the job that I still don't have my Health Care Card YET N'esy Pas?
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Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 09:35:36 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: I called again about my right to Health Care
after I read the Doctor's spin in CBC
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. com>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 06:35:30 -0300
Subject: I called again about my right to Health Care after I read the Doctor's spin in CBC
To: Client.Advocate@gnb.ca, jennifer.russell@gnb.ca, Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca,
Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca, hugh.flemming@gnb.ca, blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, roger.l.melanson@gnb.ca
Cc: motomaniac333@gmail.com, Ginette.PetitpasTaylor@parl. gc.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca, David.Akin@globalnews.ca, kris.austin@gnb.ca, David.Coon@gnb.ca,
Kevin.Vickers@gnb.ca, premier@gnb.ca, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca, andre@jafaust.com,
Robert.Jones@cbc.ca, Newsroom@globeandmail.com, news@dailygleaner.com, andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca, maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca, Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, jagmeet.singh@parl.gc.ca
https://www.cbc.ca/news/ canada/new-brunswick/ specialists-referrals-family- doctor-1.5268072
New Brunswick Medical Society defends specialist referral system
The CEO of the society says the referral process is in place for good reason
CBC News · Posted: Sep 02, 2019 5:27 PM AT
11 comments
David Amos
Methinks everybody knows why Anthony Knight never got back to me when
he was the CEO of the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce and why as the
CEO of the New Brunswick Medical Society he did not care about my
false imprisonment the the looney bin of the DECH or the fact that I
still do not have a Health Care Card to the very day N'esy Pas?
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 10:18:41 -0400
Subject: I called again about my right to a Health Care Card
To: Client.Advocate@gnb.ca, jennifer.russell@gnb.ca, Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca,
Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, hugh.flemming@gnb.ca
Client Advocate Services
New Brunswick Medicare
Department of Health
P.O. Box 5100
Fredericton, N.B., E3B 5G8
Medicare.Client.Advocate@gnb. ca
Tel: (506) 453-4227
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)" <Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 16:04:02 +0000
Subject: RE: I just called for the last time about my right to Health Care Services just like
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 06:35:30 -0300
Subject: I called again about my right to Health Care after I read the Doctor's spin in CBC
To: Client.Advocate@gnb.ca, jennifer.russell@gnb.ca, Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca,
Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca, hugh.flemming@gnb.ca, blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, roger.l.melanson@gnb.ca
Cc: motomaniac333@gmail.com, Ginette.PetitpasTaylor@parl.
Kevin.Vickers@gnb.ca, premier@gnb.ca, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca, andre@jafaust.com,
Robert.Jones@cbc.ca, Newsroom@globeandmail.com, news@dailygleaner.com, andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca, maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca, Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, jagmeet.singh@parl.gc.ca
https://www.cbc.ca/news/
New Brunswick Medical Society defends specialist referral system
The CEO of the society says the referral process is in place for good reason
CBC News · Posted: Sep 02, 2019 5:27 PM AT
11 comments
David Amos
Methinks everybody knows why Anthony Knight never got back to me when
he was the CEO of the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce and why as the
CEO of the New Brunswick Medical Society he did not care about my
false imprisonment the the looney bin of the DECH or the fact that I
still do not have a Health Care Card to the very day N'esy Pas?
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 10:18:41 -0400
Subject: I called again about my right to a Health Care Card
To: Client.Advocate@gnb.ca, jennifer.russell@gnb.ca, Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca,
Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, hugh.flemming@gnb.ca
Client Advocate Services
New Brunswick Medicare
Department of Health
P.O. Box 5100
Fredericton, N.B., E3B 5G8
Medicare.Client.Advocate@gnb.
Tel: (506) 453-4227
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)" <Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 16:04:02 +0000
Subject: RE: I just called for the last time about my right to Health Care Services just like
Chucky "Cry Baby" Leblanc and every other Canadian Citizen has
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick. Please be
assured that your email has been received and it will be reviewed. If
a response is requested, it will be forthcoming.
Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du
Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré(e) que votre courriel a bien été
reçu, qu’il sera examiné et qu’une réponse vous parviendra à sa
demande.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 10:04:39 -0400
Subject: Fwd: I just called for the last time about my right to Health Care Services
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick. Please be
assured that your email has been received and it will be reviewed. If
a response is requested, it will be forthcoming.
Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du
Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré(e) que votre courriel a bien été
reçu, qu’il sera examiné et qu’une réponse vous parviendra à sa
demande.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 10:04:39 -0400
Subject: Fwd: I just called for the last time about my right to Health Care Services
just like Chucky "Cry Baby" Leblanc and every other Canadian Citizen has
To: Rachel.rappaport@canada.ca, Ginette.PetitpasTaylor@parl. gc.ca, Benoit.Bourque@gnb.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
To: Rachel.rappaport@canada.ca, Ginette.PetitpasTaylor@parl.
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 12:03:38 -0400
Subject: I just called for the last time about my right to Health Care Services
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 12:03:38 -0400
Subject: I just called for the last time about my right to Health Care Services
just like Chucky "Cry Baby" Leblanc and every other Canadian Citizen has
To: Hon.Jane.Philpott@canada.ca, gregory.taylor@phac-aspc.gc.ca ,
victor.boudreau@gnb.ca, jennifer.russell@gnb.ca, cristin.muecke@gnb.ca,
To: Hon.Jane.Philpott@canada.ca, gregory.taylor@phac-aspc.gc.ca
victor.boudreau@gnb.ca, jennifer.russell@gnb.ca, cristin.muecke@gnb.ca,
Tom.Maston@gnb.ca, Terry.Keating@gnb.ca, Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
ombudsman@gnb.ca, Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Annie.Guitard@gnb.ca, serge.rousselle@gnb.ca, premier@gnb.ca, blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, briangallant10@gmail.com,
brian.gallant@gnb.ca, pm@pm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, rona.ambrose@parl.gc.ca, MulcaT@parl.gc.ca, leader@greenparty.ca, Davidc.Coon@gmail.com,Bill.Casey@parl.gc.ca>, Matt.DeCourcey@parl.gc.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com , kisspartyofnb@gmail.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com, andre@jafaust.com, GillesLee@edmundston.ca, leanne.murray@mcinnescooper. com, Leanne.Fitch@fredericton.ca, dg@edmundston.ca
Hon.Jane.Philpott
Minister of Health
70 Colombine Driveway,
Tunney's Pasture
Postal Location: 0906C
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0K9
Telephone: 613-957-0200
Fax: 613-952-1154
Hon.Jane.Philpott@Canada.ca
Victor Boudreau
Minister of Health
HSBC Place
Floor: 5
P. O. Box 5100
Fredericton, NB
E3B 5G8
Whereas Harper and his cohorts in the RCMP had no problem using the
DECH services against me in 2008, What is the Liberals problem in
providing me with the same service over the past year since since they
won the government mandate?
Here how your blogging butt buddy Chucky and your Fake Left pals had a
lot of fun violating my privacy and teasing me about that fact in 2008
CORRECT Mr Andre Faust? Who are you to ask such ridiculous questions
about it again this month?
AMOS PICKED UP BY THE R.C.M.P.???
Charles LeBlanc's Other blog
July 8th, 2008
I don't know if this is a joke?
I'm not a David Amos fan but this email was sent to me last week.
http://qslspolitics.blogspot. ca/2008/07/feds- institutionalize-determined- nb.html
The RCMP in Fat Fred City Pt 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=TjonbmIti-o
Speak of the Devil and Cst. Mark Blakely of the RCMP appears
https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Nq9WozWEyAI
RCMP Sussex New Brunswick
https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=vugUalUO8YY
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
CLEARLY THE RCMP/GRC AND THE KPMG PALS DO NOT KNOW
HOW TO READ LET ALONE COUNT BEANS EH?
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@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have n
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 and
the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
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
ombudsman@gnb.ca, Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Annie.Guitard@gnb.ca, serge.rousselle@gnb.ca, premier@gnb.ca, blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, briangallant10@gmail.com,
brian.gallant@gnb.ca, pm@pm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, rona.ambrose@parl.gc.ca, MulcaT@parl.gc.ca, leader@greenparty.ca, Davidc.Coon@gmail.com,Bill.Casey@parl.gc.ca>, Matt.DeCourcey@parl.gc.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Hon.Jane.Philpott
Minister of Health
70 Colombine Driveway,
Tunney's Pasture
Postal Location: 0906C
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0K9
Telephone: 613-957-0200
Fax: 613-952-1154
Hon.Jane.Philpott@Canada.ca
Victor Boudreau
Minister of Health
HSBC Place
Floor: 5
P. O. Box 5100
Fredericton, NB
E3B 5G8
Whereas Harper and his cohorts in the RCMP had no problem using the
DECH services against me in 2008, What is the Liberals problem in
providing me with the same service over the past year since since they
won the government mandate?
Here how your blogging butt buddy Chucky and your Fake Left pals had a
lot of fun violating my privacy and teasing me about that fact in 2008
CORRECT Mr Andre Faust? Who are you to ask such ridiculous questions
about it again this month?
AMOS PICKED UP BY THE R.C.M.P.???
Charles LeBlanc's Other blog
July 8th, 2008
I don't know if this is a joke?
I'm not a David Amos fan but this email was sent to me last week.
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
The RCMP in Fat Fred City Pt 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Speak of the Devil and Cst. Mark Blakely of the RCMP appears
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
RCMP Sussex New Brunswick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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
CLEARLY THE RCMP/GRC AND THE KPMG PALS DO NOT KNOW
HOW TO READ LET ALONE COUNT BEANS EH?
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@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have n
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 and
the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
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
New Brunswick Medical Society defends specialist referral system
The CEO of the society says the referral process is in place for good reason
Is it necessary to see your family doctor first if you need to see a specialist?
That's the question raised by a listener of CBC New Brunswick's Information Morning. In a letter, the listener says the current process is time-consuming and costly.
The listener wrote that because they haven't been back to see the specialist in more than a year, they now need to go back to their family doctor and be referred to a specialist once again.
Anthony Knight is the CEO of the New Brunswick Medical Society and says he has heard the complaint before. But there are reasons why the process is in place.
"The information that is maintained with a primary care physician is kind of the bedrock information a patient might have," he said.
The physician could have documentation on tests, examinations and other health issues and that information is relevant to a specialist, Knight said.
Patients may be right assuming they have to go back to that specialist, but that is not always the case as their health status could have changed, Knight said.
"Their health issue may require the advice or insight of another health care practitioner."
Specialists
can order more tests and it is logical to return to a specialist
if, for example, the same knee continues to hurt after surgery. But
Knight said the primary care physician may realize the referral
shouldn't be to a specialist, but maybe a physiotherapist.
"Going back to your family doctor can help navigate you through the system, have you given the right referral to the right service at the right time," he said.
Knight said that depending on the specialist, the window of time before you have to see a general practitioner for another referral is different.
"There are variations across specialties, so it's not necessarily that all [specialist] doctors would not see a patient after one year has lapsed," he said.
Knight said one example is a patient with diabetes who has to see an endocrinologist.
"You wouldn't need to go back to your family doctor [in order] to see that endocrinologist, you would return on a follow-up basis."
Knight
said there is not a high number of complaints about having to see a
family doctor before a specialist, but rather about wait times in
general.
The average wait time for a knee surgery is 18 months in New Brunswick, Knight said.
"That's unfortunately long, but that is close to the average of where we are today in New Brunswick for a procedure like that," he said, adding more needs to be done to cut down those waits.
That's the question raised by a listener of CBC New Brunswick's Information Morning. In a letter, the listener says the current process is time-consuming and costly.
The listener wrote that because they haven't been back to see the specialist in more than a year, they now need to go back to their family doctor and be referred to a specialist once again.
Anthony Knight is the CEO of the New Brunswick Medical Society and says he has heard the complaint before. But there are reasons why the process is in place.
"The information that is maintained with a primary care physician is kind of the bedrock information a patient might have," he said.
Primary care physicians play big role
The physician could have documentation on tests, examinations and other health issues and that information is relevant to a specialist, Knight said.
Patients may be right assuming they have to go back to that specialist, but that is not always the case as their health status could have changed, Knight said.
"Their health issue may require the advice or insight of another health care practitioner."
"Going back to your family doctor can help navigate you through the system, have you given the right referral to the right service at the right time," he said.
Variations across specialties
Knight said that depending on the specialist, the window of time before you have to see a general practitioner for another referral is different.
"There are variations across specialties, so it's not necessarily that all [specialist] doctors would not see a patient after one year has lapsed," he said.
Knight said one example is a patient with diabetes who has to see an endocrinologist.
"You wouldn't need to go back to your family doctor [in order] to see that endocrinologist, you would return on a follow-up basis."
The average wait time for a knee surgery is 18 months in New Brunswick, Knight said.
"That's unfortunately long, but that is close to the average of where we are today in New Brunswick for a procedure like that," he said, adding more needs to be done to cut down those waits.
With files from Information Morning
CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
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David Amos
Methinks its kinda rough getting family doctor when the province won't give me a health care card N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Methinks everybody knows why Anthony Knight never got back to me when he was the CEO of the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce and why as the CEO of the New Brunswick Medical Society he did not care about my false imprisonment the the looney bin of the DECH or the fact that I still do not have a Health Care Card to the very day N'esy Pas?
Donald Smith
Some family Dr's never make a referral though, are there any Physiatrists with Private Practice anymore in New Brunswick for a family Doctor to make a referral to ?
Reply to @Donald Smith:
Maybe there is a reason not to refer. If everyone who wanted to see a specialist for issues that a GP can take care of then the waiting list to see specialists would double or triple.
Maybe there is a reason not to refer. If everyone who wanted to see a specialist for issues that a GP can take care of then the waiting list to see specialists would double or triple.
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Donald
Smith: If there *aren't* any physiatrists in New Brunswick any more,
that would certainly explain why family docs aren't referring to them.
David Amos
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Methinks everybody knows that I put quite a scare into the shrinks in NB in 2008 N'esy Pas?
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