Former Moncton newspaper editor loses wrongful dismissal suit against Brunswick News
Court finds Al Hogan's actions 'deceptive,' orders him to pay costs
Tori Weldon · CBC News · Posted: Nov 01, 2019 4:06 PM AT
Al Hogan was fired almost five years ago as managing editor of the Moncton Times & Transcript. (CBC)
A former Brunswick News editor fired for his part in a scandal
at the Moncton Times & Transcript has lost his wrongful dismissal
suit against his former employer and been ordered to pay costs.
Al
Hogan was fired as managing editor of the Times & Transcript in
2015 after he allegedly lied about his role in trying to change
government documents related to a trip to Larry's Gulch, the
government-owned fishing camp on the Restigouche River.
Hogan
sought $500,000 in his wrongful dismissal suit against Brunswick News
Inc., which owns all of New Brunswick's English-language daily
newspapers, including the Times & Transcript.
In
the court decision, issued on Oct. 29, Justice Denise LeBlanc wrote:
"In my view, the deceptive nature of Mr. Hogan's conduct during an
investigation and while in a senior management role where he was
entrusted with and was the steward of the MT&T's reputation left BNI
with no option but to terminate Mr. Hogan's employment."
BNI argued
Hogan tried to cover up a 2013 trip his assistant managing
editor Murray Guy took to the government's fishing lodge after accepting
an invitation from NB Liquor.
Hogan's legal team countered that BNI's investigation into the matter was "either intentionally inept or negligently so."
Dismissal Warranted
During
the trial this summer, the court heard that when a Brunswick News
reporter discovered Guy's name on the lodge's guest list, obtained
through a right-to-information request, Guy at first lied to Hogan and
said he hadn't been there.
In an email exchange at the time,
Hogan asked him why the list didn't have his real name, Thomas Guy,
which wouldn't have been recognizable to the public.
"Better
get Darell to change it before it gets released," Hogan told him,
referring to Darell Fowlie, a senior adviser to then-premier
David Alward.
Hogan deleted
those references from an email he forwarded to upper management when it
conducted an internal investigation of the Murray Guy matter, the court
heard.
LeBlanc wrote: "The email alteration in and of itself constitutes serious misconduct by Mr. Hogan."
After his dismissal, Hogan sued Brunswick News Inc., which
owns all of New Brunswick's English-language daily newspapers, including
the Moncton paper. (CBC)
She added that the summary dismissal of Hogan was justified and a "proportional response to the misconduct."
Despite
Hogan's claims that BNI's internal investigation was inept,
LeBlanc wrote, "the evidence does not support counsel's claim."
The judge ordered Hogan to pay costs in the amount of $10,375 to Brunswick News.
Hogan
was 56 when he was fired in February 2015. He had asked the court to
award two years' salary, which was $112,375 a year, plus the
annual RRSP contribution he would have received had he continued with
the company.
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Paul
Bourgoin New Brunswick needs a David to face Goliath.
Maybe Higgs could be our man, being one of three United governing New
Brunswick Party Leaders. As a Political Leadership Team, they Could?
David Amos
Reply to @Paul
Bourgoin: Methinks many folks forgot that I took on the Irving Clan out
of the gate when I returned home to run in the election of the 38th
Parliament and teased the hell out of the lawyer Paul Zed. Trust that
Higgy knows that one of the many very unethical journalists to play
wicked games with me on both sides of the 49th since 2002 was Paul Hogan
N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Josef Blow: Methinks the cat must have your tongue again N'esy Pas?
Norman Albert This is the future we leave our kids. Money talks!!! How bad can it get?
David Amos
Reply to @Norman Albert: Its already worse than you think
Norman Albert LOL
Surprise!!!! David verses Goliath? You can't win against the empire
here. What they don't own out right they control. The sickening
reality!!!
James Risdon
Reply to @Norman Albert: Well, David did win against Goliath ...
David Amos
Reply to @James Risdon: So did I
Al Clark Reply
to @Norman Albert: Well, his BS case made it easy for them. 112G must
make it tough to remember the emails you doctored ;-)
David Amos
Content disabled
Surprise Surprise Surprise Perhaps Hogan's lawyer will review my email and appeal if he has any money left to pay the fees.
Josef Blow
Reply to @David Amos:
I cannot understand why you have yet to be elevated to Pope.
Omnipotence, ubiquity, righteous indignation and all ...
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Josef Blow: Methinks they are still bitter about me suing Cardinal Law in Beantown in 2002 N'esy Pas?
Terry Tibbs Content disabled I fought the law and the law won.
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Only if you let them
Terry Tibbs
Content disabled Reply to @David Amos:
Quite funny that! I've found the trick is to avoid notice at all costs.
See, I spent most of my life working for a living, most of it hard,
taxing, work. When you find yourself in that situation you can't win
against folks whose ONLY job is to find ways to mess you up.
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: So why laugh at me?
Layton Bennett Here's an idea: sell the fishing lodge.
DJ Redfern
Reply to @Layton Bennett:
Sell Larry's ? you must be kidding, it's been the source of much amusement over the years....
David Amos
Reply to @DJ Redfern: Oh So True
Al Clark Reply
to @DJ Redfern: Ya, when Pete takes american andy's job from him he'll
want to fly in with his personal SAR chopper for some fishin
James Risdon I smell a tell-all book in the making here.
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @James Risdon: Yea right just like you and your old buddy JJ would like to tell it all but are too afraid to
JJ Carrier
Content disabled
Before I could read it or save it
James Risdon
Reply to @JJ Carrier:
I was not fired. I was laid off as a result of a province-wide
restructuring of the news bureaus which eliminated not only my job but
also that of reporters in roughly half a dozen locations throughout New
Brunswick.
In that restructuring, I was offered a job in Saint John at the
Telegraph-Journal but had to turn it down due for a number of reasons,
including the fact that my house was then in middle of major renovations
and not in a condition to be readily sold.
David Amos Content disabled
Reply
to @James Risdon: Methinks too bad so sad that the comment of your old
buddy JJ Carrier went "Poof" before I could read what put your fancy
knickers in a knot N'esy Pas?
David Amos Reply to @JJ Carrier: A little Deja Vu for you
JJ Carrier Reply
to @James Risdon: Any way you spin it, we were fired because their goal
has always been to control the reporters until they are seen as
disposable...I was told personally by a high-ranking Irving it was a
cull of the herd like 97-98 for the freelancers...They did the same
foolishness with me...The point is they use whatever mental games they
can without understanding the reporters in question they do it to have
strong bonds in the community...
James Risdon
Reply to @JJ Carrier:
It's not "spin", it's what happened. My record of employment noted it
was a lay-off. The job simply ceased to exist after the restructuring.
It wasn't a firing due to them wanting to get rid of me or due to
incompetence on my part at all since I was offered a job in Saint John
which was then the main place for editorial at Brunswick News.
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @James
Risdon: You two dudes definitely spew a lot of Pure D BS in order to
promote your sense of integrity. However methinks even you must have had
quite chuckle when your old buddy JJ challenged me to a debate in a
public forum while I was running in the latest federal election then
whimped out once he discovered he had just made another huge faux pas
N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @JJ Carrier:
Methinks both of you must be jealous of your former unethical
associates who sucked up fancy jobs with the Chamber of Commerce in SANB
territory. I bet even you must have heard the gossip about what went
down between those two dudes, Rogers TV and I during the recent federal
election N'esy Pas?
Brethour, now an editor with The
Globe and Mail in Toronto.
During Thursday's
testimony, Brethour's handwritten notes from a Feb. 9 meeting with
Hogan, a Brunswick News human resources director and a J.D. Irving Ltd.
lawyer were entered into evidence.
Scott Ellsworth, Hogan's lawyer, objected because he hasn't been given the full notes taken by the Irving lawyer, Jason Green.
Ellsworth
said he's been told they were "misplaced," using air quotes at one
point during his objection. He said without those notes, he wasn't able
to properly examine Brethour about his notes.
But LeBlanc ruled the notes could be admitted.
Brethour
said the final decision to fire Hogan was made at a meeting on
Saturday, Feb. 14 with Brunswick News vice-president Jamie Irving, his
father and company president Jim Irving, the JDI lawyer, the Brunswick
News HR director and ombudswoman Patricia Graham.
At first the plan was to fire Hogan the following Monday and publish a column by Graham about it on Tuesday.
But
when they learned that the Canadaland media podcast — whose query about
the fishing trip first alerted Brethour to the issue — planned to post a
story on Sunday, Brunswick News moved up its plan by a day.
David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos Replying to @DavidRayAmos @FloryGoncalves and 49 others Surprise Surprise Surprise Perhaps Hogan's lawyer will review my email and appeal if he has any money left to pay the fees.
Former Moncton newspaper editor loses wrongful dismissal suit against Brunswick News Court finds Al Hogan's actions 'deceptive,' orders him to pay costs
Tori Weldon · CBC News · Posted: Nov 01, 2019 4:06 PM AT
18 Comments Commenting is now closed for this story.
James Risdon I smell a tell-all book in the making here.
David Amos Content disabled Reply to @James Risdon: Yea right just like you and your old buddy JJ would like to tell it all but are too afraid to
JJ Carrier Content disabled Before I could read it or save it
James Risdon Reply to @JJ Carrier: I was not fired. I was laid off as a result of a province-wide restructuring of the news bureaus which eliminated not only my job but also that of reporters in roughly half a dozen locations throughout New Brunswick.
In that restructuring, I was offered a job in Saint John at the Telegraph-Journal but had to turn it down due for a number of reasons, including the fact that my house was then in middle of major renovations and not in a condition to be readily sold.
David Amos Content disabled Reply to @James Risdon: Methinks too bad so sad that the comment of your old buddy JJ Carrier went "Poof" before I could read what put your fancy knickers in a knot N'esy Pas?
David Amos Reply to @JJ Carrier: A little Deja Vu for you
JJ Carrier Reply to @James Risdon: Any way you spin it, we were fired because their goal has always been to control the reporters until they are seen as disposable...I was told personally by a high-ranking Irving it was a cull of the herd like 97-98 for the freelancers...They did the same foolishness with me...The point is they use whatever mental games they can without understanding the reporters in question they do it to have strong bonds in the community...
James Risdon Reply to @JJ Carrier: It's not "spin", it's what happened. My record of employment noted it was a lay-off. The job simply ceased to exist after the restructuring. It wasn't a firing due to them wanting to get rid of me or due to incompetence on my part at all since I was offered a job in Saint John which was then the main place for editorial at Brunswick News.
David Amos Content disabled Reply to @James Risdon: You two dudes definitely spew a lot of Pure D BS in order to promote your sense of integrity. However methinks even you must have had quite chuckle when your old buddy JJ challenged me to a debate in a public forum while I was running in the latest federal election then whimped out once he discovered he had just made another huge faux pas N'esy Pas?
David Amos Reply to @JJ Carrier: Methinks both of you must be jealous of your former unethical associates who sucked up fancy jobs with the Chamber of Commerce in SANB territory. I bet even you must have heard the gossip about what went down between those two dudes, Rogers TV and I during the recent federal election N'esy Pas?
Brethour, now an editor with The Globe and Mail in Toronto.
Brethour said the final decision to fire Hogan was made at a meeting on Saturday, Feb. 14 with Brunswick News vice-president Jamie Irving, his father and company president Jim Irving, the JDI lawyer, the Brunswick News HR director and ombudswoman Patricia Graham.
Jamie Irving's appearance at trial postponed for medical reasons
Brunswick News VP was supposed to testify Thursday in wrongful dismissal suit of former managing editor CBC News · Posted: Jul 04, 2019 1:44 PM AT
David R. Amos
HMMM
"Speaking via teleconference, Catherine Lahey, Irving's lawyer, said her client's preference was to get the matter resolved before the end of those four weeks."
Methinks I should give the lady a call as well N'esy Pas?
MONCTON – As a young journalist, John Wishart was assigned to
cover the monthly meetings of The Greater Moncton Chamber of Commerce
(GMCC). As of Monday, he’s now the organization’s new CEO, responsible
for leading and managing its operations.
“It kind of came full circle,” he said in a phone interview with
Huddle. “I’m very honoured to have been chosen by the board to serve as
CEO. This organization has a 126-year history so there’s a lot to live
up to … I feel great having been given this opportunity.”
Wishart was appointed by the chamber’s Board of Directors, with
recommendations from a selection committee made up of board members and
representatives of the membership. He was the GMCC’s interim CEO since
December and previously served as its communications director.
“We are extremely happy to have such capable hands take over command
of the operations and look forward to the new leadership,” Board Chair
Mathieu LeBlanc said in a release.
Wishart has served as interim CEO since Carol O’Reilly left the organization last November. RELATED: CEO Carol O’Reilly Leaves Greater Moncton Chamber of Commerce
A career journalist for 34 years before joining the chamber, Wishart
believes he can bring his knowledge and network to the table.
“I think communications is the key attribute, whether that’s your
main role as director of communications or whether you’re CEO,” he said.
“As CEO, you are the spokesperson for the organization, so
communicating verbally and in written text is crucial. So, I think I
bring that to the table.
“I [also] spent a lot of years in journalism in New Brunswick and I
have a good handle on public policy issues, especially as it relates to
business. I also hope to leverage my network of contacts in Greater
Moncton. I was born here, I spent most of my time here. A little bit of
time in Saint John, Fredericton and Halifax, but this has been home.”
In his new role, Wishart plans to enhance the chamber’s
communications and marketing efforts to showcase its independence. He
also plans to focus on proving the benefits of membership in the chamber
to members, as well as to reach out and appeal to younger entrepreneurs
and immigrant businesspeople.
“I think that’s important. There’s a lot of younger people who are
doing a lot of interesting things in Greater Moncton. I want to make
sure the chamber captures that,” he said.
“There was a study done the last year by a sociologist at [Universite
de Moncton] and he found that there are over 100 local businesses that
are run by recent newcomers in Greater Moncton, so I want to make sure
the chamber reflects the growing diversity of the community.”
On public policy issues, Wishart plans to continue the chamber’s
focus on creating a good business environment and connecting businesses
with the talent they need.
“The key [issue] that never goes away and always on the top of the
list is making sure governments at all three levels understand that the
best thing they can do for business is to create a good climate for
business to grow and not essentially get in the way or not overtax, so
that it’s difficult to grow as a business. That would be fundamental,”
he said.
“What some business owners are telling us is that they’re finding it
difficult to find the people with the right labour skills. So we’ve
gotta make sure our economic growth doesn’t stall because we don’t have
the people here to fill the jobs that are available.”
The GMCC has 750 businesses as its members, representing 30,000
employees. It’s a non-profit organization funded by its membership and
fundraising efforts.
2019 AGM and Convention: How Your Policies Can Reflect Current Politics
Alita Fabiano – 26/09/2019 – 0
Earlier this week, we concluded our 2019 AGM and Convention in Saint
John, NB. But the feel of this year’s AGM was different than in years
past, with being only one month away from the federal election, all
the topics discussed were had knowing that our political landscape is
about to change.
Greater Moncton Chamber of Commerce
1273 Main Street
Suite 200
Moncton, NB E1C 0P4
(506) 857-2883
(506) 857-9209 (fax)
Whom to Contact
John Wishart
Chief Executive Officer
Phone: (506) 856-4004 jwishart@gmcc.nb.ca
Canadian business zeroes in on taxation, regulation and skills at
Canadian Chamber AGM
Phil Taylor – 24/09/2019 – 0
(SAINT JOHN), September 24, 2019 — The key issues for Canadian
businesses in 2020 will be taxation, regulation, and skills. That was
the consensus at this year’s Canadian Chamber of Commerce Annual
General Meeting (AGM), the largest gathering of business leaders in
Canada.
“Distilling the aspirations and concerns of 200,000 businesses across
Canada can be a challenging endeavour, but this year our members are
laser-focused on Canada’s eroding ability to compete. They need a
level playing field with their U.S. and EU peers when it comes to
taxation and regulation costs and they need policies that make it
easier to find and retain skilled workers,” said the Hon. Perrin
Beatty, P.C., O.C., President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of
Commerce.
Leaders from more than 300 chambers of commerce across Canada
submitted and voted on 76 proposals to improve Canada’s business
environment. Sometimes referred to as the “Parliament of Business”,
the proposals adopted in Saint John will form the backbone of the
Canadian Chamber’s advocacy efforts with the federal government in
2020.
The upcoming federal election was a hot topic at this year’s AGM, and
delegates benefited from fireside chats with party insiders and
pollsters about policies that will affect businesses. They also heard
about the importance of inter-provincial trade from the Hon. Jason
Kenney, Premier of Alberta.
“The Chamber will be working hard with whoever forms the new
government to develop real-world solutions to the administrative and
regulatory burdens that our businesses face, ones that will work for
corner stores and leading companies alike,” concluded Beatty.
The Voice of Canadian Business
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1. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crown) is Elizabeth II, the Queen of
England, the Protector of the Faith of the Church of England, the
longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom and one of the
wealthiest persons in the world. Canada pays homage to the Queen
because she remained the Head of State and the Chief Executive Officer
of Canada after the Canada Act 1982 (U.K.) 1982, c. 11 came into force
on April 17, 1982. The standing of the Queen in Canada was explained
within the 2002 Annual Report FORM 18-K filed by Canada with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It states as
follows:
“The executive power of the federal Government is vested in the
Queen, represented by the Governor General, whose powers are exercised
on the advice of the federal Cabinet, which is responsible to the
House of Commons. The legislative branch at the federal level,
Parliament, consists of the Crown, the Senate and the House of
Commons.”
“The executive power in each province is vested in the Lieutenant
Governor, appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the
federal Cabinet. The Lieutenant Governor’s powers are exercised on the
advice of the provincial cabinet, which is responsible to the
legislative assembly. Each provincial legislature is composed of a
Lieutenant Governor and a legislative assembly made up of members
elected for a period of five years.”
2. Her Majesty the Queen is the named defendant pursuant to
sections 23(1) and 36 of the Crown Liability and Proceedings Act. Some
of the state actors whose duties and actions are at issue in this
action are the Prime Minister, Premiers, Governor General, Lieutenant
Governors, members of the Canadian Forces (CF), and Royal Canadian
Mounted Police (RCMP), federal and provincial Ministers of Public
Safety, Ministers of Justice, Ministers of Finance, Speakers, Clerks,
Sergeants-at-Arms and any other person acting as Aide-de-Camp
providing security within and around the House of Commons, the
legislative assemblies or acting as security for other federal,
provincial and municipal properties.
3. Her Majesty the Queen’s servants the RCMP whose mandate is to
serve and protect Canadian citizens and assist in the security of
parliamentary properties and the protection of public officials should
not deny a correspondence from a former Deputy Prime Minister who was
appointed to be Canada’s first Minister of Public Safety in order to
oversee the RCMP and their cohorts. The letter that helped to raise
the ire of a fellow Canadian citizen who had never voted in his life
to run for public office four times thus far is quoted as follows:
“Mr. David R. Amos
Jan 3rd, 2004
153Alvin Avenue
Milton, MA U.S.A. 02186
Dear Mr. Amos
Thank you for your letter of November 19th, 2003, addressed to
my predecessor, the Honourble Wayne Easter, regarding
your safety.
I apologize for the delay in responding.
If you have any concerns about your personal safety, I can only
suggest that you contact the police of local
jurisdiction. In addition, any
evidence of criminal activity should be brought to
their attention since the
police are in the best position to evaluate the
information and take action
as deemed appropriate.
I trust that this information is satisfactory.
Yours sincerely
A. Anne McLellan”
4. DAVID RAYMOND AMOS (Plaintiff), a Canadian Citizen and the
first Chief of the Amos Clan, was born in Sackville, New Brunswick
(NB) on July 17th, 1952.
5. The Plaintiff claims standing in this action as a citizen
whose human rights and democratic interests are to be protected by due
performance of the obligations of Canada’s public officials who are
either elected or appointed and all servants of the Crown whose
mandate is to secure the public safety, protect public interests and
to uphold and enforce the rule of law. The Crown affirms his right to
seek relief for offences to his rights under section 24(1) of the
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter). Paragraphs 6 to 13
explain the delay in bringing this action before Federal Court and
paragraphs 25 to 88 explain this matter.
6. The Plaintiff states that pursuant to the democratic rights
found in Section 3 of the Charter he was a candidate in the elections
of the membership of the 38th and 39th Parliaments in the House of
Commons and a candidate in the elections of the memberships of the
legislative assemblies in Nova Scotia (NS) and NB in 2006.
7. The Plaintiff states that if he is successful in finding a
Chartered Accountant to audit his records as per the rules of
Elections Canada, he will attempt to become a candidate in the
election of the membership of the 42nd Parliament.
8. The Plaintiff states that beginning in January of 2002, he
made many members of the RCMP and many members of the corporate media
including employees of a Crown Corporation, the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation (CBC) well aware of the reason why he planned to return to
Canada and become a candidate in the next federal election. In May of
2004, all members seated in the 37th Parliament before the writ was
dropped for the election of the 38th Parliament and several members of
the legislative assemblies of NB and Newfoundland and Labrador (NL)
knew the reason is the ongoing rampant public corruption. Evidence of
the Plaintiff’s concerns can be found within his documents that the
Office of the Governor General acknowledged were in its possession ten
years ago before the Speech from the Throne in 2004. The Governor
General’s letter is as follows:
“September 11th, 2004
Dear Mr. Amos,
On behalf of Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne
Clarkson,
I acknowledge receipt of two sets of documents and CD
regarding corruption,
one received from you directly, and the other forwarded to
us by the Office of
the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.
I regret to inform you that the Governor
General cannot intervene in
matters that are the responsibility of elected officials
and courts of Justice of
Canada. You already contacted the various provincial
authorities regarding
your concerns, and these were the appropriate steps to take.
Yours sincerely.
Renee
Blanchet
Office
of the Secretary
to the
Governor General”
9. The Plaintiff states that the documents contain proof that the
Crown by way of the RCMP and the Minister of Public Safety/Deputy
Prime Minister knew that he was the whistleblower offering his
assistance to Maher Arar and his lawyers in the USA. The Governor
General acknowledged his concerns about the subject of this complaint
and affirmed that the proper provincial authorities were contacted but
ignored the Plaintiff’s faxes and email to the RCMP and the Solicitor
General in November of 2003 and his tracked US Mail to the Solicitor
General and the Commissioner of the RCMP by way of the Department of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in December of 2003
and the response he received from the Minister of Public Safety/Deputy
Prime Minister in early 2004. One document was irrefutable proof that
there was no need whatsoever to create a Commission of Inquiry into
Maher Arar concerns at about the same point in time. That document is
a letter from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office
Inspector General (OIG complaint no. C04-01448) admitting contact with
his office on November 21, 2003 within days of the Plaintiff talking
to the office of Canada’s Solicitor General while he met with the US
Attorney General and one day after the former Attorney General of New
York (NY) and the former General Counsel of the SEC testified at a
public hearing before the US Senate Banking Committee about
investigations of the mutual fund industry.
10. The Plaintiff states that another document that the Plaintiff
received during the election of the 39th Parliament further supported
the fact he was a whistleblower about financial crimes. In December of
2006 a member of the RCMP was ethical enough to admit that he
understood the Plaintiff’s concerns and forwarded his response to the
acting Commissioner of the RCMP and others including a NB Cabinet
Minister Michael B. Murphy QC. The Crown is well aware that any member
sitting in the last days of the 37th Parliament through to the end of
the 41st Parliament could have stood in the House of Commons and asked
the Speaker if the Crown was aware of the Plaintiff’s actions. All
parliamentarians should have wondered why his concerns and that of Mr.
Arar’s were not heard by a committee within the House of Commons in
early 2004. Instead, the Crown created an expensive Commission to
delay the Arar matter while he sued the governments of Canada and the
USA and his wife ran in the election of the 38th Parliament. In 2007,
Arar received a $10-million settlement from the Crown and the Prime
Minister gave him an official apology yet the US government has never
admitted fault. A month after the writ was dropped for the election of
the 42nd Parliament and CBC is reporting Syrian concerns constantly,
Mr. Arar’s lawyer announced that the RCMP will attempt to extradite a
Syrian intelligence officer because it had laid a charge in absentia
and a Canada-wide warrant and Interpol notice were issued. The
Plaintiff considers such news to be politicking practiced by the
Minister of Public Safety. He noticed the usually outspoken Mr. Arar
made no comment but his politically active wife had lots to say on
CBC. Meanwhile, the RCMP continues to bar a fellow citizen from
parliamentary properties because he exercised the same democratic
rights after he had offered his support to Arar by way of his American
lawyers. The aforementioned letter about financial crimes was from the
Inspector General for Tax Administration in the US Department of the
Treasury. Mr Arar’s lawyers, the RCMP, the Canadian Revenue Agency and
the US Internal Revenue Service still refuse to even admit TIGTA
complaint no. 071-0512-0055-C exists. However, the Commissioner of
Federal Court, the Queen’s Privy Council Office and other agencies
were made well aware of it before the Speech from the Throne in 2006.
11. The Plaintiff states that from June 24, 2004 until the day he
signed this complaint he has diligently tried to resolve the breach of
his rights under the Charter that are the subject of this complaint
with any public official in Canada whom he believed had the mandate or
the ability to request that the Crown investigate and correct the
malicious actions and inactions of the RCMP, Sergeants-at-Arms and
Aides-de-Camp in all jurisdictions. Until June 16, 2006 the Plaintiff
did not have irrefutable proof to support this complaint. Time did not
permit him to address it immediately in Federal Court in 2006 because
his slate was full. For instance on June 16, 2006 while dealing with
deeply troubling private family matters, he was running against the
Attorney General for his seat in the NS provincial election while
arguing members of the RCMP about strange calls he got from someone in
Ottawa who claimed the Department of Public Safety as her client,
dealing with many liberal party members who were about to witness in
Moncton NB the first debate of all those who wished to become their
new leader, assisting a farmer in his attempt to get some authority to
properly investigate the demise of his cattle and discussing with
members of the Saint John NB City Council the actions of a sergeant in
the Saint John Police Force who was calling friends of the Plaintiff
and claiming that he was drug dealing member of a bike gang that they
should stay away from while he was preparing to intervene in pipeline
matter that was about to heard by the National Energy Board in Saint
John .
12. The Plaintiff states that in April of 2007 he wrote a complaint
about this matter and returned to the Capital District of NB in order
to file it and argue the Crown before the Federal Court if it did not
wish to settle. A clerk of this court informed him that his complaint
was not composed correctly, so he began to rewrite this complaint.
However, as soon as it was known what the Plaintiff was about to file
he was subject to further police harassment and his family began to
suffer from constant slander, sexual harassment and death threats on
the Internet and on the telephone that continues to this very day
while the RCMP, the FBI and many other law enforcement authorities
continue to ignored the obvious evidence of cybercrime practiced
against many people including his minor children.
13. The Plaintiff states that the Crown’s only response has been
further harassment by the RCMP including false arrest and imprisonment
and theft of his property by the Fredericton Police Force supported by
other law enforcement authorities in Canada and the USA. The Governor
General has had the Plaintiff’s documents for over ten years to study.
The Crown now has one of the complaints that the RCMP has been
delaying since 2003. It is as follows:
Ex-Brunswick News editor seeks $500K for alleged wrongful dismissal
Lawyers argue investigation into allegations of altered email was 'intentionally inept or negligently so'
CBC News · Posted: Jul 17, 2019 5:00 PM AT
Former Times & Transcript managing editor Al Hogan is suing Brunswick News for wrongful dismissal. (CBC)
A former Brunswick News editor who was fired after he
allegedly lied about his role in trying to change government documents
from the Larry's Gulch fishing lodge is seeking about $500,000 in
damages, his wrongful dismissal trial heard Wednesday.
"It takes
a large whack to wake up a wealthy and powerful defendant," Al
Hogan's lawyer Amelie Surette told the court during closing arguments
Wednesday, citing from case law.
Brunswick News Inc. (BNI) owns
all of New Brunswick's major English daily newspapers, including
Moncton's Times & Transcript, where Hogan served as managing editor
before his dismissal in 2015.
Hogan is now suing the company for wrongful dismissal.
BNI
alleges Hogan tried to cover up a 2013 trip his assistant managing
editor Murray Guy took to the government's fishing lodge on
invitation from NB Liquor.
Hogan's legal team contends BNI's investigation into the matter was "either intentionally inept or negligently so."
Lawyer Scott Ellsworth argued Hogan was never asked if he modified an email about Guy's trip and if so, why.
"To
suggest that Mr. Hogan was somehow motivated by a sinister desire to
hide that information … is just not conceivable," he said.
Larry's Gulch lodge on the Restigouche River was the government's fishing lodge. (CBC)
Earlier in the trial, the court heard that when a Brunswick
News reporter discovered Guy's name on the lodge's guest list obtained
through a right-to-information request, Guy lied to Hogan and said he
hadn't been there.
At
the time, Hogan asked him why the list didn't have his real name,
Thomas Guy, that wouldn't be recognizable to the public. Hogan told him,
"better get Darell to change it before it gets released," referring to
Darell Fowlie, a senior adviser to then-premier David Alward.
Hogan
deleted both of those lines from the email when he forwarded it to
upper management as part of an internal investigation, the court heard.
Hogan
testified that at that point he thought Murray had gone to the lodge
but not as a representative of the Times & Transcript and felt the
list should be corrected, noted Ellsworth.
Mr. Hogan has suffered more than hurt feelings. He suffered public humiliation.
- Amelie Surrette, lawyer for Al Hogan
"That's clearly what those emails are addressing," he argued.
"Under
no circumstance could one imagine how that type of email would be
written to your peer and then 30 minutes later you would lie to your
superior."
Hogan, who was 55 years old at the time and earning
$112,375 a year, has been unable to find another job for the past four
years.
"Mr. Hogan has suffered more than hurt feelings. He suffered public humiliation," said Surette.
He is seeking two years' salary, punitive and aggravated damages.
Email was altered in 'nefarious way'
BNI lawyer Catherine Lahey argued Hogan "wholly and completely" breached all expectations for trustworthiness.
As BNI vice-president Jamie Irving testified Tuesday, this was a public relations crisis, she said.
Hogan
had been with BNI for 18 years and in journalism for nearly 40 years.
He held the most senior role at the Moncton newspaper and BNI needed to
be able to rely on his judgment, she said.
His suggestion of
unfairness is "absurd," said Lahey. It's difficult to understand any
circumstance an employee would think it's acceptable to fabricate an
email, she said.
"Let's call it what it is. [The email] was altered. And it was altered in a very deliberate and frankly, nefarious way."
Court
of Queen's Bench Justice Denise LeBlanc questioned why Hogan was never
directly asked if he altered the email and if so, why.
Lahey
said the email itself was put in front of him and he was asked, "is this
what you sent?" The notion he didn't understand what was being conveyed
is completely unreasonable, she said.
LeBlanc has reserved decision until an unspecified date.
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David Amos I say Hogan loses
Survey says?
Brian
Robertson Accepting substantial gifts is a breach of trust, and sufficient cause for dismissal.
So either way, take a hike.
Michel Jones
Reply to @Brian
Robertson: And he lied to his boss about it after the investigation
started... This guy has a long way to go yet...
Jake Devries
Reply to @Michel Jones: I hope Mr Hogan has deep pockets...when he has to pay ALL legal fees for both sides...
Fred
Brewer Reply to @Brian Robertson: Mr. Hogan did not accept any gifts. His subordinate was the one who went to Larry's Gulch.
Mac Isaac
Reply to @Fred
Brewer: That's not really the point , is it? He lied about it and that
put into jeopardy his veracity and that lapse led to his firing.
Fred
Brewer
Reply to @Mac Isaac:
But did he lie? His employer never questioned him about the critical
email. He was never given the chance to explain his side of the story. I
will admit, he looks guilty, but an employer should always hear the
employee's side of the story before firing. That's all I am saying.
David Amos Reply to @Jake Devries: I hope his actions bankrupt him
JJ Carrier That
means at six years in lost wages...By my count, the former employees of
BNI since 2011 should go class action against Forrest Irving...
James Risdon
Reply to @JJ Carrier: Who is Forrest Irving?
James Risdon
Reply to @Franz
Pökler: When you have the integrity to use your real name to address me,
I'll take you seriously. Until then, your snide remarks are not worth
my time. And neither are you.
David Amos
Reply to @James Risdon: What am I chopped liver?
Buddy Best It
take real intestinal virtue to go after the Irvings. we should all be
so inclined. All the best to you Al. Empire too die. Class action for
spraying Poison on NB forests and the people who live here. Make Dr
Cleary Proud. Fight back.
David Amos
Reply to @Buddy Best: Yea Right
Lou Bell If Hogan wins this suit , i can see a few people getting layoff notices to pay for it !
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell:
Methinks with so many troughs to maintain cooks can always count on
keeping their government jobs N'esy Pas?
Ex-Brunswick News editor 'astonished' Al Hogan altered Larry's Gulch email
Patrick Brethour testifies at wrongful dismissal trial of former Times & Transcript managing editor Al Hogan
Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Jun 27, 2019 3:09 PM AT
Patrick Brethour, former editor-in-chief of Brunswick News, testified at
the trial on Thursday. He said he was 'astonished' to learn that Al
Hogan had altered his own email during an internal investigation into
the Larry's Gulch affair. (CBC)
The former editor-in-chief of Brunswick News says he was
"astonished" to learn that one of his colleagues had altered his own
email during an internal investigation into the Larry's Gulch affair.
Patrick
Brethour testified in Court of Queen's Bench that Al Hogan's actions
were contrary to the fundamental mission of journalism: to bring facts
to light rather than conceal them.
"It was a horrible situation
and had the potential to do great damage to Brunswick News's
reputation," Brethour told Justice Denise LeBlanc.
"Al Hogan was actively seeking to mislead me by deleting key parts of an email."
It
was bad enough that Murray Guy, the assistant managing editor at the
Moncton Times & Transcript, had lied about accepting a free trip to
the government-owned fishing camp, Brethour said.
But now it was apparent that Hogan hadn't been forthcoming about his role in the matter.
"That
was of very grave concern and was taking a very serious situation and
making it much more serious," said Brethour, now an editor with The
Globe and Mail in Toronto.
"Our job is to bring things into the sunlight, not put them into the shadows."
Brethour
is the first witness for the newspaper company to take the stand as it
defends itself against a wrongful dismissal lawsuit by Hogan.
Guy's
fishing trip took place in 2013 and was discovered later that year by a
Brunswick News journalist when he obtained the season's guest lists
through a right-to-information request.
Guy quit and Hogan was fired after Brethour became aware of the circumstances in 2015.
Hogan
testified Wednesday that Guy told him in an email in October 2013 that
the list was wrong and he hadn't gone to Larry's Gulch.
When Brethour started his investigation in February 2015, Hogan forwarded that email exchange to him.
But
he deleted some parts of the email before forwarding it, removing a
line that asked, "Did they not use your real name (Thomas Guy)?"
Al Hogan, former managing editor of the Times &
Transcript, is seen leaving court earlier this week. Hogan is suing
Brunswick News for wrongful dismal. (CBC)
Hogan acknowledged
Wednesday that Guy's first name Thomas wouldn't be as recognizable to
the public as Murray, the middle name he used professionally for decades
as a journalist.
Hogan
also deleted a line in which he told Guy, "Better get Darell to change
it before it gets released," a reference to Darell Fowlie, a senior
adviser to then-premier David Alward.
He referred to the changes as "editing" the email, but Brethour said it amounted to "fabricating" something that wasn't true.
Brethour
testified Thursday that when Hogan sent him the email Feb. 6, he was
relieved to see Guy was saying he hadn't been to Larry's Gulch.
But
when other evidence suggested Guy had been there, he investigated
further, including by scouring the company's internal email database.
Accepting any trips to Larry's Gulch is against the company's code of conduct, which bans accepting gifts, the courtroom heard. (CBC)
That turned up the original, unaltered October 2013 email exchange, Brethour said, and he was shocked by what he read.
"There's a much different reality portrayed in the actual email," he said.
"I was astonished that the email had been altered. I had not conceived that Al would have done that."
Hogan
contended Wednesday that he took out the lines because they were
irrelevant to his point, which was to let Brethour know that Guy said —
falsely, as it turned out — that he hadn't been to the lodge.
And he said his suggestion that Guy ask Fowlie to change the list was a simple attempt to get the mistake corrected.
But
Brethour said if that's what Hogan was doing, he should have notified
his supervisors of the effort and written a letter to the government to
formally request the change.
"Doing
it in secret creates a problem for the company. You're asking for a
favour from the government, which creates an inherent conflict of
interest."
'Massive breach of trust'
In
subsequent meetings with Brethour and other company officials on Feb. 9
and Feb. 13, Hogan had the chance to clarify that the email was altered
but he didn't do so, Brethour said.
"He continued to deceive the investigation," he said.
Brethour called it "a massive breach of trust" that threatened the newspaper's reputation for trustworthiness.
Brethour said a meeting was held on Feb. 14, 2015, to fire Hogan as managing editor of the Moncton Times & Transcript. (CBC)
During Thursday's
testimony, Brethour's handwritten notes from a Feb. 9 meeting with
Hogan, a Brunswick News human resources director and a J.D. Irving Ltd.
lawyer were entered into evidence.
Scott Ellsworth, Hogan's lawyer, objected because he hasn't been given the full notes taken by the Irving lawyer, Jason Green.
Ellsworth
said he's been told they were "misplaced," using air quotes at one
point during his objection. He said without those notes, he wasn't able
to properly examine Brethour about his notes.
But LeBlanc ruled the notes could be admitted.
Hogan's wife says firing changed him
Brethour
said the final decision to fire Hogan was made at a meeting on
Saturday, Feb. 14 with Brunswick News vice-president Jamie Irving, his
father and company president Jim Irving, the JDI lawyer, the Brunswick
News HR director and ombudswoman Patricia Graham.
At first the plan was to fire Hogan the following Monday and publish a column by Graham about it on Tuesday.
But
when they learned that the Canadaland media podcast — whose query about
the fishing trip first alerted Brethour to the issue — planned to post a
story on Sunday, Brunswick News moved up its plan by a day.
Janet Hogan testified on Thursday that the firing had changed her husband's once sunny demeanour. (CBC)
Earlier
Thursday, Hogan's wife, Janet Hogan, testified that the firing had
changed her husband's once sunny demeanour. He rarely sees friends and
has abandoned his pastimes, such as woodworking and home renovations.
"He's a different person now," she said.
"He's
very stressed. He's a worrier. Whereas he used to be an optimist, now
he's a pessimist. ... He's easily agitated. He doesn't sleep well."
Al
Hogan testified Wednesday that he has been unable to land another job
in the news business and hasn't been able to land entry-level positions
at retail stores such as Walmart and Princess Auto.
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Michel Jones Hogan
put himself in this mess and should man up as soon as possible for his
own good and quit this foolish lawsuit, it only made things worst for
him... Too bad he didn't get good advice from the get go, maybe a lawyer
was greedy... his wife's testimony proves that.
Janice Small Thanks
to CBC and Jacques Poitras for covering this as the public wouldn't
know anything about what's going on as it obvious that Brunswick News
didn't put any ink to this story.
James
Risdon This
tempest in a teapot amazes me because the relationship between the
Irving-owned Brunswick News and the New Brunswick government is, it
seems to me, far, far cozier than just one guy accepting a fishing trip
to Larry's Gulch.
This is just the snowflake on the bump on the tip of the iceberg. It
doesn't even scratch the surface of what's really going on.
JJ Carrier
Reply to @James
Risdon: Says a former employee of the company...There are many other
former reporters and related staff with the company, more than 200 by my
count since the freelancer purge of the late 1990s, who were turfed out
before Jamie took over, and then when he was put in charge to, it
seems, to run his ancestors' legacy into the ground...He has weakened
the weeklies, dumbed down the dailies, and made a mess of the BNI
website not once but twice, brought in non-New Brunswickers to run BNI
to a level of mediocrity not seen since the the days of the old CBC, and
other misadventures seen and unseen...I am an award-winning
reporter...Award-winning reporters in the company are friends of
mine...Jamie Irving is no friend to me, them, or to those who carry the
mantle of professionalism in my industry...He is nothing, but a full
blown failure, seemingly designed to just see us as Lego blocks in his
little game of life...
Al Clark Others
may say "you'll never work in this town again". These guys make it
stick, and the "town" is one entire end of the country. This trial isn't
going to give him any satisfaction the way things are going....
Former
editor-in-chief Patrick Brethour, right, faced four hours of
cross-examination Friday from the lawyer representing Al Hogan, left, in
his wrongful dismissal suit against Brunswick News. (CBC)
A former top editor from Brunswick News Inc. was accused Friday
of "setting a trap" that allowed him to fire the managing editor of the
Times & Transcript in 2015.
Patrick Brethour faced four hours
of cross-examination from Scott Ellsworth, the lawyer representing Al
Hogan in his wrongful dismissal suit against the newspaper company.
Ellsworth
went over a series of emails, parsing words and debating their meaning
as he pressed Brethour about the internal investigation that led to the
firing.
But Brethour refused to budge,
repeating over and over that Hogan lied to him about his role in an
effort to change government documents from the Larry's Gulch fishing
lodge.
Brethour
recounted how his investigation started with a focus on assistant
managing editor Murray Guy's 2013 trip to the lodge, but then shifted to
Hogan's role.
Ellsworth accused him of not making that clear to Hogan during a pair of interviews on Feb. 9 and Feb. 13, 2015.
"Would
it not have been fair and appropriate to have advised Mr. Hogan that
this was the purpose of the interview, so that he might prepare
himself?" he asked.
And he questioned why Brethour didn't disclose
at the Feb. 13 interview that he had now seen an original version of an
email exchange that Hogan had later altered and knew about the changes.
Brethour conducted an internal investigation that eventually led to Hogan's firing in 2015. (CBC)
"I
am curious as to why you would not have said 'Al, I've got some emails
here that are not making sense to me.' ... Why didn't you take the
opportunity to raise the subject with Mr. Hogan?"
Brethour
defended his approach, saying at that point, "asking Mr Hogan to do so
would not have added to my understanding of the matter."
"You were setting the trap," Ellsworth told him.
"I would disagree with that wholeheartedly," Brethour said.
2013 Larry's Gulch trip
Guy
visited Larry's Gulch in 2013 at the invitation of NB Liquor. When a
Brunswick News reporter discovered his name on a guest list obtained
through a right-to-information request, he lied to Hogan and said he
hadn't been there.
At the time, Hogan asked him why the list
didn't have his real name, Thomas Guy, that wouldn't be recognizable to
the public, and told him, "better get Darell to change it before it gets
released," a reference to Darell Fowlie, a senior advisor to
then-premier David Alward.
Hogan deleted both of those lines from the email when he forwarded to Brethour after the investigation started in 2015.
Former Times & Transcript editor Murray Guy visited Larry's Gulch in 2013 at the invitation of NB Liquor. (CBC)
Hogan
testified this week those lines were "irrelevant" to the point he was
making, which was that Guy hadn't actually been there--a belief that
later turned out to be mistaken.
But Brethour later obtained the
original email and other emails from the Brunswick News server and
concluded Hogan deleted the lines to deliberately conceal that he'd
directed Guy to get the document changed.
Brethour said if Hogan
really was just trying to correct a mistake, he should have formally
requested the change in a letter and notified his supervisors, rather
than doing it in secret.
Ellsworth argued Friday that while
Brethour showed Hogan the altered email during the investigation, he did
not actually ask him about the changes.
Hogan, who is seen leaving court earlier this week, was accused of lying about his efforts to change government documents. (CBC)
"If
you had wanted to know sincerely and fully why Mr. Hogan abridged,
edited, altered, summarized ... an email exchange that he sent to you,
you surely could have put that question to him," he said.
Brethour
said that didn't change Hogan's obligation to offer up the truth. He
said he had told Hogan the fishing guest list was a serious issue and
that the company might sue the Canadaland podcast that was preparing to
report on it.
"I told Mr. Hogan that it was critical that we be
perfectly clear about what happened," he said, adding later there was
"no room for fuzziness."
'He was asked to tell the truth'
And
during a Sunday phone call with Hogan in the midst of the
investigation, Brethour added, "I assured him that if he continued to
tell the truth everything would be fine."
That led to another
volley about whether the investigation was a trap. "Mr. Hogan was never
asked to produce emails," Ellsworth said.
"He was asked to tell the truth," Brethour shot back.
The
Larry's Gulch fishing lodge is located on the Restigouche River.
Government officials have used the fishing lodge to hold meetings and
entertain guests. (CBC)
The
cross-examination veered into semantic debates several times, including
when Brethour said it was "contrary to the precepts of journalism" for a
newspaper editor to work in secret to change a public document.
Ellsworth
challenged him on the definition of a public document, and Brethour
answered: "a document subject to public access requests is surely a
public document."
Brethour acknowledged that Fowlie contacted him
during the investigation to back up Hogan's version of events but he
opted to not include that in a front-page column by ombudswoman Patricia
Graham about the internal inquiry.
"I
felt the article published was fair, accurate and complete," Brethour
said, pointing out that Fowlie was offered a chance to comment the
following week for a subsequent story and refused.
Brethour was the second-last witness in the trial.
Jamie
Irving, the vice-president of Brunswick News and a member of the family
that owns the newspaper company, was scheduled to testify Friday
afternoon.
But BNI lawyer Catherine Lahey said she didn't think
she could get through his testimony by the end of the afternoon, so his
appearance was rescheduled for Thursday July 4.
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Lou Bell Setting
a trap ? Imagine so. It's " so Irving " . They are known for these
types of things. Ask them about the deal they made 5 or 6 years ago in
their woods deal , jobs for land . One got the land , the jobs ? Didn't
really materialize as promised !
David Amos Methinks everybody is too afraid of the Irving Clan to admit how much they love this circus N'esy Pas?
JJ Carrier Jamie
Irving will be testifying on Independence Day...Hmmm...Considering he
is running his company like Mulroney ran his party circa 1992, it will
be fascinating to see his responses...
David Amos
Reply to @JJ Carrier: Methinks you are just another bitter ex employee N'esy Pas?
Jamie Irving's appearance at trial postponed for medical reasons
Brunswick News VP was supposed to testify Thursday in wrongful dismissal suit of former managing editor
CBC News ·
Jamie
Irving, Brunswick News vice-president, had been expected to testify
Thursday but instead will be in court July 16. (Jamie Irving/Google
Plus)
Testimony from Brunswick News
vice-president Jamie Irving in a wrongful dismissal lawsuit has been
postponed due to a medical condition.
Former Times &
Transcript managing editor Al Hogan is suing the newspaper company for
wrongful dismissal in relation to his 2015 firing, which came after an
internal investigation over a controversial trip involving one of his
employees.
In court in Moncton Thursday, Court of Queen's Bench
Justice Denise LeBlanc said she had received an affidavit from Dr. Bruce
Campbell that said Irving should rest for a period of at least four
weeks, after which, his medical condition should be re-evaluated.
No information was given in court about the medical condition.
Former Times & Transcript managing editor Al Hogan is suing Brunswick News for wrongful dismissal. (CBC)
Speaking
via teleconference, Catherine Lahey, Irving's lawyer, said her client's
preference was to get the matter resolved before the end of those four
weeks.
Irving's testimony has been rescheduled to July 16, with the next day set aside for closing arguments.
The
weeklong trial heard from Hogan, as well as a former senior adviser to
then-premier David Alward, and former editors-in-chief at the paper.
Larry's Gulch lodge on the Restigouche River. (CBC)
The
controversy is centered around Murray Guy, then assistant managing
editor, accepting a free trip to the provincial government fishing lodge
Larry's Gulch, and attempts to have documents altered to conceal his
visit after the fact.
Guy's name appeared on a guest list for the
lodge obtained by one of the company's reporters through a
right-to-information request.
Testimony revealed Hogan deleted
parts of an email he was asked to submit to the company, that suggested
removing Guy's name from the official guest list.
Hogan was fired from Moncton's Times & Transcript in 2015 after an internal investigation. (CBC)
Hogan
said he wasn't trying to have Guy's name removed, only the reference to
where he worked, because he had permission to go to the lodge as a
private citizen, not as a representative of the newspaper.
He said
the 2015 investigation was "a sham" and the company "intentionally
manipulated" the findings to fire him to achieve "an underlying
objective to concentrate editorial control over its publications in its
corporate directors, including Irving," according to the statement of
claim.
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David R. Amos
Methinks Irving's ex newsrag employees can be quite bitter N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos HMMM
"Speaking via teleconference, Catherine Lahey, Irving's lawyer, said her
client's preference was to get the matter resolved before the end of
those four weeks."
Methinks I should give the lady a call as well N'esy Pas?
June 29, 2017
We are pleased to announce that Cathy Lahey, QC, partner in our Saint
John office, has been appointed to the Department of Justice’s Judicial
Advisory Committee (“JAC”) in New Brunswick for a two-year term.
This
comes as part of an announcement from The Honourable Jody
Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, who
appointed members in five provincial jurisdictions, adding to the
existing complement of JACs.
JACs are independent bodies which were formed as part of a new process,
announced in October 2016, to assess federal judicial applicants and
provide the Minister of Justice with lists of high-calibre candidates
who represent the diversity of Canada.
Cathy joins Twila Reid, partner in our St. John’s office, who was
appointed to the JAC in Newfoundland and Labrador earlier this year
David R. Amos
Reply to @David R. Amos: Methinks everybody knows that I was not surprised when the lady lawyer played dumb N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos Methinks
Jesse Brown, Chucky Leblanc, Jamie Irving, Al Hogan and the long gone
BNI ombudsman Patricia Graham are trying forget why BNI fired their
minion Scott Agnew after he bragged that he had my blog and two emails
killed. When Agnew's lawyer wife and former Green Meanie Alison Menard
and her many political cohorts had me arrested without a warrant etc.
that really took the cake.
A couple of years later it was a small wonder to me to learn that
Agnew's wife had dumped him as well. However it was truly too funny when
Agnew ran the "Occupy New Brunswick" nonsense for the Soros Crowd
without much success N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos Methinks
the Feds appointed one of Dominic Leblanc's buddies to the Queen's
Bench in a nick of time. I will lays odds that Leblanc has not forgotten
the Harper Wafergate Scandal Hence if the Liberals can embarrass the
Conservatives byway of a ridiculous lawsuit against the Irving Clan
before the writ is dropped you can bet they will do so N'esy Pas?
"In court in Moncton Thursday, Court of Queen's Bench Justice Denise
LeBlanc said she had received an affidavit from Dr. Bruce Campbell that
said Irving should rest for a period of at least four weeks, after
which, his medical condition should be re-evaluated."
Lou Bell Trump got a doctors excuse to avoid the draft ! Hmmm !
David R. Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: and your point is?
Harold Benson
A panic attack no doubt.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Harold Benson: Methinks he can't handle 3 Surprises in a row N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell
I cannot tell a l i e
David R. Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: You just did
Lou Bell
Reply to @David R. Amos: Over your head
David R. Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell:
Methinks another dude just flew over the Cuckoo's Nest at the DECH I
guess he didn't want to eat your grub either N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell:
Methinks you crossed paths with my sister over the years If so did she
seem dumb to you? Her brother should be no different N'esy Pas?
Murray Brown
Can
you imagine a member of the Irving family actually testifying under
oath? That will never happen. There will be no Irving taking any stand
at any trial... The case will be resolved before that happens.
James Risdon
Reply to @Murray Brown: No-one is above the law.
Roland Stewart
Reply to @James Risdon: You just wake up out of a coma lol. Not being sarcastic just not sure if you are serious.
Layton Bennett
Reply to @James Risdon: I take you don't live in New Brunswick.
James Risdon
Reply to @Layton Bennett: I do live in New Brunswick. Wonderful place.
JJ Carrier
Reply
to @Roland Stewart: No one is above the law...Conspiracy addicts like
you should know by now even Frank Branch was caught...
Harold Benson
Reply to @James Risdon: Dream on.
David R. Amos
Reply to @James Risdon: "No-one is above the law."
Yea Right
David R. Amos
Reply to @Murray Brown: Good Point Sir
JJ Carrier
Reply
to @JJ Carrier: And for $400 Roland on Bathurst Jeopardy, tell me why I
mentioned Frank Branch...I know James can answer this...
David R. Amos
Reply
to @JJ Carrier: You snobby dudes would have no clue that I talked to
Frank Branch and he gave me the name of the prosecutor they were
bringing down from Quebec to deal with him Then I called and emailed the
dude and he never came did he? Do tell did you ever wondered how
Branch's lawyer got out of trouble or how young Oland managed t get
another trial or why his former lawyer backed away?
Buddy Best
Reply
to @Murray Brown: So there is no chance this is a coaching session?
Never had much trust in anyone called Irving or associated to them in
any way. wonder Why?
Buddy Best
Reply to @James Risdon: "No-one is above the law. " LOL
Is that your attempt at sarcasm or humor? The Law is bought and sold like bananas.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Buddy Best: Methinks you need to relax and enjoy the circus N'esy Pas?
James
Risdon
Reply to @JJ Carrier: You know me so well ..
JJ Carrier
Reply to @James
Risdon: I was tipped off to the Frank Branch case a decade before it
went to court...like I said and you said, the law catches up...
David R. Amos
Reply to @James Risdon: "You know me so well"
Methinks I know a little bit about you but you dudes know nothing of me or my litigation. You did say don't care N'esy Pas?
Confucius said:
"To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge"
James Risdon
Jamie
Irving probably seems rich beyond the dreams of avarice to many of us
regular folks and his family does have a longstanding track record of
tough business dealings but the man is still a fellow human being.
If
he's sick, it behooves us as decent human beings to treat him with
compassion and dignity and, if we are people of faith, to pray for his
speedy recovery.
David R. Amos
Reply to @James Risdon: Yea Right tell us another one
Daryl Doucette
I'm
not quite grasping what really happened here. A " connected " person
got invited to " Larrys Gulch" for a fishing trip. Big deal. The muckie
mucks do that all the time. That's one of the perks of rubbing shoulders
with the big boys.
Al Clark
Reply to @daryl doucette: Thanks for letting us know?
Daryl Doucette
Reply to @Al Clark: Enlighten me with your take on this monsewer clark si vous plait
Al Clark
Reply to @daryl doucette: I read the articles. There's nothing stopping you from doing the same....
...
David R. Amos
Reply to @Al Clark: You can read? WOW
Methinks many would never have thunk it N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
Reply to @daryl doucette: "I'm not quite grasping what really happened here"
Checkout CanadaLand back then
David R. Amos
Reply to @daryl doucette:
"BNI’s internal investigation immediately follows inquiries made by CANADLAND to current and former employees.
An email from an Irving
Irving
empire scion Jamie Irving, who oversees the family’s newspaper monopoly
and rarely replies to media inquiries, provided comment to CANADALAND.
Asked
about the status of the three editors, Guy’s alleged meeting with
government officials, the paper chain’s knowledge of the meeting and its
failure to report on it, Irving tells CANADALAND that “the matters you
raise are under active investigation and an internal process is in play
regarding some employees.”
Irving also confirmed that Editor-in-Chief Brethour is leading the internal investigation.
Larry’s Gulch: Powerful Men & Secret Salmon
Larry’s
Gulch, a secluded government-owned fishing retreat, has been shrouded
in secrecy and controversy. For decades it has provided seclusion for
private summits between powerful men, as in 2002 when then Premier
Bernard Lord hosted Brian Mulroney, George H.W. Bush and Pierre Karl
Péladeau. It is also rented out for public and private events, and used
by government departments for routine meetings.
According
to a November 12, 2012 Telegraph-Journal editorial, Larry’s Gulch is a
place where “advice is sought, strategies are devised, and new
relationships are forged between representatives of government and
potential investors.
David R. Amos
Reply to @David R. Amos:
"In
fact, in 2012 and 2013, the Irving’s Brunswick News papers mounted an
aggressive campaign against the government for refusing to release the
list of guests it brought to the taxpayer funded resort. Between
November 2012 and July 2013, BNI’s three lead papers applied steady
pressure, publishing no less than 10 stories on the subject.
But
all that came to a screeching halt in late 2013 when, sources tell
CANADALAND, Telegraph-Journal reporter Shawn Berry learned that among
the government guests at the resort was his Brunswick News superior,
Managing Editor Murray Guy.
Though Shawn Berry informed
his editors about what he discovered, BNI never reported it and the
editorializing and reporting on the Larry’s Gulch guest list stopped. At
the time, John Wishart was the Editor-in-Chief of Brunswick News.
Roughly
a year after the incident, Shawn Berry left BNI. He is now a
spokesperson for New Brunswick premier Brian Gallant. He did not reply
to requests for comment."
David R. Amos
Reply to @daryl doucette: Guess who gave Jesse Baby the tip about Bernard Lord hosting Brian Mulroney and George H.W. Bush?
Fred Brewer
Aww come on. Are we really expected to believe that?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Fred Brewer: Of course
JJ Carrier
My
sources within BNI say it's mental health related...Considering he once
fired me for going blind, I will take the high road and say get well
soon...Then quit...That is all...
James Risdon
Reply to @JJ Carrier: Is Jamie having mental health issues for real?
JJ Carrier
Reply
to @James Risdon: He always has...Considering I have worked for three
of the Irvings running the press side, he has always had problems
compared to the other big two as his personality and attitudes towards
BNI are obviously erratic and off-kilter...Former employees of the
company, who are not on gag order, can attest that, most days, he really
has/had no focus in running the company...By my count, this is the
seventh major public scandal BNI has been in since he came in in the
mid-2000s...Two this week alone...Harpergate, Plagergate, the Weekly
Purges, etc etc...
JJ Carrier
Reply to @James Risdon: Any presentation by Jamie on the stand would, dare I say, expose much...
David R. Amos
Reply to @JJ Carrier: Methinks if I were Jamie I would sue you I be you would love that N'esy Pas?
James Risdon Reply to @JJ Carrier: That's so sad, if it's true he suffers from a mental health trouble. I wish him well.
Gabriel
Boucher What a classic. Calling in sick before trial. I think the verdict is in.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Gabriel
Boucher: Methinks the outcome was likely written in stone before the
hearing began However it still makes for a great circus N'esy Pas?
Donald
Smith Sudden loss of memory medical condition perhaps ??
David R. Amos
Reply to @Donald
Smith: Methinks you should ask the all knowing Mr Carrier as he
obviously more than willing to violate Mr Irving's privacy N'esy Pas?
Dave Ess shocking
David R. Amos
Reply to @dave ess: You jest
Al Clark Uh OH! de Adder gave him a sore belly! LOL
David R. Amos
Reply to @Al Clark: Methinks you may know why my belly aches from laughing at all this nonsense N'esy Pas?
Jamie
Irving's appearance at trial postponed for medical reasons
Brunswick News
VP was supposed to testify Thursday in wrongful dismissal suit of former
managing editor CBC News · Posted: Jul 04, 2019 1:44 PM AT
David R.
Amos
HMMM
"Speaking via teleconference, Catherine Lahey, Irving's
lawyer, said her client's preference was to get the matter resolved before
the end of those four weeks."
Methinks I should give the lady a call
as well N'esy Pas?
June 29, 2017
We are pleased to announce that
Cathy Lahey, QC, partner in our Saint John office, has been appointed to the
Department of Justice’s Judicial Advisory Committee (“JAC”) in New Brunswick
for a two-year term.
This comes as part of an announcement from The
Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of
Canada, who appointed members in five provincial jurisdictions, adding to
the existing complement of JACs.
JACs are independent bodies which
were formed as part of a new process, announced in October 2016, to assess
federal judicial applicants and provide the Minister of Justice with lists
of high-calibre candidates who represent the diversity of
Canada.
Cathy joins Twila Reid, partner in our St. John’s office, who
was appointed to the JAC in Newfoundland and Labrador earlier this
year
On 7/3/19, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
wrote: > Methinks it was an interesting Yap Session you had with the
arsehole > you can't name correctly who is the former SANB President. BTW
that > arsehole is the dude who was barred from the Legilature for
speaking > from the gallery not me. It High Tme that you et your bullshit
stories > straight EH Chucky Baby? > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=674yV12RFzs > > >
Political cartoonist Michael de Adder firing is debated!!!! > 63
views > Charles Leblanc > Published on Jul 2, 2019 > >
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU3kcK6RdL8&t=3s > >
David Amos Federal Court Date is today at 2:00pm at the Federal
Building!!! > 469 views > Charles Leblanc > Published on May
24, 2017 > > > Obviously you talked to Judge Richard Bell not
long after you came to > the circus in Federal Court N'esy
Pas? > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGCRGOKV3UU > >
Federal Judge Richard Bell is confronted by the Pain in the Ass
Blogger!!!! > 157 views > Charles Leblanc > Published on May
31, 2017 > > >>> 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
, > > > > https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/07/dominic-leblancs-family-friends.html > > >
Tuesday, 2 July 2019 > > Dominic LeBlanc's family, friends,
neighbour win 5 of 6 recent > judicial appointments > > https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies > >
David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos > Replying to @DavidRayAmos
@alllibertynews and 49 others > Methinks we have nobody to blame but
ourselves because we keep > reelecting the same crooks N'esy
Pas? > > https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/07/dominic-leblancs-family-friends.html > > >
#cdnpoli #nbpoli > > https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/judicial-appointments-dominic-leblanc-family-friends-political-patronage-1.5191054 > > >
Dominic LeBlanc's family, friends, neighbour win 5 of 6 recent > judicial
appointments > > > 2220 Comments > Commenting is now
closed for this story. > > > > Mo Bennett > what
else wood you expect from a politician? > > David R. Amos >
Reply to @mo bennett: YO MO Check the most liked comments and
enjoy > > > > > > Mack Leigh > Equal
opportunity here in NB ?? Nope, not by a long shot...nepotism > and
patronage reign supreme !!! No wonder NB is in the toilet !!! > >
Greg Miller > Reply to @Mack Leigh: And it's been a long time since it was
FLUSHED! > > David R. Amos > Content disabled > Reply to
@Mack Leigh: Methinks we have nobody to blame but ourselves > because we
keep reelecting the same crooks N'esy Pas? > > David R. Amos >
Content disabled > Reply to @Mack Leigh: "Content
disabled" > > Oh My My > > Mike Banton > Reply to
@Mack Leigh: The NERVE of Liberals to act Like Conservatives, > I tell
ya! > > https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/peter-mackay-s-friends-colleagues-make-up-6-of-9-judge-appointees-1.2956696 > > >
David R. Amos > Content disabled > Reply to @Mike Banton: Methinks
the Conservatives certainly did have a > lot of nerve N'esy
Pas? > > BTW Notice No Comments? > > Stephen Harper’s
courts: How the judiciary has been remade > Sean Fine Justice
Writer > Published July 24, 2015 > > https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/stephen-harpers-courts-how-the-judiciary-has-been-remade/article25661306/ > >
Dave Davidson > Reply to @david mccaig: > > And the elusive
“whataboutist” rears it’s head. > > David R. Amos > Reply to
@Dave Davidson : Whatabout Why I can't reply to anyon in this >
thread? > > David R. Amos > Reply to @Mack Leigh: Methinks the
lady professors must have read my > emails by now N'esy
Pas? > > > > > > > > >
William Bruce > This, ladies and gentlemen, is how the LPC rolls. >
No wonder 70-plus percent of Canadians don't trust them. > > Richard
Sharp > Reply to @William Bruce: > > Actually the latest Nanos
poll, still unannounced, confirms what Nanos > reported last week with the
Libs pulling even with the Cons. This > week, the Libs have pulled ahead
35 to 32 (per cent) > > http://blog.338canada.com/ > >
David R. Amos > Reply to @Richard Sharp: Methinks you love pounding on
that dumb drum > to the same old tune N'esy Pas? > > David R.
Amos > Reply to @William Bruce: Methinks you forgot the Conservatives roll
in > exactly the same fashion N'esy Pas? > > https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/harper-organizer-appointed-to-bench-1.602730 > >
Harper organizer appointed to bench > CBC News · Posted: Jun 27, 2006 3:05
PM AT > > "New Brunswick lawyer Richard Bellhas been appointed to
sit as a judge > in the Court of Queen's Bench in Moncton, in Prime
Minister Stephen > Harper's first round of judicial
appointments. > > Bell,a lawyer in Fredericton, is a former New
Brunswick co-chair of > Harper's political campaigns. > > The
federal Tories announced the appointment in Ottawa on Tuesday. > >
Bell has been a lawyer for26 years and is bilingual.He alsohas an >
interesting political history. > > A formerfederal Liberal,in 1997
he lost a controversial nomination > race in the riding of
Tobique-Mactaquac. > > He switched to the Canadian Alliance, which
later merged to become the > Conservative Party of Canada. > >
Bell co-chaired Harper's campaign for the leadership of the new party in >
2004. > > He also co-chaired the party's election campaigns in New
Brunswick in > 2004 and
2006." > > > > > > > > James
Risdon > Ten years or so ago, I was out of work. The most common bit of
advice > I got was to go see my local politician. Everyone in northern
New > Brunswick knows that the way to get a job here is to cozy up to
the > politicians because nepotism is the main way to get a good-paying
job. > > I didn't go that route. I went back to school and got
another college > diploma and set up my own business. > >
During that time, one of my old resumes landed me a job in government > by
a manager who was hiring three people. In the interview, that > manager
admitted to me that two of those three people had gotten their > jobs
through connections and had circumvented the normal hiring > process. I
was the only person to be offered the job based on merit. > The department
was rife with nepotism. I took a pass and completed my > education
instead. > > I've lived all over Canada and I have never seen the
level of nepotism > anywhere else that exists in New
Brunswick. > > So, no, I'm not at all surprised by this news story.
It's not the > exception. It's the unwritten rule. > > Mark
Hammer > Reply to @James Risdon: We lived in New Brunswick for 3 years,
during > which time I had the pleasure of regularly lunching with >
(Conservative, now retired) Speaker of the Senate Noel Kinsella, and > the
other faculty members of the university I was teaching at, and >
overhearing all the chit-chat. It seemed everybody in that province >
knew, or was related to, everyone else. > > Several coworkers in the
federal government thought they might study > the risk of nepotism in
public service hiring, and made the mistake of > selecting Trois-Rivieres
as their sample, learning in the process that > a substantial share of
federal employees across all departments there > shared the same family
name. > > An American colleague conducted a number of focus groups
on nepotism > in U.S. federal hiring. Much to his surprise, he found that
while his > respondents were annoyed at HOW people came into the
organization, > after working with them for a while, begrudgingly
acknowledged that > those individuals were valuable
additions. > > So, while one should always strive to reduce it,
sometimes you can't > avoid nepotism, sometimes you can't tell if it IS
nepotism, and > sometimes nepotism, as unsavoury as it is, is not contrary
to merit. > David R. Amos > Reply to @Mark Hammer: Methinks you
likely heard Noel Kinsella curse > my name a few times N'esy
Pas? > > David R. Amos > Reply to @James Risdon: Methinks you
know as well as I that nepotism > is everywhere and it is not illegal and
even if it were the Attorney > General's would never prosecute themselves
or be found guilty by the > judges they appointed Furthermore what lawyer
would dare to argue them > N'esy
Pas? > > > > > > > > >
Mack Leigh > And do we honestly believe that decisions made by these
individuals > would be based on the " facts " and not the Liberal Parties
" Agenda " > ?? Come on folks, open your eyes !! > > >
David R. Amos > Reply to @Mack Leigh: "Come on folks, open your eyes
!!" > > Why bother if you can't read the replies to your
comments? > > > David Mccaig > Reply to @Mack
Leigh: > COME ON FOLKS open your eyes, as if anything would be different
or has > been different under these cons in power. > > James
Risdon > Reply to @david mccaig: And there you have it. That's exactly the
kind > of reasoning that leads to this nepotism. > > Those who
support nepotism tend to see it as a way of building loyal > teams of
people who share the same vision and who can therefore work > together
effectively by reducing conflict. > > The sad thing is that this is
actually true ... to a point. > > Without the natural diversity of
viewpoints that tends to arise when > people are hired on the basis of
merit, teams based on nepotism become > echo chambers for those in power.
These teams are so limited in their > worldview that they create their own
troubles by refusing to consider > other points of view which may greatly
benefit them and help them > achieve their objectives. The result of such
teams is often a > grandiose plan with fatal flaws that others outside the
group would > have immediately spotted. > > It's tough but the
left needs to learn to listen to the right and the > right needs to do the
same with the left. True diversity is not about > skin colour and gender.
It is about considering and respecting other >
viewpoints. > > > David Mccaig > Reply to @James
Risdon: > "AS IF the government in power are to appoint people to
positions of > influence that are trying to undermine their positions of
power." > THAT'S THE REALITY OF POLITICS , always has been always will be.
Get over > it. > > David R. Amos > Reply to @James
Risdon: I agree Methinks amazing things never cease N'esy >
Pas? > > David R. Amos > Reply to @david mccaig: "Get over
it." > > Nay not I > > David R. Amos > Reply to
@James Risdon: Yea Right Did you listen to my point of view > during the
last provincial election that we both ran in? You know as > well as I that
your Politcal Party leader has watched me argue Liberal > and Conservative
appointed judges in Federal Court He has enjoyed > watching me argue the
liberal appointed cronies during 3 EUB Hearings > thus far. One of the EUB
Commissioners i none other than John Herron > the turncoat dude I ran
against in 2004 Methinks every lawyer and > politician in New Brunswick
knows that N'esy
Pas? > > > > > > > > > > >
David R. Amos > Surprise Surprise Surprise > > Mark (Junkman)
George > Reply to @David R. Amos: > > Not
really. > > David R. Amos > Reply to @Mark (Junkman) George:
Methinks you may know that if you go > to my blog you can read the Globe
and Mail article from 2015 N'esy > Pas? > > Donald
Smith > Why am I not surprised to see this. But honestly, is it really
any > different with any other political party ? > > David R.
Amos > Reply to @Donald Smith: Check Harper's
work > > > > > > > > > > > >
William Bruce > I need to have a shower after reading this
article.... > > > David R. Amos > Reply to @William
Bruce: Me
Too > > > > > > > > > > > >
Jack R. Kimball: > Liberals - Nepotism > > David R. Amos Reply
to @Jack R. Kimball: Methinks Nepotism.is a common > term justifiably
applied to all political parties N'esy
Pas? > > > > > > > > > > >
April Wong > This surprised you? Welcome to Canada. Your democratic
government hard > at work for its donors! > > David R.
Amos > Reply to @April Wong: Methinks many a true word is said in jest
N'esy
Pas? > > > > > > > > > > > > >
David Kirby > This is the Liberals it is there way of
being > > David Magner (YYC) > Reply to @david
kirby: > > ... same goes for the Cons. Time to try a third party
federally. > > > David R. Amos > Reply to @David Magner
(YYC): Methinks its high time to rid ourselves > of all political parties
N'esy
Pas? > > > > > > > > > >
Capilano P. Dunbar > This certainly validates JWR and her contention of
undue interference. > It’s shocking and shows far from running a
government that is more > open transparent and less partisan Justin
Trudeau is a hyper-partisan > individual who places the Liberal party as
his highest priority and > greatest loyalty! > > David R.
Amos > Reply to @Capilano P. Dunbar: Methinks everybody knows that
lawyer > played the wicked game just like all the rest N'esy
Pas? > > > > > > > > > >
Murray Brown > This story that displays obvious back room politics as
normal, will > never make it to the national portion of this website and
frankly.... > I'm surprised it's appeared regionally. But thank you Robert
Jones for > actually doing some 'investigative' journalism. Mentioning
Judy will > send this regional story to the dustbin of the CBC vault, but
your > efforts are appreciated. > > David R. Amos >
Reply to @Murray Brown: Too Too Funny > > David R. Amos >
Reply to @Murray Brown: You are correct this is just merely decent local >
gossip > > Methinks many political pundits understand i I giggle to
myself every > time I crossed paths with Mr Jones Ihave been leading him
and hi > cohort down the garden path of good and Evil since 2002 while
they > continue to ignore me N'esy
Pas? > > > > > > > > > > > >
Mack Leigh > What a corrupt province we live in !! NB where it is not what
you know > , but who you - - - - !!!! > > David R.
Amos > Reply to @Mack Leigh: Methinks its the same all over the world
N'esy
Pas? > > > > > > > > > > >
David Peters > "...only one of the five justices who responded to attempts
to contact > them about the string of appointments and their connection to
Dominic > LeBlanc. Through a court clerk she declined to
comment." > > Blatant corruption, imo. > > Elections and
short term limits for Judges, Police Chiefs, Crown > Prosecutors and City
Managers would end this fiasco. > > David R. Amos > Reply to
@David Peters:
Nope > > > > > > > > > > >
Lenny Griever > You politicians are a lovely lot! > > David
R. Amos > Reply to @Lenny Griever:
YUP > > > > > > > > >
Robert Brannen > "Since 2017, there have been 10 federal judicial
appointments or > elevations in New Brunswick. In addition to the five
most recent > connected to Dominic LeBlanc, at least three other
appointees were > past political donors to the Liberal Party." -- CBC
story. > ____________________________________ > > A moot
point, as any lawyer hoping to be raised to the judiciary will > be
donating to any party with the chance of holding power; as is the > case
of most businesses hoping to curry favour from
government. > > > David R. Amos > Reply to @Robert
Brannen: Methinks folks should review the Globe and > Mail article in 2015
about how Harper appointed a legion of > politically vetted judges.
Methinks wo Judges who are bigtime Harper > pals I encountered in Federal
Court immediately after the election of > the 42nd Parliament will never
forget me. One was the former RCMP > lawyer Richard Bell who was Harper's
campaign manager in NB for the > elections of the 38th and 39th Parliament
and Richard Southcott Irving > Ship Building's former General Counsel and
they were much in the news > until the liberals paid off Admiral Norman
N'esy
Pas? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
Josephgallant > Oh No! say it isn't so, not in newbrunsick, but then
again,they are > not all from moncton > > David R.
Amos > Reply to @josephgallant: Methinks our circus is a traveling
roadshow N'esy >
Pas? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
Larry LeBlanc > Ok folks...move along, just a fender bender, nothing to
see here. > Careful not to slip, the road is a bit greasy from the oil
spill. > > David R. Amos > Reply to @Larry LeBlanc: Methinks
you jest just enough about your > distant cousin N'esy
Pas? > > Larry LeBlanc > Reply to @David R. Amos: Sarcasm
eludes you David...Loch N'esy Pas > > David R. Amos > Reply to
@Larry LeBlanc: Methinks I struck a nerve N'esy
Pas? > > > > > > > > > > > >
Greg Williams > I remember reading a "similar" type article a few years
back > commenting on how many of Peter McKay's friends ended up Boarding
the > Judicial Patronage Train! > > Donald Craig > Reply
to @Greg Williams: and it turned out that MacKay didnt appoint > any of
them. it was just NDP spin. > > David R. Amos > Reply to
@donald craig: Hmmm > > https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/peter-mackay-s-friends-colleagues-make-up-6-of-9-judge-appointees-1.2956696 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
Richard Sharp > The Cons' war room must be going snake. Nanos last week
and today has > the Libs pulling even and now ahead by three points, 35%
to 32%. I'm > almost teary eyed. > > David R. Amos >
Reply to @Richard Sharp: Me Too cause i a dying laughing at you and the >
circus > > Gord Gundersen > Reply to @Richard Sharp: CBC poll
tracker has the Conservative @35%, > Libs @30%, which as Eric likes to say
is an average of all ms polls. > > Donald Craig > Reply to
@Richard Sharp: lol seems ironic that at the same time the > CBC poll has
Cons virtually tied with Libs among visible minorities. > LOL the
landslide is a certainty. and teary eyed? you will need the > largest
crying towel ever
made. > > > > > > > > > >
Richard Sharp > The Trudeau Libs promised and delivered on new merit-based
and > transparent government appointments, and have delivered. For
the > Senate, the Supreme Court and judiciary and senior executives in
the > public service. > > Lyle Middaugh > Reply to
@Richard Sharp: > Wink wink > > Gary Reid > Reply to
@Richard Sharp: That is just plain false. > > David R. Amos >
Reply to @Gary Reid: He knows
it > > > > > > > > > >
Richard Sharp > CBC, the National Post, Post Media/Sun News, Rogers and
other > anti-Trudeau media take note. The Trudeau Libs have pulled back
ahead > of the Cons: > > https://www.nanos.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Political-Package-2019-06-28.pdf > >
Donald Craig > Reply to @Richard Sharp: take note. I cant stop
laughing. > > Richard Sharp > Reply to @donald
craig: > > Forty-nine of the top 50 English newspapers endorsed
Harper in 2011 > and the same thing in 2015. They are bought and paid for
by right wing > billionaires and corporations, which are also into social
media > manipulation big time. Still, they lose. > > Donald
Craig > Reply to @Richard Sharp: I cant stop laughing. nothing you say or
have > ever said is going to stop the coming October landslide.
nothing. > > David R. Amos > Reply to @donald craig: Nor
I > > > > > > > > > > > >
Richard Sharp > Watching CBC Newsworld on this issue. Only anti-Trudeau
folks over > and over. CBC is a total disgrace. > > Kristy
Kent > Reply to @Richard Sharp: LOL, even the CBC can't take it any
more > > David Semple > Reply to @Richard Sharp: It's a
growing group.......deal with it. > > Rick Woodcock > Reply to
@Richard Sharp: The sand must be pretty deep where you are at. > >
Freddie Philpott > Reply to @Richard Sharp: But you are here, Richard.
JT's biggest > cheerleader. So it isn't "Only anti-Trudeau folks over and
over". > > Shawn Gall > Reply to @Richard Sharp: Same as
during the last election. But, now > the tables have turned. How does it
feel? I had no idea JT would melt > down this quickly. > >
David R. Amos > Reply to @Richard Sharp: Methinks its wicked fun watching
the clowns > cry as the worm turns at the circus N'esy
Pas? > > > > > > > > > > > > >
Richard Sharp > Can't say beans on this disgusting excuse of a national
broadcaster's > website. > > Al Kennedy > Reply to
@Richard Sharp: > Think it may be their efforts to stop fake news? >
David R. Amos > Reply to @Richard Sharp: Cry me a
river > > > > > > > > > > > >
Marguerite Deschamps > As if the CONservatives do not appoint their own.
Does Vic Toews ring a > bell? > > David Semple > Reply
to @Marguerite Deschamps: Wasn't the current government supposed > to be
different? > > Marguerite Deschamps > And Péter MacKey
appointing all his friends in Nova Scotia, I might add. > > David
Semple > Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Try and stay on point: The
CURRENT > government is doing this NOW. > > You don't get a
pass because 'the other guys did it first'. > > Marguerite
Deschamps > Reply to @David Semple: Cons were the worst, always have,
always will be. > > David Semple > Reply to @Marguerite
Deschamps: The current group promised to be > better and
different. > > Seems like they told a little white
one..... > > Freddie Philpott > Reply to @Marguerite
Deschamps: LOL! Wilful blindness on your part is > a terrible thing, isn't
it. > > Freddie Philpott > Reply to @David Semple: Seems like
the libs always do that and so many > are gullible enough to believe
them. > > Donald Craig > Reply to @Freddie Philpott: I dont
think that she will "see" your point. > > Shawn Gall > Reply
to @Marguerite Deschamps: When Harper did these things, social > media
went insane. Now that JT does them, it's acceptable. His gov't > was
supposed to be different and all gov'ts need to live by the same >
standard. Pretty rational and fair point of view, don't you
think? > > Marguerite Deschamps > Do I have to remind
you? > https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/peter-mackay-s-friends-colleagues-make-up-6-of-9-judge-appointees-1.2956696 > >
MacKay was appointed attorney general and justice minister in 2013. >
Since then, he's made provincial Supreme Court justices of: > > Josh
Arnold, a friend who served as best man at MacKay's 2012 wedding. > He was
also a regular financial donor to the Central Nova Progressive >
Conservative Association from 2008 to 2010. > Cindy Cormier, Arnold's wife
and a friend of MacKay's. > James Chipman, a past president of the
Conservative Party's Halifax > West riding association and regular donor
to the Central Nova > Conservative Association from 2008 to 2010. >
Ted Scanlan, a past president of the Central Nova riding association > and
a former campaign manager for Elmer MacKay, Peter MacKay's father. >
Jeffrey Hunt, former executive vice-president of the Nova Scotia >
Progressive Conservative Association. > LouAnn Chiasson, a colleague of
MacKay's at the Dalhousie Law School > > David R. Amos > Reply
to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks you SANB dudes should > continue to cry
a river cuz its fun to watch at the circus N'esy Pas? > > David R.
Amos > Reply to @David Semple: "Seems like they told a little white
one" > > Methinks they told a lot of big fat ones N'esy
Pas? > > David R. Amos > Reply to @David Semple: "You don't
get a pass because 'the other guys > did it first"" > > I
concur. > > Andrew De Viseer > Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps:
No one is denying that, This article > is about calling out the
hyprocritical stance the liberals are taking. > > Andrew De
Viseer > Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: well at least 6 of 9 is a
better > ration than 5/6 haha > > > > >
Dominic LeBlanc's family, friends, neighbour win 5 of 6 recent > judicial
appointments > 'All judicial appointments are made on the basis of merit,'
says > office of federal justice minister > > > Robert
Jones · CBC News · Posted: Jul 02, 2019 6:00 AM AT > > >
Federal Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc, a New >
Brunswick MP, is connected to five of the six most recent judicial >
appointments in the province. (Matt Smith/Canadian Press) > >
Federal Liberals have been promising to appoint the "most meritorious >
jurists" to judicial vacancies across Canada, but most candidates >
winning judicial appointments in New Brunswick over the last year have >
had something else going for them — personal connections to senior >
Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc. > > Five of the last six federal
appointments announced in New Brunswick > include Leblanc's neighbour, a
LeBlanc family relation and three > lawyers who helped retire debts from
his unsuccessful 2008 leadership > bid. LeBlanc is currently minister of
intergovernmental affairs, > northern affairs and internal
trade. > > Erin Crandall, a professor at Acadia University who has
written > extensively on the politics of judicial appointments in Canada,
said > patronage is still a significant force in provinces like
New > Brunswick, despite reforms to curb its use in the selection of
judges. > "It's more prominent in smaller provinces," Crandall
said. > > > Erin Crandall, a professor at Acadia University,
says patronage is > still a significant force in provinces like New
Brunswick. (Acadia > University) > > "It's less of an issue
today than it was, for example, five decades > ago, when it was much more
blatant. But we can still see that it > certainly does
happen." > > 5 appointments > > In the latest judicial
appointments in New Brunswick announced last > month, federal Justice
Minister David Lametti named Moncton lawyer > Robert M. Dysart and Saint
John lawyer Arthur T. Doyle to the trial > division of the Court of
Queen's Bench. > > Moncton lawyer Robert Dysart was named to the
trial division of Court > of Queen's Bench in June. He is a regular donor
to the Liberal Party, > according to Elections Canada records.
(CBC) > > According to financial records on file with Elections
Canada, both men > have been regular donors to the Liberal Party,
including to LeBlanc's > Beauséjour riding association, even though in
Doyle's case he lives > 100 kilometres away. > > Saint John
lawyer Arthur Doyle was appointed to the trial division of > the Court of
Queen's Bench in June. (Cox & Palmer) > > The two were also
among a group of 50 donors who gave money in 2009 to > help LeBlanc retire
about $31,000 in debts from his unsuccessful 2008 > federal Liberal
leadership campaign, according to records filed with > Elections
Canada. > > Also helping with that leadership debt was lawyer
Charles LeBlond and > businessman Jacques Pinet, both from
Moncton. > > Charles LeBlond was appointed a judge of the New
Brunswick Court of > Appeal in March. (Michel
Nogue/Radio-Canada) > > LeBlond won an appointment to be a judge on
the Court of Appeal in March. > > Pinet is married to Justice Tracey
Deware. She was named chief > justice of New Brunswick's Court of Queen's
Bench trial division by > Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in early
June. > > Court of Queen's Bench Chief Justice Tracey DeWare at her
swearing-in > ceremony with New Brunswick Court of Appeal Chief Justice
Marc > Richard. (Submitted by Tracey DeWare) > > DeWare
herself was a Conservative Party donor and originally appointed > to the
bench in 2012 by the Conservative government of Stephen Harper. > But she
and Pinet are also neighbours of LeBlanc. > > In 2013, they bought a
seaside property in Grande-Digue from LeBlanc > next to his own
summerhouse. Property records show they paid $430,000. > > Moncton
family lawyer Marie-Claude Belanger-Richard, who is married to > Liberal
MP Dominic LeBlanc's brother-in-law, was picked to fill a > judicial
vacancy in Saint John. (Veritas Law) > > In a fifth appointment last
year, Moncton family lawyer Marie-Claude > Belanger-Richard was picked to
fill a judicial vacancy in Saint John. > She is married to LeBlanc's
brother-in-law. > > Belanger-Richard is the only one of the five
justices who responded to > attempts to contact them about the string of
appointments and their > connection to LeBlanc. Through a court clerk, she
declined to comment. > > LeBlanc's office referred questions about
the judicial appointments to > Lametti. > > Lametti's office
declined an interview request, but his press > secretary, Rachel
Rappaport, issued a statement denying favouritism > and political
patronage in any of the New Brunswick appointments. > > "All
judicial appointments are made on the basis of merit," Rappaport > wrote.
"As with all Canadian citizens, judicial candidates are free to > engage
personally in political activities. The appointments process > neither
disqualifies nor privileges an applicant on the basis of > political
association." > > Patronage prominent in province > >
Several academic studies have shown New Brunswick has traditionally >
owned one of Canada's most patronage-tinged judiciaries and little has >
changed in recent years, despite Liberal promises to inject more merit >
into the selection system. > > A 2010 study that looked at 856
judicial appointments in Canada over a > 15-year period found "major"
political connections were involved in > New Brunswick appointments nearly
77 per cent of the time — double the > national average and more than five
times the rate politically > connected people won federal judgeships in
provinces such as British > Columbia and Ontario. > > Lori
Hausegger, director of Canadian Studies at Boise State University > in
Idaho, was one of the lead academics on that study. > > Lori
Hausegger, director of Canadian Studies at Boise State > University,
worked on a 2010 study that found major political > connections were
involved in New Brunswick judicial appointments > nearly 77 per cent of
the time. (Boise State University) > > She said the problem with
judges appointed because of political > connections is not their
qualifications — all potential federal judges > in Canada are vetted for
competence by independent panels — it's the > possibility they use
connections to take spots from better candidates. > > "The problem
is whether or not that [connected] person is different > from the other
ones that they didn't pick in terms of their > decision-making," said
Hausegger. "There is not a lot of transparency > in the system. We don't
actually know a lot in terms of how the > minister is finally
choosing." > > Likely several applications for a
vacancy > > Canada's Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial
Affairs will > not say how many lawyers applied for the judicial positions
in New > Brunswick that were eventually awarded to those connected to
LeBlanc, > although it is likely there were several. > >
Across the country last year, it reports 257 qualified lawyers were >
considered for 79 vacancies. > > The commissioner will also not
reveal if any of the unsuccessful > candidates in New Brunswick scored
higher than the winning candidates > on assessments of their ability and
qualifications to be a judge. > > "Assessment results are
confidential and solely for the minister's > use," Philippe Lacasse,
executive director of judicial appointments > for the commissioner, said
in an email to CBC News. > > "In fact, candidates themselves are not
informed of the results of > their assessment." > > Former
justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould promised in 2016 that > improvements
would be made in judicial appointments based on > transparency, merit and
diversity. (Ben Nelms/CBC) > > In 2016, Jody Wilson-Raybould, the
justice minister at the time, > promised major improvements in the quality
of how judges are selected > in Canada. > > "We are committed
to ensuring that we make substantive and thoughtful > appointments to the
judiciary, based on the principles of openness > transparency merit and
diversity," Wilson-Raybould told Parliament in > May 2016. > >
Since 2017, there have been 10 federal judicial appointments or >
elevations in New Brunswick. In addition to the five most recent >
connected to LeBlanc, at least three other appointees were past >
political donors to the Liberal Party. > > > About the
Author > > Robert Jones > Reporter > Robert Jones has
been a reporter and producer with CBC New Brunswick > since 1990. His
investigative reports on petroleum pricing in New > Brunswick won several
regional and national awards and led to the > adoption of price regulation
in 2006. > > > CBC's Journalistic Standards and
Practices > > > > > > > ----------
Original message ---------- > From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 12:00:23 -0400 > Subject: Attn Erin Crandall and
Lori Hausegger I just called about Mr > Fine, Mr Jones > and Mr
Leblanc and what we all know about Canadian Judges > To: erin.crandall@acadiau.ca,
lorihausegger@boisestate.edu, >
sfine@globeandmail.com,
Newsroom@globeandmail.com, >
Robert.Jones@cbc.ca,
David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca,
mcu@justice.gc.ca, >
jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca,
Norman.Sabourin@cjc-ccm.gc.ca, >
marc.giroux@fja-cmf.gc.ca >
Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com,
dominic.leblanc.c1@parl.gc.ca, >
dominic.leblanc@nb.aibn.com,
dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca, >
dleblanc@globeandmail.com,
Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca, >
Jane.Philpott@parl.gc.ca,
Erin.Weir@parl.gc.ca, >
tony.clement@parl.gc.ca,
Hunter.Tootoo@parl.gc.ca, >
andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca,
maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca, >
Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca > >
Dominic LeBlanc's family, friends and neighbour win 5 of 6 recent >
judicial appointments > 'All judicial appointments are made on the basis
of merit,' says > office of federal justice minister > Robert Jones
· CBC News · Posted: Jul 02, 2019 6:00 AM AT > > > "Lori
Hausegger, director of Canadian Studies at Boise State > University,
worked on a 2010 study that found major political > connections were
involved in New Brunswick judicial appointments > nearly 77 per cent of
the time." > > > "Erin Crandall, a professor at Acadia
University, says patronage is > still a significant force in provinces
like New Brunswick" > > > > 709
Comments > > > David R. Amos > Surprise Surprise
Surprise > > Mark (Junkman) George > Reply to @David R.
Amos: > > Not really. > > David R. Amos > Reply to
@Mark (Junkman) George: Methinks you may know that if you go > to my blog
you can read the Globe and Mail article from 2015 N'esy >
Pas? > > > > > > Donald Smith > Why am
I not surprised to see this. But honestly, is it really any > different
with any other political party ? > > David R. Amos > Reply to
@Donald Smith: Check Harper's
work > > > > > > > > > > > >
Larry LeBlanc > Ok folks...move along, just a fender bender, nothing to
see here. > Careful not to slip, the road is a bit greasy from the oil
spill. > > David R. Amos > Reply to @Larry LeBlanc: Methinks
you jest just enough about your > distant cousin N'esy
Pas? > > > > > Josephgallant > Oh No! say it
isn't so, not in newbrunsick, but then again,they are > not all from
moncton > > David R. Amos > Reply to @josephgallant: Methinks
our circus is a traveling roadshow N'esy >
Pas? > > > > > > > Robert
Brannen > "Since 2017, there have been 10 federal judicial appointments
or > elevations in New Brunswick. In addition to the five most
recent > connected to Dominic LeBlanc, at least three other appointees
were > past political donors to the Liberal Party." -- CBC story. >
______________________________ > ______ > > A moot point, as
any lawyer hoping to be raised to the judiciary will > be donating to any
party with the chance of holding power; as is the > case of most
businesses hoping to curry favour from government. > > David R.
Amos > Reply to @Robert Brannen: Methinks folks should review the Globe
and > Mail article in 2015 about how Harper appointed a legion of >
politically vetted judges. Methinks wo Judges who are bigtime Harper >
pals I encountered in Federal Court immediately after the election of >
the 42nd Parliament will never forget me. One was the former RCMP > lawyer
Richard Bell who was Harper's campaign manager in NB for the > elections
of the 38th and 39th Parliament and Richard Southcott Irving > Ship
Building's former General Counsel and they were much in the news > until
the liberals paid off Admiral Norman N'esy
Pas? > > > > > > > Mack Leigh >
Equal opportunity here in NB ?? Nope, not by a long shot...nepotism > and
patronage reign supreme !!! No wonder NB is in the toilet !!! > >
David R. Amos > Reply to @Mack Leigh: Methinks we have nobody to blame but
ourselves > because we keep reelecting the same crooks N'esy
Pas? > > http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2017/03/methinks-snobby-retired-judge-in-fat.html > >
David Raymond Amos Round 3 > > Wednesday, 8 March
2017 > > Methinks a snobby retired judge in Fat Fred City has his
fancy > knickers in a knot > > > ---------- Original
message ---------- > From: David Amos > Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017
22:09:32 -0400 > Subject: RE Communication to the Court > To:
"Morneault, Michel" > Cc: David Amos > > ---------- Original
message ---------- > From: "Morneault, Michel" > Date: Wed, 8 Mar
2017 18:52:45 +0000 > Subject: Communication to the Court > To:
David Amos > > Good day Mr. Amos, > > It has been
brought to my attention that you are trying to reach a > judicial member
of the Federal Court by way of telephone. > I just want to give you a
friendly reminder that all communication to > a judge should be brought in
writing by way of letter address to the > Registry office of your
choice. > > Feel free to ask or call if you have any
questions. > > Thank you kindly > > Michel G.
Morneault > Registry Officer / Agent du greffe > Courts
Administration Service > Service administratif des tribunaux
judiciaires > Fredericton, NB/N.-B. > (t) 506-452-2014
(f)506-452-3584 > > > > Michel G. Morneault >
Registry Officer / Agent du greffe > Courts Administration Service >
Service administratif des tribunaux judiciaires > Fredericton,
NB/N.-B. > (t) 506-452-2014 (f)506-452-3584 > > > Good
Day to you as well Mr Morneault > > Thank you for letting me know of
what has come to your attention. > Pease excuse a minor political rant but
after all the Crown cannot > deny that my lawsuit is about the Governor
General, my political > opponents and their appointees not acting within
the scope of their > employment and deliberately acting wrongfully against
me. > > I am more than willing to explain my actions this morning
in writing > to the Registry Office. In return and in the spirit of
full > disclosure, I ask that you file a true copy of this entire
response > into the public record of the Federal Court of Appeal File
no.A-18-16. > Please find below are two emails I sent earlier today and
two > documents that were attachments to my second email The
documents > attached speak for themselves and one of the documents is
already in > the FCA file and was discussed by Justice Southcott and I
during the > public hearing of my matter on January 11th,
2016. > > I presume the judicial member of the Federal Court you are
referring > to is the Honourable Joseph T. Robertson because he is it only
person > possibly of Federal Court that I contacted today. However I only
left > a voicemail with Robertson early this morning before I sent him
two > emails fairly early as well, Basically just in case somebody
was > ethical I was giving Robertson and many others some food for
thought > before I file my next lawsuit against the Her Majesty the
Queen. > However Robertson and his cohorts in the Court of the Queens
Bench had > ignored my concerns since 2004. The document from the New
Brunswick > judicial Council is in the file of the Federal Court as well
and > Justice Bell made note of it during the hearing on December 14,
2015. > > If you scroll down through the emails I sent Robertson and
others > today it could have been anyone of a number of other people who
got > the same email as Robertson who may have some sort of issue with
my > actions today but not one of them are a judge of Federal Court or
any > other. Therefore Robertson is my best guess as to whom you
are > referring to. > > For the public record I deliberately
called Robertson's office before > the Law School of UNB was open for
business this morning and left only > a voicemail of which I stand by
every word. I suspect the people of > UNB are all on March break anyway.
Thus UNB probably does have not > many employees on the job considering
that fact there was bad weather > outside as well. Only one friend who saw
the news about KPMG and the > judges of Federal Court and a Mayor of
Montreal who is also in the > news called me today. The others I called
and talked to in Ottwa and > elswhere will no doubt deny that I ever
talked them. > > Robertson never called me back in fact nobody
employed by UNB has ever > called me back except their sercurity boss or
one of his minions > talking like cops and trying to accuse me of things I
did not do. > However the security boss of UNB is just like his buddy the
former Sgt > at Arms Dan Bussieres. He will not confirm or deny that he is
an ex > member of the RCMP nor will he discuss why I am barred from UNB.
It a > small wonder to me that the Commissioner of the RCMP is also
quiting > with all the lawsuits against the them that are rolling
in.lately. > > Whereas Robertson is employed by UNB to lecture folks
on the law, its > kinda obvious he is no longer a judge. UNB is supported
by taxpayer > funds so who is Justin Trudeau or Brian Gallant anyone else
to say > that I cannot talk to Robertson or anyone else at UNB? If it
was > Robertson who complained of me, please ask him what was so
offensive > about a voicemail and couple of emails from a poor man who
pays way > too many taxes on his gas, tobacco and other goods to keep the
lights > on in his fancy office at UNB. This no joke particularly in light
of > the fact. The Federal court acted like lightning to
accommodate > Justice Camp and his lawyer while the Crown can't get past a
motion to > strike after a year and a half of calling me frivolous and
vexatious. > Then there is the big spotlight that the Crown Corp commonly
known as > CBC has shown the world how other Federal Court Judges feel
free to > party hardy with the likes of KPMG and its fellow well-heeled
tax > evaders. > > Furthermore I do not know if you are aware
or whether you read my > latest filing or not but I have been barred from
the UNB Campus since > June of 2006. That was about 5 months after I ran
in Fredericton in > the election of the 39th Parliament and the Harper
government won its > first mandate. So for nearly 11 eleven years I can
only send emails > and letters to the UNB campus while its employees just
like all the > other employees in every legislative property in Canada
have continued > to laugh at me or ignore me or call the cops on me while
inviting me > to sue the Crown. This seems like just another one of those
days that > makes me regret not suing them ten years ago. > >
All that said I don't believe Robertson is a judicial member of the >
Federal Court so perhaps it was somebody else complaining of me. If > so,
trust that I called nobody else in the Federal Court system not > even its
lawyers. If it was Robertson who claimed of me tell him I > would dearly
love to see his pay stubs from Federal Court. Federal > Court records
appear to affirm my reasoning that Robertson is retired > and that he
acted as a judicial member of Federal Courts for Justice > Camp's matter
only > . > http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-201-17&select_court=All > >
"Written directions received from the Court: Chief Justice Crampton >
dated 17-FEB-2017 directing that To avoid any questions that might be >
raised if a sitting member of the Federal Court were to hear Justice >
Camp's application for judicial review of the Canadian Judicial >
Council's rejection of his request for an opportunity to make oral >
submissions to the Council, I have requested retired Justice Joseph >
Robertson to act as a deputy judge of this Court to hear that >
application. Justice Robertson has agreed to act in that capacity. > This
request was made under subsection 10 (1.1) of the Federal Courts > Act,
and an Order-in-Council P.C. 2003 1779, dated November 6, 2003 > (the
OIC), pursuant to which the Governor-in-Council approved that the > Chief
Justice of the Federal Court may request any judge of a > superior, county
or district court in Canada and any person who has > held office as such
as a judge, to act as a deputy judge of the > Federal Court. Pursuant to
the OIC, the Govenor in Council also placed > a limit of 15 persons who
may act in the capacity of Deputy Judge of > the Federal Court. There
currently is only one other person who is > acting in the capacity of
Deputy judge of the Federal Court. For your > information, retired Justice
Robertson was a member of the New > Brunswick Court of Appeal from July
2000 to September 2014, and a > member of the Federal Court of Appeal from
May 1992 to July 2000. I > can confirm that he is under the age of 75. To
ensure that justice is > both done and is seen to be done in an
independent and impartial > manner: 1. Justice Camp will continue not to
participate in any > proceedings before the Court, other than in
connection with the > application that he has filed, and any other
proceedings to which he > may be a party. 2. Justice Camp will not occupy
his office or attend > at the Court. 3. Justice Camp will not have any
contact with the > members of the Court. I have appointed Prothonotary
Aylen to assist > Justice Robertson with interlocutory matters that may
arise in > connection with Justice Camp's application. placed on file
on > 17-FEB-2017" > > Best Regards > David Raymond
Amos > > > > > > ---------- Original message
---------- > From: David Amos > Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 09:18:47
-0400 > Subject: ATTN Hon Joseph T Robertson I just called and left
a > voicemail I truly hope that you get back to me ASAP > To: Joseph.Robertson@unb.ca,
jrw , > nbrooks@osgoode.yorku.ca,
"mark.vespucci" , > "Diane.Lebouthillier" > Cc: David
Amos > > Hon Joseph T Robertson > Jurist-in-Residence >
Law, Faculty of > 1 506 451 6919 > Ludlow Hall, 105 > UNB
Fredericton Campus > Joseph.Robertson@unb.ca > >
Need I say that I found it interesting that you were appointed on >
polling day for the Election of the 42nd Parliament? I wonder if you >
recall my name on the ballot in Fredericton in 2006 when Harper won > his
first mandate? > > http://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2015/10/19/title/ > >
University of New Brunswick appoints retired Court of Appeal Justice >
Joseph Robertson to law faculty > > ---------- Original message
---------- > From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)" > Date: Wed, 8
Mar 2017 11:53:02 +0000 > Subject: RE: Norman Sabourin, executive director
of the Canadian > Judicial Council launches 'Potential misconduct' probe
but only after > his associates in the Crown Corp CBC exposes hiis
pals??? > To: David Amos > > Thank you for writing to the
Premier of New Brunswick. Please be > assured that your email will be
reviewed. > > Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le
premier ministre du > Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré(e) que votre
courriel sera examiné. > > ---------- Original message
---------- > From: Póstur FOR > Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 11:57:18
+0000 > Subject: Re: Norman Sabourin, executive director of the
Canadian > Judicial Council launches 'Potential misconduct' probe but only
after > his associates in the Crown Corp CBC exposes hiis pals??? >
To: David Amos > > > Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your
request has been received > > Kveðja / Best regards >
Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office > > > >
---------- Orginal message ---------- > From: "Mitton, Megan (LEG)" <Megan.Mitton@gnb.ca> >
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 17:44:52 +0000 > Subject: Automatic reply: RE
Canadian Truths I would lay odds that > Megan Mitton knows Sally Cunliffe
I know for a fact that Andre Faust > certainly does > To: David Amos
<motomaniac333@gmail.com> > >
Thank you for your email. MLA Megan Mitton is out of the office and > will
return the week of July 8th. We appreciate your patience, and > will read
your email as soon as possible. If you require assistance > promptly,
please email Alice Cotton, Constituency Coordinator > (alice.cotton@gnb.ca).
For more urgent matters, you can also call the > office at (506) 378-1565.
Merci pour votre courriel. La députée Megan > Mitton sera absente du
bureau et reviendra la semaine du 8 juillet. > Nous apprécions votre
patience, et nous lirons votre courriel dès que > possible. Si vous avez
besoin d'aide plus rapidement, veuillez envoyer > un courriel à Alice
Cotton, coordonnatrice de circonscription > (alice.cotton@gnb.ca).
Pour des questions plus urgentes, vous pouvez > également appeler le
bureau au (506) 378-1565. > > > ---------- Orginal message
---------- > From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 13:44:44 -0400 > Subject: RE Canadian Truths I
would lay odds that Megan Mitton knows > Sally Cunliffe I know for a fact
that Andre Faust certainly does > To: tomcat@tnt21.com, David.Coon@gnb.ca, megan.mitton@gnb.ca, >
Kevin.A.Arseneau@gnb.ca,
rick.desaulniers@gnb.ca,
kris.austin@gnb.ca, >
michelle.conroy@gnb.ca,
Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca,
robert.gauvin@gnb.ca >
Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com,
jfurey@nbpower.com, >
wharrison@nbpower.com,
oldmaison@yahoo.com,
andre@jafaust.com, >
jbosnitch@gmail.com > >
https://canadiantruths.wordpress.com/about/ > > >
Etc Etc Etc >
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