Tuesday 30 March 2021

Two-term Saint John councillor Donna Reardon launches bid for mayor's seat

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/03/saint-john-mayor-cites-covid-19-crisis.html

 

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Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 01:50:51 -0700
Subject: Out of the office Re: Methinks the Saint John's not so little Darling reconsidered our encounter yesterday N'esy Pas?
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 05:50:46 -0300
Subject: Methinks the Saint John's not so little Darling reconsidered
our encounter yesterday N'esy Pas?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Cc: "Chuck.Thompson" <Chuck.Thompson@cbc.ca>, NHedges@entonegroup.com,
Don.Darling@saintjohn.ca, "carl.urquhart" <carl.urquhart@gnb.ca>,
"Anderson-Mason, Andrea Hon. (JAG/JPG)" <Andrea.AndersonMason@gnb.ca>,
andre <andre@jafaust.com>, Dan@polygraph-pro.com,
wayne.gallant@nbpolice.ca, "Roger.Brown" <Roger.Brown@fredericton.ca>,
oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, AgentMargaritaville@protonmail.com,
"Robert. Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, "steve.murphy"
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Saint John Mayor Don Darling drops out of election, cites personal 'toll'

Darling's decision not to seek 2nd term takes councillors and citizens
by surprise
Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, Connell Smith · CBC News · Posted: Mar 11, 2020
11:21 AM AT


 72 Comments


David Amos
Methinks the Saint John's not so little Darling reconsidered our
encounter yesterday N'esy Pas?


Kevin Cormier
Reply to @David Amos: You have such a huge impact on people, you
should run for office... oh, wait... yeah.

Elle St Claire
Reply to @David Amos: whats with the "methinks" and the "n'esy pas"...

David Amos
Reply to @Kevin Cormier: You never answered my question are you THE
Kevin Cormier Higgy's library dude or just another SANB/liberal dude?

David Amos
Reply to @Elle St Claire: Ask my fellow Independent Mr Gauvin why I do
what i do with old English and Chiac. Methinks you know as well as I
that the former Heritage Minister is the only Independent dude holding
a public office in NB right now N'esy Pas?


On 3/10/20, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:

YO Mayor Don Darling we just met in person and you played dumb
Correct? Fwd: Information Mr Gold Obviously I won't keep secrets with
the Saint John cops



---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:35:53 -0300
Subject: YO Mayor Don Darling we just met in person and you played
dumb Correct? Fwd: Information Mr Gold Obviously I won't keep secrets
with the Saint John cops
To: "Chuck.Thompson" <Chuck.Thompson@cbc.ca>, NHedges@entonegroup.com,
Don.Darling@saintjohn.ca, "carl.urquhart" <carl.urquhart@gnb.ca>,
"Anderson-Mason, Andrea Hon. (JAG/JPG)" <Andrea.AndersonMason@gnb.ca>,
andre <andre@jafaust.com>, Dan@polygraph-pro.com,
wayne.gallant@nbpolice.ca, "Roger.Brown" <Roger.Brown@fredericton.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, oldmaison
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, AgentMargaritaville@protonmail.com, "Robert.
Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
Nathalie Sturgeon <sturgeon.nathalie@brunswicknews.com>, news
<news@dailygleaner.com>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>,
lisa.taylor@ryerson.ca


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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:32:43 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Information Mr Gold Obviously I won't keep secrets with
the Saint John cops
To: info@alandgoldlaw.com
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

Alan D. Gold
Called to the bar: 1973 (ON)
Gold, Alan D., Professional Corporation
Ste. 210
20 Adelaide St. E.
Toronto, Ontario M5C 2T6
Phone: 416-368-1726
Fax: 416-368-6811
Email: info@alandgoldlaw.com




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From: "Darling, Don" <Don.Darling@saintjohn.ca>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 17:25:44 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: I got tired of waiting for the Quispamsis
Town Council to get back to me so they can say Hey to Mayor Clark and
the cops for me
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>


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From: "Davidson, Stephen" <stephen.davidson@saintjohn.ca>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 20:26:02 +0000
Subject: Information
To: "david.raymond.amos@gmail.com" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>

Mr. Amos,

On September-17, 2017, I was made aware that you placed a call to Mr.
Paul Veniot, a lawyer with Public Prosecutions, and left a voicemail
(attached to this email) on September 15th, 2017, regarding something
that you had read about in the news.   In your message you are heard
saying, "You guys got some problems to iron out for me, for my
friend's son, again.  I think I'm one of those problems."

I can only assume that you are referring to the upcoming re-trial of
Dennis Oland, please correct me if I am wrong.  If so, as the
investigator assigned to this case, I am required to follow up on your
comments as to what you are referring to in your message to Mr.
Veniot, for any potential information you may have relating to the
case, or upcoming trial.

If you could, please provide me with the information you may have via
email, postal service, in person or telephone.  The particulars for
contact are listed below,

Thank you,

Saint John Police Headquarters: One Peel Plaza, Saint John New Brunswick
Mailing address: Saint John Police Force, c/o Cst. Stephen Davidson -
PO Box 1971, One Peel Plaza, Saint John New Brunswick E2L 4L1
Major Crime Unit:(506) 648 3211

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https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/international/the-suspect/5143636.article

‘The Suspect has the stickiness that the SVoDs like and with the
real-life crime aspect and family story, it has global appeal’
Distributor eOne International Distribution
Producer eOne
Length 4 x 60 minutes
Broadcaster CBC (Canada)
This eOne production, in association with Seven Knots Media, is a
true-crime doc that follows the retrial of Dennis Oland, who in 2015
was found guilty of the murder of his millionaire father Richard.
The sixth generation of the family-owned Moosehead Beer dynasty,
Richard Oland was a prominent businessman in Nova Scotia with several
trucking companies and an investment firm to his name.
Unravelling in the quiet port city of New Brunswick in Canada, the
vicious murder of one of the area’s most prominent and wealthy
inhabitants captured the national headlines.
This 4 x 60-minute documentary follows Dennis Oland’s retrial, as well
as highlighting a justice system broken from its very foundation – it
is alleged that once the Saint John Police Department had identified
the younger Oland, who owed his father half a million dollars for a
loan that bankrolled a divorce from his first wife, as the main
suspect, tunnel vision set in and other avenues of investigation could
have been missed.
EOne executive vice-president of acquisitions Noel Hedges says the
project has finally been revealed after being under a large cloak of
secrecy for nearly two years.
Ahead of its TX next February on CBC in Canada, The Suspect will be
taken to Mipcom, where Hedges expects to receive attention from SVoD,
digital and PSB players.
“The Suspect has the stickiness that the SVoDs like and with the
real-life crime aspect and family story, it has global appeal,” says
Hedges.
“Real crime sells all over the world and is a popular genre with
women. We expect the series to do well in Latin America and
Scandinavia, and it will make up a key show within our real-crime
slate.”
Producer and distributor eOne has been pushing hard into factual
content in recent years after making its name as the vendor of dramas
such as The Walking Dead and producer of Rookie Blue, Designated
Survivor and Private Eyes.
The company was recently sold to toy firm Hasbro for $4bn (£3.3bn) – a
deal that will bolster reserves and allow its executives to double
down on premium fare such as The Suspect.
Hedges says the documentary takes viewers through the entire case,
digging into the aftermath of the murder and winding a path full of
twists and turns up to the retrial and its verdict.
“Richard Oland wasn’t a particularly liked person and came from a
community that was relatively poor,” says Hedges. “This series raises
questions over the son’s motivation and the police activity. It is a
really interesting story, which has plenty of questions left
unanswered at the end.”
Richard Oland’s wife had said her husband was never the same after
losing a bitter family battle for the helm of Moosehead to his
brother. He was described as a “verbally and emotionally” abusive
character who had an eight-year affair.
Hedges believes The Suspect is a primetime, primarily post-watershed
show that will attract both old and younger audiences as it ticks a
lot of boxes in terms of drama, intrigue and scandal.
“This is a ‘did they, didn’t they’ story with labyrinthine complexity
and it is very much a premium show,” said Hedges.

 

 

 https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-28-information-morning-saint-john

 

Information Morning - Saint John

Julia Wright - CBC Media Centre
 
Don Darling on time as mayor
Don Darling reflects on his time as mayor of Saint John with the end of his term just around the corner. He speaks with host Julia Wright about the ups and downs of his 5 years as mayor.
Aired: May 25, 2021
 
 
 
 
 

On election-results day, Saint John Mayor Don Darling reflects on 5-year-term

Darling says he did not run for a 2nd term as mayor because the role took a toll on his family


Elizabeth Fraser · CBC News · Posted: May 25, 2021 1:16 PM AT 
 
 

 
Saint John Mayor Don Darling has been reflecting on five years in office. He didn't seek a second term. (Roger Cosman/CBC)

Saint John Mayor Don Darling will find out later Tuesday who will replace him in city hall's top job as his challenging single term comes to an end.

"It's a bit of a weird day, to be honest," Darling said in an interview with Information Morning Saint John.

Darling won the mayor's post in 2016 on a promise to practise fiscal responsibility while growing the city and creating jobs. He said it's a role he's tried to put a lot of "energy and passion" into.

"We certainly were tested over the last five years," he said. 

Four people ran for Saint John mayor in municipal elections held May 11: Donna Reardon, Mel Vincent, Howard Yeomans and Darrell Bastarache. 

Because the pandemic delayed voting in the Edmundston region, the results for all New Brunswick municipalities won't be revealed until Tuesday night.

A tough 5 years

It's been a term full of challenges for Darling, who doesn't expect to re-enter politics. 

The city has faced increasing financial strain with $10-million deficits expected for two years.

Last year, the city was prepared for a restructuring that would see job losses and programming cuts.

Darling helped lay the groundwork for those cuts, tried to prepare the public for them and vigorously defended their necessity.

"I kept my promise and I did exactly what I promised to do," he said. "I think the city is in a much better place than what it was." 

Darling said it was a difficult decision not to run again, but the job was taking a toll on him and his family.

"It was a very emotional decision," he said. 

There are still city issues that need to be tackled such as food security, affordable housing and employment security.

Tips for the next mayor and council

Darling has always been outspoken and connected with residents over social media. In February, he also held a news conference to encourage residents to apply for the mayoral position.

Darling is encouraging the next mayor and council to surround themselves with a group of strategic people to have "that sounding board." And to also take advice, even when they don't want it. 

And he also encourages the incoming mayor to stand up for what's right, whether it's against racism or for "treating people in a fair and balanced way."

"I'm excited for this next council," he said. "I want them to be successful."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Elizabeth Fraser

Reporter/Editor

Elizabeth Fraser is a reporter/editor with CBC New Brunswick based in Fredericton. She's originally from Manitoba. Story tip? elizabeth.fraser@cbc.ca

With files from Information Morning Saint John, Bobbie-Jean MacKinnon

 

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Gary Mac Unfiltered Episode 1

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In the first episode - Gary Mac has a conversation with Saint John Mayor Don Darling to - among other things - find out why he has taken it upon himself to encourage people to offer in the May municipal elections and what the future may hold for Darling as he exists public life.
 
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---------- Original message ----------
From: Gary MacDonald <info@newsysj.ca>
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:19:13 -0300
Subject: Re: info@newsysj.ca
To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com

Thank you for the link.


Regards,


Gary MacDonald

www.newsysj.ca

Saint John, NB

 


 

https://newsysj.ca/icymi-an-interview-with-mayoral-candidate-mel-vincent/

 

ICYMI – An Interview With Mayoral Candidate Mel Vincent

Mayoral candidate Mel Vincent (File Image)
Vincent discusses his vision and goals for the City over the next four years

 


 

 

 https://newsysj.ca/mayoral-candidate-donna-reardon-discusses-her-goals-and-challenges-for-the-city/

 

Mayoral Candidate Donna Reardon Discusses The Challenges And Her Goals For The City

Mayoral candidate Donna Reardon
(File Image)

Mayoral candidate Donna Reardon in conversation with newsysj.ca‘s Gary MacDonald about her vision and commitment to Saint John over the next 4 years.



 

 

http://news.saintjohnonline.com/blog/2021/04/22/mayoral-candidates-forum-april-26/
 

Mayoral Candidates’ Forum April 26

Organized by Human Development Council, Civic Tec Saint John and Around the Block, Mayoral candidates’ form, Monday April 26 at 12pm to 1:30pm, with moderator Julia Wright.

Participating Candidates  Darrell Bastarache, Donna Reardon and Mel Vincent

How to participate: 1 in person, Chinese Commerence Centre,24  Coburg St, register on Eventbrite.  2 Facebook live on the HDC facebook page at SaintJohnHDC on April 26 12 noon, 3 Group Viewing of Facebook livestream. To register contact Carleton Community Centre 658-2920 or dustin@carletoncommunitycentre.ca, The Nick Nicolle Community Centre, Christa at One Change 658-2980 or christa.onec@gmail.com, Vineyard Church, Pulse 6326807 or pulseinc@bellaliant.com.

For assistance in registering on Eventbrite, contact your community association, lower South end Pulse Mary lesage 632-6807, Cresent Valley and Anglin Drive, Crescent Valley Resource  Centre 693-8513, , Waterloo Village Neighbourhood Association 647-8047,  Lower West Side, Carleton Community Centre , Dustin Leclerc 658-2920, North End, One Change, Nick Nicolle Community Centre, Christa  Petts 658-2980

 

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:10:55 -0300
Subject: Re: RE Federal Court File no T-1557-15 and Yankee wiretaps
after I called The Field Units of the FBI in Washington and Boston and
they denied sending me any emails YEA RIGHT Well the FBI and the RCMP
should review paragraphs 39, 53, 55 and 61 of the aforesaid complaint
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Deja Vu Anyone???

On 1/7/19, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
> Trust that you will find this email at the bottom of this blog in a
> hearbeat
>
>
> https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/01/methinks-cbc-blaine-higgs-his-deputy.html
>
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/kennebecasis-police-chief-wayne-gallant-rcmp-1.4380826
>
> Ex-RCMP boss Wayne Gallant named new chief of Kennebecasis Regional Police
> Force
> Gallant, who was in charge of criminal operations for New Brunswick
> RCMP, will replace retiring Steve Palmer
> Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon · CBC News · Posted: Nov 02, 2017 9:53 AM AT
>
>
> The Kennebecasis Regional Police Force has a new chief.
>
> Wayne Gallant, the former RCMP officer in charge of criminal
> operations in New Brunswick, was announced Thursday as the new leader
> of the force, which covers Rothesay and Quispamsis.
>
> Wayne Gallant, the former chief superintendent of the New Brunswick
> RCMP, is taking over as chief of the Kennebecasis Regional Police
> Force, effective Nov. 27. (Kennebecasis Regional Police Force)
>
> He will take over Nov. 27, according to a news release issued by the
> Kennebecasis Regional Joint Board of Police Commissioners.
>
> "The board is pleased to have attracted a policing leader with such a
> breadth of experience," chair Matt Alexander said in an emailed
> statement to CBC News.
>
> "Wayne is a highly respected and decorated member of the policing
> community and he will be a great asset to the Kennebecasis Valley,"
> said Alexander, who is also the deputy mayor of Rothesay.
>
> Gallant will replace Chief Steve Palmer, who is scheduled to retire in
> March, after he turns 60.
>
>     Kennebecasis police culture must change, chief says
>     Kennebecasis officer under criminal investigation for alleged
> sexual harassment
>     Kennebecasis Regional Police Force seeks new chief, again
>
> Palmer described Gallant as "an excellent choice."
>
> "I believe he has the knowledge and experience to be a very positive
> leader for the organization," which includes 38 officers and five
> civilian employees, he said.
>
> 'Life-long learner'
>
> Gallant, who left the RCMP in June 2016, has been working with
> Fisheries and Oceans Canada as regional director of conservation and
> protection for the Gulf region.
>
> He previously served 27 years with the national police force, most
> recently as chief superintendent for the province for five years and
> the two years prior as superintendent of the Codiac detachment in the
> greater Moncton region.
>
> The board's release described Gallant as a "life-long learner who has
> embraced new opportunities throughout his career."
>
> He has worked in general duty policing, human resources, major crime
> and forensic identification.
>
> Officer probe continues
>
> Gallant takes on his new role with the Kennebecasis Regional Police
> Force as one of its senior officers remains under criminal
> investigation for alleged intimidation, sexual harassment, obstruction
> and mischief involving a female civilian employee.
>
> Insp. Jeff Porter, a 29-year veteran, has been suspended with pay
> since June 2016, when the force barred him from having any contact
> with the alleged victim, whom he supervised.
>
> None of the allegations against Porter have been proven.
>
> Kennebecasis Regional Police Force Chief Steve Palmer is scheduled to
> retire in March, after 34 years with the force. (Kennebecasis Regional
> Police Force)
>
> Palmer, who has been with the force since 1983, has only been the
> chief for a year.
>
> He was promoted from deputy chief when his predecessor Stephen
> McIntyre retired four days after a scathing report said he failed to
> properly investigate when the Porter matter when it was brought to his
> attention.
>
> The bard of police commissioners posted the chief's position in June.
>
> The board wanted to start the process "well in advance" of Palmer's
> retirement, seeking both internal and external candidates from across
> Canada, the chair had said.
>
> Palmer will continue in an advisory and support role until his
> retirement, while Gallant familiarizes himself with force.
>
> Will pursue partnerships
>
> "Mr. Gallant's philosophy as a police leader is based upon working
> with community stakeholders and employees in the pursuit of
> organizational excellence that maximizes officer and community
> safety," according to the board's release.
>
> "This will be done by engaging the community and working with partners
> to advance evidence‐based strategies and fostering a sense of
> collective stewardship of the resources available," it said.
>
> ​Gallant was honoured with the RCMP's exemplary service medal.
>
> He was awarded a the Member of the Order of Merit of Police Officers
> by the Governor General of Canada in 2015, received a Queen Elizabeth
> II Diamond Jubilee medal in 2012 and a police leadership award for
> excellence in organizational innovation from the provincial government
> in 2011.
>
> He has a masters and bachelor degree in education and a bachelor of
> arts in history.
>
> Gallant has spent the majority of his career in New Brunswick but has
> also worked in Ontario, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
>
>
> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices|About CBC News
>
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/kennebecasis-police-jeff-porter-harassment-1.4809499
>
>
> Kennebecasis officer committed 81 breaches of Police Act, independent
> report finds
>
>  Insp. Jeff Porter to face arbitration hearing Nov. 21 on allegations
> involving female civilian employee
> Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon · CBC News · Posted: Nov 09, 2018 6:00 AM AT
>
> Insp. Jeff Porter of the Kennebecasis Regional Police Force has been
> suspended with pay since June 2016. An inspector's annual salary
> ranges from about $104,000 to $115,000. (Facebook)
>
> A senior officer with the Kennebecasis Regional Police Force committed
> 81 breaches of various sections of the provincial Police Act,
> including sexual harassment, abuse of authority, corrupt practice and
> discreditable conduct, an independent investigator hired by the New
> Brunswick Police Commission has found.
>
> Insp. Jeff Porter, a 30-year veteran of the force that covers Rothesay
> and Quispamsis, also committed five violations of internal policies,
> including workplace harassment, according to the investigator's report
> obtained by CBC News.
>
> Porter, who contends the allegations against him are false, is
> scheduled to face a public arbitration hearing with the commission,
> the provincial policing oversight body, on Nov. 21 at 2 p.m.
>
> It comes after the parties were unable to reach an agreement on
> corrective measures during a private settlement conference last month.
>
>     Kennebecasis police culture must change, chief says
>     Kennebecasis officer under criminal investigation for alleged
> sexual harassment
>     Kennebecasis Regional Police Force suspends officer
>
> The commission has appointed Edmundston-based lawyer Gary McLaughlin
> to hear the case. A location has not yet been determined.
>
> Porter was suspended with pay more than two years ago after
> accusations he engaged in a series of inappropriate sexual behaviours
> involving a female civilian employee he supervised, sources and
> documents reveal.
>
> An inspector's salary is more than $100,000 a year. Municipal and
> regional forces in New Brunswick cannot suspend an officer without
> pay.
>
> Investigator's findings
>
> The commission's investigator, Ottawa-based lawyer Jennifer White,
> found Porter violated numerous sections of the Police Act's code of
> professional conduct.
>
> White broke down her findings against Porter this way:
>
>     Discreditable conduct: 67 counts.
>     Workplace harassment: six counts.
>     Neglect of duty: five counts.
>     Corrupt practice: two counts.
>     Damage police force property: one count.
>
> Porter also committed police force policy violations, White concluded
> in her report, dated June 28. Among them:
>
>     Respectful workplace/harassment policy: three counts.
>     Workplace harassment: one count.
>     Personal use of police force assets/property and human resources: one
> count.
>
> No criminal charges
>
> Porter's lawyer, Jamie Eddy, had been 'hopeful' a settlement could be
> reached. (Cox & Palmer)
>
> Porter was previously investigated by the New Brunswick RCMP for
> alleged intimidation, sexual harassment, obstruction and mischief
> involving the woman he remains barred from having any contact with.
>
> No charges were laid.
>
> "The Crown did not approve charges be pursued," confirmed Porter's
> lawyer, Jamie Eddy.
>
> "He's relieved on that front that there's no charges, but this whole
> process has been extremely stressful, and he has family."
>
> He said Porter had hoped to resolve the matter during the settlement
> conference.
>
> "My client wants to return to work. That's what his goal is."
>
> Eddy has raised questions about whether the police commission met
> deadlines set out in the Police Act and suggested the issue will be
> "front and centre" at arbitration.
>
> Under the act, an officer must be served with notice of a settlement
> conference within six months of a complaint being filed. Otherwise,
> the commission loses jurisdiction and "no further action shall be
> taken" against the officer.
>
> Robert Basque, the lawyer representing the alleged victim, has
> declined to comment, citing the ongoing proceedings.
>
> Range of possible sanctions
>
> Steve Roberge, executive director of the New Brunswick Police
> Commission, could not say how much the Porter investigation has cost
> to date but said investigations typically range from about $5,000 to
> more than $100,000, depending on their complexity. (CBC)
>
> Steve Roberge, executive director of the New Brunswick Police
> Commission, said he cannot comment on the specifics of any particular
> case.
>
> But he said settlement conferences are held to "discuss the behaviour
> that has been the subject of the complaint and to come to some
> resolution through corrective measures."
>
>     I will be fighting the false allegations.
>     - Jeff Porter, suspended police inspector
>
> "When settlement conferences occur, they occur because the
> investigation has sustained the allegations."
>
> Sanctions at the settlement stage can range from a verbal reprimand to
> dismissal.
>
> At the stage coming up, the arbitrator can either dismiss a matter or
> impose one or a combination of the same range of sanctions that apply
> at the settlement conference.
>
> Felt threatened, intimidated
>
> Const. Kelley McIntyre, who was awarded officer of the year by the
> International Association of Women Police in August 2018, was
> described by the association as 'a tenacious investigator often
> consulted by other officers when dealing with domestic violence'
> cases. (Facebook/Kennebecasis Regional Police Force)
>
> The Porter case dates back to February 2016, when the alleged victim
> confided in Const. Kelley McIntyre that she felt threatened and
> intimidated by Porter and wanted to quit.
>
> McIntyre told another female officer, who told Steve Palmer, the
> deputy chief at the time, who took the information to then-chief
> Stephen McIntyre, of no relation to Kelley, and requested the
> allegations be investigated.
>
> Four days later, the chief ordered an investigation — not into Porter
> but into McIntyre, accusing her of "workplace harassment" for
> allegedly "poisoning the work environment" of Porter.
>
> Kelley McIntyre subsequently filed a Police Act complaint against the
> chief.
>
> "If this was a member of the public, this case would not have been
> allowed to be handled this way, based on our own policies and the
> women's abuse protocols," McIntyre wrote in her complaint to the
> Kennebecasis Regional Joint Board of Police Commissioners, which
> governs the force.
>
> "I believe you will find that there are reasonable grounds to
> investigate these alleged breaches because they have the effect to
> undermine public confidence in the force if they continue to be
> ignored," she wrote.
>
> Scathing report on former chief
>
> An independent investigator found the chief committed 23 breaches of
> various sections of the police code of conduct by, among other things,
> failing "to ensure that the improper or unlawful conduct of Insp.
> Porter was not concealed."
>
> McIntyre, the chief, retired in the wake of the scathing report.
>
> In a subsequent interview, he said he had acted without having all the
> necessary information.
>
> This past summer, Kelley McIntyre was awarded officer of the year by
> the International Association of Women Police, in part because of the
> support she provided to a colleague during a "major internal
> investigation involving allegations of sexual harassment," according
> to media release issued by the association.
>
> McIntyre's "courage to come forward caused her and her family a great
> deal of suffering and personal stress, but this did not stop her from
> pushing forward and insisting on a proper and professional internal
> investigation," said the release, which did not refer to the Porter
> case.
>
> New police chief
>
> The current police chief, Wayne Gallant, said he could say little
> about the criminal or Police Act investigations into Porter while the
> judicial process continues to unfold.
>
> "The RCMP investigation is concluded and there's no charges going to
> be laid criminally and I'm sure as you know criminal harassment is one
> thing but you know workplace harassment, the thresholds are different,
> he said.
>
> "So the police commission is dealing with the workplace allegations of
> workplace harassment and that investigation is concluded as well and
> we're heading into sort of the next stage."
> Chief Wayne Gallant, left, and Deputy Chief Jeff Giggey, right,
> recently welcomed recently promoted Inspectors Mary Henderson and
> Anika Becker to the force's management team. (Facebook/Kennebecasis
> Regional Police Force)
>
> Porter is no longer listed on the force's website but is still an
> inspector suspended with pay, Gallant said.
>
> "Nothing has changed in that regard."
>
> In June, Gallant permanently filled two inspector positions by
> promoting two women to the management rank — a first in the force's
> 67-year history.
>
> "I wouldn't read anything more into that other than the fact that I
> wanted to have, you know, my leadership team here complete, so that I
> could go forward with the agenda that I have," said Gallant.
>
> The force currently has 37 officers, seven of whom are women, and four
> female civilian employees.
>
> 'No intention of resigning'
>
> The New Brunswick Police Commission only has the authority to
> discipline active police officers.
>
> If an officer resigns or retires at any stage of the investigative or
> disciplinary process, "they are no longer considered a police officer
> and therefore the Police Act no longer applies to them, which means
> the proceedings would be halted and annulled," said Roberge.
>
> Porter, who joined the force as a patrol officer in 1988 and rose
> through the ranks, being promoted to sergeant of patrol, then major
> crime and now inspector of operations, "has no intention of resigning
> from the police force," said Eddy, his lawyer.
>
> "I will be fighting the false allegations," Porter said in an emailed
> statement.
>
> The Police Act states an arbitrator's decision is final, but Roberge
> said there have been cases where a decision has been challenged
> through judicial review by a Court of Queen's Bench judge.
>
> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Robert Steele <>
> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:00:45 -0400
> Subject: Re: RE Federal Court File no T-1557-15 and Yankee wiretaps
> after I called The Field Units of the FBI in Washington and Boston and
> they denied sending me any emails YEA RIGHT Well the FBI and the RCMP
> should review paragraphs 39, 53, 55 and 61 of the aforesaid complaint
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> REMOVE.  All future emails will be dropped to spam.
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 10:51 AM, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:51:16 -0400
> Subject: RE Federal Court File no T-1557-15 and Yankee wiretaps after
> I called The Field Units of the FBI in Washington and Boston and they
> denied sending me any emails YEA RIGHT Well the FBI and the RCMP
> should review paragraphs 39, 53, 55 and 61 of the aforesaid complaint
> To: washington field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>,
> James.Comey@ic.fbi.gov, Marc.Cappellini@ic.fbi.gov, "mark.vespucci"
> <mark.vespucci@ci.irs.gov>, bbachrach <bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net>,
> "Gilles.Blinn" <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"
> <Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>, "bob.paulson"
> <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Wayne.Gallant"
> <Wayne.Gallant@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
, "john.warr"
> <john.warr@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, RBauer <RBauer@perkinscoie.com>,
> "Patrick.Fitzgerald" <Patrick.Fitzgerald@skadden.com>, "gregory.craig"
> <gregory.craig@skadden.com>, "Boston.Mail" <Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>,
> "Gilles.Moreau" <Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
, "Jonathan.Vance"
> <Jonathan.Vance@forces.gc.ca>, "Greta.Bossenmaier"
> <Greta.Bossenmaier@cse-cst.gc.ca>, robert.david.steele.vivas@gmail.com
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
, "Paul.Lynch"
> <Paul.Lynch@edmontonpolice.ca>
, sunrayzulu <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>,
> "Marianne.Ryan" <Marianne.Ryan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
, "Charmaine.Bulger"
> <Charmaine.Bulger@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "rod.knecht"
> <rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca>
>
> Hey
>
> First things first .
>
> Here are two old emails of mine that I posted within the blog of Andre
> Murray's about what went down between the lawyer James Comey and the
> IRS Special Agent Mark Vespucci and their FBI cohorts and mean old me
> beginning in late 2001.
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/06/i-must-tell-all-why-i-am-astounded-and.html
>
> Saturday, 22 June 2013
> I must tell all why I am astounded and delighted that Prez Obama would
> appoint the crook James Comey of all people to be the boss of the FBI
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/01/good-evening-special-agent-mark.html
>
> Wednesday, 16 January 2013
> Good evening Special Agent Mark Vespucci Say Hoka Hey to Mr Obama's
> lawyer for me will ya???
>
> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2008/06/5-years-waiting-on-bank-fraud-payout.html
>
> The former US Attorney James Comey (Who received hard copy of my
> concerns in 2003) who is now latest boss of the FBI should say Hey his
> old buddy Hillary Clinton (she got hard copy of the same stuff plus
> more a little later on in 2003)  and their latest boss Prez Obama
> (Everybody and his dog knows that he has had Hard Copy of my material
> since early 2004 CORRECT Bobby Paulson, Petey Baby MacKay, Franky Boy
> Mckenna, Gregy Craig, Patty Fitzgerald and Bobby Bauer?)
>
>  We should not forget the minor minions called Special Agents such as
> Mark Vespucci and lawyers such as Barry Bachrach. I understand that
> these sneaky Yankees now work with Marc Cappellini of the FBI in
> Beantown EH James.Comey and Bob Paulson?
>
> https://icwatch.wikileaks.org/docs/jamesbcomey_JamesComeyicfbigovFederalBureauofInvestigation(FBI)Director2014-09-01fbidhs
>
> DIRECTOR
> James B Comey
> FBI/DHS
> 202-324-3444
> James.Comey@ic.fbi.gov
>
> FIELD SUPERVISOR
> Marc B Cappellini
> 617-223-6465
> Marc.Cappellini@ic.fbi.gov
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Washington Field" <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>,
> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2016 5:13 PM
> To: "David Amos" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
,
> Subject: RE: Attn Cst Paul Lynch RE Federal Court File no T-1557-15 and
> your
> continued support of Barry Winters and his malevolent cohorts for one year
> since you first contacted me.
>
> The FBI Washington Field Office is in receipt of your emails. It is unclear
> as to what your complaint is. In order for us to properly assess your
> complaint, you will need to provide the following details:
> - Your name and contact information
> - Full Details about the fraud/crime and a time line of events
> - Any bio-data you have on the subject (address, email address, name, etc…)
> - Any supporting/collaborating evidence you might have about the
> crime/subject
>
> Upon providing the above information, the FBI, depending on the
> circumstances, may work with other federal and local agencies to ensure
> that
> the fraud or crime is investigated.
>
> Please also be advised that  the Washington Field Office FBI is responsible
> for investigating federal violations in the Washington D.C. metropolitan
> area, to include areas of Northern Virginia.  The FBI has 56 field offices
> throughout the United States, with multiple satellite Resident Agencies
> covering rural areas related to these 56 field offices.  If you know which
> state the crime/subject came from, please know that the complaint will be
> forwarded to that State’s FBI Field Office. Attached is a link with the
> contact information for each Field Office:
>
> http://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field/listing_by_state
>
>
> Thank you for your communication.
>
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:38:37 -0400
> Subject: RE Julian Assange I just called Embassy of Ecuador in London
> again (011 44 20 7584 1367) Perhaps the former FM Ricardo Patino who
> is now Minister of Defense will pay attention this time but Yankee
> lawyers ain't betting on it EH Ron Klain?
> To: embassy@embassyecuador.ca, postur@for.is, khrafnsson
> <khrafnsson@gmail.com>, jessica.glenza@theguardian.com
,
> mark.berman@washpost.com, travis@rawstory.com, birgittaj
> <birgittaj@althingi.is>, ron.klain@revolution.com,
> liam.stack@nytimes.com, jon.herskovitz@thomsonreuters.com, birgitta
> <birgitta@this.is>, birgittajoy <birgittajoy@gmail.com>,
> "chineseembassy.ca" <chineseembassy.ca@gmail.com>, eperalta@npr.org,
> gopublic <gopublic@cbc.ca>, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
> "john.warr" <john.warr@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
,
> tmg@goodrelations.co.uk, dtnews@telegraph.co.uk,
> harriet.alexander@telegraph.co.uk
>
> Why is Julian Assange still inside the embassy of Ecuador?
> More than three years ago WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fled into
> the embassy of Ecuador in London. But why is he there, and will he
> ever leave?
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/11681502/Why-is-Julian-Assange-still-inside-the-embassy-of-Ecuador.html
>
> "WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson said that they would not
> believe any assurances "short of an open, official, formal
> confirmation that the US government is not going to prosecute
> WikiLeaks".
>
> Ecuador defense ministry spat ends in shake-up
> AFP•March 3, 2016
>
> https://www.yahoo.com/news/ecuador-defense-ministry-spat-ends-shake-215544405.html?ref=gs
>
> "Ecuador's top diplomat, Ricardo Patino, will take over as defense
> minister after the previous chief resigned in a spat over cuts to the
> military pension fund by President Rafael Correa, officials said
> Thursday.
>
> Patino, a close ally of the leftist president, has held a series of
> cabinet posts in his administration, and has been highly visible as
> foreign minister for his outspoken defense of Ecuador's decision to
> grant exile to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in its London
> embassy."
>
> http://www.embassyecuador.ca/english/index.php?id=contacto
>
> EMBASSY OF ECUADOR IN CANADA
> OTTAWA
>
> AMBASSADOR
> H.E. Nicolás Trujllo-Newlin
> 99 Bank Street, Suite 230
> Ottawa, Ontario
> K1P 6B9
> Tel: (613) 563 – 8206
> (613) 563 – 4286
> Fax: (613) 235 – 5776
> E-mail: embassy@embassyecuador.ca
>
> Consul Mr. Marcel Gross
> 2055 Peel, Suite 601
> Montreal, Québec
> H3A 1V4
> Phone number: (514) 874 – 4071
> Fax: (514) 874 – 9078
>
> E-mail: info@consecuador-quebec.org
>
> Jurisdiction: Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scottia, P.E.I, Newfoundland
> and Labrador
>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Póstur FOR <postur@for.is>
>>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 22:05:47 +0000
>>> Subject: Re: Hey Premier Gallant please inform the questionable
>>> parliamentarian Birigtta Jonsdottir that although NB is a small "Have
>>> Not" province at least we have twice the population of Iceland and
>>> that not all of us are as dumb as she and her Prime Minister pretends
>>> to be..
>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið  / Your request has been received
>>>
>>> Kveðja / Best regards
>>> Forsætisráðuneytið  / Prime Minister's Office
>>>
>>>
>>> This is the docket
>>>
>>> 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 two hearings
>>>
>>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
>>>
>>> Jan 11th https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015
>>>
>>> This me running for a seat in Parliament again while CBC denies it again
>>>
>>> Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 - The Local
>>> Campaign, Rogers TV
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
>>>
>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276
>>>
>>> Veritas Vincit
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>> 902 800 0369
>>>
>>>
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: <justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>
> Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:18 PM
> Subject: Réponse automatique : RE My complaint against the CROWN in
> Federal Court Attn David Hansen and Peter MacKay If you planning to
> submit a motion for a publication ban on my complaint trust that you
> dudes are way past too late
> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
>
> Veuillez noter que j'ai changé de courriel. Vous pouvez me rejoindre à
> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>
> Pour rejoindre le bureau de M. Trudeau veuillez envoyer un courriel à
> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>
> Please note that I changed email address, you can reach me at
> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>
> To reach the office of Mr. Trudeau please send an email to
> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>
> Thank you,
>
> Merci ,
>
>
> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html
>
>
> 83.  The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
> five years after he began his bragging:
>
> January 13, 2015
> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
>
> December 8, 2014
> Why Canada Stood Tall!
>
> Friday, October 3, 2014
> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
> Stupid Justin Trudeau
>
> Canada’s and Canadians free ride is over. Canada can no longer hide
> behind Amerka’s and NATO’s skirts.
>
> When I was still in Canadian Forces then Prime Minister Jean Chretien
> actually committed the Canadian Army to deploy in the second campaign
> in Iraq, the Coalition of the Willing. This was against or contrary to
> the wisdom or advice of those of us Canadian officers that were
> involved in the initial planning phases of that operation. There were
> significant concern in our planning cell, and NDHQ about of the dearth
> of concern for operational guidance, direction, and forces for
> operations after the initial occupation of Iraq. At the “last minute”
> Prime Minister Chretien and the Liberal government changed its mind.
> The Canadian government told our amerkan cousins that we would not
> deploy combat troops for the Iraq campaign, but would deploy a
> Canadian Battle Group to Afghanistan, enabling our amerkan cousins to
> redeploy troops from there to Iraq. The PMO’s thinking that it was
> less costly to deploy Canadian Forces to Afghanistan than Iraq. But
> alas no one seems to remind the Liberals of Prime Minister Chretien’s
> then grossly incorrect assumption. Notwithstanding Jean Chretien’s
> incompetence and stupidity, the Canadian Army was heroic,
> professional, punched well above it’s weight, and the PPCLI Battle
> Group, is credited with “saving Afghanistan” during the Panjway
> campaign of 2006.
>
> What Justin Trudeau and the Liberals don’t tell you now, is that then
> Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien committed, and deployed the
> Canadian army to Canada’s longest “war” without the advice, consent,
> support, or vote of the Canadian Parliament.
>
> What David Amos and the rest of the ignorant, uneducated, and babbling
> chattering classes are too addled to understand is the deployment of
> less than 75 special operations troops, and what is known by planners
> as a “six pac cell” of fighter aircraft is NOT the same as a
> deployment of a Battle Group, nor a “war” make.
>
> The Canadian Government or The Crown unlike our amerkan cousins have
> the “constitutional authority” to commit the Canadian nation to war.
> That has been recently clearly articulated to the Canadian public by
> constitutional scholar Phillippe Legasse. What Parliament can do is
> remove “confidence” in The Crown’s Government in a “vote of
> non-confidence.” That could not happen to the Chretien Government
> regarding deployment to Afghanistan, and it won’t happen in this
> instance with the conservative majority in The Commons regarding a
> limited Canadian deployment to the Middle East.
>
> President George Bush was quite correct after 911 and the terror
> attacks in New York; that the Taliban “occupied” and “failed state”
> Afghanistan was the source of logistical support, command and control,
> and training for the Al Quaeda war of terror against the world. The
> initial defeat, and removal from control of Afghanistan was vital and
> essential for the security and tranquility of the developed world. An
> ISIS “caliphate,” in the Middle East, no matter how small, is a clear
> and present danger to the entire world. This “occupied state,”
> or“failed state” will prosecute an unending Islamic inspired war of
> terror against not only the “western world,” but Arab states
> “moderate” or not, as well. The security, safety, and tranquility of
> Canada and Canadians are just at risk now with the emergence of an
> ISIS“caliphate” no matter how large or small, as it was with the
> Taliban and Al Quaeda “marriage” in Afghanistan.
>
> One of the everlasting “legacies” of the “Trudeau the Elder’s dynasty
> was Canada and successive Liberal governments cowering behind the
> amerkan’s nuclear and conventional military shield, at the same time
> denigrating, insulting them, opposing them, and at the same time
> self-aggrandizing ourselves as “peace keepers,” and progenitors of
> “world peace.” Canada failed. The United States of Amerka, NATO, the
> G7 and or G20 will no longer permit that sort of sanctimonious
> behavior from Canada or its government any longer. And Prime Minister
> Stephen Harper, Foreign Minister John Baird , and Cabinet are fully
> cognizant of that reality. Even if some editorial boards, and pundits
> are not.
>
> Justin, Trudeau “the younger” is reprising the time “honoured” liberal
> mantra, and tradition of expecting the amerkans or the rest of the
> world to do “the heavy lifting.” Justin Trudeau and his “butt buddy”
> David Amos are telling Canadians that we can guarantee our security
> and safety by expecting other nations to fight for us. That Canada can
> and should attempt to guarantee Canadians safety by providing
> “humanitarian aid” somewhere, and call a sitting US president a “war
> criminal.” This morning Australia announced they too, were sending
> tactical aircraft to eliminate the menace of an ISIS “caliphate.”
>
> In one sense Prime Minister Harper is every bit the scoundrel Trudeau
> “the elder” and Jean ‘the crook” Chretien was. Just As Trudeau, and
> successive Liberal governments delighted in diminishing,
> marginalizing, under funding Canadian Forces, and sending Canadian
> military men and women to die with inadequate kit and modern
> equipment; so too is Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Canada’s F-18s are
> antiquated, poorly equipped, and ought to have been replaced five
> years ago. But alas, there won’t be single RCAF fighter jock that
> won’t go, or won’t want to go, to make Canada safe or safer.
>
> My Grandfather served this country. My father served this country. My
> Uncle served this country. And I have served this country. Justin
> Trudeau has not served Canada in any way. Thomas Mulcair has not
> served this country in any way. Liberals and so called social
> democrats haven’t served this country in any way. David Amos, and
> other drooling fools have not served this great nation in any way. Yet
> these fools are more than prepared to ensure their, our safety to
> other nations, and then criticize them for doing so.
>
> Canada must again, now, “do our bit” to guarantee our own security,
> and tranquility, but also that of the world. Canada has never before
> shirked its responsibility to its citizens and that of the world.
>
> Prime Minister Harper will not permit this country to do so now
>
> From: dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca
> Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 14:17:17 -0400
> Subject: RE: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and
> the War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still
> alive
> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> This is to confirm that the Minister of National Defence has received
> your email and it will be reviewed in due course. Please do not reply
> to this message: it is an automatic acknowledgement.
>
>>>>>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 13:55:30 -0300
> Subject: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and the
> War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still alive
> To: DECPR@forces.gc.ca, Public.Affairs@socom.mil,
> Raymonde.Cleroux@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca, john.adams@cse-cst.gc.ca,
> william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
, stoffp1 <stoffp1@parl.gc.ca>,
> dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca, media@drdc-rddc.gc.ca, information@forces.gc.ca,
> milner@unb.ca, charters@unb.ca, lwindsor@unb.ca,
> sarah.weir@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca, birgir <birgir@althingi.is>, smari
> <smari@immi.is>, greg.weston@cbc.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>,
> susan@blueskystrategygroup.com
, Don@blueskystrategygroup.com,
> eugene@blueskystrategygroup.com, americas@aljazeera.net
> Cc: "Edith. Cody-Rice" <Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca>, "terry.seguin"
> <terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>, whistleblower
> <whistleblower@ctv.ca>
>
> I talked to Don Newman earlier this week before the beancounters David
> Dodge and Don Drummond now of Queen's gave their spin about Canada's
> Health Care system yesterday and Sheila Fraser yapped on and on on
> CAPAC during her last days in office as if she were oh so ethical.. To
> be fair to him I just called Greg Weston (613-288-6938) I suggested
> that he should at least Google SOUCOM and David Amos It would be wise
> if he check ALL of CBC's sources before he publishes something else
> about the DND EH Don Newman? Lets just say that the fact  that  your
> old CBC buddy, Tony Burman is now in charge of Al Jazeera English
> never impressed me. The fact that he set up a Canadian office is
> interesting though
>
> http://www.blueskystrategygroup.com/index.php/team/don-newman/
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/media/story/2010/05/04/al-jazeera-english-launch.html
>
> Anyone can call me back and stress test my integrity after they read
> this simple pdf file. BTW what you Blue Sky dudes pubished about
> Potash Corp and BHP is truly funny. Perhaps Stevey Boy Harper or Brad
> Wall will fill ya in if you are to shy to call mean old me.
>
> http://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/Integrity-Yea-Right
>
> The Governor General, the PMO and the PCO offices know that I am not a
> shy political animal
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
> Enjoy Mr Weston
> http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/news/story/2011/05/15/weston-iraq-invasion-wikileaks.html
>
> "But Lang, defence minister McCallum's chief of staff, says military
> brass were not entirely forthcoming on the issue. For instance, he
> says, even McCallum initially didn't know those soldiers were helping
> to plan the invasion of Iraq up to the highest levels of command,
> including a Canadian general.
>
> That general is Walt Natynczyk, now Canada's chief of defence staff,
> who eight months after the invasion became deputy commander of 35,000
> U.S. soldiers and other allied forces in Iraq. Lang says Natynczyk was
> also part of the team of mainly senior U.S. military brass that helped
> prepare for the invasion from a mobile command in Kuwait."
>
> http://baconfat53.blogspot.com/2010/06/canada-and-united-states.html
>
> "I remember years ago when the debate was on in Canada, about there
> being weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Our American 'friends"
> demanded that Canada join into "the Coalition of the Willing. American
> "veterans" and sportscasters loudly denounced Canada for NOT buying
> into the US policy.
>
> At the time I was serving as a planner at NDHQ and with 24 other of my
> colleagues we went to Tampa SOUCOM HQ to be involved in the planning
> in the planning stages of the op....and to report to NDHQ, that would
> report to the PMO upon the merits of the proposed operation. There was
> never at anytime an existing target list of verified sites where there
> were deployed WMD.
>
> Coalition assets were more than sufficient for the initial strike and
> invasion phase but even at that point in the planning, we were
> concerned about the number of "boots on the ground" for the occupation
> (and end game) stage of an operation in Iraq. We were also concerned
> about the American plans for occupation plans of Iraq because they at
> that stage included no contingency for a handing over of civil
> authority to a vetted Iraqi government and bureaucracy.
>
> There was no detailed plan for Iraq being "liberated" and returned to
> its people...nor a thought to an eventual exit plan. This was contrary
> to the lessons of Vietnam but also to current military thought, that
> folks like Colin Powell and "Stuffy" Leighton and others elucidated
> upon. "What's the mission" how long is the mission, what conditions
> are to met before US troop can redeploy?  Prime Minister Jean Chretien
> and the PMO were even at the very preliminary planning stages wary of
> Canadian involvement in an Iraq operation....History would prove them
> correct. The political pressure being applied on the PMO from the
> George W Bush administration was onerous
>
> American military assets were extremely overstretched, and Canadian
> military assets even more so It was proposed by the PMO that Canadian
> naval platforms would deploy to assist in naval quarantine operations
> in the Gulf and that Canadian army assets would deploy in Afghanistan
> thus permitting US army assets to redeploy for an Iraqi
> operation....The PMO thought that "compromise would save Canadian
> lives and liberal political capital.. and the priority of which
> ....not necessarily in that order. "
>
> You can bet that I called these sneaky Yankees again today EH John
> Adams? of the CSE within the DND?
>
> http://www.socom.mil/SOCOMHome/Pages/ContactUSSOCOM.aspx
>
>
> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
>
> Recorded entry(ies) for T-1557-15
> (
> Court number information Court Number : T-1557-15
>
> Style of Cause : DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
> Proceeding Category : Actions Nature : Others - Crown (v. Queen) [Actions]
> Type of Action : Ordinary
>
> 38 records found for T-1557-15  Doc Date Filed Office Recorded Entry
> Summary
> - 2016-02-25 Ottawa Copy of Notice of Appeal (Appeal Court File No.
> A-48-16 ) appealing NOTICE OF CROSS APPEAL filed in Federal Court of
> Appeal filed in the Court of Appeal on 12-FEB-2016 on behalf of
> Plaintiff placed on file on 25-FEB-2016
>
> - 2016-02-16 Ottawa Copy of Notice of Appeal (Appeal Court File No.
> A-48-16 ) appealing Order of Southcott, J. dated 25-JAN-2016 filed in
> the Court of Appeal on 04-FEB-2016 on behalf of Plaintiff placed on
> file on 16-FEB-2016
>
> - 2016-01-25 Toronto Acknowledgment of Receipt received from Plaintiff
> and Defendant via fax transmission confirmation with respect to Order
> and Reasons dated 25-JAN-2016 placed on file on 25-JAN-2016
>
> - 2016-01-25 Toronto Certificate of Order certifying that the Court
> (Justice Southcott) on 25-JAN-2016 ordered at the end of his Order and
> Reasons as follows: "This Court Orders that: 1. the Plaintiff's appeal
> is allowed in part; 2. the Order of Prothonotary Morneau dated
> 12-NOV-2015 is set aside; 3. the claims for relief in the final
> paragraph of the Plaintiff's Statement of Claim are struck without
> leave to amend, with the exception of the claim for monetary relief
> for allegedly being barred by the RCMP from the New Brunswick
> legislature in 2004; 4. the Defendant is at liberty to present a
> motion, to be filed within 30 days of the date of this Order or any
> decision resulting from any appeal of this Order, arguing which
> specific paragraphs of the Statement of Claim should be struck in
> order to accord with my decision; 5. the time for the Defendant to
> file a Statement of Defence is extended to 30 days from the date of
> this Order, the date of any Order resulting from a motion by the
> Defendant arguing which specific paragraphs of the Statement of Claim
> should be struck in order to accord with my decision, and the date of
> any decision resulting from any appea of either such Order; and 6. No
> costs are awarded on this motion." placed on file on 25-JAN-2016
>
> 20 2016-01-25 Toronto Reasons and Order dated 25-JAN-2016 rendered by
> The Honourable Mr. Justice Southcott Matter considered with personal
> appearance The Court's decision is with regard to Motion Doc. No. 8
> Result: granted in part 2. the Order of Prothonotary Morneau dated
> 12-NOV-2015 is set aside; 3. claims for relief in final paragraph of
> Plaintiff's Statement of claim are struck without leave to amend, ...
> 4. Defendant is at liberty to present a motion, to be filed within 30
> days.. 5. time for Defendant to file a Statement of Defence is
> extended to 30 days... 6. No costs are awarde on this motion. **(see
> Reasons and Order for complete wording)** Filed on 25-JAN-2016
> certified copies sent to parties Interlocutory Decision Copy of
> Reasons for Order entered in J. & O. Book, volume 1290 page(s) 470 -
> 484
>
> - 2016-01-11 Fredericton Receipt for payment audio CD hearing Dec 14,
> 2015 and Jan 11, 2016. Req.by Roger Richard placed on file on
> 11-JAN-2016
>
> - 2016-01-11 Fredericton Receipt for payment copy audio CD recording
> hearing Jan 11, 2016. Requested by Plaintiff placed on file on
> 11-JAN-2016
>
> - 2016-01-11 Fredericton Fredericton 11-JAN-2016 BEFORE The Honourable
> Mr. Justice Southcott Language: E Before the Court: Motion Doc. No. 8
> on behalf of Plaintiff Result of Hearing: Matter reserved held in
> Court Duration per day: 11-JAN-2016 from 09:31 to 10:47 Courtroom :
> Courtroom No. 1 - Fredericton Court Registrar: Michel Morneault Total
> Duration: 1h16min Appearances: David Raymond Amos 902-800-0369
> representing the Plaintiff on his own behalf Jill Chisholm
> 902-426-7570 representing Defendant Comments: DARS Z005130 was used
> for the recording of the hearing Minutes of Hearing entered in Vol.
> 943 page(s) 475 - 477 Abstract of Hearing placed on file
>
> - 2015-12-23 Ottawa Acknowledgment of Receipt received from all
> parties with respect to the Order of the Court rendered on December
> 14, 2015. (via fax) placed on file on 23-DEC-2015
>
> 19 2015-12-23 Fredericton Order dated 14-DEC-2015 rendered by The
> Honourable Mr. Justice Bell Matter considered with personal appearance
> The Court's decision is with regard to Motion Doc. No. 8 Result:
> Delivered orally from the Bench on December 14, 2015. 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. Filed on 23-DEC-2015 entered in J. & O. Book, volume 1288
> page(s) 428 - 430 Interlocutory Decision
>
> - 2015-12-23 Fredericton Correction to General Sitting concerning
> Motion Doc. No. 8 Hearing rescheduled from General Sitting at
> Fredericton on 14-DEC-2015 to General Sitting at Fredericton on
> 11-JAN-2016 at 09:30 duration: 2h Language: E Reason for correction:
> The presiding Judge recused himself on 14-DEC-2015 sitting
>
> - 2015-12-14 Fredericton Receipt for payment CD audio recording of the
> hearing on 14-DEC-2015, req. by Plaintiff placed on file on
> 14-DEC-2015
>
> - 2015-12-14 Fredericton Fredericton 14-DEC-2015 BEFORE The Honourable
> Mr. Justice Bell Language: E Before the Court: Motion Doc. No. 8 on
> behalf of Plaintiff Result of Hearing: Matter adjourned sine die held
> in Court Duration per day: 14-DEC-2015 from 09:35 to 10:42 Courtroom :
> Courtroom No. 1 - Fredericton Court Registrar: Michel Morneault Total
> Duration: 1h07min Appearances: David Raymond Amos 902-800-0369
> representing on his own behalf Jill Chisholm 902-426-7570 representing
> Defendant Comments: Tascam Backup was used for the recording of the
> hearing. Plaintiff requested an audio CD of the hearing. Minutes of
> Hearing entered in Vol. 943 page(s) 46 - 47 Abstract of Hearing placed
> on file
>
> 17 2015-12-10 Halifax Solicitor's certificate of service on behalf of
> Jill Chisholm confirming service of the Defendant's Motion Record
> (Doc.16) upon Plaintiff by courier on 10-DEC-2015 filed on 10-DEC-2015
>
> 16 2015-12-10 Halifax Motion Record in response to Motion Doc. No. 8
> containing the following original document(s): 14 15 Number of copies
> received: 3 on behalf of Defendant filed on 10-DEC-2015
>
> 15 2015-12-10 Halifax Written Representations contained within a
> Motion Record on behalf of Defendant concerning Motion Doc. No. 8
> filed on 10-DEC-2015
>
> 14 2015-12-10 Halifax Affidavit of Jill Thomson sworn on 10-DEC-2015
> contained within a Motion Record on behalf of Defendant in opposition
> to Motion Doc. No. 8 with Exhibits 1 & 2 filed on 10-DEC-2015
>
> 13 2015-12-08 Fredericton Affidavit of service of David Raymond Amos
> sworn on 08-DEC-2015 on behalf of Plaintiff confirming service of
> doc.12 (doc.8,10,11) upon Defendant by Priority next day mail on
> 08-DEC-2015 filed on 08-DEC-2015
>
> 12 2015-12-08 Fredericton Motion Record containing the following
> original document(s): 8 10 11 Number of copies received: 3 on behalf
> of Plaintiff filed on 08-DEC-2015
>
> 11 2015-12-08 Fredericton Written Representations contained within a
> Motion Record on behalf of Plaintiff concerning Motion Doc. No. 8
> filed on 08-DEC-2015
>
> 10 2015-12-08 Fredericton Affidavit of David Raymond Amos sworn on
> 08-DEC-2015 contained within a Motion Record on behalf of Plaintiff in
> support of Motion Doc. No. 8 with Exhibits A & B (Exhibit A is a CD)
> filed on 08-DEC-2015
>
> - 2015-11-23 Fredericton Memorandum to file from Michel G. Morneault
> dated 23-NOV-2015 a copy of the Notice of Motion filed on November
> 20th, 2015 appealing the decision of Proth. Morneau dated November
> 12th, 2015, sent to Mr. Morneau placed on file.
>
> 9 2015-11-20 Fredericton Affidavit of service of David Raymond Amos
> sworn on 20-NOV-2015 on behalf of Plaintiff confirming service of
> doc.8 upon Defendant by mail on 20-NOV-2015 filed on 20-NOV-2015
>
> 8 2015-11-20 Fredericton Notice of Motion on behalf of Plaintiff
> returnable at General Sitting in Fredericton on 14-DEC-2015 to begin
> at 09:30 duration: 2h language: E for an appeal of the decision of
> Richard Morneau, Esq., Prothonotary dated 12-NOV-2015 Doc. No. 6 filed
> on 20-NOV-2015
>
> - 2015-11-19 Ottawa Letter sent by Registry on 19-NOV-2015 to
> Plaintiff providing a certified copy of the order dated 12-NOV-2015 to
> the Plaintiff that had previously been faxed to him on 12-NOV-2015 and
> 19-NOV-2015 Copy placed on file.
>
> - 2015-11-19 Ottawa Confirmation of receipt by fax printout by the
> Plaintiff of the Order dated 12-NOV-2015 of Mr. Prothonotary Morneau
> placed on file on 19-NOV-2015
>
> - 2015-11-12 Montréal Acknowledgment of Receipt received from parties
> with respect to reception of order 6 placed on file on 12-NOV-2015
>
> 6 2015-11-12 Montréal Order dated 12-NOV-2015 rendered by Richard
> Morneau, Esq., Prothonotary Matter considered without personal
> appearance The Court's decision is with regard to Motion in writing
> Doc. No. 2 Result: granted Filed on 12-NOV-2015 copies sent to parties
> entered in J. & O. Book, volume 1283 page(s) 357 - 359 Interlocutory
> Decision
>
> - 2015-11-06 Montréal Communication to the Court from the Registry
> dated 06-NOV-2015 re: Notice of Motion (doc. #2) + request for
> direction
>
> 18 2015-10-26 Fredericton Affidavit of service of David Raymond Amos
> sworn on 26-OCT-2015 on behalf of Plaintiff confirming service of
> doc.7 upon Defendant by mail on 26-OCT-2015 filed on 26-OCT-2015
>
> 7 2015-10-26 Montréal Motion Record in response to Motion Doc. No. 2
> Number of copies received: 1 on behalf of Plaintiff (filed as per
> order 6; one copy only) filed on 26-OCT-2015
>
> 5 2015-10-14 St. John's Solicitor's certificate of service on behalf
> of Jill Chisholm confirming service of Doc 4 Motion Record upon
> Plaintiff by Courier on 14-OCT-2015 filed on 14-OCT-2015
>
> 4 2015-10-14 St. John's Motion Record Number of copies received: 3 on
> behalf of Defendant filed on 14-OCT-2015
>
> - 2015-10-14 St. John's Draft Order concerning Motion Doc. No. 2
> received on 14-OCT-2015
>
> 3 2015-10-14 St. John's Written Representations contained within a
> Motion Record on behalf of Defendant concerning Motion Doc. No. 2
> filed on 14-OCT-2015
>
> 2 2015-10-14 St. John's Notice of Motion contained within a Motion
> Record on behalf of Defendant in writing to be dealt with in the
> Montréal local office for an Order purusant to Rules 221(1)(a) and (c)
> to strike and an order pursuant to Rule 8 extention of time to serve
> and file Defence. filed on 14-OCT-2015 Draft Order\\Judgment received.
>
> - 2015-09-16 Fredericton Letter sent by Registry on 16-SEP-2015 to DOJ
> Halifax R.133 service letter Copy placed on file.
>
> 1 2015-09-16 Fredericton Statement of Claim and 2 cc's filed on
> 16-SEP-2015 Certified copy(ies)/copy(ies) transmitted to Director of
> the Regional Office of the Department of Justice Section 48 - $2.00
>
> The last database update occurred on 2016-07-14 12:09
> Top of page
>
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-greenwald-and-brazilian.html
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:24:50 -0400
> Subject: Re: The FSB, Federal Court file no T-1557-15 ,secret oaths to
> the British Queen and the evil Feds etc FYI I did call Moody's lawyer
> Goggins When he did not pick up I contacted Michael Adler an he did
> not return my call.
> To: michael.adler@moodys.com, sallilyn.schwartz@moodys.com,
> ir@moodys.com, Richard.Cantor@moodys.com, John.Goggins@moodys.com,
> caitlin.workman@canada.ca, press@bankofengland.co.uk,
> Joe.Perry@fsb.org, embassy.ottawa@mfa.ee, "Dale.Morgan"
> <Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "john.warr" <john.warr@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
> "Wayne.Gallant" <Wayne.Gallant@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
, "Marc.Litt"
> <Marc.Litt@bakermckenzie.com>, Robert_Glauber@harvard.edu,
> "PETER.MACKAY" <PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie.com>, sunrayzulu
> <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>, mcu@justice.gc.ca, "bill.pentney"
> <bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, washington field
> <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, "Boston.Mail" <Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>,
> "Paul.Lynch" <Paul.Lynch@edmontonpolice.ca>
, pol7163
> <pol7163@calgarypolice.ca>, patrick_doran1
> <patrick_doran1@hotmail.com>, "rod.knecht"
> <rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca>
, cps <cps@calgarypolice.ca>, eps
> <eps@edmontonpolice.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
,
> b.spurlock@octafinance.com, s.holbrook@octafinance.com, NBInvestigates
> <NBInvestigates@cbc.ca>, "Bill.Morneau" <Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>,
> bostncs <bostncs@international.gc.ca>
>
> So before I leave for a little vacation and not be available for
> awhile. I will leave you all with some very serious stuff to consider.
>
> Sometimes less is more so this email should prove to the RCMP who will
> no doubt wish to harass me some more and all your lawyers that I am
> not joking when acting in defense of my Clan. If you don't believe me
> ask the Wilson-Raybould and her many minions about my lititigation ask
> the Queen of England and I bet ya they will all play as dumb as post
> as per their oath to the Queen's Privy Council or the BAR.
>
> Need I say you snobby Yankee lawyers who take the liberty to assume
> the title of  "Esquire" a joke to mean old me?
>
> I would lay odds that my long dead Loyalist ancesters are rolling in
> the their graves in Fundy Royal and laughing at a very simple but oh
> so true statement made by a wild child of theirs. FYI your Yankee
> Constitution does not recognize titles so you and lord over your
> fellow men. Who the Hell are you to call yourselves sons of Lords?
>
> To be fair to the nasy Yankees Politicians who call themselves
> Honourable are the biggest jokes of all
>
> Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, P.C., M.P.
> Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
>
> Parliament Hill:
> Telephone: 613-992-1416
> Fax: 613-992-1460
>
> Department:
> Justice
> 284 Wellington Street
> Ottawa, Ontario
> K1A 0H8
> Telephone: 613-992-4621
> TTY: 613-992-4556
> Fax: 613-954-0811
> E-Mail: mcu@justice.gc.ca
>
> First things first have a Look at the 3 documents hereto attached (Not
> a big read)
>
> Listen to these old voicemails from interesting FEDS at about  the
> same point in time (Won't take long)
>
> http://www.archive.org/details/FedsUsTreasuryDeptRcmpEtc
>
> then ask youselves or the lawyers Senator Shelby or Spizter or Cutler
> or Bernie madoff's old buddy Robert Glauber where the webcast and
> transcript went for a very important hearing held in late 2003 by the
> United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
>
> http://www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=90F8E691-9065-4F8C-A465-72722B47E7F2
>
> Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the
> Mutual Fund Industry
>
> November 20, 2003 02:00 PM
> The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a
> series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and
> Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.”
>
>     Archived Webcast
>
> Witness Panel 1
>
> Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
>     Director - Division of Enforcement
>     Securities and Exchange Commission
>     cutler.pdf (175.5 KBs)
>
> Mr. Robert Glauber
>     Chairman and CEO
>     National Association of Securities Dealers
>     glauber.pdf (171.1 KBs)
>
> Eliot Spitzer
>     Attorney General
>     State of New York
>     spitzer.pdf (68.2 KBs)
>
> Permalink:
> http://www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2003/11/review-of-current-investigations-and-regulatory-actions-regarding-the-mutual-fund-industry
>
>
> Trust that the evil women and men that  PM Trudeau "The Younger"
> appointed to to his cabinet will continue to play dumb because of
> their oath to The Privy Council. However it does not follow that
> everybody who works for them are dumb and they have no such oath to
> uphold N'esy Pas?.
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:14:00 -0700
> Subject: WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to leave Embassy of Ecuador in
> London soon??? Attn Ecuadorian FM Ricardo Patino and Amb Dr. Andres
> Teran-Parral I don't think Fernando would disagree when I say this is
> NO COINCIDENCE
> To: eecucanada@cancilleria.gob.ec, khrafnsson@gmail.com, birgittaj
> <birgittaj@althingi.is>, birgittajoy <birgittajoy@gmail.com>,
> birgitta@this.is, chinaemb_ca@mfa.gov.cn, embassy@embassyecuador.ca,
> ecuador@telus.net, enquiries@canninghouse.org, postur@irr.is,
> "calgary.northernhills" <calgary.northernhills@assembly.ab.ca>,
> "calgary.hays" <calgary.hays@assembly.ab.ca>, "calgary.cross"
> <calgary.cross@assembly.ab.ca>
, premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>, premier
> <premier@gov.sk.ca>, PREMIER <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>,
> richardwtc@gmail.com, "rod.knecht" <rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca>
,
> editor@desmogblog.com, chineseembassy.ca@gmail.com, lgunter
> <lgunter@shaw.ca>, "joshua.skurnik" <joshua.skurnik@hotmail.com>,
> oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, COCMoncton
> <COCMoncton@gmail.com>, dave.peiser@peiserforcongress.com, RBauer
> <RBauer@perkinscoie.com>, bginsberg <bginsberg@pattonboggs.com>,
> bairdj <bairdj@parl.gc.ca>, chinaconsul_cal_ca@mfa.gov.cn,
> "greg.weston" <greg.weston@cbc.ca>, jack.tomik@cbc.ca,
> alan.dark@cbc.ca, Mindy.Qi@nexencnoocltd.com
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
, frankffrost
> <frankffrost@hotmail.com>, "john.green" <john.green@gnb.ca>,
> "John.Grierson" <John.Grierson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
, "Darren.Woroshelo"
> <Darren.Woroshelo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Rod.Booth"
> <Rod.Booth@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "craig.callens"
> <craig.callens@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
, "ron.klain"
> <ron.klain@revolution.com>, "Geoffrey.McDonald"
> <Geoffrey.McDonald@gov.bc.ca>, "dean.buzza"
> <dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>
> http://wikileaks-press.org/press-conference-with-foreign-minister-ricardo-patino-aroca-ecuador-grants-asylum-to-julian-assange-english-translation/
>
> https://twitter.com/RicardoPatinoEC
>
> http://www.ricardopatino.com/
>
> http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/18/julian-assange-wikileaks-ecuadorian-embassy-london/14219537/
>
> WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to leave embassy 'soon'
>
> Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY 11:08 a.m. EDT August 18, 2014
>
> LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange announced Monday that after
> spending two years in the Embassy of Ecuador in London he will "soon"
> leave the diplomatic safe harbor.
>
> He made the comments during a joint press conference with Ecuador's
> Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino. Assange did not elaborate on the
> timing or address whether an impasse over his potential extradition
> had been resolved.
>
> It was suggested in the British press over the weekend that Assange
> may need hospital treatment for a heart defect and lung condition and
> that any move could be to remedy those suspected health problems.
>
> However, Assange refused to be drawn on those specific points Monday,
> saying only that when he does leave it will "probably not" be for the
> reasons reported on.
>
> WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson later clarified Assange's
> claim. Hrafnsson said the issue of Assange's extradition must first be
> resolved before he can leave.
>
> "The plan is to leave as soon as the U.K. government decides to honor
> its obligations," Hrafnsson said, referring to guarantees he is
> seeking over the right to travel to Ecuador.
>
> Still, Assange said that his health has suffered as a result of his
> confinement.
>
> "It's (the embassy) an environment in which any healthy person would
> find themselves soon enough with certain difficulties they would have
> to manage," Assange said. He said the embassy "has no outside areas,
> no sunlight."
>
> Assange, 43, fled to the embassy in 2012 fearing extradition to the
> U.S. via Sweden, where authorities want to question him over
> allegations related to a sexual assault.
>
> Ecuador has granted him refugee status and says it remains committed
> to his protection, but British police have so far refused to let
> Assange leave the embassy and it is thought that he would be arrested
> if he tried to do so.
>
> In 2010, WikiLeaks published a tranche of leaked military and
> diplomatic cables and Assange has been the subject of an investigation
> by U.S. authorities.
>
>
> https://www.facebook.com/wikileaks/posts/136980676312318
>
> Wikileaks
>
> June 18, 2010 ·
> .
>
> Wikileaks' Julian Assange has limited ability to respond to
> interviews. Please contact spokespersons below. (now with correction
> on Kristinn's email)
>
>
>  Kristinn Hrafnsson
>  Journalist RUV (Icelandic equivalent to the BBC), one of two
> journalists WikiLeaks sent to Baghdad.
>  Tel:+354 821 7121
>  Email: khrafnsson at gmail.com
>
>
>  Birgitta Jonsdottir
>  Member of the Icelandic Parliament, Key speaker for the IMMI
> proposal, co-producer of the Baghdad video
>  Tel: +354 692 8884
>  Email: birgitta at this.is
>
>
> http://www.collateralmurder.com/en/contact.html
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 13:06:21 -0600
> Subject: Fwd: Attn Ambassador Luo Zhaohui of the People's Republic of
> China and Ambassador Dr. Andres Teran-Parral Re Snowden Assange
> Bankster, Nexen, Pipelines. the Maritime Link, Harper and Obama etc
> To: "calgary.northernhills" <calgary.northernhills@assembly.ab.ca>,
> "calgary.hays" <calgary.hays@assembly.ab.ca>, "calgary.cross"
> <calgary.cross@assembly.ab.ca>
, premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
, premier
> <premier@gov.sk.ca>, PREMIER <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>
>
> Associate Minister – International and Intergovernmental Relations (Asia)
>
> Ms. Woo-Paw was elected to her second term as Member of the
> Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Northern Hills on April 23, 2012. She
> currently serves as the Associate Minister – International and
> Intergovernmental Relations (Asia). Ms. Woo-Paw is also the Chair of
> the Asia Advisory Council.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:02:39 -0600
> Subject: Fwd: Attn Ambassador Luo Zhaohui of the People's Republic of
> China and Ambassador Dr. Andres Teran-Parral Re Snowden Assange
> Bankster, Nexen, Pipelines. the Maritime Link, Harper and Obama etc
> To: eecucanada@cancilleria.gob.ec
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Doug Brinkman <richardwtc@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:01:16 -0600
> Subject: Re: Attn Ambassador Luo Zhaohui of the People's Republic of
> China and Ambassador Dr. Andres Teran-Parral Re Snowden Assange
> Bankster, Nexen, Pipelines. the Maritime Link, Harper and Obama etc
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Thanks David - you said you had a photo of the blogger "The Bacon Fat" are
> you willing to share it with me?
>
> Regards Doug Brinkman
>
> *Hawkeyi Active - A Civil Information Company*
> Photo, Art, Graphic Design and Video Productions.
>  Hawkeyi.com <http://www.ciactivist.org/HawkeyiMedia.html>,  Phone:
> 780.424.1538
>
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> #YEG Community News ciactivist.org
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 10:41:16 -0600
> Subject: Fwd: Attn Ambassador Luo Zhaohui of the People's Republic of
> China and Ambassador Dr. Andres Teran-Parral Re Snowden Assange
> Bankster, Nexen, Pipelines. the Maritime Link, Harper and Obama etc
> To: chineseembassy.ca@gmail.com, lgunter <lgunter@shaw.ca>,
> "joshua.skurnik" <joshua.skurnik@hotmail.com>, richardwtc@gmail.com
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
, "dean.buzza"
> <dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, editor <editor@desmogblog.com>
>
> Attn
>
> Economic and Commercial Section.
> 401 King Edward Avenue
> Ottawa (Ontario) K1N 9C9
> chineseembassy.ca@gmail.com.
>
> My number is 902 800 0389
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 16:27:05 -0600
> Subject: Fwd: Attn Ambassador Luo Zhaohui of the People's Republic of
> China and Ambassador Dr. Andres Teran-Parral Re Snowden Assange
> Bankster, Nexen, Pipelines. the Maritime Link, Harper and Obama etc
> To: dave.peiser@peiserforcongress.com, RBauer
> <RBauer@perkinscoie.com>, bginsberg <bginsberg@pattonboggs.com>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
, "ron.klain"
> <ron.klain@revolution.com>, dkilgour <dkilgour@guelphmercury.com>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 16:08:18 -0600
> Subject: Attn Ambassador Luo Zhaohui of the People's Republic of China
> and Ambassador Dr. Andres Teran-Parral Re Snowden Assange Bankster,
> Nexen, Pipelines. the Maritime Link, Harper and Obama etc
> To: chinaemb_ca@mfa.gov.cn, embassy@embassyecuador.ca,
> ecuador@telus.net, birgittaj <birgittaj@althingi.is>, birgittajoy
> <birgittajoy@gmail.com>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
, "Jacques.Poitras"
> <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre
> <andre@jafaust.com>
>
> EMBASSY OF ECUADOR IN CANADA
> OTTAWA
> 99 Bank Street, Suite 230
> Ottawa, Ontario
> K1P 6B9
> Tel: (613) 563 – 8206
> (613) 563 – 4286
> Fax: (613) 235 – 5776
> E-mail: embassy@embassyecuador.ca
>
>
> VANCOUVER
> AD HONOREM
> CONSULATE GENERAL
>
> 3835 Trinity Street
> Burnaby, British Columbia
> V5C 1N4
> Tel: (604) 299 – 6600
> Fax: (604) 789 – 3719
>
> E-mail: ecuador@telus.net
>
>
> Ambassador Luo Zhaohui
> Embassy Address:
> 515 St. Patrick Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 5H3
> Tel: 613-7893434
> Fax: 613-7891911
> E-mail: chinaemb_ca@mfa.gov.cn
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:54:52 -0600
> Subject: Attn Wang Xinping Consulate General of the People's Republic
> of China in Calgary Re Nexen, Pipelines. the Maritime Link, Harper and
> Obama etc
> To: chinaconsul_cal_ca@mfa.gov.cn
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> http://calgary.china-consulate.org/eng/zlszc/
>
> Consul General Wang Xinping
> 1011 6th Ave. S.W.
> Calgary,Alberta,
> Canada T2P 0W1
> Tel:403-2643322
> Fax:403-2646656
> Email: chinaconsul_cal_ca@mfa.gov.cn
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:00:27 -0600
> Subject: Re Nexen, Pipelines. the Maritime Link, Harper and Obama etc
> To: "Qi, Mindy (Calgary)" <Mindy.Qi@nexencnoocltd.com>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> Good Day Ms Qi
>
> Trust that I am impressed with your Integrity and diligence (No Joke).
> After I send this email I will try to get an better connection and
> call you again in short order. Whereas you now speak for a state owned
> Corporation that operates within my  native land of Canada and the USA
> as well (both of which I am a person of) we really should discuss page
> 3 of this old PDf file of mine.
>
http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/UN%20DUDES-txt.pdf
>
> In order to briefy explain to you the documents I forwarded to you
> yesterday I will say that at the very least I proved to CNOOC that I
> am a whisleblower against the very corrupt Justice Systems and the
> Financial Industy operating within at least 10 purportedly profound
> democracies. The documents do prove that I sued 3 US Treasury Agents
> and many others at least once back in 2002 and that many government
> offials and many others are well aware of that fact. In 2004
> I remained true to my words to politicians such as Harper, MacKay,
> Layton, the PM Martin, Anne McLellan (a former director of Nexen's)
> and their many parliamentry cohorts and ran for a seat in Canada's
> 38th Parliament
>
> Later in 2004 I was falsely imprisoned  after I returned to the USA in
> order to continue to argue in court about my family's rights and
> interests. My false arrest was done in open court before the Speech
> from the Throne on Oct 1st 2004. The arrest was recorded on the public
> record without a warrant or even a reason statedand I was held in
> solitary confinement under the charges of "Other" with no bail terms
> offered. After a few days DEFAIT was compelled to send one of its
> consulate officers and some secretive member of the Canadian
> Department of Public Safety to visit me in the Yankee jail. All those
> mindless bureaucrats did was laugh at my plight and told me that they
> could do nothing to help me be released from my false imprisonment. I
> got of jail on my own with a lot of help from members of my Clan.Thus
> in my humble opinion the Yankees and my fellow Canadians have no right
> whatsoever to chastise the Chinese to doing similiar things to other
> people. Imagine if such things were done to Stephen Harper in 2004?
> Ten years later Harper is still playing dumb even though I debated one
> of his lawyers in front of hundreds of people and his personal
> computer answered my concerns weeks BEFORE I was falsely imprisoned.
> Go Figure why I ran against the Bloc, the Green meanies, the NDO, the
> Libranos and Harper and the Boyz in Blue again the following year.
>
> Anyway before I returned to Canada in order to escape false
> imprisonment once again and to prepare run for a seat in the 39th
> Parlaiment I contacted many foreign embassies and particularly
> China's. I did so because in October of 2004 I had registered my
> idignation that the former Canadian PM Mulroney (As Chairman of
> Forbes) had arranged a huge meeting of worldwide CEOs in China while
> Bush was seekiiing reelection and everyone ignored or laughed at me.
> So in return for bureaucratic incompetence I sent the members of the
> G20 and others within the UN a rather huge pile of documents byway of
> registered US Mail. China got them and I have the proof that they did.
> The link I provided above is only to the cover letters..
>
> Trust that again last year I reminded many countries of the documents
> I sent them in 2005 after the NSA whistleblower Snowden sought refuge
> in Hong Kong and the Russia. Here is just a little proof of what I say
> is true.
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-greenwald-and-brazilian.html
>
> Yesterday after speaking with lady within your "Integrity" office and
> discussing the recent emails I had sent to DEFAIT etc they asked to
> see the email with the attached documents and I quickly obliged.
> However after their email address proved to be inoperative I called
> your Head Office in Calgary in a effort to speak to Fang Zhi or one of
> his underlings. The lady who answered the phone wanted to know my
> business and then laughed at my effort to speak to any member of the
> executive in Calgary. I did not find that funny at all and I quickly
> told her that she could laugh at me all she wished but I would call
> her bosses in China if need be.
>
> For the record I was tryiing to inform you folks in Nexen about many
> things but my past dealings with Nexen, the Chinese govenment and
> people within the Canadian government such as Nexen's former director
> Anne McLellan  and  CNOOC's current director Kevin Lynch should
> concern your "Integrity" people greatly today.
>
> I hope you folks at NEXEN at least noticed the letter that the Chair
> of BHP sent to me in September of 2010 months before Harper stopped
> his takeover bid of Potash Corp. I could talk about the ramifications
> of that one letter alone for several hours.
>
> FYI I picked your associate Diane Kossman to send an email to because
> she had a lot to say in an email about CNOOC showing former Nexen
> chief Kevin Reinhart the door. However nobody should deny that
> Reinhart and many of his minions such as Kim Woima could not be
> trusted or they would have informed the latest boss Fang Zhi and his
> fellow CNOOC executives of my concerns about the actions and ethics of
> foreign based companies and the exploitation of Canadian natural
> resources before the Chinese opted to close the deal to buy Nexen.
>
> For the record I told your "Integrity" lady to Google my name and
> Nexen. If she had bothered to do so she would have easily found some
> emails of mine about Nexen posted within another fella's blog. She did
> not wish to but did ask for the email that I had sent to DEFAIT that
> you have studied as well.
>
> Now perhaps you folks at NEXEN should check out the emails I mentioned
> on the phone. Within the following links an email to Kim Woima of
> Nexen can be found.
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/01/howcome-you-said-nothing-when-i-backed.html
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/06/re-it-appears-that-wikileaks-iceland_9.html
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/07/harper-and-emera-will-know-why-i-am.html
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:03:50 -0300
> Subject: Ask yourself why CBC would report none of this
> To: kim_woima@nexeninc.com, "greg.weston" <greg.weston@cbc.ca>,
> jack.tomik@cbc.ca, alan.dark@cbc.ca
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
, jacques_poitras
> <jacques_poitras@cbc.ca>
>
> You do know Landslide Annie is on the Board of Directors of Nexen I hope
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/08/20/f-scott-peterson-cnooc-nexen.html
>
>
> http://www.nexeninc.com/en/Governance/BoardofDirectors/BoardBios.aspx
>
> I mean no disrepect to you Ms. Qi. In all sincerity I do thank you for
> doing your job. The email above should finally start the ball rolling
> in order to allow me to have a long talk with some officials within
> the Chinese government and of course your boss Fang Zhi and his many
> lawyers and beancounters. Correct?
>
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
> On 8/11/14, Qi, Mindy (Calgary) <Mindy.Qi@nexencnoocltd.com> wrote:
>> Hi, Mr. Amos
>>
>> Thank you for your call today, and unfortunately, I can't hear you
>> clearly
>> over the phone.
>>
>> I took a little bit time to review the files you sent to us and tried to
>> read the email string below, however, I got very confused on your purpose
>> of
>> the call and your email. Besides, your attached documents dated back to
>> 2003
>> and it contains large volume of information which I have no clue why you
>> would like to contact Nexen.
>>
>> Would you please explain your background story and clarify what you hope
>> Nexen can do for you in a simple way? So that I can see if I need to pass
>> your case to any team leaders here. It will be very hard for me to bring
>> your case to them if I don't know what we can do for you.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Mindy Qi, CHRP
>> Logistics & Events Specialist
>> Corporate Communications
>>
>> Nexen Energy ULC
>> 801-7th Avenue S.W.
>> Calgary,  AB, Canada T2P 3P7
>> www.nexencnoocltd.com
>>
>> T: (403) 699-5232   ::   F: (403) 699-7512   ::   C: (403) 473-1929   ::
>> E: mindy.qi@nexencnoocltd.com  ::   LinkedIn
>>
>>
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/06/re-it-appears-that-wikileaks-iceland_9.html
>
>
> Sunday, 9 June 2013
>
>
>
>
> Re: It appears that Wikileaks, Iceland, Birgitta Jonsdottir and her
> Pirate Party have no conscience whatsoever. I hoped I was wrong
> However here is why I am not surprised
>
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHk-UYZuXE4
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Henrik Palmgren <redicecreations@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:46:26 +0200
> Subject: Re: Oh my my I guess we know the score on you EH?
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Oh my. Don't send me your spam. It's not good for anything.
>
> 2012/8/26 David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
>> On 8/25/12, Red Ice Creations <redicecreations@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Take me this list!
>> >
>> >
>> > On 26 aug 2012, at 03:06, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> >> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:44:45 -0300
>> >> Subject: I just called from 902 800 0369 Perhaps the Qatari Embassy
>> >> should study the attachments closely EH Mr Alward?
>> >> To: musoviczl@repsol.com, pribbeck@repsol.com,
>> vcmorrissettem@repsol.com
>> >> Cc: ottawa@mofa.gov.qa, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, David Amos
>> >> <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
, "Davidc.Coon" <Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>,
>> >> leader <leader@greenparty.ca>
>> >>
>> >> Qatari Embassy in Ottawa, Canada
>> >> 800-150 Metcalfe Street
>> >> Ottawa Ontario K2P 1P1
>> >> Telephone (+1) 613 241 4917
>> >> E-mail ottawa@mofa.gov.qa
>> >> http://www.repsolenergy.com/rena_team/rena_team.html
>> >>
>> >> http://www.repsolenergy.com/press_room/press_room.html
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/kuwait-koweit/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/fs-qatar-fd.aspx?lang=eng&view=d
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://www.nccar.ca/statements/news-releases/establishment-of-the-embassy-of-qatar-in-canadaune-ambassade-du-qatar-a-ottawa/
>> >>
>> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >> From: Alan Dark <Alan.Dark@cbc.ca>
>> >> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:57:14 -0400
>> >> Subject: Re: I just called from 902 800 0369 and tried to talk to you
>> >> Mr Tomick (Out of office)
>> >> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> >>
>> >> Thank you for your email. Please be advised that I am currently out of
>> >> the office; returning Monday Agust 27th.
>> >>
>> >> If your matter is urgent, please contact Camilla Inderberg at
>> >> 416-205-5545 or by email camilla.inderberg@cbc.ca or Janice Smith
>> >> 416-205-2940 or janice.smith@cbc.ca
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >> Al
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> >> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:03:50 -0300
>> >> Subject: Ask yourself why CBC would report none of this
>> >> To: kim_woima@nexeninc.com, "greg.weston" <greg.weston@cbc.ca>,
>> >> jack.tomik@cbc.ca, alan.dark@cbc.ca
>> >> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
, jacques_poitras
>> >> <jacques_poitras@cbc.ca>
>> >>
>> >> You do know Landslide Annie is on the Board of Directors of Nexen I
>> >> hope
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/08/20/f-scott-peterson-cnooc-nexen.html
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> http://www.nexeninc.com/en/Governance/BoardofDirectors/BoardBios.aspx
>> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> >> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:17:20 -0300
>> >> Subject: Re Danny Williams Vs the Sierra Club Very Interesting lawsuit
>> >> and counterclaim EH Mr Bennnett
>> >> To: jb@sierraclub.ca, lgue@davidsuzuki.org, grenouf
>> >> <grenouf@genuinewitty.com>, editor@theindependent.ca
>> >> Cc: jbaker@ottenheimerbaker.com, info@alderonironore.com,
>> >> ktsakumis@alderonironore.com, "pgleeson@alderonironore.com \"David
>> >> Amos\"" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
, jvettese@casselsbrock.com
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/125139-muskrat-falls-critic-countersues-williams
>> >>
>> >> http://atlantic.sierraclub.ca/node/4542
>> >>
>> >> FYI I just call Bruno Marcocchio @ 902-567-1132 and he had no clue as
>> >> to what I was talking about However trust that just like Gretchen
>> >> Fitzgerald, Danny Williams and his corporate pals know EXACTLY who I
>> >> am and why I was calling.
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://www.tmx.com/en/news_events/exchange_bulletins/bulletins/10-7-2011_TSX-NewListingADV.html
>> >>
>> >> http://alderonironore.com/corporate/board_directors/
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2008/05/nfld-whistleblower-dodges-libel-charge.html
>> >>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Amos" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> To: <redicecreations@gmail.com>; "birgittaj" <birgittaj@althingi.is>;
> "Piratar" <piratar@pirateparty.is>; "ed.pilkington"
> <ed.pilkington@guardian.co.uk>
; <janice.smith@cbc.ca>;
> <camilla.inderberg@cbc.ca>; "david.akin" <david.akin@sunmedia.ca>;
> <Alan.Dark@cbc.ca>; "newsonline" <newsonline@bbc.co.uk>
> Cc: "David Amos" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
; "aih" <aih@cbc.ca>;
> "news-tips" <news-tips@nytimes.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 5:49 PM
> Subject: I wonder if the the bigtime bullshitter Henrik Palmgren even
> remembers me I bet he still plays dumb just like YOU, Ed Pilkington,
> the NYTimes, CNN, Sun Media, CBC and the BBC EH Birgitta?
>
>
> http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2012/07/RIR-120722.php
>
> On 6/6/13, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/06/it-appears-that-wikileaks-iceland.html
>>
>> From: postur@irr.is
>> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 08:23:00 +0000
>> Subject: Re: It appears that Wikileaks, Iceland, Birgitta Jonsdottir
>> and her Pirate Party have no conscience whatsoever. I hoped I was
>> wrong However here is why I am not surprised
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið. / Your request has been received.
>>
>> Kveðja / Best regards
>> Innanríkisráðuneytið / Ministry of the Interior
>>
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2014/05/yo-birgitta-who-is-more-of-crook-julian.html
>
>
> Sunday, 18 May 2014
>
> Yo Birgitta Who is more of a crook Julian Assange, the gay lawyer Glen
> Greenwald, the equally sneaky NDP lawyer David Eby in BC or your
> mindless Prime Ministers of Iceland
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: postur@for.is
> Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 02:03:05 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Mogulegur Ruslpostur] Yo Birgitta Who is more of a crook
> Julian Assange, the gay lawyer Glen Greenwald, the equally sneaky NDP
> lawyer David Eby in BC or your mindless Prime Ministers of Iceland
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
>
> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received
>
> Kveðja / Best regards
> Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: postur@irr.is
> Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 02:03:06 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Mogulegur Ruslpostur] Yo Birgitta Who is more of a crook
> Julian Assange, the gay lawyer Glen Greenwald, the equally sneaky NDP
> lawyer David Eby in BC or your mindless Prime Ministers of Iceland
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
>
> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið. / Your request has been received.
>
> Kveðja / Best regards
> Innanríkisráðuneytið / Ministry of the Interior
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: BARRY WINTERS <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>
> Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 06:12:37 -0600 (MDT)
> Subject: Re: The BBC the Guardian the CBC, Brazil, Iceland, Canada
> Pierre Omidyar, Glen Greenwald and all the other bigtime bullshitters
> aka journalists may enjoy this blog but they will never write about it
> N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Cc: interceptjobs <interceptjobs@theintercept.com>, David Amos
> <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
, SFeinman@fahrllc.com, ppalmater
> <ppalmater@politics.ryerson.ca
>, birgittaj <birgittaj@althingi.is>,
> jamiebaillie@gov.ns.ca, bob rae <bob.rae@rogers.blackberry.net
>,
> nichor@parl.gc.ca, greg weston <greg.weston@cbc.ca>, Manon Hardy
> <Manon.Hardy@priv.gc.ca>, Dion Mario <Dion.Mario@psic-ispc.gc.ca>,
> csu@jesuits.ca, "George.Soros"
> <George.Soros@opensocietyfoundations.org>, "george.osborne.mp"
> <george.osborne.mp@parliament.uk>, henktep <henktep@nbnet.nb.ca>,
> ambassador@brasilemb.org, postur <postur@for.stjr.is>, oldmaison
> <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>, lgunter
> <lgunter@shaw.ca>, hmc <hmc@mediacoop.ca>, tips <tips@660news.com>,
> news <news@thetelegraph.com.au>, tips <tips@gawker.com>, news919
> <news919@rogers.com>, newsonline <newsonline@bbc.co.uk>, newsdesk
> <newsdesk@theage.com.au>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, "mckeen.randy"
> <mckeen.randy@gmail.com>, premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>, premier
> <premier@gnb.ca>, Brian Gallant <briangallant@nbliberal.ca>,
> "Davidc.Coon" <Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, "david.fraser"
> <david.fraser@mcinnescooper.com>, glen <glen@glencanning.com>, Glen
> Canning <grcanning@me.com>, john adams <john.adams@queensu.ca>,
> "john.logan" <john.logan@gnb.ca>
>
> No one has ever "enjoyed this blog" David Amos sucks cock!
>
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2014/05/re-snowdon-assangethe-dhs-rcm-pthe-cbc.html
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: postur@for.is
> Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 12:42:06 +0000
> Subject: Re: Re Snowdon Assangethe DHS the RCM Pthe CBC, Brazil
> Iceland, the Guardian Pierre Omidyar, Glen Greenwald and all the other
> bigtime bullshitters
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received
>
> Kveðja / Best regards
> Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "OSBORNE, George" <george.osborne.mp@parliament.uk>
> Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 12:36:36 +0000
> Subject: Thank you for your e-mail
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Thank you very much for your e-mail to George Osborne.
>
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> 5000.
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 09:03:20 -0300
> Subject: Re Assange and the DND versus Mean Old Me
> To: ryan.gallagher@theintercept.com
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> Trust that you and Snowden don't know the half of it I have a LOT
> more INFO and that your pals in the CBC and the Guardian etc know it
>
> https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/02/18/snowden-docs-reveal-covert-surveillance-and-pressure-tactics-aimed-at-wikileaks-and-its-supporters/
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0389
>
>
> From: Birgitta Jonsdottir
> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 07:14:02 +0000
> Subject: Re: Bon Soir Birgitta according to my records this is the
> first email I ever sent you
> To: David Amos
>
> dear Dave
> i have got your email and will read through the links as soon as i
> find some time keep up the good fight in the meantime
>
> thank you for bearing with me
> i am literary drowning in requests to look into all sorts of matters
> and at the same time working 150% work at the parliament and
> the creation of a political movement and being a responsible parent:)
> plus all the matters in relation to immi
>
> with oceans of joy
> birgitta
>
> Better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are
> not.
>
> Andre Gide
>
> Birgitta Jonsdottir
> Birkimelur 8, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland, tel: 354 692 8884
> http://this.is/birgittahttp://joyb.blogspot.com -
> http://www.facebook.com/birgitta.jonsdottir
>
>
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 23:05:48 -0300
> Subject: Re Mean old me versus the incompetent Canadain Military
> Police and Barry Winters a zionist who claims to be a former officer
> To: media@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca, commission@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca, Barry Winters
> <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>, "Julian Assange)" <editor@wikileaks.org>,
> Sheldon Day <gem3intucson@q.com>, whistleblower
> <whistleblower@ctv.ca>, "terry.seguin" <terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, brian
> <brian@brian-macdonald.ca>, tracy <tracy@jatam.org>
> Cc: mackay01 <mackay01@canada.com>, IgnatM <IgnatM@parl.gc.ca>, LaytoJ
> <LaytoJ@parl.gc.ca>, danf <danf@danf.com>, "john.logan"
> <john.logan@gnb.ca>
>
> ATTENTION
>
> Glenn Stannard Acting Chair
> Military Police Complaints Commission
> 270 Albert Street, 10th Floor
> Ottawa, ON, K1P 5G8
> Telephone: (613) 947-5625
> Telephone Toll Free: 1 800 632-0566
> Fax: (613) 947-5713
> Fax Toll Free: 1 877 947-5713
> e-mail: commission@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca
>
> Do you people have a lawyer with the balls to talk to me or must I sue
> the CROWN first?
>
> Perhaps your snobby military lawyers should study every word of the
> evil bastard's blog
>
> http://baconfat53.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html
>
> Furthermore Iggy's legal people should know this should be some sort
> of Fucking Secret BULLSHIT to protect the reputations of many a
> corrupt politician EH Mr Mindless Minister of Defence Petey Baby
> MacKay??
>
> http://baconfat53.blogspot.com/2009/08/what-does-amerika-truther-movment-god.html
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Haukur S Magnusson <haukur@grapevine.is>
> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 02:50:58 +0000
> Subject: Re: OK allow me to be brief then Tell Julian Assange and your
> bullshitting pals in Iceland to go fuck themselves
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> Dude, I really have no idea who you are or why you are so upset with
> this Julian person.
>
> Hope it all works out for you.
>
> Haukur
>
> On Apr 7, 2010, at 2:43 AM, David Amos wrote:
>
>> On 4/6/10, Haukur S Magnusson <haukur@grapevine.is> wrote:
>>> Pardon me sir,
>>>
>>> why do you keep signing your crazy e-mails with a Reykjavík Grapevine
>>> footer? It is disturbing, and we would appreciate it if you stopped
>>> doing it.
>>>
>>> Also, if you want people to read what you have to say, make it less
>>> long and all over the place.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Haukur S. Magnússon
>>>
>>> Editor // Reykjavík Grapevine
>>> haukur@grapevine.is
>>> Tel. (+354) 695-8158 / (+354) 540-3602
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 7, 2010, at 2:24 AM, David Amos wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/user/AndyCobbonUTube#p/u/14/dk4rBQDxOEE
>>>>
>>>> http://baconfat53.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html
>>>>
>>>> This should be some sort of Fucking Secret BULLSHIT in order to
>>>> protect the reputations of many a corrupt politician even a few
>>>> Icelanders EH?
>>>>
>>>> http://baconfat53.blogspot.com/2009/08/what-does-amerika-truther-
>>>> movment-god.html
>>>>
>>>> Friday, August 14, 2009
>>>> What does Amerika, the "Truther" movment, "God" and retards have
>>>> to do
>>>> with Canada
>>>>
>>>> We do not have to worry about comment from Little Dean and
>>>> Dave...they
>>>> are to uneducated to understand most posts
>>>>
>>>> So have you seen them, been annoyed or insulted by them, have you
>>>> smelled their disease? Have you ever crossed the "medicine line" and
>>>> seen some Yank being taken into custody because he just has..."this
>>>> constitutional right to bear arms"...in Canada. I remember years ago
>>>> when the debate was on in Canada, about there being weapons of mass
>>>> destruction in Iraq. Our American 'friends" demanded that Canada
>>>> join
>>>> into "the Coalition of the Willing.
>>>>
>>>> American "veterans" and sportscasters loudly denounced Canada for
>>>> NOT
>>>> buying into the US policy. At the time I was serving as a planner at
>>>> NDHQ and with 24 other of my colleagues we went to Tampa SOUCOM
>>>> HQ to
>>>> be involved in the planning in the planning stages of the
>>>> op....and to
>>>> report to NDHQ, that would report to the PMO upon the merits of the
>>>> proposed operation.
>>>>
>>>> There was never at anytime an existing target list of verified sites
>>>> where there were deployed WMD. Coalition assets were more than
>>>> sufficient for the initial strike and invasion phase but even at
>>>> that
>>>> point in the planning, we were concerned about the number of
>>>> "boots on
>>>> the ground" for the occupation (and end game) stage of an
>>>> operation in
>>>> Iraq.
>>>>
>>>> We were also concerned about the American plans for occupation plans
>>>> of Iraq because they at that stage included no contingency for a
>>>> handing over of civil authority to a vetted Iraqi government and
>>>> bureaucracy. There was no detailed plan for Iraq being
>>>> "liberated" and
>>>> returned to its people...nor a thought to an eventual exit plan.
>>>>
>>>> This was contrary to the lessons of Vietnam but also to the military
>>>> thought, that folks like Colin Powell and "Stuffy" Leighton and
>>>> others
>>>> illucidated upon. "What's the mission" how long is the mission, what
>>>> conditions are to met before US troop can redeploy?
>>>>
>>>> Prime Minister Jean Chretien and the PMO were even at the very
>>>> preliminary planning stages wary of Canadian involment in an Iraq
>>>> operation....History would prove them correct. The political
>>>> preesure
>>>> being applied on the PMO from the George W Bush administration was
>>>> onerus
>>>>
>>>> American military assets were extremely overstretched, and Canadian
>>>> military assets even moreso It was proposed by the PMO that Canadian
>>>> naval platforms would deploy to assist in naval quarantene
>>>> operations
>>>> in the Gulf and that Canadian army assets would deploy in
>>>> Afghanistan
>>>> thus permitting US army assets to redeploy for an Iraqi
>>>> operation....
>>>>
>>>> The PMO thought that "compromise would save Canadian lives and
>>>> liberal
>>>> political capitial.. and the priority of which ....not
>>>> neccessarily in
>>>> that order. Essentially Canada detemined to stay out of Iraq,
>>>> paid the
>>>> price, of a larger role in Afghanistan to enable US military
>>>> assets to
>>>> redeploy to Iraq.
>>>>
>>>> The US op in Afghanistan evolved from a US op, to a UN op, to a
>>>> NATO /
>>>> ISAF op. NATO countries other than Canada and the UK shun combat
>>>> operations in Afghanistan..their rules of deployment and engagement
>>>> mitigate against NATO troops engaging the Taliban. By design I am
>>>> quite sure.
>>>>
>>>> But now the American Iraq op, is a great success. The "surge"
>>>> worked.
>>>> But alas now 127 Canadian soldiers are dead. The 2011 deadline is
>>>> coming nigh....and President Barak Obama and NATO want Canada to
>>>> consider extending the deployment of Canadian troops. The motives
>>>> are
>>>> different. The US wants to... needs to, as matter of national
>>>> security, to defeat insurgency in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Our
>>>> European allies want Canada to remain and continue to "punch
>>>> above its
>>>> weight" so European soldiers do not have to actually fight or die.
>>>>
>>>> That begs a few questions: "Nations do not have friends, nations
>>>> have
>>>> interests" -Henry Kissinger. Is American national security re
>>>> terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan compatable with Canadian
>>>> national interests? If this country, Canada is going to be a
>>>> continuing ally in "the war against terror"....should not our
>>>> "friends
>>>> and neighbours across the medicine line be more amenable in
>>>> matters of
>>>> trade, or just living up to their free trade agreements. If our
>>>> "friends and neighbours" to the south want Canadians to fight
>>>> side by
>>>> side...maybe that 7 % Softwood lumber tariff was a mistake...or the
>>>> buy American provision in the currant stimulus plan ought to be re
>>>> thought.
>>>>
>>>> Our American "friends" give Israel roughly 3 billion dollars a
>>>> year to
>>>> be spent buying weapons systems from US defense contactors...to
>>>> survive (both Israel and US defense industries) Perhaps US dollars
>>>> should flow to Canada to buy weapons systems and patrol aircraft and
>>>> naval platforms...after all, aren't we your "friends and allies"?
>>>>
>>>> There is nothing similar with American culture, and politics between
>>>> Canada and the US. Canada evolved into nation status and the US,
>>>> revolted violently. This difference in the means we became
>>>> nations...has greatly defined who and what we are.
>>>>
>>>> Our American "friends" look upon Canada as cultural, economic and
>>>> political satrap.... Now to their great consternation they are
>>>> finding
>>>> out... that is NOT the case . Nothing good came to Canada by way of
>>>> America. The military "schewir punct" should be defense of our
>>>> continental shelf and the arctic.
>>>>
>>>> Canada does need to stop shipping unrefined bitumen to the US and
>>>> totally refine it here and start building a pipeline for bitumen to
>>>> Canada's west coast to sell to Asian and the Chinese market. It is
>>>> more than past time to understand ..our American "friends" are
>>>> not our
>>>> friends at all.
>>>>
>>>> Or else it is: Bend over here it comes again.....KY anyone?
>>>> Posted by Seren at 11:27 AM
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Barry Winters <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>
>>>> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 08:33:09 -0600
>>>> Subject: Re: The Reykjavík Grapevine Al Jazeera Iceland WikiLeaks
>>>> and
>>>> British Banksters etc
>>>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> Tuesday, April 6, 2010
>>>> David Amos is a RCMP rat
>>>> Police Constables the world over call informants...cocksuckers.
>>>> David
>>>> Raymond Amos is a RCMP rat, a cocksucker, and he admits it. Just a
>>>> few days
>>>> ago David Raymond Amos admit he informed on and gave evidence in a
>>>> murder
>>>> case involving Gillies Moreau.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David Amos has never sued or blown the whistle on anyone. There
>>>> is no
>>>> citation of any case involving David Raymond Amos in the New York
>>>> Law
>>>> Reporting Service, Shepards, or the Mass. Law reporting society or
>>>> for that
>>>> matter any state citation reporting service anywhere...you the
>>>> places
>>>> lawyers go to precedents for their briefs.
>>>>
>>>> Wikileaks will have NOTHING to do with David Amos. DavidAmos
>>>> routinely
>>>> plagerizes wikileaks material and then says he had everything to do
>>>> with its
>>>> exposure. David Raymond Amos is not an "ethical whistle blower" he
>>>> has no
>>>> record of having any information regarding public corruption
>>>> whatsoever.
>>>>
>>>> But David Raymond Amos has a record of being a rat! A snitch for
>>>> the "feds"
>>>> he claims to hate. His kids are rats and assets of the RCMP and FBI
>>>> because
>>>> they are low low level snitches that inform on the lower rungs of
>>>> minor
>>>> organized crime organizations.
>>>>
>>>> But David Raymond Amos is also a pedophile or a "skinner" and a
>>>> "goof".....
>>>>
>>>> Time will eventually run out for David as it always does for rats
>>>> and
>>>> skinners. So much for being an "ethical whistleblower" eh!
>>>> Posted by Seren at 7:07 AM
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "David Amos" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>>>> To: "whistleblower" <whistleblower@ctv.ca>; "Dan Fitzgerald"
>>>> <danf@danf.net>; "terry.seguin" <terry.seguin@cbc.ca>; "Edith. Cody-
>>>> Rice"
>>>> <Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca>; "Barry Winters" <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>;
>>>> "eachtem"
>>>> <eachtem@hotmail.com>; "danadurf" <danadurf@hotmail.com>; "dean Ray"
>>>> <deanr0032@hotmail.com>; "dean" <dean@law.ualberta.ca>; "dean.law"
>>>> <dean.law@mcgill.ca>; "Dean.Buzza" <Dean.Buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>;
>>>> <kevin.Jackson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>>>> Cc: <oldmaison@yahoo.com>; "tracy" <tracy@jatam.org>;
>>>> <David.ALWARD@gnb.ca>;
>>>> "Richard Harris" <injusticecoalition@hotmail.com>
>>>> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 11:06 PM
>>>> Subject: Fwd: The Reykjavík Grapevine Al Jazeera Iceland
>>>> WikiLeaks and
>>>> British Banksters etc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 01:58:58 -0300
>>>> Subject: RE: The Reykjavík Grapevine Al Jazeera Iceland WikiLeaks
>>>> and
>>>> British Banksters etc
>>>> To: grapevine@grapevine.is,
>>>> Cc: editor@wikileaks.org,
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r879_ZTqaY8
>>>>
>>>> From: "Julian Assange)" editor@wikileaks.org
>>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 3:15 PM
>>>> Subject: Al Jazeera on Iceland's plan for a press safe haven
>>>>
>>>> FYI: Al-Jazeera's take on Iceland's proposed media safe haven
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbGiPjIE1pE
>>>>
>>>> More info http://immi.is/
>>>>
>>>> Julian Assange Editor WikiLeaks http://wikileaks.org/
>>>>
>>>> From: "David Amos" david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>> To: "Julian Assange)" editor@wikileaks.org
>>>> Cc: "Dan Fitzgerald" danf@danf.net; "Byrne. G" Byrne.G@parl.gc.ca
>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 8:35 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Al Jazeera on Iceland's new plan Thanx Here is
>>>> something
>>>> about Iceland and Banksters Al Jazeera would enjoy
>>>>
>>>> Checkout this old pdf file from 2005 at about page two or three
>>>>
>>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/4304560/Speaker-Iceland-etc
>>>>
>>>> Then read on and chuckle
>>>>
>>>> From: postur@fjr.stjr.is
>>>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009
>>>> Subject: Re: RE: Iceland and Bankers etc I must ask the obvious
>>>> question. Why have you people ignored me for three years?
>>>> To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> Dear David Amos
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately there has been a considerable delay in responding to
>>>> incoming letters due to heavy workload and many inquiries to our
>>>> office.
>>>>
>>>> We appreciate the issue raised in your letter. We have set up a web
>>>> site www.iceland.org where we have gathered various practical
>>>> information regarding the economic crisis in Iceland.
>>>>
>>>> Greetings from the Ministry of Finance.
>>>>
>>>> Tilvísun í mál: FJR08100024
>>>>
>>>> From: postur@for.stjr.is
>>>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008
>>>> Subject: Regarding your enquiry to the Prime Ministry of Iceland
>>>> To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>>
>>>> Your enquiry has been received by the Prime Ministry of Iceland and
>>>> waits attendance.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008
>>>> Subject: I just called to remind the Speaker, the Bankers and the
>>>> Icelanders that I still exist EH Mrs Mrechant, Bob Rae and Iggy?
>>>> To: Milliken.P@parl.gc.ca, sjs@althingi.is, emb.ottawa@mfa.is,
>>>> rmellish@pattersonlaw.ca, irisbirgisdottir@yahoo.ca,
>>>> marie@mariemorneau.com, dfranklin@franklinlegal.com,
>>>> egilla@althingi.is, william.turner@exsultate.ca
>>>> Cc: Rae.B@parl.gc.ca, Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca, lebrem@sen.parl.gc.ca,
>>>> merchp@sen.parl.gc.ca, coolsa@sen.parl.gc.ca, olived@sen.parl.gc.ca
>>>>
>>>> All of you should review the documents and CD that came with this
>>>> letter ASAP EH?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/Integrity-Yea-Right
>>>>
>>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/4304560/Speaker-Iceland-etc
>>>>
>>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/5352095/Tony-Merchant-and-Yankees
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps Geir Haarde and Steingrimur Sigfusson should call me back
>>>>
>>>> Veritas Vincit
>>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>>
>>>> The Reykjavík Grapevine
>>>> Hafnarstræti 15
>>>> 101 Reykjavík
>>>> Iceland
>>>> grapevine@grapevine.is
>>>> +354-540-3600
>>>
>>>
>
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/municipal-elections-vote-pandemic-1.6001996

 

Election results won't be made public until New Brunswick is lockdown-free

Election day in most places is May 10 but results are unlikely to be known that night


Elizabeth Fraser · CBC News · Posted: Apr 26, 2021 11:56 AM AT

 


Voting in the Edmundston and the upper Madawaska regions has been suspended until the COVD-19 lockdown is lifted. (Andrew Vaughan / Canadian Press)

Provincewide municipal election results will not be made public until elections in areas affected by regional lockdowns are complete, says New Brunswick's chief electoral officer.

That means it is unlikely that New Brunswickers will see results on May 10.

Voting in the Edmundston and the upper Madawaska regions has been suspended until the COVD-19 lockdown has been lifted in those areas.


Kim Poffenroth, New Brunswick's chief electoral officer, expects greater voter turnout this year because the election has been in the works for a year. (Roger Cosman/CBC)

"If an area goes into lockdown, the legislation requires that the election activities be suspended in those areas until a lockdown is lifted," said Kim Poffenroth, during an interview with Information Morning Fredericton.

In March, the provincial government also passed legislation to allow the suspension of nominations and voting in a particular zone in the event of a lockdown.

The release of election results is also halted because district education council and regional health authority voting overlaps in areas that are both in and out of lockdown.

"You don't release results for a contest if people can still vote in that contest," she said.

Election 2 weeks away

Advance polls open this upcoming Saturday and Monday.

Election day is May 10, but no voting will take place in any zone under lockdown.

"As soon as the lockdown is lifted, election activities will resume," Poffenroth said.

"...For every week of lockdown , that means the election day itself will be delayed a week."

Once a lockdown has been lifted, returning offices will be reopened so residents can vote in person. Poll workers will be trained and voter information cards will be sent out.

What will voting look like?

Poffenroth said the voting process will be similar to New Brunswick's provincial election in September. Voters will be required to wear masks, sanitize their hands and practice physical distancing. 

Voter information cards are expected to arrive in New Brunswick mailboxes Monday in zones not under lockdown. This will allow voters to be processed faster at the polls.

"Whether it's campaigning or any of the other day to day activities you're doing, you should be complying with whatever the public health guidelines are for your area," she said.

She said there have also been more candidates running in this year's municipal election compared to 2016.

"People are definitely interested in getting involved in the local decision making process."

"I think this last year has shown to everyone that important decisions are being made by all levels of government."

Expecting more voters 

She also expects higher voter turnout this year because people are more aware of the upcoming election after it was postponed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

In 2016, voter turnout hovered around 34.55 per cent. In 2012, the voter turnout was slightly higher at 35.5 per cent.

"The fact that this election has been delayed by a year has perhaps raised the awareness of the public in this election."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Elizabeth Fraser

Reporter/Editor

Elizabeth Fraser is a reporter/editor with CBC New Brunswick based in Fredericton. She's originally from Manitoba. Story tip? elizabeth.fraser@cbc.ca

With files from Information Morning Fredericton

 

 

 

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Mel Vincent Jr., a real-estate broker and home-builder running for mayor of Saint John, says he's experienced at city business, even if he has never sat at the council table.
 
 
 
 
 

Mel Vincent Jr. seeks mayor's job in Saint John

Son of the late Mel Vincent Sr., the city's longest-serving councillor, he says it's time to give back

 
CBC News · Posted: Mar 30, 2021 2:42 PM AT
 
 

Mel Vincent Jr. said he has stood at the podium in front of the council chamber on many occasions, fighting for projects he believes in. (Mel Vincent/Facebook page)

Mel Vincent Jr. says he grew up in a family where serving in public office was considered an honourable calling and a way of "paying societal debt." 

Now he's looking to follow in the steps of his late father, Mel Vincent Sr., who served for 30 years on Saint John council.

"It's time for me to give back," Vincent said.

Vincent was born and raised in Saint John and is a home-builder and real estate broker.

He studied political science at the University of New Brunswick and worked at Enterprise Saint John for a year in immigration. He has also been involved with Develop Saint John.


Athough he has never served on council, he said he has stood at the podium in front of council members on many occasions.

"I fought and argued for the projects that I believed in," he said. 

"You know, sitting at the horseshoe might be the easy side of the table, but to work with the staff and the planning and inspection departments on the projects that I've worked with a,nd for the city, has given me a unique perspective that few people have."

In terms of competing for the mayor's seat against two-term councillor Donna Reardon, he said he's coming in as a "newbie" but also has a lot of experience.

"I think obviously sitting there has some unique perspectives, but it also comes with some baggage, too, being responsible for the time that you sat there and the decisions that you've made." 

Vincent said the biggest issues he wants to tackle are growing the population, the economy and the tax base, and improving the community's recreation infrastructure.

"As an extremely competitive person, sitting in number two, frankly, does not sit well with me. And we're not far from sitting on number three," he said, referencing Saint John's population compared to the province's other cities.

He said he wants to sell Saint John to the world.

"Working at Enterprise Saint John immigration and listening to people who could go almost anywhere in this world tell me how great this city is, we need to become a more positive city," he said.

"There's no reason why anybody wouldn't want to live here."

He also said it's important to reduce poverty and tackle affordable housing, where he sees private ownership as a path to reduction.

It's sad to walk through the City Market today, see no people and see a lot of empty stalls.
- Mayor candidate Mel Vincent Jr. 

Vincent said the tax formula that exists right now isn't fair, and Saint John needs a bigger share of the tax revenue raised in the city,

"One of the unique advantages I have, I don't have to introduce myself to people in Fredericton who are making these decisions. They know who I am today."

All levels of government, especially the municipality, he said, need to be more engaged with Saint John's business community, especially during the pandemic.

He said the home-building sector has plenty of business but has faced challenges getting supplies, while restaurants can't turn their tables fast enough because of diminished capacity.

"It's a sector that needs a great deal of help, the community I think has been very supportive."

He said Saint John needs to be out in front dealing with the cruise ship business to make sure that it comes back as soon as it's safe.

"It's sad to walk through the City Market today, see no people and see a lot of empty stalls," he said. 

Rather than "going back to normal", he said, he's confident that Saint John will go to a better place as it recovers from the pandemic.

"As a business person, I know the passion and hunger that people have. I think the immigration community is entrepreneurial at levels that we don't see often." 

With files from Information Morning Saint John

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Two-term Saint John councillor Donna Reardon launches bid for mayor's seat

 

Dietician and medical administrator says she's proud of her work representing Saint John's Ward 3

Donna Reardon says when she heard Don Darling wasn't reoffering, she thought it might be time to take the next step.

"I have made, I think, a significant investment in Saint John in nine years."

"I've got the background. I've got the experience."

Reardon said she asked her fellow councillors for feedback and they told her to "go for it." 

"So here I am," she said.

Reardon is a trained dietician by profession, and works as the administrator at her husband's medical practice.

She was first elected to council in 2012 and is about to conclude her second term as the representative for Ward 3, which includes parts of east Saint John, the central peninsula and the lower west side. 

"I feel like I know the ropes. I feel like I understand the priorities," she said.

"We've made a lot of very difficult moves on the chessboard."

"From my perspective of being in the trenches, we've turned a corner — a significant one."

Reardon said she wants to "keep on that road."

The city is in a relatively good position for pandemic recovery right now, she said, because of the cost-cutting measures it has taken in recent years.

"Because we were looking at a much leaner operation, the impacts haven't been as great."

Nevertheless, she points out that a review of agencies, boards and commissions is ongoing.

They're being looked at "with a fine tooth comb," she said, to make sure they're working.

"Everything is being looked at."


Due to the pandemic, Saint John mayoral candidate Donna Reardon has been walking around the city with a campaign sign instead of knocking on doors. (Donna Reardon/Twitter)

So far, Reardon said she's been getting a good reception from people as she walks around the city. 

She's carrying campaign signs, but not knocking on doors because of COVID, even though provincial election rules do permit that.

"I've met a lot of people. We've had a lot of thumbs up, a few beeps"

Reardon says her priorities for the next term are growth, prosperity, quality of life and financial stability.

"You really need to look at what brings people to your city," she said.

She's a longtime proponent of active transportation.

"No one checks your pavement index and says, I think I'll move there. They look at a more holistic city. What can you provide for the time off when they're not working? And how would they integrate that into their life and raising a family? Et cetera"

Reardon was one of the councillors who spoke in favour of a heavy truck tax last spring, to help pay for repairs to beat up roads. It was eventually defeated.

Roads represent a huge expense to the city, she said, simply because of its geographic size.

Meanwhile, road spending doesn't get the same return on investment analysis as other categories of city spending, she said.

"We do need them. But how do we get the biggest bang for our buck?"

Partnerships are key to moving the city forward, said Reardon, as well as councillors who are willing to do their homework and be strong leaders.

"You need a team that's going to read the documentation that they're given and make those tough decisions."

The past two councils have had those things, she said.

"Everything we did, we did as a team. ... That's integral to being successful."


Donna Reardon has spent the past nine years as a councillor. Now's she's after the top post. She speaks with host Julia Wright. 13:56

Reardon said she sees the mayor's role as pulling the team together, setting out expectations and finding out how council and staff can work together toward long-term goals.

Another priority of hers is regional cooperation.

"I like to think of us as a hub of a wheel and all of those spokes strengthen us."

"We need to make sure that we group them in with our success. And how do we communicate with that group and how do we build a bigger team there?"

Other key partners include: the university, the federal government, the port, and the province, she said. 

"So, it's aligning with some of those visions, as well. And just going after them."

Saint John has some of the highest poverty rates in the province. Part of the city's role in addressing that includes advocating for citizens, said Reardon. 

She's also interested in supporting developments, such as affordable housing projects, possibly on derelict properties.

"Can we get those and build a land bank with them and put pieces together for affordable housing or for any development? ... There's lots of things that can be done, I think."

But she's not promising anything overnight.

Two other people have also registered as candidates for mayor of Saint John. Darrell Edward Bastarache and Howard A Yeomans are scheduled to speak with CBC later this week.

with files from Information Morning Saint John

 

 
 
 
 
 

Saint John Citizens Coalition calls for council to censure mayor for online comments

 
Click to play video: 'Saint John group alleging Facebook comments made by mayor Don Darling violates code of conduct' 
WATCH: A letter addressed to Saint John Council from a member of the Saint John Citizens Coalition focuses on a Facebook post from July 30 where the member says the mayor incited his social media following against the group. Silas Brown has more – Aug 15, 2019

A Saint John man is asking that Mayor Don Darling be censured due to alleged code of conduct violations.

In a letter obtained by Global News, Douglas James lists a series of online interactions that he believes to be violations of council’s code of conduct policy and requests that Darling be censured.

The alleged violation dates back to a Facebook post from July 30, 2019 when Darling posted a letter received by council from the Saint John Citizens Coalition asking about the mayor’s personal blog initiative GrowSJ. The 13 questions were meant to determine if Darling was using city resources for the project, which the group said would violate the code of conduct.

READ MORE: Saint John Citizens Coalition asks mayor Darling be investigated for code of conduct violations

Darling provided answers to the 13 questions on his Facebook page and admitted that some city resources were used in the production of the blog, but denied any code of conduct violations. But the coalition has since become more concerned with the preamble where they say Darling “publicly criticized the Saint John Citizens Coalition, demeaning citizens in the eyes of the public by suggesting they are just ‘four people’ with a bone to pick.”

Now the group, which bills itself as “a place for discussion of city issues,” is blaming the mayor for inflammatory comments left on the post.

“His preamble served to incite his social media power base against the Saint John Citizens Coalition and the signee of the letter Randall Goodwin,” wrote Douglas James in the latest letter, dated Aug. 13, 2019.

The letter goes on to list several examples of comments from social media users where Goodwin and the coalition are called various names, and in one case threatened with violence. Screenshots of the exchange have been attached to the letter.

“Randall Goodwin is an idiot. I had to block him during the Jellybean Houses discussion because he was irrational, aggressive, and quite frankly, barely literate!” reads one comment.

“He’s a piece of work. I’d gladly slap his teeth down his throat,” says another.

 WATCH: Saint John group alleges comments made by mayor Don Darling violates code of conduct

 Click to play video: 'Saint John group alleging Facebook comments made by mayor Don Darling violates code of conduct'

Saint John group alleging Facebook comments made by mayor Don Darling violates code of conduct   Saint John group alleging Facebook comments made by mayor Don Darling violates code of conduct – Aug 8, 2019

James says that this constitutes a violation of Article 8.7 of the code of conduct that states: “Members of Council shall not engage in or encourage bullying, flaming, or shaming of any other social media users. These types of interactions on social media misplace the focus of interaction on attacking individuals rather than engaging in constructive discussion or debate. This manner of communication is inconsistent with the Code of Conduct and unbecoming of the office that members hold.”

Because the comments happened on Darling’s personal Facebook page that he uses as his primary means of communication with citizens, the group says that he is ultimately responsible for moderation.

“Because Mr. Darling himself was monitoring the posts in real-time and administers the Facebook page himself, he is 100 per cent responsible for ensuring that any such exchange on social media adheres to the standards of common decency, let alone the Code of Conduct for Elected Representatives,” James wrote.

In an interview Thursday James said he doesn’t blame Darling for the comments, but as page administrator, Darling “should be removing some of the comments.”

“(Darling) was the administrator of the site, he did nothing to tell the people to back off, this is getting a bit too personal … and certainly the threat of intimidation and physical violence is unacceptable,” he said.

“So why didn’t he stop it at that point? Why has he left disgusting comments on the web page for 14 days when he has the power to take them off?"

READ MORE: N.B. public accounts committee on Saint John new deal agreement being ‘waylaid by partisanship’: MLAs

When asked about the letter Darling said he had yet to see it and would have no comment until after council meets on Monday.

“Basically what we’re being told is we have no right as citizens to speak out against this mayor and common council – that we’re expected to just tow the line and follow whatever they want to do and let them get on with it,” James said.

“In a democracy it is our right. We’re not expected just to vote, we’re expected to hold government to account between elections and that’s what we’re doing.”

A separate letter also penned by James asks that David Merrithew be reprimanded by council due to comments made on the same post.

“This guy and his small group of cronies are not creditable,” Merrithew wrote in reference to Goodwin and the Coalition. “They say they will run in the next election. God forbid. Just key board[sic] courage.”

James says that Merrithew violated Article 8.1 of the code of conduct that states “members of council shall treat every person, including other members of council, City employees and the public with dignity and respect.”

“Again, mocking and disparaging citizens because they choose to express their political views and help educate others on matters of public interest through their written commentary, can hardly be described as dignified and respectful conduct,” James wrote.

Merrithew declined to comment on the letter.

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The Saint John Citizens Coalition has said they will be running candidates in the next municipal election in 2020. Randall Goodwin says he started the group after becoming disillusioned with Darling’s performance about five months into his mandate.

Darling has brushed aside criticism from the group in the past, saying that the attacks are personal. Goodwin, who says he worked on Darling’s mayoral campaign, says the group is simply trying to fight for the interests of citizens.

“It’s nothing personal. It’s not a personal attack against Don Darling nor this council. It’s about the accountability of our tax dollars,” Goodwin said.

“We elect 10 representatives as our councillors to represent the citizens of the city of Saint John and that is not taking place."

 
 
 

Saint John Citizens Coalition asks mayor Darling be investigated for code of conduct violations

Click to play video: 'Saint John group alleging Facebook comments made by mayor Don Darling violates code of conduct'
WATCH: The Saint John Citizens Coalition sent a letter to the minister of local government last week. As Silas Brown reports, the letter details what they believe constitutes online bullying and harassment by the mayor – Aug 8, 2019

A Saint John group alleging mayor Don Darling has committed code of conduct violations say they will be making a “significant” submission to council for an upcoming meeting.

This will be the third letter sent to government by the Saint John Citizens Coalition over the last few weeks.

The group initially sent a letter to common council with a list of 13 questions asking if Darling was using city resources for his blog GrowSJ, which was quickly followed up with a letter to the minister responsible for local government to check on code of conduct policy.

READ MORE: N.B. public accounts committee on Saint John new deal agreement being ‘waylaid by partisanship’: MLAs

In a post online Darling shared the initial letter and admitted that some city resources were being used for what he calls a “brand that was created during my campaign … to present a vision for a growing and thriving Saint John,” but denied that he was violating council’s new code of conduct by doing so.

But in another letter to Jeff Carr, the minister responsible for local government, the group says Darling further violated the code in the preamble to his online response, saying that “he publicly criticized the Saint John Citizens Coalition, demeaning citizens in the eyes of the public by suggesting they are just ‘4 people’ with a bone to pick” and has “publicly humiliated people on various occasions.”

The letter, written by coalition member Douglas James goes on to say that Darling’s behaviour is a violation of article 8.7 of the code of conduct that states:

“Members of Council shall not engage in or encourage bullying, flaming, or shaming of any other social media users. These types of interactions on social media misplace the focus of interaction on attacking individuals rather than engaging in constructive discussion or debate. This manner of communication is inconsistent with the Code of Conduct and unbecoming of the office that Members hold.”

READ MORE: Calls for municipal reform at Saint John ‘Budgets and Beers’ town hall

The letter goes on to mention that Darling has blocked citizens from his Facebook page that James argues effectively “serves as a public forum in his role as mayor.”

He goes on to suggest that this is a violation of article 3.7 of the code of conduct that stipulates that elected officials cannot refuse to interact with someone based on any grounds listed in the human rights act.

Being that the Facebook page is Darling’s primary way of communication with citizens James believes that those blocked are being discriminated against due to their political opinions.

READ MORE: New Brunswick Police Association unhappy with ‘new deal’ arbitration discussion

All this is prefaced by a request that the minister investigate these alleged code of conduct violations.

In a statement on Friday Erika Jutras, a spokesperson with the department of environment and local government, said that the minister is not responsible for enforcing city council code of conduct violations.

“The province requires local governments to have a code of conduct bylaw but does not approve those bylaws,” she wrote.

“The bylaws are approved by council in accordance with the provincial regulation and include how the council will administer the regulation and deal with complaints of potential violations.”

READ MORE: Saint John council delays vote on financial sustainability report for 30 days

Coalition member Randall Goodwin says that the intent of the letter was to find out what the policy for code of conduct violations is and says the group has penned another letter to be submitted to council next week.

“This isn’t about vengeance, it’s about accountability,” he said.

When asked about the allegations last week Darling said that they are distracting from the bigger issues the city is facing, such as the ongoing “new deal” negotiations with the province.

“Frankly, I don’t agree,” he said.

“I’m not going to be distracted away from talking about $10 to $12 million gaps and about a thriving, growing future for the city and frankly overwhelmingly the citizens of the city don’t want me distracted.”

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Randall Goodwin shared a post.

Don Darling continues to attack and bully citizens who speak out about his and council's 5 years of failure. That is their legacy. They never listened to our citizens for 5 years. They did nothing for the North end. Nor for by far the highest water rates in NB, highest property tax rates in Canada, $60 million of destruction of plumbing and homes on West Side and has been hiding in silence for years and even moved from the west side because citizens spoke out and despised him.
Longterm debt has risen but he has conned some into believing it is lower....check SJ's Consolidated Financial Statements, Daring and this council went crazy on demolitions making the affordable housing crisis even worse (recently admitted they were too aggressive), ignored the Poor which are over 35% of our population, cancelled first step of restructuring and did nothing for 3 more years on the deficit until province told him and council: no more financial assistance until you get to work on your own problems (he never mentions this, does he?), and don't forget Darling and councils 5 years of silence about empty malls, closed stores and businesses gone, half empty office towers.
Saint John would be so much better off if people hadn't drank his and council’s Kool-aid and deceit and spoke out and insisted that he take action on the above problems for the past 5 years. Now we have a chance to reject the sitting councillors and elect New people with New ideas and New energy to start fixing the many problems that Darling and this council left behind.
Don't make the same mistakes people in voting for any of the existing councillors that were part of this 5 year failure that we find our city in currently.
"DO NOT VOTE" for Donna Reardon, John MacKenzie, Blake Armstrong, David Hickey, Ray Strowbridge, and Gary Sullivan, let's send a clear message to them all in saying good bye.
Our citizens Vote is their Voice, it's time people we take back our city and vote for change that is desperately needed to take Saint John forward...!!!!!!
 
 
 
 

  • Randall Goodwin shared a post.

    Well stated Darrell, to the core realities that we find our city in with the difficulties our citizens live with. We need major change inside City Hall to give hope back to our citizens of Saint John. You certainly stand strong on the front line and this is exactly what this city needs, a mayor that will not bend down to the pressures of big industries that has caused tremendous hardship for our people for decades.
    This is the chance for the people's voices to be heard in voting for 10 new councillors and mayor to take Saint John forward. Keep pushing hard for our City and our dear people that live here. We need a liveable city, that we certainly don't have now.
    While gazing at their navels and promoting Saint John as ‘St. Awesome’, a Potemkin-like village that hides the harsh realities of a declining metropolis, they blamed all our problems on 'negativity', denigrating citizens who dared hold them to account, describing us as 'those people', 'that tribe', even 'members of a gang'. Our current leader Don Darling even allowed a threat of physical violence against an outspoken citizen to be posted on his facebook page a clear violation of the Code of Conduct for Elected Representatives. Council did nothing to hold him into account. They accused firefighters and police officers of being 'greedy' and 'not caring for our city'. They blamed the province. They blamed industry. They blamed suburban and rural residents They blamed everyone but themselves for extending a financial crisis into a 5th year and beyond while entirely overlooking their own madness in taking ahighly questionable bailout from a failed provincial government to push their own narrow political interests.
    Meanwhile on the Westside of Saint John, residents and businesses suffered through a calamity of their own, a fiasco that saw the city fail to do its due diligence before switching 20,000 citizens to well water. Homeowners suffered millions of dollars in flood damages when their pipes burst. Then the water turned foul and half of them had to be switched again, this time to the eastside water system; a temporary fix to a problem that will haunt the city for years to come. How did Mayor Don darling and council respond to this crisis? The current council and Don Darling abandoned the citizens, casting aside their duty as elected representatives and refusing even to speak to those who suffered tremendously. What happened to the spirit of Saint john? Where did the leadership go? Where did the "CITIZENS VOICES GO?" Where did the care and compassion go? Saint John was once the "greatest little city in the east!" It was among the greatest in North America. We need to get this back again. We need to put PEOPLE FIRST!!!!
    On May 10th, 2021, WE NEED TO VOTE FOR CHANGE!!!!
    We can do this by electing a new Mayor who is not afraid to put people first and give citizens back their voice!!! We need to also elect 10 progressive councilors who will commit to rebuilding our broke and broken city and reviving the quality of life we all have had before!
    VOTE SMART, VOTE CHANGE!!!!! PEOPLE FIRST!!!
    Regards,
    Darrell E Bastarache
    Mayoral Candidate

    5 Comments

    Patricia Pittman
    All voters should do their homework on all those running for council.
    Randall Goodwin
    • Patricia Pittman you got that right, they are all singing a vision, but have no clue regarding the realities. We will be endorsing some candidates shortly, as soon as we contact the ones of interest.

  • Susan Toner
    The underdog for 👍 sure

  • I couldn't have said it better Darrell. LOL.
    Randall Goodwin
    Douglas James thanks a funny one Doug...lol
 
 

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-28-information-morning-saint-john/clip/15834614-meet-saint-john-mayoral-candidates-darrell-bastarache

 

Information Morning - Saint John

Meet the Saint John mayoral candidates - Darrell Bastarache
10:38
Born and raised in Saint John, the self-styled champion of the blue-collar worker talks to host Julia Wright about his vision for the city.
Aired: March 31, 2021
 
 
 
 
 

Controversial candidate for Saint John mayor says he can relate to people

Darrell Bastarache says he'd rather talk issues than about his Facebook posts supporting conspiracy theories


Isabelle Leger · CBC News · Posted: Mar 31, 2021 5:33 PM AT
 
 
 

Darrell Bastarache is running for mayor of Saint John in the May municipal election. (Darrell Bastarache Sr./Facebook)

A candidate for mayor of Saint John whose Facebook postings have included support for conspiracy theories and the January attack on the U.S. Capitol says the city needs a leader who doesn't fit the status quo. 

"I'm tired of the status quo," Darrell Bastarache, one of four candidates seeking the mayor's job, told Information Morning Saint John on Wednesday.

On Facebook, Bastarache has suggested the COVID-19 pandemic was planned by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the immunologist who advises the U.S. administration about the disease.

Bastarache also commented on a post by his campaign manager, Ed Hoyt, who made light of the violence in Washington over election results, and he called for similar violence in this country.



 
(Charlie Miller / Facebook)
 

In the radio interview, Bastarache said he would prefer to talk about campaign issues, but he didn't deny responsibility for the posts, which are no longer visible but were captured in screen shots.   

Bastarache, who works in landscaping, suggested he fits into what Saint Johners want in a mayor, someone who has experienced hardship.

"Many citizens that I've talked to, they agree they need a change, and they need somebody that's lived their experiences and lived the same hardships as they have in life," he said. 

If he were mayor, he said, he would address poverty in the city by focusing on low-income housing. He said part of the problem is that some landlords are wrestling with regulations and property tax that make it difficult to keep rents down.

He spoke with several landlords this week.

"They say it's hard to lower rents at this time," Bastarache said. "In fact, most have to raise them." 

He said economic growth, population growth and tax reform are also issues he cares about.

In the shorter term, Bastarache said he would like to upgrade infrastructure and make the uptown more attractive, with landscaping and better sidewalks.

Campaign aide faces charge

Bastarache said he's lived in Saint john his entire life, despite having opportunities elsewhere.

"I've left twice and returned both times because I get homesick and love our city."  

He said he did not want to discuss the future of his campaign manager, Hoyt, who is to be in court April 9 for trial on an assault charge.  

"I would just have to wait and see what happens on April 9th and make a decision," Bastarache said. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Isabelle Leger is a reporter based out of Fredericton. You can reach her at isabelle.leger@cbc.ca

With files from Information Morning Saint John

 

 
 

Mayoral candidate dismisses campaign manager found guilty of assault

Ed Hoyt was found guilty Monday of assaulting a woman

 
Hadeel Ibrahim · CBC News · Posted: Apr 19, 2021 6:01 PM AT 
 
 

Ed Hoyt was found guilty of assault Monday. (Hadeel Ibrahim/CBC)

Saint John mayoral candidate Darrell Bastarache has dismissed his campaign manager after the man was found guilty of assaulting a woman.

Ed Hoyt was found guilty by Judge David Walker on Monday, and is scheduled for sentencing June 25. 

"Immediate dismissal," Bastarache said when reached by phone Monday afternoon.

Bastarache initially refused to comment on the charges in an interview with Information Morning Saint John at the end of March, saying  he wanted to wait and see what happened in court before he made a decision.


Darrell Bastarache is running for mayor of Saint John in upcoming municipal election. He fired his campaign manager Monday after the man was found guilty of assault. (Darrell Bastarache Sr./Facebook)

On Monday, Bastarache said he had already decided to fire Hoyt, even before he was found guilty.

"I don't condone anything Ed has done," he said. " I spoke to Ed a couple of weeks ago saying that I was going to let him go either way because of all the unforeseen publicity that we've been getting."

He said he had started decreasing Hoyt's responsibilities a few weeks ago, but will now fire him. He said he hasn't found a replacement. 

Born and raised in Saint John, the self-styled champion of the blue-collar worker talks to host Julia Wright about his vision for the city. 10:38 

Community reaction

Bastarache said he initially didn't want to fire Hoyt "for the sake of fairness."

"I don't know the full details, and ... innocent until proven guilty sort of thing," he said.

But he said he got "hundreds of emails", including some from women asking him about the assault allegations against Hoyt.

"They say, 'But I still advise you that he's not good for your campaign'," he said.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Edward Hoyt, speaks out on Childrens Rights on Breakfast Telivision

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In 2000 Edward Hoyt founded the New Brunswick Childrens Equal Parenting Association, this organization fights for the rights of the child to have an ongoing relationship with both parents following seperation and divorce. He worked with childrens rights advocates since then to help form and serves as a director on the Canadian Equal Parenting Council. They as a group along with MPs' are currenting working on the first Canadian legislation on " Equal Parenting: called Bill C-422.
 
 
 
 
 
Name:The New Brunswick Children's Equal Parenting Association
Contact:Ed Hoyt
Address:11 Beverly Drive, Saint John NB E2J 3B1
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Name:New Brunswick Shared Parenting Association
Contact: 
Address:Suite 200, 527 Beaverbrook Court, Fredericton, NB, E3B 1X6
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Thursday, May 13, 2010

PANB Launches Association in Minister Jack Keir's Riding

Supporters met with Ed Hoyt (middle above) and PANB executives last night at Grand Bay-Westfield to form the 4th official riding association of PANB. After the formalities and short speeches by Ed and PANB Interim Leader Kris Austin (left above), the folks in attendance discussed various issues, concerns and approaches that the party can consider. Leader Kris Austin spoke of his optimism for the party, outlining the status of the various riding associations that are currently being formed. He expects formal registering of the party will be concluded in late May with the PANB General Meeting being scheduled for early June. In Photo: Kris Austin(Interm Leader of PANB), Anne Marie Poirier (V.P. of Riding Association), Edward Hoyt, Tracy L Mayhew (Secretary/Treasurer of Riding Association), and Tammy Archer (Deputy Mayor, town of Grand Bay-Westfield).

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Saint John
NameSexContact Information
Mayor  (1 to elect)
Darrell Edward BastaracheMAddress for service: 59 boul MacLaren Blvd, Saint John, NB , E2K 3E9
Donna E ReardonFAddress for service: 200 rue Germain St, Saint John, NB , E2L 2G4
Mel A. W. VincentMAddress for service: 700 ch Westmorland Rd, Saint John, NB , E2J 2H4
Telephone: 506-653-7571
E-mail: info@melvincent.ca
Website: www.melvincent.ca
Howard A YeomansMAddress for service: 451 av Millidge Ave, Saint John, NB , E2K 2N3
E-mail: howardyeomansSJ@gmail.com
Councillor at Large  (2 to elect)
Brent Roderick HarrisMAddress for service: 6 rue Rideau St, Saint John, NB , E2M 6X8
E-mail: bjharris@gmail.com
Website: https://brentharris4sj.ca
Steven HendersonMAddress for service: 2 cour Chevron Crt, Saint John, NB , E2K 4W9
Telephone: 506-646-0361
E-mail: steven.hend@gmail.com
Dean Matthew SecordMAddress for service: 12 rue Saint Andrews St Unit(e) 1, Saint John, NB , E2L 1T3
E-mail: deansecord4council@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/DeanSecord4council
Herman Gary Sullivan
(inc./sort.)
MAddress for service: 56 cour Park Lawn Crt, Saint John, NB , E2K 2B9
Telephone: 506-632-1285

Website: https://www.facebook.com/GarySullivan4SJCouncil
Guy VernaMAddress for service: 3 pl Brunswick Pl, Saint John, NB , E2K 1B5
Arthur (Arty) WatsonMAddress for service: 120 rue Queen St Unit(e) 111, Saint John, NB , E2L 0C4
Telephone: 506-607-5690
E-mail: arthurwatson@hotmail.ca
Website: https://facebook.com/arty.watson
Councillor Ward 1  (2 to elect)
Blake J. Armstrong
(inc./sort.)
MAddress for service: 466 Brian Lane , Saint John, NB , E2M 1R4
Joanna F. E. KillenFAddress for service: 606 Fundy Dr , Saint John, NB , E2M 2S5E2M 2S5
Telephone: 506-333-4248
E-mail: joanna@slocumandferris.com
Website: joannakillen.com
Elizabeth Ann RoweFAddress for service: 358 av Rothesay Ave Unit(e) 701, Saint John, NB , E2J 2C4
Telephone: 506 663-5220
E-mail: lizroweforward1@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/LizRowe4Ward1-109363284570173
Christopher R WithersMAddress for service: 33 cour Ocean Crt Unit(e) 9, Saint John, NB , E2M 4B1
E-mail: crwithers33@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Christopher-Withers-for-Councilor-Ward-1-Saint-John-West-115032933658253
Councillor Ward 2  (2 to elect)
Larry E HarlowMAddress for service: 30 av Parkwood Ave, Saint John, NB , E2K 5L8
Telephone: 506-650-1872
E-mail: larryharlow4ward2@gmail.com
Website: https://facebook.com/LarryHarlowforCouncillorWard2,SaintJohn
John Collin MacKenzie
(inc./sort.)
MAddress for service: 2 cour Crerar Crt, Saint John, NB , E2K 2T4
Telephone: 506-654-7171
E-mail: mackenziej76@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/johnmackenzieSJ/
Barry Keith OgdenMAddress for service: 186 av Douglas Ave Unit(e) 1, Saint John, NB , E2K 1E4
Telephone: 506-333-4612
E-mail: votesj@barryogden.ca
Jocelyn M StevensFAddress for service: 65 crois Craig Cres, Saint John, NB , E2K 4J3
Telephone: 506-343-5980
E-mail: jocelynstevens44@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/JocelynStevens4Council
Russell Gregory WilsonMAddress for service: 174 av Millidge Ave, Saint John, NB , E2K 2M5
E-mail: rgw@wilson4saintjohn.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/wilson4saintjohn
Councillor Ward 3  (2 to elect)
Barbara Jane EllembergFAddress for service: 26 Retail Dr , Saint John, NB , E2J 2R2
E-mail: bjecaringhomechildcare@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/barbara.ellemberg
David Hickey
(inc./sort.)
MAddress for service: 48 rue Waterloo St, Saint John, NB , E2L 3P3
Telephone: 506-650-5777
E-mail: d.hickey@icloud.com
Gerry LoweMAddress for service: 65 rue Smythe St Unit(e) 403, Saint John, NB , E2L 0A1
Telephone: 506-636-2860
E-mail: glowe133@rogers.com
Adam Joseph Christopher SalesseMAddress for service: 94 rue St. James St, Saint John, NB , E2L 1V7
Telephone: 506-650-5813
E-mail: adam4sj@gmail.com
Website: www.adam4sj.ca
Councillor Ward 4  (2 to elect)
Lynaya Louise AstephenFAddress for service: 1877 ch Red Head Rd, Saint John, NB , E2P 1J5

Website: voteforlynayaastephenward4.com
Christopher C DaigleMAddress for service: 36 av Lynn Ave, Saint John, NB , E2J 2Z3
Telephone: 506-214-1236
E-mail: chris.daigle.w4@gmail.com
Website: https://facebook.com/chrisdaigleward4
Gina Ellen HooleyFAddress for service: 64 Sherwood Dr , Saint John, NB , E2J 3H8
Telephone: 506-654-8215

Website: https://facebook.com/GinaforWard4VoteHooley
Kimberley Mary E HughesFAddress for service: 11 av Muriel Ave, Saint John, NB , E2J 3G9
Telephone: 506 657-9591
E-mail: kimberh39@yahoo.ca
Daniel Murray O'ConnorMAddress for service: 12 av Sharon Ave, Saint John, NB , E2N 1N3
Telephone: 506-566-5615
E-mail: Dan.OConnor2021@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/VoteDan2021
Paula Jean RadwanFAddress for service: 23 rue David St, Saint John, NB , E2J 4J2
Telephone: 506-721-3185
E-mail: paularadwan4council@gmail.com
Website: http://www.facebook.com/paularadwan4councilsj
Greg Ronald StewartMAddress for service: 358 av Rothesay Ave Unit(e) 701, Saint John, NB , E2J 2C4
E-mail: greg4ward4@gmail.com
Ray Strowbridge
(inc./sort.)
MAddress for service: 243 Ocean Dr , Saint John, NB , E2P 1C7
Telephone: 506-721-2394
E-mail: raystrowbridge@gmx.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/raystrowbridgeward4
 

 


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/no-rules-for-municipal-election-spending-in-n-b-1.748687


No rules for municipal election spending in N.B.

Some municipal election candidates are questioning where the money is coming from to finance certain campaigns.

There are no rules in New Brunswick to govern how candidates raise and spend money, no donation limits and no requirement to disclose donor information.

The Saint John Firefighters Association has been spending a significant amount of money for roadside signs and flyers promoting certain candidates for May 12's municipal election, said association member Terry Graham.

Graham has been distributing flyers door to door and putting up signs showing the firefighters' support of certain candidates.

In a federal election, the association would have exceeded the $3,000 special interesting spending limit for a single local campaign.

But in New Brunswick's municipal elections, none of the election spending is required to be accounted for.

"There are really no guidelines or regulations in place that tell a candidate how much they're allowed to spend during their campaign or how much they're allowed to take in as contributions for their campaign," said Paul Harpelle, spokesman for Elections New Brunswick.

Calls for disclosure

Theresa Debly is running for Saint John council on a $1,000 budget. About $500 has been spent on handouts for the campaign.

It's tough to compete against other candidates spending tens of thousands of dollars, Debly said. The public should know who is supplying the money being spent on municipal campaigns, she said.

"I don't see why you would distinguish provincial and federal from municipal," Debly said. "Why isn't it appropriate at all three levels if it is appropriate at two … because there is big money. There are developers who back candidates. There's all kinds of things happening."

Firefighter association president Chuck Hickey said the firefighters have been criticized for their support on the campaign and some of their signs have been vandalized.

But the association's support of certain candidates is in the open, Hickey said.

"We've chosen to show the public we are supporting them and we're not afraid to say who we think is the right person," he said.

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/election-spending-brian-hicks-1.3394890 

 

Brian Hicks calls for more municipal election accountability

Municipal election candidates aren't required to disclose funding sources or limit spending

 

Ian Bonnell · CBC News · Posted: Jan 08, 2016 7:50 AM AT

 


Moncton Coun. Brian Hicks thinks municipal elections candidates should face spending limits and be required to disclose the sources of campaign funding. (CBC)

The lack of regulations regarding political campaign funding at the municipal level could pose problems in May's elections, says a Moncton city councillor.

While candidates in federal and provincial elections must comply with rules around election spending, anyone running at the municipal level does not have to disclose the sources of their campaign funding, nor is there a ceiling on how much they can spend.

That doesn't sit well with Brian Hicks, a veteran Moncton councillor, who was first elected in 1999.

Hicks said he feels provincial laws should be updated to make campaign funding more transparent and equal for all municipal candidates.

It's just for openness and transparency.
- Brian Hicks, Moncton councillor

"It's just for openness and transparency," said Hicks.

"In council, it's very unique where you have 11 people sitting and many times you'll get, especially on land re-zoning issues, people coming before council.

"And right now, you have no idea if that individual has donated financially to any one of the elected representatives on council. I think that should be public."

Not a new issue

The issue also surfaced prior to the province's municipal elections in 2008 and 2012.

In 2011, Moncton council passed a motion recommending the Cities of New Brunswick Association and the Association of Francophone Municipalities take the issue to the Department of Local Government.

Hicks admits he gets unsolicited campaign donations from time to time.

"I've received cheques in the past. I do the same thing every year. I'll void the cheque and send them back a note thanking them … everybody runs their campaign differently."

Risk higher in larger centres

Failing to limit campaign spending and disclose donors could open the door to political interference, and should be a bigger concern to the public, according to one expert.

Geoff Martin, a political science professor at Mount Allison University, says the risk is more pronounced in larger centres.

I suspect we don't have much in the way of brown envelopes of cash being handed over.
- Geoff Martin, political science professor

"I suspect we don't have much in the way of brown envelopes of cash being handed over, but there may be an issue of, particularly when people are running expensive campaigns in an urban environment, the secrecy of who is providing donations to which candidates and what kind of decisions they make," he said.

The Liberal party's election platform in 2014 said it would look into the issue.

The Liberals stated they would keep government more accountable by, "Exploring appropriate limits and public disclosure of spending and donations for municipal elections."

Elections NB says they have not yet received any instructions regarding changes to the policy.

The Department of Local Government says they are continuing to work on the issue.

 

 
 
 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/municipal-campaign-donations-law-1.3986100


Municipal election campaign disclosure law in the works

Rules requiring candidates to make public any donations to campaigns will come by 2018, minister says

 

Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Feb 16, 2017 4:00 PM AT

 


Local Government Minister Serge Rousselle now says the government will keep a promise to require public disclosure of municipal campaign donations. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)

The Gallant government now says it will introduce rules to require the disclosure of municipal campaign donations before the fall of 2018.

"We are intending to do this during this mandate as promised," Environment and Local Government Minister Serge Rousselle told reporters Thursday.

He couldn't say exactly when the legislation will come because it won't come under his department, he said.

Promised in 2014 campaign

The 2014 Liberal platform promised that the government would explore such a law.

On Wednesday, Rousselle introduced two bills that will give municipalities broad new powers, including the ability to hand out job-creation grants to private companies.

That raised the possibility of mayors and municipal councillors handing out money to companies without the public knowing whether those companies donated to their campaigns.

Provincial election laws require provincial parties and leadership candidates to disclose who writes cheques to fund their campaigns, but no such requirement exists at the municipal level.

On Wednesday Rousselle said such legislation  "is not on the plate today. It will be in the future."

Thursday he was more precise.

"It was one of our promises in the last election in 2014," he said. "I can certainly tell you that it will be during this mandate."

The law that will allow municipal job-creation grants will take effect next January.

The next municipal elections take place in May 2020, though byelections for vacant mayor and councillor positions are held every spring and fall.

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Larry's Gulch list raises 'serious legal implications': AG

Attorney General Serge Rousselle says number of Tory partisans at fishing lodge raises legal questions


Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Feb 20, 2015 1:18 PM AT
 
 

 
Larry's Gulch has exclusive access to some of the best salmon fishing on the Restigouche River. (CBC)

The Larry’s Gulch controversy took two dramatic new turns at the legislature on Friday.

The Liberal government is raising the possibility of "serious legal implications" for the Progressive Conservative Party, while the release of more guests lists reveal a Liberal MLA also hosted former Times & Transcript editor Murray Guy.

"There have been suggestions, allegations that [on] some of the lists over the last few years … the only link between those people is the Conservative party," Attorney General Serge Rousselle told reporters.

"We are very concerned with that. Given the fact that there could be serious legal implications, I cannot comment further than that."


Attorney General Serge Rousselle said the number of Tory partisans attending Larry's Gulch could raise serious legal implications. (CBC)
 
Rousselle refused to discuss who else might investigate the trips beyond the government’s own internal review.

The 2013 guest list includes a July 10 to 12 trip booked by then-premier David Alward’s office that included Alward; Jason Stephen, the president of the PC Party; Lisa Merrithew, a Tory supporter and former communications adviser to the Lord government; and Saint John Mayor Mel Norton.

Stephen’s name appears on a subsequent 2013 booking that also included Alward, several PC MLAs and party insiders and Robert Hatheway, who is the PC party’s official representative.

A July 9 to 11, 2014, booking also includes several Tory insiders, including the party’s executive director, Jean-Paul Soucy and Michel Leger, a Shediac lawyer who oversaw Alward’s campaign bus tour that began a month later.

After telling CBC News for two days he was willing to be interviewed, Alward said in an email message on Friday morning that he would not talk about his government’s use of the fishing lodge.

"We are finished speaking about Larry’s Gulch," Alward wrote.

"As I have said before, I am looking forward to the results of an independent review. There are other important issues currently going unreported."

The lodge is supposed to be used for government meetings and rentals, not for partisan purposes.

Speaker also invited newspaper editor

A 2012 financial report by the Progressive Conservative Party lists $623.29 paid to Darell Fowlie, Alward’s deputy minister of communications, for an item listed only as "Larry’s Gulch."

Fowlie is the official who, according to Brunswick News, was asked to alter records of a trip to the fishing lodge by Moncton Times & Transcript editor Murray Guy.

Guy made a total of three trips to Larry’s Gulch: two with NB Liquor CEO Daniel Allain in 2011 and 2013 when the PCs were in power, and one in 2010 with Chris Collins, who was then environment and local government minister in the government of Shawn Graham, and now speaker of the legislature.


Speaker Chris Collins says he wasn't seeking positive coverage when he invited Murray Guy, an editor at the Moncton Times & Transcript, to the government fishing lodge. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
 
The 2010 and 2011 trips were revealed in the new release of guest lists.

Collins says his 2010 invitation to Guy happened spontaneously when he and other Liberal cabinet ministers were holding an editorial board meeting with the Times & Transcript. Al Hogan, the senior editor who was fired over Guy’s 2013 fishing trip, was also in the meeting, Collins said.

Larry’s Gulch came up, Collins said, and "Murray said he had never been there, and I was asked if I had any space on the trip that I would be going on in a week or two, and I said, 'Yeah.’ I had had two cancellations from two mayors."

The suggestion didn’t come from Guy, Collins said, but from another elected Liberal in the editorial board. Collins wouldn’t say who it was.

I’ve received no favours from the editorial board of the Times & Transcript following that … I had no benefit from doing it, other than the great company of Murray.
- Chris Collins, speaker of the legislature

The Larry’s Gulch trip was organized to hold meetings with municipal and business leaders, Collins said. He said he wasn’t trying to get positive coverage from the Times & Transcript.

"In fact, I’ve received no favours from the editorial board of the Times & Transcript following that," he said. "I had no benefit from doing it, other than the great company of Murray."

Collins said Guy didn’t offer him communications advice and didn’t take part in any of the sensitive government meetings.

Guy left that job earlier this month after Brunswick News learned he took a trip to the lodge in 2013 with NB Liquor and its PC-appointed chief executive officer, Daniel Allain. Brunswick News says Guy sought to have a Tory government official conceal the trip from the public record.

In 2012, Collins suggested in an e-mail released to the media that he had a good rapport with the Times & Transcript, his local newspaper.

Collins wrote to Mike Murphy, then a Liberal leadership candidate, that if Brian Gallant won the top job and blocked him from running for the party in Moncton East, "I will run … as an independent and TT will support my move."

The email became public when Collins mistakenly attached it to another email sent to all Liberal MLAs.

Collins did run for the Liberals last year, was elected and was chosen as Speaker by Gallant.

"There was no way there was any correlation between that and the trip," Collins said Friday. "That was a very charged email and it had nothing to do with the visit or anything at Larry’s Gulch."

Collins said he was "so busy" in 2010 that he didn’t reflect on whether accepting the trip represented a conflict of interest for Guy. "I can understand why the perception would be that journalists should make other decisions."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jacques Poitras

Provincial Affairs reporter

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

 

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Mel Norton silent about trip to Larry's Gulch with David Alward

Saint John mayor was part of group taken to government fishing lodge in 2013 by David Alward

 
Connell Smith · CBC News · Posted: Feb 24, 2015 7:41 AM AT


Mel Norton has not responded to inquiries about his trip to Larry's Gulch fishing lodge in 2013. (CBC)

Saint John Mayor Mel Norton is not responding to inquiries about a trip to Larry's Gulch as a guest of then-premier David Alward in 2013.

The trip included communications experts from at least three private firms.

Norton has never run provincially, but last year he refused to rule out running for the Progressive Conservative leadership after his term as Saint John's mayor expires in 2016. His rhetoric in support of resource development in recent years was similar to the Conservatives campaign message in 2014.

Chris Dever, a spokesman for Saint John, said Norton was invited to Larry's Gulch in his capacity as mayor.

Jason Stephen, the president of the Progressive Conservative Party, was part of the group. He has not responded to an inquiry from CBC.

CBC News attempted to reach nearly every one of the 16 people on the guest list for  July 10 to 13, 2013 at the provincially-owned fishing lodge.

Most of those who responded are tight-lipped about the outing.

And no one is admitting that any political or election strategy was discussed in their presence.

The provincial election was then just over a year away in September 2014.

Businessman Glenn Munro was part of the group. He's a managing partner for eastern Canada for the North American Development Group.

Murno says between fishing outings on the tip he was part of casual discussions about getting big projects moving in New Brunswick, but says nothing specific was discussed.

"I'm not a player," said Munro. 

"My political stripes are definitely not blue."


Larry's Gulch has exclusive access to some of the best salmon fishing on the Restigouche River. (CBC)

Noel Sampson was also part of the outing. Much of the discussion in his presence, he says, focused on energy-related topics such as shale gas, liquefied natural gas and the soon-to-be announced Energy East Pipeline.

Sampson is a consultant with Public Affairs Atlantic in Halifax. He says even with the communications strategists in the group, he witnessed nothing election related.

"You wouldn't have those people doing an election strategy discussion," said Sampson. 

"You know they came from different backgrounds with different perspectives. Many of us weren't New Brunswick people."

Sampson, who is based in Montreal and Halifax, does have a cottage on Deer Island and concedes he did do volunteer work during the New Brunswick election — but says he did not come to the province to do it.

Among the other guests was Mark Spiro of Crestview Strategy, whose biography says he has "organized and executed campaigns for both political and corporate clients".

Luc Ouellet was also there. He is managing partner with National Public Relations out of Quebec City. His biography says he specializes in "government relations and crisis management."

Also with National Public Relations — and on the trip — was Stephanie Bell, who is married to Saint John Mayor Mel Norton.

Bell was reached by CBC by telephone but would not discuss the Larry's Gulch trip.

 

 

Norton Wins Saint John – Rothesay Conservative Nomination

Former Saint John Mayor Mel Norton is the Conservative party candidate in the federal riding of Saint John – Rothesay. Norton topped challenger Faytene Grasseschi during online voting earlier this week and a drive through vote today.

Riding Association president – Jake Stackhouse – says 88-percent of the registered membership voted – he calls it “unprecedented turnout for this riding.”

Norton served one term as mayor and did not seek re-election in 2016. Later that same year he ran for the provincial Conservative party leadership and was defeated by now Premier Blaine Higgs on the third ballot.

The riding is currently held by Liberal MP Wayne Long who is in his second term. 


Saint John – Rothesay Conservatives Picking Candidate

Local Conservative party members are scoring a “first” within the party as they choose their candidate for the next federal election. Riding Association president – Jake Stackhouse – tells newsysj.ca this is the first riding association in the country to use a secure online voting process. He says over 60-percent of the 1000-registered members have opted to use the online voting process.

Two candidates are in the running – local lawyer and former Saint John mayor Mel Norton and Faytene Grasseschi with a background in business and lobbying on Parliament Hill.

Stackhouse says this is the first contested party nomination in the riding for a very long time and both candidates have been working hard to sign up supporters. He says he is “excited to have this kind of interest.”

Online voting is open now and there will also be a drive through voting option on Saturday at the Diamond Jubilee Cruise terminal on Water Street with the winner being announced sometime Saturday evening.


Published by Gary MacDonald

Retired as Director of News and Public Affairs for Acadia Broadcasting Limited in December of 2015. During a career spanning almost 35 years he covered a wide range of stories at the local – provincial – regional – and national levels. In April of 2016 – received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Radio – Television – Digital News Association of Canada for contributions to broadcast journalism.

 

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Mel K. Norton

Mel joined Lawson Creamer in 2000 upon his admission to the New Brunswick Bar. His practice focuses largely on labour and employment, debtor/creditor law and construction litigation.
In 2010, Mel was welcomed into the partnership team.
Mel is actively involved in the Canadian Bar Association.
He is a former Chair of the Young Lawyers CBA-NB, a former member of the executive of the Labour and Employment Group and a former Peer Volunteer for the CBA-NB Lawyer’s Assistance Program.
Mel volunteers his time to his profession by teaching seminars and courses in his areas of practice, including the Bar Admission course of the Law Society of New Brunswick.

Community Contributions

Mel enjoys being actively involved in the Saint John community.
He previously volunteered with the Saint John Theatre Company and the historic Church of St. Andrew and St. David.
He also served as a legal officer for several years with the Canadian Forces.
Mel served as a Councillor for Ward 3 from 2010-2012 and as Mayor of the City of Saint John from 2012-2016.
Currently, he serves as the Chair of WorkSafe New Brunswick.

Memberships

Canadian Bar Association
Law Society of New Brunswick
Saint John Law Society
Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Outside the Office

Mel and his wife Stephanie live in the heart of beautiful Uptown Saint John.

 

 

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Stephanie Bell

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 Stephanie Bell | NATIONAL

Stephanie has experience in energy, infrastructure projects, labour relations and commercial construction. She co-founded Fusion Saint John, a networking group for the leaders of tomorrow to become more civically involved in the shaping of their city. The concept took root in New Brunswick and grew to include Fusion Bangor, Fusion Detroit and Fusion Halifax. Stephanie was featured in Progress Magazine as one of 25 people to watch in Atlantic Canada.

Stephanie has worked with Canaport LNG, Canada’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving and regasification terminal, on its stakeholder relations and commissioning event. She helped rebrand the Miramichi region and developed a marketing and communications plan to reposition the area’s economic direction and focus. The brand received first place at the EDAC Canada Awards. She managed communications for the Route 1 Gateway during its planning and construction, one of the biggest P3 infrastructure projects in the Maritimes.

 

Quebec

Luc Ouellet

|louellet@national.ca

Luc Ouellet | NATIONAL

Luc Ouellet is a partner at the NATIONAL public relations firm in Quebec. At NATIONAL, he acts as a government relations specialist for several of the Firm's major clients. He has developed an extraordinary expertise in crisis management and in the management of important issues. He was managing partner of the Quebec City office from 2005 to 2012 and over the years, he has specialized in the wind, hydroelectric and mining sectors for the realization of several large-scale projects. Before joining NATIONAL, Luc Ouellet was assistant to the president of the Les Nordiques de Québec inc. Hockey club. and participated in the creation of the Nordic Foundation acting as general manager and advisor to the president.He also worked for ten years in the political field as an advisor to the Ministers of Justice, Agriculture, Consumer and Corporate Affairs and to the Solicitor General of Canada.

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/harper-organizer-appointed-to-bench-1.602730

 

New Brunswick

Harper organizer appointed to bench

New Brunswick lawyer Richard Bell has 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 for 26 years and is bilingual.He also has an interesting political history.

A former federal 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.

 

CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices

 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/bench-patronage-appointments/article1105533/ 

 

Some of us nurtured the hope, however slender, that in the brave new world of Harper political ideology, the government could muster the moral courage to break Canada's long-standing patronage tradition in making federal judicial appointments.

Alas, it did not take the Harper administration long to dispel our illusions. The appointment last week of Richard Bell to the Court of Queen's Bench in New Brunswick is an archetypal example of political patronage, as the media were quick to note. Mr. Bell co-chaired the Conservative campaign in N.B. in the past two federal elections and was an organizer for Mr. Harper's leadership campaign in 2002.

Apologists for Mr. Bell's appointment argue political activity shouldn't disqualify a candidate for judicial office. Those of us who have long argued for a merit-based system of appointments have not suggested it should. We have said cabinet, and the justice minister in particular, should not make appointive decisions where the appointee is a prominent party member. Better still, cabinet should not be involved in appointments below the Supreme Court level.

As far back as 1985, separate reports by special committees of the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Association of Law Teachers called for representative advisory committees that would present the justice minister with a shortlist of the best-qualified candidates, and limiting the minister's choice to one of the names.

The same recommendation was adopted in the fall in one of the Commons justice committee's last reports before Parliament's dissolution.

Canada has no system of advisory committees at the federal level. Instead, screening committees review applications for appointments and advise the minister whether a candidate is recommended or highly recommended, or whether the committee makes no recommendation. Since many applicants make the recommended list, it leaves cabinet with plenty of room to make partisan appointments even though much better qualified candidates are available.

The Commons committee agreed with the many witnesses who had appeared before it calling for the establishment of meaningful advisory committees. Particularly striking was the evidence of former chief justice Constance Glube of the N.S. Supreme Court. She told the committee successive federal justice ministers almost always ignored her advice when aides called to seek her views about which candidates were best suited to fill a vacancy on her court.

Justice Minister Vic Toews was co-chair of the committee that unanimously recommended changing the existing system of appointments. Seemingly, he has had a change of heart: Recently, he was quoted as saying he thought the existing system works "relatively well." Ministerial amnesia?

Since committee recommendations alone haven't brought the needed changes, stronger medicine seems called for. I suggest a constitutional approach.

In 1997, the top court ruled that the federal and provincial governments were obliged to establish independent compensation commissions to make recommendations on salaries and other benefits payable to federally and provincially appointed judges, because it was improper for judges to negotiate compensation issues directly with the two levels of government. The Supreme Court reasoned that direct negotiations would impair the appearance of the independence of the judiciary, particularly in criminal cases (where the Crown is almost always a party), and in other cases in which the two levels of government often also are involved.

The appearance of judicial independence is even more compromised when cabinet has nearly unfettered discretion in making judicial appointments, and often uses it for purposes that have little to do with the intrinsic merits of the appointee. As an English judge wrote two centuries ago (albeit in a different context), the stream of justice can be poisoned before it even begins to flow. The means to rid the judicial waters of their pollutants are readily to hand. It is surely time we used them.

Jacob Ziegel is professor emeritus of law at the University of Toronto.

 

 

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Federal judicial appointments announced

  June 22 2007

OTTAWA, June 22, 2007 - The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment:

The Honourable Mr. Justice B. Richard Bell, a Judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, Trial Division, sitting in Moncton, is appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick. He replaces Mr. Justice A. Deschênes ( Fredericton) who elected to become a supernumerary judge.

Mr. Justice Bell received a Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie University in 1979 and a Master of Laws from Dalhousie University in 1998. He was admitted to the Bar of New Brunswick in 1979. He was a senior partner in the Atlantic firm McInnes Cooper immediately prior to his appointment to the Court of Queen’s Bench in 2006. Mr. Justice Bell’s practice was in the area of general litigation, with particular emphasis on labour and employment law, administrative law and aboriginal law. Mr. Justice Bell is a Past President of the Canadian Bar Association, New Brunswick Branch and a former member of that Association’s National Board of Directors. Mr. Justice Bell is a published author and has served as an adjunct professor of Business Law at Atlantic Baptist University in Moncton. He has lectured and written in both official languages on a wide variety of legal topics. Mr. Justice Bell will rel ocate to Fredericton with his spouse, Maureen. Mr. Justice and Mrs. Bell have five adult children: Stephanie, Shawn, Rory, Ryan and Patrick.

 

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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 18:35:49 -0300
Subject: I got tired of waiting for the Quispamsis and the Rothesay
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Rob Moore, Wayne Long, Higgy, Teddy, the IBC and the cops for me
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 14:25:40 -0300
Subject: I got tired of waiting for the QuispamsisTown Council to get
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Subject: Automatic reply: I would lay odds that CBC, your boss Blaine
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Subject: I would lay odds that CBC, your boss Blaine Higgs and Mayors
Don Darling and Gary Clark know what a joke this article is to me
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Quispamsis and Rothesay growth rate catching up to Saint John

Kennebecasis Valley communities close in on rate of growth in assessment base

 
Connell Smith · CBC News · Posted: Jan 07, 2019 5:00 AM AT 



One of two 36-unit apartment buildings under construction on top of Merritt Hill in Quispamsis. (CBC)

Saint John's suburban neighbours in the Kennebecasis Valley are closing in on the city when it comes to growth.

Over the past year, the two communities posted a combined $112 million increase in assessment while much larger Saint John showed a $126 million increase.

That amounts to a 4.1 percent increase for Quispamsis, where Mayor Gary Clark says the town has been promoting multi-unit projects.

"It's residential," said Clark. "More people are moving into Quispamsis. We've approved several apartment buildings in the area."

Clark said those include two 36-unit buildings on Merritt Hill overlooking the Kennebecasis River, a 42-unit building on Hampton Road, and a mixed single-family townhouse and apartment building complex off Millennium Drive.

Total growth in the 2019 assessment base amounts to more than $69 million.

In adjacent Rothesay, assessment growth for this year amounts to more than $42 million, with a number of multi-unit projects expected to be completed in coming months.


Quispamsis Mayor Gary Clark. The town's assessment base grew by more than $69 million over the past year. (Town of Quispamsis)

Saint John Mayor Don Darling showed dismay at a December council meeting while comparing the valley's growth numbers with those of the city.

"Rothesay and Quispamsis had $112 million. How is that even possible?" he asked.

Darling said the city would have the province's highest assessment base by far, the best roads and lowest taxes if the system of local government operated as it should.

"We're out of balance," he said.

Clark said he's not apologizing for the town's success at attracting development.

"We recognize that there are concerns in Saint John, we co-operate with our neighbours and will continue to do that in the future."

While pacing the city in terms of growth the two KV communities' combined assessment base of $3.04 billion remains well behind the city's $6.7 billion.

And it's not yet clear how much the Kennebecasis Valley's assessment growth will translate into population growth.

As in Saint John, Rothesay's population declined slightly in the 2016 census.

A town official said growth in population will depend on whether buyers can be found for the homes soon to be vacated by those moving into the apartment buildings now under construction.

Quispamsis was one of the few Saint John-area communities that showed a increase in population in that latest census but it amounted to just 304 souls.

Corrections

  • An earlier version of this story provided inaccurate figures for the assessment bases for Quispamsis and Rothesay combined and for Saint John.
    Jan 08, 2019 4:13 PM AT

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Connell Smith is a reporter with CBC in Saint John. He can be reached at 632-7726 Connell.smith@cbc.ca

 


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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 18:48:02 -0400
Subject: RE My recent conversations with most of you about the
by-elections in New Brunswick or Trump or Liberals or Health Care or
Pensions or the ERRE and my claim against the Crown in Federal Court
File No T-1557-15
To: ckdrnews@radioabl.ca, news@931theborder.ca, news@959sunfm.com,
contact@mcgmedia.net, smstevens@epla.net, info@gg.ca,
brian.marlatt@pcparty.org, mehuenef@gmail.com, joe.hueglin@bellnet.ca,
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marc.thorne@sussex.ca, bachatt@nbnet.nb.ca, gclark@quispamsis.ca,
kirstinherta@gmail.com, terryk12@nb.sympatico.ca, vop@nbnet.nb.ca,
villra@nbnet.nb.ca, vnorton@nbnet.nb.ca, mflewwelling@sussexcorner.com
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, premier@gnb.ca,
blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, David.Coon@gnb.ca, MulcaT@parl.gc.ca,
pm@pm.gc.ca, <rona.ambrose@parl.gc.ca, leader@greenparty.ca

Here is the email I promised to send you all.
.
Say hey to Chucky Leblanc and his many political friends for me will ya?

http://charlesotherpersonalitie.blogspot.ca/2016/11/november-14th-miramichi-by-election-is.html

Friday, 11 November 2016

November 14th Miramichi by-election is viewed by Blogger!!!

https://youtu.be/_4KguVINWEw

Posted by Charles Leblanc at 9:35 pm

 

 

 https://www1.gnb.ca/Elections/en/mun21may10/21may10generalmuncandidatelist-e.asp?ELECTIONTOWNID=92TOWNID1889

Quispamsis

Mayor  (1 to elect)
Libby O'Hara    F       Address for service: 10 Rockefeller Dr , Quispamsis, NB , E2G 1Y8
Telephone: 506 650-3800
E-mail: elizabethaohara@gmail.com
Councillor  (7 to elect)
Mike Edward Biggar      M       Address for service: 40 Lionel Dr , Quispamsis,
NB , E2E 1K6
Telephone: (506) 647-6918
E-mail: mikebiggarforcouncil@gmail.com
Website: http://www.mikebiggarforcouncil.com
Noah Donovan    M       Address for service: 204 ch Hampton Rd, Quispamsis, NB , E2E 4L8
E-mail: hello@noahdonovan.com
Website: www.noahdonovan.com
Kerrie Luck     F       Address for service: 55 Shornecliff Dr , Quispamsis, NB , E2E 0L2
E-mail: KerrieLuck@hotmail.com
Website: Facebook.com/LuckforQuispamsis
Wayne David MacKenney   M       Address for service: 545 ch Gondola Point Rd,
Quispamsis, NB , E2E 1H7
Telephone: 506 285-7653
E-mail: wayne.at.atrium@gmail.com
Kirk Miller
(inc./sort.)    M       Address for service: 35 crois Berkshire Cres,
Quispamsis, NB , E2E 5Z2
Telephone: 1-506-651-1199
E-mail: krmblm@nb.sympatico.ca
Emil T. Olsen
(inc./sort.)    M       Address for service: 41 av Samantha Ave, Quispamsis, NB , E2E 4N8
Telephone: (506) 647-4783
E-mail: eolsen@quispamsis.ca
Mary L. Schryer F       Address for service: 583 ch Gondola Point Rd,
Quispamsis, NB , E2E 1J9
Telephone: 506 333-6961
E-mail: maryschryer@gmail
Website: facebook.com/mary4quispamsis
Beth Thompson
(inc./sort.)    F       Address for service: 573 ch Hampton Rd, Quispamsis, NB , E2G 1C6
E-mail: bthompson@quispamsis.ca


https://www1.gnb.ca/Elections/en/mun21may10/21may10generalmuncandidatelist-e.asp?ELECTIONTOWNID=92TOWNID1868


Rothesay
Position to fill        # Positions to fill     # Candidates    Status
Mayor   1       1       (No Election)
Councillor      7       7       (No Election)


Name    Sex     Contact Information
Mayor  (1 to elect)
Nancy E. Grant
(inc./sort.)    F       Address for service: 21 Elizabeth Pky , Rothesay, NB , E2H 1E8
E-mail: nancy4rothesay@gmail.com
Councillor  (7 to elect)
Matt Alexander
(inc./sort.)    M       Address for service: 15 crois Silverton Cres, Rothesay,
NB , E2E 5V9
Telephone: 506 847-9976
E-mail: matt.alexander@fundeng.com
Website: www.mattalexander.ca
Grant Brenan
(inc./sort.)    M       Address for service: 8 av Grove Ave, Rothesay, NB , E2E 5K3
Dave Brown      M       Address for service: 90 ch Gondola Point Rd, Rothesay, NB , E2E 2H6
Telephone: 506-849-2494
E-mail: davebrown@rothesay.town
Website: facebook.com/DaveBrownforRothesayCouncil
Tiffany Mackay French
(inc./sort.)    F       Address for service: 4 Bridle Path Lane , Rothesay, NB , E2E 5S6
Telephone: 506 636-0933
E-mail: tiffanymackayfrench@gmail.com
Bill McGuire
(inc./sort.)    M       Address for service: 34 av Anna Ave, Rothesay, NB , E2S 1A3
Telephone: 506 647-2716
E-mail: bmcguire@coasttire.com
Lorraine Peters F       Address for service: 8 ch Post Rd, Rothesay, NB , E2H 2Y3
Telephone: 506 639-5858
E-mail: LPeterswellness@gmail.com
Website: facebook.com/lorrainePeters00
Donald J Shea
(inc./sort.)    M       Address for service: 32 Wedgewood Dr , Rothesay, NB , E2E 3P7
Telephone: 506 847-5895
E-mail: sheadoj@nbnet.nb.ca

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/user-fees-deficit-emergency-services-insurance-1.5477136

Had an accident in Saint John? You may get a bill from the city

Auto insurance policy may or may not cover emergency response fees

 

Connell Smith · CBC News · Posted: Feb 27, 2020 7:00 AM AT

 


Firefighters in Saint John responding to an accident. In the near future, out-of-town visitors may be billed for the emergency response. (CBC)

Saint John Council will vote next month on a proposal to charge fees to recover costs for many fire department responses.

One of those charges would see bills mailed to non-residents involved in car accidents inside city limits.

The fees are included in a long list of options under consideration to deal with the city's anticipated $10 million deficits in 2021 and 2022.

Other emergency response fees are being considered for commercial, industrial or institutional fires, hazardous material calls and such things as high angle or water rescues and elevator incidents.

Rothesay body shop owner David Brown thinks the motor vehicle response charge is a bad idea that will only create division between communities, and might even discourage people from calling 911.

"I think that's ridiculous," said Brown, who owns Autobody Plus. "I hope that never passes, anything like that where we start to segregate towns and start to isolate people. We should be light years past that by now."

Saint John deputy chief Rob Nichol says the department currently does not have fees for any emergency service.  

But such charges are not unusual in some Canadian provinces.

Ontario and Alberta communities have the option to charge vehicle owners directly or indirectly for responses to motor vehicle accidents.


David Brown of Autobody Plus in Rothesay. "We should be light years past that by now." (Graham Thompson, CBC)

Ontario also pays local fire departments $450 dollars for the first hour for a response to accidents on provincially designated highways.

Those fees are then passed along to the vehicle owner.

Alberta's Safety Codes Act allows municipalities to charge for any emergency service they choose.

For the City of Red Deer, that extends to all emergency responses, even house fires.

In the case of motor vehicle accidents the car owner is charged $615 for the first hour or part hour that emergency responders are on scene, and half that amount for every half hour beyond that.

The fee is the same for both residents and non-residents.

The Insurance Bureau of Canada says many, but not all, motorists in New Brunswick will then be able to pass those fees along to their insurance companies.

"Insurance would cover it if you had collision coverage," said Amanda Dean, the bureau's vice president for the Atlantic region. "It's optional. If it's an older vehicle, you don't necessarily have that coverage."

Leased vehicles, in all cases, would be covered.

But Dean says, if insurers find themselves processing a lot of those claims, it could lead to an increase in car insurance rates.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Connell Smith is a reporter with CBC in Saint John. He can be reached at 632-7726 Connell.smith@cbc.ca



Vanessa Barrasa
Manager, Media Relations
Tel: 416-362-2031 ext. 4312
Email: vbarrasa@ibc.ca


Perhaps all the cops and  lawyers should check my work from years ago and call
me back ASAP EH???

https://www.scribd.com/doc/265620671/Cross-Border-Txt

 

On 12/13/20, Pam Stavropoulos <pstavropoulos@iprimus.com.au> wrote:
> Thank you David!
>
> Really appreciate wide dissemination of these concerns as you clearly
> recognise.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pam S.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Raymond Amos <pstavropoulos@iprimus.com.au>
> Sent: Monday, 14 December 2020 2:16 PM
> To: pstavropoulos@iprimus.com.au
> Subject: Contact Form submission from
> http://pamstavropoulos.com.au/contact/
>
> Sender's name: David Raymond Amos
> E-mail: David.Raymond.Amos333@gmail.com
> Phone: 506 434 8433
>
> Message: ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos
> Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 23:14:01 -0400
> Subject: ATTN Yanis Varoufakis and Pam Stavropoulos I just tweeted about
> your concerns about Julian Assange and global economy etc
> To: y.varoufakis@parliament.gr
> Cc: motomaniac333
>
> Yanis Varoufakis
> Web Site:
>     https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu
> Email:
>     y.varoufakis@parliament.gr
> Address:
>     Parliament Mansion (Megaro Voulis), GR10021
> Athens / Tel. +30 2103707568 / Fax +30 2103707570.
>
> Check out the attachment for USA litigation over 18 years ago
>
>
> Please notice that the webcasts and transcripts of this hearing went
> missing not long  before the economy crashed in 2008 Find the letter
> fom Spitzer to me on page 12 within the document I offer as
> "Integrity-Yea-Right" and ask yourself why Assaage has never metioned
> me In fact I bet that you folks won't either
>
> https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/review-of-current-investigations-and-regulatory-actions-regarding-the-mutual-fund-industry
>
>  Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the
> Mutual Fund Industry
>
> Date:   Thursday, November 20, 2003
>
> Witness Panel 1
>
>     Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
>     Director - Division of Enforcement
>     Securities and Exchange Commission
>           Cutler - November 20, 2003
>     Mr. Robert Glauber
>     Chairman and CEO
>     National Association of Securities Dealers
>           Glauber - November 20, 2003
>     Eliot Spitzer
>     Attorney General
>     State of New York
>           Spitzer - November 20, 2003
>
>
>
> Yanis Varoufakis
> @yanisvaroufakis
> ·
>
> Law and Disorder: The case of Julian Assange - DiEM25
> The conviction of Julian Assange would signify a new dystopian
> landscape in which all investigative journalism risks prosecution.
> diem25.org
>
> David Raymond Amos
> @DavidRaymondAm1
> ·
> 1h
> Perhaps you and I should have a long talk ASAP?
>
> FYI this old pdf file is the tip of the iceberg of things that Bolton
> and Assange have known about yours truly for many years
>
> https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/Integrity-Yea-Right
>
> David Raymond Amos
> @DavidRaymondAm1
> ·
> 41m
> The first link I offer in the blog Greece is among the many that
> received hundreds of documents byway of registered US Mail as I
> returned home to run for public office 6 more times while suing the
> Queen
>
>
> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2017/08/attn-andrey-dvornikov-tel-7-499-244-32.html
>
> Notice Assange and Trumps lawyer's email before they became famous?
>
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2014/05/yo-birgitta-who-is-more-of-crook-julian.html
>
> From: Birgitta Jonsdottir
> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 07:14:02 +0000
> Subject: Re: Bon Soir Birgitta according to my records this is the
> first email I ever sent you
> To: David Amos
>
> dear Dave
> i have got your email and will read through the links as soon as i
> find some time keep up the good fight in the meantime
>
> thank you for bearing with me
> i am literary drowning in requests to look into all sorts of matters
> and at the same time working 150% work at the parliament and
> the creation of a political movement and being a responsible parent:)
> plus all the matters in relation to immi
>
> with oceans of joy
> birgitta
>
> Better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are
> not.
>
> Andre Gide
>
> Birgitta Jonsdottir
> Birkimelur 8, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland, tel: 354 692 8884
> http://this.is/birgittahttp://joyb.blogspot.com -
> http://www.facebook.com/birgitta.jonsdottir
>
>>>> From: "Julian Assange)" editor@wikileaks.org
>>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 3:15 PM
>>>> Subject: Al Jazeera on Iceland's plan for a press safe haven
>>>>
>>>> FYI: Al-Jazeera's take on Iceland's proposed media safe haven
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbGiPjIE1pE
>>>>
>>>> More info http://immi.is/
>>>>
>>>> Julian Assange Editor WikiLeaks http://wikileaks.org/
>>>>
>>>> From: "David Amos" david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>> To: "Julian Assange)" editor@wikileaks.org
>>>> Cc: "Dan Fitzgerald" danf@danf.net; "Byrne. G" Byrne.G@parl.gc.ca
>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 8:35 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Al Jazeera on Iceland's new plan Thanx Here is
>>>> something
>>>> about Iceland and Banksters Al Jazeera would enjoy
>>>>
>>>> Checkout this old pdf file from 2005 at about page two or three
>>>>
>>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/4304560/Speaker-Iceland-etc
>>>>
>>>> Then read on and chuckle
>>>>
>>>> From: postur@fjr.stjr.is
>>>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009
>>>> Subject: Re: RE: Iceland and Bankers etc I must ask the obvious
>>>> question. Why have you people ignored me for three years?
>>>> To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> Dear David Amos
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately there has been a considerable delay in responding to
>>>> incoming letters due to heavy workload and many inquiries to our
>>>> office.
>>>>
>>>> We appreciate the issue raised in your letter. We have set up a web
>>>> site www.iceland.org where we have gathered various practical
>>>> information regarding the economic crisis in Iceland.
>>>>
>>>> Greetings from the Ministry of Finance.
>>>>
>>>> Tilvísun í mál: FJR08100024
>>>>
>>>> From: postur@for.stjr.is
>>>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008
>>>> Subject: Regarding your enquiry to the Prime Ministry of Iceland
>>>> To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>>
>>>> Your enquiry has been received by the Prime Ministry of Iceland and
>>>> waits attendance.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008
>>>> Subject: I just called to remind the Speaker, the Bankers and the
>>>> Icelanders that I still exist EH Mrs Mrechant, Bob Rae and Iggy?
>>>> To: Milliken.P@parl.gc.ca, sjs@althingi.is, emb.ottawa@mfa.is,
>>>> rmellish@pattersonlaw.ca, irisbirgisdottir@yahoo.ca,
>>>> marie@mariemorneau.com, dfranklin@franklinlegal.com,
>>>> egilla@althingi.is, william.turner@exsultate.ca
>>>> Cc: Rae.B@parl.gc.ca, Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca, lebrem@sen.parl.gc.ca,
>>>> merchp@sen.parl.gc.ca, coolsa@sen.parl.gc.ca, olived@sen.parl.gc.ca
>>>>
>>>> All of you should review the documents and CD that came with this
>>>> letter ASAP EH?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/Integrity-Yea-Right
>>>>
>>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/4304560/Speaker-Iceland-etc
>>>>
>>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/5352095/Tony-Merchant-and-Yankees
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps Geir Haarde and Steingrimur Sigfusson should call me back
>>>>
>>>> Veritas Vincit
>>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>>
>>>> The Reykjavík Grapevine
>>>> Hafnarstræti 15
>>>> 101 Reykjavík
>>>> Iceland
>>>> grapevine@grapevine.is
>>>> +354-540-3600
>
> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2017/08/attn-andrey-dvornikov-tel-7-499-244-32.html
>
> Wednesday, 2 August 2017
>
> Attn Andrey Dvornikov, tel. (+7) 499 244 32 54 RE Nikki Haley meeting
> with Vasily Nebeznya.Russia's new ambassador to the United Nations,
> This was the pdf file attached to the email found below
>
> https://www.scribd.com/document/332928056/UN-DUDES
>
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "MAY, Theresa" theresa.may.mp@parliament.uk
> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2017 12:12:24 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Attn Andrey Dvornikov, tel. (+7) 499 244 32
> 54 RE Nikki Haley meeting with Vasily Nebeznya.Russia's new ambassador
> to the United Nations,
> To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>
> If your email is to the Prime Minister, please re-send to the No 10
> website:
> www.gov.uk/government/organisations/prime-ministers-office-10-downing-street
>
> http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/prime-ministers-office-10-downing-street
>
>
> If you are a constituent of the Prime Minister, please re-send to:
> sharkeyj@parliament.uk
>
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "Finance Public / Finance Publique (FIN)"
> fin.financepublic-financepublique.fin@canada.ca
> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2017 12:12:16 +0000
> Subject: RE: Attn Andrey Dvornikov, tel. (+7) 499 244 32 54 RE Nikki
> Haley meeting with Vasily Nebeznya.Russia's new ambassador to the
> United Nations,
> To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>
> The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
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> Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
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>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos
> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:51:14 -0400
> Subject: RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President Donald J. Trump I
> just got off the phone with your lawyer Mr Cohen (646-853-0114) Why
> does he lie to me after all this time???
> To: president , mdcohen212@gmail.com, pm ,
> Pierre-Luc.Dusseault@parl.gc.ca, MulcaT , Jean-Yves.Duclos@parl.gc.ca,
> B.English@ministers.govt.nz, Malcolm.Turnbull.MP@aph.gov.au

,
> pminvites@pmc.gov.au, mayt@parliament.uk, press , "Andrew.Bailey" ,
> fin.financepublic-financepublique.fin@canada.ca, newsroom ,
> "CNN.Viewer.Communications.Management" , news-tips , lionel
> Cc: David Amos , elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca, "justin.ling@vice.com,
> elizabeththompson" , djtjr , "Bill.Morneau" , postur ,
> stephen.kimber@ukings.ca, "steve.murphy" , "Jacques.Poitras" ,
> oldmaison , andre
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Michael Cohen
> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:15:14 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just
> called and left a message for you
> To: David Amos
>
> Effective January 20, 2017, I have accepted the role as personal
> counsel to President Donald J. Trump. All future emails should be
> directed to mdcohen212@gmail.com and all future calls should be
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "Finance Public / Finance Publique (FIN)"
>
> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:05:00 +0000
> Subject: RE: Yo President Trump RE the Federal Court of Canada File No
> T-1557-15 lets see how the media people do with news that is NOT FAKE
> To: David Amos
>
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>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Kevin Leahy
> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:38:43 -0400
> Subject: Re: RE The call from the Boston cop Robert Ridge (857 259
> 9083) on behalf of the VERY corrupt Yankee DA Rachael Rollins
> To: David Amos
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>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos
>> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:15:59 -0400
>> Subject: Hey Ralph Goodale perhaps you and the RCMP should call the
>> Yankees Governor Charlie Baker, his lawyer Bob Ross, Rachael Rollins
>> and this cop Robert Ridge (857 259 9083) ASAP EH Mr Primme Minister
>> Trudeau the Younger and Donald Trump Jr?
>> To: pm@pm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
>> Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca, djtjr@trumporg.com,
>> Donald.J.Trump@donaldtrump.com, JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca,
>> Frank.McKenna@td.com, barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>> Douglas.Johnson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>> washington.field@ic.fbi.gov, Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>> gov.press@state.ma.us, bob.ross@state.ma.us, jfurey@nbpower.com,
>> jfetzer@d.umn.edu, Newsroom@globeandmail.com, sfine@globeandmail.com,
>> .Poitras@cbc.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca, David.Akin@globalnews.ca,
>> Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, news@kingscorecord.com,
>> news@dailygleaner.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com, jbosnitch@gmail.com,
>> andre@jafaust.com>
>> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com, DJT@trumporg.com
>> wharrison@nbpower.com, David.Lametti@parl.gc.camcu@justice.gc.ca,
>> Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca, hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca
>>
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Finance Public / Finance Publique (FIN)"
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:52:33 +0000
Subject: RE: RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President Donald J. Trump
I just got off the phone with your lawyer Mr Cohen (646-853-0114) Why
does he lie to me after all this time???
To: David Amos

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---------- Original message ----------
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Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:51:41 +0000
Subject: Re: RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President Donald J. Trump
I just got off the phone with your lawyer Mr Cohen (646-853-0114) Why
does he lie to me after all this time???
To: David Amos

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Subject: Automated response from the office of Hon Bill English
To: David Amos

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Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:51:14 -0400
Subject: RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President Donald J. Trump I
just got off the phone with your lawyer Mr Cohen (646-853-0114) Why
does he lie to me after all this time???
To: president , mdcohen212@gmail.com, pm ,
Pierre-Luc.Dusseault@parl.gc.ca, MulcaT , Jean-Yves.Duclos@parl.gc.ca,
B.English@ministers.govt.nz, Malcolm.Turnbull.MP@aph.gov.au,
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:15:59 -0400
> Subject: Hey Ralph Goodale perhaps you and the RCMP should call the
> Yankees Governor Charlie Baker, his lawyer Bob Ross, Rachael Rollins
> and this cop Robert Ridge (857 259 9083) ASAP EH Mr Primme Minister
> Trudeau the Younger and Donald Trump Jr?
> To: pm@pm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
> Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca, djtjr@trumporg.com,
> Donald.J.Trump@donaldtrump.com, JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca,
> Frank.McKenna@td.com, barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> Douglas.Johnson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> washington.field@ic.fbi.gov, Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> gov.press@state.ma.us, bob.ross@state.ma.us, jfurey@nbpower.com,
> jfetzer@d.umn.edu, Newsroom@globeandmail.com, sfine@globeandmail.com,
> .Poitras@cbc.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca, David.Akin@globalnews.ca,
> Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, news@kingscorecord.com,
> news@dailygleaner.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com, jbosnitch@gmail.com,
> andre@jafaust.com>
> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com, DJT@trumporg.com
> wharrison@nbpower.com, David.Lametti@parl.gc.camcu@justice.gc.ca,
> Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca, hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca
>
>>> From: Justice Website <JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca>
>>> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:21:11 +0000
>>> Subject: Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova Scotia
>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Mr. Amos,
>>> We acknowledge receipt of your recent emails to the Deputy Minister of
>>> Justice and lawyers within the Legal Services Division of the
>>> Department of Justice respecting a possible claim against the Province
>>> of Nova Scotia.  Service of any documents respecting a legal claim
>>> against the Province of Nova Scotia may be served on the Attorney
>>> General at 1690 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS.  Please note that we will
>>> not be responding to further emails on this matter.
>>>
>>> Department of Justice
>>>
>>> On 8/3/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If want something very serious to download and laugh at as well Please
>>>> Enjoy and share real wiretap tapes of the mob
>>>>
>>>> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-greenwald-and-braz
>>>> ilian.html
>>>>
>>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/09/nsa-leak-guardian.html
>>>>>
>>>>> As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I must
>>>>> ask them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING????
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugUalUO8YY
>>>>>
>>>>> What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon the
>>>>> USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament baseball
>>>>> cards?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://archive.org/details/ITriedToExplainItToAllMaritimersInEarly200
>>>>> 6
>>>>>
>>>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/2006/05/wiretap-tapes-impeach-bush.html
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139
>>>>>
>>>>> http://archive.org/details/Part1WiretapTape143
>>>>>
>>>>> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
>>>>> Senator Arlen Specter
>>>>> United States Senate
>>>>> Committee on the Judiciary
>>>>> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
>>>>> Washington, DC 20510
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Mr. Specter:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
>>>>> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
>>>>> raised in the attached letter.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire tap
>>>>> tapes.
>>>>>
>>>>> I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this previously.
>>>>>
>>>>> Very truly yours,
>>>>> Barry A. Bachrach
>>>>> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
>>>>> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
>>>>> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>>> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
>>>> Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>>>> To: coi@gnb.ca
>>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> Good Day Sir
>>>>
>>>> After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
>>>> to speak to one of your staff for the first time
>>>>
>>>> Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
>>>> answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
>>>> at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
>>>> Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.
>>>>
>>>> These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
>>>> suggested that you study closely.
>>>>
>>>> This is the docket in Federal Court
>>>>
>>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
>>>>
>>>> These are digital recordings of  the last three hearings
>>>>
>>>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
>>>>
>>>> January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015
>>>>
>>>> April 3rd, 2017
>>>>
>>>> https://archive.org/details/April32017JusticeLeblancHearing
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal
>>>>
>>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The only hearing thus far
>>>>
>>>> May 24th, 2017
>>>>
>>>> https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity
>>>>
>>>> Date: 20151223
>>>>
>>>> Docket: T-1557-15
>>>>
>>>> Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015
>>>>
>>>> PRESENT:        The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell
>>>>
>>>> BETWEEN:
>>>>
>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>>>>
>>>> Plaintiff
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>>>
>>>> Defendant
>>>>
>>>> ORDER
>>>>
>>>> (Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on
>>>> December 14, 2015)
>>>>
>>>> The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant to
>>>> the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on November
>>>> 12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of Claim
>>>> in its entirety.
>>>>
>>>> At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my attention a
>>>> letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then
>>>> capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian
>>>> Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen Quigg,
>>>> (now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal).  In that letter
>>>> he stated:
>>>>
>>>> As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check the
>>>> work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including you.
>>>> You are your brother’s keeper.
>>>>
>>>> Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former
>>>> colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition to
>>>> expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a number of
>>>> people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be witnesses
>>>> or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known to
>>>> me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime
>>>> Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former
>>>> Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court of
>>>> Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore;
>>>> former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; former
>>>> Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former Staff
>>>> Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick Court
>>>> of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, retired
>>>> Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted
>>>> Police.
>>>>
>>>> In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my
>>>> personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many
>>>> potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I am
>>>> of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias should I
>>>> hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in
>>>> Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et al,
>>>> [1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding
>>>> allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party has
>>>> requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the Administrator of
>>>> the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion.  There
>>>> is no order as to costs.
>>>>
>>>> “B. Richard Bell”
>>>> Judge
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one comment
>>>> already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had sent
>>>> to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006.
>>>>
>>>>  I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the  the Court
>>>> Martial Appeal Court of Canada  Perhaps you should scroll to the
>>>> bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83  of my
>>>> lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada?
>>>>
>>>> "FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the
>>>> most
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>> From: justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca
>>>> Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:18 PM
>>>> Subject: Réponse automatique : RE My complaint against the CROWN in
>>>> Federal Court Attn David Hansen and Peter MacKay If you planning to
>>>> submit a motion for a publication ban on my complaint trust that you
>>>> dudes are way past too late
>>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> Veuillez noter que j'ai changé de courriel. Vous pouvez me rejoindre à
>>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>>>>
>>>> Pour rejoindre le bureau de M. Trudeau veuillez envoyer un courriel à
>>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>>>>
>>>> Please note that I changed email address, you can reach me at
>>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>>>>
>>>> To reach the office of Mr. Trudeau please send an email to
>>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>> Merci ,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 83.  The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
>>>> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
>>>> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
>>>> five years after he began his bragging:
>>>>
>>>> January 13, 2015
>>>> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
>>>>
>>>> December 8, 2014
>>>> Why Canada Stood Tall!
>>>>
>>>> Friday, October 3, 2014
>>>> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
>>>> Stupid Justin Trudeau
>>>>
>>>> Canada’s and Canadians free ride is over. Canada can no longer hide
>>>> behind Amerka’s and NATO’s skirts.
>>>>
>>>> When I was still in Canadian Forces then Prime Minister Jean Chretien
>>>> actually committed the Canadian Army to deploy in the second campaign
>>>> in Iraq, the Coalition of the Willing. This was against or contrary to
>>>> the wisdom or advice of those of us Canadian officers that were
>>>> involved in the initial planning phases of that operation. There were
>>>> significant concern in our planning cell, and NDHQ about of the dearth
>>>> of concern for operational guidance, direction, and forces for
>>>> operations after the initial occupation of Iraq. At the “last minute”
>>>> Prime Minister Chretien and the Liberal government changed its mind.
>>>> The Canadian government told our amerkan cousins that we would not
>>>> deploy combat troops for the Iraq campaign, but would deploy a
>>>> Canadian Battle Group to Afghanistan, enabling our amerkan cousins to
>>>> redeploy troops from there to Iraq. The PMO’s thinking that it was
>>>> less costly to deploy Canadian Forces to Afghanistan than Iraq. But
>>>> alas no one seems to remind the Liberals of Prime Minister Chretien’s
>>>> then grossly incorrect assumption. Notwithstanding Jean Chretien’s
>>>> incompetence and stupidity, the Canadian Army was heroic,
>>>> professional, punched well above it’s weight, and the PPCLI Battle
>>>> Group, is credited with “saving Afghanistan” during the Panjway
>>>> campaign of 2006.
>>>>
>>>> What Justin Trudeau and the Liberals don’t tell you now, is that then
>>>> Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien committed, and deployed the
>>>> Canadian army to Canada’s longest “war” without the advice, consent,
>>>> support, or vote of the Canadian Parliament.
>>>>
>>>> What David Amos and the rest of the ignorant, uneducated, and babbling
>>>> chattering classes are too addled to understand is the deployment of
>>>> less than 75 special operations troops, and what is known by planners
>>>> as a “six pac cell” of fighter aircraft is NOT the same as a
>>>> deployment of a Battle Group, nor a “war” make.
>>>>
>>>> The Canadian Government or The Crown unlike our amerkan cousins have
>>>> the “constitutional authority” to commit the Canadian nation to war.
>>>> That has been recently clearly articulated to the Canadian public by
>>>> constitutional scholar Phillippe Legasse. What Parliament can do is
>>>> remove “confidence” in The Crown’s Government in a “vote of
>>>> non-confidence.” That could not happen to the Chretien Government
>>>> regarding deployment to Afghanistan, and it won’t happen in this
>>>> instance with the conservative majority in The Commons regarding a
>>>> limited Canadian deployment to the Middle East.
>>>>
>>>> President George Bush was quite correct after 911 and the terror
>>>> attacks in New York; that the Taliban “occupied” and “failed state”
>>>> Afghanistan was the source of logistical support, command and control,
>>>> and training for the Al Quaeda war of terror against the world. The
>>>> initial defeat, and removal from control of Afghanistan was vital and
>>>>
>>>> P.S. Whereas this CBC article is about your opinion of the actions of
>>>> the latest Minister Of Health trust that Mr Boudreau and the CBC have
>>>> had my files for many years and the last thing they are is ethical.
>>>> Ask his friends Mr Murphy and the RCMP if you don't believe me.
>>>>
>>>> Subject:
>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
>>>> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
>>>> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>>>
>>>> January 30, 2007
>>>>
>>>> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>>>>
>>>> Mr. David Amos
>>>>
>>>> Dear Mr. Amos:
>>>>
>>>> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
>>>> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>>>>
>>>> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
>>>> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
>>>> Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton.
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
>>>> Minister of Health
>>>>
>>>> CM/cb
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
>>>> From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
>>>> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
>>>> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>>> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,John.Foran@gnb.ca,
>>>> Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,"Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>>> "Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
>>>> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have not
>>>>
>>>> Dear Mr. Amos,
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off
>>>> over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I
>>>> was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>>>>
>>>> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
>>>> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
>>>> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
>>>> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
>>>> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
>>>> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>>>>
>>>> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
>>>> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
>>>> that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada
>>>> the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
>>>> and policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
>>>>
>>>> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
>>>> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>>>>
>>>>  Sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
>>>> GRC Caledonia RCMP
>>>> Traffic Services NCO
>>>> Ph: (506) 387-2222
>>>> Fax: (506) 387-4622
>>>> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>>>> Office of the Integrity Commissioner
>>>> Edgecombe House, 736 King Street
>>>> Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3B 5H1
>>>> tel.: 506-457-7890
>>>> fax: 506-444-5224
>>>> e-mail:coi@gnb.ca
>>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>
>>> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/11/federal-court-of-appeal-finally-makes.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Sunday, 19 November 2017
>>> Federal Court of Appeal Finally Makes The BIG Decision And Publishes
>>> It Now The Crooks Cannot Take Back Ticket To Try Put My Matter Before
>>> The Supreme Court
>>>
>>> https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fca-caf/decisions/en/item/236679/index.do
>>>
>>>
>>> Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
>>>
>>> Amos v. Canada
>>> Court (s) Database
>>>
>>> Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
>>> Date
>>>
>>> 2017-10-30
>>> Neutral citation
>>>
>>> 2017 FCA 213
>>> File numbers
>>>
>>> A-48-16
>>> Date: 20171030
>>>
>>> Docket: A-48-16
>>> Citation: 2017 FCA 213
>>> CORAM:
>>>
>>> WEBB J.A.
>>> NEAR J.A.
>>> GLEASON J.A.
>>>
>>>
>>> BETWEEN:
>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>>> Respondent on the cross-appeal
>>> (and formally Appellant)
>>> and
>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>> Appellant on the cross-appeal
>>> (and formerly Respondent)
>>> Heard at Fredericton, New Brunswick, on May 24, 2017.
>>> Judgment delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on October 30, 2017.
>>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:
>>>
>>> THE COURT
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Date: 20171030
>>>
>>> Docket: A-48-16
>>> Citation: 2017 FCA 213
>>> CORAM:
>>>
>>> WEBB J.A.
>>> NEAR J.A.
>>> GLEASON J.A.
>>>
>>>
>>> BETWEEN:
>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>>> Respondent on the cross-appeal
>>> (and formally Appellant)
>>> and
>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>> Appellant on the cross-appeal
>>> (and formerly Respondent)
>>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY THE COURT
>>>
>>> I.                    Introduction
>>>
>>> [1]               On September 16, 2015, David Raymond Amos (Mr. Amos)
>>> filed a 53-page Statement of Claim (the Claim) in Federal Court
>>> against Her Majesty the Queen (the Crown). Mr. Amos claims $11 million
>>> in damages and a public apology from the Prime Minister and Provincial
>>> Premiers for being illegally barred from accessing parliamentary
>>> properties and seeks a declaration from the Minister of Public Safety
>>> that the Canadian Government will no longer allow the Royal Canadian
>>> Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canadian Forces to harass him and his clan
>>> (Claim at para. 96).
>>>
>>> [2]               On November 12, 2015 (Docket T-1557-15), by way of a
>>> motion brought by the Crown, a prothonotary of the Federal Court (the
>>> Prothonotary) struck the Claim in its entirety, without leave to
>>> amend, on the basis that it was plain and obvious that the Claim
>>> disclosed no reasonable claim, the Claim was fundamentally vexatious,
>>> and the Claim could not be salvaged by way of further amendment (the
>>> Prothontary’s Order).
>>>
>>>
>>> [3]               On January 25, 2016 (2016 FC 93), by way of Mr.
>>> Amos’ appeal from the Prothonotary’s Order, a judge of the Federal
>>> Court (the Judge), reviewing the matter de novo, struck all of Mr.
>>> Amos’ claims for relief with the exception of the claim for damages
>>> for being barred by the RCMP from the New Brunswick legislature in
>>> 2004 (the Federal Court Judgment).
>>>
>>>
>>> [4]               Mr. Amos appealed and the Crown cross-appealed the
>>> Federal Court Judgment. Further to the issuance of a Notice of Status
>>> Review, Mr. Amos’ appeal was dismissed for delay on December 19, 2016.
>>> As such, the only matter before this Court is the Crown’s
>>> cross-appeal.
>>>
>>>
>>> II.                 Preliminary Matter
>>>
>>> [5]               Mr. Amos, in his memorandum of fact and law in
>>> relation to the cross-appeal that was filed with this Court on March
>>> 6, 2017, indicated that several judges of this Court, including two of
>>> the judges of this panel, had a conflict of interest in this appeal.
>>> This was the first time that he identified the judges whom he believed
>>> had a conflict of interest in a document that was filed with this
>>> Court. In his notice of appeal he had alluded to a conflict with
>>> several judges but did not name those judges.
>>>
>>> [6]               Mr. Amos was of the view that he did not have to
>>> identify the judges in any document filed with this Court because he
>>> had identified the judges in various documents that had been filed
>>> with the Federal Court. In his view the Federal Court and the Federal
>>> Court of Appeal are the same court and therefore any document filed in
>>> the Federal Court would be filed in this Court. This view is based on
>>> subsections 5(4) and 5.1(4) of the Federal Courts Act, R.S.C., 1985,
>>> c. F-7:
>>>
>>>
>>> 5(4) Every judge of the Federal Court is, by virtue of his or her
>>> office, a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal and has all the
>>> jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court of
>>> Appeal.
>>> […]
>>>
>>> 5(4) Les juges de la Cour fédérale sont d’office juges de la Cour
>>> d’appel fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que
>>> les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale.
>>> […]
>>> 5.1(4) Every judge of the Federal Court of Appeal is, by virtue of
>>> that office, a judge of the Federal Court and has all the
>>> jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court.
>>>
>>> 5.1(4) Les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale sont d’office juges de la
>>> Cour fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que les
>>> juges de la Cour fédérale.
>>>
>>>
>>> [7]               However, these subsections only provide that the
>>> judges of the Federal Court are also judges of this Court (and vice
>>> versa). It does not mean that there is only one court. If the Federal
>>> Court and this Court were one Court, there would be no need for this
>>> section.
>>> [8]               Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act provide
>>> that:
>>> 3 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
>>> — Appeal Division is continued under the name “Federal Court of
>>> Appeal” in English and “Cour d’appel fédérale” in French. It is
>>> continued as an additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and
>>> for Canada, for the better administration of the laws of Canada and as
>>> a superior court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.
>>>
>>> 3 La Section d’appel, aussi appelée la Cour d’appel ou la Cour d’appel
>>> fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée « Cour d’appel fédérale » en
>>> français et « Federal Court of Appeal » en anglais. Elle est maintenue
>>> à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et d’amirauté du
>>> Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit canadien, et
>>> continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant compétence en
>>> matière civile et pénale.
>>> 4 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
>>> — Trial Division is continued under the name “Federal Court” in
>>> English and “Cour fédérale” in French. It is continued as an
>>> additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and for Canada, for
>>> the better administration of the laws of Canada and as a superior
>>> court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.
>>>
>>> 4 La section de la Cour fédérale du Canada, appelée la Section de
>>> première instance de la Cour fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée «
>>> Cour fédérale » en français et « Federal Court » en anglais. Elle est
>>> maintenue à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et
>>> d’amirauté du Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit
>>> canadien, et continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant
>>> compétence en matière civile et pénale.
>>>
>>>
>>> [9]               Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act create
>>> two separate courts – this Court (section 3) and the Federal Court
>>> (section 4). If, as Mr. Amos suggests, documents filed in the Federal
>>> Court were automatically also filed in this Court, then there would no
>>> need for the parties to prepare and file appeal books as required by
>>> Rules 343 to 345 of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106 in relation
>>> to any appeal from a decision of the Federal Court. The requirement to
>>> file an appeal book with this Court in relation to an appeal from a
>>> decision of the Federal Court makes it clear that the only documents
>>> that will be before this Court are the documents that are part of that
>>> appeal book.
>>>
>>>
>>> [10]           Therefore, the memorandum of fact and law filed on
>>> March 6, 2017 is the first document, filed with this Court, in which
>>> Mr. Amos identified the particular judges that he submits have a
>>> conflict in any matter related to him.
>>>
>>>
>>> [11]           On April 3, 2017, Mr. Amos attempted to bring a motion
>>> before the Federal Court seeking an order “affirming or denying the
>>> conflict of interest he has” with a number of judges of the Federal
>>> Court. A judge of the Federal Court issued a direction noting that if
>>> Mr. Amos was seeking this order in relation to judges of the Federal
>>> Court of Appeal, it was beyond the jurisdiction of the Federal Court.
>>> Mr. Amos raised the Federal Court motion at the hearing of this
>>> cross-appeal. The Federal Court motion is not a motion before this
>>> Court and, as such, the submissions filed before the Federal Court
>>> will not be entertained. As well, since this was a motion brought
>>> before the Federal Court (and not this Court), any documents filed in
>>> relation to that motion are not part of the record of this Court.
>>>
>>>
>>> [12]           During the hearing of the appeal Mr. Amos alleged that
>>> the third member of this panel also had a conflict of interest and
>>> submitted some documents that, in his view, supported his claim of a
>>> conflict. Mr. Amos, following the hearing of his appeal, was also
>>> afforded the opportunity to provide a brief summary of the conflict
>>> that he was alleging and to file additional documents that, in his
>>> view, supported his allegations. Mr. Amos submitted several pages of
>>> documents in relation to the alleged conflicts. He organized the
>>> documents by submitting a copy of the biography of the particular
>>> judge and then, immediately following that biography, by including
>>> copies of the documents that, in his view, supported his claim that
>>> such judge had a conflict.
>>>
>>>
>>> [13]           The nature of the alleged conflict of Justice Webb is
>>> that before he was appointed as a Judge of the Tax Court of Canada in
>>> 2006, he was a partner with the law firm Patterson Law, and before
>>> that with Patterson Palmer in Nova Scotia. Mr. Amos submitted that he
>>> had a number of disputes with Patterson Palmer and Patterson Law and
>>> therefore Justice Webb has a conflict simply because he was a partner
>>> of these firms. Mr. Amos is not alleging that Justice Webb was
>>> personally involved in or had any knowledge of any matter in which Mr.
>>> Amos was involved with Justice Webb’s former law firm – only that he
>>> was a member of such firm.
>>>
>>>
>>> [14]           During his oral submissions at the hearing of his
>>> appeal Mr. Amos, in relation to the alleged conflict for Justice Webb,
>>> focused on dealings between himself and a particular lawyer at
>>> Patterson Law. However, none of the documents submitted by Mr. Amos at
>>> the hearing or subsequently related to any dealings with this
>>> particular lawyer nor is it clear when Mr. Amos was dealing with this
>>> lawyer. In particular, it is far from clear whether such dealings were
>>> after the time that Justice Webb was appointed as a Judge of the Tax
>>> Court of Canada over 10 years ago.
>>>
>>>
>>> [15]           The documents that he submitted in relation to the
>>> alleged conflict for Justice Webb largely relate to dealings between
>>> Byron Prior and the St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador office of
>>> Patterson Palmer, which is not in the same province where Justice Webb
>>> practiced law. The only document that indicates any dealing between
>>> Mr. Amos and Patterson Palmer is a copy of an affidavit of Stephen May
>>> who was a partner in the St. John’s NL office of Patterson Palmer. The
>>> affidavit is dated January 24, 2005 and refers to a number of e-mails
>>> that were sent by Mr. Amos to Stephen May. Mr. Amos also included a
>>> letter that is addressed to four individuals, one of whom is John
>>> Crosbie who was counsel to the St. John’s NL office of Patterson
>>> Palmer. The letter is dated September 2, 2004 and is addressed to
>>> “John Crosbie, c/o Greg G. Byrne, Suite 502, 570 Queen Street,
>>> Fredericton, NB E3B 5E3”. In this letter Mr. Amos alludes to a
>>> possible lawsuit against Patterson Palmer.
>>> [16]           Mr. Amos’ position is that simply because Justice Webb
>>> was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer, he now has a conflict. In Wewaykum
>>> Indian Band v. Her Majesty the Queen, 2003 SCC 45, [2003] 2 S.C.R.
>>> 259, the Supreme Court of Canada noted that disqualification of a
>>> judge is to be determined based on whether there is a reasonable
>>> apprehension of bias:
>>> 60        In Canadian law, one standard has now emerged as the
>>> criterion for disqualification. The criterion, as expressed by de
>>> Grandpré J. in Committee for Justice and Liberty v. National Energy
>>> Board, …[[1978] 1 S.C.R. 369, 68 D.L.R. (3d) 716], at p. 394, is the
>>> reasonable apprehension of bias:
>>> … the apprehension of bias must be a reasonable one, held by
>>> reasonable and right minded persons, applying themselves to the
>>> question and obtaining thereon the required information. In the words
>>> of the Court of Appeal, that test is "what would an informed person,
>>> viewing the matter realistically and practically -- and having thought
>>> the matter through -- conclude. Would he think that it is more likely
>>> than not that [the decision-maker], whether consciously or
>>> unconsciously, would not decide fairly."
>>>
>>> [17]           The issue to be determined is whether an informed
>>> person, viewing the matter realistically and practically, and having
>>> thought the matter through, would conclude that Mr. Amos’ allegations
>>> give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias. As this Court has
>>> previously remarked, “there is a strong presumption that judges will
>>> administer justice impartially” and this presumption will not be
>>> rebutted in the absence of “convincing evidence” of bias (Collins v.
>>> Canada, 2011 FCA 140 at para. 7, [2011] 4 C.T.C. 157 [Collins]. See
>>> also R. v. S. (R.D.), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484 at para. 32, 151 D.L.R.
>>> (4th) 193).
>>>
>>> [18]           The Ontario Court of Appeal in Rando Drugs Ltd. v.
>>> Scott, 2007 ONCA 553, 86 O.R. (3d) 653 (leave to appeal to the Supreme
>>> Court of Canada refused, 32285 (August 1, 2007)), addressed the
>>> particular issue of whether a judge is disqualified from hearing a
>>> case simply because he had been a member of a law firm that was
>>> involved in the litigation that was now before that judge. The Ontario
>>> Court of Appeal determined that the judge was not disqualified if the
>>> judge had no involvement with the person or the matter when he was a
>>> lawyer. The Ontario Court of Appeal also explained that the rules for
>>> determining whether a judge is disqualified are different from the
>>> rules to determine whether a lawyer has a conflict:
>>> 27        Thus, disqualification is not the natural corollary to a
>>> finding that a trial judge has had some involvement in a case over
>>> which he or she is now presiding. Where the judge had no involvement,
>>> as here, it cannot be said that the judge is disqualified.
>>>
>>>
>>> 28        The point can rightly be made that had Mr. Patterson been
>>> asked to represent the appellant as counsel before his appointment to
>>> the bench, the conflict rules would likely have prevented him from
>>> taking the case because his firm had formerly represented one of the
>>> defendants in the case. Thus, it is argued how is it that as a trial
>>> judge Patterson J. can hear the case? This issue was considered by the
>>> Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in Locabail (U.K.) Ltd. v. Bayfield
>>> Properties Ltd., [2000] Q.B. 451. The court held, at para. 58, that
>>> there is no inflexible rule governing the disqualification of a judge
>>> and that, "[e]verything depends on the circumstances."
>>>
>>>
>>> 29        It seems to me that what appears at first sight to be an
>>> inconsistency in application of rules can be explained by the
>>> different contexts and in particular, the strong presumption of
>>> judicial impartiality that applies in the context of disqualification
>>> of a judge. There is no such presumption in cases of allegations of
>>> conflict of interest against a lawyer because of a firm's previous
>>> involvement in the case. To the contrary, as explained by Sopinka J.
>>> in MacDonald Estate v. Martin (1990), 77 D.L.R. (4th) 249 (S.C.C.),
>>> for sound policy reasons there is a presumption of a disqualifying
>>> interest that can rarely be overcome. In particular, a conclusory
>>> statement from the lawyer that he or she had no confidential
>>> information about the case will never be sufficient. The case is the
>>> opposite where the allegation of bias is made against a trial judge.
>>> His or her statement that he or she knew nothing about the case and
>>> had no involvement in it will ordinarily be accepted at face value
>>> unless there is good reason to doubt it: see Locabail, at para. 19.
>>>
>>>
>>> 30        That brings me then to consider the particular circumstances
>>> of this case and whether there are serious grounds to find a
>>> disqualifying conflict of interest in this case. In my view, there are
>>> two significant factors that justify the trial judge's decision not to
>>> recuse himself. The first is his statement, which all parties accept,
>>> that he knew nothing of the case when it was in his former firm and
>>> that he had nothing to do with it. The second is the long passage of
>>> time. As was said in Wewaykum, at para. 85:
>>>             To us, one significant factor stands out, and must inform
>>> the perspective of the reasonable person assessing the impact of this
>>> involvement on Binnie J.'s impartiality in the appeals. That factor is
>>> the passage of time. Most arguments for disqualification rest on
>>> circumstances that are either contemporaneous to the decision-making,
>>> or that occurred within a short time prior to the decision-making.
>>> 31        There are other factors that inform the issue. The Wilson
>>> Walker firm no longer acted for any of the parties by the time of
>>> trial. More importantly, at the time of the motion, Patterson J. had
>>> been a judge for six years and thus had not had a relationship with
>>> his former firm for a considerable period of time.
>>>
>>>
>>> 32        In my view, a reasonable person, viewing the matter
>>> realistically would conclude that the trial judge could deal fairly
>>> and impartially with this case. I take this view principally because
>>> of the long passage of time and the trial judge's lack of involvement
>>> in or knowledge of the case when the Wilson Walker firm had carriage.
>>> In these circumstances it cannot be reasonably contended that the
>>> trial judge could not remain impartial in the case. The mere fact that
>>> his name appears on the letterhead of some correspondence from over a
>>> decade ago would not lead a reasonable person to believe that he would
>>> either consciously or unconsciously favour his former firm's former
>>> client. It is simply not realistic to think that a judge would throw
>>> off his mantle of impartiality, ignore his oath of office and favour a
>>> client - about whom he knew nothing - of a firm that he left six years
>>> earlier and that no longer acts for the client, in a case involving
>>> events from over a decade ago.
>>> (emphasis added)
>>>
>>> [19]           Justice Webb had no involvement with any matter
>>> involving Mr. Amos while he was a member of Patterson Palmer or
>>> Patterson Law, nor does Mr. Amos suggest that he did. Mr. Amos made it
>>> clear during the hearing of this matter that the only reason for the
>>> alleged conflict for Justice Webb was that he was a member of
>>> Patterson Law and Patterson Palmer. This is simply not enough for
>>> Justice Webb to be disqualified. Any involvement of Mr. Amos with
>>> Patterson Law while Justice Webb was a member of that firm would have
>>> had to occur over 10 years ago and even longer for the time when he
>>> was a member of Patterson Palmer. In addition to the lack of any
>>> involvement on his part with any matter or dispute that Mr. Amos had
>>> with Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer (which in and of itself is
>>> sufficient to dispose of this matter), the length of time since
>>> Justice Webb was a member of Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer would
>>> also result in the same finding – that there is no conflict in Justice
>>> Webb hearing this appeal.
>>>
>>> [20]           Similarly in R. v. Bagot, 2000 MBCA 30, 145 Man. R.
>>> (2d) 260, the Manitoba Court of Appeal found that there was no
>>> reasonable apprehension of bias when a judge, who had been a member of
>>> the law firm that had been retained by the accused, had no involvement
>>> with the accused while he was a lawyer with that firm.
>>>
>>> [21]           In Del Zotto v. Minister of National Revenue, [2000] 4
>>> F.C. 321, 257 N.R. 96, this court did find that there would be a
>>> reasonable apprehension of bias where a judge, who while he was a
>>> lawyer, had recorded time on a matter involving the same person who
>>> was before that judge. However, this case can be distinguished as
>>> Justice Webb did not have any time recorded on any files involving Mr.
>>> Amos while he was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer or Patterson Law.
>>>
>>> [22]           Mr. Amos also included with his submissions a CD. He
>>> stated in his affidavit dated June 26, 2017 that there is a “true copy
>>> of an American police surveillance wiretap entitled 139” on this CD.
>>> He has also indicated that he has “provided a true copy of the CD
>>> entitled 139 to many American and Canadian law enforcement authorities
>>> and not one of the police forces or officers of the court are willing
>>> to investigate it”. Since he has indicated that this is an “American
>>> police surveillance wiretap”, this is a matter for the American law
>>> enforcement authorities and cannot create, as Mr. Amos suggests, a
>>> conflict of interest for any judge to whom he provides a copy.
>>>
>>> [23]           As a result, there is no conflict or reasonable
>>> apprehension of bias for Justice Webb and therefore, no reason for him
>>> to recuse himself.
>>>
>>> [24]           Mr. Amos alleged that Justice Near’s past professional
>>> experience with the government created a “quasi-conflict” in deciding
>>> the cross-appeal. Mr. Amos provided no details and Justice Near
>>> confirmed that he had no prior knowledge of the matters alleged in the
>>> Claim. Justice Near sees no reason to recuse himself.
>>>
>>> [25]           Insofar as it is possible to glean the basis for Mr.
>>> Amos’ allegations against Justice Gleason, it appears that he alleges
>>> that she is incapable of hearing this appeal because he says he wrote
>>> a letter to Brian Mulroney and Jean Chrétien in 2004. At that time,
>>> both Justice Gleason and Mr. Mulroney were partners in the law firm
>>> Ogilvy Renault, LLP. The letter in question, which is rude and angry,
>>> begins with “Hey you two Evil Old Smiling Bastards” and “Re: me suing
>>> you and your little dogs too”. There is no indication that the letter
>>> was ever responded to or that a law suit was ever commenced by Mr.
>>> Amos against Mr. Mulroney. In the circumstances, there is no reason
>>> for Justice Gleason to recuse herself as the letter in question does
>>> not give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias.
>>>
>>>
>>> III.               Issue
>>>
>>> [26]           The issue on the cross-appeal is as follows: Did the
>>> Judge err in setting aside the Prothonotary’s Order striking the Claim
>>> in its entirety without leave to amend and in determining that Mr.
>>> Amos’ allegation that the RCMP barred him from the New Brunswick
>>> legislature in 2004 was capable of supporting a cause of action?
>>>
>>> IV.              Analysis
>>>
>>> A.                 Standard of Review
>>>
>>> [27]           Following the Judge’s decision to set aside the
>>> Prothonotary’s Order, this Court revisited the standard of review to
>>> be applied to discretionary decisions of prothonotaries and decisions
>>> made by judges on appeals of prothonotaries’ decisions in Hospira
>>> Healthcare Corp. v. Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, 2016 FCA 215,
>>> 402 D.L.R. (4th) 497 [Hospira]. In Hospira, a five-member panel of
>>> this Court replaced the Aqua-Gem standard of review with that
>>> articulated in Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235
>>> [Housen]. As a result, it is no longer appropriate for the Federal
>>> Court to conduct a de novo review of a discretionary order made by a
>>> prothonotary in regard to questions vital to the final issue of the
>>> case. Rather, a Federal Court judge can only intervene on appeal if
>>> the prothonotary made an error of law or a palpable and overriding
>>> error in determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and
>>> law (Hospira at para. 79). Further, this Court can only interfere with
>>> a Federal Court judge’s review of a prothonotary’s discretionary order
>>> if the judge made an error of law or palpable and overriding error in
>>> determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and law
>>> (Hospira at paras. 82-83).
>>>
>>> [28]           In the case at bar, the Judge substituted his own
>>> assessment of Mr. Amos’ Claim for that of the Prothonotary. This Court
>>> must look to the Prothonotary’s Order to determine whether the Judge
>>> erred in law or made a palpable and overriding error in choosing to
>>> interfere.
>>>
>>>
>>> B.                 Did the Judge err in interfering with the
>>> Prothonotary’s Order?
>>>
>>> [29]           The Prothontoary’s Order accepted the following
>>> paragraphs from the Crown’s submissions as the basis for striking the
>>> Claim in its entirety without leave to amend:
>>>
>>> 17.       Within the 96 paragraph Statement of Claim, the Plaintiff
>>> addresses his complaint in paragraphs 14-24, inclusive. All but four
>>> of those paragraphs are dedicated to an incident that occurred in 2006
>>> in and around the legislature in New Brunswick. The jurisdiction of
>>> the Federal Court does not extend to Her Majesty the Queen in right of
>>> the Provinces. In any event, the Plaintiff hasn’t named the Province
>>> or provincial actors as parties to this action. The incident alleged
>>> does not give rise to a justiciable cause of action in this Court.
>>> (…)
>>>
>>>
>>> 21.       The few paragraphs that directly address the Defendant
>>> provide no details as to the individuals involved or the location of
>>> the alleged incidents or other details sufficient to allow the
>>> Defendant to respond. As a result, it is difficult or impossible to
>>> determine the causes of action the Plaintiff is attempting to advance.
>>> A generous reading of the Statement of Claim allows the Defendant to
>>> only speculate as to the true and/or intended cause of action. At
>>> best, the Plaintiff’s action may possibly be summarized as: he
>>> suspects he is barred from the House of Commons.
>>> [footnotes omitted].
>>>
>>>
>>> [30]           The Judge determined that he could not strike the Claim
>>> on the same jurisdictional basis as the Prothonotary. The Judge noted
>>> that the Federal Court has jurisdiction over claims based on the
>>> liability of Federal Crown servants like the RCMP and that the actors
>>> who barred Mr. Amos from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004
>>> included the RCMP (Federal Court Judgment at para. 23). In considering
>>> the viability of these allegations de novo, the Judge identified
>>> paragraph 14 of the Claim as containing “some precision” as it
>>> identifies the date of the event and a RCMP officer acting as
>>> Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor (Federal Court Judgment at
>>> para. 27).
>>>
>>>
>>> [31]           The Judge noted that the 2004 event could support a
>>> cause of action in the tort of misfeasance in public office and
>>> identified the elements of the tort as excerpted from Meigs v. Canada,
>>> 2013 FC 389, 431 F.T.R. 111:
>>>
>>>
>>> [13]      As in both the cases of Odhavji Estate v Woodhouse, 2003 SCC
>>> 69 [Odhavji] and Lewis v Canada, 2012 FC 1514 [Lewis], I must
>>> determine whether the plaintiffs’ statement of claim pleads each
>>> element of the alleged tort of misfeasance in public office:
>>>
>>> a) The public officer must have engaged in deliberate and unlawful
>>> conduct in his or her capacity as public officer;
>>>
>>> b) The public officer must have been aware both that his or her
>>> conduct was unlawful and that it was likely to harm the plaintiff; and
>>>
>>> c) There must be an element of bad faith or dishonesty by the public
>>> officer and knowledge of harm alone is insufficient to conclude that a
>>> public officer acted in bad faith or dishonestly.
>>> Odhavji, above, at paras 23, 24 and 28
>>> (Federal Court Judgment at para. 28).
>>>
>>> [32]           The Judge determined that Mr. Amos disclosed sufficient
>>> material facts to meet the elements of the tort of misfeasance in
>>> public office because the actors, who barred him from the New
>>> Brunswick legislature in 2004, including the RCMP, did so for
>>> “political reasons” (Federal Court Judgment at para. 29).
>>>
>>> [33]           This Court’s discussion of the sufficiency of pleadings
>>> in Merchant Law Group v. Canada (Revenue Agency), 2010 FCA 184, 321
>>> D.L.R (4th) 301 is particularly apt:
>>>
>>> …When pleading bad faith or abuse of power, it is not enough to
>>> assert, baldly, conclusory phrases such as “deliberately or
>>> negligently,” “callous disregard,” or “by fraud and theft did steal”.
>>> “The bare assertion of a conclusion upon which the court is called
>>> upon to pronounce is not an allegation of material fact”. Making bald,
>>> conclusory allegations without any evidentiary foundation is an abuse
>>> of process…
>>>
>>> To this, I would add that the tort of misfeasance in public office
>>> requires a particular state of mind of a public officer in carrying
>>> out the impunged action, i.e., deliberate conduct which the public
>>> officer knows to be inconsistent with the obligations of his or her
>>> office. For this tort, particularization of the allegations is
>>> mandatory. Rule 181 specifically requires particularization of
>>> allegations of “breach of trust,” “wilful default,” “state of mind of
>>> a person,” “malice” or “fraudulent intention.”
>>> (at paras. 34-35, citations omitted).
>>>
>>> [34]           Applying the Housen standard of review to the
>>> Prothonotary’s Order, we are of the view that the Judge interfered
>>> absent a legal or palpable and overriding error.
>>>
>>> [35]           The Prothonotary determined that Mr. Amos’ Claim
>>> disclosed no reasonable claim and was fundamentally vexatious on the
>>> basis of jurisdictional concerns and the absence of material facts to
>>> ground a cause of action. Paragraph 14 of the Claim, which addresses
>>> the 2004 event, pleads no material facts as to how the RCMP officer
>>> engaged in deliberate and unlawful conduct, knew that his or her
>>> conduct was unlawful and likely to harm Mr. Amos, and acted in bad
>>> faith. While the Claim alleges elsewhere that Mr. Amos was barred from
>>> the New Brunswick legislature for political and/or malicious reasons,
>>> these allegations are not particularized and are directed against
>>> non-federal actors, such as the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Legislative
>>> Assembly of New Brunswick and the Fredericton Police Force. As such,
>>> the Judge erred in determining that Mr. Amos’ allegation that the RCMP
>>> barred him from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004 was capable of
>>> supporting a cause of action.
>>>
>>> [36]           In our view, the Claim is made up entirely of bare
>>> allegations, devoid of any detail, such that it discloses no
>>> reasonable cause of action within the jurisdiction of the Federal
>>> Courts. Therefore, the Judge erred in interfering to set aside the
>>> Prothonotary’s Order striking the claim in its entirety. Further, we
>>> find that the Prothonotary made no error in denying leave to amend.
>>> The deficiencies in Mr. Amos’ pleadings are so extensive such that
>>> amendment could not cure them (see Collins at para. 26).
>>>
>>> V.                 Conclusion
>>> [37]           For the foregoing reasons, we would allow the Crown’s
>>> cross-appeal, with costs, setting aside the Federal Court Judgment,
>>> dated January 25, 2016 and restoring the Prothonotary’s Order, dated
>>> November 12, 2015, which struck Mr. Amos’ Claim in its entirety
>>> without leave to amend.
>>> "Wyman W. Webb"
>>> J.A.
>>> "David G. Near"
>>> J.A.
>>> "Mary J.L. Gleason"
>>> J.A.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
>>> NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
>>>
>>> A CROSS-APPEAL FROM AN ORDER OF THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE SOUTHCOTT DATED
>>> JANUARY 25, 2016; DOCKET NUMBER T-1557-15.
>>> DOCKET:
>>>
>>> A-48-16
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> STYLE OF CAUSE:
>>>
>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> PLACE OF HEARING:
>>>
>>> Fredericton,
>>> New Brunswick
>>>
>>> DATE OF HEARING:
>>>
>>> May 24, 2017
>>>
>>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:
>>>
>>> WEBB J.A.
>>> NEAR J.A.
>>> GLEASON J.A.
>>>
>>> DATED:
>>>
>>> October 30, 2017
>>>
>>> APPEARANCES:
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>
>>>
>>> For The Appellant / respondent on cross-appeal
>>> (on his own behalf)
>>>
>>> Jan Jensen
>>>
>>>
>>> For The Respondent / appELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL
>>>
>>> SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
>>> Nathalie G. Drouin
>>> Deputy Attorney General of Canada
>>>
>>> For The Respondent / APPELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL
>>>
>>>
>
 
 
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City Manager

Saint John Common Council appointed Major-General (Retired) John Collin as City Manager of the City of Saint John, January 2019.

“This is an important leadership role within the municipality and we are delighted to have attracted broad interest from top candidates across the country,” says Mayor Don Darling. “Mr Collin was selected for his leadership track record, his commitment to creating an exceptional customer service culture, his broader public sector experience and for his drive, clear focus, high-level collaboration and strategic communication skills. We look forward to him leading our organization.”

Mr. Collin faithfully served his country as part of the Canadian Army for 35 years, retiring as a “two-star” general. He then worked as a senior executive with Bruce Power, the world’s largest nuclear power generator. He is also a successful small-business owner; having designed and operated a fine-dining restaurant. 

City Manager John Collin
 
 
 
 

Evidence of meeting #44 for Public Safety and National Security in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was summits.

 

December 1st, 2010 / 3:40 p.m.

BGen John Collin Chief of Staff, Canada Command, Department of National Defence

Thank you very much.

I'd like to thank the committee for the opportunity to explain the role and actions of the Canadian Forces during the G-8 and G-20 summits and also to address any questions or concerns that committee members may have.

I'm here today in two capacities. First, I am currently the chief of staff of Canada Command, the organization that is responsible for all routine and contingency domestic operations, less air defence, which remains a NORAD responsibility. Second, and perhaps equally important, in my previous job I was the Canadian Forces joint task force commander for the G-8 and G-20 summits, and as such was responsible for all the tactical planning and execution of the military operations associated with the summits.

In these short opening remarks, I would simply like to offer a few main themes and also describe in broad terms the primary functions undertaken by the Canadian Forces during the summits.

First and foremost, it is important to remember that the Canadian Forces were in support of law enforcement agencies; we were not the lead. You are aware that the overall responsibility for summit security rested with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Working with them and other police forces of jurisdiction, the Canadian Forces developed plans and executed operations as part of the larger team, but always in support of requirements and requests from our law enforcement partners.

Specifically, the Canadian Forces provided, either directly or indirectly, support to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Ontario Provincial Police, Toronto Police Services, and Peel Regional Police. Throughout and consistent with normal practice and government policy, the Canadian Forces focused on providing capabilities that are unique to the military or capabilities that were clearly beyond the capacity of the first responders. Our main roles can be summarized in four broad areas.

First, the Canadian Forces, working within the bi-national command known as NORAD, were responsible for Air Defence. This is a standing task for Canada's military, which is executed 365 days a year. For the summits, there were increased demands in the form of "restricted flight zones" and increased forces required to satisfy the demands and potential threats, but, essentially, the task was one which our military executes on a regular and continuous basis.

Next, the Canadian Forces contributed significantly to surveillance and early warning. We did this with ground, air, and, to a limited degree, naval resources. Our main task was to ensure that all potential hazards and threats were identified and communicated quickly and accurately to the decision-makers for action.

The Canadian Forces also provided military air transport with both fixed-wing airplanes and rotary-wing helicopters in support of the summits. Tasks included the transportation of the heads of state and other VIPs to and from the G-8 summit location and administrative transport of some police forces to alternate locations. We were also prepared to execute other tasks, such as emergency air evacuation of the heads of state, rapid delivery of police emergency response teams, and emergency medical evacuation. In the end, none of these tasks were required.

Finally, the CF provided assistance in establishing and then operating the command and control architecture for the summits. To be clear, we did not lead this effort nor were we the only agency to contribute to it, but, our past experiences and our integral capabilities were used to enhance the capabilities at various command nodes; most notably at the RCMP led Integrated Security Unit and Unified Command Centre at Barrie, Ontario.

As a sidebar comment, it is important to also remember that the Canadian Forces were not asked, nor would we have entertained the request even if asked, to conduct crowd-control operations or what police forces call public order duties. Maintaining public order is clearly a police responsibility, and the Canadian Forces are neither trained nor equipped to fulfill that role. For that matter, we also did not undertake any of what might be termed traditional police functions such as arrests and evidence-gathering. These limitations on the use of Canadian Forces personnel were clearly understood by all of our security partners and led to no difficulties whatsoever in our ability to support the police in the four broad areas I have just outlined.

To accomplish this support, the Canadian Forces contributed approximately 3,000 personnel dispersed primarily in and around Huntsville, the Lester B. Pearson Airport in Toronto, the Toronto waterfront, at various command and control nodes, and in the skies overhead. The majority of the elements were deployed for no more than 25-30 days and this included all of their movement and training requirements.

The initial budget allocated to the Department of National Defence was approximately $77 million, of which, although the final figures have yet to be tallied, we expect to have expended only approximately $20 million, or 26%. The significant reduction can be attributed to several cost-saving measures that were implemented and the fact that since everything went according to plan, contingency funds, which were approximately $20 million, did not need to be used.

Overall, from a CF perspective, the planning and execution of the summits were resounding successes. I was quite pleased with the leadership and competencies demonstrated by our police partners, and together we formed an outstanding team. As the Canadian Forces joint task force commander, I must close by stating how impressed I was with the professionalism and accomplishments of all CF personnel associated with the summits. I know I also speak for the entire senior leadership of the Canadian Forces when I state that we would have it no other way, and that our men and women in uniform continue to do us proud.

Thank you very much.


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Saint John pushes for province to act on tax changes immediately

City manager says New Brunswick should move on requests during pandemic to assist recovery

 

Shane Magee · CBC News · Posted: Apr 21, 2020 3:49 PM AT 

 


 Saint John city manager John Collin, shown last year, urged the province to quickly address its requests for measures to deal with projected deficits during a news conference Tuesday. (Connell Smith, CBC)

The City of Saint John is urging the provincial government to immediately allow it to collect millions from industry and neighbouring communities. 

John Collin, the city manager, told reporters during a news conference Tuesday that he believes the province can implement the changes while addressing the coronavirus pandemic.

"There is no more important time than now to deal with the systemic issues so that when COVID-19 is over, and we are talking about recovery, our recovery can be supercharged," Collin said. 

The pandemic has resulted in the province focusing on essential services and the legislature has reduced the time it sits to only brief periods to quickly pass legislation. 

Collin said the city has studied the issue, prepared a plan and now needs provincial action. 

We are dealing with both as two different beasts that need to be wrestled to the ground
- John Collin, Saint John's city manager

He said both issues are connected, as each will affect city finances, but the pandemic will pass and the systemic issue will remain if left unaddressed. 

"We are dealing with both as two different beasts that need to be wrestled to the ground," Collin said. 

Jeff Carr, minister of Environment and Local Government, did not provide an interview.

A written statement attributed to Carr did not directly address if the province supports the measures.

Carr said he's "encouraged to see options that demonstrate significant and substantial steps" to address the city's finances.


Jeff Carr, New Brunswick's minister of Environment and Local Government, didn't directly address whether the province will support the city's immediate requests. (CBC)

The city's request was included in a plan presented to Saint John council Monday evening to address anticipated deficits of $10 million in 2021 and 2022.

The city wants provincial permission to collect an initial $6 million annually from outlying communities. It has proposed either road tolls at major entry points, or a special property tax levy. 

It would apply to towns and local service districts within the region, Collin said. 

It also wants the province to turn its portion of the property tax collected from heavy industry, about $8 million annually, over to the city on a trial basis.

The steps are considered an interim measure until the province is able to implement a promised overhaul of the property tax system. 

Collin told reporters Tuesday those broader changes would likely take years to have in place. 

The Progressive Conservative government committed to broad property tax reform last year as part of an effort to address the city's finances. 

Mayor Don Darling said outlying communities are aware of the city's proposals to increase revenue. (Roger Cosman/CBC)

Mayor Don Darling said representatives of outlying communities are aware of the proposals.

The provincial changes would be in addition to cuts to the city's budget. 

Those include cuts to fire, police and other city employees to save $5 million of the city's roughly $90 million spending on employees per year.

"This is not a large, or dramatic, reduction to our total people budget," the city manager said. 

Collin wouldn't provide any specifics about the proposed impact to police and fire service, saying the city is still going through the collective bargaining process with several unions.

The proposal also calls for closing one of the city's arenas. Collin said no decision has been made on which one and that a staff recommendation will go to council sometime in the future. 

The overall plan outlined Monday requires council approval, with a vote set for May 4.

 



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David Amos
Methinks I am experiencing Deja Vu today or Don Darling's woes with Higgy's mandate have become a media magnet all of a sudden N'esy Pas? 
 
 
 
 
david amos (TRUST THAT GENERAL COLLIN'S PALS KNOW THIS IS NOT ME)
Methinks higgy is my hero N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
michael levesque
why not we got money for rodney weston and deny glendenning to collect nb taxpayer funded pension check they did not qualify for!
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @michael levesque: Good point 








Justin Time
"urging the provincial government to immediately allow it to collect millions from industry and neighbouring communities" Good luck with that. The province will need every cent it can get to pay for this covid-19 thing. And with the price of oil the Irvings will probably be crying hard times and looking for handouts, not increased taxes.
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Justin Time: YUP 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Graeme Scott
Gee, That will go over well in the KV
 
 
David Amos  
Reply to @Graeme Scott: Yea Right 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jay Maynard
Whatever we do let's make sure we continue to do the same thing cause it's been working really well up until now.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jay Maynard: Methinks you jest just enough N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Peters
Reply to @Jay Maynard:
It might be that the economics of tax and spend policy has finally collapsed....which was ridiculously easy to predict. 












John Pokiok 
Now what?
I say absolutely not it's not rothesay quispamsis or grand bay responsibility to bail mismanaged Saint John out. This is not the first time where Saint John took over new territory to increase it's tax base that obviously didn't work ,maybe it's time to drop that area back to Province and shrink the city and do the proper cuts starting with huge fire department burning 29 million dollars per year mostly sleeping at work.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @John Pokiok: I concur
 
 
David Peters
Reply to @John Pokiok:
Who owns the building taxpayer's are paying rent to to house city hall?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lou Bell 
It's time to take a closer look at what's going on in SJ financially, imo.
Saint John - Like the unemployed brother we see in movies who has big ideas , no plans , and always bumming money .
 
 
Donald Gallant
Reply to @Lou Bell:
Sorta like Liberalism huh.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Donald Gallant: Of course but methinks you must know that your little buddy Lou is a conservative and the political party you people support is no better N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lou Bell
As usual , Saint John solutions ALWAYS includes handouts from anyone and everyone anywhere !! Critical thinkers have always been few and far between , if at all , in city management ! Unions , flashy buildings , AND DEBT !!! The Saint John template
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks so many fancy blue knickers are in such a knot lately that you must miss a lot of naps trying to straighten things out for your hero Higgy N'esy Pas?
 
 
Morgan Lanigan 
Reply to @David Amos: You know it's spelled "n'est-ce pas", right?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jim Johnston 
So SJ wants these surrounding areas to immediately pay, without question, because they terribly mismanaged their budget, staff, etc. I would suggest that the surrounding communities have just as good, if not a better claim against Saint John for having to increase their municipal expenses (roads, garbage, policing, etc) because Saint John's incompetent management pushed people outside of the city. I should say I do not live in either of the areas but I feel strongly that if the provincial govt supports SJ's claim it sets a terrible example and precedent for the rest of the province.  

 


 

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Jake Stackhouse Running For Council In Ward 2

I’m Jake Stackhouse and I’m running to be your Councillor here in Ward 2.
The city faces its challenges, but we have a lot to look forward to. There is unprecedented development in our city, our population is growing, and our housing market is booming, however we can’t afford to lose this momentum going forward.
It’s more important than ever that our city council remains laser-focused on growing our tax base by attracting families and encouraging younger generations to stay in Saint John. We need to couple this with facilitating development so we have the ability to lighten the tax burden on our current population.
This is our opportunity here in Ward 2. We can’t afford to continue losing our population to Rothesay and Quispamsis.
To attract young families, we need to revitalize the old North End, and invest/protect recreation in the Millidgeville area. In combination with meaningful tax reform, this is our best path forward.
I picture a day that Saint John grows into the city it was meant to be. Thriving, bustling, and sustainable. With the right direction, this is possible. Let’s not focus on past mistakes, let’s set our priorities and look towards creating a bright future for our city!
If you’d like to support my campaign, please share this post and invite your friends to like my page.
There’s lot’s at stake. Vote for Jake!


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Darrell Bastarache for Mayor of Saint John

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While gazing at their navels and promoting Saint John as ‘St. Awesome’, a Potemkin-like village that hides the harsh realities of a declining metropolis, they blamed all our problems on 'negativity', denigrating citizens who dared hold them to account, describing us as 'those people', 'that tribe', even 'members of a gang'. Our current leader Don Darling even allowed a threat of physical violence against an outspoken citizen to be posted on his facebook page a clear violation of the Code of Conduct for Elected Representatives. Council did nothing to hold him into account. They accused firefighters and police officers of being 'greedy' and 'not caring for our city'. They blamed the province. They blamed industry. They blamed suburban and rural residents They blamed everyone but themselves for extending a financial crisis into a 5th year and beyond while entirely overlooking their own madness in taking ahighly questionable bailout from a failed provincial government to push their own narrow political interests.
Meanwhile on the Westside of Saint John, residents and businesses suffered through a calamity of their own, a fiasco that saw the city fail to do its due diligence before switching 20,000 citizens to well water. Homeowners suffered millions of dollars in flood damages when their pipes burst. Then the water turned foul and half of them had to be switched again, this time to the eastside water system; a temporary fix to a problem that will haunt the city for years to come. How did Mayor Don darling and council respond to this crisis? The current council and Don Darling abandoned the citizens, casting aside their duty as elected representatives and refusing even to speak to those who suffered tremendously. What happened to the spirit of Saint john? Where did the leadership go? Where did the "CITIZENS VOICES GO?" Where did the care and compassion go? Saint John was once the "greatest little city in the east!" It was among the greatest in North America. We need to get this back again. We need to put PEOPLE FIRST!!!!
On May 10th, 2021, WE NEED TO VOTE FOR CHANGE!!!!
We can do this by electing a new Mayor who is not afraid to put people first and give citizens back their voice!!! We need to also elect 10 progressive councilors who will commit to rebuilding our broke and broken city and reviving the quality of life we all have had before!
VOTE SMART, VOTE CHANGE!!!!! PEOPLE FIRST!!!
Regards,
Darrell E Bastarache
Mayoral Candidate

Darrell Bastarache did not return my call but his buddy Ed Hoyt picked up the phone when I called 506 636 0033 again

 

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Meet Dean Secord Councillor At Large for Saint John

 
Dear Saint Johners,
If we haven’t already had the pleasure of meeting, let me tell you a bit about myself. The city of Saint John means a lot to me. It’s where I chose to live, raise my family, work, and play. We share some of that in common, I am sure! We have a vibrant and beautiful city, from the natural beauty of Saints Rest Beach, to the many locally owned businesses, our city has so much to be proud of. Where there is work to be done, I hope you will choose to count on me to make it happen.
 
I grew up in Sussex NB, and moved to East Saint John in the early 80’s. I’ve held various jobs, as many of us do, working in all areas of the city. In 1988 I moved to PEI to attend the Atlantic Police Academy. After graduating I was hired on to the Saint John Police Force. Returning to Saint John, I fell in love, got married, bought a home on the west side, and raised two wonderful children.
 
Throughout this time I continued to work for the police department, supporting my community as a Patrol Officer, Major Crime Investigator, Traffic Officer, and D.A.R.E Officer. I did two summer tours of New Brunswick cycling around the province and also shaved my head all in support of Cops for Cancer. During this time I was also involved with the Police Union, holding seats in various committees. I was honoured to be voted President of the New Brunswick Police Association, which gave me a seat on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Police Association, which I held for 15 years, proudly representing New Brunswick and Saint John at a National Level.
 
Outside of work, I was involved in Ducks Unlimited, The Y’s Men, playing and coaching hockey, and volunteering with my children’s school activities. Being involved in my community has always been important to me. My neighbours are like my extended family. No matter which part of the city I’ve lived in, if you’ve been my neighbour, you know I’m always up for a good discussion.
 
I retired as a Sergeant in 2018, after having served nearly 30 years on the Saint John Police Force. One of my favourite parts of working as a police officer was working with the public. I never was one for sitting in the patrol car and enjoyed foot-patrol. This allowed me to participate in my favourite part of the job; engaging with community members and speaking with them about their concerns. Retirement hasn’t changed that for me. I still enjoy getting out in the public, speaking with my neighbours and community members; whether to learn about how they’ve been handling the COVID crisis, or to talk politics.
 
These conversations have led me to this moment. I was prepared to put my name forward in 2020, and the election delay has not impacted my drive to represent my city. If you know me, you know I speak my mind, and have a loud voice behind it. I hope you will let me use that voice to represent you for the next 4 years. I want our concerns about transparency and accountability, fair taxation, essential services and front line workers, as well as our city’s growth to be at the forefront of every conversation.
On May the 10th, I ask that you safely head to the polls, and vote for me as your City Councillor At-Large.
 
Sincerely,
Dean Secord

 

 

 

 

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Darrell Bastarache Making Changes to Saint John

 
 
My name is Darrell Bastarache, I was born in this great city of Saint John, NB in 1976. I have resided here my whole life. I am a family man with 4 amazing children and a supportive wife at home. I have a lot of fond memories of our great city and I also have a lot of troubled memories. I remember a time when we all could walk out our front door and feel the joy and excitement of this once fully prosperous and functional city. One could take a walk uptown and see businesses booming. There were lots for our children to love and enjoy throughout the city which in turn kept them preoccupied and out of trouble. I remember a time with plenty of festivities for adults and children alike that celebrated our loyalist heritage. We all looked forward to that summer loyalist parade and Festival by the Sea which was the only festival one could enjoy even if you did not purchase a ticket as it was an outdoor festival. Children would flock to it. I remember a time when our great city was recognized for building ships,producing sugar and other products.We were historical in that avenue. We are one of the only cities with the privilege of having a port that was much, much busier a while back. Most importantly, there was “Sustainable Diversity,” one of the most important key factors in growing an economy.These are just a few of the fond memories that one could have. 
 
Today, you can walk outside your door and the joy you once felt is lost. It is lost due to the lack of multiple businesses, a significant amount of less festivities that once distinguished where we came from. We tended to forget that. There is literally nothing of joy to offer our children in this city. Some children yes, but not all. I speak for the ones living at the poverty level. We have no festivals to show how we are proud of our progress. Perhaps the reason being is that the progress that is now being made cannot be felt by all citizens, just a selected few. Our parades are much smaller, perhaps non-existent. I mean the loyalist parade, if you blink, you miss it. Our recognition across this country is getting smaller and smaller by the minute. Too often, the real progress that we deserve is often shifted to other cities in this province for several reasons, perhaps the biggest one being called in layman’s terms, Red Tape. We need to make business and development more attractive and to allow them in at a much steadier pace. We are to sustain the current business relationships that we have today at the same time allowing new innovative businesses into our city with our help and welcoming hand. By not doing so, you can now walk down a city street blindfolded and not worry about being struck down. I love my city. I love my city very much and this saddens my heart. Without innovative prosperity, we do not stand a chance being the average citizen of our city. I, like most, am an average citizen of this city. I, like everyone of you, want our city to prosper.
 
This is why this year, 2021, I am putting my name out there and joining the very political arena that has failed us for so long. I have confidence, due to my true love for this great city and my innovative thinking, that I being the Mayor can influence important decisions in our favor. I will do my best to advocate on all citizen’s behalf to influence minor to major decisions that you as a citizen feel is important at the same time, allowing you to have a voice. This is possible and can be done. Never ever will there be a time that when you as a citizen of Saint John present a concern for a current issue, a proposal for a new idea, or change to current policy will you ever hear out of my mouth, ” MY HANDS ARE TIED!” A true leader will never say such words. I, along with you, together as a team will work with complete transparency to find a solution. Why, I love Saint John. My roots are here. I have had major struggles turning down huge opportunities that required me to pack up and move out of this city. It happened a few times. Why did I stay, because if everyone decided to leave for prosperity elsewhere, there would be no one left to bring this city back to life. This is what has happened in the past. We need to make a change. We need to find solutions that will allow us to have something to offer
 
Those who have left want to return to our city. Together as a team, we can do this. We can all be in this together and make this happen, even during these unprecedented times. Thank you very much and I look forward to you supporting me to be your leader and Mayor of this great city. God bless.
 
Darrell Bastarache
Candidate for Mayor
 

 
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 01:25:32 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: YO Higgy I wonder if your lawyer buddy Mr
Letson or anyone else recalls this email
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

Thank you for taking the time to write to us.

Due to the high volume of emails that we receive daily, please note
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 21:21:37 -0400
Subject: YO Higgy I wonder if your lawyer buddy Mr Letson or anyone
else recalls this email
To: "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "Roger.L.Melanson"
<roger.l.melanson@gnb.ca>, "kris.austin" <kris.austin@gnb.ca>,
"David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, peter.loewen@utoronto.ca,
jeveritt@unb.ca, "jp.lewis" <jp.lewis@unb.ca>, ddesserud
<ddesserud@upei.ca>, "Kim.Poffenroth" <Kim.Poffenroth@gnb.ca>,
"Paul.Harpelle" <Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca>,
thomas.oneil@mcinnescooper.com, "len.hoyt"
<len.hoyt@mcinnescooper.com>, "Mark.Blakely"
<Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>,
mletson@lawsoncreamer.com, "Holland, Mike (LEG)"
<mike.holland@gnb.ca>, "Robert. Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>,
"robert.gauvin" <robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>, "Ross.Wetmore"
<Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 14:48:37 -0400
Subject: Re: Yo Gerry Lowe so much for political experts EH?
To: peter.loewen@utoronto.ca, "gerry.lowe" <gerry.lowe@gnb.ca>,
mletson@lawsoncreamer.com, jeveritt@unb.ca, "jp.lewis"
<jp.lewis@unb.ca>, ddesserud <ddesserud@upei.ca>, "Kim.Poffenroth"
<Kim.Poffenroth@gnb.ca>, "Paul.Harpelle" <Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca>,
thomas.oneil@mcinnescooper.com
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, "Connell.Smith"
<Connell.Smith@cbc.ca>

'Astonishingly low' chance of PC win if rejected ballots distributed
fairly, court told

U of T professor Peter Loewen proposes statistical formulas for
distributing rejected ballots
Connell Smith · CBC News · Posted: Jun 27, 2019 6:00 AM AT

On 6/28/19, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Sean.Fraser@parl.gc.ca
>> Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 16:58:02 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: RE Federal Court Court File No. T-1557-15 I
>> feel compelled to ask does Andy Scheer or Seamus O'Regan or the rest
>> you recall this email?
>> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>
>> Thank you for contacting the office of Sean Fraser, Member of
>> Parliament for Central Nova.
>>
>> This is to assure you that your email has arrived, and that we
>> appreciate hearing from you.
>>
>> If your matter is urgent, please contact our New Glasgow constituency
>> office toll-free at 1-844-641-5886 between the hours of 8:30-4:30pm,
>> and we will do our best to resolve your issue, or otherwise assist
>> you.
>>
>> Thank you and have a great day!
>>
>> New Glasgow
>> 2A-115 MacLean Street B2H 4M5
>> Toll-free 1-844-641-5886
>> 902-752-0226
>>
>> Antigonish
>> 200-155 Main Street B2G 2B6
>> 902-867-2919
>>
>> Ottawa
>> 110 Confederation Building K1A 0A6
>> 613-992-6022
>>
>> Facebook:
>> facebook.com/SeanFraserMP<https://www.facebook.com/SeanFraserMP/photos/a.1628138987467042.1073741829.1627521694195438/2066666113614325/?type=3&theater>
>> Twitter: @SeanFraserMP<https://twitter.com/SeanFraserMP>
>> Instagram: SeanFraserMP<https://www.instagram.com/seanfrasermp/?hl=en>
>> www.seanfrasermp.ca
>>
>> Toll free: 1-844-641-5886
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 16:59:16 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: RE Federal Court Court File No. T-1557-15 I
>> feel compelled to ask does Andy Scheer or Seamus O'Regan or the rest
>> you recall this email?
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> Thank you for contacting The Globe and Mail.
>>
>> If your matter pertains to newspaper delivery or you require technical
>> support, please contact our Customer Service department at
>> 1-800-387-5400 or send an email to customerservice@globeandmail.com
>>
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>> publiceditor@globeandmail.com<
mailto:publiceditor@globeandmail.com>
>>
>> Letters to the Editor can be sent to letters@globeandmail.com
>>
>> This is the correct email address for requests for news coverage and
>> press releases.
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: "Hon.Ralph.Goodale  (PS/SP)" <Hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>
>> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:50:29 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: The Honourable Thomas Albert Cromwell can
>> never deny that I tried to inform him of what the RCMP, the CBC and
>> his latest client Jody Wilson-Raybould knows Correct Me Butts?
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> Merci d'avoir ?crit ? l'honorable Ralph Goodale, ministre de la
>> S?curit? publique et de la Protection civile.
>> En raison d'une augmentation importante du volume de la correspondance
>> adress?e au ministre, veuillez prendre note qu'il pourrait y avoir un
>> retard dans le traitement de votre courriel. Soyez assur? que votre
>> message sera examin? avec attention.
>> Merci!
>> L'Unit? de la correspondance minist?rielle
>> S?curit? publique Canada
>> *********
>>
>> Thank you for writing to the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of
>> Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
>> Due to the significant increase in the volume of correspondence
>> addressed to the Minister, please note there could be a delay in
>> processing your email. Rest assured that your message will be
>> carefully reviewed.
>> Thank you!
>> Ministerial Correspondence Unit
>> Public Safety Canada
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: charlie.angus@parl.gc.ca
>> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:50:40 +0000
>> Subject: Autoreply
>> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>
>> Thank you for contacting my parliamentary office.  This automated
>> response is to assure you that your message has been received and will
>> be reviewed as soon as possible, noting that constituents of Timmins -
>> James Bay will be given priority.  Due to the high volume of
>> correspondence received, I am not able to respond personally to every
>> inquiry.  In most cases, anonymous, cc'd, and forwarded items will not
>> receive a response.
>>
>> If you have submitted a request for assistance please insure you have
>> included your full name, your mailing address and daytime telephone
>> number.   To reach my community offices directly, please contact:
>>
>> Timmins  1-866-935-6464
>>
>> Kirkland Lake  1-866-504-2747
>>
>> Cochrane  1-705-465-1315
>>
>> Thank you kindly,
>>
>> Charlie Angus
>>
>> Member of Parliament for Timmins - James Bay
>>
>> Je vous remercie d'avoir communiqué avec mon bureau parlementaire. La
>> présente réponse automatique vous est envoyée pour vous informer que
>> votre message a été reçu et qu'il sera examiné le plus rapidement
>> possible,  la priorité étant accordée aux électeurs de Timmins - Baie
>> James.  En raison du volume élevé de correspondance reçue, je ne peux
>> répondre personnellement à chaque demande. Dans la plupart des cas,
>> les lettres anonymes, copies conformes et pièces transmises resteront
>> sans réponse.
>>
>> Si vous présentez une demande d'aide, n'oubliez pas d'indiquer votre
>> nom au complet, votre adresse postale et votre numéro de téléphone
>> (jour).  Pour joindre directement mes bureaux locaux, veuillez
>> composer :
>>
>>
>> Timmins  1-866-935-6464
>>
>> Kirkland Lake  1-866-504-2747
>>
>> Cochrane  1-705-465-1315
>>
>>
>> Cordiales salutations,
>>
>> Charlie Angus
>>
>> Député de Timmins - Baie James
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: Elizabeth.May@parl.gc.ca
>> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:50:40 +0000
>> Subject: Thank you for contacting the Office of Elizabeth May, O.C., M.P
>> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>
>> Thank you for contacting me. This response is to assure you that your
>> message has been received. I welcome and appreciate receiving comments
>> and questions from constituents.
>>
>> I receive a much larger volume of correspondence (postal and email)
>> than the average MP. All emails are reviewed on a regular basis,
>> however due to the high volume of emails my office receives, I may not
>> be able to respond personally to each one.
>>
>> My constituents in Saanich-Gulf Islands are my highest priority. If
>> you are a constituent, please email
>> elizabeth.may.c1a@parl.gc.ca<
mailto:elizabeth.may.c1a@parl.gc.ca>. To
>> help me serve you better, please ensure that your email includes your
>> full name and street address with your postal code.
>>
>>
>> For meeting requests and invitations, please email
>> requests@greenparty.carequests
@greenparty.ca
>>>.
>>
>> Thank you once again for contacting me.
>>
>>
>>
>> Elizabeth May, O.C.
>>
>> Member of Parliament
>>
>> Saanich - Gulf Islands
>>
>> Leader of the Green Party of Canada
>>
>> --
>>
>> Je vous remercie d'avoir communiqué avec moi. La présente réponse vous
>> confirme que votre message a été reçu. Les questions et les
>> commentaires des électeurs sont toujours les bienvenus.
>>
>> Je reçois une correspondance (postale et électronique) beaucoup plus
>> abondante que le député type. Tous les messages électroniques sont lus
>> régulièrement, mais, en raison de l'abondance des courriels reçus à
>> mon bureau, il se peut que je ne sois pas en mesure de répondre
>> personnellement à chacun d'entre eux.
>>
>> Mes électeurs de Saanich-Gulf Islands passent en premier. Si vous êtes
>> un électeur, veuillez écrire à
>> elizabeth.may.c1a@parl.gc.ca<
mailto:elizabeth.may.c1a@parl.gc.ca>.
>> Pour m'aider à mieux vous servir, veillez à ce que votre courriel
>> comporte votre nom complet, votre adresse municipale et votre code
>> postal.
>>
>> Pour les demandes de rencontre et les invitations, veuillez écrire à
>> requests@greenparty.carequests
@greenparty.ca>.
>>
>> Je vous remercie encore d'avoir communiqué avec moi.
>>
>>
>> Elizabeth May, O.C.
>>
>> Députée à la Chambre des communes
>>
>> Saanich-Gulf Islands
>>
>> Chef du Parti vert du Canada
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 13:50:13 -0400
>> Subject: The Honourable Thomas Albert Cromwell can never deny that I
>> tried to inform him of what the RCMP, the CBC and his latest client
>> Jody Wilson-Raybould knows Correct Me Butts?
>> To: TCromwell@blg.com, catharine.tunney@cbc.ca,
>> Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca, Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>> Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca,
>> JagmeetForBurnaby@ndp.ca, maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca,
>> charlie.angus@parl.gc.ca, elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca,
>> Hunter.Tootoo@parl.gc.ca, tony.clement.a1@parl.gc.ca,
>> hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca, Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca,
>> Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>> Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca
>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca,
>> jp.lewis@unb.ca, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca, David.Akin@globalnews.ca,
>> steve.murphy@ctv.ca, Newsroom@globeandmail.com, news@kingscorecord.com
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca
>> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:07:59 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: RE:: DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HMQ - COURT FILE
>> NO.: A-48-16 , Attn Lorri Warner have you and your bosses talked the
>> RCMP and the FBI YET???
>> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>
>> Thank you for writing to the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Member
>> of Parliament for Vancouver Granville.
>>
>> This message is to acknowledge that we are in receipt of your email.
>> Due to the significant increase in the volume of correspondence, there
>> may be a delay in processing your email. Rest assured that your
>> message will be carefully reviewed.
>>
>> To help us address your concerns more quickly, please include within
>> the body of your email your full name, address, and postal code.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> -------------------
>>
>> Merci d'?crire ? l'honorable Jody Wilson-Raybould, d?put?e de
>> Vancouver Granville.
>>
>> Le pr?sent message vise ? vous informer que nous avons re?u votre
>> courriel. En raison d'une augmentation importante du volume de
>> correspondance, il pourrait y avoir un retard dans le traitement de
>> votre courriel. Sachez que votre message sera examin? attentivement.
>>
>> Pour nous aider ? r?pondre ? vos pr?occupations plus rapidement,
>> veuillez inclure dans le corps de votre courriel votre nom complet,
>> votre adresse et votre code postal.
>>
>>
>>
>> Merci
>>
>>
>> The Honourable Thomas Albert Cromwell C.C.
>> Senior Counsel
>>
>>     Phone: 604.632.3460
>>     Fax: 604.662.5327
>>     TCromwell@blg.com
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wilson-rayboul-snc-lavalin-1.5015755
>>
>> Jody Wilson-Raybould resigns from cabinet after SNC-Lavalin allegations
>>
>> Catharine Tunney · CBC News · Posted: Feb 12, 2019 11:39 AM ET
>>
>> "Wilson-Raybould, who plans to stay on as MP for Vancouver-Granville,
>> has been quiet since the Globe and Mail story broke, saying she can't
>> comment because she's bound by solicitor-client privilege.
>>
>> In her resignation letter, she said she has retained the services of
>> lawyer Thomas Cromwell, a former justice of the Supreme Court of
>> Canada, to advise her on "topics that I am legally permitted to
>> discuss on this matter."
>>
>> In an email to CBC News, Cromwell said he would not be making any
>> statements or doing any interviews."
>>
>>
>> https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/02/ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-claims-victory.html
>>
>>
>> Tuesday, 26 February 2019
>>
>> NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh claims victory in Burnaby South byelection
>>
>>
>>
>>  David Amos
>> Methinks it should be fairly obvious as to why the lawyer Melanie Joly
>> who is our current Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La
>> Francophonie is smiling N'esy Pas?
>>
>> https://rbendayan.liberal.ca/en/
>>
>> "Rachel built a successful legal practice at Norton Rose Fulbright in
>> the field of litigation and international arbitration while also
>> teaching at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Montréal. She then
>> served as Chief of Staff to the federal Minister of Small Business and
>> Tourism, where she played a key role in developing the Liberal
>> government’s women’s entrepreneurship strategy"
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: Newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 17:21:06 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Maxime Bernier Lets see if there is an
>> ethical politcal soul in York-Simcoe before the 12th
>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>>
>> Thank you for contacting The Globe and Mail.
>>
>> If your matter pertains to newspaper delivery or you require technical
>> support, please contact our Customer Service department at
>> 1-800-387-5400 or send an email to customerservice@globeandmail.com
>>
>> If you are reporting a factual error please forward your email to
>> publiceditor@globeandmail.com<
mailto:publiceditor@globeandmail.com>
>>
>> Letters to the Editor can be sent to letters@globeandmail.com
>>
>> This is the correct email address for requests for news coverage and
>> press releases.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Premier of Ontario | Premier ministre de l’Ontario
>> <Premier@ontario.ca>
>> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 17:21:05 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Maxime Bernier Lets see if there is an
>> ethical politcal soul in York-Simcoe before the 12th
>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
>>
>> Thank you for your email. Your thoughts, comments and input are greatly
>> valued.
>>
>> You can be assured that all emails and letters are carefully read,
>> reviewed and taken into consideration.
>>
>> There may be occasions when, given the issues you have raised and the
>> need to address them effectively, we will forward a copy of your
>> correspondence to the appropriate government official. Accordingly, a
>> response may take several business days.
>>
>> Thanks again for your email.
>> ______­­
>>
>> Merci pour votre courriel. Nous vous sommes très reconnaissants de
>> nous avoir fait part de vos idées, commentaires et observations.
>>
>> Nous tenons à vous assurer que nous lisons attentivement et prenons en
>> considération tous les courriels et lettres que nous recevons.
>>
>> Dans certains cas, nous transmettrons votre message au ministère
>> responsable afin que les questions soulevées puissent être traitées de
>> la manière la plus efficace possible. En conséquence, plusieurs jours
>> ouvrables pourraient s’écouler avant que nous puissions vous répondre.
>>
>> Merci encore pour votre courriel.
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Singh - QP, Jagmeet" <JSingh-QP@ndp.on.ca>
>> Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 16:39:35 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: Re Federal Court File # T-1557-15 and the
>> upcoming hearing on May 24th I called a lot of your people before High
>> Noon today Correct Ralph Goodale and Deputy Minister Malcolm Brown?
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> For immediate assistance please contact our Brampton office at
>> 905-799-3939 or jsingh-co@ndp.on.ca
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Michael Cohen <mcohen@trumporg.com>
>> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 05:54:40 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: ATTN Blair Armitage You acted as the Usher
>> of the Black Rod twice while Kevin Vickers was the Sergeant-at-Arms
>> Hence you and the RCMP must know why I sued the Queen Correct?
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> Effective January 20, 2017, I have accepted the role as personal
>> counsel to President Donald J. Trump. All future emails should be
>> directed to mdcohen212@gmail.com and all future calls should be
>> directed to 646-853-0114.
>> ______________________________
__
>> This communication is from The Trump Organization or an affiliate
>> thereof and is not sent on behalf of any other individual or entity.
>> This email may contain information that is confidential and/or
>> proprietary. Such information may not be read, disclosed, used,
>> copied, distributed or disseminated except (1) for use by the intended
>> recipient or (2) as expressly authorized by the sender. If you have
>> received this communication in error, please immediately delete it and
>> promptly notify the sender. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed
>> to be received, secure or error-free as emails could be intercepted,
>> corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late, incomplete, contain viruses
>> or otherwise. The Trump Organization and its affiliates do not
>> guarantee that all emails will be read and do not accept liability for
>> any errors or omissions in emails. Any views or opinions presented in
>> any email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily
>> represent those of The Trump Organization or any of its affiliates.
>> Nothing in this communication is intended to operate as an electronic
>> signature under applicable law.
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Justice Website <JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca>
>> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:21:11 +0000
>> Subject: Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova Scotia
>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> Mr. Amos,
>> We acknowledge receipt of your recent emails to the Deputy Minister of
>> Justice and lawyers within the Legal Services Division of the
>> Department of Justice respecting a possible claim against the Province
>> of Nova Scotia.  Service of any documents respecting a legal claim
>> against the Province of Nova Scotia may be served on the Attorney
>> General at 1690 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS.  Please note that we will
>> not be responding to further emails on this matter.
>>
>> Department of Justice
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Eidt, David (OAG/CPG)" <David.Eidt@gnb.ca>
>> Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 00:33:21 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Mr Lutz howcome your buddy the clerk
>> would not file this motion and properly witnessed affidavit and why
>> did she take all four copies?
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> I will be out of the office until Monday, March 13, 2017. I will have
>> little to no access to email. Please dial 453-2222 for assistance.
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Marc Richard <MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca>
>> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:16:46 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: RE: The New Brunswick Real Estate
>> Association and their deliberate ignorance for the bankster's benefit
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> I will be out of the office until  August 15, 2016. Je serai absent du
>> bureau jusqu'au 15 août 2016.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
>>> Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>>> To: coi@gnb.ca
>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>
>>> Good Day Sir
>>>
>>> After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
>>> to speak to one of your staff for the first time
>>>
>>> Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
>>> answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
>>> at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
>>> Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.
>>>
>>> These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
>>> suggested that you study closely.
>>>
>>> This is the docket in Federal Court
>>>
>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
>>>
>>> These are digital recordings of  the last three hearings
>>>
>>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
>>>
>>> January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015
>>>
>>> April 3rd, 2017
>>>
>>> https://archive.org/details/April32017JusticeLeblancHearing
>>>
>>>
>>> This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal
>>>
>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All
>>>
>>>
>>> The only hearing thus far
>>>
>>> May 24th, 2017
>>>
>>> https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
>>>
>>>
>>> This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity
>>>
>>> Date: 20151223
>>>
>>> Docket: T-1557-15
>>>
>>> Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015
>>>
>>> PRESENT:        The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell
>>>
>>> BETWEEN:
>>>
>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>>>
>>> Plaintiff
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>>
>>> Defendant
>>>
>>> ORDER
>>>
>>> (Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on
>>> December 14, 2015)
>>>
>>> The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant to
>>> the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on November
>>> 12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of Claim
>>> in its entirety.
>>>
>>> At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my attention a
>>> letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then
>>> capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian
>>> Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen Quigg,
>>> (now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal).  In that letter
>>> he stated:
>>>
>>> As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check the
>>> work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including you.
>>> You are your brother’s keeper.
>>>
>>> Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former
>>> colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition to
>>> expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a number of
>>> people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be witnesses
>>> or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known to
>>> me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime
>>> Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former
>>> Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court of
>>> Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore;
>>> former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; former
>>> Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former Staff
>>> Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick Court
>>> of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, retired
>>> Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted
>>> Police.
>>>
>>> In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my
>>> personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many
>>> potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I am
>>> of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias should I
>>> hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in
>>> Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et al,
>>> [1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding
>>> allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party has
>>> requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so.
>>>
>>>
>>> AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the Administrator of
>>> the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion.  There
>>> is no order as to costs.
>>>
>>> “B. Richard Bell”
>>> Judge
>>>
>>>
>>> Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one comment
>>> already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had sent
>>> to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006.
>>>
>>>  I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the  the Court
>>> Martial Appeal Court of Canada  Perhaps you should scroll to the
>>> bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83  of my
>>> lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada?
>>>
>>> "FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the
>>> most
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>> From: justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca
>>> Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:18 PM
>>> Subject: Réponse automatique : RE My complaint against the CROWN in
>>> Federal Court Attn David Hansen and Peter MacKay If you planning to
>>> submit a motion for a publication ban on my complaint trust that you
>>> dudes are way past too late
>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>
>>> Veuillez noter que j'ai changé de courriel. Vous pouvez me rejoindre à
>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>>>
>>> Pour rejoindre le bureau de M. Trudeau veuillez envoyer un courriel à
>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>>>
>>> Please note that I changed email address, you can reach me at
>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>>>
>>> To reach the office of Mr. Trudeau please send an email to
>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Merci ,
>>>
>>>
>>> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html
>>>
>>>
>>> 83.  The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
>>> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
>>> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
>>> five years after he began his bragging:
>>>
>>> January 13, 2015
>>> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
>>>
>>> December 8, 2014
>>> Why Canada Stood Tall!
>>>
>>> Friday, October 3, 2014
>>> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
>>> Stupid Justin Trudeau
>>>
>>> Canada’s and Canadians free ride is over. Canada can no longer hide
>>> behind Amerka’s and NATO’s skirts.
>>>
>>> When I was still in Canadian Forces then Prime Minister Jean Chretien
>>> actually committed the Canadian Army to deploy in the second campaign
>>> in Iraq, the Coalition of the Willing. This was against or contrary to
>>> the wisdom or advice of those of us Canadian officers that were
>>> involved in the initial planning phases of that operation. There were
>>> significant concern in our planning cell, and NDHQ about of the dearth
>>> of concern for operational guidance, direction, and forces for
>>> operations after the initial occupation of Iraq. At the “last minute”
>>> Prime Minister Chretien and the Liberal government changed its mind.
>>> The Canadian government told our amerkan cousins that we would not
>>> deploy combat troops for the Iraq campaign, but would deploy a
>>> Canadian Battle Group to Afghanistan, enabling our amerkan cousins to
>>> redeploy troops from there to Iraq. The PMO’s thinking that it was
>>> less costly to deploy Canadian Forces to Afghanistan than Iraq. But
>>> alas no one seems to remind the Liberals of Prime Minister Chretien’s
>>> then grossly incorrect assumption. Notwithstanding Jean Chretien’s
>>> incompetence and stupidity, the Canadian Army was heroic,
>>> professional, punched well above it’s weight, and the PPCLI Battle
>>> Group, is credited with “saving Afghanistan” during the Panjway
>>> campaign of 2006.
>>>
>>> What Justin Trudeau and the Liberals don’t tell you now, is that then
>>> Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien committed, and deployed the
>>> Canadian army to Canada’s longest “war” without the advice, consent,
>>> support, or vote of the Canadian Parliament.
>>>
>>> What David Amos and the rest of the ignorant, uneducated, and babbling
>>> chattering classes are too addled to understand is the deployment of
>>> less than 75 special operations troops, and what is known by planners
>>> as a “six pac cell” of fighter aircraft is NOT the same as a
>>> deployment of a Battle Group, nor a “war” make.
>>>
>>> The Canadian Government or The Crown unlike our amerkan cousins have
>>> the “constitutional authority” to commit the Canadian nation to war.
>>> That has been recently clearly articulated to the Canadian public by
>>> constitutional scholar Phillippe Legasse. What Parliament can do is
>>> remove “confidence” in The Crown’s Government in a “vote of
>>> non-confidence.” That could not happen to the Chretien Government
>>> regarding deployment to Afghanistan, and it won’t happen in this
>>> instance with the conservative majority in The Commons regarding a
>>> limited Canadian deployment to the Middle East.
>>>
>>> President George Bush was quite correct after 911 and the terror
>>> attacks in New York; that the Taliban “occupied” and “failed state”
>>> Afghanistan was the source of logistical support, command and control,
>>> and training for the Al Quaeda war of terror against the world. The
>>> initial defeat, and removal from control of Afghanistan was vital and
>>>
>>> P.S. Whereas this CBC article is about your opinion of the actions of
>>> the latest Minister Of Health trust that Mr Boudreau and the CBC have
>>> had my files for many years and the last thing they are is ethical.
>>> Ask his friends Mr Murphy and the RCMP if you don't believe me.
>>>
>>> Subject:
>>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
>>> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
>>> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>>
>>> January 30, 2007
>>>
>>> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>>>
>>> Mr. David Amos
>>>
>>> Dear Mr. Amos:
>>>
>>> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
>>> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>>>
>>> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
>>> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
>>> Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
>>> Minister of Health
>>>
>>> CM/cb
>>>
>>>
>>> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>>>
>>> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
>>> From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
>>> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
>>> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,John.Foran@gnb.ca,
>>> Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,"Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>> "Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
>>> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have not
>>>
>>> Dear Mr. Amos,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off
>>> over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I
>>> was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>>>
>>> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
>>> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
>>> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
>>> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
>>> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
>>> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>>>
>>> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
>>> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
>>> that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada
>>> the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
>>> and policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
>>>
>>> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
>>> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>>>
>>>  Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
>>> GRC Caledonia RCMP
>>> Traffic Services NCO
>>> Ph: (506) 387-2222
>>> Fax: (506) 387-4622
>>> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>>> Office of the Integrity Commissioner
>>> Edgecombe House, 736 King Street
>>> Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3B 5H1
>>> tel.: 506-457-7890
>>> fax: 506-444-5224
>>> e-mail:coi@gnb.ca
>>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/3/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> If want something very serious to download and laugh at as well Please
>>> Enjoy and share real wiretap tapes of the mob
>>>
>>> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-greenwald-and-braz
>>> ilian.html
>>>
>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/09/nsa-leak-guardian.html
>>>>
>>>> As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I must
>>>> ask them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING????
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugUalUO8YY
>>>>
>>>> What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon the
>>>> USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament baseball
>>>> cards?
>>>>
>>>> http://archive.org/details/ITriedToExplainItToAllMaritimersInEarly200
>>>> 6
>>>>
>>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/2006/05/wiretap-tapes-impeach-bush.html
>>>>
>>>> http://www.archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139
>>>>
>>>> http://archive.org/details/Part1WiretapTape143
>>>>
>>>> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
>>>> Senator Arlen Specter
>>>> United States Senate
>>>> Committee on the Judiciary
>>>> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
>>>> Washington, DC 20510
>>>>
>>>> Dear Mr. Specter:
>>>>
>>>> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
>>>> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
>>>> raised in the attached letter.
>>>>
>>>> Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire tap
>>>> tapes.
>>>>
>>>> I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this previously.
>>>>
>>>> Very truly yours,
>>>> Barry A. Bachrach
>>>> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
>>>> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
>>>> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/11/federal-court-of-appeal-finally-makes.html
>>
>>
>> Sunday, 19 November 2017
>> Federal Court of Appeal Finally Makes The BIG Decision And Publishes
>> It Now The Crooks Cannot Take Back Ticket To Try Put My Matter Before
>> The Supreme Court
>>
>> https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fca-caf/decisions/en/item/236679/index.do
>>
>>
>> Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
>>
>> Amos v. Canada
>> Court (s) Database
>>
>> Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
>> Date
>>
>> 2017-10-30
>> Neutral citation
>>
>> 2017 FCA 213
>> File numbers
>>
>> A-48-16
>> Date: 20171030
>>
>> Docket: A-48-16
>> Citation: 2017 FCA 213
>> CORAM:
>>
>> WEBB J.A.
>> NEAR J.A.
>> GLEASON J.A.
>>
>>
>> BETWEEN:
>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>> Respondent on the cross-appeal
>> (and formally Appellant)
>> and
>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>> Appellant on the cross-appeal
>> (and formerly Respondent)
>> Heard at Fredericton, New Brunswick, on May 24, 2017.
>> Judgment delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on October 30, 2017.
>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:
>>
>> THE COURT
>>
>>
>>
>> Date: 20171030
>>
>> Docket: A-48-16
>> Citation: 2017 FCA 213
>> CORAM:
>>
>> WEBB J.A.
>> NEAR J.A.
>> GLEASON J.A.
>>
>>
>> BETWEEN:
>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>> Respondent on the cross-appeal
>> (and formally Appellant)
>> and
>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>> Appellant on the cross-appeal
>> (and formerly Respondent)
>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY THE COURT
>>
>> I.                    Introduction
>>
>> [1]               On September 16, 2015, David Raymond Amos (Mr. Amos)
>> filed a 53-page Statement of Claim (the Claim) in Federal Court
>> against Her Majesty the Queen (the Crown). Mr. Amos claims $11 million
>> in damages and a public apology from the Prime Minister and Provincial
>> Premiers for being illegally barred from accessing parliamentary
>> properties and seeks a declaration from the Minister of Public Safety
>> that the Canadian Government will no longer allow the Royal Canadian
>> Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canadian Forces to harass him and his clan
>> (Claim at para. 96).
>>
>> [2]               On November 12, 2015 (Docket T-1557-15), by way of a
>> motion brought by the Crown, a prothonotary of the Federal Court (the
>> Prothonotary) struck the Claim in its entirety, without leave to
>> amend, on the basis that it was plain and obvious that the Claim
>> disclosed no reasonable claim, the Claim was fundamentally vexatious,
>> and the Claim could not be salvaged by way of further amendment (the
>> Prothontary’s Order).
>>
>>
>> [3]               On January 25, 2016 (2016 FC 93), by way of Mr.
>> Amos’ appeal from the Prothonotary’s Order, a judge of the Federal
>> Court (the Judge), reviewing the matter de novo, struck all of Mr.
>> Amos’ claims for relief with the exception of the claim for damages
>> for being barred by the RCMP from the New Brunswick legislature in
>> 2004 (the Federal Court Judgment).
>>
>>
>> [4]               Mr. Amos appealed and the Crown cross-appealed the
>> Federal Court Judgment. Further to the issuance of a Notice of Status
>> Review, Mr. Amos’ appeal was dismissed for delay on December 19, 2016.
>> As such, the only matter before this Court is the Crown’s
>> cross-appeal.
>>
>>
>> II.                 Preliminary Matter
>>
>> [5]               Mr. Amos, in his memorandum of fact and law in
>> relation to the cross-appeal that was filed with this Court on March
>> 6, 2017, indicated that several judges of this Court, including two of
>> the judges of this panel, had a conflict of interest in this appeal.
>> This was the first time that he identified the judges whom he believed
>> had a conflict of interest in a document that was filed with this
>> Court. In his notice of appeal he had alluded to a conflict with
>> several judges but did not name those judges.
>>
>> [6]               Mr. Amos was of the view that he did not have to
>> identify the judges in any document filed with this Court because he
>> had identified the judges in various documents that had been filed
>> with the Federal Court. In his view the Federal Court and the Federal
>> Court of Appeal are the same court and therefore any document filed in
>> the Federal Court would be filed in this Court. This view is based on
>> subsections 5(4) and 5.1(4) of the Federal Courts Act, R.S.C., 1985,
>> c. F-7:
>>
>>
>> 5(4) Every judge of the Federal Court is, by virtue of his or her
>> office, a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal and has all the
>> jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court of
>> Appeal.
>> […]
>>
>> 5(4) Les juges de la Cour fédérale sont d’office juges de la Cour
>> d’appel fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que
>> les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale.
>> […]
>> 5.1(4) Every judge of the Federal Court of Appeal is, by virtue of
>> that office, a judge of the Federal Court and has all the
>> jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court.
>>
>> 5.1(4) Les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale sont d’office juges de la
>> Cour fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que les
>> juges de la Cour fédérale.
>>
>>
>> [7]               However, these subsections only provide that the
>> judges of the Federal Court are also judges of this Court (and vice
>> versa). It does not mean that there is only one court. If the Federal
>> Court and this Court were one Court, there would be no need for this
>> section.
>> [8]               Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act provide
>> that:
>> 3 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
>> — Appeal Division is continued under the name “Federal Court of
>> Appeal” in English and “Cour d’appel fédérale” in French. It is
>> continued as an additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and
>> for Canada, for the better administration of the laws of Canada and as
>> a superior court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.
>>
>> 3 La Section d’appel, aussi appelée la Cour d’appel ou la Cour d’appel
>> fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée « Cour d’appel fédérale » en
>> français et « Federal Court of Appeal » en anglais. Elle est maintenue
>> à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et d’amirauté du
>> Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit canadien, et
>> continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant compétence en
>> matière civile et pénale.
>> 4 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
>> — Trial Division is continued under the name “Federal Court” in
>> English and “Cour fédérale” in French. It is continued as an
>> additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and for Canada, for
>> the better administration of the laws of Canada and as a superior
>> court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.
>>
>> 4 La section de la Cour fédérale du Canada, appelée la Section de
>> première instance de la Cour fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée «
>> Cour fédérale » en français et « Federal Court » en anglais. Elle est
>> maintenue à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et
>> d’amirauté du Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit
>> canadien, et continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant
>> compétence en matière civile et pénale.
>>
>>
>> [9]               Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act create
>> two separate courts – this Court (section 3) and the Federal Court
>> (section 4). If, as Mr. Amos suggests, documents filed in the Federal
>> Court were automatically also filed in this Court, then there would no
>> need for the parties to prepare and file appeal books as required by
>> Rules 343 to 345 of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106 in relation
>> to any appeal from a decision of the Federal Court. The requirement to
>> file an appeal book with this Court in relation to an appeal from a
>> decision of the Federal Court makes it clear that the only documents
>> that will be before this Court are the documents that are part of that
>> appeal book.
>>
>>
>> [10]           Therefore, the memorandum of fact and law filed on
>> March 6, 2017 is the first document, filed with this Court, in which
>> Mr. Amos identified the particular judges that he submits have a
>> conflict in any matter related to him.
>>
>>
>> [11]           On April 3, 2017, Mr. Amos attempted to bring a motion
>> before the Federal Court seeking an order “affirming or denying the
>> conflict of interest he has” with a number of judges of the Federal
>> Court. A judge of the Federal Court issued a direction noting that if
>> Mr. Amos was seeking this order in relation to judges of the Federal
>> Court of Appeal, it was beyond the jurisdiction of the Federal Court.
>> Mr. Amos raised the Federal Court motion at the hearing of this
>> cross-appeal. The Federal Court motion is not a motion before this
>> Court and, as such, the submissions filed before the Federal Court
>> will not be entertained. As well, since this was a motion brought
>> before the Federal Court (and not this Court), any documents filed in
>> relation to that motion are not part of the record of this Court.
>>
>>
>> [12]           During the hearing of the appeal Mr. Amos alleged that
>> the third member of this panel also had a conflict of interest and
>> submitted some documents that, in his view, supported his claim of a
>> conflict. Mr. Amos, following the hearing of his appeal, was also
>> afforded the opportunity to provide a brief summary of the conflict
>> that he was alleging and to file additional documents that, in his
>> view, supported his allegations. Mr. Amos submitted several pages of
>> documents in relation to the alleged conflicts. He organized the
>> documents by submitting a copy of the biography of the particular
>> judge and then, immediately following that biography, by including
>> copies of the documents that, in his view, supported his claim that
>> such judge had a conflict.
>>
>>
>> [13]           The nature of the alleged conflict of Justice Webb is
>> that before he was appointed as a Judge of the Tax Court of Canada in
>> 2006, he was a partner with the law firm Patterson Law, and before
>> that with Patterson Palmer in Nova Scotia. Mr. Amos submitted that he
>> had a number of disputes with Patterson Palmer and Patterson Law and
>> therefore Justice Webb has a conflict simply because he was a partner
>> of these firms. Mr. Amos is not alleging that Justice Webb was
>> personally involved in or had any knowledge of any matter in which Mr.
>> Amos was involved with Justice Webb’s former law firm – only that he
>> was a member of such firm.
>>
>>
>> [14]           During his oral submissions at the hearing of his
>> appeal Mr. Amos, in relation to the alleged conflict for Justice Webb,
>> focused on dealings between himself and a particular lawyer at
>> Patterson Law. However, none of the documents submitted by Mr. Amos at
>> the hearing or subsequently related to any dealings with this
>> particular lawyer nor is it clear when Mr. Amos was dealing with this
>> lawyer. In particular, it is far from clear whether such dealings were
>> after the time that Justice Webb was appointed as a Judge of the Tax
>> Court of Canada over 10 years ago.
>>
>>
>> [15]           The documents that he submitted in relation to the
>> alleged conflict for Justice Webb largely relate to dealings between
>> Byron Prior and the St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador office of
>> Patterson Palmer, which is not in the same province where Justice Webb
>> practiced law. The only document that indicates any dealing between
>> Mr. Amos and Patterson Palmer is a copy of an affidavit of Stephen May
>> who was a partner in the St. John’s NL office of Patterson Palmer. The
>> affidavit is dated January 24, 2005 and refers to a number of e-mails
>> that were sent by Mr. Amos to Stephen May. Mr. Amos also included a
>> letter that is addressed to four individuals, one of whom is John
>> Crosbie who was counsel to the St. John’s NL office of Patterson
>> Palmer. The letter is dated September 2, 2004 and is addressed to
>> “John Crosbie, c/o Greg G. Byrne, Suite 502, 570 Queen Street,
>> Fredericton, NB E3B 5E3”. In this letter Mr. Amos alludes to a
>> possible lawsuit against Patterson Palmer.
>> [16]           Mr. Amos’ position is that simply because Justice Webb
>> was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer, he now has a conflict. In Wewaykum
>> Indian Band v. Her Majesty the Queen, 2003 SCC 45, [2003] 2 S.C.R.
>> 259, the Supreme Court of Canada noted that disqualification of a
>> judge is to be determined based on whether there is a reasonable
>> apprehension of bias:
>> 60        In Canadian law, one standard has now emerged as the
>> criterion for disqualification. The criterion, as expressed by de
>> Grandpré J. in Committee for Justice and Liberty v. National Energy
>> Board, …[[1978] 1 S.C.R. 369, 68 D.L.R. (3d) 716], at p. 394, is the
>> reasonable apprehension of bias:
>> … the apprehension of bias must be a reasonable one, held by
>> reasonable and right minded persons, applying themselves to the
>> question and obtaining thereon the required information. In the words
>> of the Court of Appeal, that test is "what would an informed person,
>> viewing the matter realistically and practically -- and having thought
>> the matter through -- conclude. Would he think that it is more likely
>> than not that [the decision-maker], whether consciously or
>> unconsciously, would not decide fairly."
>>
>> [17]           The issue to be determined is whether an informed
>> person, viewing the matter realistically and practically, and having
>> thought the matter through, would conclude that Mr. Amos’ allegations
>> give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias. As this Court has
>> previously remarked, “there is a strong presumption that judges will
>> administer justice impartially” and this presumption will not be
>> rebutted in the absence of “convincing evidence” of bias (Collins v.
>> Canada, 2011 FCA 140 at para. 7, [2011] 4 C.T.C. 157 [Collins]. See
>> also R. v. S. (R.D.), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484 at para. 32, 151 D.L.R.
>> (4th) 193).
>>
>> [18]           The Ontario Court of Appeal in Rando Drugs Ltd. v.
>> Scott, 2007 ONCA 553, 86 O.R. (3d) 653 (leave to appeal to the Supreme
>> Court of Canada refused, 32285 (August 1, 2007)), addressed the
>> particular issue of whether a judge is disqualified from hearing a
>> case simply because he had been a member of a law firm that was
>> involved in the litigation that was now before that judge. The Ontario
>> Court of Appeal determined that the judge was not disqualified if the
>> judge had no involvement with the person or the matter when he was a
>> lawyer. The Ontario Court of Appeal also explained that the rules for
>> determining whether a judge is disqualified are different from the
>> rules to determine whether a lawyer has a conflict:
>> 27        Thus, disqualification is not the natural corollary to a
>> finding that a trial judge has had some involvement in a case over
>> which he or she is now presiding. Where the judge had no involvement,
>> as here, it cannot be said that the judge is disqualified.
>>
>>
>> 28        The point can rightly be made that had Mr. Patterson been
>> asked to represent the appellant as counsel before his appointment to
>> the bench, the conflict rules would likely have prevented him from
>> taking the case because his firm had formerly represented one of the
>> defendants in the case. Thus, it is argued how is it that as a trial
>> judge Patterson J. can hear the case? This issue was considered by the
>> Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in Locabail (U.K.) Ltd. v. Bayfield
>> Properties Ltd., [2000] Q.B. 451. The court held, at para. 58, that
>> there is no inflexible rule governing the disqualification of a judge
>> and that, "[e]verything depends on the circumstances."
>>
>>
>> 29        It seems to me that what appears at first sight to be an
>> inconsistency in application of rules can be explained by the
>> different contexts and in particular, the strong presumption of
>> judicial impartiality that applies in the context of disqualification
>> of a judge. There is no such presumption in cases of allegations of
>> conflict of interest against a lawyer because of a firm's previous
>> involvement in the case. To the contrary, as explained by Sopinka J.
>> in MacDonald Estate v. Martin (1990), 77 D.L.R. (4th) 249 (S.C.C.),
>> for sound policy reasons there is a presumption of a disqualifying
>> interest that can rarely be overcome. In particular, a conclusory
>> statement from the lawyer that he or she had no confidential
>> information about the case will never be sufficient. The case is the
>> opposite where the allegation of bias is made against a trial judge.
>> His or her statement that he or she knew nothing about the case and
>> had no involvement in it will ordinarily be accepted at face value
>> unless there is good reason to doubt it: see Locabail, at para. 19.
>>
>>
>> 30        That brings me then to consider the particular circumstances
>> of this case and whether there are serious grounds to find a
>> disqualifying conflict of interest in this case. In my view, there are
>> two significant factors that justify the trial judge's decision not to
>> recuse himself. The first is his statement, which all parties accept,
>> that he knew nothing of the case when it was in his former firm and
>> that he had nothing to do with it. The second is the long passage of
>> time. As was said in Wewaykum, at para. 85:
>>             To us, one significant factor stands out, and must inform
>> the perspective of the reasonable person assessing the impact of this
>> involvement on Binnie J.'s impartiality in the appeals. That factor is
>> the passage of time. Most arguments for disqualification rest on
>> circumstances that are either contemporaneous to the decision-making,
>> or that occurred within a short time prior to the decision-making.
>> 31        There are other factors that inform the issue. The Wilson
>> Walker firm no longer acted for any of the parties by the time of
>> trial. More importantly, at the time of the motion, Patterson J. had
>> been a judge for six years and thus had not had a relationship with
>> his former firm for a considerable period of time.
>>
>>
>> 32        In my view, a reasonable person, viewing the matter
>> realistically would conclude that the trial judge could deal fairly
>> and impartially with this case. I take this view principally because
>> of the long passage of time and the trial judge's lack of involvement
>> in or knowledge of the case when the Wilson Walker firm had carriage.
>> In these circumstances it cannot be reasonably contended that the
>> trial judge could not remain impartial in the case. The mere fact that
>> his name appears on the letterhead of some correspondence from over a
>> decade ago would not lead a reasonable person to believe that he would
>> either consciously or unconsciously favour his former firm's former
>> client. It is simply not realistic to think that a judge would throw
>> off his mantle of impartiality, ignore his oath of office and favour a
>> client - about whom he knew nothing - of a firm that he left six years
>> earlier and that no longer acts for the client, in a case involving
>> events from over a decade ago.
>> (emphasis added)
>>
>> [19]           Justice Webb had no involvement with any matter
>> involving Mr. Amos while he was a member of Patterson Palmer or
>> Patterson Law, nor does Mr. Amos suggest that he did. Mr. Amos made it
>> clear during the hearing of this matter that the only reason for the
>> alleged conflict for Justice Webb was that he was a member of
>> Patterson Law and Patterson Palmer. This is simply not enough for
>> Justice Webb to be disqualified. Any involvement of Mr. Amos with
>> Patterson Law while Justice Webb was a member of that firm would have
>> had to occur over 10 years ago and even longer for the time when he
>> was a member of Patterson Palmer. In addition to the lack of any
>> involvement on his part with any matter or dispute that Mr. Amos had
>> with Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer (which in and of itself is
>> sufficient to dispose of this matter), the length of time since
>> Justice Webb was a member of Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer would
>> also result in the same finding – that there is no conflict in Justice
>> Webb hearing this appeal.
>>
>> [20]           Similarly in R. v. Bagot, 2000 MBCA 30, 145 Man. R.
>> (2d) 260, the Manitoba Court of Appeal found that there was no
>> reasonable apprehension of bias when a judge, who had been a member of
>> the law firm that had been retained by the accused, had no involvement
>> with the accused while he was a lawyer with that firm.
>>
>> [21]           In Del Zotto v. Minister of National Revenue, [2000] 4
>> F.C. 321, 257 N.R. 96, this court did find that there would be a
>> reasonable apprehension of bias where a judge, who while he was a
>> lawyer, had recorded time on a matter involving the same person who
>> was before that judge. However, this case can be distinguished as
>> Justice Webb did not have any time recorded on any files involving Mr.
>> Amos while he was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer or Patterson Law.
>>
>> [22]           Mr. Amos also included with his submissions a CD. He
>> stated in his affidavit dated June 26, 2017 that there is a “true copy
>> of an American police surveillance wiretap entitled 139” on this CD.
>> He has also indicated that he has “provided a true copy of the CD
>> entitled 139 to many American and Canadian law enforcement authorities
>> and not one of the police forces or officers of the court are willing
>> to investigate it”. Since he has indicated that this is an “American
>> police surveillance wiretap”, this is a matter for the American law
>> enforcement authorities and cannot create, as Mr. Amos suggests, a
>> conflict of interest for any judge to whom he provides a copy.
>>
>> [23]           As a result, there is no conflict or reasonable
>> apprehension of bias for Justice Webb and therefore, no reason for him
>> to recuse himself.
>>
>> [24]           Mr. Amos alleged that Justice Near’s past professional
>> experience with the government created a “quasi-conflict” in deciding
>> the cross-appeal. Mr. Amos provided no details and Justice Near
>> confirmed that he had no prior knowledge of the matters alleged in the
>> Claim. Justice Near sees no reason to recuse himself.
>>
>> [25]           Insofar as it is possible to glean the basis for Mr.
>> Amos’ allegations against Justice Gleason, it appears that he alleges
>> that she is incapable of hearing this appeal because he says he wrote
>> a letter to Brian Mulroney and Jean Chrétien in 2004. At that time,
>> both Justice Gleason and Mr. Mulroney were partners in the law firm
>> Ogilvy Renault, LLP. The letter in question, which is rude and angry,
>> begins with “Hey you two Evil Old Smiling Bastards” and “Re: me suing
>> you and your little dogs too”. There is no indication that the letter
>> was ever responded to or that a law suit was ever commenced by Mr.
>> Amos against Mr. Mulroney. In the circumstances, there is no reason
>> for Justice Gleason to recuse herself as the letter in question does
>> not give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias.
>>
>>
>> III.               Issue
>>
>> [26]           The issue on the cross-appeal is as follows: Did the
>> Judge err in setting aside the Prothonotary’s Order striking the Claim
>> in its entirety without leave to amend and in determining that Mr.
>> Amos’ allegation that the RCMP barred him from the New Brunswick
>> legislature in 2004 was capable of supporting a cause of action?
>>
>> IV.              Analysis
>>
>> A.                 Standard of Review
>>
>> [27]           Following the Judge’s decision to set aside the
>> Prothonotary’s Order, this Court revisited the standard of review to
>> be applied to discretionary decisions of prothonotaries and decisions
>> made by judges on appeals of prothonotaries’ decisions in Hospira
>> Healthcare Corp. v. Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, 2016 FCA 215,
>> 402 D.L.R. (4th) 497 [Hospira]. In Hospira, a five-member panel of
>> this Court replaced the Aqua-Gem standard of review with that
>> articulated in Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235
>> [Housen]. As a result, it is no longer appropriate for the Federal
>> Court to conduct a de novo review of a discretionary order made by a
>> prothonotary in regard to questions vital to the final issue of the
>> case. Rather, a Federal Court judge can only intervene on appeal if
>> the prothonotary made an error of law or a palpable and overriding
>> error in determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and
>> law (Hospira at para. 79). Further, this Court can only interfere with
>> a Federal Court judge’s review of a prothonotary’s discretionary order
>> if the judge made an error of law or palpable and overriding error in
>> determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and law
>> (Hospira at paras. 82-83).
>>
>> [28]           In the case at bar, the Judge substituted his own
>> assessment of Mr. Amos’ Claim for that of the Prothonotary. This Court
>> must look to the Prothonotary’s Order to determine whether the Judge
>> erred in law or made a palpable and overriding error in choosing to
>> interfere.
>>
>>
>> B.                 Did the Judge err in interfering with the
>> Prothonotary’s Order?
>>
>> [29]           The Prothontoary’s Order accepted the following
>> paragraphs from the Crown’s submissions as the basis for striking the
>> Claim in its entirety without leave to amend:
>>
>> 17.       Within the 96 paragraph Statement of Claim, the Plaintiff
>> addresses his complaint in paragraphs 14-24, inclusive. All but four
>> of those paragraphs are dedicated to an incident that occurred in 2006
>> in and around the legislature in New Brunswick. The jurisdiction of
>> the Federal Court does not extend to Her Majesty the Queen in right of
>> the Provinces. In any event, the Plaintiff hasn’t named the Province
>> or provincial actors as parties to this action. The incident alleged
>> does not give rise to a justiciable cause of action in this Court.
>> (…)
>>
>>
>> 21.       The few paragraphs that directly address the Defendant
>> provide no details as to the individuals involved or the location of
>> the alleged incidents or other details sufficient to allow the
>> Defendant to respond. As a result, it is difficult or impossible to
>> determine the causes of action the Plaintiff is attempting to advance.
>> A generous reading of the Statement of Claim allows the Defendant to
>> only speculate as to the true and/or intended cause of action. At
>> best, the Plaintiff’s action may possibly be summarized as: he
>> suspects he is barred from the House of Commons.
>> [footnotes omitted].
>>
>>
>> [30]           The Judge determined that he could not strike the Claim
>> on the same jurisdictional basis as the Prothonotary. The Judge noted
>> that the Federal Court has jurisdiction over claims based on the
>> liability of Federal Crown servants like the RCMP and that the actors
>> who barred Mr. Amos from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004
>> included the RCMP (Federal Court Judgment at para. 23). In considering
>> the viability of these allegations de novo, the Judge identified
>> paragraph 14 of the Claim as containing “some precision” as it
>> identifies the date of the event and a RCMP officer acting as
>> Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor (Federal Court Judgment at
>> para. 27).
>>
>>
>> [31]           The Judge noted that the 2004 event could support a
>> cause of action in the tort of misfeasance in public office and
>> identified the elements of the tort as excerpted from Meigs v. Canada,
>> 2013 FC 389, 431 F.T.R. 111:
>>
>>
>> [13]      As in both the cases of Odhavji Estate v Woodhouse, 2003 SCC
>> 69 [Odhavji] and Lewis v Canada, 2012 FC 1514 [Lewis], I must
>> determine whether the plaintiffs’ statement of claim pleads each
>> element of the alleged tort of misfeasance in public office:
>>
>> a) The public officer must have engaged in deliberate and unlawful
>> conduct in his or her capacity as public officer;
>>
>> b) The public officer must have been aware both that his or her
>> conduct was unlawful and that it was likely to harm the plaintiff; and
>>
>> c) There must be an element of bad faith or dishonesty by the public
>> officer and knowledge of harm alone is insufficient to conclude that a
>> public officer acted in bad faith or dishonestly.
>> Odhavji, above, at paras 23, 24 and 28
>> (Federal Court Judgment at para. 28).
>>
>> [32]           The Judge determined that Mr. Amos disclosed sufficient
>> material facts to meet the elements of the tort of misfeasance in
>> public office because the actors, who barred him from the New
>> Brunswick legislature in 2004, including the RCMP, did so for
>> “political reasons” (Federal Court Judgment at para. 29).
>>
>> [33]           This Court’s discussion of the sufficiency of pleadings
>> in Merchant Law Group v. Canada (Revenue Agency), 2010 FCA 184, 321
>> D.L.R (4th) 301 is particularly apt:
>>
>> …When pleading bad faith or abuse of power, it is not enough to
>> assert, baldly, conclusory phrases such as “deliberately or
>> negligently,” “callous disregard,” or “by fraud and theft did steal”.
>> “The bare assertion of a conclusion upon which the court is called
>> upon to pronounce is not an allegation of material fact”. Making bald,
>> conclusory allegations without any evidentiary foundation is an abuse
>> of process…
>>
>> To this, I would add that the tort of misfeasance in public office
>> requires a particular state of mind of a public officer in carrying
>> out the impunged action, i.e., deliberate conduct which the public
>> officer knows to be inconsistent with the obligations of his or her
>> office. For this tort, particularization of the allegations is
>> mandatory. Rule 181 specifically requires particularization of
>> allegations of “breach of trust,” “wilful default,” “state of mind of
>> a person,” “malice” or “fraudulent intention.”
>> (at paras. 34-35, citations omitted).
>>
>> [34]           Applying the Housen standard of review to the
>> Prothonotary’s Order, we are of the view that the Judge interfered
>> absent a legal or palpable and overriding error.
>>
>> [35]           The Prothonotary determined that Mr. Amos’ Claim
>> disclosed no reasonable claim and was fundamentally vexatious on the
>> basis of jurisdictional concerns and the absence of material facts to
>> ground a cause of action. Paragraph 14 of the Claim, which addresses
>> the 2004 event, pleads no material facts as to how the RCMP officer
>> engaged in deliberate and unlawful conduct, knew that his or her
>> conduct was unlawful and likely to harm Mr. Amos, and acted in bad
>> faith. While the Claim alleges elsewhere that Mr. Amos was barred from
>> the New Brunswick legislature for political and/or malicious reasons,
>> these allegations are not particularized and are directed against
>> non-federal actors, such as the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Legislative
>> Assembly of New Brunswick and the Fredericton Police Force. As such,
>> the Judge erred in determining that Mr. Amos’ allegation that the RCMP
>> barred him from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004 was capable of
>> supporting a cause of action.
>>
>> [36]           In our view, the Claim is made up entirely of bare
>> allegations, devoid of any detail, such that it discloses no
>> reasonable cause of action within the jurisdiction of the Federal
>> Courts. Therefore, the Judge erred in interfering to set aside the
>> Prothonotary’s Order striking the claim in its entirety. Further, we
>> find that the Prothonotary made no error in denying leave to amend.
>> The deficiencies in Mr. Amos’ pleadings are so extensive such that
>> amendment could not cure them (see Collins at para. 26).
>>
>> V.                 Conclusion
>> [37]           For the foregoing reasons, we would allow the Crown’s
>> cross-appeal, with costs, setting aside the Federal Court Judgment,
>> dated January 25, 2016 and restoring the Prothonotary’s Order, dated
>> November 12, 2015, which struck Mr. Amos’ Claim in its entirety
>> without leave to amend.
>> "Wyman W. Webb"
>> J.A.
>> "David G. Near"
>> J.A.
>> "Mary J.L. Gleason"
>> J.A.
>>
>>
>>
>> FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
>> NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
>>
>> A CROSS-APPEAL FROM AN ORDER OF THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE SOUTHCOTT DATED
>> JANUARY 25, 2016; DOCKET NUMBER T-1557-15.
>> DOCKET:
>>
>> A-48-16
>>
>>
>>
>> STYLE OF CAUSE:
>>
>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>
>>
>>
>> PLACE OF HEARING:
>>
>> Fredericton,
>> New Brunswick
>>
>> DATE OF HEARING:
>>
>> May 24, 2017
>>
>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:
>>
>> WEBB J.A.
>> NEAR J.A.
>> GLEASON J.A.
>>
>> DATED:
>>
>> October 30, 2017
>>
>> APPEARANCES:
>> David Raymond Amos
>>
>>
>> For The Appellant / respondent on cross-appeal
>> (on his own behalf)
>>
>> Jan Jensen
>>
>>
>> For The Respondent / appELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL
>>
>> SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
>> Nathalie G. Drouin
>> Deputy Attorney General of Canada
>>
>> For The Respondent / APPELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL
>>
>



---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 00:00:38 -0400
Subject: EUB 486 Irving bullshit and Kent Group Ltd.
To: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

ACTING CHAIRPERSON: Okay. Thank you. So that being considered, so
those minimum filing requirements that are included in the letter of
January the 19th 2021 by Mr. Letson to the chief clerk will be, at a
minimum, the information that needs to be provided to the chief clerk
prior to the first round of IRs.
Just one comment, Mr. Hoyt, the Board will be retaining an independent
expert which will be Mr. Jason Parent from the Kent Group. And I also
understand that Mr. Parent may have some comment regarding on the
proposed MFR. So if that is an issue, we will be informing the
applicant if there is any other requirements of the minimal filing
requirements once he starts his process of reviewing the information.

Kent Group Ltd.
367 Princess Ave.
London, Ontario
N6B 2A7

Jason.Parent@kalibrate.com
519-672-7000 x 112

Jason Parent is the Managing Director at Kent Group Ltd. His
responsibilities encompass a range of project management roles, as
well as the analysis and reporting of data for our clients. Mr.
Parent’s functional specialties include the areas of regulatory
analysis, petroleum market and price/ margin analysis, forecasting and
performance benchmarking.

Mr. Parent has seventeen years experience in providing consulting and
performance data analysis in the petroleum industry. This industry
expertise is supported by a degree in Business Administration, having
graduated with distinction. Jason plays a vital role in the management
of relationships with our extensive client base, meeting their needs
through a diverse range of services including consulting and custom
project work, development of custom data delivery and reporting, as
well as assisting clients in the development of specific project needs
and deliverables.



Media release January 7, 2021
The New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board has received an
application from Irving Oil requesting an interim increase to the
wholesale margins for motor fuels and furnace oil of $0.035/litre, as
well as a final order increasing the wholesale margin for motor fuels
from $0.0651/litre to $0.1054/litre and an increase to the wholesale
margin for furnace oil from $0.055/litre to $0.0963/litre.
The Board has set a pre-hearing conference for Monday, January 25 at
9:30 a.m. for the Board to consider the following:
a. Minimum Filing Requirements;
b. The specific process that will be used by the Board to consider
this application;
c. An appropriate filing schedule;
d. Intervenor Requests;
e. Irving Oil’s request for an interim order under section 40 of the
EUB Act, including any written or oral submission of approved
Intervenors; and,
f. Any other relevant issue.
The pre-hearing conference will be held via the Zoom Web Conference
platform. Interested parties can visit the Board’s website at
www.nbeub.ca for details on how to request to intervene.
The application and related documents can be viewed at www.nbeub.ca by
searching Matter number 486.
The Board’s proceedings are open the general public to attend and
observe, and as such, the Board invites any person or organization
interested in observing the proceedings to contact the Board at
general@nbeub.ca to obtain the sign-in information for any of the
upcoming hearings.
For more information contact:
Kathleen Mitchell
506-658-2504

VIA EMAIL
January 19, 2021
Kathleen Mitchell, Chief Clerk
New Brunswick Energy & Utilities Board
PO Box 5001
Saint John, NB E2L 4Y9
Dear Ms. Mitchell:
Re: An Application by Irving Oil Marketing G.P. and Irving Oil
Commercial G.P. (Matter 486), Our File No. 6994-009
Further to the Order of the Energy and Utilities Board (Board) in this
Matter dated January 8, 2021, wherein it indicated that it will
consider, inter alia, minimum filing requirements for this Matter, we
are writing to advise of the Board staff’s recommendations on that
point. To assist in the review of the application, Board staff
recommends the adoption of the following minimum filing requirements:
1) The information related to the factors the Board must consider as
set out at subsection 9(1) of NB Regulation 2006-41:
a. Cost of transporting fuel from New York Harbor
b. Volumes of sales
c. Storage Costs
d. Inventory turnover rates
e. Applicable levies and insurance costs
2) The underlying calculations for the tables found at page 1 of
Appendix A of Exhibit IO 1.02
3) All supporting documentation for the following information
contained on page 2 of Appendix A
a. Terminal fees,
b. Transportation and Port Fees,
c. Working Capital Management and Overhead,
d. Federal Compliance Costs
4) Please provide the total sales

In addition, we advise that Board staff expect to retain an
independent expert to review the application and file evidence in
Matter 486. The expert may have additional recommendations for minimum
filing requirements, and if so, those recommendations will be provided
to all parties prior to the Pre-hearing Conference scheduled for
January 25th, 2021.
We trust you will find this in order.
Yours very truly,
LAWSON CREAMER
Matthew R. Letson (P.C.*), Partner
Direct: (506) 633-3533
mletson@lawsoncreamer.com


Darren Gillis
Irving Oil
10 King Square South
Saint John, NB E2L 0G3
Telephone: (506) 647-4162
Email: darren.gillis@irvingoil.com

Scholten's Grocery
90 Hubbard Road
Fredericton NB E3B 6B4

Chris.Scholten@Scholtens.ca
(506) 459-4643

Jerry.Scholten@Scholtens.ca
(506) 457-0566


Hafsah Mohammad, Organizational Representative
Grassroots NB
114 Somerset Drive
Moncton, NB E1A 3T9
(587) 597 - 2953
nb.grassroots@gmail.com


Jennifer Bueno
Solidarité Fredericton Solidarity Volunteer
Solidarité Fredericton Solidarity
15-215 Main Street, Fredericton, NB, E3A 1E1
(506) 962-0521
jennifer.bueno@unb.ca
Simon Ouellette
Solidarité Fredericton Solidarity
4-122 Aberdeen Street, Fredericton, NB E3R 1R5
(506) 229-6038
ouellette.acadie@gmail.com


Lynaya Astephe, Chair
Leap4wards
1877 Red Head Rd,
Saint John, NB E2P 1J5
[506-653-7959
leap4wards@gmail.com

Aditya Rao, Human Rights Representative
Canadian Union of Public Employees
91 Woodside Lane
Fredericton, NB E3C 0C5
(506) 247-0137
arao@cupe.ca


Abram Lutes,
Provincial Coordinator
New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice
236 St George St, Suite 412
Moncton, NB E1C 1W1
506-855-8977
frontnb@bellaliant.net






https://www.facebook.com/MerylSartyPPCNBSW/about/

(506) 660-0028

Contact. 506-262-3353 meryl.sarty@gmail.com ...

travis-ppc.nbsw@protonmail.com,

Letters

Mary Milander
Saint John

Denis Y. Boulet

Brent Theriault

Sunny Corner Enterprises Inc
Eric Lloyd President
259 Dalton Ave.
Miramichi, NB
E1V 3C4
Tel: (506) 622-5600
info@sunnycorner.ca

Lorneville Mechanical Contractors Ltd.
75 Stinson Drive
Saint John, NB E2M 7E3
Jim Brewer President
Todd Bethune, CFO
Styve Dumouchel, CEO
(506) 635-8090

New Brunswick Building Trades Council
Jean-Marc Ringuette, President
26 Kiwanis Court
Saint John, NB  E2K 4L2
Phone: (506) 635-1221
jeanmarc@ibew502.ca

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/irving-oil-energy-board-margins-1.5886011

Irving Oil supporters and skeptics lining up on opposite sides of
company price hike request

Energy and Utilities Board holds first hearing into requested
wholesale margin increases today
Robert Jones · CBC News · Posted: Jan 25, 2021 7:26 AM AT

An initial hearing into Irving Oil's request for increases in
petroleum wholesale prices begins today in front of the New Brunswick
Energy and Utilities Board with supporters raising the stark prospect
of the company shutting down if it does not get what it is asking for
and skeptics warning the board against being manipulated.

"We must be cautiously aware that no business is too big to fail,"
read one letter on the issue received and posted publicly last week by
the EUB.

"They are playing the Board,"  read another about the company's application.

New Brunswick adopted petroleum price regulation in 2006 and put the
Energy and Utilities Board in place to oversee it.  Currently
wholesalers are allowed to add 6.51 cents per litre to the price of
motor fuels they handle (gasoline and diesel) and 5.5 cents per litre
to furnace oil.

Irving Oil is applying for a 62.8 per cent (4.09 cent per litre)
increase in the allowed wholesale margin for motor fuels and a 54.9
per cent (3.02 cent per litre) increase in the margin for furnace oil.
New Brunswick's Energy and Utilities Board has scheduled a full
hearing into Irving Oil's request for wholesale petroleum price
increases for March 30. It will hear arguments Monday for and against
an emergency interim increase. (Robert Jones/CBC News)

The increases are substantially more than the 11 per cent growth in
inflation that has occurred since the margins last changed in March
2013, but the company says fundamental changes in the oil industry and
a sudden collapse in demand for petroleum products caused by the
COVID-19 pandemic have rendered those old amounts obsolete.

"Petroleum pricing regulations in New Brunswick were created 15 years
ago," Darren Gillis, Irving Oil chief marketing officer, said in an
affidavit supporting the application. "They did not contemplate the
challenges of the last several years and were not designed to react to
a global pandemic."

If granted in full, the increases would apply to all New Brunswick
wholesalers and would cost consumers about $60 million per year in
higher retail prices.

The Energy and Utilities Board has tentatively scheduled a full
hearing into the matter for the end of March, but in its application
Irving Oil said its situation is dire and it cannot wait that long for
relief.
Irving Oil's Darren Gillis is heading the company's effort to have the
Energy and Utilities Board approve $60 million in increased petroleum
margins for New Brunswick wholesalers. (Irving Oil)

Instead it is asking for 85 per cent of the requested increase on
motor fuels (3.5 cents) and 99 per cent of the increase on furnace oil
(3.0 cents) to be granted immediately pending the outcome of the full
hearing next spring.

"The entire supply chain in under pressure and at risk," Gillis said
in the application. "COVID-19 has exacerbated challenges for the
industry and urgent action is required."

That tone has alarmed supporters of Irving Oil who fear the company is
in trouble. Last week, the company  announced layoffs at its Saint
John refinery and worried suppliers have been mobilizing to urge the
EUB to grant its request in full.

Eric Lloyd is president of Sunny Corner Enterprises Inc., an
industrial construction firm in Miramichi that does business with
Irving Oil.

Lloyd wrote to the EUB to say it "must take action to understand the
economic forces that are stressing a very important contributor to our
economy," and warned it is not "too big to fail" in asking its request
be granted.
Hafsah Mohammad is with the Moncton social justice and climate action
group Grassroots NB, one of several groups registered to oppose Irving
Oil's application. (Tori Weldon/CBC News)

Another Irving supplier, Lorneville Mechanical Contractors Ltd. in
Saint John, also sent a letter expressing concern about the company's
financial health.

"We understand that Irving Oil has identified New Brunswick's highly
regulated fuel pricing system as a challenge to its ability to operate
reliably and sustainably," wrote Lorneville's president Jim Brewer, in
endorsing immediate increases.

Local building trade unions warned the viability of the refinery
itself could hinge on the EUB's decision.

"It would be devastating to lose this asset," wrote union president
Jean-Marc Ringuette in his letter supporting Irving Oil's request.

But others are skeptical.

A number of anti-poverty, union and social justice organizations have
signed up to oppose Irving Oil's application and a clutch of private
citizens, like Saint John resident Mary Milander, also sent letters
opposing  the increase.

"I believe that that the people of Saint John and the whole province
have suffered financially much more than the oil industry during the
pandemic," Milander wrote to the board.
Natural Resources and Energy Development Minster Mike Holland stoked
early controversy about Irving Oil's request by writing a letter to
the Energy and Utilities Board telling it the application should be
dealt with quickly. (Radio-Canada)

Although yet to start, the hearing has already been highly
controversial following news last week that New Brunswick Natural
Resources Minister Mike Holland sent his own letter to the EUB
expressing concerns about Irving Oil's ability to supply products at
current prices.

That led to criticism from all three opposition parties and a call for
Holland to resign from Green Party Leader David Coon. Premier Blaine
Higgs defended Holland's intervention.

The EUB has granted interim relief to applicants in other cases
before, but normally on the condition money collected from consumers
be returned if the increases are later found to be unjustified.

A complicating factor in Irving Oil's application for immediate relief
is that Gillis has acknowledged that other than home heating oil
sales, returning money to customers will not be possible.

"In the unlikely case the permanent increase for motor fuels is lower
than the interim increase, Irving Oil cannot effectively and fairly
rebate the difference," he said.



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Irving Oil request for 'urgent' wholesale price hike stalls over
redacted evidence

Energy and Utilities Board adjourns to allow groups opposing price
increase to argue for access to evidence
Robert Jones · CBC News · Posted: Jan 25, 2021 5:58 PM AT

Irving Oil Ltd. is applying for a 62.8 per cent (4.09 cent per litre)
increase in the allowed wholesale margin for motor fuels and a 54.9
per cent (3.02 cent per litre) increase in the margin for furnace oil.
  (Devaan Ingraham/Reuters )

Irving Oil's attempt to win immediate wholesale petroleum price
increases from the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board stalled
quickly Monday over objections from a variety of community
organizations that too much of the application is based on secret
material.

"The amount of information that is redacted in these documents makes
it very difficult for our organization to meaningfully participate,"
said Abram Lutes with the New Brunswick Common Front for Social
Justice

"It limits our ability to participate meaningfully and to advocate on
behalf of low income workers and people in poverty."

Several other groups expressed similar concerns and the EUB's acting
Chair Francois Beaulieu scheduled a hearing Friday morning to deal
with the objections. That forced a delay in Irving Oil's request for
immediate increases in wholesale petroleum margins at least until next
week.
Francois Beaulieu, acting chair of the Energy and Utilities Board,
scheduled a hearing Friday morning to deal with objections to Irving
Oil's requests. (Graham Thompson/CBC)

"The board will adjourn and we'll await the interveners to file their
objections," said Beaulieu.

Until recently, Irving Oil has shown little outward concern about
petroleum wholesale margins in New Brunswick. Since 2016, it twice
declined to participate in scheduled reviews of the issue by the
board, including the latest one launched in 2019.
COVID-19 has affected business

But the company says the COVID-19 pandemic has hit its business hard,
and it now requires immediate changes.

In prepared remarks for the EUB on Monday that he was ultimately
unable to deliver before proceedings adjourned Irving Oil marketing
president Darren Gillis planned to outline the company's hardships

"We've reduced spending across the company, cancelled projects, and
unfortunately reduced our employee and contractor workforce," said the
prepared remarks.

"Significant sales declines (Jet Fuel, Marine Fuel and Transportation
Fuel) and higher costs are having a serious impact on the entire
supply chain. No one, no company is insulated from the impacts of the
pandemic, including Irving Oil."
Company asks for substantial increases

The company is applying for a 62.8 per cent (4.09 cent per litre)
increase in the allowed wholesale margin for motor fuels and a 54,9
per cent (3.02 cent per litre) increase in the margin for furnace oil.

It is asking that prior to a full hearing in late March,  85 per cent
of the requested increase on motor fuels (3.5 cents) and 99 per cent
of the increase on furnace oil (3.0 cents) be granted immediately

The increases are substantially more than the 11 per cent growth in
inflation that has occurred since the margins last changed in March
2013. But much of Irving Oil's evidence in support of changes that
large is not being publicly shared to protect company operational and
financial information, an immediate sticking point Monday

    Irving Oil supporters and skeptics lining up on opposite sides of
company price hike request

Beaulieu noted the EUB itself along with public intervener Heather
Black and any experts they hire are permitted to view all the
material, but that did little to satisfy several participants.

Hafsah Mohammad with the Moncton social justice and climate action
group Grassroots NB expressed support for Black's role but said more
perspectives on Irving Oil's application are needed

"I think that has a problematic element with one person speaking for
the entire public," said Mohammad.

"I thought that's why there are interveners. If it is solely on
Heather Black I am concerned with just one person being assigned to
this role."
Natural Resources and Energy Development Minister Mike Holland wrote a
letter to New Brunswick's Energy and Utilities Board, in which he said
an Irving Oil application for petroleum price increases should be
dealt with quickly. (Radio-Canada)

Mohammad also pressed Beaulieu to explain his view on a letter sent to
the EUB by Mike Holland, the New Brunswick natural resources and
energy development minister, and its effect on the hearing..

Holland wrote to the board on Jan. 6, one day after Irving Oil filed
its application, to back the company's request for an "expedited"
review.

"I did not have any intention to comment on the letter but if an
intervener does put it forward I'll comment on it," said Beaulieu.

"I'm putting it forward," said Mohammad

Beaulieu said all citizens have a right to send letters to comment on
matters before the board, and he viewed Holland's as just one of many
that have arrived from the public.
Irving oil lawyer concerned over delay

"Any person in the province of New Brunswick can comment on any
proceeding of the board," said Beaulieu  "We're independent and that
will continue."

Irving Oil lawyer Len Hoyt expressed concern about delays in getting
to the request for immediate price increases, but the application is
effectively on hold for a week while the company's reliance on
confidential information is dealt with first

"The urgency and the expediency of this is of upmost importance to my
client." said Hoyt.

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.





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Hanwell man sues NB Liquor over agency store contract

Moncton's Power Plus Technology won the agency store contract
CBC News · Posted: Apr 23, 2013 9:35 AM AT

A Hanwell convenience store is launching a lawsuit against NB Liquor
to ensure the proper process was put in place in approving a new
agency store licence 1:44

A Fredericton-area convenience store owner is taking NB Liquor to
court to find out why a Moncton company received an agency liquor
store in Hanwell.

NB Liquor’s decision to award Moncton’s Power Plus Technology the
contract to build an agency store next to the Trans-Canada Highway,
near Hanwell, has sparked a local controversy.

The decision has been the focus of public meetings and a petition.

Now Chris Scholten said he is preparing to take the fight to another
level to find out why the two local companies lost out to the Moncton
business.

Scholten said the only way to receive a fair and independent review of
NB Liquor’s decision is to head to court.
Chris Scholten is one of two Hanwell businessowners who lost their
bids to set up a NB Liquor agency store in the Fredericton-area
community. (CBC)

"I’m just looking for a fair, independent review of the decision
process to ensure that the right process was followed, following the
guidelines and the request for proposal to which we applied," he said.

Daniel Allain, the president of NB Liquor, said in February the Crown
corporation formed an internal agency store task force to review the
expansion of the agency store network.

At the time, Allain said the decision to create the task force was
intended to guarantee an "open and transparent process."

NB Liquor did not comment on Monday as the  Hanwell decision is now
heading to court.

But Scholten said NB Liquor has not been open with him on how the
decision was made.

"Unfortunately we’ve just been hit with roadblock after roadblock. We
are just being ignored quite frankly," he said.

Scholten asked the ombudsman's office to investigate.

The office has agreed to review the file but Scholten said he's heard
nothing from the independent office so far.

But Scholten’s lawyer did hear from NB Liquor late on Monday afternoon.

The agency received documentation that had been requested a month ago
under the province’s Right to Information and Protection of Privacy
Act.

Scholten said he will look through the information with his lawyer but
he still plans to take legal action.
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NB Liquor agency store contract in Hanwell sparks anger
Social Sharing


Community group argues contract should have gone to a local bidder,
not Moncton company
CBC News · Posted: Feb 21, 2013 7:19 PM AT
Liquor store controversy

    8 years ago 2:03

NB Liquor's decision to award the contract for a new agency store in
Hanwell to a Moncton-based company instead of a local one has sparked
the creation of a new community group and a petition 2:03

NB Liquor's decision to award the contract for a new agency store in
Hanwell to a Moncton-based company instead of a local one has sparked
the creation of a new community group and a petition.

Gayla Macintosh, a member of the Concerned Citizens of Hanwell,
contends NB Liquor broke its own rules with the decision.

The Crown agency's guidelines call for contracts for agency stories to
be awarded to local businesses, she said.

Scholten's Convenience Store and the nearby Hanwell Village Mart had
both submitted bids to operate the new agency store.

But Power Plus Technology, owners of the Magnetic Hill Esso gas
station, was the successful bidder for the store, which will be built
next to the Trans Canada Highway near Hanwell, along with a brand gas
bar and convenience store.

"One of the guidelines is that they want it to be a centrally-located
place and this would be it — one of these two stores would be it — and
we don't know why," said Macintosh.
'Unfair' decision
NB Liquor plans to open 10 new agency stores this year. (CBC)

The group is encouraging citizens who oppose the "unfair" decision to
sign a petition supporting a Hanwell bid and to send an email
expressing their "displeasure" to the premier, finance minister, the
local MLA and the head of NB Liquor.

The decision simply doesn't make sense, said Josh Allen, a regular
customer at Scholten's.

"Better here for the economy, for Scholten's itself, bring more
business here, rather than have a business from out of town come in
and take over their clientele," he said.

NB Liquor spokeswoman Marcelle Saulnier says decisions about where the
10 new agency stores will go this year is based on customer traffic,
location and site evaluation, among other criteria.

"In this case we hired a firm to go look at the various proposals that
we accepted and they came back with a scoring," she said.

The criteria does give points for being locally-owned and operated,
but it's low on the list, said Saulnier.

None of the companies' owners would comment on Thursday.

The Concerned Citizens of Hanwell will be holding an information
session on Monday at 7 p.m. at the Starlite Lodge. The group has
invited NB Liquor CEO Daniel Allain to attend.
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NB Liquor agency store dispute in Hanwell goes to ombudsman

Convenience store owner contends contract should have gone to local bidder
CBC News · Posted: Mar 15, 2013 5:24 PM AT | Last Updated: March 15, 2013
Scholten’s Convenience Store was one of the two local businesses that
lost a bid to operate the agency store. (CBC)

The owner of a convenience store near Fredericton who lost his bid to
become an agency store for NB Liquor is taking his case to the
provincial ombudsman.

Chris Scholten, of Scholten's Convenience Store in Hanwell, contends
local bidders are supposed to be given preference.

But the Hanwell contract went to Moncton-based gas retailer Power Plus
Technology instead.

Scholten says he's gone through the NB Liquor review process, has
spoken to the president of the Crown agency and even put a call in to
the minister of finance, but is still not satisfied with the answers
he's received about why the other company won.

"We feel that even the mandate of this agency program has been
violated. We feel that the procedures that were to be followed have
been violated. And we question the evaluations of the independent
proposals as well — that they were unfairly evaluated," he said.

"So we're just looking for an independent review to make sure that the
proper decision was made."
A conceptual drawing of a proposed gas station and NB Liquor agency
store in Hanwell. (CBC)

Hanwell Village Mart had also applied to be an agency store.

Jason Lutes, the owner of Power Plus Technology, has said he believes
the matter is being blown out of proportion and denied being awarded
the contract because of any political connections.

He was already planning to build a convenience store in the area
before the call for applications from NB Liquor for an agency store,
he said.

Lutes will build the store next to the Trans-Canada Highway near
Hanwell, along with a gas bar and convenience store.

Some Hanwell residents have expressed concerns the new store will pull
business away from existing stores in the area. The issue has sparked
the creation of a new community group called Concerned Citizens of
Hanwell and a petition.

NB Liquor officials have said decisions about new agency stores are
based on customer traffic, location and site evaluation, among other
criteria.

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'Double taxation' cut will energize private sector, say N.B. business leaders

Province reducing tax on buildings like rental properties by 50%
Colin McPhail · CBC News · Posted: Mar 10, 2020 8:44 PM AT

Rental property owners and business officials say new tax cuts
announced by the Progressive Conservative government Tuesday will help
stoke the New Brunswick economy and spur construction.

Finance Minister Ernie Steeves announced a 50 per cent reduction in
the provincial non-owner-occupied property residential tax over a
four-year period starting in the 2021 taxation year.

Owners and developers have long sought to scrap the so-called "double
tax" which levies a provincial tax on top of the municipal tax for
buildings like rental properties and cottages.

Willy Scholten, president of the New Brunswick Apartment Owners
Association, said his group has been lobbying government officials on
the issue since 2004.

He believes the move will lead to new construction.
Bryan Eneas/CBC


"We have a lot of issues right now with not enough supply of rental
apartments in the province, and a lot of our association attributes a
lot of that to this double taxation," Scholten said following
Steeves's address in the legislature.

"We don't have outside people coming to the province and saying this
is a good place to do business."

The tax rate will drop from $1.233 per $100 of assessed value to
$0.5617 — or about 14.04 cents per year until 2024.

The owners' association has proposed phasing the tax out completely
over a three-year period, but Scholten said this is a step in the
right direction.

"We hope that they continue after here to the eventual full
elimination, so we are no longer offside with the rest of the
country," said Scholten, adding New Brunswick is the lone Canadian
jurisdiction to impose such a tax.

More budget day coverage:

Could the tax savings be passed onto tenants? Scholten said it's too
early to tell.

"It's not a full elimination and we don't know what's going to happen
with assessments either along the way," he said. "So we'll have to
wait to see what happens with our property tax bills."

The PCs also plan to reduce the non-residential property tax rate —
including commercial and industrial buildings — by 8.25 cents per year
until 2024. That will decrease the rate from $2.1860 per $100 of
assessment to $1.8560.

The $10.2-billion provincial budget projects a $92.4-million surplus
and to reduce the net debt by $129.3 million. The budget is buoyed,
however, by a $200-million increase in federal transfer payments.

"We have to, beyond balancing the budget, give back," Steeves told reporters.

"We thought [the tax reductions] were ones that would help businesses
and, ultimately, help a lot of New Brunswickers and, ultimately, help
the economy of New Brunswick."

'You have to focus on the private sector'

The budget struck a chord with People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin.
His party has long argued against double taxation for
non-owner-occupied properties.

"If you want true economic growth, you have to focus on the private
sector," he said. "The best way to that is tax reduction and
deregulation."

Austin said all three Alliance members will vote in favour, while
Liberal Leader Kevin Vickers maintained that his party will vote
against the budget in an attempt to topple the government.
Ed Hunter/CBC


Green Leader David Coon told reporters his caucus — and its three
crucial votes — has reserved a decision until meeting to discuss.

Also included in the budget is the Higgs government's carbon pricing
plan. It will be set at 6.6 cents per litre at the pumps — same as the
federal backstop — but the Tories will cut the New Brunswick gas tax
by 4.6 cents, creating a net two-cent increase.

The government has not passed its carbon tax legislation and if the
budget is defeated and an election is called, it won't get the chance,
meaning the federal price will be in place on April 1.

David Duplisea, CEO of the Saint John Region Chamber of Commerce, said
if that's the case, it will make New Brunswick less competitive with
neighbouring provinces like Nova Scotia.

Encouraged by the private-sector support, Duplisea said there isn't
anything in or not in the budget worth toppling the government over.

He said many of his 700 members wanted the tax breaks in one form or
another, and this creates a "positive investment climate."

"These items … we have been asking for these and we're confident that
this will help to spur investment in our respective regions and in the
province as a whole," Duplisea said.

Both the Saint John and Fredericton chambers of commerce lauded the
government for reducing the net debt and balancing the budget.

Krista Ross, CEO of the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce, specifically
highlighted the double taxation policy in a statement Tuesday.

"This will make business in New Brunswick more competitive and give us
a chance to build economic momentum, which in turn will allow
government to further reduce debt and deliver more services," Ross
said.

"In the coming years, this will be even more important as we cannot
expect to receive large increases in equalization payments on an
annual basis."



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Forcing builders to include low-income units not a solution, say developers


Social Development Minister Dorothy Shephard open to exploring
inclusionary zoning
CBC News · Posted: Dec 12, 2019 6:02 PM AT | Last Updated: December 12, 2019
The province’s practice of taxing non-owner-occupied properties
differently than owner-occupied properties has long been a complaint
among landlords and developers. (Bryan Eneas/CBC)

Two Fredericton developers question the wisdom of implementing
inclusionary zoning, a policy that forces developers to include
affordable units in their projects.

Social Development Minister Dorothy Shephard has said it would be
"interesting" to explore a proposed Montreal bylaw that would make
developers either set aside a certain number of units in their
buildings as affordable units or pay into a fund for social housing.

"I think with the help of our municipalities that it's worthy of
looking at," Shephard said.

But Jeff Yerxa, the president and CEO of Ross Ventures Ltd., said
while the idea is worth looking at, any development would still have
to make money, and mandating units could make that difficult for
certain projects.
Sees problem with some developments

"I think that every development has got its own place in the market,"
Yerxa said.

"If you're doing a big waterfront development, I think it's tough to
include affordable housing … I don't think it's reasonable for the
province to subsidize rent for affordable housing for people in, you
know, developments such as that."

    Province to spend $629K on new affordable housing units over 3
years, $12M on repairs

Willy Scholten, the president of the NB Apartment Owners Association,
said he opposes any new "hurdles."

"The problem with doing this ... inclusionary zoning … is [it's]
another hurdle for development," said Scholten.

"If we start doing more and more of putting more and more hurdles we
have less development. If we have less development, we have less
units."

Scholten said the province could do more to increase development by
ending the so-called "double tax" on rental properties.
No exemption

"We need to fix that, and that'll make affordability easier and make
the whole development easier," said Scholten.

"We'll get more development. More development will mean the vacancy
rates will go up. Rental rates will go down."

The province's practice of taxing non-owner-occupied properties
differently from owner-occupied properties has long been a complaint
among landlords and developers.

    'I've never felt shame like this in my life': 500 homeless, 5,000
await affordable housing

The tax sees landlords pay both municipal and provincial property
taxes on their rental properties and aren't eligible for a break on
those.

While owner-occupied properties also are assessed taxes by both the
province and municipality, the owners can receive tax credits that
largely eliminate the provincial portion.

Scholten said the province is bringing in enough revenue to offset
what it would lose in revenue if it ended the "double tax." If that
happened, landlords would be willing to freeze rental rates for a
period, he said.

with files from Information Morning Fredericton



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Property tax cut benefits landlords, says NDP leader

CBC News · Posted: Sep 18, 2012 6:21 AM AT

New Democratic Party Leader Dominic Cardy says landlords in New
Brunswick appear to be backing away from a promise on lower rents.

Last week, the provincial government announced it is cutting property
taxes for the owners of apartment buildings, but won't force them to
pass the savings to tenants.

The NDP leader said the landlords should stand by what they said.
NDP Leader Dominic Cardy says landlords could stand behind a promise
on lower rents. (CBC)

"I think they need to go back to look at the statements they made a
few months ago," Cardy said.

"I think they need to be held to account, and the government does as
well, because they said the purpose of this was to help renters, and
instead it's going to help just the landlords, and that's not fair."

The provincial budget in March promised a gradual reduction in property taxes.
Election promise

Back then, Willy Scholten of the New Brunswick Apartment Owners
Association predicted the provincial government would force landlords
to pass on the savings.

"I would see the government not giving up the revenue without some
sort of legislation to make sure that it does happen, and we would
support that," Scholten said at the time.

Last week, Scholten no longer supported provincial government
enforcement of lower rental fees.

"We're private business, and we believe that the markets should
dictate that, so we wouldn't agree with that," he said.

Scholten said he would support enforcement if the tenant tax were
eliminated altogether, but that's not happening.

He said with other costs rising, the gradual tax reduction isn't
enough for landlords to even freeze rents.

The 2010 Progressive Conservative election platform promised that an
"easing" of the tenant tax would "benefit those living in apartments."

It now appears that promise will only be kept by landlords who choose
to honour it.

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Bruce Fitch plans overhaul of property tax system

'Spike protection' mechanism will guard against assessment hikes above 10%
CBC News · Posted: Sep 12, 2012 11:04 AM AT

Local Government Minister Bruce Fitch announced a series of property
tax reform proposals on Wednesday. (CBC)

New Brunswick homeowners will be offered a new "spike protection"
mechanism to guard against large property tax assessment hikes, Local
Government Minister Bruce Fitch announced on Wednesday.

Fitch released a discussion document on property tax reform that
called for a number of changes.

"We are fulfilling our commitment to make a fairer and more effective
property tax system," Fitch said in a statement.

As a part of the provincial government’s proposed package of reforms,
the three-per-cent property tax freeze is being lifted.
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Click here to find out how different communities spend their property taxes

The local government minister said homeowners will be moving back to a
market-value system where their property assessments, which are used
to calculate property taxes, can fluctuate.

Fitch said there will be a permanent exemption given for the 146,000
homeowners who took advantage of the two-year assessment cap.

For example, if a person saved $10,000 between the 2012 market value
and the 2012 capped value of their property, they will receive an
exemption for that rate. So every year when that person's property
assessment comes in, they will be exempted for $10,000.

However, when they sell their house, the new owner will pay the full
market rate.

The provincial government estimates it will take about 20 years for
all the exemptions to work their way out of the system.

As well, homeowners will be given the option of paying for their
property taxes monthly instead of in one large annual payment.

The provincial government will also introduce a mechanism to safeguard
homeowners from property tax, assessment increases of more than 10 per
cent.
Ending 'double taxation'

Another element of the property tax plan is to reduce the amount of
tax by 23 per cent that is imposed on rental properties, commercial
properties and second homes.

Building owners have complained for years they have to pass on the
extra cost to tenants.

There's also to be help for homeowners.

Fitch said he hopes the change will mean relief for tenants.

"This will help the landlords, and we expect those savings will be
passed on to the renters, to help either lower rent, improve the
quality of housing, or mitigate any planned increases in the rental
prices," Fitch said.

But the reforms announced on Wednesday will not force apartment
building owners to pass on the savings.

Owners say the tax break isn't enough to guarantee rent reductions but
it may help landlords put off rent increases.

Other elements of the property tax reform paper include:

    Property tax bills will be simplified.
    A new cost-sharing model for RCMP services that will more fairly
distributing costs among all users.
    Minimizing the impact of these reforms on farmers, homeowners and
businesses in local service districts.
    Exempting libraries from property tax.

The tax reduction doesn't go far enough, according to Willy Sholten of
the New Brunswick Apartment Owners Association.

"This will mean that we'll still be 1.8 times the single family rate
and 1.8 times the average in Canada. So there's still quite a gap. But
the government has done something and it's being portrayed as the
first phase."

But any tax reduction is good, according to Kevin Lacey, Atlantic
director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

"This tax reduction will mean that those living in apartments in the
long-term will likely see a benefit. And this combined with the
government's announcement in the budget that it will freeze rental
rates is a good thing for taxpayers of the province."

The provincial government says it won't be losing money because of the
tax reductions.

It expects it'll be covered by a doubling of the real property
transfer fee in the last budget that should generate up to an extra $8
million each year.

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