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Legislature's 'pandemic session' ends with little progress on major PC initiatives
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Legislature's 'pandemic session' ends with little progress on major PC initiatives
Pandemic left PCs grappling largely with how to respond to case counts and restrictions
The "pandemic session" of the New Brunswick Legislature wrapped up its work for the summer on Friday, with Premier Blaine Higgs saying he's eyeing a more intense burst of activity this fall once COVID-19 is mostly in the past.
The Higgs Progressive Conservatives spent most of the session, which ran from November until this week, grappling with the virus and treading water on major reforms.
"I want to see New Brunswick be reinvented, as we've talked so many times," the premier said in Question Period Friday, using his now-familiar bold rhetoric of change.
But the reality of a legislative agenda weighed down by COVID-19 is that few important initiatives advanced very far.
"There are no quick fixes," said Moncton South PC MLA Greg Turner, "but this government is working on next steps, and I look forward to learning what actions will be taken."
It
remains to be seen what action Social Development Minister Bruce Fitch
will take following a report into the province's housing market. (Shane Magee/CBC)
He was talking about soaring rental rates and housing shortages, but he might well have been referring to the entire Higgs agenda.
The government said Friday it was "accepting" the recommendations of a report on the housing market, but any legislation to implement them would have to wait until the fall.
"I acknowledge there's a lot of work to do," Social Development Minister Bruce Fitch told reporters.
Health reform consultations happened over the winter but there's no sign of any decisions, even as hospitals grapple with disruptive staffing shortages. "The department has no shortage of big issues," said Health Minister Dorothy Shephard.
There's no doubt COVID threw a lot of our timelines into jeopardy
- Premier Blaine Higgs
Local government reform was also talked about a lot, but the government will only stake out a position in the fall, with legislation to follow.
"This government has a lot on its plate as to what the fall will bring," People's Alliance leader Kris Austin said Friday morning.
Issues that the PCs didn't choose to put on their agenda, but that ended up there regardless, are also far from resolution.
A required 10-year review of the Official Languages Act geared up, but any amendments to the law won't come until the next session at the earliest. The province launched a study of systemic racism but a report is still a long way away.
"There's no doubt COVID threw a lot of our timelines into jeopardy," the premier told reporters Friday.
"We had an active session, but I'm looking forward maybe to a more active session in the fall."
Liberal MLA Rob McKee accused the Progressive Conservative government of making little progress on key files. (CBC)
This session was the first since Higgs won a majority government in a mid-pandemic election last summer.
It was interrupted by orange and red phase COVID restrictions last fall that led some MLAs to choose to not leave their health zones to come to Fredericton.
Throughout the session, MLAs haggled over whether to allow hybrid virtual sittings. They were finally approved last month, just in time for 14 MLAs who had to get tested after an exposure notification for the Fredericton hotel where they'd been staying.
The legislature also took the first baby steps toward more significant rule changes to make it easier for women to sit as MLAs.
A committee report tabled Friday recommended several changes, including hybrid sittings and the creation of parental leave policies for elected members "in an effort to normalize work-family balance."
But that, too, has to be studied further before it takes effect.
"There's been nothing groundbreaking, really, in this session," said Moncton Centre Liberal MLA Rob McKee, who noted the housing crunch in Moncton was an issue two elections ago.
"They talk about being a government of action but what we've seen so far since 2018 has been pretty much status quo," he said.
Premier
Blaine Higgs acknowledged the pandemic sidelined work on some projects,
but said he expects there to be more activity in the fall, once
COVID-19 is largely in the past. (Ed Hunter/CBC)
Green Party Leader David Coon said the government has announced "plan after plan after plan" but because the legislature won't be sitting for months, "we're going to miss the opportunity by sitting for so few days to address those plans."
There was some movement in a few areas.
One bill that got royal assent Friday allows for a legal transition out of the province's emergency order, which is expected to end this summer.
Another reduces income tax rates to offset the provincial carbon taxes, a move welcomed by economists who study carbon pricing as a way of fighting climate change.
Royal assent was also given Friday to a bill introduced by Liberal MLA Jean-Claude d'Amours and eventually supported by the PC government that will ban the sale of flavoured vaping products in the province.
It's a rare example of an opposition bill becoming law. "I'm very pleased personally," d'Amours said Friday. "But I'm not thinking about me. I'm thinking how this bill will be positive and good for youth."
The most contentious bill came from Education Minister Dominic Cardy, who amended the Education Act to allow some specially trained teachers with masters degrees to administer tests to certain students to determine if they need personalized learning plans.
The Liberal opposition tried to slow down approval of the bill but abandoned the stalling tactics this week and let it pass third reading.
Higgs said the bill will play a key role in improving mental health services by lightening the workload of school psychologists so they can devote more time to students who most need their help.
The premier says the consultations on health and local government that rumbled along in the background during the pandemic have laid the groundwork for the heavy policy lifting to come over the next 12 months.
"We've been able to prepare better in the meantime," he said.
In a speech to mark the end of the session, Higgs told MLAs that by the time the house returns in November, COVID-19 measures will probably have ended.
That return will take place a couple of weeks earlier than normal to accommodate the volume of bills, Higgs told reporters.
"That was done for a reason," he said. "I expect a very active fall session."
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Methinks its gonna be a long hot summer for Higgy et al N'esy Pas?
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"Local government reform was also talked about a lot, but the government will only stake out a position in the fall, with legislation to follow."
Methinks Higgy et al will have all summer to review my email exchange with Jules Bossé
President of the New Brunswick Association of Local Service Districts (ALSDNB ) about a file being compiled to identify as many irregularities as possible in reference to these makeshift elections under section 170(2) of the Local Government Act N'esy Pas?
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Methinks Higgy et al should never forget that many minions invited me to sue in order to renew my Medicare Card and my Drivers License and to get my Harley and the money I spent n Health Care back N'esy Pas?
Obviously I ran against Jim Bedford
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sussex-area-lsd-fracking-moratorium-1.4930621
Nobody asked us if we want fracking, Sussex LSD chair says
PCs accused of sacrificing Sussex-area communities for 'a few pieces of silver'
On Friday, the throne speech passed by the legislature included a sub-amendment that exempts "communities in and around the town of Sussex" from a shale gas moratorium. The precise area around Sussex wasn't identified.
The province hopes a cabinet order will happen in the next few weeks to make the amendment official.
Gordon Kierstead of Ward's Creek, chair of the local service district in Sussex, said no one has come to him to ask if the roughly 2,600 residents in the area support fracking.
"There's been no town halls," said Kierstead. "There's been meetings, no nothing to determine if there is a social licence or a willingness."
"For a few pieces of silver, they're willing to sacrifice the surrounding area."
Energy and Resource Development Minister Mike Holland has said the government will make sure there's a "means and mechanism" for consulting people in the Sussex area before accepting people want fracking there.
Premier Blaine Higgs said in August that he'd measure support for development by listening to municipal councils, then let the consultations "spread out" to surrounding local service districts through open meetings.
On Friday, Higgs said passage of shale-gas language in the throne speech was a green light for a localized lifting of the fracking moratorium in Sussex-area communities that have demonstrated support for it.
Needs more consultation
Kierstead is concerned the government will rely on the opinions of business and municipal leaders in Sussex, who he said are not in a position to make decisions for surrounding rural communities.He pointed to a dust-up back in 2011, when Ralph Carr, the mayor of Sussex at the time, denounced a seismic surveying company for sending exploration trucks inside town limits without municipal approval.
Carr's stern reaction was reinforced by many councillors, with the mayor explaining that some people in his community are wary of the shale gas industry.
"There needs to be a lot more consultation. I mean they're rushing this through and they don't want to listen."
Twenty-five kilometres north of Sussex, Stephanie Coburn was disappointed by the proposed lifting of the moratorium in and around Sussex, and questioned if more communities will follow.
"I really feel this is the thin edge of the wedge, if they can frack in Penobsquis again," said Coburn, who lives on a beef farm in Head of Mill Stream.
Favours referendum for province
In 1999, natural gas wells were installed in Penobsquis, 14 kilometres west of Sussex, where they are still being met with a mixed reaction.Bruce Northrup, the MLA for Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins, has said the community supports a resumption of drilling.
Coburn said she would favour a referendum but not just for Sussex and surrounding communities. She'd like to see the question put to the entire province because there is a larger question at play.
"Do we want to be taking carbon-based product out of the ground and burning it and increasing our carbon footprint?"
She'd rather see the province's financial resources go toward increasing the energy efficiency of homes so carbon-based energy wouldn't be in such high demand.
Coburn would also rather her own energy be spent elsewhere.
"I am 71 years old," she said. "I would love to be home playing with my grandchild instead of talking about fracking again."
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- An earlier version of this story suggested the government would not consult people in Sussex-area communities about fracking. In fact, Energy and Resource Development Minister Mike Holland has promised a "means and mechanism" for determining whether local people do support fracking.Dec 04, 2018 10:47 AM AT
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The funny thing is that some of the same people who are anti-fracking see no issue with pulp mills spewing pollution into the air and water every day.
Methinks thou doth jest too much N'esy Pas?
Really !!
But you do for sure know about it.
Better to organize and ask for a plebiscite and go from there.
Please make it snappy before we we get declared a failed province.
And what’s you plan for jobs ?
The provinces financial resources (of which 40% come from transfer payments from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan where they frack oil and gas wells) does not go into Natural gas exploration. Trains of oil cars travel through New Brunswick are carrying oil produced from fracked wells in North Dakota and Saskatchewan.
I suggest if this lady wants to reduce her carbon footprint than she should move off her beef farm because meat production causes pollution through the use of fossil fuels, animal methane, effluent waste and land consumtion
How much ghg emissions do politicians spew?
Waste water that companies keep the chemical recipe secret and are not willing to build a waste water treatment plant to dispose of it properly.
Not the only difference.
Gas in a permeable medium must be overlain by an impermeable one in order to have been retained for exploitation rather than seeping out to the atmosphere over the ages.
Gas trapped in impermeable shale needs no such overlay in order to have been retained to the current day. If the fracturing extends to the shale surface and no overlay is present, it is possible that the outcome will be quite different than in fracing traditional deposits.
The devil is in the details.
I said it impossible for fractures to propagate to surface, leaking well casing and waste water are the two major issues with fracking, with natural gas production it is leaking well casing.
the general public understands next to nothing about geology so they don't bother to read these types of thing. Unless you've studied it you'll have a hard time digesting it.
I take another view: That we've elected members and a government to do that type of work for us and present their conclusions in a coherent and convincing manner, with argument supported by evidence. So I ask: Where is such documentation?
Even the simple stuff isn't forthcoming, such as: What is the $ per GJ actually recd by NB for gas produced, net of any credits back to the companies involved. And when they can't (or won't) answer such simple questions in a clear and public manner, why should we 'just trust them' when it comes to the more obscure material?
your issue seems to be larger than the fracking issue alone.
do they consult the general public on use of salt to de-ice roads? salt contamination is widespread because of this, it has been shown that it can lead to increased mobility of heavy metals in the subsurface which is a significant issue, it can also contaminate shallow groundwater with salt.
This seems like it would be a much more digestible topic for the public to be consulted on but it isn't, why isn't it? I would guess because it never has been. I don't have an issue with what you are asking (absolute transparency) but to think that will be the roadblock that stops resource development doesn't seem likely based on current and past precedence.
"it is impossible for fractures to propagate to our aquifers"
This has been proved to be false. The pipe goes through the aquifer or through permeable soils that are connected to aquifers. The pipe seals are prone to leakage.
You may not be a public relations specialist, but you're making a play right out their book -- changing the topic rather than addressing the issue. Salt on roads is not the issue. Evidence and argument as to the costs and benefits of gas fracing in Sussex and NB is the topic. Let them lay it out in cold, hard facts.
I'm one of those people that has no problem with fracing if done properly and if we -- NBers -- are adequately compensated for the resource and risk. But a succession of governments has done little or nothing to establish those facts, leaving me, and many others, to conclude that the activity is, in fact, not in the public interest at current market prices. I could be convinced otherwise, but the fact that the proponents don't even make a reasonable attempt to do so is troubling
Higgs needs to put it (referendum) the people in the Sussex area to show a clear support.
"I wouldn't take CBC finding three people that will publicly comment against fracking as an indicator of the entire area's feelings."
I agree. To find more people who are against fracking one only needs to do some Google research. Try searching for "Fracking nightmare in Penobsquis".
"Widespread support exists,"
Proof please. (cue the crickets)
Methinks Corridor Resources, Mr Higgs and definitely Bruce Northrup know why i share this story which appeared in the Kings County Record a local newsrag owned by the Irving Clan on June 22, 2004 I definitely mentioned natural gas then N'esy Pas?
The Unconventional Candidate
By Gisele McKnight
"FUNDY—He has a pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket, a chain on his wallet, a beard at least a foot long, 60 motorcycles and a cell phone that rings to the tune of "Yankee Doodle."
Meet the latest addition to the Fundy ballot—David Amos. The independent candidate lives in Milton, Massachusetts with his wife and two children, but his place of residence does not stop him from running for office in Canada."
"Amos, 52, is running for political office because of his dissatisfaction with politicians. "I've become aware of much corruption involving our two countries," he said. "The only way to fix corruption is in the political forum."
"What he's fighting for is the discussion of issues – tainted blood, the exploitation of the Maritimes' gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to name a few.
"The political issues in the Maritimes involve the three Fs – fishing, farming and forestry, but they forget foreign issues," he said. "I'm death on NAFTA, the back room deals and free trade. I say chuck it (NAFTA) out the window
NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement which allows an easier flow of goods between Canada, the United States and Mexico
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Saturday, 5 September 2020
Scrapped health reforms linger over Sussex campaign, with hospital's fate a top concern
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Scrapped health reforms linger over Sussex campaign, with hospital's fate a top concern
PCs say ER service cuts off table, but opposition parties dubious of Higgs’s commitment
A lot has happened since February, but Apohaqui resident Jill Beaulieu remembers well the three days spent in frigid temperatures. Beaulieu was initially concerned about losing overnight emergency room service, but the more she listened, the more red flags appeared.
"This plan has many changes, and I became equally concerned with plans that basically would involve closing active hospital beds and turning our hospital into an extended-care facility," Beaulieu told CBC News this week.
The plan to reduce ER hours and convert acute-care beds into long-term care at hospitals in Sussex, Sackville, Grand Falls, Caraquet, Perth-Andover and Saint-Anne-de-Kent created immense political strife. The PCs lost their deputy minister and a Vitalité Health Network board member also resigned.
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In the months to follow, the PC leader committed to not reducing ER hours on several occasions, including a campaign stop in Sussex on Tuesday.
Yet the issue persists. And not only does it persist, the future of health care in Sussex is the main election issue for the riding of Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins.
"There was no resolution," Beaulieu said, citing the cancelled health-care summit to discuss a long-term vision for rural health care.
"There's a feeling, for me at least, of this unfinished business."
The trust factor
Sussex Mayor Marc Thorne said he knows health care is top of mind for the community, despite hearing the reassurance from Higgs. He said the reforms extended well beyond a reduction in ER hours, saying primary health care for the area was at stake."I've been very clear that I remain concerned because the same folks that made the decisions about what the reforms will look like in February are, in fact, the people that are sitting around the table today," Thorne said.
"People don't really trust this government," said Liberal candidate Cully Robinson, a former educator and a Sussex resident who ran for the Yukon Liberals in 2011.
"That's because I ask people. I say, 'Do you think we can trust this government to maintain a full suite of services at our hospital if they gain a majority?' And the answer is always emphatically no.
"Mr. Higgs is addicted to austerity."
The Liberal candidate said aid for small businesses in the form of working capital and effective startup programs is needed, and he said fracking, if done safely, could be a job creator as the province transitions into a green economy.
Newcomer takes PC reins
Longtime PC MLA Bruce Northrup held the riding with ease since he was first elected in 2006, securing at least half of the votes cast in the past four elections. But Northrup, who opposed the health reforms, has retired from politics, and Tammy Scott-Wallace won the nomination.While Scott-Wallace is a newcomer to politics, she's a familiar name in the area after working as a journalist there for 25 years. She left Brunswick News in 2019 and opened her own communications company.
But the issue continues to dog her campaign, despite her and her leader's insistence service reductions aren't coming.
"I'm telling people there will not be a reduction in ER hours and there will not be a reduction in acute care beds," Scott-Wallace said.
Scott-Wallace said other key issues include economic development in the region and continuing the recovery after the loss of the potash mine and more than 400 jobs in 2016.
She said developing natural resources, such as natural gas, wind power and geothermal energy, can play an important part.
Alliance sees opportunity
Opposition parties see opportunity with unease over the hospital coupled with Northrup's departure, and People's Alliance candidate Jim Bedford is confident in his second shot at the seat.Bedford, a Fairfield resident who owns a supply and service business with his son, was the lone candidate in the 2018 election to boost their party's share of the vote. He finished second behind Northrup's 3,816 votes with 1,874 of his own, more than 600 more than Liberal Ian Smyth.
He more than doubled the votes the Alliance received in 2014. However, the party is polling well below where it stood in the 2018 campaign.
He said supporting small businesses through tax cuts and helping navigate red tape is a priority, but his main concern is health care. He, too, is skeptical of Higgs.
"That's fine and dandy that the premier made this statement and he's made it several times," Bedford said.
"If Mr. Higgs is going to change direction, why would he not replace that [Horizon] CEO?"
Echoing his Alliance Leader Kris Austin, Bedford extolled the virtues of a minority government.
"The People's Alliance have actually proven to the public that minority governments work, and the proof of that is these hospitals, the rural hospitals are still open today," he said.
Green, NDP candidates
Tim Thompson is running under the Green banner again, almost a year removed from his bid to be MP for Fundy Royal. The military reservist who grew up in Quispamsis said the once-community-run hospital needs more autonomy in how it operates.
On other issues, Thompson said he wants to see the Fundy Parkway trail completed in a timely and proper fashion to boost local tourism as well as better stewardship of local natural resources, including no fracking and more sustainable forestry practices.
Jonas Lanz is running for the NDP on a platform to improve workers' rights and wages in the province. Born in Germany, Lanz moved to New Brunswick in 2007 and works as an operator at the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John.
He also identified health care as a key issue in the riding.
"People in both rural and urban New Brunswick need the basics," he said. "It doesn't help a lot of people if we focus on being on the cutting edge of things in one or two cities of the province if the rest of the province doesn't have the basics."
Furthermore she sends a letter to government saying she rec'd an anonymous complaint. Wow, wow, wow. No wonder all 5 political parties were upset with her.
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David Amos Shirley MacLean law society
Al Clark
I have to ask. Does your vehicle have a spare tire? If it does you likely paid $200-300 for it. What good is it most of the time? What is it for?
Mt spare is in the trunk, quite unused as yet, but there "just in case". Kinda like an ER?
Yes, there are many of us who would welcome a FULL investigation.
By cancelling that event: How many tourist dollars were lost? And how much tax on those tourist dollars was lost? And how much local income was lost? And how much income tax on that lost income was lost?
How much did we really save? Let's get some "real" numbers, instead of BS.
How so? An investigation, is supposed to be an investigation, let's see us some truth for a change.
He speaks and writes of reforms and changes that must happen in providing care in Family Medicine that would allow NP’s and PA’s to perform and substitute for Dr’s in a collaborative centres and team based model.
These ideas apply especially to the more rural areas.
One has to wonder if Vickers and Coon are in agreements with the solutions for primary care as proposed by
Mr. Mc George ?
Surly the media can ask the right questions !
By asking the right questions it would significantly change the approved narrative and we can't have that.
Things did not go as expected and an artery was severed .
The poor man Started bleeding which could not be stopped and passed away .
The message is clear. Be careful Of where and if what you get treated for.
A rural centre may not be the best place to be.
Of course you will be happy when there are no surgeons to care for you and Nurse Practitioner become the standard.
Good luck.
Only in NB could ideas such as yours prevail.
These ideas are not realistic or sustainable.
It is not "realistic, or sustainable" to carry a spare tire in your vehicle. It likely added $300 to the price when your vehicle was new. And it is pure BS when you have to get it out, jack up your vehicle, change it, put everything away, and get cleaned up. Yet most of us carry one. Why would that be?
"Just in case", right? Your hard earned money invested in a spare just in case you need it, yet many/most times it sits there, quite unused.
Don't ER's fall into the same kind of "thing"? Quite unused until you need it, and when you need it, you really need it.
New Brunswick government moves to limit debate on municipal reform bill
In a move that some opposition MLAs called a “gag order,” the Higgs government is seeking to restrict the time for debate so that it can pass its municipal reform bill by Christmas.
Bill Hogan, chair of the Progressive Conservative caucus, served notice in the legislature today that the government will move to impose a 56-hour time limit on debate and committee study of eight bills including the one on municipal reform.
The legislature is expected to debate his motion next week.
Tantramar-Memramcook Green MLA Megan Mitton accused the government of rushing the municipal reform bill through.
“This is what’s so frustrating about our system in terms of majority governments being able to do whatever they want and to not have to listen to amendments, to not have to properly debate, to not allow the time that this type of municipal reform deserves,” Mitton told the legislature.
“It’s really unfortunate to have debate shut down in this way,” she said.
Mitton, who represents the riding of Memramcook-Tantramar, countered with a proposal to send the bill to the legislature’s law amendments committee.
That would allow members of the public, municipal representatives, academic experts and others to appear before the committee to comment on the bill and suggest changes.
Greens & Liberals disagree
“It seems to me that the only way to move forward on this is to hear from people,” said Green leader David Coon who spoke in favour of Mitton’s proposal.
“This is all about trying to come up with appropriate amendments to improve the bill,” Coon added.
“I don’t know why the minister would be reluctant to see the bill improved.”
It soon became clear, however, that the Liberals would not support sending the municipal reform bill to the law amendments committee.
Keith Chiasson, the member for Tracadie-Sheila, said Liberals want to debate the bill in the legislature and not delay that debate for six months by sending it to committee.
“We’re legislators, we should be debating,” he said, “and we’ve got the other side [the Conservatives] who don’t want to debate at all.”
Chiasson said it appears the Liberals are alone in wanting to do the work of legislators.
“We’re the only ones that are actually ready to get up and debate, especially on this debate, the most important one in the last 50 years.”
Tantramar concerns
Earlier during her remarks on Bill 82, Mitton expressed support for giving democratic representation to residents of local service districts in her riding where quarry blasting cracks house foundations, damages wells and creates dust and noise.
But she criticized the government’s plan to create 12 huge rural districts across the province where 61,000 residents would be denied the democratic representation she said is needed to protect themselves from the environmental effects of resource extraction and industrial development.
Mitton said the reforms are vague about the powers of the Regional Service Commissions and people are worried about the effect on their tax rates.
“There’s concern in my hometown of Sackville, there’s concern because people in the municipality were under the impression that there wouldn’t be forced amalgamation,” Mitton said.
“This was not what they thought was going to happen,” she added.
She said that Sackville remains opposed to amalgamation and that she hoped the government would be willing to listen and make changes.
“Maybe the wrong boundaries were drawn, maybe the wrong decision was made,” she said.
Bruce Wark worked in broadcasting and journalism education for more than 35 years. He was at CBC Radio for nearly 20 years as senior editor of network programs such as The World at Six and World Report. He currently writes for The New Wark Times where this story first appeared on December 3, 2021.
Miramichi lacks two MLAs as local government debate begins
Premier has cited COVID cases for lack of byelections this fall
Two ridings in the region lack elected members of the legislature who could examine, amend and vote on the bill, which was introduced by Local Government Reform Minister Daniel Allain on Wednesday.
"We have no voice, as far as somebody to represent us to the government," says Georges Savoie, the mayor of the village of Neguac in the riding of Miramichi Bay-Neguac.
"It's a problem because with no MLA, we try to reach the minister directly, and that is not always something that's possible. It's not easy when you don't have a link like the MLA."
The bill, which the government plans to pass before Christmas, will overhaul local governance by slashing the number of municipalities and giving regional service commissions greater powers to coordinate service delivery.
Neguac Mayor Georges Savoie said it's not easy to voice
concerns over proposed changes without an MLA as a link. (Bridget
Yard/CBC)
Savoie says Neguac will be part of the Acadian Peninsula's service commission, while nearby local service districts that have natural links to the village will come under the Miramichi commission.
"We are kind of divided from our region," he says, but he lacks an MLA he can complain to.
Health reforms and reduced hours at the provincial courthouse in Tracadie are also a concern, he says.
Miramichi Bay-Neguac's former MLA Liberal Lisa Harris resigned last August to run in the federal election. The riding includes the eastern edge of the city on the north side of the river and other communities farther up the shore.
Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin Progressive Conservative MLA Jake Stewart quit his seat at the same time, also to run federally. That riding includes Doaktown, Boiestown and other areas upriver from the city of Miramichi.
Stewart defeated Harris in September's federal vote and more than two months later there have been no byelections to replace either of them in Fredericton.
Blackville
Mayor Ian Fortune says the reforms suggested for his area are much too
big to not have a voice in the legislature to debate them. (Village of Blackville)
Blackville Mayor Ian Fortune says he'd like to have an MLA to replace Stewart and relay his concerns that the village is being forced into an amalgamation that is "way too big."
Blackville will merge with six adjacent local service districts, or parts of them, to create a local government entity with a tax base 10 times what the village has now, the mayor says.
"We have nobody to speak up for us," said Fortune, who believes Premier Blaine Higgs should have called byelections for the two vacant seats this fall.
"They should have one in place now, or very soon, before this is going on."
Miramichi People's Alliance MLA Michelle Conroy says she receives many calls from people in the two ridings who need help dealing with the province.
Miramichi
MLA and People's Alliance member Michelle Conroy says she has been
fielding calls from people in the neighbouring ridings who are reaching
out to her to express their concerns. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
"They assume that since I'm in the Miramichi region, I'm covering for them, but they don't have the right representation and they really do need it. Everyone needs it."
Under provincial law, Premier Blaine Higgs has six months from when a seat becomes vacant to set a date for a byelection.
But a wrinkle in the law says that while the premier must set a date within six months, the date itself can be farther into the future.
Higgs repeated Wednesday that he wants the two ridings to have MLAs as soon as possible.
"We want to get representation in the area and we will be working through the timelines in order to make that happen," he said.
Higgs has been saying he chose not to call byelections this fall because of COVID-19 case numbers in the region.
Premier
Blaine Higgs said he wants to have byelections in the two ridings as
soon as possible. The law gives the government up to six months to set a
date. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Savoie says he thinks the two votes could have been held safely, given there have been federal, provincial and municipal elections during the pandemic.
Fortune noted that Higgs didn't hesitate to call a mid-pandemic snap provincial election in August 2020 when it enabled him to secure a majority government.
"He wasn't long calling one before so he could get in. And now he's turning his back on everybody," he said.
The premier's popularity took a plunge in the fall after a rise in COVID-19 cases in the wake of a full ending of all public health restrictions in July, a decision that officials later said was "not the right decision to make."
This week a new Narrative Research poll had the Liberals leading the PCs in voting intentions for the first time since 2018, with interim Liberal leader Roger Melanson preferred as premier by more respondents than Higgs.
Allain said Wednesday he logged 50,000 kilometres on his car during his consultations on local government reforms and met Miramichi mayors "numerous times" and held town halls in both vacant ridings.
Daniel
Allain, New Brunswick's minister of local governance reform, says he
has travelled around the province hearing from municipal leaders on the
subject of reforms. (Ed Hunter/CBC)
"There has been constant contact through my department," he said.
A Liberal opposition bill now before the legislature would close the loophole in the byelection law, requiring the date itself of a byelection to be within six months of the riding becoming vacant.
All four parties in the chamber supported it unanimously on second reading and sent it to committee.
But Liberal MLA Keith Chiasson says he believes the Progressive Conservative government, which controls the committee schedule, now plans to sit on the bill without ever bringing it to a vote.
"My theory on this is they wanted to avoid getting criticized for voting this down," he says.
Higgs wouldn't commit Wednesday to his government passing the bill on third reading.
"We did sent it to committee for a reason, in order for it to be evaluated and for a recommendation to come back," he said.
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LSD association president condemns New Brunswick municipal reform plan as undemocratic
Jules Bosse, president of the Association of Local Service Districts of New Brunswick, says the province ignored the recommendations of his members when it decided to amalgamate some LSDs with existing municipalities and group the rest into 12 rural districts.
“We recognize that we need a reform plan,” Bosse said Wednesday during a telephone interview. “This is a must.”
But, he added, the province is trying to rush its reforms through without talking to the people who would be affected most.
“We feel right now that because of the negligence of governments in the last 50 years, they’re pushing it fast,” he says, “and without enough consultation.”
He adds that the government has completely ignored the association’s recommendations submitted to the minister of local government in September.
Democratic rights
In its 15-page Blueprint for Suburban and Rural Local Governance Reform, the association calls for the “right to democracy” denied to LSD residents since the 1970s.
Under the government’s plan, for example, LSD residents in the areas surrounding Sackville and Dorchester would have the right to elect municipal representatives.
But Bosse worries that the new municipality would swallow up the LSDs and not adequately reflect their unique concerns.
He condemns the government plan to group other LSDs into big rural districts that would elect advisory councils while the provincial government continues to run their affairs from Fredericton.
“This is nonsense. When you do a reform, you don’t do one like this,” he says. “We can’t wait another 50 years to bring democracy to the LSDs.”
Regional co-operation
In a separate report, submitted to the minister this month, the association outlines a plan for 16 LSDs in northwestern New Brunswick that it says could serve as a template for the whole province.
It calls for grouping those LSDs into what it calls a “regional co-operative community” with a population of nearly 13,000 and a tax base of almost $900 million.
“The new entity would be more populous than most of the current cities in New Brunswick and would have a tax base at least three times larger than the majority of the current largest villages and even larger than the smallest city, Campbellton,” the report says.
It adds that the regional community could be divided into four wards of about 3,000 residents each with one or two councillors elected in each ward and a mayor for the whole territory.
Way of life
Bosse says the small-scale local economies of LSDs aren’t valued highly enough in the government’s municipal reform plan.
“We’re going to lose our way of life,” he says pointing to the contributions of rural residents to what the association’s brief calls “stewardship of ecosystem services and nature-based recreation.”
It also calls for more provincial investment in rural areas:
There is every indication that the lack of democratic governance of the LSDs, coupled with the centralization of power and services, has contributed to a decline in food self-sufficiency, the virtual disappearance of the cooperative movement, and an economy that is less diversified and accessible to LSD residents – in short, a general impoverishment of the province.
The association’s brief also asks whether it’s fair that the 33% of New Brunswickers who live in LSDs receive less than 20% of the federal gas tax fund and only 7% of provincial equalization payments.
Vote needed
Bosse says that since the province ignored the latest recommendations for re-organizing LSDs and giving them full democratic rights, residents should be given the chance to choose between the government’s plan and the association’s proposal for regional co-operative communities.
“OK, what we’re saying right now is we’ve got two proposals on the table,” Bosse says, “well, let’s have a plebiscite on both and let the people decide.”
To read the Blueprint for Suburban and Rural Local Governance Reform, click here.
To read the association’s proposal for a Regional Co-operative Community in Northwestern New Brunswick, click here.
Bruce Wark worked in broadcasting and journalism education for more than 35 years. He was at CBC Radio for nearly 20 years as senior editor of network programs such as The World at Six and World Report. He currently writes for The New Wark Times where this story first appeared on November 25, 2021.
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End of an era as Higgs government drops voter veto on municipal mergers
Not everyone will miss plebiscites that slowed reforms for two decades
In 2015, residents of Lac Baker voted decisively against being part of the new rural community of Haut-Madawaska.
A year later, they elected a new village council with a mandate to keep the community out.
"We are very different. Here it's nature, it's ecology," says Mayor Roseline Pelletier. "We don't want to become an industrial and commercial village. We want to stay as we are."
But Lac Baker, population 750, will become part of Haut-Madawaska in January 2023, as part of the Higgs government's sweeping local governance reforms announced this week.
The reform plan is stuffed with major changes, but one in particular represents a watershed political moment for the province and for the Progressive Conservative Party in particular.
It's been an article of faith for four successive governments, PC and Liberal, that local government amalgamations had to have the direct approval of voters through a plebiscite.
Not anymore.
The reform plan says the government will amend the Local Governance Act to remove the requirement, created two decades ago by the PC government of Premier Bernard Lord.
"It's a denial of democracy, not being able to have a say in our future," Pelletier said.
"We are elected officials representing a population that voted us in to protect their assets and their investment in the local government they voted for. It was clear they wanted to keep what they have now."
Mayor
Rosaline Pelletier doesn't want Lac Baker to be turned into an
industrial village through its forced merger with Haut-Madawaska. (Bernard LeBel/Radio-Canada)
That sentiment is shared in other communities that will be merged under the reform.
"I'm quite surprised and shocked that the government is going this route and dictating the restructuring of municipalities," said Minto Mayor Erica Barnett, whose village will be amalgamated with nearby Chipman and some neighbouring rural areas.
She said she's heard from residents expecting a plebiscite and has had to explain that the province won't allow one.
"I think you need to have a vote on something that large," she says.
The Lord government brought in the requirement in the wake of controversial amalgamations in Miramichi and Edmundston imposed by the previous Liberal government.
It was part of the PC effort to limit what they considered top-down decision-making. And it worked: no amalgamations were imposed by the Lord, Graham, Alward or Gallant governments.
While some towns, villages and local service districts managed to merge following 'Yes" votes, many other mergers were either defeated at the ballot box or abandoned after opposition made it clear a "No" vote was inevitable.
"It was an enormous mountain to climb, and we weren't going to get there," said business owner David Shipley, part of a group that hoped to turn the local service district of Rusagonis-Waasis into a rural community with an elected council and taxation powers.
As those defeats piled up, the plebiscite requirement came to be seen as an obstacle to needed reforms.
Minto will be merging with Chipman and a few neighbouring rural areas under the government plan. (Shane Fowler/CBC)
A report recommending major reforms in 2008 said that "voluntary changes, if and when they happen, are painfully slow and don't always occur where they are the most necessary." That report was promptly shelved by the Liberal government of the day.
"The whole reason for the plebiscite was to act as a political firewall for the government at the time," Shipley said.
"It wasn't seen as imposing incorporation or creating a municipality, it was the 'will of the people.' It was all about creating that buffer for politicians who didn't want to spend the political capital to make unpopular decisions."
Political scientist Tom Bateman of St. Thomas University said that while federal and provincial plebiscites and referendums happen from time to time, "they are not really an integral part of our political culture" and they tend to be driven by opposition to an idea.
"The beauty but also the bane of a referendum is the question is reduced to a yes or a no, as it must be," he said. "That often belies the complexity of the issue."
With the Higgs reforms, Shipley will get the rural municipality he was hoping for back in 2013. But in the meantime, another Fredericton-area rural community came into being in 2014 and has been booming.
"We lost that decade. Look at all the good things that happened in Hanwell with their development. Rusagonis didn't get any of those things."
Minto Mayor Erica Barnett says she is 'surprised and
shocked' that the New Brunswick government's plan to merge communities.
(Shane Fowler/CBC)
Local Government Reform Minister Daniel Allain said Thursday the new map reflected extensive consultations he has already held.
"There are no big surprises in some of the entities proposed here today, and I hope that we can move forward in discussions," he said.
A spokesperson said Friday that the move to an independent commission that will study and make recommendations on future restructurings is similar to what other provinces do.
Opposition Liberal critic for local government Keith Chiasson said Thursday he wasn't opposed to the end of plebiscites.
"I don't think so, because I think a lot of communities actually wanted to work together, so I don't think we need a plebiscite to confirm what they've been asking for for years."
But his Liberal colleague Francine Landry, whose Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston riding includes Lac Baker, said voter approval may be warranted in its case because of the strong mandate against amalgamation there.
Turnout in the 2015 plebiscite was 77 per cent, and the No side won comfortably with 57 per cent.
"I have to respect the wishes of the citizens," she said. "I think there's a case there [for a plebiscite]. I would like the citizens to be heard."
Lac Baker falls below the threshold of viability that the Higgs government has established for stand-alone municipalities: a population of 4,000 people and a $200 million tax base.
But the villages of Fredericton Junction, Tracy, Petitcodiac and McAdam also fall below the threshold and are not being forced to merge, Pelletier pointed out.
The
south-central communities of Minto, above, with a population of about
2,300, and Chipman, with about 1,100 people, are both near Grand Lake
and would be more formally linked under the government's plan. (Shane Fowler/CBC)
At Thursday's news conference, the deputy minister of local government, Ryan Donaghy, said officials also looked at whether there was a "community of interest" that made sense for merging those smaller communities.
"Those local governments in the future will have to look at whether they remain as they are [or] whether they combine with larger areas," he said.
Pelletier said Lac Baker should be allowed the same latitude.
Residents voted in 2007 to have the village annex a neighbouring local service district as part of an effort to extend zoning powers to protect lakes and streams in the area and create an environmentally sustainable community.
"We got the size that we were looking for," she said.
But Shipley said while plebiscites have their value, they should not serve as a veto to reforms that are clearly needed.
"I am not a huge fan of direct-democracy plebiscites for decision-making," he said. "We don't do that to set our riding boundaries. We don't do that to set the number of MLAs we have, to decide the model of government we have.
"Sometimes you need experts and people and policy-makers who understand the full context and don't have biases or vested interests in it, to make the decisions that are in the interest of the community as a whole.
"The most powerful force in New Brunswick politics is inertia and doing nothing."
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New Brunswick reforms merge dozens of local governments and rural areas
Number of local entities will be cut from 340 to 90: there will be 78 municipalities and 12 rural districts
Around 161,000 people, or 22 per cent of the provincial population, who now live in unincorporated local service districts will find themselves residents of enlarged municipalities when the transition is complete.
The remaining local service districts will be combined into 12 rural districts with elected advisory boards that will advise the province on local tax rates and other decisions.
The Higgs government is describing it as a way to give those residents power over local issues.
"Your voice will be heard. The democratic deficit currently affecting 30 per cent of the province's population will be rectified," Local Government Reform Minister Daniel Allain says in a white paper released Thursday.
All told, the number of local entities will be cut from 340 to 90. There will be 78 municipalities and 12 rural districts.
"We've been talking about this for 25 years," Allain told reporters. "We've had 25 studies. The municipal associations … all told us we needed reform. We needed to move ahead."
The reform is intended to deal with a range of chronic local government problems that have been building up for years, including the sharing and funding of local services and infrastructure, and the growth of urban sprawl just outside the taxation reach of cities, towns and villages.
Expanded role for commissions
Regional service commissions created a decade ago to co-ordinate some of those issues will be beefed up, with new mandates and voting rules to reduce the procedural gridlock on some votes and put limits on opting out.
The commissions, which include all municipalities and rural LSDs in their areas, will now have a role in economic development, tourism promotion, regional transportation and the cost-sharing of recreational infrastructure such as arenas.
Daniel
Allain, the minister of local governance reform, announced changes
intended to deal with a range of chronic local government problems that
have been building up for years. (Ed Hunter/CBC)
They'll also have public safety committees to oversee policing and fire services. And the three largest commissions, anchored by Moncton, Saint John and Fredericton, will get a role in paying for homelessness, mental health and poverty reduction services.
Communities within the regions will not be able to opt out of the "mandated" services the commissions must provide, and will have to help pay for them under the changes.
A new voting formula will require support from members representing a simple majority of the population, not the current two-thirds requirement that has led to stalemates on some decisions.
Smaller municipalities affected
There are no major amalgamations involving the province's three largest cities. Saint John's boundaries remain unchanged and Moncton gains a small part of one local service district but not Dieppe or Riverview.
Fredericton will absorb several outlying adjacent areas but no nearby municipalities.
But a number of smaller municipalities will be fused together, along with some neighbouring local service districts, into larger entities. They include:
- Sackville and Dorchester
- Alma, Hillsborough and Riverside-Albert
- Blacks Harbour and St. George
- Cambridge Narrows and Gagetown
- Minto and Chipman
- Bath, Florenceville-Bristol and Centreville
- Grand Falls and Drummond
- Campbellton, Atholville and Tide Head
All the new entities will be in place in January 2023.
In local service districts that are absorbed by municipalities, there will be "increases or decreases" in property tax rates, the white papers says.
Those changes will be determined during the transition period next year and will be phased in over time.
It also says future local government mergers will no longer have to be approved by residents in plebiscites but will be approved by a new provincial commission.
Liberals see lots to weigh
Tracadie-Sheila Liberal MLA Keith Chiasson said it will take
time to digest all the information in the proposed reform package.
(Radio-Canada)
Opposition parties were tepid in their reactions.
"The sense I got over the last few months with the consultations was that people were very open to some kind of change," said Liberal MLA Keith Chiasson.
"Obviously, what was announced today was a major change. So there's a lot of information shared with us and the population in general. We're going to need some time, and the population also needs some time to digest it."
Chiasson said he also didn't oppose the elimination of the plebiscite requirement.
"I don't think so, because I think a lot of communities actually wanted to work together, so I don't think we need a plebiscite to confirm what they've been asking for for years."
People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin said his party had questions but would have to take a closer look at the package.
Greens welcome change
Green MLA Kevin Arseneau says the proposed changes are 'a good reform and a very important reform.' (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
The Green Party welcomed the changes. "Honestly, it's pretty comprehensive," said MLA Kevin Arseneau. "It's a good reform and a very important reform."
He said there needs to be more discussion about how to include citizens in the democratic process even more, and he added he hopes Allain will be open to adjusting some of the mergers and boundaries if there is feedback calling for that.
Allain, however, suggested he wasn't inclined to make changes.
"We have to move forward on this reform, and yes, there are going to be some questions," he said.
"However, with the consultation process we did in the last year … our plan is what people were saying, and hence the reason why we're here today. There are no big surprises with some of the entities that are proposed here today."
Next elections delayed
The next municipal elections will be pushed back from 2025 to 2026 because some of the new entities will need elections or byelections scheduled for November 2022.
Major changes to local government financing won't happen until the new municipal entities are in place but will take place before 2025.
Among possible changes at that time will be passing on the cost of rural roads to their new local entities, which the white paper says would lead to tax increases.
Other sought-after changes, including exempting apartments and other secondary properties from the provincial portion of property taxes, were also put off until then.
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Municipal leaders offer largely positive response to local governance reforms
Mayors say many details left to sort out, hoped to see faster action on taxation changes
"I think it's a fantastic first step," Moncton Mayor Dawn Arnold said. "Again, the devil will be in the details."
Daniel Allain, the minister of local governance reform, released a white paper Thursday that lays out a series of proposed changes to municipal boundaries and powers to be enacted over the coming years.
The changes would represent the first major overhaul of the local governance system since the 1960s. The proposed reforms would largely do away with local service districts where the minister serves as mayor, replacing them with new "rural districts" or folding whole or parts of districts into neighbouring municipalities.
The total number of local government entities, things like local service districts and municipalities, would be cut from 340 to 90. There will be 78 municipalities and 12 rural districts.
Jules
Bossé, president of the Association of Local Service Districts of New
Brunswick, says rural districts should have more power. (Radio-Canada)
Jules Bossé, president of the Association of Local Service Districts of New Brunswick, was critical of the plan, saying rural districts would still largely serve an advisory role to the minister.
Ian Comeau, Campbellton's mayor, called the release of the white paper a historic moment. It calls for Campbellton to be merged with the villages of Atholville, Tide Head and several local service districts to form a community of about 12,300.
"I think now the work begins," Comeau said of the many steps, including the name of the new community, to enact the reforms.
Adam
Lordon, Miramichi's mayor and president of the Cities of New Brunswick
Association, says structural changes to local government entities are a
good step. (Shane Magee/CBC)
Adam Lordon, mayor of Miramichi and president of the Cities of New Brunswick Association, echoed Arnold's comments about it being a positive step, but he said cities hoped to see more immediate changes to taxation powers.
The white paper says work on finances and taxation will come in a second phase of reforms after the new community boundaries are established.
"We were hoping to see that addressed on the front end," Lordon said.
Dieppe Mayor Yvon Lapierre hoped to see a greater reduction in the number of local governance entities in line with recommendations from l'Association francophone des municipalités du Nouveau Brunswick.
"There's nothing that I can criticize except maybe a little lack of courage when it comes to some of the rural areas," Lapierre said. "But at least they're being they're being put all together … I think it will in time, perhaps, require some additional changes in the future."
Dieppe
Mayor Yvon Lapierre says the plan strikes a good balance in
accomplishing the province's goal of reducing local governance entities,
though he expects more may need to be done in the future. (Shane Magee/CBC News)
Dieppe's boundaries will largely stay the same, only adding small portions of the neighbouring local service districts of Moncton and Scoudouc.
Several community boundaries won't be affected. Those include Belledune, Tracadie, Neguac, the Rural Community of Upper Miramichi, Riverview, Memramcook, Petitcodiac, Quispamsis, Rothesay, Saint John, Grand Manan, Campobello Island, McAdam, Fredericton Junction, Tracy, and New Maryland.
All others will be changed to some degree, either merging with other nearby municipalities or absorbing all or part of local service districts.
Alex Scholten, president of the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick and a New Maryland councillor, said he would be talking to the group's board Thursday evening.
He expected some to be concerned, but said the changes largely follow discussions that have been taking place locally.
"There's communities that recognize that they're probably not going to be able to survive given their financial realities and their population base in their communities," he said. "Those communities would be looking to consolidate to be able to provide the services that their residents may be looking for or would be looking for."
Jordan Manzer, who is part of the Keswick Ridge local service district advisory committee and a regional director for the LSD association, said it's positive the minister largely followed the group's goal to combine areas with similar areas of interest.
The province said decisions on what areas to combine were based on geography, language, school catchment zones, historic communities boundaries, and other factors.
Twelve
new rural districts will largely replace areas that were previously
unincorporated local service districts in New Brunswick. (Government of New Brunswick)
Manzer also said it's positive that residents of rural areas will now be able to elect local representatives. However, he said there are concerns with new powers for regional service commissions.
One planned change gives those bodies, already responsible for waste collection and regional land use planning, responsibility for recreational infrastructure cost-sharing. Commissions in the Moncton, Fredericton and Saint John areas will also be able to co-ordinate funding related to homelessness, mental health and poverty.
"We would certainly like to have conversations around cost-sharing for projects that make sense for our areas, but we don't feel a forced mechanism is the way to proceed," Manzer said.
Several leaders contacted for comment said they will study the report and speak to the recommendations at a later point, including in the cities of Bathurst and Saint John.
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Rural residents say province's local government reform will ruin lifestyle
LSD resident Ray Riddell says his community prefers tax savings over sidewalks, street lights
Mary Ann Coleman, chair of the advisory committee for the local service district of Waterford, said LSDs don't want to be forced to amalgamate, and going forward with reform during the COVID-19 pandemic would mean going forward without rural input.
"To have this process just pushed through when we're in a pandemic, when there can't be meetings, there can't be proper consultation ... basically rural voices will be shut out," Coleman said in an interview with Information Morning Saint John.
On Tuesday, Local Government Reform Minister Daniel Allain said it's possible he could impose reforms over the objections of communities.
A green paper released this week says there are 340 cities, towns, villages, rural communities, regional municipalities and local service districts in the province.
Allain said that's too many.
"We don't want to force anything on anyone. However we know that the way it looks today has to change," he told reporters that day.
'We're fine'
The green paper says previous amalgamations have improved service delivery.
Ray Riddell, who lives in the Westfield West local service district, said people who live in rural areas don't want more services, and prefer the tax savings of living outside of municipalities or towns.
"We are out here living in the rural area as a matter of choice. We're happy with no sidewalks and no street lighting and none of the items that are in Grand Bay-Westfield or in Saint John, for that matter," Riddell said.
"We're fine."
Instead of rural communities and the rural lifestyle being seen as an asset ... basically they're trying to erase it.
-Mary Ann Coleman, Waterford LSD
Municipalities and towns have their own local governments that advocate on their behalf.
LSDs are unincorporated entities, and have to go directly to the minister if they have complaints or needs. Riddell says that process is working for him.
"Thirty per cent of the local service districts do not have an advisory committee. And why is that? That's because they're happy. If they were unhappy, they'd get a committee, they'd petition the minister and they'd ask for services," he said.
Riddell said a significant amalgamation would "destroy rural living."
"We have police protection, we have garbage pickup, we have fire protection, and that's it."
Coleman said she's not against reforming the system, but as it is built now, it does not support local decision making for LSDs.
She prefers giving the smaller communities more power, which she said is basically the opposite of what the province is proposing.
"Instead of rural communities and the rural lifestyle being seen as an asset and being boosted by this paper, I see it more as being basically they're trying to erase it," she said.
With files from Information Morning Saint John
Rural communities raise concerns about New Brunswick’s local government green paper
On the morning of April 6, the Province of New Brunswick released a green paper called, “Working Together for Vibrant and Sustainable Communities.” The document presents background information and “areas of opportunity” for the reform of local government, but also leaves the reader with questions. During the launch of the paper, Minister of Local Government and Local Governance Reform Daniel Allain did not help to fill in any of the missing information.
In response to the paper, Jules Bosse with the Union of Unincorporated Areas of New Brunswick (UUANB) said his organization, “wants government to consider more than one source of information, more than one perspective,” however, he does admit, “this is hard to do when 33 per cent of the population has no effective voice.”
Previously, the New Maryland Local Service District Advisory Committee shared similar concerns in a letter to the Minister on February 18, 2021. The letter stated, “with an effective democratically elected local government, other problems with the system can be more easily addressed. More importantly, these problems will be addressed in a manner that respects the rights of residents of these communities to self-determination.”
UUANB members are also wary of terms contained within the green paper such as “cost effectiveness” and point out that the question of “cost effective for who?” is not addressed.
“The reform process must be based on evidence,” said John Kipping, also with UUANB. For Kipping, these details are very important: “research from Canadian jurisdictions shows that economies of scale are only evident in very limited situations.”
The UUANB is also confused regarding the choice of the green papers’ examples of success stories of amalgamation, for instance highlighting the Halifax Regional Municipality – as even the most preliminary of the UUANB’s research provides alternate points of view on these “successes.”
According to Kipping, “there was no mention in the green paper of lessons learned from past unsuccessful attempts of amalgamation in our own province. We cannot ignore half the story, when attempting to design a successful future.”
Though hopeful, the UUANB remains worried that benefits derived from the rural areas to the province as a whole, will be forgotten in upcoming discussions.
The green paper highlights concurrent health and education reforms that will need to be considered as part of this process. In response, Bosse said, “we couldn’t agree more but can’t imagine how this will take place in a meaningful way, under such tight timelines and with consultation solely via internet, which is not up to the task in many rural areas.”
The UUANB is asking Minister Allain to postpone the local governance reform process. The group wants to delay until it is possible to have in-person meetings and an in-depth review of the critical issues affecting the unincorporated areas.
Minister Allain and the government of New Brunswick officials have been asked repeatedly by numerous local service district chairpersons to slow down and think the reform process through to an optimal new arrangement with the benefit of full and open consultation. But these individual requests have been denied. For Bosse, “Zoom meetings are not a replacement for face-to-face meeting and evidence-based research.”
The UUANB will continue to remind government that it is the rural areas of the province that provide food, vistas for tourism, clean water and flood attenuation, and that these areas host much of the province’s capacity for vibrant and sustainable communities, and the regenerative economy necessary during post-COVID recovery. The UUANB invites contact through their email, UUANBinfo@gmail.com.
Kim Reeder is a senior policy advisor with the RAVEN project at the University of New Brunswick who is involved in many rural community initiatives.
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Province takes first steps on major reforms for local government
Minister says there are too many local government entities in the province now
Local Government Reform Minister Daniel Allain said Tuesday that anger about forced mergers a quarter-century ago was due to "the element of surprise" and he aimed to avoid that this time.
But he would not exclude the possibility of imposing reforms over the objections of communities, repeating to reporters over and over that there are too many local government entities in the province now.
'The way it looks today has to change'
"I hope that we not use the element of surprise this time," he said. "People in New Brunswick expect local governance reform. That expectation exists compared to 1998.
"We don't want to force anything on anyone. However we know that the way it looks today has to change. We have too many entities and it's really important to reduce the number of entities."
I think if we can find the right governance structure, New Brunswickers will definitely, I hope, move forward on a new local government structure for the next 50 years.- Daniel Allain
Allain made the comments as he launched a green paper on local government reform laying out a range of options to overhaul a system that he says has not kept up with changing times.
The green paper says there are 340 cities, towns, villages, rural communities, regional municipalities and local service districts in the province, compared to just 50 municipal entities in Nova Scotia.
The report says controversial forced amalgamations in Edmundston and Miramichi in the late 1990s "have resulted in strengthened local government and service delivery" and a regional policing model imposed on Greater Moncton has "proven successful."
John Kipping, from the newly formed Union of Unincorporated Areas of New Brunswick, disputed that, saying one academic study of such amalgamations showed the newer, larger municipalities were less responsive to citizens.
"We think that there's a narrative being told here that's a false narrative," said Kipping, who helped form the group to speak for residents of unincorporated local service districts.
The controversy surrounding forced amalgamations in the 1990s made them a political taboo, with successive Liberal and Progressive Conservative governments saying they would not merge municipalities without approval through plebiscites.
Margot Cragg of the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick said everyone will have to look for compromises as consultations begin.
"There is no solution that makes everybody 100 per cent happy or any one individual 100 per cent happy," she said.
"If everybody goes into this with good faith, we can come out of this with a solution that serves everybody across the province."
Margot
Cragg, executive director of the Union of the Municipalities of New
Brunswick, says everyone will have to look for compromises as
consultations begin. (CBC)
The minister said he had "no preconceived notion" of what reforms will look like. Four working groups will gather feedback and look at different options in four categories of reform.
That will culminate with a white paper this fall in which the government will lay out its decisions on the first major overhaul of local government since the 1960s.
"I think if we can find the right governance structure, New Brunswickers will definitely, I hope, move forward on a new local government structure for the next 50 years," Allain said.
Opposition Liberal MLA and local government critic Keith Chiasson said he agrees "the status quo is not an option" and that 340 municipal entities is "a lot."
But he said the party is concerned that the province will dump the costs of service delivery on municipalities without ensuring they have enough funding and that the public won't be fully consulted.
Green paper includes 4 categories
The four categories laid out in Tuesday's green paper are local government structures, the need for regional collaboration, land use planning and finances.
Options include creating municipal "hubs" by merging larger cities with neighbouring communities, creating rural regional governments or establishing regional local governments that cover the entire province.
There's been increasing pressure for reform as growing cities grapple with new costs, including the provision of services for residents of adjacent municipalities and outlying areas where residents don't necessarily pay any taxes to municipalities to cover those costs.
Some tinkering and tweaks, including the creation of regional service commissions a decade ago to share costs, were meant to resolve such issues but have largely failed to do so.
Property tax shares?
The largest cities have called for the province to give up a share of the property tax revenue it collects, freeing up that money for municipalities to use. That's one option in Tuesday's green paper, though officials wouldn't say how much tax revenue the province could give up.
Allain said that question will be linked to possible changes to which level of government provides certain services. "It's that discussion we're going to have," he said.
Some rural residents, meanwhile, have pushed back at suggestions they become subject to a local government that they believe would lead to higher taxes.
Allain tried to reassure them. "People have nothing to fear because you only get taxed for services you receive," he said. "If they decide, once they have elected representatives, to have the same services, they will not be taxed more than anybody else."
He said several times during his news conference that people who live in local service districts, which are run by the province, deserve to elect their local representatives.
"Our objective is to not have that lack of representation continue," he said.
Kipping's group is calling for elected representation in LSDs but says no other reform should happen until that's in place, so the new elected LSD officials can be part of the discussion.
The UUANB is also calling for the province to fix what it sees as an imbalance in existing structures, including LSDs having less clout on regional service commissions than their population numbers warrant.
Kipping says that's why he questions Allain's claim that any new taxes in rural areas will reflect increased services "That's true in theory but in practise that's not the case," he said.
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Local governance minister determined to tackle municipal reform
Forced amalgamation of rural areas isn't on the table yet, says Daniel Allain
This comes after the province's Francophone municipalities association released a report calling for widespread municipalization in the province.
Local Government and Local Governance Reform Minister Daniel Allain said he wants to see reform happen, and the addition of "local governance reform" to his department's title shows the government is serious about it.
"The objective is to make sure that we consult, we are transparent with the LSDs," said Allain.
"This is going to be a developing consultation with all stakeholders around the province and it's to ensure that we make sure that we evolve this system that has its roots from the 1960s."
System needs work
The association's report says the current system is unsustainable, inefficient and recommends the full municipalization of New Brunswick.
While the majority of New Brunswickers live in municipalities, a sizeable minority live in one of the province's 237 local service districts.
While LSDs have committees, the minister has the ultimate authority in the LSD.
Municipalities have long criticized the current LSD system, saying the system allows rural New Brunswickers to access services without having to pay for them through municipal taxes.
But rural residents counter that it's unfair to ask them to pay more in taxes when they don't receive the same level of service those in municipalities receive.
Allain said he doesn't see this as an issue of taxation but of services.
"The structure that we have now has not evolved and this structure has to evolve," said Allain.
"Some people are losing services."
Opposition reaction
All opposition parties agree on the need for municipal reform, but also share many concerns about how it would be handled.
Liberal Local Government Critic Keith Chiasson said consultations with affected communities will be key.
'We have to strike a balance here,' says Kevin Arseneau, the Green Party's local government critic. (Radio-Canada)
"People who live in LSD, they're worried that they're going to be swallowed up by these bigger municipalities and that … they're going to lose their identity," said Chiasson.
"On the other hand, I think we're at a place or at a time now wher we want new development, we need regional collaboration. So it's one of those things where, you know, you're damned if you do, damned if you don't. "
Green Party Local Government Critic Kevin Arseneau said he lives in a rural community himself, and while the party supports municipal reform, it needs to be done fairly.
"People living in the rural parts of a local government can't be paying for sewer systems that they don't [and] never will have access to."
People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin agrees with the need for reform of municipal governance but thinks it needs to be combined with tax reform.
People's
Alliance Leader Kris Austin agrees with the need for reform of
municipal governance but thinks it needs to be combined with tax reform. (CBC News)
"it has to be done in such a way that it allows the cities that collect their current taxes to be able to keep more of their current taxes rather than passing them over to the province," said Austin.
"I have no issue with municipal reform and I understand it is necessary, but I just want to ensure that the taxation levels don't increase for those in rural areas."
Community buy-in
The francophone group's report makes clear that regardless of what reform is done, it's important to have community buy-in.
And that may be tricky, since several attempts to create rural communities, a type of municipality, have been voted down or abandoned because of a backlash.
Allain said forced amalgamations are not yet on the table.
"Right now, we're not there," said Allain.
"I don't think we have talked about that. Nobody said that we would do it."
Allain said it's still too early to say when the province may get municipal reform, or what form it would take, but he expects action to be taken within this government's mandate and for consultations and discussion papers to happen in 2021.
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Minister removed member of Sussex-area commission after harassment complaint
Local Government Minister Jeff Carr used his broad powers to remove Studholm commission representative
The Regional Service Commission 8 was notified of Tony Raymond's removal on Feb. 1, more than a year after a complaint was made by an employee in its Sussex office.
Raymond represented the local service district of Studholm on the commission's board of directors.
He maintains there was no harassment, just a few jokes about Steve Roberts, the commission's executive director.
Suspects retaliation
Raymond said Thursday that the complaint against him was punishment for being outspoken."When I was on the board, I used to ask a lot of questions, and they don't like people that are asking questions."
Sometimes, Raymond said, he'd call the office with a question for Roberts, only to be told the executive director was at home that day.
"I'd say 'God, it must be nice to be home and get paid for it,'" he said. "Because I'm self employed, right? If I take a day off work, I won't get paid."
Followed HR policy
Roberts said he was not the person who filed the harassment complaint."As executive director, my duty was to appoint an independent investigator as per our [human resources] policy to make sure the employee's complaint was taken into consideration and dealt with appropriately."
- Service commission fired after months of deadlock over budget
- Regional service commissions discuss change in makeup
The circumstances leading to the complaint have not been revealed.
A spokesperson for Carr's department said the Regional Service Delivery Act gives the minister broad powers to remove board members "for cause or for any incapacity."
Whole board gone
On Monday, Carr formally disbanded all remaining Service Commission 8 board members as a result of a months-long deadlock over the commission's 2019 budget.Brenda Knight, a former Fredericton city clerk, has been appointed by the minister to take over all of the board's responsibilities.
Raymond vows to attend meetings and ask questions as a member of the public once the commission's board is re-established by the minister.
Raymond said local service districts need strong representation on the deeply divided commission.
"I've always been a huge supporter of rural New Brunswick, the rural areas," he said. "I'm very vocal about the rural way of life and what happens in rural New Brunswick."
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David Peters
Asking questions and pointing out gov't deeds can get you charged with harassment. Another reason for elections and short term limits for Judges, Crown Prosecutors, Police Chiefs and City Managers.
The bureaucracy, in general, has become untouchable and insulated from any kind of outside influence, imo.
Methinks you are well aware of what happened to me N'esy Pas?
David Amos
David Amos
Gary MacKay
Or they cleared any opposition by replacing them with one government hack.
There isn't much on what was the plans proposed for the 2.2million budgeted, it could have been good or bad but there isn't much details.
YUP
Rosco holt
Was the alleged harassment investigated and proven?
It didn't post the whole story to be read.
Me Too
Lou Bell
Christine Martinez
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Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2021 14:16:04 -0400
Subject: I tried to talk to you folks too correct???
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Subject: I tried to talk to you folks corret???
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Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2017 08:02:43 -0400
Subject: Well Mr Stever we spoke once again long ago Now I will argue
your City Solicitor Johanne Theriault and her buddies working for the
Crown
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Subject: Fwd: YO Mr Gillis You are too funny and far and away too greedy
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Rod Gillis sues 2 cities and 2 officers over 'wrongful' obstruction conviction
Saint John lawyer seeks damages in lawsuit against Bathurst,
Fredericton, Andre Comeau and Mark Lord
CBC News Posted: Feb 20, 2017 6:06 PM AT
rominent Saint John lawyer Rod Gillis is suing two police officers and
two municipalities, alleging he was wrongfully convicted of
obstruction of justice in 2013, because of their negligence.
Gillis filed a notice of action and statement of claim against
Bathurst Police Force officer Andre Comeau, Fredericton Police Force
officer Mark Lord, and the City of Bathurst and the City of
Fredericton as their employers.
Gillis is seeking special damages for loss of income and legal costs,
as well as general damages for future loss of income, "including loss
of reputation and loss of clients," and for emotional distress,
according to the notice filed Jan. 31 with the Court of Queen's Bench
in Saint John.
Rod Gillis freed in obstruction of justice case
The lawsuit stems from an obstruction of justice allegation against
Gillis, dating back to 2009.
The veteran lawyer with Gilbert McGloan Gillis was accused of
attempting to stop a witness from testifying against one of his
clients.
Gillis was representing former Liberal MLA Frank Branch in a civil
lawsuit against the North Shore Forest Products Marketing Board, as
well as on criminal charges of fraud and extortion.
The manager of the marketing board, Alain Landry, alleged Gillis
approached him during a break in proceedings at the Bathurst
courthouse and offered a deal. He alleged Gillis had said to him,
"They're your witnesses, make sure they don't testify and the Crown
won't have a case."
'Being charged, arrested, and wrongfully convicted of obstruction
of justice have caused him damage and loss.'
- Rod Gillis, statement of claim
Gillis was charged with obstruction on Nov. 25, 2011, found guilty on
Jan. 31, 2013, and sentenced to 22 months in jail.
But the New Brunswick Court of Appeal quashed his conviction on Sept.
9, 2014, and ordered a new trial, citing errors of fact and law by
trial Judge Irwin Lampert that "combined to deprive [Gillis] of a fair
trial," and "resulted in a miscarriage of justice."
The Crown sought to have that decision reviewed by the Supreme Court
of Canada but was denied.
In November 2015, when the retrial was set to begin, the charge
against Gillis was dropped. Crown prosecutor Peter Craig told the
court new evidence had come forward and there was no reasonable
prospect of a conviction.
Improper investigation alleged
"Had the defendant Comeau and the defendant Lord conducted a proper
investigation, the charges against [Gillis] would either never have
been brought or would have been dropped prior to trial," Gillis argues
in his statement of claim.
"In the alternative, if the charges against [Gillis] had been brought
to trial after a proper investigation, the charges would have been
resolved in his favour."
Gillis contends the City of Bathurst is "vicariously liable" for
failing to properly supervise Comeau and the City of Fredericton is
"vicariously liable" for failing ot properly supervise Lord or appoint
a more experienced investigator.
"Being charged, arrested, and wrongfully convicted of obstruction of
justice have caused him damage and loss," he wrote.
None of Gillis's claims have been proven in court.
No statements of defence have yet been filed.
Case transferred to Fredericton
In the statement of claim, Gillis says Comeau handled the initial
complaint by Landry and failed to obtain a recorded statement.
The Bathurst Police Force later transferred the complaint to the
Fredericton Police Force because of Bathurst's involvement with the
prosecution of Branch.
Lord was assigned as lead investigator on or about Feb. 2, 2010.
Gillis claims Lord was a polygraphist, who "lacked the investigative
experience or skills" to handle the case and that there were material
errors in the information Comeau gave to Lord and/or in Lord's
understanding of the information.
He also alleges when Lord took a statement from Landry on Feb. 23,
2010, he failed to ask him "obvious and critical follow-up questions,"
which would "be essential to assessing Landry's credibility and
reliability and establishing what really happened."
Similarly, Gillis alleges Lord failed to ask the marketing board's
lawyer, David Young, "obvious follow-up questions" about his
conversation with Landry regarding the alleged deal, and failed to ask
Linda Gould-MacDonald, the executive director of the New Brunswick
Forest Products Commission, about her observations of the meeting
between Gillis and Landry.
Settlement offer 'completely proper and legal'
Gillis contends he handed Landry a handwritten note titled "Offer to
Settle" in the Bathurst courthouse hallway, and explained to Landry a
possible settlement of the civil matter.
He says he also indicated that if the civil matter could be settled,
he would attempt to negotiate with prosecutors to have them offer no
evidence at Branch's criminal trial, the court document states.
"The Crown offering no evidence is a common and proper method for
resolving criminal charges in favour of an accused and is similar to
dropping charges but prevents the Crown from recharging the offence,"
Gillis argues in the statement of claim.
He says he never suggested that Landry or the board would have any
role in resolving the criminal charges.
"The settlement proposal was, in fact, completely proper and legal,"
Gillis contends.
"If the defendant Lord had sought informed opinions on the matter, he
would have realized that the plaintiff's written and verbal offers to
Landry were an accepted way of resolving, or attempting to resolve,
the proceedings."
Gillis alleges the first opportunity he was given to provide his
version of events was when he was arrested on Sept. 9, 2011 — about 21
months after the alleged offence.
"In his mind, the discussion in the hallway with Landry on Dec. 10,
2009 had been a routine and unremarkable settlement offer and he had
thought little of it since it was never mentioned again until his
arrest," according to the statement of claim.
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Title Counsel
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rjgillis@gmglaw.com
(506) 634-3600 ext. 302
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:30:48 -0400
Subject: Re RCMP class action lawsuits about the cops harassing each
other Perhaps I should Intervene EH Bill Pentney?
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Intervention
Marginal note:Leave to intervene
109 (1) The Court may, on motion, grant leave to any person to
intervene in a proceeding.
Marginal note:Contents of notice of motion
(2) Notice of a motion under subsection (1) shall
(a) set out the full name and address of the proposed
intervener and of any solicitor acting for the proposed intervener;
and
(b) describe how the proposed intervener wishes to participate
in the proceeding and how that participation will assist the
determination of a factual or legal issue related to the proceeding.
Marginal note:Directions
(3) In granting a motion under subsection (1), the Court shall
give directions regarding
(a) the service of documents; and
(b) the role of the intervener, including costs, rights of
appeal and any other matters relating to the procedure to be followed
by the intervener.
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:39:17 -0400
Subject: Re RCMP class action lawsuits about the cops harassing each other
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http://www.kimorr.ca/index.
RCMP Class Action
January 17, 2017
On January 13, Justice McDonald of the Federal Court released reasons
certifying the action for settlement purposes. A copy of those reasons
can be read here. The Federal Court has scheduled the hearing of the
settlement approval motion for May 24, 2017 at 9:30 in Toronto. The
Notice of Certification and Settlement approval hearing is here. The
Notice in French is here. The opt out form is here.
On October 6, 2016, an historic settlement was reached in the systemic
harassment class actions brought against the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police by female RCMP employees. Under the proposed national
settlement, every single living current and former female regular
member, civilian member, and public service employee of the RCMP who
worked within the RCMP since 1974, and who experienced gender and/or
sexual orientation-based harassment and discrimination, will be
eligible to claim compensation, without fear of disclosing her
identity to the RCMP or of reprisals. The settlement is not effective
until approved by the Federal Court. Here is our press release from
today regarding this historic Settlement. To view the Federal Court
claim, click here.
To read more about this proposed Settlement, please go to
rcmpclassactionsettlement.ca.
On December 22, 2015, Justice Perell released reasons dismissing the
Crown’s motion to strike the statement of claim and confirming that
the pleading meets the s. 5(1)(a) cause of action criterion for
certification. To read a copy of the decision, please click here. The
balance of the certification motion, which was scheduled to be heard
May 26-27, 2016, has been adjourned.
Kim Orr Barristers is prosecuting a class action against the Attorney
General of Canada involving allegations of gender- and
sexual-orientation-based discrimination, bullying and harassment of
female Royal Canadian Mounted Police (the "RCMP") employees. The
action has been commenced in Ontario on behalf of all current or
former female regular members, civilian members and public service
employees of the RCMP in Canada, excluding persons resident in Quebec.
The claim alleges that men and women were, and are, treated
differently within the RCMP, and that female RCMP employees have been
subject to systemic discrimination, bullying and harassment on the
basis of their gender and/or sexual orientation. It also alleges that
the RCMP has failed to investigate, adjudicate and resolve conduct and
complaints about these issues, despite repeated reports over the years
about the problems within the organization.
The plaintiff is a former senior-level RCMP member who alleges that
she suffered discrimination, bullying and harassment throughout her
26-year RCMP career. The plaintiff alleges that as a result of this
treatment, she, as well as the other class members, suffered serious
injuries physical and emotional injuries, including post-traumatic
stress disorder, diminished self-worth, depression, and anxiety. The
claim also alleges that as a result of these systemic issues, female
RCMP employees have been denied training and promotions, and have even
taken early retirement or have left the organization.
The action seeks general, punitive and special damages for the
defendant's alleged failure to fulfill its statutory, common law and
contractual duties to provide female RCMP employees with a work
environment free of gender- and sexual-orientation-based
discrimination, bullying and harassment. The action also seeks damages
on behalf of family members of female RCMP employees who are entitled
to assert a claim under provincial legislation.
For more information on this case, please contact Megan B. McPhee at
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RCMP to face new class-action harassment lawsuit, this time on behalf
of male employees
Current and former members allege they were physically intimidated,
denied promotions, belittled and bullied
By Alison Crawford, CBC News Posted: Oct 25, 2016 8:35 PM ET
The RCMP will soon face another class-action harassment lawsuit — this
time on behalf of male Mounties and civilian employees of the force.
Earlier this month, the federal government and the RCMP set aside $100
million to settle an estimated 1,000 cases of female employees being
harassed and bullied at work.
CBC News has learned that one of the law firms that represented those
women is preparing to bring another suit for men — which could
potentially be much bigger given that men make up roughly 80 per cent
of the RCMP's workforce.
Mounties offer apology and $100M compensation for harassment,
abuse against female members
'This is a way for everybody to heal': ex-Mountie on RCMP compensation
External body needed to probe workplace complaints, senior Mountie says
"We've spoken with hundreds of members, and we're contacted by new
members every day," said lawyer Megan McPhee of Kim Orr Barristers in
Toronto, who has been working on the case for years. "The stories are
very consistent. We're told that there is a culture of bullying and
harassment within the force, and one of the regular issues that we
hear is a fear of speaking out, a fear of reprisals."
Cpl. Michael Mansoor, who's due to be medically discharged in January,
says he was diagnosed with PTSD after what he alleges was years of
harassment at the hands of his colleagues and superiors.
He says it started in 2001, when he was posted to his hometown of
Richmond, B.C., where his brother was in conflict with the law. It
wasn't long before Mansoor said he found his duties restricted.
"I was banned from any work section in the detachment except for
general duty and traffic because they acknowledged that there might be
a conflict," said Mansoor.
Wrongly accused of sexual assault
Despite pleas for a transfer, he says his superiors stuck to the local
convention that a member must serve five years in the detachment
before being moved.
Documents obtained under the Access to Information Act suggest
officers were suspicious of his family ties. Eventually, Mansoor found
himself suspended with pay and under investigation for what he alleges
are two trumped-up internal disciplinary charges.
Furthermore, due to a clerical error, Mansoor was also initially
accused of sexual assault.
"There was a minor glitch with [Mansoor's] security suspension
document service this morning," reads an internal email about
Mansoor's disciplinary charges. "There is a reference to a 'sexual
assault'.... It was our conclusion that HQ Ottawa had screwed up the
paperwork. Seems likely that they took a previous form letter,
re-tooled it for [Mansoor's] case and did not remove a phrase that did
not apply in this case."
As for the two other allegations, they later proved unfounded.
Whisper campaign
Over time, Mansoor says the ongoing whisper campaign and harassment
made him ill.
"There comes actually a point where you start to look at yourself and
go, 'Am I bringing this on myself? Because surely it's not this
widespread in an organization,'" Mansoor said.
Retired sergeant Hugo Desrochers says he knows exactly how that feels.
Retired Sgt. Hugo Desrochers
Retired sergeant Hugo Desrochers alleges that during his employment
with the RCMP he was stripped of responsibility, belittled in front of
colleagues and denied opportunities to develop his career. (Provided
by Desrochers)
He left the force last year after 26 years in a job he says, for the
most part, he loved. He was making his way up the ranks and working
towards another promotion, he says, but that came to a halt near the
end of his career when management changed at the RCMP detachment in
Cornwall, Ont.
"[I] started covering my back. Started taking notes to make sure I was
not going to be hung out to dry," Desrochers said.
Years of meticulous notes document allegations of being micromanaged,
stripped of his responsibilities, belittled in front of colleagues for
taking initiative and denied opportunities to further develop his
career.
The worst incident, according to Desrochers, was when the inspector
refused to sign off on his application to serve in Kosovo due to
shortcomings with his performance. Yet Desrochers says all his boss
managed to come up with, after repeated requests for specifics, was a
late overtime claim.
Retired Sgt. Hugo Desrochers
Desrochers, right, seen here on a marijuana bust in British Columbia
early in his career. (Provided by Desrochers)
"It takes a toll on you because you start questioning yourself...and
then you're not good," an emotional Desrochers told CBC News.
Desrochers welcomes the lawsuit.
"If nobody comes forward to say there's a problem, how are they going
to know there's a problem. Is it just me sitting here? No."
Belittled, physically intimidated
It's not just men in uniform who allege they've been harassed.
Garth Caron worked as a public servant from 2005 to 2015, doing
administrative work in detachments in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Caron
says his first experience with harassment was when a few Mounties took
issue with him being gay and subjected him to a number of pranks.
"I came in one morning to my workstation and I noticed a number of
female items on my desk — boxes of tampons and things like that — and
it kind of struck me as odd as to why they would have been left
there," he said.
At another detachment, Caron said a sergeant questioned his Métis
status, belittled him in front of colleagues and tried to physically
intimidate him. The union got involved and Caron says he agreed, while
under a great deal of duress, to retire before he was ready to leave
the workforce.
It's no secret the RCMP has a bullying problem. Commissioner Bob
Paulson has said so himself. In a 2012 interview with CBC News,
Paulson conceded that he too had been harassed at work.
"I think in the day, if you weren't sort of in line with your
officer's expectations or consistent with his or her vision of where
the organization was going, then you were pushed aside," he said. "And
it's a very uncomfortable feeling and a very destructive feeling, and
it doesn't speak to a transparent, ethical, organization."
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 08:00:47 -0400
Subject: Re Federal Court File No. T-1557-15 and the QMPMA application
for a class action lawsuit against the RCMP byway of the CROWN
To: assoc.mpmq@gmail.com, fsimedia@videotron.ca,
charles.mancer@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, james@dugganavocats.ca,
Serge.Bilodeau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Blinn"
<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "dale.drummond"
<dale.drummond@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
<bernadine.chapman@rcmp-grc.
<Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp-
<Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Perhaps we should talk ASAP?
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369
https://ampmq.ca/class-action-
https://mancer.
The Application for certification of a class action on behalf of all
members of the RCMP (past and present) arose from the many members
coming forward with their long-standing stories of harassment, abuse
and discrimination experienced while working in the RCMP. These are
stories that span many decades and point to a culture of bullying,
harassment and discrimination in the RCMP.
https://mancer.
https://ampmq.ca/en/
President Serge Bilodeau
Vice-President Charles Mancer
Quebec Mounted Police Members’ Association (QMPMA)
Post Office Box 154
Westmount, Quebec, Canada
H3Z 2T2
Phone: (450) 291-4458
assoc.mpmq@gmail.com
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lisa Porteous <lporteous@kleinlyons.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 14:46:22 +0000
Subject: RCMP
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
David,
Thank you for your email inquiring about our class action against the
RCMP. As you may know, the Notice of Claim was filed in the British
Columbia Supreme Court on March 27, 2012. The lawsuit has been
brought by former RCMP constable Janet Merlo on behalf of female RCMP
members. Unfortunately, we cannot assist you with your claim.
We recommend that you contact Mr. Barry Carter of Mair Jensen Blair
LLP to discuss any claim you may have against the RCMP for harassment.
His contact information is as follows:
Mr. Barry Carter
Mair Jensen Blair LLP
1380-885 W. Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 3E8
Phone: 604-682-6299
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This is not intended to be an opinion concerning the merits of your
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Yours truly,
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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 16:30:48 +0000
Subject: RE: Re: Talk of May 18, 2021 Higgy can never claim he didn't know
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 12:28:22 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Re: Talk of May 18, 2021 Higgy can never claim he didn't know
To: Daniel.J.Allain@gnb.ca, gail.dube@gnb.ca, mathieu.cassie@gnb.ca,
sylvie.martin3@gnb.ca, Martin.Corbett@gnb.ca, ryan.donaghy@gnb.ca,
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<rob.moore@parl.gc.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs"
<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, Daniel.Allain@gnb.ca, "jeff.carr"
<jeff.carr@gnb.ca>, "fin.minfinance-financemin.fin"
<fin.minfinance-financemin.
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 09:32:49 -0300
Subject: Fwd: Talk of May 18, 2021
To: jbosse3058@gmail.com
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 12:56:52 -0300
Subject: Fwd: Talk of May 18, 2021
To: jbosse3058@gmail.com
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Sure please excuse my spelling but I will resend it warts and all
Notice that Higgy's computer answered me??
On 6/10/21, Jules Bosse <jbosse3058@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Mr. Amos,
>
> Thank you for your email this morning that confirmed the facts in your talk
> with Mrs Martin on May 18, 2021. By mistake I erased that email. Can you
> please forward me that same email.
>
> Thanks, and have a great day!
>
> Jules Bossé
>
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2021 15:24:31 -0300
Subject: Re: Talk of May 18, 2021 Higgy can never claim he didn't know
To: Jules Bosse <jbosse3058@gmail.com>
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2021 18:21:01 +0000
Subject: RE: Talk of May 18, 2021
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jules Bosse <jbosse3058@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2021 16:14:48 -0300
Subject:
To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
*Sylvie Martin, Madawaska (506)735-2763, **sylvie.martin3@gnb.ca*
<sylvie.martin3@gnb.ca>*, *Martin.Corbett@gnb.ca, ryan.donaghy@gnb.ca,
denis.bujold@gnb.ca
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jules Bosse <jbosse3058@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2021 16:21:47 -0300
Subject: email
To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Also to be send: Minister of local governance: Daniel.J.Allain@gnb.ca,
gail.dube@gnb.ca, mathieu.cassie@gnb.ca
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2021 15:18:11 -0300
Subject: Re: Talk of May 18, 2021
To: jbosse3058@gmail.com, Daniel.J.Allain@gnb.ca, gail.dube@gnb.ca,
mathieu.cassie@gnb.ca, sylvie.martin3@gnb.ca, Martin.Corbett@gnb.ca,
ryan.donaghy@gnb.ca, "denis.bujold" <denis.bujold@gnb.ca>,
Denyse.Smart@gnb.ca, "hugh.flemming" <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>,
"Mike.Comeau" <Mike.Comeau@gnb.ca>, "andrea.anderson-mason"
<andrea.anderson-mason@gnb.ca>, "robert.mckee" <robert.mckee@gnb.ca>,
"Ross.Wetmore" <Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca>, "rob.moore"
<rob.moore@parl.gc.ca>
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>,
"blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, Daniel.Allain@gnb.ca,
"jeff.carr" <jeff.carr@gnb.ca>, "fin.minfinance-financemin.fin"
<fin.minfinance-financemin.
Good Day Mr Bossé
What you has stated is true about ur cnersation on May 18th and I
would be more than willing to sign an affidavit to that effect
Trust that I have very serious concerns about the actions of Premier
Higgs his new Minister Daniel Allain and his many minions
https://www2.gnb.ca/content/
As I said I strongly suggest that you print the pdf file hereto attached
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
---------- Original message ----------
From: Jules Bosse <jbosse3058@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2021 15:12:31 -0300
Subject: Talk of May 18, 2021
To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Hi Mr. Amos,
Following the following interview on the morning of May 18th, you undertook
to contact me: CBC St-John May 18:
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/
In reference to the summary of the conversation you had with Mrs. Sylvie
Martin from the office of the local LSD manager in Edmundston where she
would have informed you in an affirmative way that I will no longer be in
position on the advisory committee of my LSD after May 31st. You then gave
me her phone number (735-2763) to confirm that we were talking about the
same person.
As part of a province-wide file, the New Brunswick Association of Local
Service Districts (ALSDNB ), a file is being compiled to identify as many
irregularities as possible in reference to these makeshift elections under
section 170(2) of the Local Government Act. To that effect, please confirm
our discussion of May 18th and add any other details you deem relevant.
Thank you for your cooperation and your interest in the fairness of our
democratic system.
Jules Bossé
President of the ALSDNB
735-7214
T
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This is proof that I sent emails to Premier Higgs and many others at
the the same point in time which I forwarded to you in its entirety
after we talked again correct?
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 09:06:50 -0300
Subject: Fwd: Hey Higgy Methinks Dorothy Shephard must admit that
Dependable Public Health Care begins with a Medicare Card instead of
having her nasty minions inviting me to sue her in order to get one Correct?
To: czwibel@ccla.org, "kerri.froc" <kerri.froc@unb.ca>,
esherkey@torys.com, gdingle@torys.com, abernstein@torys.com,
isabel.lavoiedaigle@gnb.ca, krpfadmin@nbpolice.ca, "blaine.higgs"
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david.coon@gnb.ca, "Robert. Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>,
"Ross.Wetmore" <Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca>, "kris.austin"
<kris.austin@gnb.ca>, "robert.gauvin" <robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>,
"Roger.L.Melanson" <roger.l.melanson@gnb.ca>, "rob.moore"
<rob.moore@parl.gc.ca>, John.williamson@parl.gc.ca, "Roger.Brown"
<Roger.Brown@fredericton.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki"
<Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "barbara.massey"
<barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Bill.Blair" <Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca>,
healthplansante@gnb.ca, "Dorothy.Shephard" <Dorothy.Shephard@gnb.ca>,
"Norman.Bosse" <Norman.Bosse@gnb.ca>, "charles.murray"
<charles.murray@gnb.ca>
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>
Here is proof that I had concerns about the doings within my LSD long
before I ran again in Fundy Royal during the election of the 43rd
Parliament
https://twitter.com/
David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos @Kathryn98967631 and 49 others
Methinks it would be interesting to see what Minister Bernadette
Jordan thinks of this spit and chew about our garbage We already know
what Rob Moore the wannabe MP again thinks of her new position N'esy
Pas?
https://davidraymondamos3.
#nbpoli #cdnpoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/
Province helps mend rift between communities after service commission dissolved
Board serving 18 towns and rural communities in Sussex-Hampton
dissolved last month amid budget dispute
Connell Smith · CBC News · Posted: Mar 11, 2019 5:00 AM AT
Photo
The waste transfer station in Sussex maintained by Regional Service
Commission 8. The facility is at the heart of a dispute that pits
rural communities against the region's incorporated communities. (RSC
8)
The Department of Local Government will arrange training and mediation
to help mend a rift between the towns and many rural communities in
the greater Sussex-Hampton area.
The volunteer board serving that region's service commission was
dissolved by Local Government Minister Jeff Carr in early February
after it became hopelessly divided over the 2019 budget.
Brenda Knight, a retired municipal administrator, has been appointed
trustee to oversee operations in the board's stead.
On March 5, Knight approved a budget for the commission, which will be
presented to representatives of the four municipalities and 14 local
service districts in coming weeks.
In the meantime, Erika Jutras, a Department of Local Government
spokeswoman, said the trustee will remain in place until either
members "demonstrate" they can work together or the next municipal
elections in May 2020, whichever comes first.
Division over solid waste costs
The board split last fall over how solid waste management costs were
to be divided between the towns and unincorporated rural communities,
called local service districts.
Many of the board members representing LSDs feel they are paying too
much for waste management.
Mary Ann Coleman chairs the LSD Advisory Committee for Waterford,
which has a population of approximately 500.
Minister removed member of Sussex-area commission after harassment complaint
Service commission fired after months of deadlock over budget
She says costs should be allocated strictly on how waste is generated
by each community.
The current cost formula involves a combination of a levee on the
amount of trash collected and a fixed amount for each community that
is dedicated to providing stable funding for the region's waste
transfer station in Sussex.
"It's important in my mind that we keep the costs of services, as much
as we can, down for people," said Coleman.
"This has an impact on the taxes for people in rural areas."
She says the costs to operate the waste transfer station should be
taken entirely from tipping fees, which would cost the towns more and
the LSDs less.
Proposed budget 'didn't suit' some municipalities
James McCrea was chair of the service commission board at the time it
was dissolved.
McCrea, who is from the LSD of Wickham, says the costs are not being
distributed fairly, based on trash volumes alone, and that goes
against the intent of regulations set out by the province.
"It was a fair budget, it was a really good budget that was proposed.
But it didn't suit some of the municipalities and a couple of the
local service districts," said McCrea.
Photo
James McCrea was chair of the board for Regional Service District 8
when it was dissolved by the province in February. He represents
Wickham LSD Advisory Committee. (Maria Jose Burgos, CBC)
Speaking to CBC last month, Sussex Mayor Marc Thorne said the budget
proposed by the LSDs threatened the future of the region's waste
transfer station and recycling operations because the station requires
stable funding year-to-year while trash volumes fluctuate.
McCrea says in asking for the change to the funding formula the rural
communities are not trying to threaten the viability of the transfer
station.
"There's never been a problem existed that can't be dealt with and
fixed, but everyone has to work together and share the costs."
About the Author
Connell Smith
Reporter
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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David Amos
Methinks it would be interesting to see what Bernadette Jordan
Canada’s inaugural minister of rural economic development thinks of
this spit and chew about our garbage We already know what our former
MP thinks of her position N'esy Pas?
New rural development minister is first female Nova Scotia MP named to
federal cabinet
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter The Canadian Press January 14, 2019 3:07 pm
"Rob Moore, Conservative shadow minister for Atlantic Canada, wished
Jordan well with her new portfolio, but questioned Trudeau’s motives
so close to October’s federal election.
Moore said the new portfolio “appears to just be a communications
exercise” that may stand for too little, too late.
“It appears to be just to give off the impression that they’re
connected or concerned with Atlantic issues, when in fact the last
three years tells us that Atlantic and rural issues are on the
backburner,” Moore said.
Trudeau’s cabinet came under fire from some Atlantic Canadians when
Navdeep Bains, a Mississauga MP, was put in charge of the Atlantic
Canada Opportunities Agency.
Criticism also followed when New Brunswick MP Dominic LeBlanc was
shuffled out of the Fisheries portfolio to be replaced with Jonathan
Wilkinson, who represents North Vancouver.
Jordan said Monday the government has a genuine commitment to rural Canada.
“I think it’s an unfortunate thing that people don’t consider rural
important, because rural is extremely important to this government,
we’re showing that,” she said."
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| ---------- Original message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 12:09:09 -0400 Subject: Hey Higgy say Hey to Mayors Ian Fortune and Georges Savoie for me will ya? To: "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "Roger.L.Melanson" < roger.l.melanson@gnb.ca>, "David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "kris.austin" <kris.austin@gnb.ca> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, blackvl@nb.sympatico.ca, georges.r.savoie@neguac.com https://www.cbc.ca/news/ Miramichi lacks two MLAs as local government debate begins Premier has cited COVID cases for lack of byelections this fall Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Dec 02, 2021 6:00 AM AT People in two Miramichi-area ridings do not have representation in the legislature as MLAs get ready to debate proposed municipal changes. (Daniel McHardie/CBC News file photo) A historic debate on local government reform is getting underway at the New Brunswick Legislature with large parts of the Miramichi area sitting on the sidelines without a voice. Two ridings in the region lack elected members of the legislature who could examine, amend and vote on the bill, which was introduced by Local Government Reform Minister Daniel Allain on Wednesday. "We have no voice, as far as somebody to represent us to the government," says Georges Savoie, the mayor of the village of Neguac in the riding of Miramichi Bay-Neguac. "It's a problem because with no MLA, we try to reach the minister directly, and that is not always something that's possible. It's not easy when you don't have a link like the MLA." The bill, which the government plans to pass before Christmas, will overhaul local governance by slashing the number of municipalities and giving regional service commissions greater powers to coordinate service delivery. Neguac Mayor Georges Savoie said it's not easy to voice concerns over proposed changes without an MLA as a link. (Bridget Yard/CBC) Savoie says Neguac will be part of the Acadian Peninsula's service commission, while nearly local service districts that have natural links to the village will come under the Miramichi commission. "We are kind of divided from our region," he says, but he lacks an MLA he can complain to. Health reforms and reduced hours at the provincial courthouse in Tracadie are also a concern, he says. Miramichi Bay-Neguac's former MLA Liberal Lisa Harris resigned last August to run in the federal election. The riding includes the eastern edge of the city on the north side of the river and other communities farther up the shore. Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin Progressive Conservative MLA Jake Stewart quit his seat at the same time, also to run federally. That riding includes Doaktown, Boiestown and other areas upriver from the city of Miramichi. Stewart defeated Harris in September's federal vote and more than two months later there have been no byelections to replace either of them in Fredericton. Blackville Mayor Ian Fortune says the reforms suggested for his area are much too big to not have a voice in the legislature to debate them. (Village of Blackville) Blackville Mayor Ian Fortune says he'd like to have an MLA to replace Stewart and relay his concerns that the village is being forced into an amalgamation that is "way too big." Blackville will merge with six adjacent local service districts, or parts of them, to create a local government entity with a tax base 10 times what the village has now, the mayor says. "We have nobody to speak up for us," said Fortune, who believes Premier Blaine Higgs should have called byelections for the two vacant seats this fall. "They should have one in place now, or very soon, before this is going on." Miramichi People's Alliance MLA Michelle Conroy says she receives many calls from people in the two ridings who need help dealing with the province. Miramichi MLA and People's Alliance member Michelle Conroy says she has been fielding calls from people in the neighbouring ridings who are reaching out to her to express their concerns. (Jacques Poitras/CBC) "They assume that since I'm in the Miramichi region, I'm covering for them, but they don't have the right representation and they really do need it. Everyone needs it." Under provincial law, Premier Blaine Higgs has six months from when a seat becomes vacant to set a date for a byelection. But a wrinkle in the law says that while the premier must set a date within six months, the date itself can be farther into the future. Higgs repeated Wednesday that he wants the two ridings to have MLAs as soon as possible. "We want to get representation in the area and we will be working through the timelines in order to make that happen," he said. Higgs has been saying he chose not to call byelections this fall because of COVID-19 case numbers in the region. Premier Blaine Higgs said he wants to have byelections in the two ridings as soon as possible. The law gives the government up to six months to set a date. (Jacques Poitras/CBC) Savoie says he thinks the two votes could have been held safely, given there have been federal, provincial and municipal elections during the pandemic. Fortune noted that Higgs didn't hesitate to call a mid-pandemic snap provincial election in August 2020 when it enabled him to secure a majority government. "He wasn't long calling one before so he could get in. And now he's turning his back on everybody," he said. The premier's popularity took a plunge in the fall after a rise in COVID-19 cases in the wake of a full ending of all public health restrictions in July, a decision that officials later said was "not the right decision to make." This week a new Narrative Research poll had the Liberals leading the PCs in voting intentions for the first time since 2018, with interim Liberal leader Roger Melanson preferred as premier by more respondents than Higgs. Allain said Wednesday he logged 50,000 kilometres on his car during his consultations on local government reforms and met Miramichi mayors "numerous times" and held town halls in both vacant ridings. Daniel Allain, New Brunswick's minister of local governance reform, says he has travelled around the province hearing from municipal leaders on the subject of reforms. (Ed Hunter/CBC) "There has been constant contact through my department," he said. A Liberal opposition bill now before the legislature would close the loophole in the byelection law, requiring the date itself of a byelection to be within six months of the riding becoming vacant. All four parties in the chamber supported it unanimously on second reading and sent it to committee. But Liberal MLA Keith Chiasson says he believes the Progressive Conservative government, which controls the committee schedule, now plans to sit on the bill without ever bringing it to a vote. "My theory on this is they wanted to avoid getting criticized for voting this down," he says. Higgs wouldn't commit Wednesday to his government passing the bill on third reading. "We did sent it to committee for a reason, in order for it to be evaluated and for a recommendation to come back," he said. 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. CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 17:44:00 -0400 Subject: Hey Higgy say Hey to Mayors Roseline Pelletier and Erica Barnett for me will ya? To: bakerlac@nbnet.nb.ca, minto@nb.aibn.com Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "blaine.higgs" < blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "Roger.L.Melanson" <roger.l.melanson@gnb.ca>, "David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "kris.austin" <kris.austin@gnb.ca> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 21:19:42 +0000 Subject: RE: Attn Mayors Roseline Pelletier and Erica Barnett To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Hello, Thank you for taking the time to write. 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On 11/19/21, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > https://www.cbc.ca/news/ > > End of an era as Higgs government drops voter veto on municipal mergers > > Not everyone will miss plebiscites that slowed reforms for two decades > Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Nov 19, 2021 4:24 PM AT > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:30:53 -0400 > Subject: Fwd: Hey Higgy Methinks Dorothy Shephard must admit that > Dependable Public Health Care begins with a Medicare Card instead of > having her nasty minions inviting me to sue her in order to get one > Correct? > To: jmanzer@jacobibrien.com, jbosse3058@gmail.com > Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > > https://davidraymondamos3. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 09:06:50 -0300 > Subject: Fwd: Hey Higgy Methinks Dorothy Shephard must admit that > Dependable Public Health Care begins with a Medicare Card instead of > having her nasty minions inviting me to sue her in order to get one > Correct? > To: czwibel@ccla.org, "kerri.froc" <kerri.froc@unb.ca>, > esherkey@torys.com, gdingle@torys.com, abernstein@torys.com, > isabel.lavoiedaigle@gnb.ca, krpfadmin@nbpolice.ca, "blaine.higgs" > < blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "hugh.flemming" <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, > david.coon@gnb.ca, "Robert. Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, > "Ross.Wetmore" <Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca>, "kris.austin" > < kris.austin@gnb.ca>, "robert.gauvin" <robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>, > "Roger.L.Melanson" <roger.l.melanson@gnb.ca>, "rob.moore" > < rob.moore@parl.gc.ca>, John.williamson@parl.gc.ca, "Roger.Brown" > < Roger.Brown@fredericton.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki" > < Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "barbara.massey" > < barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca > healthplansante@gnb.ca, "Dorothy.Shephard" <Dorothy.Shephard@gnb.ca>, > "Norman.Bosse" <Norman.Bosse@gnb.ca>, "charles.murray" > < charles.murray@gnb.ca> > Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca> > > ---------- Original message ---------- > From: Cara Zwibel <czwibel@ccla.org> > Subject: RE: Attn Cara Zwibel I called the CCLA and tried to tell > you people about this email before you talked to the CBC etc > To: "'David Amos'" > Date: Friday, February 3, 2012, 6:02 AM > > Dear Mr. Amos, > > Thank you for your email. I am not currently in the office and will > not be for the rest of the day, but feel free to call me next week if > you’d like. As you know, we are aware of the situation in > Fredericton as well as the legal cases where s. 301 of the > Criminal Code has been held to violate the Charter. > > The information you have provided about prior use of the section > in Fredericton is helpful. > > Thank you for contacting the CCLA and should you wish to speak > to me directly, please get in touch next week. > > Sincerely, > > Cara > > Cara Faith Zwibel, LL.B., LL.M. > Director, Fundamental Freedoms Program/ Directrice, programme libertés > fondamentales > > Canadian Civil Liberties Association/ Association canadienne des > libertés civiles > 360 Bloor St. West, Suite 506 / 360 rue Bloor Ouest, Bureau 506 > Toronto, ON M5S 1X1 > tel: 416 363 0321 ext. 255 > > email: czwibel@ccla.org > web: www.ccla.org > twitter: @cancivlib > > > https://www.cbc.ca/news/ > > Premier's abortion-access comments feature in group's lawsuit against > the province > > Civil liberties group wants to sue province on behalf of all New > Brunswick residents > Hadeel Ibrahim · CBC News · Posted: May 17, 2021 1:57 PM AT | Last > Updated: May 17 > Clinic 554 in Fredericton has been at the centre of the abortion > access debate in New Brunswick. (Mike Heenan/CBC) > > The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it has the right to sue > the New Brunswick government for lack of abortion access, partly > because the premier made it a legal issue in his public comments. > > On Monday, lawyers for the association and the province appeared > before Chief Justice Tracey DeWare of the Court of Queen's Bench to > argue whether the association has "public interest standing" to sue > the province for what it sees as unconstitutional abortion laws. > > The civil liberties group says New Brunswick is violating both the > Canada Health Act and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by not > funding non-hospital abortions. This in turn "limits access to > abortion and discriminates against women," non-binary and transgender > people. > > Transgender patients on their own after final appointments at Clinic > 554 > > 36 senators sign letter in support of Clinic 554 > > Premier Blaine Higgs previously said he's been "clearly advised by our > legal professionals" that the province is "certainly providing the > access that's required" by offering abortions in three hospitals, and > anyone who disagreed should take the province to court. > > "The mechanisms if anyone believes we're not following is to challenge > that, and that will go through the court system and a ruling will be > made," he said on the campaign trail last fall. > > In its written submissions, the association said it "has taken the > Province up on its invitation." > > Before the lawsuit can continue the association must prove it has > public-interest standing to bring this issue to court on behalf of > anyone affected. > > Andrew Bernstein, one of the lawyers representing the group, said to > get this standing three things must be proved: that the issue is > "justiciable," meaning a legal one subject to trial, that the > association has a genuine interest in the issue, and that a lawsuit is > the best avenue to address it. > > During the 2020 election, Premier Blaine Higgs said if people think > he's contravening the Canada Health Act and not providing adequate > access to abortion services, they can sue. (Jon Collicott/CBC) > > Bernstein said Higgs's comments when challenged on this issue partly > fulfil the first requirement. > > "We know where the premier of New Brunswick stands on this issue," he > said. "We appreciate that Premier Higgs says if the federal government > thinks that New Brunswick is violating the Canada Health Act it can > just take the province to court, so at least a suggestion that the > matter is justiciable." > Provincial regulation at issue > > Surgical abortion services are now offered at three hospitals, two in > Moncton and one in Bathurst. > > At issue is Regulation 84-20, which governs New Brunswick Medicare > funding. A line in the regulation says surgical abortions done outside > a hospital cannot be covered by Medicare. > Key questions answered about Clinic 554, abortion access in N.B. > 8 months ago > 2:48 > Clinic 554 and the access it provides to abortion have been a > provocative issue in the Sept. 14 election. Key questions are answered > here. 2:48 > > Reproductive rights activists have been lobbying the government to > remove that line and extend funding to abortion clinics, with a focus > on the province's only clinic that provided abortions — Clinic 554 in > Fredericton. > > The doctor heading that clinic said he had to shut down because of the > lack of funding, putting hundreds of patients back on the > primary-care-provider waiting list. > Public interest standing > > Bernstein said there is public interest at stake, partly because > people who are affected by inadequate abortion access are not always > able to bring the issue to court themselves. He said socioeconomic > reasons, social stigma and the sensitive timelines around abortions > and pregnancy are all reasons that may stop someone from taking the > matter to court. > > "If [abortion] is not accessible because of unconstitutional > regulation, our position is that that's public interest," he told the > court. > > "We have this real, legitimate and enduring problem of finding > plaintiffs who want to put themselves out there." > > On behalf of the attorney general, lawyer Isabel Lavoie Daigle said > health-care funding is a governmental matter, and the courts should > not be involved in whether the province is violating federal > legislation. > > "The Canada Health Act is a federal funding statute," she said. "We > can't turn to the court to provide a remedy." > > New Brunswick being sued over abortion access > > Clinic 554 and abortion access: 5 key questions answered > > DeWare asked if a citizen or an organization has an issue with > constitutionality of health regulation, how else can they get a remedy > other than through the court? > > "If not here, then how?" she asked. > > "I can't answer that questions, it's definitely a difficult question," > Daigle said. "But you have to think about if this is a reasonable > place for the courts, and it's not." > > DeWare said whether the case will go forward is not a decision to be > made "off the cuff," and she will make a decision before end of June > if possible. > > "I will treat it as a priority," she said. > ABOUT THE AUTHOR > Hadeel Ibrahim > > Hadeel Ibrahim is a CBC reporter based in Saint John. She can be > reached at hadeel.ibrahim@cbc.ca > > CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices > > > https://ccla.org/clinic554/ > > Reproductive justice > The issue > > A draconian New Brunswick regulation excludes abortions from coverage > unless done in approved hospitals, even though this is not medically > necessary or justified. Most other medical services are provided in > hospitals, clinics, or doctors’ offices. The New Brunswick law has > created a serious issue for new Brunswick women, girls and trans folks > who need access to abortion. > > At the time of writing, there are only three approved hospitals in the > entire province that perform surgical abortions – one in the small > city of Bathurst, NB, that only accepts patients from the Bathurst > area, and two in Moncton, a city of 70,000 people. “With those three > hospitals in two cities, 90% of New Brunswickers do not have adequate > access to abortion services in their community”, explains Noa > Mendelsohn Aviv, CCLA’s Equality Director. > > The hospitals also limit when they will provide abortions. Coupled > with wait times, quotas, and travel requirements, this raises very > grave access issues for women, girls and trans individuals across the > province – in particular those who may be marginalized, dealing with > poverty, or domestic violence. Their rights to liberty, security, > privacy and equality deserve to be protected. > > The New Brunswick regulation that restricts access to abortion > violates the Canada Health Act and infringes fundamental rights under > the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. > > CCLA has been a leader in protecting fundamental freedoms, in fighting > for women’s right to choose, and in defending the rights of > marginalized individuals and groups. CCLA has been actively advocating > for reproductive justice for decades, including an intervention > alongside Dr. Henry Morgentaler in 1975 – over a decade before the > eventual landmark pro-choice decision of the Supreme Court in 1988. > > CCLA is grateful for the support and pro bono contribution of our > excellent legal team and their firm: Andrew Bernstein, Gillian Dingle > and Emily Sherkey (Torys LLP). CCLA is also grateful to our > outstanding advisor Prof. Kerri Froc (UNB Law). > > > > Isabel Lavoie Daigle > Called to the bar: 2004 (NB) > Attorney General (NB), Office of the > Lawyer, Constitutional Unit > Legal Services Branch > PO Box 6000, Stn. A > Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5H1 > Phone: 506-453-2222 Ext: > Fax: 506-453-3275 > Email: isabel.lavoiedaigle@gnb.ca > > Andrew E. Bernstein > Called to the bar: 1999 (ON) > Partner Torys LLP > Ste. 3000, 79 Wellington St. W., TD Centre > P.O. Box 270, Stn. Toronto > Toronto, Ontario M5K 1N2 > Phone: 416-865-7678 > Fax: 416-865-7380 > Email: abernstein@torys.com > > Andrew Bernstein's practice focuses on business law disputes, > including intellectual property, commercial and public law matters. A > significant portion of his practice involves patents, copyright, > trademarks, trade secrets and domain names disputes arising in the > life sciences, information technology, media and other industries. > Andrew has substantial expertise in pharmaceutical patents cases. He > also has expertise in advertising and regulatory law, both inside and > outside the pharmaceutical industry. > > Andrew maintains an active commercial litigation practice, including > considerable experience in class actions, licensing, contract and tort > actions. He also has substantial expertise in public law, having acted > for both public and private sector clients in administrative hearings, > judicial reviews and Charter matters. Andrew also frequently advises > and defends traditional and new media clients on defamation and free > expression issues. > > Andrew is also an experienced appellate lawyer, and has appeared > numerous times in Divisional Court, the Ontario and Federal Courts of > Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada. > > Gillian B. Dingle > Called to the bar: 2005 (ON) > Partner Torys LLP > Phone: 416-865-8229 > Fax: 416-865-7380 > Email: gdingle@torys.com > > Gillian is the practice group leader for Torys’ litigation department. > Her practice focuses on civil litigation in the areas of corporate and > securities law. She is also a co-head of the firm’s securities defence > practice. Gillian acts for capital market participants in defending > civil claims and regulatory investigations before the Investment > Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada and the Ontario Securities > Commission. She also advises on internal investigations into > regulatory matters. > > Emily Sherkey > Called to the bar: 2015 (ON) > Torys LLP Associate > Phone: 416-865-8165 > Email: esherkey@torys.com > > Emily’s practice focuses on litigation and dispute resolution in a > variety of areas, with a particular focus on investor-state > arbitration, international commercial arbitration, > corporate/commercial litigation and intellectual property. > > Emily has appeared as counsel at all levels of court in Ontario, and > at the Federal Court. Emily has also appeared in and has expertise in > commercial and investment arbitrations with the International Centre > for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the United Nations > Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the International > Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the London Court of International > Arbitration (LCIA). > > Emily is on the Board of Directors of the Young Canadian Arbitration > Practitioners (YCAP). > > > Kerri Froc > Associate Professor PhD > Faculty of Law, > Room 204A > Fredericton > 1 506 453 4726 > kerri.froc@unb.ca > > > ---------- Original message ---------- > From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 13:36:58 -0400 > Subject: Hey Higgy Methinks Dorothy Shephard must admit that > Dependable Public Health Care begins with a Medicare Card instead of > having her nasty minions inviting me to sue her in order to get one > Correct? > To: krpfadmin@nbpolice.ca, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, > "hugh.flemming" <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, david.coon@gnb.ca, "Robert. > Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, "Ross.Wetmore" <Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca>, > "kris.austin" <kris.austin@gnb.ca>, "robert.gauvin" > < robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>, "Roger.L.Melanson" <roger.l.melanson@gnb.ca>, > "rob.moore" <rob.moore@parl.gc.ca>, John.williamson@parl.gc.ca, > "Roger.Brown" <Roger.Brown@fredericton.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki" > < Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "barbara.massey" > < barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca > Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, healthplansante@gnb.ca, > "Dorothy.Shephard" <Dorothy.Shephard@gnb.ca>, "Norman.Bosse" > < Norman.Bosse@gnb.ca>, "charles.murray" <charles.murray@gnb.ca> > > https://www2.gnb.ca/content/ > > > Striving for Dependable Public Health Care 2021 > consulthc_600x180 > > Want to share your thoughts about the future of health care? Write to: > healthplansante@gnb.ca > > Government will work with New Brunswickers to build a five-year > provincial health plan that supports a health-care system that is > responsive to the needs of patients, providers, and communities now > and into the future. > > Every New Brunswicker has the right to expect that their provincial > health-care system will provide consistent and timely access to > quality heath services. Even more importantly, they should be able to > have faith that those services can be sustained well into the future. > - Minister Shephard > > New Brunswickers are invited to participate in a virtual engagement > process on the future of health care in New Brunswick which will > inform the creation of the provincial health plan. > > All sessions will be held online using Zoom. The engagement tour > schedule will be released in the coming weeks. > > > https://www.cbc.ca/news/ > > > All options on table as province looks to future of health care > > > Privatization, user fees, increased access to abortion - Minister > calls it a look at the whole picture > > CBC News · Posted: Jan 27, 2021 12:06 PM AT > > The Health Department released a policy paper Tuesday about the state > of the province’s health-care system, titled “Striving for Dependable > Public Health Care.” (Shutterstock / KieferPix) > > The province is set to undertake a major consultation process on the > future of health care and it says everything is on the table. > > The Department of Health kick–started the consultations Tuesday by > releasing a policy paper about the state of the province's health–care > system titled "Striving for Dependable Public Health Care." > > The province will hold virtual town halls in about a dozen > communities, including the six where the province had announced > reductions in ER hours that they later walked back, and said "anyone > interested in attending a virtual session will be able to register to > attend." > > In an interview with Information Morning Fredericton, Health Minister > Dorothy Shephard said she's looking forward to hearing from New > Brunswickers about what they want from their health–care system. > > CUPE calls for immediate action to improve working conditions for LPNs > > New Brunswick being sued over abortion access > > She promised all topics and potential reforms will be on the table if > the public demands it, including more private services, user fees and > increased access to abortion. > > "We have to look at the whole picture," said Shephard. > > "I'm not predetermining anything." > Family doctors > > Shephard said she expects to hear a lot from New Brunswickers about > primary care, including family doctors. > > "Ninety-five per cent of New Brunswickers have a family physician, but > only 55 per cent of them can see one within five days," said Shephard. > > "We need to try with our medical society and our family physicians to > find out how we can make sure that care is delivered more > comprehensively and in a very timely fashion to keep people out of ERs > and to keep people out of hospital." > > Information Morning - Fredericton12:36Health plan > New Brunswick's Health Minister Dorothy Shephard wants public input on > the state of health care in the province. 12:36 > > The New Brunswick Medical Society said 2018 polling indicated 44,000 > New Brunswickers did not have access to a primary care doctor. > > Shephard said she understands the need to hire more nurses and > doctors, but said every other jurisdiction is in the same position. > > While she wants to make New Brunswick a more attractive place for > medical professionals, changing how services are delivered may be > necessary. > > She said the aging population makes these consultations all the more > important. > > "Twenty-six per cent of our population is going to be over the age of > 65 in five years," said Shephard. > > "The response needs to be to what their needs are at that point and so > it needs to be evolving. I don't know that there are going to be that > many more doctors available. So how do we utilize our medical > professionals in the best way? What services can we shift with other > medical professionals? Those are the challenges and the discussions we > have to have at a community level and I think they're very ready for > that conversation." > Consultations during COVID > > The push to evaluate the province's health–care system comes as > COVID-19 restrictions remain, with one zone in lockdown and another in > the red phase of recovery. > > But Shephard said the review has already been delayed several times > and can't be put off forever. > > "The challenges are there, they're going to remain there and our > province has been without a real five year health–care plan for a year > now," said Shephard. > In an interview with Information Morning Fredericton, Health Minister > Dorothy Shephard said she’s looking forward to hearing from New > Brunswickers about what they want from their health-care system. (Ed > Hunter/CBC) > > "We need to be able to deliver a five year plan to the [Regional > Health Authorities] that we can be accountable to and that they can be > accountable to." > > Shephard said the province is engaging with 26 different stakeholder > groups, including First Nations, as well as other government > departments. > > Shephard said the province must abide by the Canada Health Act, and > she believes health care must remain public and available to all, but > she did leave the door open to more privatization. > > "I don't know how the next several years is going to evolve … with the > way that maybe a private sector comes into this," said Shephard. > > "We already use pharmacists, they're private. We already use some, you > know, some other medical professionals who come into this." > > People looking to give feedback on the department's discussion paper > can email them to healthplansante@gnb.ca. > > With files from Information Morning Fredericton > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:49:17 -0300 > Subject: YO NORMAN J. BOSSÉ Q.C. Re my right to Health Care Methinks > you should have been decent enough to return my calls or answer my > emails instead of having your minion piss me off N'esy Pas? > To: Norman.Bosse@gnb.ca, Charles.Murray@gnb.ca, "hugh.flemming" > < hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, "Ginette.PetitpasTaylor" > < Ginette.PetitpasTaylor@parl. > "Frank.McKenna" <Frank.McKenna@td.com>, "blaine.higgs" > < blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "Dominic.Cardy" <Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, > David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca, "andrea.anderson-mason" > < andrea.anderson-mason@gnb.ca> > < Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca > Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, > kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Jolene.harvey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, > Sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, "hon.ralph.goodale" > < hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca> > > On 9/10/19, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. >> NORMAN J. BOSSÉ Q.C. >> Phone : (506) 453-2789 >> Fax : (506) 453-5599 >> Email : Norman.Bosse@gnb.ca >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Barbara Massey <Barbara.Massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >> Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:38:14 -0400 >> Subject: Re: Yo Mr Butts Are your ears burning? If not then you are >> not reading the spin and the comments within CBC N'esy Pas? (Out of >> Office ) >> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. >> >> I will be away on duty until Sept. 13, 2019. In my absence, you may >> contact: >> Jolene Harvey (Acting Sr. Gen. Counsel) 613 843 4892; >> Jolene.harvey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca or my Exec. Asst. – Sandra Lofaro 613 843 >> 3540; Sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca. >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Je serai absente en mission jusqu'au 13 sept., 2019. Pendant mon >> absence, vous pouvez communiquer avec Jolene Harvey (Avocate gén. >> princ.) au 613 843 4892; Jolene.harvey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ou avec mon adj. >> exéc. - Sandra Lofaro 613 843 3540; Sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca. >> >> >> >> ---------- Original message ---------- >> From: Kevin Leahy <kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca> >> 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 <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >> >> French will follow >> >> Thank you for your email. >> >> For inquiries regarding EMRO’s Office, please address your email to >> acting EMRO Sebastien Brillon at sebastien.brillon@rcmp-grc.gc. >> >> For inquiries regarding CO NHQ Office, please address your email to >> acting CO Farquharson, David at David.Farquharson@rcmp-grc.gc. >> >> All PPS related correspondence should be sent to my PPS account at >> kevin.leahy@pps-spp@parl.gc.ca >> ------------------------------ >> Merci pour votre courriel. >> >> Pour toute question concernant le Bureau de l'EMRO, veuillez adresser >> vos courriels à l’Officier responsable des Relations >> employeur-employés par intérim Sébastien Brillon à l'adresse suivante >> sebastien.brillon@rcmp-grc.gc. >> >> Pour toute question concernant le bureau du Commandant de la >> Direction générale, veuillez adresser vos courriels au Commandant de >> la Direction générale par intérim Farquharson, David à l'adresse >> suivante David.Farquharson@rcmp-grc.gc. >> >> Toute correspondance relative au Service De Protection Parlementaire >> doit être envoyée à mon compte de PPS à l'adresse suivante >> kevin.leahy@pps-spp@parl.gc.ca >> >> >> Kevin Leahy >> Chief Superintendent/Surintendant principal >> Director, Parliamentary Protective Service >> Directeur , Service de protection parlementaire >> T 613-996-5048 >> Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >> >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments are >> confidential and may contain protected information. It is intended >> only for the individual or entity named in the message. If you are not >> the intended recipient, or the agent responsible to deliver the >> message that this email contains to the intended recipient, you should >> not disseminate, distribute or copy this email, nor disclose or use in >> any manner the information that it contains. Please notify the sender >> immediately if you have received this email by mistake and delete it. >> AVIS DE CONFIDENTIALITÉ: Le présent courriel et tout fichier qui y est >> joint sont confidentiels et peuvent contenir des renseignements >> protégés. Il est strictement réservé à l’usage du destinataire prévu. >> Si vous n’êtes pas le destinataire prévu, ou le mandataire chargé de >> lui transmettre le message que ce courriel contient, vous ne devez ni >> le diffuser, le distribuer ou le copier, ni divulguer ou utiliser à >> quelque fin que ce soit les renseignements qu’il contient. Veuillez >> aviser immédiatement l’expéditeur si vous avez reçu ce courriel par >> erreur et supprimez-le. >> >> >> >> >> ---------- Original message ---------- >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >> Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 11:55:57 -0400 >> Subject: Re the CBA, the RCMP, Federal Court File # T-1557-15 and the >> Hearing before the Federal Court of Appeal on May 24th 2017 >> To: ray.adlington@mcinnescooper. >> "bob.paulson" <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "hon.ralph.goodale" >> < hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, "Jody.Wilson-Raybould" >> < Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc. >> < bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, "jan.jensen" <jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca> >> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> >> < Mordaith@gmail.com>, "leanne.murray" >> < leanne.murray@mcinnescooper. >> "Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "nick.moore" >> < nick.moore@bellmedia.ca>, "jeremy.keefe" >> < jeremy.keefe@globalnews.ca>, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, >> "Gilles.Blinn" <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau" >> < Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>, sallybrooks25 <sallybrooks25@yahoo.ca>, >> oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, jbosnitch >> < jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "serge.rousselle" <serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, >> premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "brian.gallant" <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, >> "Larry.Tremblay" <Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >> < luc.labonte@gnb.ca> >> >> As I told the RCMP who called me last month the proper time and place >> to discuss the CBA and your former partner Judge Richard Bell is the >> Federal Court of Canada >> >> Raymond G. Adlington Partner >> McInnes Cooper >> 1300-1969 Upper Water St., Purdy's Wharf Tower II PO Box 730, Stn. >> Central >> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2V1 >> Phone: (902) 444-8470 >> Fax: (902) 425-6350 >> E: ray.adlington@mcinnescooper. >> >> http://www.mcinnescooper.com/ >> >> Ray Adlington named to CBA Board of Directors >> >> May 2, 2017 >> >> Halifax partner Ray Adlington was recently named to the CBA Board of >> Directors. >> >> In their announcement yesterday the CBA advised that the board would >> come into effect September 1st, 2017. >> >> After collecting extensive input over the past two years, we know >> that CBA members believe it’s important for the organization to have a >> Board of Directors that reflects the diversity of the legal >> profession, including a mix of practice types, experience, skills, >> geography and more. >> Our new Board of Directors exemplifies this principle. >> >> The board is composed from one member from each province as well as >> the CBA President. >> >> Congratulations Ray on this well deserved appointment. >> >> >> >> >> >>> ---------- 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 Prime 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 >>> Frank.McKenna@td.com, barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, >>> Douglas.Johnson@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. >>> wharrison@nbpower.com, David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca, >>> Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc. >>> >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: "Murray, Charles (Ombud)" <Charles.Murray@gnb.ca> >>>> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:16:15 +0000 >>>> Subject: You wished to speak with me >>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >>>> >>>> I have the advantage, sir, of having read many of your emails over the >>>> years. >>>> >>>> >>>> As such, I do not think a phone conversation between us, and >>>> specifically one which you might mistakenly assume was in response to >>>> your threat of legal action against me, is likely to prove a >>>> productive use of either of our time. >>>> >>>> >>>> If there is some specific matter about which you wish to communicate >>>> with me, feel free to email me with the full details and it will be >>>> given due consideration. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> >>>> >>>> Charles Murray >>>> >>>> Ombud NB >>>> >>>> Acting Integrity Commissioner >>>> >>>> >>>>> 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. >>>>>> ilian.html >>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 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? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 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/ >>>>>>> 6 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.archive.org/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://archive.org/details/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 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: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 10:55:28 -0400 > Subject: Jamie Irving's lawyer Cathy Lahey QC cannot deny that I am a > man of my word and gave her a call Then gave up on her integrity the > instant she played dumb N'esy Pas Madame Lahey? > To: clahey@stewartmckelvey.com, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre > < andre@jafaust.com>, jbosnitch <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "Arseneau, Kevin > (LEG)" <Kevin.A.Arseneau@gnb.ca>, erin.crandall@acadiau.ca, > lorihausegger@boisestate.edu, sfine <sfine@globeandmail.com>, Newsroom > < Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, "Robert. Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, > "David.Lametti" <David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, > "jan.jensen" <jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>, "Norman.Sabourin" > < Norman.Sabourin@cjc-ccm.gc.ca > < marc.giroux@fja-cmf.gc.ca> > Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > < dominic.leblanc.c1@parl.gc.ca > < dominic.leblanc@nb.aibn.com>, "dominic.leblanc" > < dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca>, dleblanc <dleblanc@globeandmail.com>, > "Jody.Wilson-Raybould" <Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc. > "Jane.Philpott" <Jane.Philpott@parl.gc.ca>, "Erin.Weir" > < Erin.Weir@parl.gc.ca>, "tony.clement" <tony.clement@parl.gc.ca>, > "Hunter.Tootoo" <Hunter.Tootoo@parl.gc.ca>, "andrew.scheer" > < andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>, "maxime.bernier" > < maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>, "Mark.Blakely" > < Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "martin.gaudet" > < martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca> > > https://stewartmckelvey.com/ > > Cathy Lahey, QC > Suite 1000, Brunswick House > 44 Chipman Hill > Saint John, N.B. > E2L 2A9 > clahey@stewartmckelvey.com, > +1.506.632.8307 > > https://www.cbc.ca/news/ > > Jamie Irving's appearance at trial postponed for medical reasons > > Brunswick News VP was supposed to testify Thursday in wrongful > dismissal suit of former managing editor > CBC News · Posted: Jul 04, 2019 1:44 PM AT > > David R. Amos > > HMMM > > "Speaking via teleconference, Catherine Lahey, Irving's lawyer, said > her client's preference was to get the matter resolved before the end > of those four weeks." > > Methinks I should give the lady a call as well N'esy Pas? > > June 29, 2017 > > We are pleased to announce that Cathy Lahey, QC, partner in our Saint > John office, has been appointed to the Department of Justice’s > Judicial Advisory Committee (“JAC”) in New Brunswick for a two-year > term. > > This comes as part of an announcement from The Honourable Jody > Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, > who appointed members in five provincial jurisdictions, adding to the > existing complement of JACs. > > JACs are independent bodies which were formed as part of a new > process, announced in October 2016, to assess federal judicial > applicants and provide the Minister of Justice with lists of > high-calibre candidates who represent the diversity of Canada. > > Cathy joins Twila Reid, partner in our St. John’s office, who was > appointed to the JAC in Newfoundland and Labrador earlier this year > > > > On 7/3/19, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote: >> Methinks it was an interesting Yap Session you had with the arsehole >> you can't name correctly who is the former SANB President. BTW that >> arsehole is the dude who was barred from the Legilature for speaking >> from the gallery not me. It High Tme that you et your bullshit stories >> straight EH Chucky Baby? >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch? >> >> >> Political cartoonist Michael de Adder firing is debated!!!! >> 63 views >> Charles Leblanc >> Published on Jul 2, 2019 >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch? >> >> David Amos Federal Court Date is today at 2:00pm at the Federal >> Building!!! >> 469 views >> Charles Leblanc >> Published on May 24, 2017 >> >> >> Obviously you talked to Judge Richard Bell not long after you came to >> the circus in Federal Court N'esy Pas? >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch? >> >> Federal Judge Richard Bell is confronted by the Pain in the Ass >> Blogger!!!! >> 157 views >> Charles Leblanc >> Published on May 31, 2017 >> >> >>>> This is the docket in Federal Court >>>> >>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj. >>>> >>>> These are digital recordings of the last three hearings >>>> >>>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/ >>>> >>>> January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/ >>>> >>>> April 3rd, 2017 >>>> >>>> https://archive.org/details/ >>>> >>>> >>>> This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal >>>> >>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj. >>>> >>>> >>>> The only hearing thus far >>>> >>>> May 24th, 2017 >>>> >>>> https://archive.org/details/ >>>> >>>> >>>> This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity >>>> >>>> Date: 20151223 >>>> >>>> Docket: T-1557-15 >>>> >>>> Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015 >>>> >>>> PRESENT: The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell >>>> >>>> BETWEEN: >>>> >>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS >>>> >>>> Plaintiff >>>> >>>> and >>>> >>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN >>>> >>>> Defendant >>>> >>>> ORDER >>>> >>>> (Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on >>>> December 14, 2015) >>>> >>>> The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant to >>>> the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on November >>>> 12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of Claim >>>> in its entirety. >>>> >>>> At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my attention a >>>> letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then >>>> capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian >>>> Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen Quigg, >>>> (now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal). In that letter >>>> he stated: >>>> >>>> As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check the >>>> work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including you. >>>> You are your brother’s keeper. >>>> >>>> Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former >>>> colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition to >>>> expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a number of >>>> people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be witnesses >>>> or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known to >>>> me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime >>>> Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former >>>> Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court of >>>> Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore; >>>> former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; former >>>> Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former Staff >>>> Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick Court >>>> of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, retired >>>> Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted >>>> Police. >>>> >>>> In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my >>>> personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many >>>> potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I am >>>> of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias should I >>>> hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in >>>> Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et al, >>>> [1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding >>>> allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party has >>>> requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so. >>>> >>>> >>>> AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the Administrator of >>>> the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion. There >>>> is no order as to costs. >>>> >>>> “B. Richard Bell” >>>> Judge >>>> >>>> >>>> Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one comment >>>> already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had sent >>>> to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006. >>>> >>>> I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the the Court >>>> Martial Appeal Court of Canada Perhaps you should scroll to the >>>> bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83 of my >>>> lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada? >>>> >>>> "FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the >>>> most >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------- Original message ---------- >>>> From: justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca >>>> Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:18 PM >>>> Subject: Réponse automatique : RE My complaint against the CROWN in >>>> Federal Court Attn David Hansen and Peter MacKay If you planning to >>>> submit a motion for a publication ban on my complaint trust that you >>>> dudes are way past too late >>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com >>>> >>>> Veuillez noter que j'ai changé de courriel. Vous pouvez me rejoindre à >>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com >>>> >>>> Pour rejoindre le bureau de M. Trudeau veuillez envoyer un courriel à >>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca >>>> >>>> Please note that I changed email address, you can reach me at >>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com >>>> >>>> To reach the office of Mr. Trudeau please send an email to >>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> >>>> Merci , >> >> >> >> https://davidraymondamos3. >> >> >> Tuesday, 2 July 2019 >> >> Dominic LeBlanc's family, friends, neighbour win 5 of 6 recent >> judicial appointments >> >> https://twitter.com/ >> >> David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos >> Replying to @DavidRayAmos @alllibertynews and 49 others >> Methinks we have nobody to blame but ourselves because we keep >> reelecting the same crooks N'esy Pas? >> >> https://davidraymondamos3. >> >> >> #cdnpoli #nbpoli >> >> https://www.cbc.ca/news/ >> >> >> Dominic LeBlanc's family, friends, neighbour win 5 of 6 recent >> judicial appointments >> >> >> 2220 Comments >> Commenting is now closed for this story. >> >> >> >> Mo Bennett >> what else wood you expect from a politician? >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @mo bennett: YO MO Check the most liked comments and enjoy >> >> >> >> >> >> Mack Leigh >> Equal opportunity here in NB ?? Nope, not by a long shot...nepotism >> and patronage reign supreme !!! No wonder NB is in the toilet !!! >> >> Greg Miller >> Reply to @Mack Leigh: And it's been a long time since it was FLUSHED! >> >> David R. Amos >> Content disabled >> Reply to @Mack Leigh: Methinks we have nobody to blame but ourselves >> because we keep reelecting the same crooks N'esy Pas? >> >> David R. Amos >> Content disabled >> Reply to @Mack Leigh: "Content disabled" >> >> Oh My My >> >> Mike Banton >> Reply to @Mack Leigh: The NERVE of Liberals to act Like Conservatives, >> I tell ya! >> >> https://www.cbc.ca/news/ >> >> >> David R. Amos >> Content disabled >> Reply to @Mike Banton: Methinks the Conservatives certainly did have a >> lot of nerve N'esy Pas? >> >> BTW Notice No Comments? >> >> Stephen Harper’s courts: How the judiciary has been remade >> Sean Fine Justice Writer >> Published July 24, 2015 >> >> https://www.theglobeandmail. >> >> Dave Davidson >> Reply to @david mccaig: >> >> And the elusive “whataboutist” rears it’s head. >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Dave Davidson : Whatabout Why I can't reply to anyon in this >> thread? >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Mack Leigh: Methinks the lady professors must have read my >> emails by now N'esy Pas? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> William Bruce >> This, ladies and gentlemen, is how the LPC rolls. >> No wonder 70-plus percent of Canadians don't trust them. >> >> Richard Sharp >> Reply to @William Bruce: >> >> Actually the latest Nanos poll, still unannounced, confirms what Nanos >> reported last week with the Libs pulling even with the Cons. This >> week, the Libs have pulled ahead 35 to 32 (per cent) >> >> http://blog.338canada.com/ >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Richard Sharp: Methinks you love pounding on that dumb drum >> to the same old tune N'esy Pas? >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @William Bruce: Methinks you forgot the Conservatives roll in >> exactly the same fashion N'esy Pas? >> >> https://www.cbc.ca/news/ >> >> Harper organizer appointed to bench >> CBC News · Posted: Jun 27, 2006 3:05 PM AT >> >> "New Brunswick lawyer Richard Bellhas been appointed to sit as a judge >> in the Court of Queen's Bench in Moncton, in Prime Minister Stephen >> Harper's first round of judicial appointments. >> >> Bell,a lawyer in Fredericton, is a former New Brunswick co-chair of >> Harper's political campaigns. >> >> The federal Tories announced the appointment in Ottawa on Tuesday. >> >> Bell has been a lawyer for26 years and is bilingual.He alsohas an >> interesting political history. >> >> A formerfederal Liberal,in 1997 he lost a controversial nomination >> race in the riding of Tobique-Mactaquac. >> >> He switched to the Canadian Alliance, which later merged to become the >> Conservative Party of Canada. >> >> Bell co-chaired Harper's campaign for the leadership of the new party in >> 2004. >> >> He also co-chaired the party's election campaigns in New Brunswick in >> 2004 and 2006." >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> James Risdon >> Ten years or so ago, I was out of work. The most common bit of advice >> I got was to go see my local politician. Everyone in northern New >> Brunswick knows that the way to get a job here is to cozy up to the >> politicians because nepotism is the main way to get a good-paying job. >> >> I didn't go that route. I went back to school and got another college >> diploma and set up my own business. >> >> During that time, one of my old resumes landed me a job in government >> by a manager who was hiring three people. In the interview, that >> manager admitted to me that two of those three people had gotten their >> jobs through connections and had circumvented the normal hiring >> process. I was the only person to be offered the job based on merit. >> The department was rife with nepotism. I took a pass and completed my >> education instead. >> >> I've lived all over Canada and I have never seen the level of nepotism >> anywhere else that exists in New Brunswick. >> >> So, no, I'm not at all surprised by this news story. It's not the >> exception. It's the unwritten rule. >> >> Mark Hammer >> Reply to @James Risdon: We lived in New Brunswick for 3 years, during >> which time I had the pleasure of regularly lunching with >> (Conservative, now retired) Speaker of the Senate Noel Kinsella, and >> the other faculty members of the university I was teaching at, and >> overhearing all the chit-chat. It seemed everybody in that province >> knew, or was related to, everyone else. >> >> Several coworkers in the federal government thought they might study >> the risk of nepotism in public service hiring, and made the mistake of >> selecting Trois-Rivieres as their sample, learning in the process that >> a substantial share of federal employees across all departments there >> shared the same family name. >> >> An American colleague conducted a number of focus groups on nepotism >> in U.S. federal hiring. Much to his surprise, he found that while his >> respondents were annoyed at HOW people came into the organization, >> after working with them for a while, begrudgingly acknowledged that >> those individuals were valuable additions. >> >> So, while one should always strive to reduce it, sometimes you can't >> avoid nepotism, sometimes you can't tell if it IS nepotism, and >> sometimes nepotism, as unsavoury as it is, is not contrary to merit. >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Mark Hammer: Methinks you likely heard Noel Kinsella curse >> my name a few times N'esy Pas? >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @James Risdon: Methinks you know as well as I that nepotism >> is everywhere and it is not illegal and even if it were the Attorney >> General's would never prosecute themselves or be found guilty by the >> judges they appointed Furthermore what lawyer would dare to argue them >> N'esy Pas? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Mack Leigh >> And do we honestly believe that decisions made by these individuals >> would be based on the " facts " and not the Liberal Parties " Agenda " >> ?? Come on folks, open your eyes !! >> >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Mack Leigh: "Come on folks, open your eyes !!" >> >> Why bother if you can't read the replies to your comments? >> >> >> David Mccaig >> Reply to @Mack Leigh: >> COME ON FOLKS open your eyes, as if anything would be different or has >> been different under these cons in power. >> >> James Risdon >> Reply to @david mccaig: And there you have it. That's exactly the kind >> of reasoning that leads to this nepotism. >> >> Those who support nepotism tend to see it as a way of building loyal >> teams of people who share the same vision and who can therefore work >> together effectively by reducing conflict. >> >> The sad thing is that this is actually true ... to a point. >> >> Without the natural diversity of viewpoints that tends to arise when >> people are hired on the basis of merit, teams based on nepotism become >> echo chambers for those in power. These teams are so limited in their >> worldview that they create their own troubles by refusing to consider >> other points of view which may greatly benefit them and help them >> achieve their objectives. The result of such teams is often a >> grandiose plan with fatal flaws that others outside the group would >> have immediately spotted. >> >> It's tough but the left needs to learn to listen to the right and the >> right needs to do the same with the left. True diversity is not about >> skin colour and gender. It is about considering and respecting other >> viewpoints. >> >> >> David Mccaig >> Reply to @James Risdon: >> "AS IF the government in power are to appoint people to positions of >> influence that are trying to undermine their positions of power." >> THAT'S THE REALITY OF POLITICS , always has been always will be. Get over >> it. >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @James Risdon: I agree Methinks amazing things never cease N'esy >> Pas? >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @david mccaig: "Get over it." >> >> Nay not I >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @James Risdon: Yea Right Did you listen to my point of view >> during the last provincial election that we both ran in? You know as >> well as I that your Politcal Party leader has watched me argue Liberal >> and Conservative appointed judges in Federal Court He has enjoyed >> watching me argue the liberal appointed cronies during 3 EUB Hearings >> thus far. One of the EUB Commissioners i none other than John Herron >> the turncoat dude I ran against in 2004 Methinks every lawyer and >> politician in New Brunswick knows that N'esy Pas? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> David R. Amos >> Surprise Surprise Surprise >> >> Mark (Junkman) George >> Reply to @David R. Amos: >> >> Not really. >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Mark (Junkman) George: Methinks you may know that if you go >> to my blog you can read the Globe and Mail article from 2015 N'esy >> Pas? >> >> Donald Smith >> Why am I not surprised to see this. But honestly, is it really any >> different with any other political party ? >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Donald Smith: Check Harper's work >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> William Bruce >> I need to have a shower after reading this article.... >> >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @William Bruce: Me Too >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Jack R. Kimball: >> Liberals - Nepotism >> >> David R. Amos Reply to @Jack R. Kimball: Methinks Nepotism.is a common >> term justifiably applied to all political parties N'esy Pas? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> April Wong >> This surprised you? Welcome to Canada. Your democratic government hard >> at work for its donors! >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @April Wong: Methinks many a true word is said in jest N'esy >> Pas? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> David Kirby >> This is the Liberals it is there way of being >> >> David Magner (YYC) >> Reply to @david kirby: >> >> ... same goes for the Cons. Time to try a third party federally. >> >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @David Magner (YYC): Methinks its high time to rid ourselves >> of all political parties N'esy Pas? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Capilano P. Dunbar >> This certainly validates JWR and her contention of undue interference. >> It’s shocking and shows far from running a government that is more >> open transparent and less partisan Justin Trudeau is a hyper-partisan >> individual who places the Liberal party as his highest priority and >> greatest loyalty! >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Capilano P. Dunbar: Methinks everybody knows that lawyer >> played the wicked game just like all the rest N'esy Pas? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Murray Brown >> This story that displays obvious back room politics as normal, will >> never make it to the national portion of this website and frankly.... >> I'm surprised it's appeared regionally. But thank you Robert Jones for >> actually doing some 'investigative' journalism. Mentioning Judy will >> send this regional story to the dustbin of the CBC vault, but your >> efforts are appreciated. >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Murray Brown: Too Too Funny >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Murray Brown: You are correct this is just merely decent local >> gossip >> >> Methinks many political pundits understand i I giggle to myself every >> time I crossed paths with Mr Jones Ihave been leading him and hi >> cohort down the garden path of good and Evil since 2002 while they >> continue to ignore me N'esy Pas? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Mack Leigh >> What a corrupt province we live in !! NB where it is not what you know >> , but who you - - - - !!!! >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Mack Leigh: Methinks its the same all over the world N'esy Pas? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> David Peters >> "...only one of the five justices who responded to attempts to contact >> them about the string of appointments and their connection to Dominic >> LeBlanc. Through a court clerk she declined to comment." >> >> Blatant corruption, imo. >> >> Elections and short term limits for Judges, Police Chiefs, Crown >> Prosecutors and City Managers would end this fiasco. >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @David Peters: Nope >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Lenny Griever >> You politicians are a lovely lot! >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Lenny Griever: YUP >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Robert Brannen >> "Since 2017, there have been 10 federal judicial appointments or >> elevations in New Brunswick. In addition to the five most recent >> connected to Dominic LeBlanc, at least three other appointees were >> past political donors to the Liberal Party." -- CBC story. >> ______________________________ >> >> A moot point, as any lawyer hoping to be raised to the judiciary will >> be donating to any party with the chance of holding power; as is the >> case of most businesses hoping to curry favour from government. >> >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Robert Brannen: Methinks folks should review the Globe and >> Mail article in 2015 about how Harper appointed a legion of >> politically vetted judges. Methinks wo Judges who are bigtime Harper >> pals I encountered in Federal Court immediately after the election of >> the 42nd Parliament will never forget me. One was the former RCMP >> lawyer Richard Bell who was Harper's campaign manager in NB for the >> elections of the 38th and 39th Parliament and Richard Southcott Irving >> Ship Building's former General Counsel and they were much in the news >> until the liberals paid off Admiral Norman N'esy Pas? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Josephgallant >> Oh No! say it isn't so, not in newbrunsick, but then again,they are >> not all from moncton >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @josephgallant: Methinks our circus is a traveling roadshow >> N'esy >> Pas? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Larry LeBlanc >> Ok folks...move along, just a fender bender, nothing to see here. >> Careful not to slip, the road is a bit greasy from the oil spill. >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Larry LeBlanc: Methinks you jest just enough about your >> distant cousin N'esy Pas? >> >> Larry LeBlanc >> Reply to @David R. Amos: Sarcasm eludes you David...Loch N'esy Pas >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Larry LeBlanc: Methinks I struck a nerve N'esy Pas? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Greg Williams >> I remember reading a "similar" type article a few years back >> commenting on how many of Peter McKay's friends ended up Boarding the >> Judicial Patronage Train! >> >> Donald Craig >> Reply to @Greg Williams: and it turned out that MacKay didnt appoint >> any of them. it was just NDP spin. >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @donald craig: Hmmm >> >> https://www.cbc.ca/news/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Richard Sharp >> The Cons' war room must be going snake. Nanos last week and today has >> the Libs pulling even and now ahead by three points, 35% to 32%. I'm >> almost teary eyed. >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Richard Sharp: Me Too cause i a dying laughing at you and the >> circus >> >> Gord Gundersen >> Reply to @Richard Sharp: CBC poll tracker has the Conservative @35%, >> Libs @30%, which as Eric likes to say is an average of all ms polls. >> >> Donald Craig >> Reply to @Richard Sharp: lol seems ironic that at the same time the >> CBC poll has Cons virtually tied with Libs among visible minorities. >> LOL the landslide is a certainty. and teary eyed? you will need the >> largest crying towel ever made. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Richard Sharp >> The Trudeau Libs promised and delivered on new merit-based and >> transparent government appointments, and have delivered. For the >> Senate, the Supreme Court and judiciary and senior executives in the >> public service. >> >> Lyle Middaugh >> Reply to @Richard Sharp: >> Wink wink >> >> Gary Reid >> Reply to @Richard Sharp: That is just plain false. >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Gary Reid: He knows it >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Richard Sharp >> CBC, the National Post, Post Media/Sun News, Rogers and other >> anti-Trudeau media take note. The Trudeau Libs have pulled back ahead >> of the Cons: >> >> https://www.nanos.co/wp- >> >> Donald Craig >> Reply to @Richard Sharp: take note. I cant stop laughing. >> >> Richard Sharp >> Reply to @donald craig: >> >> Forty-nine of the top 50 English newspapers endorsed Harper in 2011 >> and the same thing in 2015. They are bought and paid for by right wing >> billionaires and corporations, which are also into social media >> manipulation big time. Still, they lose. >> >> Donald Craig >> Reply to @Richard Sharp: I cant stop laughing. nothing you say or have >> ever said is going to stop the coming October landslide. nothing. >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @donald craig: Nor I >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Richard Sharp >> Watching CBC Newsworld on this issue. Only anti-Trudeau folks over >> and over. CBC is a total disgrace. >> >> Kristy Kent >> Reply to @Richard Sharp: LOL, even the CBC can't take it any more >> >> David Semple >> Reply to @Richard Sharp: It's a growing group.......deal with it. >> >> Rick Woodcock >> Reply to @Richard Sharp: The sand must be pretty deep where you are at. >> >> Freddie Philpott >> Reply to @Richard Sharp: But you are here, Richard. JT's biggest >> cheerleader. So it isn't "Only anti-Trudeau folks over and over". >> >> Shawn Gall >> Reply to @Richard Sharp: Same as during the last election. But, now >> the tables have turned. How does it feel? I had no idea JT would melt >> down this quickly. >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Richard Sharp: Methinks its wicked fun watching the clowns >> cry as the worm turns at the circus N'esy Pas? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Richard Sharp >> Can't say beans on this disgusting excuse of a national broadcaster's >> website. >> >> Al Kennedy >> Reply to @Richard Sharp: >> Think it may be their efforts to stop fake news? >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Richard Sharp: Cry me a river >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Marguerite Deschamps >> As if the CONservatives do not appoint their own. Does Vic Toews ring a >> bell? >> >> David Semple >> Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Wasn't the current government supposed >> to be different? >> >> Marguerite Deschamps >> And Péter MacKey appointing all his friends in Nova Scotia, I might add. >> >> David Semple >> Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Try and stay on point: The CURRENT >> government is doing this NOW. >> >> You don't get a pass because 'the other guys did it first'. >> >> Marguerite Deschamps >> Reply to @David Semple: Cons were the worst, always have, always will be. >> >> David Semple >> Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: The current group promised to be >> better and different. >> >> Seems like they told a little white one..... >> >> Freddie Philpott >> Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: LOL! Wilful blindness on your part is >> a terrible thing, isn't it. >> >> Freddie Philpott >> Reply to @David Semple: Seems like the libs always do that and so many >> are gullible enough to believe them. >> >> Donald Craig >> Reply to @Freddie Philpott: I dont think that she will "see" your point. >> >> Shawn Gall >> Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: When Harper did these things, social >> media went insane. Now that JT does them, it's acceptable. His gov't >> was supposed to be different and all gov'ts need to live by the same >> standard. Pretty rational and fair point of view, don't you think? >> >> Marguerite Deschamps >> Do I have to remind you? >> https://www.cbc.ca/news/ >> >> MacKay was appointed attorney general and justice minister in 2013. >> Since then, he's made provincial Supreme Court justices of: >> >> Josh Arnold, a friend who served as best man at MacKay's 2012 wedding. >> He was also a regular financial donor to the Central Nova Progressive >> Conservative Association from 2008 to 2010. >> Cindy Cormier, Arnold's wife and a friend of MacKay's. >> James Chipman, a past president of the Conservative Party's Halifax >> West riding association and regular donor to the Central Nova >> Conservative Association from 2008 to 2010. >> Ted Scanlan, a past president of the Central Nova riding association >> and a former campaign manager for Elmer MacKay, Peter MacKay's father. >> Jeffrey Hunt, former executive vice-president of the Nova Scotia >> Progressive Conservative Association. >> LouAnn Chiasson, a colleague of MacKay's at the Dalhousie Law School >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks you SANB dudes should >> continue to cry a river cuz its fun to watch at the circus N'esy Pas? >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @David Semple: "Seems like they told a little white one" >> >> Methinks they told a lot of big fat ones N'esy Pas? >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @David Semple: "You don't get a pass because 'the other guys >> did it first"" >> >> I concur. >> >> Andrew De Viseer >> Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: No one is denying that, This article >> is about calling out the hyprocritical stance the liberals are taking. >> >> Andrew De Viseer >> Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: well at least 6 of 9 is a better >> ration than 5/6 haha >> >> >> >> >> Dominic LeBlanc's family, friends, neighbour win 5 of 6 recent >> judicial appointments >> 'All judicial appointments are made on the basis of merit,' says >> office of federal justice minister >> >> >> Robert Jones · CBC News · Posted: Jul 02, 2019 6:00 AM AT >> >> >> Federal Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc, a New >> Brunswick MP, is connected to five of the six most recent judicial >> appointments in the province. (Matt Smith/Canadian Press) >> >> Federal Liberals have been promising to appoint the "most meritorious >> jurists" to judicial vacancies across Canada, but most candidates >> winning judicial appointments in New Brunswick over the last year have >> had something else going for them — personal connections to senior >> Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc. >> >> Five of the last six federal appointments announced in New Brunswick >> include Leblanc's neighbour, a LeBlanc family relation and three >> lawyers who helped retire debts from his unsuccessful 2008 leadership >> bid. LeBlanc is currently minister of intergovernmental affairs, >> northern affairs and internal trade. >> >> Erin Crandall, a professor at Acadia University who has written >> extensively on the politics of judicial appointments in Canada, said >> patronage is still a significant force in provinces like New >> Brunswick, despite reforms to curb its use in the selection of judges. >> "It's more prominent in smaller provinces," Crandall said. >> >> >> Erin Crandall, a professor at Acadia University, says patronage is >> still a significant force in provinces like New Brunswick. (Acadia >> University) >> >> "It's less of an issue today than it was, for example, five decades >> ago, when it was much more blatant. But we can still see that it >> certainly does happen." >> >> 5 appointments >> >> In the latest judicial appointments in New Brunswick announced last >> month, federal Justice Minister David Lametti named Moncton lawyer >> Robert M. Dysart and Saint John lawyer Arthur T. Doyle to the trial >> division of the Court of Queen's Bench. >> >> Moncton lawyer Robert Dysart was named to the trial division of Court >> of Queen's Bench in June. He is a regular donor to the Liberal Party, >> according to Elections Canada records. (CBC) >> >> According to financial records on file with Elections Canada, both men >> have been regular donors to the Liberal Party, including to LeBlanc's >> Beauséjour riding association, even though in Doyle's case he lives >> 100 kilometres away. >> >> Saint John lawyer Arthur Doyle was appointed to the trial division of >> the Court of Queen's Bench in June. (Cox & Palmer) >> >> The two were also among a group of 50 donors who gave money in 2009 to >> help LeBlanc retire about $31,000 in debts from his unsuccessful 2008 >> federal Liberal leadership campaign, according to records filed with >> Elections Canada. >> >> Also helping with that leadership debt was lawyer Charles LeBlond and >> businessman Jacques Pinet, both from Moncton. >> >> Charles LeBlond was appointed a judge of the New Brunswick Court of >> Appeal in March. (Michel Nogue/Radio-Canada) >> >> LeBlond won an appointment to be a judge on the Court of Appeal in March. >> >> Pinet is married to Justice Tracey Deware. She was named chief >> justice of New Brunswick's Court of Queen's Bench trial division by >> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in early June. >> >> Court of Queen's Bench Chief Justice Tracey DeWare at her swearing-in >> ceremony with New Brunswick Court of Appeal Chief Justice Marc >> Richard. (Submitted by Tracey DeWare) >> >> DeWare herself was a Conservative Party donor and originally appointed >> to the bench in 2012 by the Conservative government of Stephen Harper. >> But she and Pinet are also neighbours of LeBlanc. >> >> In 2013, they bought a seaside property in Grande-Digue from LeBlanc >> next to his own summerhouse. Property records show they paid $430,000. >> >> Moncton family lawyer Marie-Claude Belanger-Richard, who is married to >> Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc's brother-in-law, was picked to fill a >> judicial vacancy in Saint John. (Veritas Law) >> >> In a fifth appointment last year, Moncton family lawyer Marie-Claude >> Belanger-Richard was picked to fill a judicial vacancy in Saint John. >> She is married to LeBlanc's brother-in-law. >> >> Belanger-Richard is the only one of the five justices who responded to >> attempts to contact them about the string of appointments and their >> connection to LeBlanc. Through a court clerk, she declined to comment. >> >> LeBlanc's office referred questions about the judicial appointments to >> Lametti. >> >> Lametti's office declined an interview request, but his press >> secretary, Rachel Rappaport, issued a statement denying favouritism >> and political patronage in any of the New Brunswick appointments. >> >> "All judicial appointments are made on the basis of merit," Rappaport >> wrote. "As with all Canadian citizens, judicial candidates are free to >> engage personally in political activities. The appointments process >> neither disqualifies nor privileges an applicant on the basis of >> political association." >> >> Patronage prominent in province >> >> Several academic studies have shown New Brunswick has traditionally >> owned one of Canada's most patronage-tinged judiciaries and little has >> changed in recent years, despite Liberal promises to inject more merit >> into the selection system. >> >> A 2010 study that looked at 856 judicial appointments in Canada over a >> 15-year period found "major" political connections were involved in >> New Brunswick appointments nearly 77 per cent of the time — double the >> national average and more than five times the rate politically >> connected people won federal judgeships in provinces such as British >> Columbia and Ontario. >> >> Lori Hausegger, director of Canadian Studies at Boise State University >> in Idaho, was one of the lead academics on that study. >> >> Lori Hausegger, director of Canadian Studies at Boise State >> University, worked on a 2010 study that found major political >> connections were involved in New Brunswick judicial appointments >> nearly 77 per cent of the time. (Boise State University) >> >> She said the problem with judges appointed because of political >> connections is not their qualifications — all potential federal judges >> in Canada are vetted for competence by independent panels — it's the >> possibility they use connections to take spots from better candidates. >> >> "The problem is whether or not that [connected] person is different >> from the other ones that they didn't pick in terms of their >> decision-making," said Hausegger. "There is not a lot of transparency >> in the system. We don't actually know a lot in terms of how the >> minister is finally choosing." >> >> Likely several applications for a vacancy >> >> Canada's Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs will >> not say how many lawyers applied for the judicial positions in New >> Brunswick that were eventually awarded to those connected to LeBlanc, >> although it is likely there were several. >> >> Across the country last year, it reports 257 qualified lawyers were >> considered for 79 vacancies. >> >> The commissioner will also not reveal if any of the unsuccessful >> candidates in New Brunswick scored higher than the winning candidates >> on assessments of their ability and qualifications to be a judge. >> >> "Assessment results are confidential and solely for the minister's >> use," Philippe Lacasse, executive director of judicial appointments >> for the commissioner, said in an email to CBC News. >> >> "In fact, candidates themselves are not informed of the results of >> their assessment." >> >> Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould promised in 2016 that >> improvements would be made in judicial appointments based on >> transparency, merit and diversity. (Ben Nelms/CBC) >> >> In 2016, Jody Wilson-Raybould, the justice minister at the time, >> promised major improvements in the quality of how judges are selected >> in Canada. >> >> "We are committed to ensuring that we make substantive and thoughtful >> appointments to the judiciary, based on the principles of openness >> transparency merit and diversity," Wilson-Raybould told Parliament in >> May 2016. >> >> Since 2017, there have been 10 federal judicial appointments or >> elevations in New Brunswick. In addition to the five most recent >> connected to LeBlanc, at least three other appointees were past >> political donors to the Liberal Party. >> >> >> About the Author >> >> Robert Jones >> Reporter >> Robert Jones has been a reporter and producer with CBC New Brunswick >> since 1990. His investigative reports on petroleum pricing in New >> Brunswick won several regional and national awards and led to the >> adoption of price regulation in 2006. >> >> >> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------- Original message ---------- >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >> Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 12:00:23 -0400 >> Subject: Attn Erin Crandall and Lori Hausegger I just called about Mr >> Fine, Mr Jones >> and Mr Leblanc and what we all know about Canadian Judges >> To: erin.crandall@acadiau.ca, lorihausegger@boisestate.edu, >> sfine@globeandmail.com, Newsroom@globeandmail.com, >> Robert.Jones@cbc.ca, David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca, >> jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca, Norman.Sabourin@cjc-ccm.gc.ca, >> marc.giroux@fja-cmf.gc.ca >> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail. >> dominic.leblanc@nb.aibn.com, dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca, >> dleblanc@globeandmail.com, Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc. >> Jane.Philpott@parl.gc.ca, Erin.Weir@parl.gc.ca, >> tony.clement@parl.gc.ca, Hunter.Tootoo@parl.gc.ca, >> andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca, maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca, >> Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca >> >> Dominic LeBlanc's family, friends and neighbour win 5 of 6 recent >> judicial appointments >> 'All judicial appointments are made on the basis of merit,' says >> office of federal justice minister >> Robert Jones · CBC News · Posted: Jul 02, 2019 6:00 AM AT >> >> >> "Lori Hausegger, director of Canadian Studies at Boise State >> University, worked on a 2010 study that found major political >> connections were involved in New Brunswick judicial appointments >> nearly 77 per cent of the time." >> >> >> "Erin Crandall, a professor at Acadia University, says patronage is >> still a significant force in provinces like New Brunswick" >> >> >> >> 709 Comments >> >> >> David R. Amos >> Surprise Surprise Surprise >> >> Mark (Junkman) George >> Reply to @David R. Amos: >> >> Not really. >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Mark (Junkman) George: Methinks you may know that if you go >> to my blog you can read the Globe and Mail article from 2015 N'esy >> Pas? >> >> >> >> >> >> Donald Smith >> Why am I not surprised to see this. But honestly, is it really any >> different with any other political party ? >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Donald Smith: Check Harper's work >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Larry LeBlanc >> Ok folks...move along, just a fender bender, nothing to see here. >> Careful not to slip, the road is a bit greasy from the oil spill. >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Larry LeBlanc: Methinks you jest just enough about your >> distant cousin N'esy Pas? >> >> >> >> >> Josephgallant >> Oh No! say it isn't so, not in newbrunsick, but then again,they are >> not all from moncton >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @josephgallant: Methinks our circus is a traveling roadshow >> N'esy >> Pas? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Robert Brannen >> "Since 2017, there have been 10 federal judicial appointments or >> elevations in New Brunswick. In addition to the five most recent >> connected to Dominic LeBlanc, at least three other appointees were >> past political donors to the Liberal Party." -- CBC story. >> ______________________________ >> ______ >> >> A moot point, as any lawyer hoping to be raised to the judiciary will >> be donating to any party with the chance of holding power; as is the >> case of most businesses hoping to curry favour from government. >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Robert Brannen: Methinks folks should review the Globe and >> Mail article in 2015 about how Harper appointed a legion of >> politically vetted judges. Methinks wo Judges who are bigtime Harper >> pals I encountered in Federal Court immediately after the election of >> the 42nd Parliament will never forget me. One was the former RCMP >> lawyer Richard Bell who was Harper's campaign manager in NB for the >> elections of the 38th and 39th Parliament and Richard Southcott Irving >> Ship Building's former General Counsel and they were much in the news >> until the liberals paid off Admiral Norman N'esy Pas? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Mack Leigh >> Equal opportunity here in NB ?? Nope, not by a long shot...nepotism >> and patronage reign supreme !!! No wonder NB is in the toilet !!! >> >> David R. Amos >> Reply to @Mack Leigh: Methinks we have nobody to blame but ourselves >> because we keep reelecting the same crooks N'esy Pas? >> >> http://davidraymondamos3. >> >> David Raymond Amos Round 3 >> >> Wednesday, 8 March 2017 >> >> Methinks a snobby retired judge in Fat Fred City has his fancy >> knickers in a knot >> >> >> ---------- Original message ---------- >> From: David Amos >> Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 22:09:32 -0400 >> Subject: RE Communication to the Court >> To: "Morneault, Michel" >> Cc: David Amos >> >> ---------- Original message ---------- >> From: "Morneault, Michel" >> Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 18:52:45 +0000 >> Subject: Communication to the Court >> To: David Amos >> >> Good day Mr. Amos, >> >> It has been brought to my attention that you are trying to reach a >> judicial member of the Federal Court by way of telephone. >> I just want to give you a friendly reminder that all communication to >> a judge should be brought in writing by way of letter address to the >> Registry office of your choice. >> >> Feel free to ask or call if you have any questions. >> >> Thank you kindly >> >> Michel G. Morneault >> Registry Officer / Agent du greffe >> Courts Administration Service >> Service administratif des tribunaux judiciaires >> Fredericton, NB/N.-B. >> (t) 506-452-2014 (f)506-452-3584 >> >> >> >> Michel G. Morneault >> Registry Officer / Agent du greffe >> Courts Administration Service >> Service administratif des tribunaux judiciaires >> Fredericton, NB/N.-B. >> (t) 506-452-2014 (f)506-452-3584 >> >> >> Good Day to you as well Mr Morneault >> >> Thank you for letting me know of what has come to your attention. >> Pease excuse a minor political rant but after all the Crown cannot >> deny that my lawsuit is about the Governor General, my political >> opponents and their appointees not acting within the scope of their >> employment and deliberately acting wrongfully against me. >> >> I am more than willing to explain my actions this morning in writing >> to the Registry Office. In return and in the spirit of full >> disclosure, I ask that you file a true copy of this entire response >> into the public record of the Federal Court of Appeal File no.A-18-16. >> Please find below are two emails I sent earlier today and two >> documents that were attachments to my second email The documents >> attached speak for themselves and one of the documents is already in >> the FCA file and was discussed by Justice Southcott and I during the >> public hearing of my matter on January 11th, 2016. >> >> I presume the judicial member of the Federal Court you are referring >> to is the Honourable Joseph T. Robertson because he is it only person >> possibly of Federal Court that I contacted today. However I only left >> a voicemail with Robertson early this morning before I sent him two >> emails fairly early as well, Basically just in case somebody was >> ethical I was giving Robertson and many others some food for thought >> before I file my next lawsuit against the Her Majesty the Queen. >> However Robertson and his cohorts in the Court of the Queens Bench had >> ignored my concerns since 2004. The document from the New Brunswick >> judicial Council is in the file of the Federal Court as well and >> Justice Bell made note of it during the hearing on December 14, 2015. >> >> If you scroll down through the emails I sent Robertson and others >> today it could have been anyone of a number of other people who got >> the same email as Robertson who may have some sort of issue with my >> actions today but not one of them are a judge of Federal Court or any >> other. Therefore Robertson is my best guess as to whom you are >> referring to. >> >> For the public record I deliberately called Robertson's office before >> the Law School of UNB was open for business this morning and left only >> a voicemail of which I stand by every word. I suspect the people of >> UNB are all on March break anyway. Thus UNB probably does have not >> many employees on the job considering that fact there was bad weather >> outside as well. Only one friend who saw the news about KPMG and the >> judges of Federal Court and a Mayor of Montreal who is also in the >> news called me today. The others I called and talked to in Ottwa and >> elswhere will no doubt deny that I ever talked them. >> >> Robertson never called me back in fact nobody employed by UNB has ever >> called me back except their sercurity boss or one of his minions >> talking like cops and trying to accuse me of things I did not do. >> However the security boss of UNB is just like his buddy the former Sgt >> at Arms Dan Bussieres. He will not confirm or deny that he is an ex >> member of the RCMP nor will he discuss why I am barred from UNB. It a >> small wonder to me that the Commissioner of the RCMP is also quiting >> with all the lawsuits against the them that are rolling in.lately. >> >> Whereas Robertson is employed by UNB to lecture folks on the law, its >> kinda obvious he is no longer a judge. UNB is supported by taxpayer >> funds so who is Justin Trudeau or Brian Gallant anyone else to say >> that I cannot talk to Robertson or anyone else at UNB? If it was >> Robertson who complained of me, please ask him what was so offensive >> about a voicemail and couple of emails from a poor man who pays way >> too many taxes on his gas, tobacco and other goods to keep the lights >> on in his fancy office at UNB. This no joke particularly in light of >> the fact. The Federal court acted like lightning to accommodate >> Justice Camp and his lawyer while the Crown can't get past a motion to >> strike after a year and a half of calling me frivolous and vexatious. >> Then there is the big spotlight that the Crown Corp commonly known as >> CBC has shown the world how other Federal Court Judges feel free to >> party hardy with the likes of KPMG and its fellow well-heeled tax >> evaders. >> >> Furthermore I do not know if you are aware or whether you read my >> latest filing or not but I have been barred from the UNB Campus since >> June of 2006. That was about 5 months after I ran in Fredericton in >> the election of the 39th Parliament and the Harper government won its >> first mandate. So for nearly 11 eleven years I can only send emails >> and letters to the UNB campus while its employees just like all the >> other employees in every legislative property in Canada have continued >> to laugh at me or ignore me or call the cops on me while inviting me >> to sue the Crown. This seems like just another one of those days that >> makes me regret not suing them ten years ago. >> >> All that said I don't believe Robertson is a judicial member of the >> Federal Court so perhaps it was somebody else complaining of me. If >> so, trust that I called nobody else in the Federal Court system not >> even its lawyers. If it was Robertson who claimed of me tell him I >> would dearly love to see his pay stubs from Federal Court. Federal >> Court records appear to affirm my reasoning that Robertson is retired >> and that he acted as a judicial member of Federal Courts for Justice >> Camp's matter only >> . >> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj. >> >> "Written directions received from the Court: Chief Justice Crampton >> dated 17-FEB-2017 directing that To avoid any questions that might be >> raised if a sitting member of the Federal Court were to hear Justice >> Camp's application for judicial review of the Canadian Judicial >> Council's rejection of his request for an opportunity to make oral >> submissions to the Council, I have requested retired Justice Joseph >> Robertson to act as a deputy judge of this Court to hear that >> application. Justice Robertson has agreed to act in that capacity. >> This request was made under subsection 10 (1.1) of the Federal Courts >> Act, and an Order-in-Council P.C. 2003 1779, dated November 6, 2003 >> (the OIC), pursuant to which the Governor-in-Council approved that the >> Chief Justice of the Federal Court may request any judge of a >> superior, county or district court in Canada and any person who has >> held office as such as a judge, to act as a deputy judge of the >> Federal Court. Pursuant to the OIC, the Govenor in Council also placed >> a limit of 15 persons who may act in the capacity of Deputy Judge of >> the Federal Court. There currently is only one other person who is >> acting in the capacity of Deputy judge of the Federal Court. For your >> information, retired Justice Robertson was a member of the New >> Brunswick Court of Appeal from July 2000 to September 2014, and a >> member of the Federal Court of Appeal from May 1992 to July 2000. I >> can confirm that he is under the age of 75. To ensure that justice is >> both done and is seen to be done in an independent and impartial >> manner: 1. Justice Camp will continue not to participate in any >> proceedings before the Court, other than in connection with the >> application that he has filed, and any other proceedings to which he >> may be a party. 2. Justice Camp will not occupy his office or attend >> at the Court. 3. Justice Camp will not have any contact with the >> members of the Court. I have appointed Prothonotary Aylen to assist >> Justice Robertson with interlocutory matters that may arise in >> connection with Justice Camp's application. placed on file on >> 17-FEB-2017" >> >> Best Regards >> David Raymond Amos >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------- Original message ---------- >> From: David Amos >> Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 09:18:47 -0400 >> Subject: ATTN Hon Joseph T Robertson I just called and left a >> voicemail I truly hope that you get back to me ASAP >> To: Joseph.Robertson@unb.ca, jrw , >> nbrooks@osgoode.yorku.ca, "mark.vespucci" , >> "Diane.Lebouthillier" >> Cc: David Amos >> >> Hon Joseph T Robertson >> Jurist-in-Residence >> Law, Faculty of >> 1 506 451 6919 >> Ludlow Hall, 105 >> UNB Fredericton Campus >> Joseph.Robertson@unb.ca >> >> Need I say that I found it interesting that you were appointed on >> polling day for the Election of the 42nd Parliament? I wonder if you >> recall my name on the ballot in Fredericton in 2006 when Harper won >> his first mandate? >> >> http://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/ >> >> University of New Brunswick appoints retired Court of Appeal Justice >> Joseph Robertson to law faculty >> >> ---------- Original message ---------- >> From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)" >> Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 11:53:02 +0000 >> Subject: RE: Norman Sabourin, executive director of the Canadian >> Judicial Council launches 'Potential misconduct' probe but only after >> his associates in the Crown Corp CBC exposes hiis pals??? >> To: David Amos >> >> Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick. Please be >> assured that your email will be reviewed. >> >> Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du >> Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré(e) que votre courriel sera examiné. >> >> ---------- Original message ---------- >> From: Póstur FOR >> Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 11:57:18 +0000 >> Subject: Re: Norman Sabourin, executive director of the Canadian >> Judicial Council launches 'Potential misconduct' probe but only after >> his associates in the Crown Corp CBC exposes hiis pals??? >> To: David Amos >> >> >> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received >> >> Kveðja / Best regards >> Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office >> >> >> >> ---------- Orginal message ---------- >> From: "Mitton, Megan (LEG)" <Megan.Mitton@gnb.ca> >> Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 17:44:52 +0000 >> Subject: Automatic reply: RE Canadian Truths I would lay odds that >> Megan Mitton knows Sally Cunliffe I know for a fact that Andre Faust >> certainly does >> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >> >> Thank you for your email. MLA Megan Mitton is out of the office and >> will return the week of July 8th. We appreciate your patience, and >> will read your email as soon as possible. If you require assistance >> promptly, please email Alice Cotton, Constituency Coordinator >> (alice.cotton@gnb.ca). For more urgent matters, you can also call the >> office at (506) 378-1565. Merci pour votre courriel. La députée Megan >> Mitton sera absente du bureau et reviendra la semaine du 8 juillet. >> Nous apprécions votre patience, et nous lirons votre courriel dès que >> possible. Si vous avez besoin d'aide plus rapidement, veuillez envoyer >> un courriel à Alice Cotton, coordonnatrice de circonscription >> (alice.cotton@gnb.ca). Pour des questions plus urgentes, vous pouvez >> également appeler le bureau au (506) 378-1565. >> >> >> ---------- Orginal message ---------- >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >> Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 13:44:44 -0400 >> Subject: RE Canadian Truths I would lay odds that Megan Mitton knows >> Sally Cunliffe I know for a fact that Andre Faust certainly does >> To: tomcat@tnt21.com, David.Coon@gnb.ca, megan.mitton@gnb.ca, >> Kevin.A.Arseneau@gnb.ca, rick.desaulniers@gnb.ca, kris.austin@gnb.ca, >> michelle.conroy@gnb.ca, Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca, robert.gauvin@gnb.ca >> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail. >> wharrison@nbpower.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com, andre@jafaust.com, >> jbosnitch@gmail.com >> >> https://canadiantruths. >> >> >> Etc Etc Etc >> > |
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