Loss of secret data puts navy's handling of storage devices under investigation — again
Security assessment said 'uncontrolled disclosure cannot be ruled out'
The devices — USBs, DVDs and a backup hard drive — went missing despite an apparent tightening of security in the wake of a spy scandal almost a decade ago, and a separate internal 2013 board of inquiry which recommended measures to clean up the navy's handling of classified data.
In August 2020, according to documents obtained by CBC News, an inventory of the secure data account aboard HMCS Fredericton "discovered numerous classified and unclassified [electronic warfare] items" were missing.
A subsequent search focused on two missing DVDs containing highly "sensitive" information, including information about threat emitters — electronic devices to identify and help counter incoming missiles — used by the ship's various systems.
A follow-up internal investigation concluded the loss of the secret data had the potential to seriously affect the national interest.
"The possibility of uncontrolled disclosure cannot be ruled out, however it does not appear inappropriate disclosure took place," said a security assessment prepared for the military's director general of security.
Military police were called in to investigate but the DVDs are still missing. The frigate is now deployed in support of Operation Reassurance, a NATO mission to deter Russian aggression in Eastern Europe.
This isn't the first time that highly sensitive electronics and information have been mishandled by the navy.
Hard drive goes AWOL
In mid-October, a classified message-handling hard drive was reported missing after a routine security audit of HMCS Montreal.
CBC News has learned senior officers aboard the frigate alerted officials at the Department of National Defence (DND) to the loss of the drive — typically used to store high-frequency or ultra-high frequency message traffic during NATO operations.
News of the HMCS Montreal security audit came from two confidential sources; CBC News has agreed not to identify them because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
The hard drive was discovered missing during inventory of the security safe where it and other classified material, such as technical manuals, are stored, said the two sources.
DND subsequently confirmed the breach to CBC News.
Sailors searched for the storage device for more than six weeks.
Also missing from HMCS Montreal were two USB sticks — one of which contained technical manuals related to a weapons system. In a media statement, DND insisted that the manuals were old and had been superceded by other publications, while the missing USB sticks were quickly recovered.
The lapse was blamed on poor accounting methods since the previous audit two years ago.
Lost and found
A spokesperson for DND said Tuesday that the hard drive remained missing until just recently, when it was discovered in HMCS Montreal's secure emergency radio room.
No one in the navy has explained why it took a military police probe and an administrative investigation to find the device in an obvious location — where it would be needed to store message traffic — or how it was missed in previous searches.
The country's top military commander said he was concerned by the incidents and said the military must become "much more security conscious."
Gen Wayne Eyre says the military has to put "much more emphasis on cyber security." (CBC News)
"The practices we have in place may not be sufficient for the emerging security environment," Gen. Wayne Eyre, chief of the defence staff, said in a recent interview with CBC News.
Eyre suggested the military's security regulations will have to evolve to meet the growing challenge posed by adversaries such as China and Russia, which run sophisticated cyber operations and are capable of stealing vast amounts of secure electronic data.
"This is extremely important," said Eyre, who would not comment on the specifics of the two investigations. "We're seeing not just the Canadian Armed Forces but Canada writ large under increasing attack. The domain of cyber is increasingly important in military operations, in national security. We have to put much more emphasis on cyber security."
The navy has struggled for more than a decade to secure classified information on electronic storage devices.
Jeffrey Delisle was sentenced to 20 years in prison for selling secrets to Russia. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)
In early 2012, the RCMP arrested now-former navy sub-lieutenant Jeffrey Delisle for violating the Security of Information Act. He pleaded guilty a year later and was sentenced to 20 years in prison for passing secret material to Russia in exchange for upwards of $110,000 over a period of more than four years.
Delisle used a USB thumb drive to carry out his espionage activity at the all-source intelligence centre in Halifax.
Just a few months after the Delisle case concluded in 2013, the military launched a separate board of inquiry investigation after it discovered that three USB sticks containing secret information had gone missing from several units in the Atlantic fleet, including the now-decommissioned destroyers HMCS Iroquois and HMCS Athabaskan.
HMCS Iroquois arrives in Halifax on Oct. 23, 2008. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)
A copy of that inquiry report was obtained by CBC News under access to information legislation.
The sticks — one of which disappeared as HMCS Iroquois travelled between Baltimore and Boston in 2012 — were never found. The board of inquiry said it "was unable to determine whether or not classified material was viewed by unauthorized persons."
Among its 20 recommendations, the board of inquiry said that the navy should reduce the number of classified USB drives from an unlimited amount to just five, that unit and ship commanding officers be the only ones to allow the devices to be signed out, and that a better inventory system be developed.
"You have repeated incidents of sloppy handling of classified information that might very well undermine your naval capabilities, as well as undermining your reputation with allies," said Wesley Wark, a University of Ottawa professor who specializes in intelligence matters and testified as an expert witness in the Delisle case.
He said he's particularly worried about the recent loss of classified DVD storage devices on HMCS Fredericton because the data involved the configuration of threat emitters, which are crucial to both the Canadian navy and allies.
"The only fortunate thing is that there is no indication that this was the result of deliberate espionage," said Wark. "That is not to say that the missing material has not gotten into the wrong hands, but at least there doesn't seem to be a deliberate espionage nexus."
Wark pointed out that "the case is open."
"Let's hope it doesn't involve espionage on the scale of the Delisle case," he added.
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Spy agency warned Trudeau China's tactics becoming more 'sophisticated ... insidious'
CSIS says foreign interference operations 'have become normalized'
The warning is contained in briefing documents drafted for Canadian Security Intelligence Service Director David Vigneault in preparation for a meeting he had with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier this year.
That meeting focused on the rise of foreign interference in Canada — something CSIS says has become "more sophisticated, frequent, and insidious."
One way foreign states — including the People's Republic of China (PRC) — try to exert pressure on other countries is through media outlets, say the documents, obtained through an access to information request.
"In particular, PRC media influence activities in Canada have become normalized," it reads.
"Chinese-language media outlets operating in Canada and members of the Chinese-Canadian community are primary targets of PRC-directed foreign influenced activities."
CSIS director David Vigneault holds a press conference on
Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, July 16, 2020. (Sean
Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)
CSIS spokesperson John Townsend said foreign states target both mainstream media outlets — print publications, radio and television programs — and non-traditional online outlets and social media channels to pursue their goals.
"Mainstream news outlets, as well as community sources, may also be targeted by foreign states who attempt to shape public opinion, debate, and covertly influence participation in the democratic process," he said.
"Considering Canada's rich multicultural makeup, foreign states may try to leverage or coerce individuals within communities to help influence to their benefit what is being reported by Canadian media outlets."
China has an effective influence network, report finds
It's a tactic former Conservative MP Kenny Chiu said he knows all too well. He said he was targeted during the recent federal election by a misinformation campaign run through Chinese language media outlets and social media.
"If that's the normal behaviour, then we should really become concerned," he said.
Chiu said he was attacked online as anti-Chinese after introducing a private member's bill that would require agents of foreign governments to register and report on their activities. He lost the B.C. riding of Steveston-Richmond East to Liberal Parm Bains by almost 3,000 votes.
"I just felt, first of all, very sad. I feel ridiculous. I feel sad because some of my fellow Canadians of Chinese descent, why would they even believe in this information?" he said.
Former Conservative MP Kenny Chiu says he felt targeted by
misinformation during the last election campaign. (Adrian Wyld/The
Canadian Press)
Earlier this year, Alliance Canada Hong Kong — an umbrella group for Hong Kong pro-democracy activists in this country — released a report alleging the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) runs a sophisticated network that inserts Beijing-friendly narratives into various media outlets.
The report says China has been exploiting a lack of oversight in short-staffed newsrooms to push the party line abroad.
It says China sometimes pushes those narratives in the open — through sponsored posts or advertorial inserts written by Chinese party-state media — while groups closely tied to Chinese authorities buy digital or print ads parroting party rhetoric.
"It's meant to portray that it's indicative they're the group that speaks on behalf of all Chinese folks, all the Canadian Chinese, which is just not true," said Ai-Men Lau, an adviser with Alliance Canada Hong Kong.
China also uses its toehold in Canadian ethnic Chinese media to keep journalists in line, she said.
"For years, reporters in ethnic media are often required to self-censor themselves or face uprisings. We've seen journalists being fired. If they take a certain line, they don't get their columns posted anymore in ethnic media," she said.
Alliance Canada Hong Kong's report says Beijing influences voices in mainstream media outlets as well.
"In the mainstream media, vocal supporters wooed through elite capture deliver Beijing's messages in op-eds and media appearances, helping to sway popular perceptions," says the report.
The CSIS briefing note said a number of countries (their names are blacked-out in the note) work to undermine Canada's political processes at the federal, provincial and municipal levels, and within Indigenous governments.
'Persistent targeting' ongoing says CSIS
The heavily redacted document says that politicians and party riding associations are targeted by these foreign influence operations, along with members of Chinese-Canadian communities.
Earlier this year, CSIS reported that foreign states were looking to bribe or blackmail voters and politicians. That same report said some such operations also rely on flattery, money and even romantic entanglements to push their agenda.
Ai-Men Lau said she expects to see China's harassment of dissidents abroad continue.
"You see out of Hong Kong, people are leaving and they're leaving because of the national security law. It's kind of like baggage — whether you want it or not, it follows you," she said.
"So that's something that I think Canadian officials or decision makers and policymakers and politicians need to think of when we talk about addressing these issues ... It's going to stay with us for a while."
Townsend said CSIS is reaching out to communities under pressure.
"While I cannot speak in detail about the specifics of our assessments and investigations, I can say that CSIS has observed persistent targeting of specific communities here in Canada, both in person and through the use of online campaigns, by foreign state actors," he said.
'Sunlight' policy needed: Vigneault
In his meeting with Trudeau, Vigneault said Canada has a role to play in calling out media influence tactics in public.
"Canada can make use of a policy that is grounded in transparency and sunlight in order to highlight the point that foreign interference should be exposed to the public and clandestine practices are not equivalent to public diplomacy," the CSIS briefing documents said.
"Various state actors are currently using foreign interference activities with limited impunity to undermine Canada's interests."
Chiu said he wants to see a stronger approach from the federal government.
"The Chinese government controls WeChat, has a monopoly on many Canadians' lives and their ears and their brains ... we need to find a solution to that," he said.
"We also need to monitor and make sure that our regulators ... make sure that ... broadcasters and the commentators are held responsible for this information they help spread, especially during the election or before the election."
Ai-Men Lau also called for more oversight to make sure China isn't manipulating media and threatening journalists.
CSIS said it recently increased its investigative efforts and triggered threat reduction measures — a term referring to its broad legal powers to reduce threats to the security of Canada.
The main restriction on CSIS's threat reduction powers is that the service can't intentionally — or by criminal negligence — cause death or bodily harm, violate sexual integrity or willfully obstruct justice.
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Ottawa needs a whole new approach to national security threats, experts say
New report calls for a high-level approach to emerging threats, such as disasters driven by climate change
The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) released a report today — the culmination of more than a year of work — that examines Canada's security posture in the face of new dangers like the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 42-page assessment draws together research, interviews and public comments from senior security officials. It argues that virus outbreaks and destructive climate change events represent a whole new field of national security threats — one that demands more than an ad-hoc approach from the federal government.
"There is an expanded definition of national security out there that we should all be looking at," said Vincent Rigby, who was until recently Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's national security adviser.
"The traditional state-to-state threats that we have seen in the past are no longer [exclusive]. Things like pandemics and COVID-19, things like climate change, those do have national security dimensions."
The report calls on the federal government to build a better "strategic framework." It recommends the establishment of a new cabinet committee on national security chaired by the prime minister, which would have input from the public safety, defence and global affairs departments.
Members
of the Canadian Armed Forces help with pandemic response at a long-term
care home in Montreal on May 16, 2020. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian
Press)
It would replace the current ad-hoc Incident Response Group, which brings cabinet ministers together in the event of a major crisis.
"A cabinet committee on national security would have a more focused mandate and a forward-looking capacity to consider strategic and longer-term responses to threats," says the report. An advance copy of the report was obtained by CBC News.
The federal government had such a committee during the Cold War. It was scrapped after the Soviet Union collapsed.
On Friday, the Liberal government took a tentative step toward addressing this concern by launching a cabinet committee on safety, security and emergencies, to be chaired by Privy Council President and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair.
The new committee will have a mandate to conduct strategic analysis of threats but, in announcing the overhaul, Trudeau said the incident response group would continue to meet as required.
'Two sides of the same coin'
Trudeau's government also recently set up a cabinet committee on "Canada and the world," tasked with examining issues related to Canada's international relationships, including trade and defence matters.
Rigby said he hadn't seen the full details of how these two new cabinet committees were set up. He said it's a mistake to treat domestic and international security matters as distinct when they are "two sides of the same coin."
The CIGI report also calls for a major shift in cabinet-level security analysis through the creation of a Canadian version of the U.S. National Security Council, "to better integrate and inform senior decision making."
U.S.
President Barack Obama and his vice president, Joe Biden, attend a
meeting with members of the National Security Council on Monday, Aug.
18, 2014, at the White House. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press)
The NSC brings representatives of the military and intelligence services together with civilian officials to advise the U.S. president on domestic and international security threats.
A Canadian NSC could ensure an ongoing dialogue at the highest levels of the federal government about emerging threats, and compel officials to look at intelligence assessments and warnings in a more integrated way.
"You can't respond to national security issues and threats on a case-by-case basis and you can't pull together bodies at the last minute to deal with every national security threat," said Rigby.
Security for the long term
While the incident response group looks at imminent threats, he said, "you need bodies that look at the long-term strategic implications of these threats. And that is where greater central coordination would be helpful."
The report suggests Canada has not paid close attention to national security since the end of the Cold War.
The last time the federal government articulated a national security strategy was in 2004, in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
"The threats have really evolved in those intervening years," said Rigby.
The world has changed considerably since the Cold War ended, due to the return of great power competition and the unique challenge presented by China's rise and its more assertive role in world affairs.
The legislation governing the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) hasn't been overhauled in a major way in 37 years, the report said — more evidence that Canada's security framework is badly outdated.
"Cutting edge technology back in 1984 was the fax machine and a lot has changed since 1984," said Rigby.
The report also recommends that the federal government be more open about the threats facing the country by tabling annual reports and statements in Parliament.
"COVID-19 has proven that threats can materialize suddenly, with profound impacts on the lives and livelihoods of all Canadians," says the report. "The prime minister should present to Parliament an annual statement on the worldwide threats that Canada and Canadians face."
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Canada's electronic spy agency confirms operations against cyber criminals.
Canada's electronic spy agency acknowledged Monday it has conducted cyber operations against foreign hackers to "impose a cost" for the growing levels of cybercrime.
It is the first time the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) has publicly acknowledged the use of "foreign cyber operations" — a category of operations that can include both "active" (offensive) or defensive cyber tools.
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The agency said its new mandate "gives CSE the legal authority to conduct cyber operations to disrupt foreign-based threats to Canada, including cybercriminals."
"Although we cannot comment on our use of foreign cyber operations (active and defensive cyber operations) or provide operational statistics, we can confirm we have the tools we need to impose a cost on the people behind these kinds of incidents," wrote CSE spokesperson Evan Koronewski in a statement to Global News.
"We can also confirm we are using these tools for such purposes, and working together with Canadian law enforcement where appropriate against cybercrime."
CSE's acknowledgment of cyber operations against non-state actors is being called a "watershed" moment for the agency, which operated largely in the shadows until thrust into headlines by Edward Snowden's disclosures in 2013.
The agency was given explicit authority to conduct "active" operations by the Liberal government in 2019 — albeit under considerable restrictions. The example the agency likes to use is taking action to disrupt a terrorist group's communications networks to prevent them from planning an attack. Another example would be shutting down networks of a criminal or state-backed group that is actively hacking the Canadian government.
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Because hacking a criminal group, intelligence agency or terrorist organization based in a foreign country could violate that country's laws, CSE's active measures require the sign-off of both the minister of defence and the foreign affairs minister. The actions must not target Canadians or anyone in Canada.
"(This) marks a time where, rather than relying on a criminal justice agency to address criminal behaviours, the Canadian government is instead using its most secretive and best-resourced intelligence agency to impede the activities of criminals," Christopher Parsons, a cybersecurity researcher with Citizen Lab, told Global News.
"While it is positive that the CSE is admitting it has used these powers — and, in doing so, has joined the ranks of its other Five Eyes intelligence partners — there is still much to learn. ... (Does this) signify the Government of Canada will be increasingly reliant on cyber operations to disrupt criminals, without trial or conviction, instead of trying to bring them to justice?"
The cyber intelligence agency, along with the RCMP, warned Monday that ransomware attacks against critical Canadian sectors — such as health care, energy and manufacturing — are on the rise.
The Liberal government released an open letter to Canadians urging organizations to beef up their cybersecurity, noting that the cost of ransomware attacks —where hackers lock down networks and data, and demand a ransom to unlock them — are increasing dramatically over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Together with law enforcement, and other federal and international partners, we are working hard to make threat information more publicly available and provide you with specific advice and guidance to help you stay safe from the impacts of ransomware," the letter, signed by four Liberal cabinet ministers, read.
"Canada is also working closely with our allies to pursue cyber threat actors and disrupt their capabilities."
There are signs — including CSE's public acknowledgment Monday — that those "disruption" efforts are increasing.
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On Monday, the New York Times reported that Gen. Paul Nakasone, the head of U.S. Cyber Command, acknowledged the military had turned its sophisticated cyber arsenal against criminal hackers.
"The first thing we have to do is to understand the adversary and their insights better than we've ever understood them before," Nakasone told the Times, indicating ransomware groups were among those targeted.
"Before, during and since, with a number of elements of our government, we have taken actions and we have imposed costs. ... That's an important piece that we should always be mindful of."
That language of "imposing costs" — which CSE also deployed — is significant, said Carleton University professor and security researcher Stephanie Carvin. Carvin said it implies the actions CSE is taking is not just to stop hacks against Canadian organizations, but as a deterrent.
"It's a big day in Canadian cybersecurity history," Carvin, a former intelligence analyst, said in an interview.
"Cybercrime is the primary cyber threat to Canada. ... I wonder if the confirmation itself is just kind of the CSE acknowledging the scope of the problem is so severe that they have to become involved as well."
Canadian energy, health, manufacturing sectors were major targets of ransomware attacks: cyber spy agency
2021 ransomware trend report released by Communications Security Establishment, a cyber intelligence agency
As part of a new awareness campaign, the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), Canada's foreign signals intelligence agency, released a ransomware bulletin Monday looking at the key trends of ransomware in 2021.
In its report, CSE's Cyber Centre said ransomware attacks are "brazen, sophisticated, increasing in frequency, and, for the cybercriminals, very profitable.
"The impact of ransomware can be devastating, and the severity of the financial consequences related to a ransomware attack can be profound."
For the first time, the agency also confirmed publicly Monday that it has used its new cyber attack powers, granted to it through legislation back in 2019.
"The Communications Security Establishment Act gives CSE the legal authority to conduct cyber operations to disrupt foreign-based threats to Canada, including cybercriminals," said CSE spokesperson Evan Koronewski.
"Although we cannot comment on our use of foreign cyber operations (active and defensive cyber operations) or provide operational statistics, we can confirm we have the tools we need to impose a cost on the people behind these kinds of incidents.
"We can also confirm we are using these tools for such purposes, and working together with Canadian law enforcement where appropriate against cybercrime."
Ransomware is a form of malware used by threat actors and criminals who encrypt files on a device then demand a ransom in exchange for decryption. Once successfully hacked, ransomware victims are often attacked multiple times.
CSE said it's aware of 235 ransomware incidents against Canadian victims from Jan. 1 to Nov. 16 of this year and more than half of those targets were critical infrastructure providers, including those in the energy, health and manufacturing sectors.
The number is likely higher, as the agency said most ransomware events go unreported.
"The COVID-19 pandemic has made organizations like hospitals, governments and universities more mindful of the risks tied to losing access to their networks and often feeling resigned to pay ransoms," notes the report.
"Cybercriminals have taken advantage of this situation by significantly increasing the value of their ransom demands."
Canadian hospitals hit
Newfoundland and Labrador is still reeling after a cyber attack hit its health-care system, cancelling thousands of medical procedures ranging from chemotherapy to X-rays.
Sources have told CBC the security breach is a ransomware attack, but so far government officials have not confirmed the nature of the cyberattack and will not say if they have received a ransom demand.
This summer Humber River Hospital in the Toronto area was forced to shut down its IT systems in order to prevent a ransomware attack.
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customer pumps gas at Costco as others wait in line on May 11, 2021, in
Charlotte, N.C. Earlier this year the Colonial Pipeline, the largest
fuel pipeline in the U.S., was hit by a cyber attack attributed to the
Russia-based DarkSide RaaS cybercriminal group. (Chris Carlson/The Associated Press)
Staff were unable to access electronic patient records and diagnostic test results leading to long waits in the emergency department and prompting the hospital to cancel clinics and redirect some ambulances to other hospitals.
CSE said it expects high-impact targeting to continue.
"We assess that ransomware operators will almost certainly continue to target large organizations with operational technology (OT) assets, including organizations in Canada, to try to extract ransom, steal intellectual property and proprietary business information, and obtain personal data about customers," it warned.
Canada is far from alone. This year has been marred by the highest ransoms and the biggest payouts around the world.
Earlier this year the Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S., was hit by an attack attributed to the Russia-based DarkSide RaaS cybercriminal group.
As a result, the company's operations were affected, resulting in record price increases, panic-buying, and gasoline shortages
Ransomware operators will likely become increasingly aggressive: CSE
In Canada, CSE said the estimated average cost of a data breach, which includes but is not limited to ransomware, is more than $6 million. The average price has stabilized over the past years, a trend CSE attributes to cybercriminals becoming better at tailoring their demands to what their victims are most likely to pay.
Ransomware operators will likely become increasingly aggressive in their targeting in 2022, including against critical infrastructure, warned the agency.
Part of the problem fighting ransomware is that many operators and their affiliates are based in countries with lax or non-existent laws against cybercrime, said CSE.
Ransomware
operators will likely become increasingly aggressive in their targeting
in 2022, including against critical infrastructure, warns CSE. (PabloLagarto/Shutterstock)
"Mitigating the increasing risks will require concerted national efforts to improve cyber security and adopt best practices to harden critical systems, as well as co-ordinated international actions to undermine criminal infrastructure and tactics," said the report.
As part of that effort, CSE, working with the RCMP, has published what they call a "playbook" that outlines steps organizations and businesses can take to protect against ransomware, and what to do if attacked.
Organizations urged to implement cyber safety measures
A handful of cabinet ministers have signed an open letter to Canadian organizations urging them to implement basic cyber security measures.
The letter, co-signed by Defence Minister Anita Anand, Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino and International Trade Minister Mary Ng, said the federal government is working with its allies to pursue cyber threat actors and disrupt their capabilities.
"We are also assisting in the recovery of organizations compromised by ransomware and helping them to be more resilient going forward," they wrote.
"Our message is clear: taking basic steps to ensure your organization's cyber security will pay swift dividends."
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Experts call for an overhaul of Canada's national security policy to cope with an 'angry' world
Critics say the Liberals have fallen into the habit of ad hoc reactions to crises
Launched just as two decades of nation-building efforts in Afghanistan were collapsing, the election (which produced a Parliament strangely similar to the one dissolved in August) also saw what some observers have described as a strategic snub by Canada's closest allies: the establishment of a new U.S.-U.K.-Australia alliance to contain China.
And yet, questions about Canada's current place in the shifting sands of the global order barely rated a mention on the campaign trail.
That could change quickly as the new (old) Liberal government faces a bevy of pressing international commitments and crises, ranging from the benign but significant gathering of world leaders at the United Nations to the slow-rolling humanitarian disaster afflicting Afghan refugees.
The newly re-elected minority government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will have to hit the ground running. On Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden mapped out a strategy for confronting authoritarian states without triggering a new Cold War.
He did so a week after surprising the world with a new security alliance — AUKUS — involving two of Canada's closest Commonwealth allies, the United Kingdom and Australia.
Events in the world beyond our borders did come up during the 36-day campaign. More often than not, however, they were used by campaigning leaders as a cudgel with which to beat down their opponents.
WATCH | Canada needs to rethink its foreign policy and national security strategies, experts say
Canada needs to rethink its foreign policy and national security strategies, experts say
Some would say that's what election campaigns are all about. Seasoned pols will tell you there are no votes to be won in Weyburn, Saskatchewan with talk about freedom of navigation in the South China Sea.
But many experts say the reluctance of Canada's campaigning leaders to address the changing geopolitical landscape and the threats it may produce is myopic and dangerous — especially now, with the country slowly recovering from a foreign-spawned global pandemic that brought life as we knew it to a standstill.
'The world is a pretty angry place'
Those experts say they'd hoped the alarming world events of the past 18 months would force the campaigning parties to think and talk about national security and how Canada can protect its interests globally. It didn't happen.
"We're coming to this realization that the world is a pretty angry place," said Aaron Shull, managing director and general counsel at the Centre for International Governance and Innovation.
"Countries don't have friends. We have alliances and strategic interests, but we are now coming to the realization that we have to make our place in the world."
A
nuclear-powered Type 094A Jin-class ballistic missile submarine of the
Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy is seen during a military
display in the South China Sea on April 12, 2018. (Reuters)
Shull and University of Ottawa historian Wesley Wark are co-leading a project that hopes to re-imagine Canada's national security strategy.
Wark is one of the country's leading intelligence experts and has been a vocal critic of Canada's failures in pandemic preparation. He examined the foreign policy planks of each major party and found all of them wanting.
Vague, scattershot approaches to foreign policy
The Conservatives produced the most exhaustive list of promises but they were scattered and unfocused, said Wark.
"None of the parties have a central coherent statement on national security. What is it? What does it mean to us?" said Wark. He summarized the Liberal government's position as status quo, while saying the NDP made some general pledges without a lot of specifics.
The Liberal platform contained no dedicated national security section — a puzzling omission, given the fact that the previous Trudeau governments spent enormous amounts of time and energy dealing with the fallout from external events: the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president and the pandemic.
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health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a Kashmiri to test for
COVID-19 in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Jan. 20,
2021. (Dar Yasin/Associated Press)
Still, said Wark, a lot of thought is being given within government to reorganizing the national security framework. He said there is some "enthusiasm" on the part of senior bureaucrats for the project.
He said he hopes that revamped framework includes climate change and pandemics in a new definition of what represents a threat to this country's interests.
Reacting after the fact
Shull pointed out that, unlike other nations, Canada does not have a permanent cabinet committee to deal with national security matters.
"We tend not to treat national security issues with seriousness at the political level in the public discourse," he said.
"The pinnacle of national security in this country is the incident response group. It's an ad hoc committee of cabinet that meets on a periodic basis, but here's the thing — incident response by definition means you're already on your back foot. It means something is happening and you're responding."
Put simply, Shull said, what he and Wark are proposing is a new national security council, or some other body that would allow Canada "to lean into the world and not always be responding."
Afghan refugees are shown in an Italian Red Cross camp in Avezzano, Italy, on Aug. 31. (Andrew Medichini/The Associated Press)
He said the Trudeau government needs to ask itself what Canada's "core interests" are and how best to protect them.
Canada has not had a national security strategy since 2004. Shull said that means Canada doesn't have a current strategy.
AUKUS might be the catalyst that starts those discussions in Ottawa, Wark said — but first they'll have to overcome the widely-held belief in government circles that the Canadian public doesn't care about national security.
"It is a belief that is convenient to political cadres because national security discussions are often hard and complex," he said.
But COVID-19 itself was an external threat in the beginning. If anything, the pandemic might serve to convince Canadians that the time to have this conversation is now, Wark said.
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Stephanie Carvin is an Associate Professor of International Relations at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Her research interests are in the area of international law, security, terrorism and technology. Currently, she is teaching in the areas of critical infrastructure protection, technology and warfare and foreign policy.
Stephanie holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and published her thesis as Prisoners of America’s Wars: From the Early Republic to Guantanamo (Columbia/Hurst, 2010). Her most recent book is Science, Law, Liberalism and the American Way of Warfare: The Quest for Humanity in Conflict” (Cambridge, 2015) co-authored with Michael J. Williams. In 2009 Carvin was a Visiting Scholar at George Washington University Law School and worked as a consultant to the US Department of Defense Law of War Working Group. From 2012-2015, she was an analyst with the Government of Canada focusing on national security issues.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-ObYj9eVDo&ab_channel=CBCNews
Defence Minister Anita Anand on why Admiral Art McDonald is out as chief of defence staff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6eORYPmuTo&ab_channel=CBCNews
Canada's new top military leader says fixing 'fragile' morale one of his top priorities
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wayne-eyre-armed-forces-sexual-misconduct-pandemic-1.6224791
Eyre blames sexual misconduct crisis, pandemic for shrinking military
Eyre told a conference the Canadian Armed Forces is short 7,500 people
It could take up to seven years for the Canadian military's recruitment efforts to recover from the fallout of both the sexual misconduct crisis and the pandemic, says the country's acting chief of the defence staff.
Speaking Monday at the Kingston Conference on International Security, Gen. Wayne Eyre said he's increasingly worried about the decline in the size of both the regular and reserve forces. He said he's particularly alarmed at the number of experienced leaders — officers and noncommissioned officers — who are putting in their release notices and quitting the service.
The matter was discussed as late as last week at a command-level gathering. Eyre said he's encouraging his senior leaders to stay and asking them to urge others to do the same.
"We need our mid-level leaders to dig deep and do this for the institution, to put service before self, not to retreat into retirement but to advance forward and face the challenges head-on," Eyre said in answer to a question about leadership during the virtual forum.
While leading during good times is relatively easy, Eyre said, the military now faces the challenge of rooting out a culture of misconduct and leadership impunity.
Eyre's remarks suggest he's had encounters with low morale among officers — the people he said he needs to rebuild the institution in the wake of the sexual misconduct crisis.
"Many of our senior leaders are looking up and saying, 'Yes, I don't want to be there.' But we need them," he said.
Eyre's
predecessor as chief of defence staff, retired general Jonathan Vance,
was charged by military police in July with one count of obstruction of
justice in relation to an investigation into allegations of sexual
misconduct. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Recent months have seen an almost relentless series of allegations of sexual misconduct touching the most senior ranks — including Eyre's predecessors, Admiral Art McDonald and retired general Jonathan Vance.
Nearly a dozen leaders have been accused of either sexual impropriety or of downplaying abhorrent behaviour. That's left many military officers and non-commissioned officers looking for the exit.
Eyre has described the brain-drain an "existential crisis" and a matter of national security.
The 'missing middle'
Compounding the problem for the Armed Forces is the COVID-19 pandemic, which has constrained both recruiting and training.
Eyre presented the defence conference with figures on Monday that show the full-time military is 7,500 people short of its required strength — an enormous gap in a regular force of around 70,000.
"And these are the heart of our command structure, the 'missing middle' – master corporals, sergeants, lieutenants, captains, majors, master sailors, petty officers, lieutenant commanders," he said. "All vital leadership roles, both in the field and as we address the existential imperative of changing our internal culture."
Stefanie von Hlatky, associate professor of political studies at Queen's University, said recruiting and retention were already major challenges for the Armed Forces before the pandemic and the latest episode of the misconduct crisis.
It doesn't help, she said, that two of the leaders who were supposed to oversee policies related to growing the Armed Forces have been either removed or sidelined because of misconduct claims.
"Leadership churn in the command tasked with overseeing recruitment and retention obviously isn't helping solve these broader personnel strains," she said, referring to the cases of Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson and Lt.-Gen. Steve Whelan.
Eyre said he's working on a recruitment plan and Von Hlatky said it seems tailored to address urgent personnel shortages.
There will still be challenges, she said.
"In convincing service members to stay rather than retire, Gen. Eyre will have to provide some compelling incentives because there is this dual challenge," she said. "The CAF is in crisis internally and out there, the competition for talent is fierce."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cse-cybersecurity-strike-1.5926825
Hundreds of workers at cybersecurity agency vote to strike
Strike vote comes as concerns mount about cyber attacks during pandemic
The Public Service Alliance of Canada represents 2,400 employees working in cryptography, applied mathematics, advanced language analysis and cybersecurity at the Communications Security Establishment (CSE). PSAC announced the results of the vote Wednesday.
"They perform vital work protecting Canada from foreign cyber and attacks, foreign hacking attempts," Alex Silas, PSAC's regional executive vice-president for the National Capital Region, told CBC News.
"For example, things that we saw this past July, there was an attempt to hack Canadian COVID-19 research. These are the workers that stopped that."
CSE, one of Canada's key intelligence agencies, employs about 2,900 people and is responsible for foreign intelligence and cybersecurity.
The vote comes nearly two years after talks stalled on a collective agreement. At issue is a change to the market allowance — a wage supplement negotiated to close pay gaps with workers doing similar work in the private sector. It's a benefit often used to attract employees into highly technical jobs in the public service.
"CSE management is refusing to apply a wage increase to the portion of workers' salaries that is made up of market allowances," said Silas.
"To give you an idea, for some of these workers [that] represents as much as 10 per cent of their annual income. So it's a significant financial loss."
The vote does not mean workers are heading for the picket lines.
"We are now ramping up preparations and coordinating with our members to determine the precise actions that will be taken and their timing. But we emphasize that strike action can still be avoided if CSE management comes back to the table and steps away from its concession or agrees to arbitration," said PSAC spokesperson Alroy Fonseca.
CSE says services will continue
Christopher Williams, director general of CSE public affairs and communications services, said CSE's executive management team continues to work toward a resolution with the union.
"However, we can tell you that essential service agreements are in place to ensure that all areas of CSE have the people at work necessary to continue to provide for the safety and security of the public in the event of a strike," he said in an email to CBC News.
CSE has been sounding the alarm about the threat of cyber attacks on research facilities and the health care sector during the pandemic. It was one of the intelligence agencies that stated a hacker group backed by Russia "almost certainly" tried to steal COVID-19-related vaccine research in Canada, the U.K. and the U.S.
Late last year, CSE warned that state-sponsored actors are "very likely" trying to shore up their cyber capabilities to attack Canada's critical infrastructure — such as the electricity supply — to intimidate or to prepare for future online assaults.
While the lights will remain on, the union says the agency will lose workers if it doesn't offer competitive salaries.
"What does it say about how we prioritize national security?" said Silas. "If CSE as an employer, as management, doesn't recognize the need to pay these workers a fair market rate, how are we going to attract and retain the talent needed for the important work of keeping Canadians safe from cyber attacks?"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cse-threat-assesment-1.5806213
State-sponsored actors 'very likely' looking to attack electricity supply, says intelligence agency
CSE says China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are the greatest state-sponsored threats
"As physical infrastructure and processes continue to be connected to the internet, cyber threat activity has followed, leading to increasing risk to the functioning of machinery and the safety of Canadians," says a new national cyber threat assessment drafted by the Communications Security Establishment.
"We judge that state-sponsored actors are very likely attempting to develop the additional cyber capabilities required to disrupt the supply of electricity in Canada."
Today's report — the second from the agency's Canadian Centre for Cyber Security wing — looks at the major cyber threats to Canadians' physical safety and economic security.
The CSE does say in the report that while it's unlikely cyber threat actors would intentionally disrupt critical infrastructure — such as water and electricity supplies — to cause major damage or loss of life, they would target critical organizations "to collect information, pre-position for future activities, or as a form of intimidation."
Such preliminary attacks have happened already.
The report said Russia-associated actors probed the networks of electricity utilities in the U.S. and Canada last year and Chinese state-sponsored cyber threat actors have targeted U.S. utility employees. Other countries have seen their industrial control systems targeted by Iranian hacking groups and North Korean malware was found in the IT networks of an Indian power plant, it said.
The threat grows as more critical infrastructure goes high-tech.
Commercial espionage is already happening across a range of fields, says the CSE. (Shutterstock / Motortion Films)
In the past, the operational technology (OT) used to control dams, boilers, electricity and pipeline operations has been largely immune to cyberattacks — but that's changing as manufacturers incorporate newer information technology in their systems and products, says the report.
That technology might make things easier and lower costs, but it comes with risks, said Scott Jones, the head of the cyber centre.
"So that means now it is a target, it is accessible and it's vulnerable. So what you could see is shutting off of transmission lines, you can see them opening circuit breakers, meaning electricity simply won't flow to our homes to our business," he told reporters Wednesday.
While the probability of such attacks remains low, Jones said the goal of Wednesday's briefing is to send out the early warnings.
"We're not trying to scare people. We're certainly not trying to scare people into going off grid by building a cabin in the woods. We're here to say, 'Let's tackle these now while they're still paper, while they're still a threat we're writing down.'"
Steve Waterhouse, a former cybersecurity officer for the Department of National Defence who now teaches at Université de Sherbrooke, said a saving grace for Canada could be the makeup of its electrical systems.
"Since in Canada, they're very centralized, it's easier to defend ... while down in the States, they have multiple companies all around the place. So the weakest link is very hard to identify where it is, but the effect is a cascading effect across the country ... And it could impact Canada, just like we saw in the big Northeastern power outage, the blackout of 2003," he said.
"So that goes to say, we have to be prepared. And I believe most energy companies have been taking extra measures to protect and defend against these type of attacks."
In the future, attacks targeting so-called smart cities and internet-connected devices, such as personal medical devices, could also put Canadians at risk, says the report.
Earlier this year, for example, Health Canada warned the public that medical devices containing a particular Bluetooth chip — including pacemakers, blood glucose monitors and insulin pumps — are vulnerable to cyber attacks that could crash them.
The foreign signals intelligence agency also says that while state-sponsored programs in China, Russia, Iran and North Korea "almost certainly" pose the greatest state-sponsored cyber threats to Canadian individuals and organizations, many other states are rapidly developing their own cyber programs.
Waterhouse said he was glad to see the government agency call out the countries by name, representing a shift in approach in recent years.
"To tackle on and be ready to face a cyber-attack, you have to know your enemy," he said.
"You have to know what's vulnerable inside of your organization. You have to know how ... vulnerable it is against the threats that are out there."
Commercial espionage continues
State-sponsored actors will also continue their commercial espionage campaigns against Canadian businesses, academia and governments to steal Canadian intellectual property and proprietary information, says the CSE.
"We assess that these threat actors will almost certainly continue attempting to steal intellectual property related to combating COVID-19 to support their own domestic public health responses or to profit from its illegal reproduction by their own firms," says the "key judgments" section of the report.
"The threat of cyber espionage is almost certainly higher for Canadian organizations that operate abroad or work directly with foreign state-owned enterprises."
The
Communications Security Establishment Canada is pictured in Ottawa on
October 15, 2013. The agency's latest threat assessment report looks at
the major cyber risks threatening Canadians' physical safety and
economic security. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The CSE says such commercial espionage is happening already across multiple fields, including aviation, technology and AI, energy and biopharmaceuticals.
While state-sponsored cyber activity tends to offer the most sophisticated threats, CSE said that cybercrime continues to be the threat most likely to directly affect Canadians and Canadian organizations, through vectors like online scams and malware.
"We judge that ransomware directed against Canada will almost certainly continue to target large enterprises and critical infrastructure providers. These entities cannot tolerate sustained disruptions and are willing to pay up to millions of dollars to quickly restore their operations," says the report.
Cybercrime becoming more sophisticated
According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, Canadians lost over $43 million to cybercrime last year. The CSE reported earlier this year that online thieves have been using the COVID-19 pandemic to trick Canadians into forking over their money — through scams like a phishing campaign that claimed to offer access to a Canada Emergency Response Benefit payment in exchange for the target's personal financial details.
Online foreign influence activities — a dominant theme in the CSE's last threat assessment briefing — continue and constitute "a new normal" in international affairs as adversaries seek to influence domestic and international political events, says the agency.
"We assess that, relative to some other countries, Canadians are lower-priority targets for online foreign influence activity," it said.
"However, Canada's media ecosystem is closely intertwined with that of the United States and other allies, which means that when their populations are targeted, Canadians become exposed to online influence as a type of collateral damage."
According to the agency's own definition, "almost certainly" means it is nearly 100 per cent certain in its analysis, while "very likely" means it is 80-90 per cent certain of its conclusions. The CSE says its analysis is based off of a mix of confidential and non-confidential intelligence and sources.
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2021/04/yo-jonathanvance-i-trust-that-mason.html
Monday, 26 April 2021
YO JONATHAN.VANCE I trust that MASON STALKER, all the NATO dudes and YOU know that I don't send Spam
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:41:27 -0400
Subject: Attn LGen Wayne Eyre I just called and tried to explain this
email and Federal Court File No T-1557-15 in particular
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From: Art.McDonald@forces.gc.ca
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:08:24 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: YO JONATHAN.VANCE You have been ducKing e
since 2015 when I was running iN the election of the 42nd Parliament
and suing the Queen in Federal Court Methinks it is YOU who should
finally call me back N'esy Pas?
To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
The Acting Chief of the Defence Staff is LGen Wayne Eyre, he may be
reached at wayne.eyre@forces.gc.ca.
Le Chef d'état-major de la Défense par intérim est le LGen Wayne Eyre.
Il peut être rejoint au wayne.eyre@forces.gc.ca.
Art McD
He/Him // Il/Lui
Admiral/amiral Art McDonald
Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS)
Canadian Armed Forces
art.mcdonald@forces.gc.ca<mailto:art.mcdonald@forces.gc.
Chef d’état-major de la Defense (CÉMD)
Forces armées canadiennes
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:08:16 -0400
Subject: YO JONATHAN.VANCE You have been ducKing e since 2015 when I
was running iN the election of the 42nd Parliament and suing the Queen
in Federal Court Methinks it is YOU
who should finally call me back N'esy Pas?
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From: JONATHAN.VANCE@forces.gc.ca
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:01:09 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: YO JONATHAN.VANCE I trust that MASON
STALKER, all the NATO dudes and YOU know that I don't send Spam
To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Admiral Art McDonald is now the Chief of the Defence Staff, he may be
reached at art.mcdonald@forces.gc.ca. I will continue to monitor this
account periodically until my retirement from the Canadian Armed
Forces. Please reach out to EA CDS, LCol Richard Jolette at
richard.jolette@forces.gc.ca if you require to get a hold of me.
L'amiral Art McDonald est maintenant le Chef d'état-major de la
Défense, on peut le joindre au art.mcdonald@forces.gc.ca. Je
continuerai de surveiller ce compte périodiquement jusqu'à ma retraite
des Forces armées canadiennes. Veuillez contacter CdeC CEMD, Lcol
Richard Jolette au richard.jolette@forces.gc.ca si vous avez besoin de
me contacter.
On 3/11/21, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 12:35:27 -0400
> Subject: Re: YO JONATHAN.VANCE I trust that MASON STALKER, all the
> NATO dudes and YOU know that I don't send Spam
> To: Michel.Drapeau@mdlo.ca, "Gilles.Moreau" <Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>
> Cc: mlo-blm@forces.gc.ca, "erin.otoole" <erin.otoole@parl.gc.ca>,
> "Katie.Telford" <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "jagmeet.singh"
> <jagmeet.singh@parl.gc.ca>, "Robert. Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>,
> "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>
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> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
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>
> Prosecuting high-ranking officers a 'significant challenge'
>
> "Retired colonel and lawyer Michel Drapeau, who is a leading expert in
> military justice, said he wonders how a court martial could hear a
> case involving Vance or McDonald when no one in the military,
> including judges, would outrank them."
>
> PERHAPS I SHOULD SUE THEM EH???
>
> On 9/23/19, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> Byrne Furlong
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>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:14:23 -0300
>> Subject: Fwd: YO JONATHAN.VANCE I trust that MASON STALKER, all the
>> NATO dudes and YOU know that I don't send Spam
>> To: Michel.Drapeau@mdlo.ca, Walter.Semianiw@mdlo.ca, Newsroom
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>> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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>> as the Official Opposition Critic for Veterans Affairs.
>>
>> During this time, Mr. Stoffer was honoured with a variety of awards
>> from the environmental, military, provincial and federal communities.
>> He was named Canada’s Parliamentarian of the year 2013, and he
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>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:43:40 -0300
>> Subject: YO JONATHAN.VANCE I trust that MASON STALKER, all the NATO
>> dudes and YOU know that I don't send Spam
>> To: JONATHAN.VANCE@forces.gc.ca, "Gilles.Moreau"
>> <Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>, stalker.mason@hq.nato.int
>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, ombudsman-communications@
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>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: MASON.STALKER@forces.gc.ca
>> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 16:38:01 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: [SUSPECTED SPAM / SPAM SUSPECT] A little
>> Deja Vu for JONATHAN.VANCE et al
>> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>
>> Good day,
>>
>> Please note that I do not have regular access to DWAN and your email
>> has not been forwarded.
>>
>> Please forward your email to: stalker.mason@hq.nato.int
>>
>> Thank you in advance,
>>
>> MJS
>>
>>
>> On 9/23/19, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: MASON.STALKER@forces.gc.ca
>>> Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 12:04:41 +0000
>>> Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks its obvious why the Crown would
>>> drop the charges after Mark Norman's lawyers hit Trudeau and his buddy
>>> Butts with subpoenas N'esy Pas/
>>> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>>
>>> Good day,
>>>
>>> Please note that I do not have regular access to DWAN and your email
>>> has not been forwarded.
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: JONATHAN.VANCE@forces.gc.ca
>>> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 18:26:35 +0000
>>> Subject: Automatic reply: I see that the the evil blogger in Alberta
>>> Barry Winters aka Mr Baconfat is still practising libel and hate
>>> speech contrary to Sections 300 and 319 0f the Canadian Criminal Code
>>> N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger" ???
>>> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>>
>>> I will be out of the office until 23 February 2016. I am unable to
>>> monitor my e-mail during this time. For urgent matters, please contact
>>> my Chief of Staff, BGen Tammy Harris (Tammy.Harris@forces.gc.ca), or
>>> my EA, Maj Cedric Aspirault (Cedric.Aspirault@forces.gc.ca) both of
>>> whom can contact me.
>>>
>>> Je serai hors du bureau jusqu'au 23 février 2016. Il ne me sera pas
>>> possible de vérifier mes couriels pendant cette période. En cas
>>> d'urgence, veuillez contacter ma chef d'état major, Bgén Tammy Harris
>>> (Tammy.Harris@forces.gc.ca), ou mon CdC, le maj Cédric Aspirault
>>> (Cedric.Aspirault@forces.gc.ca), ils seront en mesure de me rejoindre.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: "Chisholm, Jill" <Jill.Chisholm@justice.gc.ca>
>>> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 18:26:34 +0000
>>> Subject: Automatic reply: I see that the the evil blogger in Alberta
>>> Barry Winters aka Mr Baconfat is still practising libel and hate
>>> speech contrary to Sections 300 and 319 0f the Canadian Criminal Code
>>> N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger" ???
>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Thank you for your message. I will be away from the office until
>>> Friday, February 26, 2016 and will not be accessing email frequently
>>> during this time. Should you require assistance please contact
>>> Jacqueline Fenton at (902) 426-6996. Otherwise I will be pleased to
>>> respond to your message upon my return.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Ministerial Correspondence Unit - Justice Canada
>>> <mcu@justice.gc.ca>
>>> Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 16:46:28 +0000
>>> Subject: Automatic reply: YOr Ralph Goodale Methinks this should
>>> stress the Integrity of the Globe and Mail and your minions in the
>>> RCMP N'esy Pas?
>>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>
>>> Thank you for writing to the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of
>>> Justice and Attorney General of Canada.
>>> Please be assured that your email has been received and will be read
>>> with
>>> care.
>>> However, in light of the federal elections being held on October 21,
>>> there may be a delay in processing your email.
>>>
>>> _________________________________________________________________
>>>
>>> Merci d'avoir écrit à l'honorable David Lametti, ministre de la
>>> Justice et procureur général du Canada.
>>> Soyez assuré que votre courriel a bien été reçu et que celui-ci sera
>>> lu avec soin.
>>> Cependant, compte tenu des élections fédérales du 21 octobre prochain,
>>> veuillez prendre note qu'il pourrait y avoir un retard dans le
>>> traitement de votre courriel.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Oreiginal message ----------
>>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>> Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 13:02:10 -0300
>>> Subject: A little Deja Vu for Ralph Goodale and the RCMP before I file
>>> my next lawsuit as promised
>>> To: Hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca, pm@pm.gc.ca,
>>> Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
>>> Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>> elder.marques@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, michael.mcnair@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
>>> Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca, "clare.barry"
>>> clare.barry@justice.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca,
>>> alaina@alainalockhart.ca, info@ginettepetitpastaylor.ca,
>>> oldmaison@yahoo.com, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca, daniel.mchardie@cbc.ca,
>>> info@waynelong.ca, matt@mattdecourcey.ca, info@sergecormier.ca,
>>> pat@patfinnigan.ca, David.Coon@gnb.ca, tj@tjharvey.ca,
>>> karen.ludwig.nb@gmail.com, votejohnw@gmail.com,
>>> PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie.com, Frank.McKenna@td.com, postur@for.is,
>>> postur@fjr.stjr.is, Paul.Lynch@edmontonpolice.ca,
>>> Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>> David.Akin@globalnews.ca, dale.drummond@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>> Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Dave.Young@nbeub.ca, jfurey@nbpower.com,
>>> jfetzer@d.umn.edu, postur@irr.is, birgittajoy@gmail.com,
>>> birgitta@this.is>, Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca, Kevin.Vickers@gnb.ca,
>>> blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, kris.austin@gnb.ca, greg.byrne@gnb.ca,
>>> carl.urquhart@gnb.ca, Michael.Duheme@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>> Michel.Carrier@gnb.ca, Yves.Cote@elections.ca, Greg.Bonnar@gnb.ca
>>> Cc: motomaniac333@gmail.com, Newsroom@globeandmail.com,
>>> fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: "Telford, Katie" <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>
>>> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 13:14:20 +0000
>>> Subject: Automatic reply: YO Mr Butts Here are some more comments
>>> published within CBC that the RCMP and their boss Ralph Goodale should
>>> review ASAP N'esy Pas?
>>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I am out of the office until Tuesday, October 22nd without access to
>>> this
>>> email.
>>> In my absence, you may contact Mike McNair
>>> (michael.mcnair@pmo-cpm.gc.ca<mailto:michael.mcnair@pmo-cpm.
>>> Elder Marques
>>> (elder.marques@pmo-cpm.gc.ca<mailto:elder.marques@pmo-cpm.
>>> Warm regards,
>>> Katie
>>> ______
>>> Bonjour,
>>> Je suis absente du bureau jusqu'au mardi 22 octobre sans accès à mes
>>> courriels.
>>> Durant mon absence, veuillez communiquer avec Mike McNair
>>> (michael.mcnair@pmo-cpm.gc.ca<mailto:michael.mcnair@pmo-cpm.
>>> Elder Marques
>>> (elder.marques@pmo-cpm.gc.ca<mailto:elder.marques@pmo-cpm.
>>> Cordialement,
>>> Katie
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: "Butts, Gerald" <Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>
>>> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 06:33:26 +0000
>>> Subject: Automatic reply: So Much for the Strong Ethics of the Strong
>>> Organization commonnly knows as the RCMP/GRC N'esy Pas?
>>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>
>>> Thank you for your email. I am out of the office with limited access
>>> to email. For assistance, please email Laura D'Angelo at
>>> laura.d'angelo@pmo-cpm.gc.ca.
>>>
>>> Merci pour votre message. Je suis absent du bureau avec un accèss
>>> limité aux courriels. Si vous avez besoin d'assistance, veuillez
>>> communiquer avec Laura D'Angelo à l'adresse
>>> laura.d'angelo@pmo-cpm.gc.ca
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.
>>> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 06:30:48 +0000
>>> Subject: Automatic reply: So Much for the Strong Ethics of the Strong
>>> Organization commonnly knows as the RCMP/GRC N'esy Pas?
>>> To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>
>>> Thank you for writing to the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Member
>>> of Parliament for Vancouver Granville.
>>>
>>> This message is to acknowledge that we are in receipt of your email.
>>> Due to the significant increase in the volume of correspondence, there
>>> may be a delay in processing your email. Rest assured that your
>>> message will be carefully reviewed.
>>>
>>> To help us address your concerns more quickly, please include within
>>> the body of your email your full name, address, and postal code.
>>>
>>> Please note that your message will be forwarded to the Department of
>>> Justice if it concerns topics pertaining to the member's role as the
>>> Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. For all future
>>> correspondence addressed to the Minister of Justice, please write
>>> directly to the Department of Justice at
>>> mcu@justice.gc.ca<mailto:mcu@
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>> -------------------
>>>
>>> Merci d'?crire ? l'honorable Jody Wilson-Raybould, d?put?e de
>>> Vancouver Granville.
>>>
>>> Le pr?sent message vise ? vous informer que nous avons re?u votre
>>> courriel. En raison d'une augmentation importante du volume de
>>> correspondance, il pourrait y avoir un retard dans le traitement de
>>> votre courriel. Sachez que votre message sera examin? attentivement.
>>>
>>> Pour nous aider ? r?pondre ? vos pr?occupations plus rapidement,
>>> veuillez inclure dans le corps de votre courriel votre nom complet,
>>> votre adresse et votre code postal.
>>>
>>> Veuillez prendre note que votre message sera transmis au minist?re de
>>> la Justice s'il porte sur des sujets qui rel?vent du r?le de la
>>> d?put?e en tant que ministre de la Justice et procureure g?n?rale du
>>> Canada. Pour toute correspondance future adress?e ? la ministre de la
>>> Justice, veuillez ?crire directement au minist?re de la Justice ?
>>> mcu@justice.gc.ca ou appelez au 613-957-4222.
>>>
>>> Merci
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>> From: "Hon.Ralph.Goodale (PS/SP)" <Hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>
>>> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:53:15 +0000
>>> Subject: Automatic reply: Re Emails to Department of Justice and
>>> Province of Nova Scotia
>>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>
>>> Merci d'avoir ?crit ? l'honorable Ralph Goodale, ministre de la
>>> S?curit? publique et de la Protection civile.
>>> En raison d'une augmentation importante du volume de la correspondance
>>> adress?e au ministre, veuillez prendre note qu'il pourrait y avoir un
>>> retard dans le traitement de votre courriel. Soyez assur? que votre
>>> message sera examin? avec attention.
>>> Merci!
>>> L'Unit? de la correspondance minist?rielle
>>> S?curit? publique Canada
>>> *********
>>>
>>> Thank you for writing to the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of
>>> Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
>>> Due to the significant increase in the volume of correspondence
>>> addressed to the Minister, please note there could be a delay in
>>> processing your email. Rest assured that your message will be
>>> carefully reviewed.
>>> Thank you!
>>> Ministerial Correspondence Unit
>>> Public Safety Canada
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>> From: Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.
>>> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:53:11 +0000
>>> Subject: Automatic reply: Re Emails to Department of Justice and
>>> Province of Nova Scotia
>>> To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>
>>> Thank you for writing to the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Member
>>> of Parliament for Vancouver Granville.
>>>
>>> This message is to acknowledge that we are in receipt of your email.
>>> Due to the significant increase in the volume of correspondence, there
>>> may be a delay in processing your email. Rest assured that your
>>> message will be carefully reviewed.
>>>
>>> To help us address your concerns more quickly, please include within
>>> the body of your email your full name, address, and postal code.
>>>
>>> Please note that your message will be forwarded to the Department of
>>> Justice if it concerns topics pertaining to the member's role as the
>>> Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. For all future
>>> correspondence addressed to the Minister of Justice, please write
>>> directly to the Department of Justice at
>>> mcu@justice.gc.ca<mailto:mcu@
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>> -------------------
>>>
>>> Merci d'?crire ? l'honorable Jody Wilson-Raybould, d?put?e de
>>> Vancouver Granville.
>>>
>>> Le pr?sent message vise ? vous informer que nous avons re?u votre
>>> courriel. En raison d'une augmentation importante du volume de
>>> correspondance, il pourrait y avoir un retard dans le traitement de
>>> votre courriel. Sachez que votre message sera examin? attentivement.
>>>
>>> Pour nous aider ? r?pondre ? vos pr?occupations plus rapidement,
>>> veuillez inclure dans le corps de votre courriel votre nom complet,
>>> votre adresse et votre code postal.
>>>
>>> Veuillez prendre note que votre message sera transmis au minist?re de
>>> la Justice s'il porte sur des sujets qui rel?vent du r?le de la
>>> d?put?e en tant que ministre de la Justice et procureure g?n?rale du
>>> Canada. Pour toute correspondance future adress?e ? la ministre de la
>>> Justice, veuillez ?crire directement au minist?re de la Justice ?
>>> mcu@justice.gc.ca ou appelez au 613-957-4222.
>>>
>>> Merci
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>> From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
>>> <fin.minfinance-financemin.
>>> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:53:17 +0000
>>> Subject: RE: Re Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova
>>> Scotia
>>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>
>>> The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
>>> correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
>>> comments.
>>>
>>> Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
>>> électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
>>> commentaires.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>> From: Newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.com>
>>> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:53:16 +0000
>>> Subject: Automatic reply: Re Emails to Department of Justice and
>>> Province of Nova Scotia
>>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>
>>> Thank you for contacting The Globe and Mail.
>>>
>>> If your matter pertains to newspaper delivery or you require technical
>>> support, please contact our Customer Service department at
>>> 1-800-387-5400 or send an email to customerservice@globeandmail.
>>>
>>> If you are reporting a factual error please forward your email to
>>> publiceditor@globeandmail.com<mailto:publiceditor@
>>>
>>> Letters to the Editor can be sent to letters@globeandmail.com
>>>
>>> This is the correct email address for requests for news coverage and
>>> press releases.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:53:03 -0400
>>> Subject: Re Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova Scotia
>>> To: wrscott@nbpower.com, "brian.gallant" <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>,
>>> "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "David.Coon"
>>> <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, krisaustin <krisaustin@peoplesalliance.ca>,
>>> "rick.doucet" <rick.doucet@gnb.ca>, "Sollows, David (ERD/DER)"
>>> <david.sollows@gnb.ca>, "Robert. Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>,
>>> "robert.gauvin" <robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>, kevin.a.arseneau@gnb.ca,
>>> "Bill.Fraser" <Bill.Fraser@gnb.ca>, "John.Ames" <John.Ames@gnb.ca>,
>>> gerry.lowe@gnb.ca, "hugh.flemming" <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>,
>>> michelle.conroy@gnb.ca, "art.odonnell" <art.odonnell@nb.aibn.com>,
>>> "jake.stewart" <jake.stewart@gnb.ca>, mike.holland@gnb.ca, votejohnw
>>> <votejohnw@gmail.com>, andrea.anderson-mason@gnb.ca,
>>> greg.thompson2@gnb.ca, jean-claude.d'amours@gnb.ca,
>>> jacques.j.leblanc@gnb.ca, megan.mitton@gnb.ca, keith.chiasson@gnb.ca,
>>> "serge.rousselle" <serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, robert.mckee@gnb.ca,
>>> rick.desaulniers@gnb.ca, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "Dominic.Cardy"
>>> <Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, gphlaw@nb.aibn.com, wharrison
>>> <wharrison@nbpower.com>, "Furey, John" <jfurey@nbpower.com>,
>>> "Jody.Wilson-Raybould" <Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.
>>> "clare.barry" <clare.barry@justice.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>,
>>> "hon.ralph.goodale" <hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>,
>>> "Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc" <Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca>, "Bill.Morneau"
>>> <Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>, PREMIER <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>,
>>> JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca, LauraLee.Langley@novascotia.ca,
>>> Karen.Hudson@novascotia.ca, Joanne.Munro@novascotia.ca, Newsroom
>>> <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, news <news@kingscorecord.com>, news
>>> <news@dailygleaner.com>
>>> Cc: "David.Raymond.Amos" <David.Raymond.Amos@gmail.com>, motomaniac333
>>> <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, Victoria.Zinck@novascotia.ca,
>>> Kim.Fleming@novascotia.ca
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>> From: "McGrath, Stephen T" <Stephen.McGrath@novascotia.ca>
>>> Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2018 12:40:22 +0000
>>> Subject: Automatic reply: Does anyone recall the email entitled "So
>>> Stephen McGrath if not you then just exactly who sent me this latest
>>> email from your office?"
>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Thanks for your message, however I am no longer at the Department of
>>> Justice, and this email account is not being monitored.
>>>
>>> Please contact Kim Fleming at Kim.Fleming@novascotia.ca (phone
>>> 902-424-4023), or Vicky Zinck at Victoria.Zinck@novascotia.ca (phone
>>> 902-424-4390). Kim and Vicky will be able to redirect you.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>> From: Justice Website <JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca>
>>> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:21:11 +0000
>>> Subject: Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova Scotia
>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Mr. Amos,
>>> We acknowledge receipt of your recent emails to the Deputy Minister of
>>> Justice and lawyers within the Legal Services Division of the
>>> Department of Justice respecting a possible claim against the Province
>>> of Nova Scotia. Service of any documents respecting a legal claim
>>> against the Province of Nova Scotia may be served on the Attorney
>>> General at 1690 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS. Please note that we will
>>> not be responding to further emails on this matter.
>>>
>>> Department of Justice
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 15:16:38 -0400
>>> Subject: Attn Laura Lee Langley, Karen Hudson and Joanne Munro I just
>>> called all three of your offices to inform you of my next lawsuit
>>> against Nova Scotia
>>> To: LauraLee.Langley@novascotia.ca, Karen.Hudson@novascotia.ca,
>>> Joanne.Munro@novascotia.ca
>>> Cc: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>
>>> https://novascotia.ca/exec_
>>>
>>> https://novascotia.ca/exec_
>>>
>>> Laura Lee Langley
>>> 1700 Granville Street, 5th Floor
>>> One Government Place
>>> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1X5
>>> Phone: (902) 424-8940
>>> Fax: (902) 424-0667
>>> Email: LauraLee.Langley@novascotia.ca
>>>
>>> https://novascotia.ca/just/
>>>
>>> Karen Hudson Q.C.
>>> 1690 Hollis Street, 7th Floor
>>> Joseph Howe Building
>>> Halifax, NS B3J 3J9
>>> Phone: (902) 424-4223
>>> Fax: (902) 424-0510
>>> Email: Karen.Hudson@novascotia.ca
>>>
>>> https://novascotia.ca/sns/ceo.
>>>
>>> Joanne Munro:
>>> 1505 Barrington Street, 14-South
>>> Maritime Centre
>>> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3K5
>>> Phone: (902) 424-4089
>>> Fax: (902) 424-5510
>>> Email: Joanne.Munro@novascotia.ca
>>>
>>> If you don't wish to speak to me before I begin litigation then I
>>> suspect the Integrity Commissioner New Brunswick or the Federal Crown
>>> Counsel can explain the email below and the documents hereto attached
>>> to you and your Premier etc.
>>>
>>> Veritas Vincit
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>> 902 800 0369
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
>>> Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>>> To: coi@gnb.ca
>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>
>>> Good Day Sir
>>>
>>> After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
>>> to speak to one of your staff for the first time
>>>
>>> Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
>>> answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
>>> at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
>>> Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.
>>>
>>> These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
>>> suggested that you study closely.
>>>
>>> This is the docket in Federal Court
>>>
>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> http://davidraymondamos3.
>>>
>>> 83 The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
>>> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
>>> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
>>> five years after he began his bragging:
>>>
>>> January 13, 2015
>>> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
>>>
>>> December 8, 2014
>>> Why Canada Stood Tall!
>>>
>>> Friday, October 3, 2014
>>> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
>>> Stupid Justin Trudeau?
>>>
>>>
>>> Vertias Vincit
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>> 902 800 0369
>>>
>>> P.S. Whereas this CBC article is about your opinion of the actions of
>>> the latest Minister Of Health trust that Mr Boudreau and the CBC have
>>> had my files for many years and the last thing they are is ethical.
>>> Ask his friends Mr Murphy and the RCMP if you don't believe me.
>>>
>>> Subject:
>>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
>>> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
>>> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>>
>>> January 30, 2007
>>>
>>> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>>>
>>> Mr. David Amos
>>>
>>> Dear Mr. Amos:
>>>
>>> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
>>> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>>>
>>> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
>>> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
>>> Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
>>> Minister of Health
>>>
>>> CM/cb
>>>
>>>
>>> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>>>
>>> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
>>> From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
>>> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
>>> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,John.
>>> Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,"Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>> "Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
>>> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have not
>>>
>>> Dear Mr. Amos,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off
>>> over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I
>>> was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>>>
>>> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
>>> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
>>> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
>>> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
>>> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
>>> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>>>
>>> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
>>> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
>>> that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada
>>> the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
>>> and policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
>>>
>>> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
>>> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
>>> GRC Caledonia RCMP
>>> Traffic Services NCO
>>> Ph: (506) 387-2222
>>> Fax: (506) 387-4622
>>> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.archive.org/
>>>
>>> http://www.archive.org/
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>>> Office of the Integrity Commissioner
>>> Edgecombe House, 736 King Street
>>> Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3B 5H1
>>> tel.: 506-457-7890
>>> fax: 506-444-5224
>>> e-mail:coi@gnb.ca
>>>
>>> Hon. Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.
>>> Integrity Commissioner
>>>
>>> Hon. Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C., who resides in Bathurst, N.B., is a
>>> native of Kedgwick, N.B., and is married to Huguette (Savoie)
>>> Deschênes. They have two sons.
>>>
>>> He studied at Saint-Joseph University (now Université de Moncton) from
>>> 1960 to 1962, University of Ottawa from 1962-1965 (B.A.), and
>>> University of New Brunswick (LL.B., 1968). He was admitted to the Law
>>> Society of New Brunswick in 1968. He was legal counsel to the
>>> Department of Justice in Fredericton from 1968 to 1971. He was in
>>> private practice from 1972 to 1982 and specialized in civil litigation
>>> as a partner in the law firm of Michaud, Leblanc, Robichaud, and
>>> Deschênes. While residing in Shediac, N.B., he served on town council
>>> and became the first president of the South East Economic Commission.
>>> He is a past president of the Richelieu Club in Shediac.
>>>
>>> In 1982, he was appointed a judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of New
>>> Brunswick and of the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick in 2000.
>>>
>>> On July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the Court Martial Appeal Court of
>>> Canada.
>>>
>>> While on the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, he was appointed
>>> President of the provincial Judicial Council and in 2012 Chairperson
>>> of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of New
>>> Brunswick for the 2015 federal election.
>>>
>>> He was appointed Conflict of Interest Commissioner in December 2016
>>> and became New Brunswick’s first Integrity Commissioner on December
>>> 16, 2016 with responsibilities for conflict of interest issues related
>>> to Members of the Legislative Assembly. As of April 1, 2017 he
>>> supervises lobbyists of public office holders under the Lobbyists’
>>> Registration Act.
>>>
>>> As of September 1, 2017, he will be assuming the functions presently
>>> held by the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>> From: Póstur FOR <postur@for.is>
>>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 22:05:47 +0000
>>> Subject: Re: Hey Premier Gallant please inform the questionable
>>> parliamentarian Birigtta Jonsdottir that although NB is a small "Have
>>> Not" province at least we have twice the population of Iceland and
>>> that not all of us are as dumb as she and her Prime Minister pretends
>>> to be..
>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received
>>>
>>> Kveðja / Best regards
>>> Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>> From: Póstur IRR <postur@irr.is>
>>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 22:05:47 +0000
>>> Subject: Re: Hey Premier Gallant please inform the questionable
>>> parliamentarian Birigtta Jonsdottir that although NB is a small "Have
>>> Not" province at least we have twice the population of Iceland and
>>> that not all of us are as dumb as she and her Prime Minister pretends
>>> to be..
>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið. / Your request has been received.
>>>
>>> Kveðja / Best regards
>>> Innanríkisráðuneytið / Ministry of the Interior
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)" <Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
>>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 21:39:17 +0000
>>> Subject: RE: After crossing paths with them bigtime in 2004 Davey Baby
>>> Coon and his many Green Meanie and Fake Left cohorts know why I won't
>>> hold my breath waiting for them to act with any semblance of integrity
>>> now N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc??
>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick.
>>> Please be assured that your email has been received, will be reviewed,
>>> and a response will be forthcoming.
>>> Once again, thank you for taking the time to write.
>>>
>>> Merci d'avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick.
>>> Soyez assuré que votre courriel a bien été reçu, qu'il sera examiné
>>> et qu'une réponse vous sera acheminée.
>>> Merci encore d'avoir pris de temps de nous écrire.
>>>
>>> Sincerely, / Sincèrement,
>>> Mallory Fowler
>>> Corespondence Manager / Gestionnaire de la correspondance
>>> Office of the Premier / Cabinet du premier ministre
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Póstur FOR <postur@for.is>
>>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 21:43:50 +0000
>>> Subject: Re: After crossing paths with them bigtime in 2004 Davey Baby
>>> Coon and his many Green Meanie and Fake Left cohorts know why I won't
>>> hold my breath waiting for them to act with any semblance of integrity
>>> now N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc??
>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received
>>>
>>> Kveðja / Best regards
>>> Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Póstur IRR <postur@irr.is>
>>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 21:43:50 +0000
>>> Subject: Re: After crossing paths with them bigtime in 2004 Davey Baby
>>> Coon and his many Green Meanie and Fake Left cohorts know why I won't
>>> hold my breath waiting for them to act with any semblance of integrity
>>> now N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc??
>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið. / Your request has been received.
>>>
>>> Kveðja / Best regards
>>> Innanríkisráðuneytið / Ministry of the Interior
>>>
>>>
>>> For the public record I knew Birgitta was no better than the people
>>> she bitches about when she refused to discuss the QSLS blog with me
>>> while she was in Canada making her rounds in the Canadain media in
>>> January of 2011.
>>>
>>>
>>> This is the docket
>>>
>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>>>
>>> These are digital recordings of the last two hearings
>>>
>>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/
>>>
>>> Jan 11th https://archive.org/details/
>>>
>>> This me running for a seat in Parliament again while CBC denies it again
>>>
>>> Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 - The Local
>>> Campaign, Rogers TV
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>>>
>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>>>
>>> Veritas Vincit
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>> 902 800 0369
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 09:20:29 -0400
>>> Subject: Hey before you Red Coats swear an Oath to the Queen and the
>>> 42nd Parliament begins perhaps the turncoat Big Bad Billy Casey the
>>> Yankee carpetbagger David Lutz or some Boyz from NB should explain
>>> this lawsuit to you real slow.
>>> To: alaina@alainalockhart.ca, david <david@lutz.nb.ca>,
>>> "daniel.mchardie" <daniel.mchardie@cbc.ca>, info@waynelong.ca,
>>> info@ginettepetitpastaylor.ca, rarseno@nbnet.nb.ca,
>>> matt@mattdecourcey.ca, info@sergecormier.ca, pat@patfinnigan.ca,
>>> tj@tjharvey.ca, karen.ludwig.nb@gmail.com
>>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "Frank.McKenna"
>>> <Frank.McKenna@td.com>, info@votezsteve.ca, info@billcasey.ca,
>>> "justin.trudeau.a1" <justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>,
>>> "dominic.leblanc.a1" <dominic.leblanc.a1@parl.gc.ca>, oldmaison
>>> <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, jacques_poitras <jacques_poitras@cbc.ca>,
>>> "Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "peter.mackay"
>>> <peter.mackay@justice.gc.ca>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the
>>> most
>>>
>>>
>>> http://davidraymondamos3.
>>>
>>> 83 The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
>>> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
>>> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
>>> five years after he began his bragging:
>>>
>>> January 13, 2015
>>> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
>>>
>>> December 8, 2014
>>> Why Canada Stood Tall!
>>>
>>> Friday, October 3, 2014
>>> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
>>> Stupid Justin Trudeau
>>>
>>> Canada’s and Canadians free ride is over. Canada can no longer hide
>>> behind Amerka’s and NATO’s skirts.
>>>
>>> When I was still in Canadian Forces then Prime Minister Jean Chretien
>>> actually committed the Canadian Army to deploy in the second campaign
>>> in Iraq, the Coalition of the Willing. This was against or contrary to
>>> the wisdom or advice of those of us Canadian officers that were
>>> involved in the initial planning phases of that operation. There were
>>> significant concern in our planning cell, and NDHQ about of the dearth
>>> of concern for operational guidance, direction, and forces for
>>> operations after the initial occupation of Iraq. At the “last minute”
>>> Prime Minister Chretien and the Liberal government changed its mind.
>>> The Canadian government told our amerkan cousins that we would not
>>> deploy combat troops for the Iraq campaign, but would deploy a
>>> Canadian Battle Group to Afghanistan, enabling our amerkan cousins to
>>> redeploy troops from there to Iraq. The PMO’s thinking that it was
>>> less costly to deploy Canadian Forces to Afghanistan than Iraq. But
>>> alas no one seems to remind the Liberals of Prime Minister Chretien’s
>>> then grossly incorrect assumption. Notwithstanding Jean Chretien’s
>>> incompetence and stupidity, the Canadian Army was heroic,
>>> professional, punched well above it’s weight, and the PPCLI Battle
>>> Group, is credited with “saving Afghanistan” during the Panjway
>>> campaign of 2006.
>>>
>>> What Justin Trudeau and the Liberals don’t tell you now, is that then
>>> Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien committed, and deployed the
>>> Canadian army to Canada’s longest “war” without the advice, consent,
>>> support, or vote of the Canadian Parliament.
>>>
>>> What David Amos and the rest of the ignorant, uneducated, and babbling
>>> chattering classes are too addled to understand is the deployment of
>>> less than 75 special operations troops, and what is known by planners
>>> as a “six pac cell” of fighter aircraft is NOT the same as a
>>> deployment of a Battle Group, nor a “war” make.
>>>
>>> The Canadian Government or The Crown unlike our amerkan cousins have
>>> the “constitutional authority” to commit the Canadian nation to war.
>>> That has been recently clearly articulated to the Canadian public by
>>> constitutional scholar Phillippe Legasse. What Parliament can do is
>>> remove “confidence” in The Crown’s Government in a “vote of
>>> non-confidence.” That could not happen to the Chretien Government
>>> regarding deployment to Afghanistan, and it won’t happen in this
>>> instance with the conservative majority in The Commons regarding a
>>> limited Canadian deployment to the Middle East.
>>>
>>> President George Bush was quite correct after 911 and the terror
>>> attacks in New York; that the Taliban “occupied” and “failed state”
>>> Afghanistan was the source of logistical support, command and control,
>>> and training for the Al Quaeda war of terror against the world. The
>>> initial defeat, and removal from control of Afghanistan was vital and
>>> essential for the security and tranquility of the developed world. An
>>> ISIS “caliphate,” in the Middle East, no matter how small, is a clear
>>> and present danger to the entire world. This “occupied state,”
>>> or“failed state” will prosecute an unending Islamic inspired war of
>>> terror against not only the “western world,” but Arab states
>>> “moderate” or not, as well. The security, safety, and tranquility of
>>> Canada and Canadians are just at risk now with the emergence of an
>>> ISIS“caliphate” no matter how large or small, as it was with the
>>> Taliban and Al Quaeda “marriage” in Afghanistan.
>>>
>>> One of the everlasting “legacies” of the “Trudeau the Elder’s dynasty
>>> was Canada and successive Liberal governments cowering behind the
>>> amerkan’s nuclear and conventional military shield, at the same time
>>> denigrating, insulting them, opposing them, and at the same time
>>> self-aggrandizing ourselves as “peace keepers,” and progenitors of
>>> “world peace.” Canada failed. The United States of Amerka, NATO, the
>>> G7 and or G20 will no longer permit that sort of sanctimonious
>>> behavior from Canada or its government any longer. And Prime Minister
>>> Stephen Harper, Foreign Minister John Baird , and Cabinet are fully
>>> cognizant of that reality. Even if some editorial boards, and pundits
>>> are not.
>>>
>>> Justin, Trudeau “the younger” is reprising the time “honoured” liberal
>>> mantra, and tradition of expecting the amerkans or the rest of the
>>> world to do “the heavy lifting.” Justin Trudeau and his “butt buddy”
>>> David Amos are telling Canadians that we can guarantee our security
>>> and safety by expecting other nations to fight for us. That Canada can
>>> and should attempt to guarantee Canadians safety by providing
>>> “humanitarian aid” somewhere, and call a sitting US president a “war
>>> criminal.” This morning Australia announced they too, were sending
>>> tactical aircraft to eliminate the menace of an ISIS “caliphate.”
>>>
>>> In one sense Prime Minister Harper is every bit the scoundrel Trudeau
>>> “the elder” and Jean ‘the crook” Chretien was. Just As Trudeau, and
>>> successive Liberal governments delighted in diminishing,
>>> marginalizing, under funding Canadian Forces, and sending Canadian
>>> military men and women to die with inadequate kit and modern
>>> equipment; so too is Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Canada’s F-18s are
>>> antiquated, poorly equipped, and ought to have been replaced five
>>> years ago. But alas, there won’t be single RCAF fighter jock that
>>> won’t go, or won’t want to go, to make Canada safe or safer.
>>>
>>> My Grandfather served this country. My father served this country. My
>>> Uncle served this country. And I have served this country. Justin
>>> Trudeau has not served Canada in any way. Thomas Mulcair has not
>>> served this country in any way. Liberals and so called social
>>> democrats haven’t served this country in any way. David Amos, and
>>> other drooling fools have not served this great nation in any way. Yet
>>> these fools are more than prepared to ensure their, our safety to
>>> other nations, and then criticize them for doing so.
>>>
>>> Canada must again, now, “do our bit” to guarantee our own security,
>>> and tranquility, but also that of the world. Canada has never before
>>> shirked its responsibility to its citizens and that of the world.
>>>
>>> Prime Minister Harper will not permit this country to do so now
>>>
>>> From: dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca
>>> Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 14:17:17 -0400
>>> Subject: RE: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and
>>> the War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still
>>> alive
>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>
>>> This is to confirm that the Minister of National Defence has received
>>> your email and it will be reviewed in due course. Please do not reply
>>> to this message: it is an automatic acknowledgement.
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>>> Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 13:55:30 -0300
>>> Subject: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and the
>>> War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still alive
>>> To: DECPR@forces.gc.ca, Public.Affairs@socom.mil,
>>> Raymonde.Cleroux@mpcc-cppm.gc.
>>> william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, stoffp1 <stoffp1@parl.gc.ca>,
>>> dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca, media@drdc-rddc.gc.ca, information@forces.gc.ca,
>>> milner@unb.ca, charters@unb.ca, lwindsor@unb.ca,
>>> sarah.weir@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca, birgir <birgir@althingi.is>, smari
>>> <smari@immi.is>, greg.weston@cbc.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>,
>>> susan@blueskystrategygroup.com, Don@blueskystrategygroup.com,
>>> eugene@blueskystrategygroup.
>>> Cc: "Edith. Cody-Rice" <Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca>, "terry.seguin"
>>> <terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>, whistleblower
>>> <whistleblower@ctv.ca>
>>>
>>> I talked to Don Newman earlier this week before the beancounters David
>>> Dodge and Don Drummond now of Queen's gave their spin about Canada's
>>> Health Care system yesterday and Sheila Fraser yapped on and on on
>>> CAPAC during her last days in office as if she were oh so ethical.. To
>>> be fair to him I just called Greg Weston (613-288-6938) I suggested
>>> that he should at least Google SOUCOM and David Amos It would be wise
>>> if he check ALL of CBC's sources before he publishes something else
>>> about the DND EH Don Newman? Lets just say that the fact that your
>>> old CBC buddy, Tony Burman is now in charge of Al Jazeera English
>>> never impressed me. The fact that he set up a Canadian office is
>>> interesting though
>>>
>>> http://www.
>>>
>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/
>>>
>>> Anyone can call me back and stress test my integrity after they read
>>> this simple pdf file. BTW what you Blue Sky dudes pubished about
>>> Potash Corp and BHP is truly funny. Perhaps Stevey Boy Harper or Brad
>>> Wall will fill ya in if you are to shy to call mean old me.
>>>
>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/
>>>
>>> The Governor General, the PMO and the PCO offices know that I am not a
>>> shy political animal
>>>
>>> Veritas Vincit
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>> 902 800 0369
>>>
>>> Enjoy Mr Weston
>>> http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/
>>>
>>> "But Lang, defence minister McCallum's chief of staff, says military
>>> brass were not entirely forthcoming on the issue. For instance, he
>>> says, even McCallum initially didn't know those soldiers were helping
>>> to plan the invasion of Iraq up to the highest levels of command,
>>> including a Canadian general.
>>>
>>> That general is Walt Natynczyk, now Canada's chief of defence staff,
>>> who eight months after the invasion became deputy commander of 35,000
>>> U.S. soldiers and other allied forces in Iraq. Lang says Natynczyk was
>>> also part of the team of mainly senior U.S. military brass that helped
>>> prepare for the invasion from a mobile command in Kuwait."
>>>
>>> http://baconfat53.blogspot.
>>>
>>> "I remember years ago when the debate was on in Canada, about there
>>> being weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Our American 'friends"
>>> demanded that Canada join into "the Coalition of the Willing. American
>>> "veterans" and sportscasters loudly denounced Canada for NOT buying
>>> into the US policy.
>>>
>>> At the time I was serving as a planner at NDHQ and with 24 other of my
>>> colleagues we went to Tampa SOUCOM HQ to be involved in the planning
>>> in the planning stages of the op....and to report to NDHQ, that would
>>> report to the PMO upon the merits of the proposed operation. There was
>>> never at anytime an existing target list of verified sites where there
>>> were deployed WMD.
>>>
>>> Coalition assets were more than sufficient for the initial strike and
>>> invasion phase but even at that point in the planning, we were
>>> concerned about the number of "boots on the ground" for the occupation
>>> (and end game) stage of an operation in Iraq. We were also concerned
>>> about the American plans for occupation plans of Iraq because they at
>>> that stage included no contingency for a handing over of civil
>>> authority to a vetted Iraqi government and bureaucracy.
>>>
>>> There was no detailed plan for Iraq being "liberated" and returned to
>>> its people...nor a thought to an eventual exit plan. This was contrary
>>> to the lessons of Vietnam but also to current military thought, that
>>> folks like Colin Powell and "Stuffy" Leighton and others elucidated
>>> upon. "What's the mission" how long is the mission, what conditions
>>> are to met before US troop can redeploy? Prime Minister Jean Chretien
>>> and the PMO were even at the very preliminary planning stages wary of
>>> Canadian involvement in an Iraq operation....History would prove them
>>> correct. The political pressure being applied on the PMO from the
>>> George W Bush administration was onerous
>>>
>>> American military assets were extremely overstretched, and Canadian
>>> military assets even more so It was proposed by the PMO that Canadian
>>> naval platforms would deploy to assist in naval quarantine operations
>>> in the Gulf and that Canadian army assets would deploy in Afghanistan
>>> thus permitting US army assets to redeploy for an Iraqi
>>> operation....The PMO thought that "compromise would save Canadian
>>> lives and liberal political capital.. and the priority of which
>>> ....not necessarily in that order. "
>>>
>>> You can bet that I called these sneaky Yankees again today EH John
>>> Adams? of the CSE within the DND?
>>>
>>> http://www.socom.mil/
>>>
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