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Minister lashes out as Green MLA stalls vote on 'safe communities' bill
Ted Flemming clashes with Green MLA Kevin Arseneau over bill amendments
Ted Flemming lashed out at Kevin Arseneau, accusing him of wearing a "supercilious smirk" after the Kent North MLA insisted on his right to pose more questions about the bill.
Flemming had to leave the Wednesday meeting at 1:30 p.m. for an appointment, and he urged the legislative committee examining the bill to vote on it before adjourning.
Green Party MLA Kevin Arseneau wants to see data to back up Flemming's claim the SCAN program works. (Jacques Poitras/CBC News)
But MLAs have a right to unlimited questions during committee debate, and Arseneau refused to forgo that right, meaning the vote could not take place.
"I am not prepared to vote. … I have questions that have not been answered yet."
Flemming accused Arseneau of "posturing" by demanding data to back up Flemming's claim that the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act has been working well.
"He can sit there with his supercilious smirk all he wants," Flemming said. "We don't have the information."
The minister said he was willing to get the information to him later and said Arseneau would be to blame for impeding the province's efforts to crack down on crime.
Arseneau said he should not be expected to vote based only on the minister's verbal assurances that the Safer Communities and Neighborhoods Act is working.
"What I want is data, is facts. Not just 'I've seen that it works.' That's a very discretionary way to make laws."
Committee
members have a right to ask as many questions as they want, and
Arseneau's refusal to allow a vote was upheld by the committee chair. (Karissa Donkin/CBC)
Other Progressive Conservative MLAs also called for a vote, but PC MLA and committee chair Greg Turner pointed out the rules allow Arseneau to keep asking questions. The debate will resume at a later date.
The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods, or SCAN, program was passed into law in 2009 and started operating in 2010. It's designed to let authorities go through civil, not criminal, courts to force drug dealers and other criminals out of neighbourhoods.
That means the burden of proof is not as high as establishing guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Flemming's amendments would protect the anonymity of neighbours who make complaints, which he acknowledged would "permit hearsay evidence" not normally admissible in court.
They would also update the law to say there's a presumption a neighbourhood is "adversely affected" if a judge is satisfied "a property is being habitually used for a specified use" such as drug sales. That in turn makes it easier for the judge to issue an order under the act.
Nicole
O'Byrne, an associate law professor at UNB, says one of the amendments
puts a higher burden on the accused to disprove the allegations. (Mag Hood/Submitted Nicole O'Byrne)
University of New Brunswick law professor Nicole O'Byrne called that amendment problematic because it takes away a judge's discretion to decide how a neighbourhood is affected based on evidence.
And it also puts a higher burden on the person facing eviction to disprove the assumption.
Housing and anti-poverty activist Abram Lutes said allowing anonymous complaints opens the door to the law being abused to discriminate against poor and racialized tenants.
"It can easily be used as a pretext to get rid of people," he said.
In 2015 an Edmundston man was evicted from an apartment after police warned his landlord he was the subject of a SCAN investigation before the case ever got to court.
In 2013, a Court of Queen's Bench judge in Saint John quashed two evictions by N.B. Housing, the provincial government's social housing agency, that it launched after SCAN investigations.
Justice Peter Glennie's ruling was against New Brunswick Housing for not giving the tenants the chance to challenge their evictions, not against SCAN itself.
Still, Glennie said in his ruling that the SCAN investigations were "inadequate and superficial," pointing out the investigator never spoke to the tenants themselves.
Flemming's amendments have been through two readings by the full legislature and now must be approved by a committee before returning for a third and final vote.
He said the SCAN Act has been a success.
"We have had many, many, many complaints, many investigations, many successful evictions, and many grateful people," he said. "This works. It's good legislation."
Under the law, the SCAN unit in Flemming's department received and investigates a complaint and can then try to convince the "offending party" stop their behaviour or ask a judge to issue a "community safety order" to vacate the property.
The person named in the complaint is given a notice of that hearing so they can respond.
But part of the amendments debated Wednesday will allow investigators to send the notice by registered mail rather than serving it to the person directly.
Public Safety Minister Ted Flemming said he didn't have the
information MLA Kevin Arseneau wanted. (Jacques Poitras/CBC file photo)
Flemming said Wednesday that makes it harder for the person to avoid being served with the notice. "This allows that behaviour to not work to the advantage of a criminal," he said.
Flemming repeatedly referred to the subjects of SCAN investigations as "criminals" though at no point in the process are they charged with a crime.
Last May, Flemming told the legislature that the province's COVID-19 emergency order went "against my grain as a libertarian" because it gave the government extraordinary powers to limit personal freedoms when enforcing restrictions.
He said Wednesday the SCAN act doesn't limit a citizen's rights to procedural fairness before the courts.
"If someone doesn't like this statute they can appeal it or they can challenge it under the Constitution," he said.
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What I am going to say is that CBC is guilty of sensationalism here, as Arseneau is not stalling a vote simply by asking that affirmations made be backed by data. He is doing his job in committee, and Flemming should realize that is the role of committees. What is the point of having committees at all if you can't ask such questions. If you can say that it has been working, you should be able to back it up with data. If not, how the hell do you know it is working?
“Let me say clearly: I mean every word that we say, we will hold ourselves to a higher standard…When we are asked a sincere question, we will give a straight answer. When we are given a job to do, we will measure the results and share them with out spin. When we make mistakes, we will humbly own them and work to do better. When we defend out choices, we will do so with evidence and facts, not talking points and personal attacks. And we will always remember that results, not image, are the things that will keep the New Brunswick alive.”
Premier
Ted didn't get the memo.
Imagine, one of his own caucus member had to tell Flemming that not only was he not way out in left field, but that he was not even in the ballpark.
Unidentified witness says RCMP officer encouraged Grand Manan vigilantes
CBC News · Posted: Apr 04, 2007 6:12 PM AT
"A surprise Crown witness offered testimony that supported the defence on the last day of thetrial of Ronald Ross, the man at the centre of last summer's riot on Grand Manan Island.
The former Grand Manan man is accused of illegal possession of afirearm and uttering threats against his neighbours in the weeks leading up toJuly 22, 2006, which culminated in the burning of Ross's house. Ross's lawyer says those accusations are made up by people who were out to get the suspected drug dealer."
Nothing there about the RCMP officer who protected Ross from the mob eh?
theres my supercilious smirk of the day
deactivated?
havent voted lib since McKenna prob never will again
cause im now entrenched into the You Guys
I guess this is what the opponents to this are getting at in the story. I don't understand how the government justifies this
would have police spending their time playing the "shell game", constantly looking
to evict criminals instead of being given a concrete plan (which costs money) that
could reduce or eliminate the drug problem.
Hence Teddy gets to rub in the fact that we get the governments we deserve
Noel Sherwood
Methinks folks should have clued in when Higgy et al sent me butter tarts as soon as Cardy and Lamrock turned coat and challenged me to run in a provincial election N'esy Pas?
Methinks many would agree that they make Higgy's circus almost as entertaining as Cardy does N'esy Pas?
You think that's fair and due process?
Where did he get his law degree❓
Paid to do a job. Cherrypicking isnt one of them
don't agree about something and you're a shill for organised crime. What is probably illegal is forcing somebody to move without a conviction. This won't stand up in court.
Where is the money for the jails?
Where’s the money for the staff?
Where’s the money for lawyers and judges?
Ppl like ted have been in power for decades….they helped create the poverty that is the root of most of the crime.
Was he convicted ? Where is the investigative reporting ?
i couldn't figure out what discretionary powers were deprived
There would be a briefing book available to the minister answering most potential questions that will be proposed in committee; particularly was the program or service successful, and if so in what way. And if Fleming did not have that book or didn't bother to refer to it that is sloppy work on his, and his various assistants' part. And highly disrespectful to the legislative process.
Legislative committees exist for opposition members to hold the government of the day accountable. Not for the minister to tell the opposition and the public how great he or she is at running the department.
Methinks Arseneau et al know that I am very proud of mon ami Roger Richard who has run against your hero twice thus far N'esy Pas?
So say hey for me to your CBC/CNN buddies, Chucky Leblanc, Mr Arseneau, Mr Coon the lawyer O'Byrne and especially my cousin Madame Mitton too will ya?
Calmer tone during committee discussions of anti-drug dealer amendments
Earlier meeting saw public safety minister call Green MLA a 'shill for organized crime'
Days after calling a Green MLA a "shill for organized crime" for demanding data and facts to prove the bill was necessary, Flemming said Kevin Arseneau was asking "very legitimate" questions about it.
The changes to the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act, known as the SCAN Act, would make it easier for authorities to push alleged drug dealers out of homes, apartments and neighbourhoods without having to prove them guilty of a crime.
Arseneau's lengthy questioning of the bill last week forced the committee studying it to adjourn without holding a vote, which angered Flemming at the time.
Green
MLA Kevin Arseneau and Public Safety Minister Ted Flemming were at odds
last week over whether a committee vote on amendments to the SCAN Act
should go ahead. (Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick)
He accused Arseneau of wearing "a supercilious smirk" during the debate and said people living near drug dealers would blame him for the lack of action.
"They'll know exactly why the progress to fighting crime has been impeded. It's on you, Mr. Arseneau."
On Tuesday, however, Flemming went out of his way to acknowledge Arseneau's questions and answer them.
The amendments to the SCAN Act would protect the anonymity of neighbours who make complaints about drug activity. The minister acknowledged last week it would "permit hearsay evidence" that is not normally admissible in court.
They would also require a judge reviewing an application for a SCAN order to presume a neighbourhood is "adversely affected" if or she is satisfied that drugs are being sold at a property.
Critics say both of those provisions will leave the law open to abuse.
'Not to harm people'
Flemming said Tuesday that many of the same standards from criminal investigations will apply to SCAN investigations.
Evidence gathered after a complaint goes to Crown prosecutors who make decisions whether to go ahead independently of government, he said.
And a Court of Queen's Bench judge then holds a hearing and the owner of the property is notified and can appear and contest the order.
Flemming argued Tuesday the only people who may suffer as a result of a SCAN order are criminals.
"This legislation is brought forward not to harm people. It is brought forward to help people."
Arseneau said he agreed with the goal but said there should be a more holistic approach to dealing with crime.
"Often it's not the 'what' but the 'how.' … The approaches can be very, very different."
He said he was worried someone committing a minor offence, such as growing five marijuana plants in their own home for personal use rather than the legally permitted limit of four, could be subject to a SCAN investigation and to eviction.
Flemming again welcomed the debate.
"It's a good part of the legislative and democratic process that he asks these questions about accountability and negative impacts and stuff like that. This is why we're here."
No support from Arseneau
After about 45 minutes of questions, Arseneau said he wasn't satisfied with Flemming's answers and could not support the bill.
But he thanked Flemming for a more polite meeting than last Wednesday.
"To have discussions like we're having right now with a respectful tone is an important part of democracy, and I know you agree with that."
"I agree," Flemming said.
The committee voted to approve the bill and send it back to the full legislature where it will go to a final vote in the spring.
The committee also approved a bill to allow Cannabis N.B. to expand operations by opening around 10 smaller, privately run stores later this year.
That said there is no substitute for due process and even former and active criminals deserve due process. It's an odd enforcement tactic, to say the least.
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I'm not a fan of Higgs but posting stuff like this makes me question your motives.
Kevin Arseneau needs to go back to his farm and work at something he knows.
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ordained to the episcopate as Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa. He held the
offices of Vicar General, Vicar for the National Language Parishes,
Communities and Faithful, Moderator of the Curia, and Coordinator of
English Pastoral Services. Bishop Riesbeck was named Bishop of the
Diocese of Saint John in 2019.
Dawn Russell, BA, LLB, LLM, President and Vice Chancellor
Professor
Russell has been President and Vice-Chancellor since July 2011. She
earned a Bachelor of Arts from St. Thomas University, a Bachelor of Laws
from Dalhousie Law School and a Masters in International Law from
Cambridge University. She was dean of the Dalhousie Law School for ten
years and was the Purdy Crawford Chair in Business Law. She has taught
business law, securities regulations, corporate governance, and law of
the sea, and has also consulted in the law of the sea and international
law and provincial boundary issues, and has provided legal assistance to
governments on maritime boundaries and ocean management issues. She was
a founding member of the Centre for Law and Democracy, served on the
Maritime Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee, and was an executive
member of the Lawyers for Social Responsibility. She was appointed
Queen’s Counsel and received the Francis Fish Award for Excellence and
Leadership in the Legal Profession.
Kim Fenwick, BSc, MA, PhD - Vice President (Academic and Research)
Dr.
Fenwick was appointed Acting Vice-President (Academic & Research)
in January 2016. She was the winner of the University’s Excellence in
Teaching Award in 2006. She is the author of numerous scholarly
publications including her contribution to Witnesses and the Law. She
has taught at the University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario, and
she joined the Department of Psychology at St. Thomas University in
1995. She later served as the chair of that department and many
university committees.
Appointed
Tammy Augustine, BA, LLB (Oct. 2024)
Tammy
Augustine is a graduate of STU and holds an LLB from the University of
Ottawa. Since 2011, she has been the justice manager for the Elsipogtog
First Nation where she is responsible for overseeing justice programs
and projects related to Restorative Justice Program—healing and
sentencing circles (including victim services) and the healing and
wellness court. She has been active in her community at Elsipogtog and
throughout the province. She serves on the justice advisory committee
and served on the crime reduction strategy workgroup at Elsipogtog. She
has also served on the New Brunswick Advisory Committee on Violence
Against Aboriginal Women and the New Brunswick Roundtable on Crime and
Public Safety.
David Farrar, BA, LLB (May 2024)
The Honourable
Justice David P.S. Farrar was born in Tide Head, New Brunswick and grew
up in that Province. He is a graduate of St. Thomas University (majors
in Sociology and Math) and University of New Brunswick where he obtained
a law degree. While at the University of New Brunswick he was a
Beaverbrook scholar and co-editor of the UNB Law Journal. He was
appointed to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in September 2009 and
elevated to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in March 2010. He was a
litigator in private practice specializing in commercial litigation,
insurance defence work, construction law, workers’ compensation law,
occupational health and safety and employment law. He was a part-time
lecturer at Dalhousie University from 1989 to 2007 lecturing first in
Civil Trial Practice and then, for the last seven years, Insurance Law.
He previously served on the Board of Governors’ of St. Thomas University
in various capacities for eight years. He had published and lectured
frequently in a variety of fields including: Construction law,
Occupational Health and Safety, Workers’ Compensation Law, Civil
Procedure and Advocacy. He is the past Chair of the Canadian Bar
Association Construction Law National subsection and the Canadian Bar
Association, Nova Scotia Civil Litigation section.
David Ferguson, BA (Mar. 2025)
David Ferguson
began his career in the New Brunswick public service in 1972. In 1994 he
was appointed Deputy Minister of Advanced Education and Labour.
Subsequent appointments included Deputy Solicitor General, Deputy
Minister of Natural Resources and Energy, and Deputy Minister of Natural
Resources. Ferguson served as Clerk of the Executive Council and
Secretary to Cabinet until his retirement in 2010. In 2011, he was
appointed Chair of the Board of Horizon Health Authority where he served
until June 2016. He currently serves on the Boards of Portage Atlantic
and Learnsphere Canada. Ferguson has a Bachelor of Arts from Loyola
College.
Marlene Floyd, BA (May 2025)
Marlene Floyd leads
Microsoft’s corporate affairs, public policy and advocacy efforts in
Canada. Prior to joining Microsoft, Marlene was responsible for the
execution of national stakeholder engagement and outreach campaigns
while serving as the Director of Operations and Outreach to the Rt. Hon.
Justin Trudeau in the lead up to the 2015 federal election. Marlene has
previously worked as a Partner at a national government and public
affairs firm and has served as an advisor to Prime Ministers and several
federal Ministers on a diverse range of public policy matters. An avid
volunteer, Marlene sits on several national and community boards and is
the founder of Dress for Success Ottawa. For her career and community
achievements Marlene has been a recipient of a "Forty Under 40" award, Y
Women of Distinction award and a Leading Women Building Communities
award from the province of Ontario.
Peter R. Forestell, QC (Mar. 2023) - Chair
Peter
Forestell is the New Brunswick chair of the regional law firm Cox &
Palmer. After completing his education at St. Thomas University and UNB,
he was called to the New Brunswick Bar in 1977. He has been recognized
in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a leading practitioner in
corporate commercial law and property development, and also has been
listed as a leading practitioner by The Best Lawyers in Canada. He is a
member of the board of directors of Hospice Saint John, and is a former
member of the boards for the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation, the
Canadian Red Cross (NB Division) and the Rocmaura Foundation.
Krista Han, CPA, CA, FEA (Mar. 2025)
Krista Han
is a partner at Grant Thornton and has almost two decades of experience
in providing accounting, assurance, and advisory services to clients in
the public and private sectors. She is the Chair of the Grant Thornton
Foundation and also volunteers for various charities including the Terry
Fox Run. She is a member of the Succession Connect Advisory Committee
which supports immigration to the region through the Fredericton Chamber
of Commerce and serves as an advisory member to Family Business
Atlantic. Han holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from UNBSJ;
she is a Chartered Accountant, Certified Professional Accountant, and a
Family Enterprise Advisor.
Brent Henry, CPA, CA (May 2025)
Brent Henry is
Vice President, Finance and Acting Chief Financial Officer at Vetscor
Inc in Fredericton. Prior to this role, he was the company’s Chief
Compliance Officer and Director of Finance Operations. He has also
worked as a Senior Accountant for Deloitte & Touche, LLP. He holds
the Chartered Professional Accountant (Chartered Accountant)
designation, was designated on the David Hope Honor Role at the Atlantic
School of Chartered Accountancy and holds a Bachelor of Business
Administration degree with a concentration in accounting and minor in
economics from the University of New Brunswick.
Tom Isaac, BA, MA, LLB, LLM (Oct. 2022)
Tom Isaac
is a nationally recognized authority on Aboriginal law and has advised
across Canada on Aboriginal legal matters and related environmental,
regulatory, and constitutional issues. He received his Bachelor of Arts
(Honours) from St. Thomas University and earned a Master’s of Arts from
Dalhousie, a Bachelor of Law from the University of New Brunswick, and a
Master’s in Law from the University of Saskatchewan. He is the author
of 14 books and monographs—including Aboriginal Law, now in its fifth
edition—and his books have been used in law schools and universities in
Canada and the United States. Issac has also taught Aboriginal,
constitutional, and business law at Canadian universities.
Carolyn MacKay, BN, MBA (Jan. 2023)
Carolyn
MacKay held several senior civil servant positions during her career in
the provincial public service and was deputy minister in the Department
of Human Resources, the Department of Tourism and Parks, the Department
of Wellness Culture and Sport, and the Department of Healthy and
Inclusive Communities. She has board of governors experience with the
New Brunswick Industrial Development Board, the Algonquin Hotel Board of
Directors, the Institute of Public Administration of Canada, NB Chapter
and the Trans Canada Trail Board of Directors. MacKay holds a
bachelor’s degree in nursing and a master’s degree in business
administration from the University of New Brunswick. She is a French
immersion graduate from the University of Laval and the Program for
Public Executives from Queen’s University.
Daniel McCarthy – BComm, FCPA, DComm (May 2022)
Daniel
J. McCarthy has over 30 years of experience in the investment banking
and securities industry. He has worked as Vice-Chairman at Credit Suisse
Securities (Canada) Inc and as Vice Chairman of CIBC World Markets.
Previously at CIBC, he was Managing Director and Head of Investment
Banking for Diversified Industries. In addition, Mr. McCarthy spent a
number of years as Managing Director within CIBC’s Equity Capital
Markets business, where he was responsible for the distribution of new
issues within CIBC’s private client brokerage division. Prior to joining
CIBC in 1990, Mr. McCarthy was Managing Director of Private Client
Marketing at Merrill Lynch Canada.
Sister Mary Beth McCurdy, BA, BTh, MA (Dec. 2024)
Sister
Mary Beth McCurdy has been congregational leader of the Sisters of
Charity of the Immaculate Conception since 2010. Earlier, she served in
education as well as parish and liturgical ministries in both eastern
and western Canada. She graduated from the University of New Brunswick
and Newman Theological College in Edmonton, Alta. Later, she earned a
graduate degree from the Sophia Center in Culture and Spirituality at
Holy Names University in Oakland, California. In 2008, she co-founded
Sophia Recovery Centre for Women in Saint John, NB with the late sister
Arleen Brawley SCIC. Sister Mary Beth served as a counsellor and board
member at the centre. For three years, she was a delegate to the
International Union of Superiors General. She is a board member with the
Sisters of Charity Federation of North America as well as the National
Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Md. Her commitment to
community outreach and social and ecological justice includes a focus
on truth and reconciliation in relationship with Indigenous peoples.
The Honourable Graydon Nicholas, Chancellor (Dec. 2024)
The Hon. Graydon Nicholas earned a Bachelor of Science from St. Francis Xavier University, a Bachelor of Law from the University of New Brunswick, and a Masters of Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University. He worked with the Union of New Brunswick Indians as legal counsel and then as its Chair and President. As a jurist he argued cases at all levels including at the Supreme Court of Canada and was a Provincial Court Judge from 1991-2009. With former Supreme Court Justice Gerard V. La Forest, he co-authored the March 1999 Report of the Task Force on Aboriginal Issues at the request of the New Brunswick Government. He was Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 2009 to 2014, becoming the first Indigenous person to hold this office. He was the Endowed Chair of Native Studies at STU from 1989-1991 and was reappointed in 2015.
Phillippe Ouellette, BA, MA (Sept. 2024)
Phillippe
Ouellette is the deputy commissioner of growth and community planning
for the City of Saint John where he holds the administrative
responsibilities for coordinating economic development,
intergovernmental affairs and revenue generation. He holds a bachelor of
arts from STU, a master’s in political studies from Queen’s University
and recently completed the Senior Executive in State and Local
Government Program from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard
University. Prior to joining the City of Saint John, he worked for the
Government of New Brunswick as a director in the Population Growth
Secretariat. He currently serves on Saint John’s Social Renewal Strategy
and Saint John’s Advisory Board on Homelessness.
Stephen Ward, BA, MA, PhD (May 2022)
Stephen
Ward is a philosopher, journalist, educator and award-winning author. He
started as a legislative reporter for the Saint John Telegraph before
moving to the Canadian Press. He has worked as a foreign reporter, war
correspondent and news room manager. He covered conflicts in Yugoslavia,
Bosnia and Northern Ireland, and was often the only Canadian reporter
in battle zones. Following his career in the field, he became the first
faculty member at the University of British Columbia’s School of
Journalism and made media ethics his area of expertise. His book, The
Invention of Journalism Ethics, is now a standard reference around the
world and his recent book Global Journalism Ethics: A Global Approach is
one of the first philosophical examinations of ethics for global media.
Bill Whalen, BA (Oct. 2023)
Bill Whalen is owner
and chief executive officer of Hawk Marketing Services based in Moncton,
NB and has extensive experience in community relations, special events
management, board and executive communications and media relations. Over
his career, he worked with the Atlantic Lottery Corporation, Blue
Cross, Irving Oil, the Greater Moncton Chamber of Commerce and Corporate
Communications Ltd. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Concordia and was
inducted into the Canadian Public Relations Society College of Fellows.
He has been a community leader having played important roles as Chair of
the Greater Moncton Airport, the Greater Moncton United Way Campaign,
the 2010 IAAF World Junior Championships and the Friends of The Moncton
Hospital Foundation. In 2013 he was given the Order of Moncton.
Faculty Members
Tom Bateman, BA, MA, PhD (Oct. 2022)
Dr. Tom
Bateman has been a STU faculty member since 2003. His teaching and
research interests are in Canadian politics and government, the Canadian
Charter of Rights jurisprudence, federalism, and the politics of
religion in liberal democracies. He also has an abiding interest in the
history of idea and teaches part-time in the University’s Great Books
Program. He is co-author of The Canadian Regime: An Introduction to
Parliamentary Government in Canada (UTP), now in its seventh edition,
and is co-editor of two volumes of leading Supreme Court of Canada
decisions (EMP). He has recently written on John Locke’s Letter
Concerning Toleration and is preparing an updated version of a chapter
on Presidents and Prime Ministers for the fifth edition of Canada and
the United States: Differences that Count, edited by David Thomas and
Chris Sands. Dr. Bateman is Coordinator of STU’s Law, Politics, and
Society Program and is Director of the New Brunswick Legislative
Internship Program.
Matthew Hayes, BA, MA, PhD (Oct. 2023)
Dr.
Matthew Hayes joined the Department of Sociology in 2009 after earning a
BA and an MA from Carleton University and a PhD from York University.
He has authored several peer-reviewed journal articles or book chapters
in highly respected, international venues. He has published in three
languages, English, French, and Spanish, and his research networks have
been aided by his ability to speak and work in two others, Italian and
Portuguese. He is currently the Canada Research Chair in Global and
Transnational Studies. He specializes in global sociology, transnational
gentrification, lifestyle mobilities, and cosmopolitanism. His latest
research explores the lives of lifestyle migrants from high-income
countries in the Global North to lower income countries in the Global
South.
Karla O’Regan, BA. MA. JD. LLM, PhD (Oct. 2022)
Dr. Karla O'Regan is an Associate Professor of Criminology at St. Thomas University and a part-time lecturer in the Faculty of Law at UNB. She was appointed a Research Fellow of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research in 2018. A graduate of STU, Dr. O’Regan has law degrees from the University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, and the London School of Economics. She is a member of the Ontario bar and has worked for the Federal Department of Justice, the Office of the Children's Lawyer in Toronto, and the private legal sector.
Student Members
Jessie-Lynn Cross (May 2022)
Jessie-Lynn Cross is
a fourth-year student majoring in Human Rights and Criminology and
Criminal Justice. She is from Green Bay - Baie Verte, Newfoundland.
Alumni Members
Don Bossé, BA, BEd, MMus (Oct. 2023)
Don Bossé is
a lecturer at St. Thomas University and the founder and director of STU
Jazz. Don recently retired from his role as director of music and Fine
Arts Department Head at Fredericton High School. In 2015 he was awarded
the Lieutenant-Governor's New Brunswick Youth Orchestra Award for his
leadership for the musical development of the youth of New Brunswick. In
2016 he was named MusiCounts Teacher of the Year, sponsored by the
iconic rock group RUSH, and honoured at the 2016 Juno Awards.
Stephanie Underhill Tomilson, BA, BEd. Med (Dec. 2022)
Stephanie Tomilson is a leader in the educational community. She is currently the Principal at Fredericton High School, and prior to this role, she had been a Principal or an Assistant Principal in schools of the Saint John region since 2007. Stephanie has been an educator for over 20 years. She has spent 11 of those in administration and greatly contributes in a variety of community outreach programs in her school. Tomilson received a Bachelor of Arts (major in English) and a Bachelor in Elementary Education from St. Thomas University, and a Masters of Education (Educational Foundations in Administration) from University of New Brunswick. She is also a board member of various organizations, including Children’s Wish/Make-A-Wish, KV Oasis Youth Centre and Hestia House Women’s Shelter.
Observers
Jeffrey Carleton, BA, MA (Associate Vice-President Communications)
Jeffrey
Carleton is Associate Vice-President of Communications at St. Thomas
University. He has worked in the post-secondary sector for 14 years and
has served on various administrative committees at the university. He
holds a BA (First-Class Honours) and MA (Distinction) from UNB and has
been a communications practioner for 28 years in the corporate, public
and post-secondary sectors. He has expertise in issues management, media
relations and crisis communications, and has had presented to many
organizations.
Jodi Misheal, BA, BEd (Vice-President, Advancement and Alumni Relations)
Jodi Misheal was appointed Vice-President (Advancement & Alumni
Relations) in April 2017. Over her career, she has been a director of
capital campaigns, annual funds, and major gift programs, and has
directed alumni relations programming. She was Director of Development
at St. Mary’s University, Assistant Campaign Director at Acadia
University, and Senior Development Officer and Alumni Fund Director at
Mount Allison University. She was also Director of Alumni Affairs at
Mount Allison where she was responsible for chapter events, reunions,
annual fund, and class projects. She was partner/owner of Red Letter
Philanthropy Counsel, a company that provides guidance and support to
non-profit organizations. Misheal holds a Bachelor of Arts from Mount
Allison University and a Bachelor of Education from St. Francis Xavier
University.
Tyler MaGee (President, Students’ Union) (May 2022)
The Hon. David P. S. Farrar
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