Nurse quits Saint John hospital in frustration and takes up long-haul trucking
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Former licensed practical nurse Leah Gorham is seen driving an 18-wheeler near Enfield, N.S. (Submitted by Leah Gorham)
At
42, Leah Gorham has decided to trade in her stethoscope for life in the
cab of an 18-wheeler because she saw no happy future for herself as a
licensed practical nurse.
Speaking en route to Indiana and then
South Carolina, Gorham said she will miss the friends she made in New
Brunswick health care as well as the thrill of helping people recover
from operations. But she's feeling good about her decision to hit the
road.
"This
thing's really long," Gorham said of her truck as she passed through a
raging snowstorm this week. "It's hard to turn, and it's heavy, but not
only am I able to see the monetary value, I'm seeing the world."
Over
a 12-year span, Gorham worked in neurosurgery and then general surgery.
She now works for a Dartmouth, N.S., transportation company and was
hauling tires when CBC spoke with her on Tuesday.
Gorham
says understaffing, violent patients, the stress of COVID-19 and a lack
of career development drove her from her job at the Saint John Regional
Hospital. (Submitted by Leah Gorham)
She
said the Saint John Regional Hospital has always struggled with
understaffing, but the pandemic made everything worse, and morale has
taken a beating.
"A lot of the nurses are getting burned out.
They're crying every day; they're crying in the bathroom. The people I
know who are tough as nails, they just can't take it anymore."
Incident of patient assault
Gorham said it's having an impact on employee safety.
Nurses
have become so over-stretched, she said, it's hard to find the time or
energy to talk to each other about anything beyond what is urgent and
immediate.
She thinks this contributed to the worst patient assault of her career.
Gorham chose life behind the wheel of a transport truck over
her job at the Saint John Regional Hospital. (Submitted by Leah Gorham)
"We
had so many patients apiece, we really couldn't communicate what was
going on in the unit," said Gorham, describing what happened early one
morning last August.
Gorham said a male patient whipped her in
the face with his catheter bag, then pinned her up against the wall and
tried to strangle her with his hands.
She said she later learned
that he had shown signs overnight of becoming confused and aggressive,
but nobody had had a chance to tell her that when she entered his room
around six o'clock in the morning.
"I've been assaulted in the
hospital more than a few times, but this time it was an attack that I
couldn't get away from, and that's what scared me most."
'I wanted to be a nurse'
Despite
everything, Gorham said, she wanted to stay in health care and had
dreams of becoming a registered nurse. She said she applied multiple
times to the bridging programs at the University of New Brunswick.
Gorham says the Saint John Regional Hospital has always
struggled with understaffing, but the COVID-19 pandemic made it worse.
(Wikipedia)
The
programs are highly competitive. Those who are accepted take six online
courses that prepare them to enter Year 3 of a four-year bachelor of
nursing degree.
"I wanted to be a nurse for the rest of my
life," Gorham said. "I applied at least three times and was flat-out
rejected and honestly, I had no idea why."
Feeling that her future was bleak, with no hope for professional growth, she took a hard look at trucking.
Her
boyfriend was a trucker and with his encouragement and support,
Gorham took a 12-week truck-driving course at a cost of about $10,000
and obtained her Class 1 transport truck licence.
She's been doing the job since early January and so far, she's loving it.
"I
really miss working with the girls," she said. "We really formed a
strong relationship and a huge trust and I loved looking after people.
"But I was so frustrated with not getting ahead in nursing, I feel like this is a better fit for me right now."
Retention a national problem
The
New Brunswick Nurses Union says the province has 1,000 registered nurse
vacancies between the regional health authorities and the province's
nursing homes.
The union said there's also a shortage of some 300 licensed practical nurses.
Meanwhile, the Omicron variant has forced hundreds of working health-care professionals to stay off the job.
On Jan. 3, Public Health reported 571 health-care staff were isolating at home.
The
Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) says the nursing gaps
making headlines across the country appear to be a problem of
retention, not supply.
While nursing seats at Canadian
institutions were cut back in the early 2000s, they started to rebound
after the SARS epidemic hammered Toronto hospitals in 2003.
New
Brunswick's former auditor general, Kim Adair-MacPherson, criticized
the province for failing to build on the number of nursing graduates,
despite huge investment in nursing schools. (Catherine Harrop/CBC News file photo)
Prior to that outbreak, which caused 44 deaths, Canada was graduating about 5,000 registered nurses per year.
That
has more than doubled. According to data gathered by the schools of
nursing, Canada has been graduating more than 12,000 RNs annually over
the past seven years.
"Demand to get into nursing is sky-high," said Cynthia Baker, executive director of CASN.
"We don't think we have a shortage of graduates," she said. "But nurses are leaving in droves right now."
New Brunswick an outlier
Baker said the one exception to national growth in nursing education seems to be New Brunswick.
According
to the association's findings, New Brunswick graduated 268 RNs in 2015,
260 in 2016, 202 in 2017, 144 in 2018 and 148 in 2020.
That
downward trend was flagged a few years ago by former auditor general
Kim Adair-MacPherson. In 2019, she issued a report criticizing the
provincial government for failing to effectively prepare for the looming
nurse shortage.
Adair-MacPherson noted that a program put in
place in 2005 — which gave the University of Moncton and University of
New Brunswick close to $100 million to create more seats in their
nursing programs — was unsuccessful.
She said the province failed to add a single seat.
Nurse quits Saint John hospital in frustration and takes up long-haul trucking
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David Amos
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After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna chug-a-lug and shout
We're gonna stimulate some action
We're gonna get some satisfaction
We're gonna find out what it is all about
We're gonna cause talk and suspicion
We're gonna give an exhibition
We're gonna find out what it is all about
___-Eric Patrick Clapton CBE
David Amos
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Methinks folks should pay attention to Operation Bear Hug 2.0 N'esy Pas?
David Amos
FYI
Tamara Lich an Organizer in Medicine Hat, AB has raised the goal in
support of the convoy to $600,000 after receiving $539,624 in donation
in less than 4 days
Al Clark
Reply
to @David Amos: Cool, don't tell her that in 4 days her unemployed A/V
truckers can't cross the border going south either. Let it be a
surprise, like it is to the APTA head, Picard.
I can see how being a politician able to get a mere handful of votes would make one a kindred spirit, eh
sigh.......
Terrance
Van Gemert
Reply to @David Amos:
Oh, the same lady who is "Board Member at Maverick Party" just goes to
show how political people will get money for nothing. Well her convoy
will still be blocked if there is Unvaxxed in the group. what then
leave that one or so behind and carry on? Just like the last convoy
that travelled from Alberta to parliament hill and stranded the truckers
who could not afford the trip, while the leader racked in over 3/4
million dollars and kept to himself.
David Amos
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Reply to @Terrance
Van Gemert: Try telling me something I don't know I like the lady
because she was HONEST with me. Methinks your buddies want Jan 28th to
assist them with a redux of a political spin that their Yankee buddies
south of the Medicine Line Jan 6th of last year In fact i bet you are a
player in this wicked game N'esy Pas?
James Wolf
Is she vaxxed?
Carlos Gardel
Reply to @James Wolf: What does it mean?
Al Clark
Reply to @James Wolf:
Would be a little silly for a company to send an employee, particularly
a brand new one, on a trip she can't return from. Yes, she's
vaxxed.....
David Amos
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Reply to @James Wolf: Thats none of your business
David Amos
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Reply to @Al Clark: So you say
Terrance Van Gemert
Reply to @James Wolf: Looks that way as she is health nurse and NB they were all 100% vaccinated.
Dave Mack
Reply to @James Wolf: really?
David Amos
Reply to @Terrance Van Gemert: If that is so then why are some of them suing Higgy at al
Terrance Van Gemert
Reply
to @David Amos: Well, I do not know who higgy is but anyway. if some
are, they are going to lose. Now response is making the assumption it is
some health care administrator, who personally cannot be sued, for
person is only the health top dog not the pay person which is the
pollical party in charge or health minister. Those who are employed are
vaxxed and those not vaxxed cannot cross border so I am sure she is
Vaxxed.
phil mckay
She doesnt have to count on higgs, sheppard and russell to keep her workplace safe and burned out….
David Amos
Reply to @phil mckay:
Even her new workplace is crashing and burning We terribly short of
truckers because so many have refused to be jabbed
Raymond
Leger
Higgs is now literally driving nurses away from New Brunswick by the truck load!
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Raymond Leger: you tell em drivel king.
Raymond
Leger
The peanut gallery
Johnny Lawrence
Reply to @Raymond Leger: yes, peanut gallery and drivel king sums up your existence on here.
Raymond
Leger
Your leader has lost all confidence in this Province! Hope you enjoyed it because it's about to end!
David Amos
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Reply to @Raymond
Leger: Trudeau The Younger and his old Yankee buddy Joe are driving
legions of truckers out of their trade with their cross border jab
mandates
David Amos
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Reply to @Raymond Leger: Amen
Reply to @David Amos: Higgs’ Approval Rating Continues To Slide: Poll
Saint John, NB, Canada / The Wave
Robert Lothian
Jan 18, 2022 | 7:08 AM
"New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs continues to find himself in the
doghouse, at least according to the results of a recent poll.
Findings from an Angus Reid Institute survey published Monday revealed
the premier’s approval rating has reached an all-time low of 34 per
cent.
This drop places Higgs in the same territory as Ontario Premier Doug
Ford (30 per cent) and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney (26 per cent)."
Pat Holland
I hope she joins the
rest of the truckers in Canada that are standing up for every Canadian
by protesting the mandates. It’s time to take back our country from the
power hungry politicians
Louis Leblanc
Reply
to @Pat Holland: Protesting againt vaccination in the face of the
greatest pandemic we have ever seen is not standing up for Canadians
much less nurses and doctors.
michael levesque
Reply to @Pat Holland: truckers should be protesting the low pay!!!!!
John
Munson
Reply to @Pat Holland: No truckers standing up for me for anything. Support vaccination 100%.
Pat Holland
Reply to @John
Munson: it’s not about supporting a vaccine it’s about forcing anything
on an entire population. You just don’t get it.
Pat Holland
Reply to @John Munson: Do you think every trucker protesting is unvaccinated? That is not the case. Ignorance is not a defence
Pat Holland
Reply to @Louis
Leblanc: they are protesting mandates and lockdowns not the vaccine they
don’t care if you get 100 doses. It’s about our rights. About closing
business’s putting people out of work. But your not probably able to
differentiate between the two.
Primrose Budd
Reply to @Pat
Holland: truck drivers hold the lives of all Canadians in their hands.
Now if they can just stand up together and realize it. Canadian don't
eat, stay warm or get medical supplies without a truck driver. If they
all stopped working for about 3-4 days it would change everything. Got
my fingers crossed that they say enough is enough.
Fred Brewer
Reply to @Pat
Holland: So are you against forced seat belt laws, forced helmet laws,
forced rules of the road laws, forced no-smoking laws, forced
bilingualism? All of those things and more are "forced" onto a
population.
Louis Leblanc
Reply to @Pat
Holland: I work in healthcare so don't lecture me. We are all in the
same boat right now and this pandemic will eventually pass but the
longer we ignore basic public health guidelines, the longer this
nightmare will last. I'm all for human right but also understand that
these are exceptional times.
David Amos
Reply to @Pat Holland: I happy to see mention of Operation Bear Hug 2.0
David Amos
Reply to @Primrose Budd: Well said
Jim Smith
Great, now if all the nurses did what she did the truck drivers shortage would be solved.
David Amos
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Reply to @Jim Smith: Methinks Operation Bear Hug 2.0 may be of some assistance in that regard N'esy Pas?
Roosevelt Smith
Reply to @David Amos: what is operation bear hug?
David Amos
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Reply to @Roosevelt Smith: A Huge Convoy of Trucks are gathering to go to Ottawa from across Canada beginning on the 23rd
Roosevelt Smith
Reply to @David Amos: to do what?
David Amos
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Reply to @Roosevelt Smith: To protest the jab mandates and lockdowns in a big way
David Amos
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Reply to @Roosevelt
Smith: I know for a fact that Tamara Lich an Organizer in Medicine Hat,
AB has raised $431,352 of $500,000 goal in support of the convoy in just
over 3 days
Stuart
Udovitch
Reply to @David Amos: So?
David Amos
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Reply to @Stuart
Udovitch: So its becoming blatantly obvious that many people have enough
of this lockdown nonsense At the very least a nurse just proved that
byway of this very article CORRECT???
David Amos
Reply to @Stuart Udovitch: Ask yourself what just happened
Stanley Beemish
Reply to @David Amos: He would need to, because you would be unable to explain...
John Slayter
Reply to @Jim Smith: the trucker shortage will be solved completely soon- by automation.
Seriously
David Amos
Reply to @Stanley Beemish: Why do you think that is???
David Amos
Reply to @John Slayter: Yea Right
Lou Bell
Weeks
on the road , deadlines to meet , and sleeping in a truck ! And not
many sites to see from an Interstate . It'll wear on one really quick !
I'd give her a year at the most
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: So you say
June Arnott
Reply to @Lou Bell: why are you always so negative? Is your own life thaat sad?
Daryl McMurphy
Reply to @Lou Bell:
From someone in the industry I 100% concur.
Daryl McMurphy
Reply to @David Amos:
Don't dismiss his comment so easily, he know what he says.
David Amos
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Reply to @Daryl McMurphy: He is a she
M Crowley
Reply to @Lou Bell: 25 year OTR driver & proud that I left the industry in 2018.
David Amos
Reply to @Daryl McMurphy: FYI Its Madame Bell
ronald jenkins
i just saw a video on cbc's national. its about ann frank's betrayer. lol...so very ironic....
David Amos
Reply to @ronald jenkins: Did they mention when the ball point pen was invented?
Michael Adrian
Hot
news flash: If you treat your employees like trash and slaves, many of
them will quit. This is what's been happening all across the country.
Especially in those provinces that insist on electing - over and over -
clearly incompetent governments of a specific persuasion. You reap what
you sow.
Bala Viswa
Reply to @Michael Adrian: They should make it hard to quit. /s
Albert Daniels
Reply to @Bala Viswa: Tell us how, indentured slaves?
Fritz Mahngoy
Reply to @Michael Adrian: 'specific persuasion' ??
Fritz Mahngoy
Reply to @Bala Viswa: yeah, we need to go back to slavery.
Michael Adrian
Reply to @Fritz Mahngoy: CONs. In 7 of 10 Provinces. But the worst offenders are the Prairie Provinces. All 3 of them.
Michael Adrian
Reply to @Fritz
Mahngoy: Healthcare workers are already declared "Essential Services".
So they can't work to rule, strike and such. It's dicey about how easy
it is for them to quit. More critically, they can be forced to work
unpaid overtime - at the risk of heavy fines and even jail. Most
reasonable people would call that "slavery lite", since they do get
paid a base rate.
Bruce
Scott
Reply to @Michael
Adrian: It's not dicey on whether they can quit or not. You are
obviously out of sync with labour law and human rights. Here is how it
works, you say I quit and leave. Just like that, there are no laws or
policies forcing people to stay at a job. The biggest prevention to this
occurring on mass is the fair and reasonable treatment of employees.
That simple.
Michael Adrian
Reply to @Bruce
Scott: Recent rumblings from assorted CON governments about making it
difficult to quit for "essential employees" notwithstanding? See also
the rather large, broad and expanding range of what is classified as
"essential" work. Just for fun, see how well assorted labour laws -
especially wrt overtime pay - are actually enforced.
Albert Daniels
Reply to @Michael Adrian: Alberta passed a law making it legal to force staff to work shifts and overtime.
Colleen
Bramall
Reply to @Michael Adrian: Laws that make it "difficult to quit"? How do you dream this stuff up?
Michael Adrian
Reply to @Colleen
Bramall: I don't need to "dream anything up". I just need to read the
news, visit assorted official government websites and similar stuff.
David Amos
Reply to @Michael Adrian: I second that emotion
Derek Billings
quite
a pivot in careers moves. hopefully the saint john hospital will find
more nurses for patients. good luck with the new career and stay safe on
the roads. be wary of animals and drunk drivers
David Amos
Reply to @Derek Billings: Ditto
Fritz Mahngoy
Funny,
I never knew about SARS or others ...demics, went right past me. Guess
what you don't know doesn't hurt you. I feel privileged, enjoying 'life
in the boonies'
Michael Kennedy
Reply to @Fritz Mahngoy:
your privilege
David Amos
Reply to @Fritz Mahngoy: Me Too
Mitch Alder
Good
for her. And it gets her out of New Brunswick, with it's lowest
literacy rate in Canada, worst economy in Canada, and lowest
post-secondary attendance in Canada. And that's just for starters ;-)
David Amos
Reply to @Mitch Alder: OH MY MY Methinks somebody is spoiling for a fight with Proud Maritimers N'esy Pas?
Walt Evans
And long haul trucking is a breeze? Hope she has her shots to.
David Amos
Reply to @Walt Evans: LMAO
Jack Dorcas
So,
are there any parts of our health care programs which are well managed?
It doesn't matter if we elect a conservative government or a liberal
government - neither have the will or courage to tackle the basic
management of the departments of health and social services. Worse still
our politicians have the nerve to be surprised when stories such as
this come out. I don't believe anyone gets elected with the intention of
doing a bad job but it seems once they gain office they loose the
courage to make the hard decisions and install people, processes and
structures which will bring the basics of good governance into our
public service. The fear of failure and the resulting wrath of the
population takes over and they continue to "kick the ball down the
road."
Albert Daniels
Reply to @Jack
Dorcas: A good example is Alberta where the NDP started building a
superlab in Edmonton to centralize lab services and reduce costs. The
UCP conservatives took over, cancelled construction on the lab and
contracted out the lab service. Just yesterday a small community near
Edmonton just closed their lab service and residents have to drive to
the next closest place for lab work.
Michael Kennedy
Reply to @Jack Dorcas:
there are too many people running for office who are just looking for a
good paying job, the perks are fantastic, decisions are not personal,
head back feet up?
David Amos
Reply to @Jack
Dorcas: I kinda sorta agree with you However I know for a fact that
certain politicians play the wicked game for their personal benefit and
that of their benefactors
Albert Daniels
Reply to @Michael Kennedy: With a bottle of Jamisons. We even lost a MLA for heavy drinking, “IN THE LEGISLATURE”.
Bob Black
Reply to @Albert Daniels: Its in the Conservative DNA to sell off public assets.
Jimmy Belafonte
Reply to @Jack
Dorcas: Most are grifters. Get what they can before the axe falls. If
you have no agenda. You expect honesty and integrity. And all decisions
are made for the good of the citizens, don't apply. Its not for you.
David Amos
Reply to @Albert Daniels: Too Too Funny
Mitch
Alder
What do they call a young person in New Brunswick?
Shooting through.
Jimmy Flint
Reply to @Mitch Alder: I was going to say a tourist but that works.
Albert Daniels
Reply to @Mitch
Alder: I remember driving through NB years ago and that was my thought
as well. Tar paper shacks and new trucks.
David Amos
Reply to @Mitch Alder: Not Funny
David Amos
Reply to @Albert Daniels: Yea Right
Albert Daniels
Reply to @David Amos: Central NB.
Mitch
Alder
Reply to @David Amos: "Not Funny"
And yet it's true. New Brunswick has been losing population, mostly
young people, for most of the last 20 years. Funny that. They
just managed to break even for a couple of years. Amazing.
David Amos
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Reply to @Albert Daniels: Is where the billionaire McCains and all their wealthy buddies live in tar paper shacks Correct?
David Amos
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Reply to @Mitch Alder: I bet you have been laughing at me for years Correct?
Albert Daniels
Reply to @David Amos: Nope , they are probably on the coast somewhere.
David Amos
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Reply to @Albert Daniels: Dream on
Albert Daniels
Reply to @David Amos: About what, living in NB?
David Amos
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Reply to @Albert
Daniels: I am living the dream Furthermore I am willing to wager that
Central NB has more millionaires per capita than Toronto does
Albert Daniels
Reply to @David Amos: Now that’s a stretch. Enjoy NB.
Mitch Alder
Reply
to @David Amos: NB is one of the top 3 pot-smoking provinces in
Canada. A basket of Millionaires? Nope. But with enough smoke it
might make people think that they are.
David Amos
Reply to @Albert
Daniels: I was not joking Even your beloved former Minister of Finance
married a McCain. Need I say I enjoy the fact that you are not here but
enjoy reading all the CBC articles about the young folks who moving
down here from your neck of the woods. BTW I would lay odds that you do
not know I am
David Amos
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Reply
to @Mitch Alder: I don't smoke dope and rarely drink but methinks it
would be wise for you to back away from the pipe for a while N'esy Pas?
Mitch Alder
Reply
to @David Amos: HaHaHa! You're the one telling people New
Brunswick is so full of millionaires, not me. The stats tell a
completely different story. NB is the most disadvantaged province in
Canada. It has to receive the most equalization hand-outs of ANY
province. It has the lowest literacy rate and worst record on
post-secondary education. But keep talking, it's funny.
David Amos
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Reply to @Mitch
Alder: Methinks YOU are the one who needs to learn how to read I wrote
"per capita in Central NB versus Toronto" However everybody knows that
there is one billionaire clan who live in southern NB that has been
keeping New Brunswick behind the eight all in this wicked political game
for generations and everybody knows the current Premier worked for them
most of his life N'esy Pas?
David Amos
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Reply to @Mitch
Alder: Furthermore I hang my hat in the Fundy Royal area and I have
never met a Dairy Farmer who is not a millionaire and lots of them live
around me
David Amos
Reply to @Mitch Alder: Why is it that nothing surprises me anymore?
David Amos
Reply to @Albert Daniels: Welcome to the circus
Dave Johnson
Riveting news, maybe they’ll let us know what she had for dinner too
David Amos
Reply to @Dave Johnson: Maybe you should have a nap
Al Clark
Reply to @Dave Johnson: Roller dogs. Wild guess.
Marcel Stanford
You have an obligation to yourself to do what makes you happy.
Good for her.
David Amos
Reply to @Marcel Stanford: I concur
Jimmy Belafonte
Hey CBC I know a dude who was a Dr. And became a farmer. Give me a call.
David Amos
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Reply to @Jimmy Belafonte: Dr Who is an alien in NB
Don Hill
Reply to @Jimmy Belafonte:
A Dr. that became a farmer, must have a bad case of PTSD, no normal person does Farming.
David Amos
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Reply to @Don Hill: I know lots of farmers who would love to meet you
Don Hill
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Reply to @David Amos:
Moses maybe have a talk with them, I don't think you're allowed to intimidate for threaten people on here.
David Amos
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Reply to @Don Hill: Call the cops like I just did
Doug
Batson
So someone makes a career change and this is national news. Hey I just stubbed my toe; is there a headline here.
David Amos
Reply to @Doug
Batson: Methinks it best that you get first denied service looking after
you poor old toe at the hospital because all the nurses are taking up
trucking for a living. However I cannot deny that after listening to
Higgy's favourite blogger advise people on how to quit smoking on CBC
today anything is possible N'esy Pas?
Demitri
Agapov
in
respect to all truckers, this article shows that a career as a trucker
is really not a bad choice, in the end it is what you make out of
something. if your not happy in your position then it is not the best
place to be in. therefore one should be open to change
Don Hill
Reply to @Demitri Agapov:
Most companies want you to have 6 months minimum provable Driving Experience
David Amos
Reply to @Don Hill: Not lately
David Amos
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Reply to @Demitri
Agapov: I Agree Methinks the Yankees who rebelled against the Crown over
taxation called the "Pursuit of Happiness" a right within their
Declaration of Independence N'esy Pas?
Don Hill
Reply to @David Amos:
You want to bet, Go to Kijiji or your local job website and read the
description, qualifications, do you really want to be driving behind him
and he's hauling propane and then someone doing a brake check on his
solo run.
Don Hill
Reply to @John Pokiok:
Hahaha, keep riding your bicycle, now who wants a BEER
Al Clark
Reply to @David Amos: Still. Lately.
David Amos
Reply to @Don Hill: Methinks you should talk to the RCMP about libel instead of trying to making bets with me N'esy Pas?
Don Hill
Driving an 18-wheeler must be really easy.
Me thinks, someone is fibbing, or is trying to be a Storyteller.
Joe Vert
Reply to @Don Hill: they come with automatic transmissions now.
Joe Vert
Reply to @Don Hill: you ever been a big long haul truck?
Cindy Fordyce
Reply to @Joe Vert: Standards are no problem either
Don Hill
Reply to @Joe Vert:
No really do they, you still have to be able the back up and pull that
5th wheel pin and turn the trailer jacks down, etc, etc, not a easy
life.
Don Hill
Reply to @Joe Vert:
Yes i was, did long haul for a while, which sucks, then did gravel
hauling for 8 months and hauling grain/bales, snow in winter, etc, home
every night, same paid as a long hauler at the end of the year
Charlene Pursey
Reply to @Don Hill:
She's new to it. Let her have a chance to compare. She does always have
her LPN diploma so she can go back nursing. All the best to her.
Don Hill
Reply to @Charlene Pursey:
Why are you so pissy
Joe Vert
Reply to @Cindy Fordyce: you drive truck?
David Amos
Reply to @Don Hill: "Me thinks, someone is fibbing, or is trying to be a Storyteller."
Could that be YOU???
patrick
morris
Just
reading the anti-maskers/vaxxers on-line makes me cringe for those in
front-line healthcare postions who have to deal with these mor ons.
Good on Leah for saying enough is enough for all the abuse and poor
working conditions. Trucking is tough, but truckers are by-and-large
gentlemen. My daughter did it for a while and found the male truckers
north and south of the border to be good guys.
David Amos
Reply to @patrick
morris: Methinks you should keeping about the Convoy of Big Rigs etc
rolling by a town near you in the near future on their way to Ottawa
N'esy Pas?
Daniel Stewart
From one essential service to another. This woman is a modern day folk hero.
Dany Lavigne
Reply to @Daniel Stewart: "hero".... !?!
Bill McGill
Reply to @Daniel Stewart: calm down
David Amos
Reply to @Bill McGill: LMAO
Daniel Stewart
Reply to @Dany Lavigne: she should be in the avengers.
Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Nurse quits Saint John hospital in frustration and takes up long-haul trucking
943 Comments
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David Amos
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After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna chug-a-lug and shout
We're gonna stimulate some action
We're gonna get some satisfaction
We're gonna find out what it is all about
We're gonna cause talk and suspicion
We're gonna give an exhibition
We're gonna find out what it is all about
___-Eric Patrick Clapton CBE
David Amos
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Methinks folks should pay attention to Operation Bear Hug 2.0 N'esy Pas?
David Amos
FYI Tamara Lich an Organizer in Medicine Hat, AB has raised the goal
in support of the convoy to $600,000 after receiving $539,624 in
donation in less than 4 days
Al Clark
Reply to @David Amos: Cool, don't tell her that in 4 days her
unemployed A/V truckers can't cross the border going south either. Let
it be a surprise, like it is to the APTA head, Picard.
I can see how being a politician able to get a mere handful of votes
would make one a kindred spirit, eh
sigh.......
Terrance Van Gemert
Reply to @David Amos: Oh, the same lady who is "Board Member at
Maverick Party" just goes to show how political people will get money
for nothing. Well her convoy will still be blocked if there is
Unvaxxed in the group. what then leave that one or so behind and carry
on? Just like the last convoy that travelled from Alberta to
parliament hill and stranded the truckers who could not afford the
trip, while the leader racked in over 3/4 million dollars and kept to
himself.
David Amos
Reply to @Terrance Van Gemert: Try telling me something I don't know I
like the lady because she was HONEST with me. Methinks your buddies
want Jan 28th to assist them with a redux of a political spin that
their Yankee buddies south of the Medicine Line Jan 6th of last year
In fact i bet you are a player in this wicked game N'esy Pas?
James Wolf
Is she vaxxed?
Carlos Gardel
Reply to @James Wolf: What does it mean?
Al Clark
Reply to @James Wolf: Would be a little silly for a company to send an
employee, particularly a brand new one, on a trip she can't return
from. Yes, she's vaxxed.....
David Amos
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Reply to @James Wolf: Thats none of your business
David Amos
Reply to @Al Clark: So you say
Terrance Van Gemert
Reply to @James Wolf: Looks that way as she is health nurse and NB
they were all 100% vaccinated.
Dave Mack
Reply to @James Wolf: really?
David Amos
Reply to @Terrance Van Gemert: If that is so then why are some of them
suing Higgy at al
Terrance Van Gemert
Reply to @David Amos: Well, I do not know who higgy is but anyway. if
some are, they are going to lose. Now response is making the
assumption it is some health care administrator, who personally cannot
be sued, for person is only the health top dog not the pay person
which is the pollical party in charge or health minister. Those who
are employed are vaxxed and those not vaxxed cannot cross border so I
am sure she is Vaxxed.
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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 13:29:16 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: We just talked Mr Michaud now check the CBC
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Bathurst officers involved in Michel Vienneau's death can keep jobs,
arbitrator rules
Vienneau was shot by Bathurst officer investigating Crime Stoppers
tips almost five years ago
Shane Magee · CBC News · Posted: Dec 24, 2019 2:00 PM AT
Bathurst Police Force constables Mathieu Boudreau, left, and Patrick
Bulger, centre, were suspended with pay pending the arbitrator's
decision. (Shane Magee/CBC )
An arbitrator has ruled two Bathurst police officers will keep their
jobs after a hearing over their roles in the shooting death of Michel
Vienneau almost five years ago.
Constables Mathieu Boudreau and Patrick Bulger each faced five counts
of code of conduct violations under the Police Act. Arbitrator Joël
Michaud's 58-page written decision issued Tuesday says he did not find
the officers violated the code of conduct.
He found the officers properly identified themselves, Vienneau's car
was still in motion when Boudreau fired at Vienneau, Bulger acted
"with restraint and good judgment" when he fired at Vienneau's rear
tire to try to stop the car, and Boudreau did not act out of panic and
fear.
As a result, he found the officers not guilty of the alleged breaches
of the code of conduct and dismissed the matter.
The two officers were suspended from the Bathurst Police Force with
pay pending the outcome of the hearing.
Arbitrator Joël Michaud heard testimony from 13 witnesses during the
hearing that began in mid-October. (Shane Magee/CBC)
T.J. Burke, a lawyer representing Boudreau, said no one was
celebrating the decision.
"It is a timely gift for the officers because they have been found
without any wrongdoing both criminally, and now, civilly under the
Police Act," Burke said in an interview.
"But at the end of the day, the officers were just doing their job.
They want to put this behind them and they want to move forward with
their careers now."
T.J. Burke, the lawyer representing Chantel Moore's estate, says Steve
Robinson’s behaviour embarrassed all police forces across the country.
(Jonathan Collicott/CBC)
The decision followed testimony from 13 witnesses during the hearing
that began in mid-October and lasted 11 days. Closing arguments were
offered Dec. 9 after which Michaud had 15 days to issue a decision.
The decision is binding, though it can be subject to judicial review
within 90 days.
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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 17:40:26 +0000
Subject: RE: Legions of cops, politicians, lawyers such as David
Freiheit and James Kitchen and their many media buddies understand my
words just as I understand theirs N'esy Pas? Michelle Boutin
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Subject: Re: Legions of cops, politicians, lawyers such as David
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James Kitchen and Katherine Kowalchuk, 2 lawyers will join us to talk
about the upcoming boycott school rally and plans to take the Alberta
Health Services to court over the destruction of small businesses.
Show Resources: https://bit.ly/3sKvOMc
Justin Trudeau Exploiting Kids to Push Mandatory Vaccination Agenda
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When logic and reason fails, exploited children for government
propaganda. Shameless.
James Kitchen Unites With LCC!
LibertyCoalitionCanada Published August 12, 2021
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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:11:17 -0300
Subject: Re: Obviously I must thank slanderous Stephy Baby and his
bullshitting buddy JohnSTON for their LIEbel and calling the cops for me
To: Jared Pilon <info@jaredpilon.com>
Pick up the phone
On 8/26/21, Jared Pilon <info@jaredpilon.com> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Thank you for your emails and phone calls. I apologize for the slow reply.
> The emails ended up in the spam folder and I have been tied up with month
> end deadlines at the office.
>
> In future, please direct all election related communication through email
> as I would like to keep the accounting firm separate from my campaign.
>
> There is a significant amount of information included in both of your
> emails. Is there something specific that you are wanting me to address?
>
> Thanks again for reaching out!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jared Pilon
> Solutions, not issues.
> Libertarian Party Candidate for Red Deer - Mountain View, AB
> www.jaredpilon.com/
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> On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 5:54 PM David Amos
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> wrote:
>
>> https://www.todayville.com/election-2021/
>>
>>
>>
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>> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:19:48 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Trudeau The Younger and his CBC
>> minions underestimate the fury of upset Maritimers Nesy Pas?
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>>
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Liberty Coalition Canada Appoints Chief Litigator
Liberty Coalition Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of
James S. M. Kitchen as our Chief Litigator.
James S. M. Kitchen, Lawyer, Liberty Coalition Canada
James practices in areas of Charter and human rights, employment, and
education, with a focus on health freedom. He has appeared before
provincial, superior and appellate level courts in multiple provinces.
He is a passionate advocate, defending those penalized while
exercising their fundamental rights in the face of government
censorship and oppression.
Canadians are growing fearful and anxious with the broad loss of their
freedoms, and rightly so. Any loss of liberty is rarely recovered, and
it is under severe attack in our nation. We must shore up the
safeguards, where liberties have been lost.
Justice must be done, and it must be seen to be done. James will begin
this important work immediately, defending and advancing liberty in
our first case. Understanding the practical and strategic stakes in
these cases is crucial to opening eyes, and then hearts and minds:
A full summary of James’ current case involving Dr. Curtis Wall
Michael Thiessen and James Kitchen discuss this exciting partnership
The deep pockets of corporations and government enable them to bully
honest, hard-working Canadians who do not have hundreds of thousands
of dollars to defend their liberties. We need your help funding legal
efforts on their and your behalf in the months and years ahead.
We plan to raise $700,000 immediately, which will go directly to
uncovering rot beneath the surface, beginning the work of
straightening crooked paths. Please consider becoming a monthly donor.
You can unsubscribe at any time, and we will update you at least
monthly on the progress being made through your donations.
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"Sometimes your freedom is not taken away at gunpoint but instead, one
piece of paper at a time, one seemingly meaningless rule at a time,
one small silencing at a time. Never allow the government-or anyone
else–to tell you what you can or cannot believe or what you can and
cannot say or what your conscience tells you to do or not do."
Help Support Alberta Chiropractor Forced to Close
$3,488 raised of $50,000 goal
Updates (1)
February 8, 2021 by Curtis Wall, Organizer
My lawyer helped me to keep my licence, get my office back opened up,
and get me back to treating patients without a mask. Now I need to
raise $10,000 to cover legal fees because my regulatory body is
planning to hold a hearing to decide what discipline I should receive
for not wearing a mask even though I am exempt
Practice Conditions Placed on Dr. Curtis Wall: Practice Permit 957
On December 7, 2020 Alberta Health issued a notice of closure to Wall
Chiropractic and Wellness Clinic, a chiropractic clinic in Calgary.
The notice of closure was issued for failure to comply with the
provincial order for masking indoors.
On December 8, 2020 the Alberta College and Association of
Chiropractors (ACAC) initiated the process for a review of the
regulated member, Dr. Curtis Wall, as provided under the Health
Professions Act.
On December 17, 2020 following receipt of the decision report, which
Dr. Wall has also received, the ACAC placed the following practice
conditions on Dr. Wall’s practice permit, effective immediately and
remaining in place until public health declares the end of the
COVID-19 Pandemic:
Dr. Wall shall inform each client he sees that Dr. Wall has a
medical exemption from the public health order that all persons in a
public place must wear a face mask, and Dr. Wall shall obtain the
written confirmation signed by each patient that the patient agrees to
be seen and treated by Dr. Wall without him wearing a face mask or
face shield. Dr. Wall shall provide copies of the written confirmation
from each to the Complaints Director by 5 p.m. on Friday of each week
in which Dr. Wall sees any patients. This requirement will remain in
effect as long as the public health order for physical barriers,
social distancing and face masks are in effect.
Dr. Wall shall direct any staff person assisting in his office,
whether that person is paid or unpaid, to comply with the current
public health order requiring use of physical barriers, social
distancing and face masks. If any staff person claims an exemption
from the wearing of a face mask, Dr. Wall shall consult with Alberta
Health Services as to whether the claim of an exemption is supported
by objective proof.
Dr. Wall shall maintain a log of screening questions asked and
answered by all patients and daily screening of his staff and himself,
regarding any symptoms or events that would require isolation and/or
testing for COVID-19. The list of screening questions is set out on
page 10 of the ACAC Pandemic Practice Directive issued May 3 and
revised May 25, 2020. Dr. Wall shall provide a copy the log to the
Complaints Director by 5 p.m. on Friday of each week that the public
health orders for physical barriers, social distancing and face masks
are in effect.
In the event that Dr. Wall shows any symptoms or answers
positively to the screening questions, he shall not see or treat any
patients until he has been tested for COVID-19 by Alberta Services and
received confirmation of a negative test result. Dr. Wall shall
provide proof, satisfactory to the Complaints Director, of the
negative test result on the same date that Dr. Wall receives the test
result. Dr. Wall shall not see any patient until he has received
confirmation from the Complaints Director that he can return to seeing
and treating patients.
The full document is posted on the ACAC Discipline public webpage as
required under the Health Professions Act.
The Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors requires
regulated members to respect and abide by all regulations, provisions
and laws enacted by any order of government in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, regulated members must abide by the
ACAC COVID-19 Pandemic Practice Directive. The directive requires
masking for chiropractors when two metres of physical distance cannot
be maintained.
Elizabeth C. Barker
General Counsel, Legal Services
Canadian Transportation Agency
19th Flr.
15 rue Eddy
Gatineau, Ontario K1A 0N9
Phone: 819-997-9325
Fax: 819-953-9269
Email: liz.barker@cta-otc.gc.ca
Statement by Karen McCrimmon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister
of Transport, on diversion and delay of Air Transat Flight TSC157 at
the Ottawa International Airport
OTTAWA, Aug. 1, 2017 /CNW/ - Today, Karen McCrimmon, Parliamentary
Secretary to the Minister of Transport, issued the following
statement:
"I am aware of the weather-forced diversion and subsequent extensive
delay of several flights, including Air Transat flight TSC157 at the
Ottawa International Airport yesterday. I can imagine how difficult
the situation must have been, especially after a long transatlantic
flight.
Our Government is committed to improving the air traveller experience
in Canada. When passengers buy an airline ticket, they expect and
deserve that the airline will respect its agreement with them. When
the terms of that agreement are not fulfilled, passengers should know
their rights, and be entitled to clear, transparent, and enforceable
compensation, and certain minimum standards of treatment when things
do not go as planned.
To that end, on May 16, 2017, we introduced in Parliament Bill C-49
(Transportation Modernization Act) to clarify the responsibilities of
air carriers and the rights of travellers, and to move to create rules
to strengthen air passenger rights.
The proposed legislation would give a mandate to the Canadian
Transportation Agency to develop new regulations to strengthen air
passenger rights. The new regime would establish clear standards for
how passengers are to be treated in various situations, including
cases of overbooking, delays, cancellations, long delays on the
tarmac, and lost or damaged baggage, to name just a few. Minimum
compensation to be paid to passengers will be established under
certain circumstances through the regulations.
Bill C-49 was referred to the Standing Committee on Transport
Infrastructure and Communities on June 19, 2017. The Committee members
passed a motion to study the bill before Parliament resumes, starting
on September 11, 2017.
We encourage swift passage of this legislation so that work can
quickly begin to improve the Canadian air traveller experience."
SOURCE Transport Canada
For further information: Delphine Denis, Press Secretary, Office of
the Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, Ottawa, Delphine.Denis@tc.gc.ca, 613-991-0700
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
RE CBC censorship and My last call to David Fraser of McInnes & Cooper
about such things he yaps about constanty within CBC
Well the comment section started out pretty could with CBC acting in
an ethical fashion and not blocking any comments of mine until a
couple of their favourite Trolls pounced on me. As soon as I responded
the blocking began almost instantly. I registered my indignation and
those comments were blocked as well so I quit for the day.
I had had enough of David Fraser and his bullshit today. Trust that I
will try to call the other two lawyers mentioned within this article
tomorrow.
"The Canadian Transportation Agency and an air passenger rights
activist are engaged in an online battle that pits freedom of
expression against a government agency's right to delete negative
comments from its social media accounts.
Gabor Lukacs has won 24 of 27 court cases against airlines, which were
taken to the agency. Recently, he posted "5 Reasons not to Trust the
Canadian Transportation Agency" on the agency's Facebook page.
The post compares the number of air passenger complaints in recent
years to the dwindling number of enforcement actions against airlines.
It also names some agency employees, including Doug Smith, its chief
dispute officer.
The post includes a discipline history of Smith from the Law Society
of Upper Canada in 2004, when he was suspended from practising law."
The Other DOUGLAS SMITH
Regional Manager
Fredericton Criminal Law Services (Regional Office )
New Brunswick Legal Aid Services Commission
Contact Information
Phone : (506) 444-2800
Fax : (506) 462-2290
Email : Doug.Smith2@gnb.ca
Transportation agency accused of censorship after deleting online criticism
'This is a form of censorship ... and this is a violation of freedom
of speech,' says air passenger advocate
By Yvonne Colbert, CBC News Posted: Aug 08, 2017 6:00 AM AT
44 Comments
Ben Smith
lol same as on this site... and we own the CBC too.
Life under the Liberals.... always harder for some reason.
Gabor Lukacs
@Ben Smith
CBC is is not a governmental body. It is not subject to s. 2(b) of the Charter.
Darryl McBride
@Gabor Lukacs The CBC is tax payer funded and should be subject to the charter.
David Raymond Amos
This comment is awaiting moderation by the site administrators.
@Gabor Lukacs It is a Crown Corp that has a particular mandate to be
non partisan
David Raymond Amos
This comment is awaiting moderation by the site administrators.
@Darryl McBride I agree Furthermore what does CBC call it when they
block my comments?
could you please explain what you were getting at in your call just
now? I was in the middle of something else, wasn't able to understand
it all and then the line just cut out.
Thanks,
d.
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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 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
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?
Ontario Civil Liberties Association (OCLA)
180 Metcalfe Street, Suite 204
Ottawa, ON K2P 1P5
Joseph Hickey, Executive Director
Tel: (613) 252-6148
Email: joseph.hickey@ocla.ca
Jason Erb interviews Arthur Topham on Exposing Faux Capitalism, October 16, 2014
October 16, 2014 by FauxCapitalist
On a special October 16, 2014 episode of Exposing Faux Capitalism, I
interviewed Arthur Topham, who has been charged as a political thought
criminal for allegedly violating Canada’s Criminal Code provisions for
“willfully promoting hatred,” for his writings at his site,
RadicalPress.com.
In this interview, the issues we discussed included:
- The Ontario Civil Liberties Association supporting his case and
calling for a repeal of all “hate crime” provisions in the Criminal
Code and circulating a petition calling for the B.C. Attorney General
to revoke her consent for the prosecution of Arthur Topham.
– He was charged with a crime after the Human Rights Commission was no
longer to hear so-called hate cases in 2012.
– The tight control of the media and the blackout on mass media
coverage of his case ever since November 2012 with a single National
Post article.
– The phony media, with so-called liberal newspapers like the Toronto
Star not making counter-point arguments to the supposed right-wing
National Post newspaper on their article.
– The inconsistencies in the charge and with his prosecution.
– The Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees those charged “to be
tried within a reasonable time,” yet he was charged in 2012, and his
trial has finally been scheduled for October 2015.
– The political nature of the crime, with the Attorney General of the
province having to sign off on it.
– The selective application of the law, with others not prosecuted,
despite doing similar or more things than Arthur Topham did.
>>>> ---- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "McKnight, Gisele" McKnight.Gisele@kingscorecord.com
>>>> To: lcampenella@ledger.com
>>>> Cc:motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:53 PM
>>>> Subject: David Amos
>>>>
>>>> Hello Lisa,
>>>>
>>>> David Amos asked me to contact you. I met him last June after he became
>>>> an independent (not representing any political party) candidate in our
>>>> federal
>>>> election that was held June 28. He was a candidate in our constituency
>>>> of
>>>> Fundy (now called Fundy-Royal).
>>>>
>>>> I wrote a profile story about him, as I did all other candidates. That
>>>> story appeared in the Kings County Record June 22. A second story,
>>>> written
>>>> by one of my reporters, appeared on the same date, which was a report
>>>> on
>>>> the candidates' debate held June 18.
>>>>
>>>> As I recall David Amos came last of four candidates in the election.
>>>> The winner got 14,997 votes, while Amos got 358.
>>>>
>>>> I have attached the two stories that appeared, as well as a photo
>>>> taken by reporter Erin Hatfield during the debate. I couldn't find the
>>>> photo
>>>> that ran, but this one is very similar.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> A1-debate A1-amos,David for MP 24.doc debate 2.JPG
>>>>
>>>> Gisele McKnight editor
>>>> Kings County Record
>>>> Sussex, New Brunswick
>>>> Canada
>>>> 506-433-1070
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Raising a Little Hell- Lively Debate Provokes Crowd
>>>>
>>>> By Erin Hatfield
>>>>
>>>> "If you don't like what you got, why don't you change it? If your
>>>> world is all screwed up, rearrange it."
>>>>
>>>> The 1979 Trooper song Raise a Little Hell blared on the speakers at
>>>> the 8th Hussars Sports Center Friday evening as people filed in to
>>>> watch the Fundy candidates debate the issues. It was an accurate, if
>>>> unofficial, theme song for the debate.
>>>>
>>>> The crowd of over 200 spectators was dwarfed by the huge arena, but as
>>>> they chose their seats, it was clear the battle lines were drawn.
>>>> Supporters of Conservative candidate Rob Moore naturally took the blue
>>>> chairs on the right of the rink floor while John Herron's Liberalswent
>>>> left. There were splashes of orange, supporters of NDP Pat Hanratty,
>>>> mixed throughout. Perhaps the loudest applause came from a row towards
>>>> the back, where supporters of independent candidate David Amos sat.
>>>>
>>>> The debate was moderated by Leo Melanson of CJCW Radio and was
>>>> organized by the Sussex Valley Jaycees. Candidates wereasked a barrage
>>>> of questions bypanelists Gisele McKnight of the Kings County Record
>>>> and Lisa Spencer of CJCW.
>>>>
>>>> Staying true to party platforms for the most part, candidates
>>>> responded to questions about the gun registry, same sex marriage, the
>>>> exodus of young people from the Maritimes and regulated gas prices.
>>>> Herron and Moore were clear competitors,constantly challenging each
>>>> other on their answers and criticizing eachothers' party leaders.
>>>> Hanratty flew under the radar, giving short, concise responses to the
>>>> questions while Amos provided some food for thought and a bit of comic
>>>> relief with quirky answers. "I was raised with a gun," Amos said in
>>>> response to the question of thenational gun registry. "Nobody's
>>>> getting mine and I'm not paying 10 cents for it."
>>>>
>>>> Herron, a Progressive Conservative MP turned Liberal, veered from his
>>>> party'splatform with regard to gun control. "It was ill advised but
>>>> well intentioned," Herron said. "No matter what side of the house I am
>>>> on, I'm voting against it." Pat Hanratty agreed there were better
>>>> places for the gun registry dollars to be spent.Recreational hunters
>>>> shouldn't have been penalized by this gun registry," he said.
>>>>
>>>> The gun registry issues provoked the tempers of Herron and Moore. At
>>>> one point Herron got out of his seat and threw a piece of paper in
>>>> front of Moore. "Read that," Herron said to Moore, referring to the
>>>> voting record of Conservative Party leader Steven Harper. According to
>>>> Herron, Harper voted in favour of the registry on the first and second
>>>> readings of the bill in 1995. "He voted against it when it counted, at
>>>> final count," Moore said. "We needa government with courage to
>>>> register sex offenders rather than register the property of law
>>>> abiding citizens."
>>>>
>>>> The crowd was vocal throughout the evening, with white haired men and
>>>> women heckling from the Conservative side. "Shut up John," one woman
>>>> yelled. "How can you talk about selling out?" a man yelled whenHerron
>>>> spoke about his fear that the Conservatives are selling farmers out.
>>>>
>>>> Although the Liberal side was less vocal, Kings East MLA Leroy
>>>> Armstrong weighed in at one point. "You're out of touch," Armstrong
>>>> yelled to Moore from the crowd when the debate turned to the cost of
>>>> post-secondary education. Later in the evening Amos challenged
>>>> Armstrong to a public debate of their own. "Talk is cheap. Any time,
>>>> anyplace," Armstrong responded.
>>>>
>>>> As the crowd made its way out of the building following the debate,
>>>> candidates worked the room. They shook hands with well-wishers and
>>>> fielded questions from spectators-all part of the decision-making
>>>> process for the June 28 vote.
>>>>
>>>> Cutline – David Amos, independent candidate in Fundy, with some of his
>>>> favourite possessions—motorcycles.
>>>>
>>>> McKnight/KCR
>>>>
>>>> The Unconventional Candidate
>>>>
>>>> David Amos Isn't Campaigning For Your Vote, But….
>>>>
>>>> By Gisele McKnight
>>>>
>>>> FUNDY—He has a pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket, a chain on his
>>>> wallet, a beard at least a foot long, 60 motorcycles and a cell phone
>>>> that rings to the tune of "Yankee Doodle."
>>>>
>>>> Meet the latest addition to the Fundy ballot—David Amos.
>>>>
>>>> The independent candidate lives in Milton, Massachusetts with his wife
>>>> and two children, but his place of residence does not stop him from
>>>> running for office in Canada.
>>>>
>>>> One has only to be at least 18, a Canadian citizen and not be in jail
>>>> to meet Elections Canada requirements.
>>>>
>>>> When it came time to launch his political crusade, Amos chose his
>>>> favourite place to do so—Fundy.
>>>>
>>>> Amos, 52, is running for political office because of his
>>>> dissatisfaction with politicians.
>>>>
>>>> "I've become aware of much corruption involving our two countries," he
>>>> said. "The only way to fix corruption is in the political forum."
>>>>
>>>> The journey that eventually led Amos to politics began in Sussex in
>>>> 1987. He woke up one morning disillusioned with life and decided he
>>>> needed to change his life.
>>>>
>>>> "I lost my faith in mankind," he said. "People go through that
>>>> sometimes in midlife."
>>>>
>>>> So Amos, who'd lived in Sussex since 1973, closed his Four Corners
>>>> motorcycle shop, paid his bills and hit the road with Annie, his 1952
>>>> Panhead motorcycle.
>>>>
>>>> "Annie and I rode around for awhile (three years, to be exact)
>>>> experiencing the milk of human kindness," he said. "This is how you
>>>> renew your faith in mankind – you help anyone you can, you never ask
>>>> for anything, but you take what they offer."
>>>>
>>>> For those three years, they offered food, a place to sleep, odd jobs
>>>> and conversation all over North America.
>>>>
>>>> Since he and Annie stopped wandering, he has married, fathered a son
>>>> and a daughter and become a house-husband – Mr. Mom, as he calls
>>>> himself.
>>>>
>>>> He also describes himself in far more colourful terms—a motorcyclist
>>>> rather than a biker, a "fun-loving, free-thinking, pig-headed
>>>> individual," a "pissed-off Maritimer" rather than an activist, a proud
>>>> Canadian and a "wild colonial boy."
>>>>
>>>> Ironically, the man who is running for office has never voted in his
>>>> life.
>>>>
>>>> "But I have no right to criticize unless I offer my name," he said.
>>>> "It's alright to bitch in the kitchen, but can you walk the walk?"
>>>>
>>>> Amos has no intention of actively campaigning.
>>>>
>>>> "I didn't appreciate it when they (politicians) pounded on my door
>>>> interrupting my dinner," he said. "If people are interested, they can
>>>> call me. I'm not going to drive my opinions down their throats."
>>>>
>>>> And he has no campaign budget, nor does he want one.
>>>>
>>>> "I won't take any donations," he said. "Just try to give me some. It's
>>>> not about money. It goes against what I'm fighting about."
>>>>
>>>> What he's fighting for is the discussion of issues – tainted blood,
>>>> the exploitation of the Maritimes' gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to
>>>> name a few.
>>>>
>>>> "The political issues in the Maritimes involve the three Fs – fishing,
>>>> farming and forestry, but they forget foreign issues," he said. "I'm
>>>> death on NAFTA, the back room deals and free trade. I say chuck it
>>>> (NAFTA) out the window.
>>>>
>>>> NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement which allows an
>>>> easier flow of goods between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
>>>>
>>>> Amos disagrees with the idea that a vote for him is a wasted vote.
>>>>
>>>> "There are no wasted votes," he said. "I want people like me,
>>>> especially young people, to pay attention and exercise their right.
>>>> Don't necessarily vote for me, but vote."
>>>>
>>>> Although…if you're going to vote anyway, Amos would be happy to have
>>>> your X by his name.
>>>>
>>>> "I want people to go into that voting booth, see my name, laugh and
>>>> say, 'what the hell.'"
Etc Etc Etc
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A
hearing on whether a lawsuit over the New Brunswick government's strict
vaccination rules for employees can go ahead was held at the Burton
Courthouse on Wednesday morning. (Ed Hunter/CBC)
A
teacher, a nurse, a health network administration assistant and an
educational support teacher are suing New Brunswick over what they claim
is an unconstitutional vaccine mandate, and the province wants the suit
dismissed.
The four employees sued the province in
November after it made it mandatory for all employees to get vaccinated
or face unpaid leave. The deadline was Nov. 19, when about 2,000 workers
were unvaccinated and had to go on unpaid leave.
Now,
563 of the 58,000 government employees remain without COVID-19
vaccination, and are still on indefinite leave without pay. They can
still get vaccinated and return to work, said spokesperson Erika Jutras.
Stuart
Murray has been an educational support teacher at Anglophone East
School District for about four years. Trista Michaud-Hachey is a teacher
at Oromocto High School who worked for the province for 18 years.
Tabatha Belding has been a registered nurse at the Dr. Everett
Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton for six years, and Lisa
Gorham has worked for the province for 22 years and is an executive
assistant at Horizon Health Network.
They are all on unpaid leave, the court heard Wednesday, and haven't resigned or been dismissed.
All
four allege the province is contravening their right to life, liberty
and security of the person by requiring proof of vaccination to allow
them to work. They're asking to be reinstated with payment of lost wages
or pay in lieu of lost wages. They're also asking the judge to make a
declaration that the policy is unconstitutional.
Attorney general wants judge to dismiss suit
The
province's lawyer, Justin Wies, made arguments on why the lawsuit
should be dismissed Wednesday. He said the issue should first be dealt
with by the New Brunswick Labour and Employment Board because that's
what the law requires.
Wies said if the employees are not happy
with the decision from the board, they can then go to court and ask for a
judicial review.
"The framing of the issue as a constitutional
challenge doesn't [preclude] them from having to go through labour
board," Wies said.
James
Kitchen, the lawyer for the employees, said this is not exclusively a
labour case. The "most important" remedy they want is the declaration
from the court that the policy is against the Constitution, he said.
"They're
pursuing a larger interest more than workplace concerns," he
said. "They're making this application on behalf of other employees."
Unions say board should hear case
On
Wednesday, Justice Thomas Christie of the Court of Queen's Bench
allowed the New Brunswick Nurses Union and the New Brunswick Teachers
Federation to intervene on the case and make short arguments.
Joël
Michaud, who is representing both unions, made arguments supporting the
province's stance. He said the unions believe this issue should be
first dealt with in a labour arbitration before anything else.
He
said if the courts allow the employees to skip the arbitration process
then it would be "in essence usurping the role of the employee
associations."
Christie said he is "sensitive" to the issues
brought forward by the four employees, but he may be limited in what he
can do by the law that requires only one forum to deal with labour
issues.
"We're not going to have a system where you can have
relief granted with respect to employment under two different fora," he
told Kitchen.
"You can seek standing and have at it, but you
don't get access to two different fora for the purposes of getting
remedial relief related to employment. You've got to help me get over
that."
In
response, Kitchen said this policy was brought forward by an order from
cabinet, not by any collective agreement. He said this means this case
is beyond the labour board.
"The origin of this is outside of that," Kitchen said. "The best way to deal with it is outside of that."
He also said a labour arbitrator can't make orders about the constitutionality of a policy.
Christie
addressed the four employees in his final comments Wednesday and said
he wants them to know that he appreciates the importance of this case.
He
referenced two paragraphs in their application. The first said: "When a
woman is raped, she no longer has control of her body, the rapist
partly does. … When a man is a slave to another he no longer has sole
ownership and control of his body.
The second said: "Likewise
when a person received an injection into their body against their will
and only so that they can continue to feed their children and pay their
rent, they no longer have sole ownership or control of their body."
Christie said those paragraphs were "illustrative" of how they feel about the issue.
"I
hope that they understand that I'm sensitive to how important and how
visceral these issues are for them regardless of whatever the law might
allow [or] not allow me to do."
The court also heard Wednesday
that some of the four employees have filed grievances about this policy
to the labour board as well.
If the judge sides with the
province, the lawsuit is dismissed. If he sides with the employees, the
case will go ahead and the constitutionality of the vaccine mandate will
be tested. Christie said he will share his decision in the coming
weeks.
Nurse quits Saint John hospital in frustration and takes up long-haul trucking Leah Gorham says understaffing, pandemic and thwarted career efforts all took a toll
Rachel Cave · CBC News · Posted: Jan 19, 2022 6:00 AM AT
Former licensed practical nurse Leah Gorham is seen driving an 18-wheeler near Enfield, N.S. (Submitted by Leah Gorham)
At 42, Leah Gorham has decided to trade in her stethoscope for life in the cab of an 18-wheeler because she saw no happy future for herself as a licensed practical nurse.
Speaking en route to Indiana and then South Carolina, Gorham said she will miss the friends she made in New Brunswick health care as well as the thrill of helping people recover from operations. But she's feeling good about her decision to hit the road.
"This thing's really long," Gorham said of her truck as she passed through a raging snowstorm this week. "It's hard to turn, and it's heavy, but not only am I able to see the monetary value, I'm seeing the world."
Over a 12-year span, Gorham worked in neurosurgery and then general surgery. She now works for a Dartmouth, N.S., transportation company and was hauling tires when CBC spoke with her on Tuesday.
Gorham says understaffing, violent patients, the stress of COVID-19 and a lack of career development drove her from her job at the Saint John Regional Hospital. (Submitted by Leah Gorham)
She said the Saint John Regional Hospital has always struggled with understaffing, but the pandemic made everything worse, and morale has taken a beating.
"A lot of the nurses are getting burned out. They're crying every day; they're crying in the bathroom. The people I know who are tough as nails, they just can't take it anymore." Incident of patient assault
Gorham said it's having an impact on employee safety.
Nurses have become so over-stretched, she said, it's hard to find the time or energy to talk to each other about anything beyond what is urgent and immediate.
She thinks this contributed to the worst patient assault of her career.
Gorham chose life behind the wheel of a transport truck over her job at the Saint John Regional Hospital. (Submitted by Leah Gorham)
"We had so many patients apiece, we really couldn't communicate what was going on in the unit," said Gorham, describing what happened early one morning last August.
Gorham said a male patient whipped her in the face with his catheter bag, then pinned her up against the wall and tried to strangle her with his hands.
She said she later learned that he had shown signs overnight of becoming confused and aggressive, but nobody had had a chance to tell her that when she entered his room around six o'clock in the morning.
"I've been assaulted in the hospital more than a few times, but this time it was an attack that I couldn't get away from, and that's what scared me most." 'I wanted to be a nurse'
Despite everything, Gorham said, she wanted to stay in health care and had dreams of becoming a registered nurse. She said she applied multiple times to the bridging programs at the University of New Brunswick.
Gorham says the Saint John Regional Hospital has always struggled with understaffing, but the COVID-19 pandemic made it worse. (Wikipedia)
The programs are highly competitive. Those who are accepted take six online courses that prepare them to enter Year 3 of a four-year bachelor of nursing degree.
"I wanted to be a nurse for the rest of my life," Gorham said. "I applied at least three times and was flat-out rejected and honestly, I had no idea why."
Feeling that her future was bleak, with no hope for professional growth, she took a hard look at trucking.
Her boyfriend was a trucker and with his encouragement and support, Gorham took a 12-week truck-driving course at a cost of about $10,000 and obtained her Class 1 transport truck licence.
She's been doing the job since early January and so far, she's loving it.
"I really miss working with the girls," she said. "We really formed a strong relationship and a huge trust and I loved looking after people.
"But I was so frustrated with not getting ahead in nursing, I feel like this is a better fit for me right now." Retention a national problem
The New Brunswick Nurses Union says the province has 1,000 registered nurse vacancies between the regional health authorities and the province's nursing homes.
The union said there's also a shortage of some 300 licensed practical nurses.
Meanwhile, the Omicron variant has forced hundreds of working health-care professionals to stay off the job.
On Jan. 3, Public Health reported 571 health-care staff were isolating at home.
The Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) says the nursing gaps making headlines across the country appear to be a problem of retention, not supply.
While nursing seats at Canadian institutions were cut back in the early 2000s, they started to rebound after the SARS epidemic hammered Toronto hospitals in 2003.
New Brunswick's former auditor general, Kim Adair-MacPherson, criticized the province for failing to build on the number of nursing graduates, despite huge investment in nursing schools. (Catherine Harrop/CBC News file photo)
Prior to that outbreak, which caused 44 deaths, Canada was graduating about 5,000 registered nurses per year.
That has more than doubled. According to data gathered by the schools of nursing, Canada has been graduating more than 12,000 RNs annually over the past seven years.
"Demand to get into nursing is sky-high," said Cynthia Baker, executive director of CASN.
"We don't think we have a shortage of graduates," she said. "But nurses are leaving in droves right now." New Brunswick an outlier
Baker said the one exception to national growth in nursing education seems to be New Brunswick.
According to the association's findings, New Brunswick graduated 268 RNs in 2015, 260 in 2016, 202 in 2017, 144 in 2018 and 148 in 2020.
Report slams province for failing to get more nursing grads, despite $100M investment
That downward trend was flagged a few years ago by former auditor general Kim Adair-MacPherson. In 2019, she issued a report criticizing the provincial government for failing to effectively prepare for the looming nurse shortage.
Adair-MacPherson noted that a program put in place in 2005 — which gave the University of Moncton and University of New Brunswick close to $100 million to create more seats in their nursing programs — was unsuccessful.
She said the province failed to add a single seat. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rachel Cave
Rachel Cave is a CBC reporter based in Saint John, New Brunswick. CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
909 Comments .
David Amos Content deactivated Methinks folks should pay attention to Operation Bear Hug 2.0 N'esy Pas?
David Amos FYI Tamara Lich an Organizer in Medicine Hat, AB has raised the goal in support of the convoy to $600,000 after receiving $539,624 in donation in less than 4 days
phil mckay She doesnt have to count on higgs, sheppard and russell to keep her workplace safe and burned out….
David Amos Reply to @phil mckay: Even her new workplace is crashing and burning We terribly short of truckers because so many have refused to be jabbed
Raymond Leger Higgs is now literally driving nurses away from New Brunswick by the truck load!
Johnny Lawrence Reply to @Raymond Leger: you tell em drivel king.
Raymond Leger The peanut gallery
Johnny Lawrence Reply to @Raymond Leger: yes, peanut gallery and drivel king sums up your existence on here.
Raymond Leger Your leader has lost all confidence in this Province! Hope you enjoyed it because it's about to end!
David Amos Content deactivated Reply to @Raymond Leger: Trudeau The Younger and his old Yankee buddy Joe are driving legions of truckers out of their trade with their cross border jab mandates
David Amos Reply to @Raymond Leger: Amen
Reply to @David Amos: Higgs’ Approval Rating Continues To Slide: Poll Saint John, NB, Canada / The Wave Robert Lothian Jan 18, 2022 | 7:08 AM
"New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs continues to find himself in the doghouse, at least according to the results of a recent poll.
Findings from an Angus Reid Institute survey published Monday revealed the premier’s approval rating has reached an all-time low of 34 per cent.
This drop places Higgs in the same territory as Ontario Premier Doug Ford (30 per cent) and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney (26 per cent)."
Pat Holland I hope she joins the rest of the truckers in Canada that are standing up for every Canadian by protesting the mandates. It’s time to take back our country from the power hungry politicians
Louis Leblanc Reply to @Pat Holland: Protesting againt vaccination in the face of the greatest pandemic we have ever seen is not standing up for Canadians much less nurses and doctors.
michael levesque Reply to @Pat Holland: truckers should be protesting the low pay!!!!!
John Munson Reply to @Pat Holland: No truckers standing up for me for anything. Support vaccination 100%.
Pat Holland Reply to @John Munson: it’s not about supporting a vaccine it’s about forcing anything on an entire population. You just don’t get it.
Pat Holland Reply to @John Munson: Do you think every trucker protesting is unvaccinated? That is not the case. Ignorance is not a defence
Pat Holland Reply to @Louis Leblanc: they are protesting mandates and lockdowns not the vaccine they don’t care if you get 100 doses. It’s about our rights. About closing business’s putting people out of work. But your not probably able to differentiate between the two.
Primrose Budd Reply to @Pat Holland: truck drivers hold the lives of all Canadians in their hands. Now if they can just stand up together and realize it. Canadian don't eat, stay warm or get medical supplies without a truck driver. If they all stopped working for about 3-4 days it would change everything. Got my fingers crossed that they say enough is enough.
Fred Brewer Reply to @Pat Holland: So are you against forced seat belt laws, forced helmet laws, forced rules of the road laws, forced no-smoking laws, forced bilingualism? All of those things and more are "forced" onto a population.
Louis Leblanc Reply to @Pat Holland: I work in healthcare so don't lecture me. We are all in the same boat right now and this pandemic will eventually pass but the longer we ignore basic public health guidelines, the longer this nightmare will last. I'm all for human right but also understand that these are exceptional times.
David Amos Reply to @Pat Holland: I happy to see mention of Operation Bear Hug 2.0
David Amos Reply to @Primrose Budd: Well said
Jim Smith Great, now if all the nurses did what she did the truck drivers shortage would be solved.
David Amos Content deactivated Reply to @Jim Smith: Methinks Operation Bear Hug 2.0 may be of some assistance in that regard N'esy Pas?
Roosevelt Smith Reply to @David Amos: what is operation bear hug?
David Amos Content deactivated Reply to @Roosevelt Smith: A Huge Convoy of Trucks are gathering to go to Ottawa from across Canada beginning on the 23rd
Roosevelt Smith Reply to @David Amos: to do what?
David Amos Content deactivated Reply to @Roosevelt Smith: To protest the jab mandates and lockdowns in a big way
David Amos Content deactivated Reply to @Roosevelt Smith: I know for a fact that Tamara Lich an Organizer in Medicine Hat, AB has raised $431,352 of $500,000 goal in support of the convoy in just over 3 days
Stuart Udovitch Reply to @David Amos: So?
David Amos Content deactivated Reply to @Stuart Udovitch: So its becoming blatantly obvious that many people have enough of this lockdown nonsense At the very least a nurse just proved that byway of this very article CORRECT???
David Amos Reply to @Stuart Udovitch: Ask yourself what just happened
Stanley Beemish Reply to @David Amos: He would need to, because you would be unable to explain...
John Slayter Reply to @Jim Smith: the trucker shortage will be solved completely soon- by automation. Seriously
David Amos Reply to @Stanley Beemish: Why do you think that is???
David Amos Reply to @John Slayter: Yea Right
Lou Bell Weeks on the road , deadlines to meet , and sleeping in a truck ! And not many sites to see from an Interstate . It'll wear on one really quick ! I'd give her a year at the most
David Amos Reply to @Lou Bell: So you say
June Arnott Reply to @Lou Bell: why are you always so negative? Is your own life thaat sad?
Daryl McMurphy Reply to @Lou Bell: From someone in the industry I 100% concur.
Daryl McMurphy Reply to @David Amos: Don't dismiss his comment so easily, he know what he says.
David Amos Content deactivated Reply to @Daryl McMurphy: He is a she
M Crowley Reply to @Lou Bell: 25 year OTR driver & proud that I left the industry in 2018.
David Amos Reply to @Daryl McMurphy: FYI Its Madame Bell
ronald jenkins i just saw a video on cbc's national. its about ann frank's betrayer. lol...so very ironic....
David Amos Reply to @ronald jenkins: Did they mention when the ball point pen was invented?
Michael Adrian Hot news flash: If you treat your employees like trash and slaves, many of them will quit. This is what's been happening all across the country. Especially in those provinces that insist on electing - over and over - clearly incompetent governments of a specific persuasion. You reap what you sow.
Bala Viswa Reply to @Michael Adrian: They should make it hard to quit. /s
Albert Daniels Reply to @Bala Viswa: Tell us how, indentured slaves?
Fritz Mahngoy Reply to @Michael Adrian: 'specific persuasion' ??
Fritz Mahngoy Reply to @Bala Viswa: yeah, we need to go back to slavery.
Michael Adrian Reply to @Fritz Mahngoy: CONs. In 7 of 10 Provinces. But the worst offenders are the Prairie Provinces. All 3 of them.
Michael Adrian Reply to @Fritz Mahngoy: Healthcare workers are already declared "Essential Services". So they can't work to rule, strike and such. It's dicey about how easy it is for them to quit. More critically, they can be forced to work unpaid overtime - at the risk of heavy fines and even jail. Most reasonable people would call that "slavery lite", since they do get paid a base rate.
Bruce Scott Reply to @Michael Adrian: It's not dicey on whether they can quit or not. You are obviously out of sync with labour law and human rights. Here is how it works, you say I quit and leave. Just like that, there are no laws or policies forcing people to stay at a job. The biggest prevention to this occurring on mass is the fair and reasonable treatment of employees. That simple.
Michael Adrian Reply to @Bruce Scott: Recent rumblings from assorted CON governments about making it difficult to quit for "essential employees" notwithstanding? See also the rather large, broad and expanding range of what is classified as "essential" work. Just for fun, see how well assorted labour laws - especially wrt overtime pay - are actually enforced.
Albert Daniels Reply to @Michael Adrian: Alberta passed a law making it legal to force staff to work shifts and overtime.
Colleen Bramall Reply to @Michael Adrian: Laws that make it "difficult to quit"? How do you dream this stuff up?
Michael Adrian Reply to @Colleen Bramall: I don't need to "dream anything up". I just need to read the news, visit assorted official government websites and similar stuff.
David Amos Reply to @Michael Adrian: I second that emotion
Derek Billings quite a pivot in careers moves. hopefully the saint john hospital will find more nurses for patients. good luck with the new career and stay safe on the roads. be wary of animals and drunk drivers
David Amos Reply to @Derek Billings: Ditto
Fritz Mahngoy Funny, I never knew about SARS or others ...demics, went right past me. Guess what you don't know doesn't hurt you. I feel privileged, enjoying 'life in the boonies'
Michael Kennedy Reply to @Fritz Mahngoy: your privilege
David Amos Reply to @Fritz Mahngoy: Me Too
Mitch Alder Good for her. And it gets her out of New Brunswick, with it's lowest literacy rate in Canada, worst economy in Canada, and lowest post-secondary attendance in Canada. And that's just for starters ;-)
David Amos Reply to @Mitch Alder: OH MY MY Methinks somebody is spoiling for a fight with Proud Maritimers N'esy Pas?
Walt Evans And long haul trucking is a breeze? Hope she has her shots to.
David Amos Reply to @Walt Evans: LMAO
Jack Dorcas So, are there any parts of our health care programs which are well managed? It doesn't matter if we elect a conservative government or a liberal government - neither have the will or courage to tackle the basic management of the departments of health and social services. Worse still our politicians have the nerve to be surprised when stories such as this come out. I don't believe anyone gets elected with the intention of doing a bad job but it seems once they gain office they loose the courage to make the hard decisions and install people, processes and structures which will bring the basics of good governance into our public service. The fear of failure and the resulting wrath of the population takes over and they continue to "kick the ball down the road."
Albert Daniels Reply to @Jack Dorcas: A good example is Alberta where the NDP started building a superlab in Edmonton to centralize lab services and reduce costs. The UCP conservatives took over, cancelled construction on the lab and contracted out the lab service. Just yesterday a small community near Edmonton just closed their lab service and residents have to drive to the next closest place for lab work.
Michael Kennedy Reply to @Jack Dorcas: there are too many people running for office who are just looking for a good paying job, the perks are fantastic, decisions are not personal, head back feet up?
David Amos Reply to @Jack Dorcas: I kinda sorta agree with you However I know for a fact that certain politicians play the wicked game for their personal benefit and that of their benefactors
Albert Daniels Reply to @Michael Kennedy: With a bottle of Jamisons. We even lost a MLA for heavy drinking, “IN THE LEGISLATURE”.
Bob Black Reply to @Albert Daniels: Its in the Conservative DNA to sell off public assets.
Jimmy Belafonte Reply to @Jack Dorcas: Most are grifters. Get what they can before the axe falls. If you have no agenda. You expect honesty and integrity. And all decisions are made for the good of the citizens, don't apply. Its not for you.
David Amos Reply to @Albert Daniels: Too Too Funny
Mitch Alder What do they call a young person in New Brunswick?
Shooting through.
Jimmy Flint Reply to @Mitch Alder: I was going to say a tourist but that works.
Albert Daniels Reply to @Mitch Alder: I remember driving through NB years ago and that was my thought as well. Tar paper shacks and new trucks.
David Amos Reply to @Mitch Alder: Not Funny
David Amos Reply to @Albert Daniels: Yea Right
Albert Daniels Reply to @David Amos: Central NB.
Mitch Alder Reply to @David Amos: "Not Funny"
And yet it's true. New Brunswick has been losing population, mostly young people, for most of the last 20 years. Funny that. They just managed to break even for a couple of years. Amazing.
David Amos Content deactivated Reply to @Albert Daniels: Is where the billionaire McCains and all their wealthy buddies live in tar paper shacks Correct?
David Amos Content deactivated Reply to @Mitch Alder: I bet you have been laughing at me for years Correct?
Albert Daniels Reply to @David Amos: Nope , they are probably on the coast somewhere.
David Amos Content deactivated Reply to @Albert Daniels: Dream on
Albert Daniels Reply to @David Amos: About what, living in NB?
David Amos Content deactivated Reply to @Albert Daniels: I am living the dream Furthermore I am willing to wager that Central NB has more millionaires per capita than Toronto does
Albert Daniels Reply to @David Amos: Now that’s a stretch. Enjoy NB.
Mitch Alder Reply to @David Amos: NB is one of the top 3 pot-smoking provinces in Canada. A basket of Millionaires? Nope. But with enough smoke it might make people think that they are.
David Amos Reply to @Albert Daniels: I was not joking Even your beloved former Minister of Finance married a McCain. Need I say I enjoy the fact that you are not here but enjoy reading all the CBC articles about the young folks who moving down here from your neck of the woods. BTW I would lay odds that you do not know I am
David Amos Content deactivated Reply to @Mitch Alder: I don't smoke dope and rarely drink but methinks it would be wise for you to back away from the pipe for a while N'esy Pas?
Mitch Alder Reply to @David Amos: HaHaHa! You're the one telling people New Brunswick is so full of millionaires, not me. The stats tell a completely different story. NB is the most disadvantaged province in Canada. It has to receive the most equalization hand-outs of ANY province. It has the lowest literacy rate and worst record on post-secondary education. But keep talking, it's funny.
David Amos Content deactivated Reply to @Mitch Alder: Methinks YOU are the one who needs to learn how to read I wrote "per capita in Central NB versus Toronto" However everybody knows that there is one billionaire clan who live in southern NB that has been keeping New Brunswick behind the eight all in this wicked political game for generations and everybody knows the current Premier worked for them most of his life N'esy Pas?
David Amos Content deactivated Reply to @Mitch Alder: Furthermore I hang my hat in the Fundy Royal area and I have never met a Dairy Farmer who is not a millionaire and lots of them live around me
David Amos Reply to @Mitch Alder: Why is it that nothing surprises me anymore?
David Amos Reply to @Albert Daniels: Welcome to the circus
Dave Johnson Riveting news, maybe they’ll let us know what she had for dinner too
David Amos Reply to @Dave Johnson: Maybe you should have a nap
Al Clark Reply to @Dave Johnson: Roller dogs. Wild guess.
Marcel Stanford You have an obligation to yourself to do what makes you happy. Good for her.
David Amos Reply to @Marcel Stanford: I concur
Jimmy Belafonte Hey CBC I know a dude who was a Dr. And became a farmer. Give me a call.
David Amos Content deactivated Reply to @Jimmy Belafonte: Dr Who is an alien in NB
Don Hill Reply to @Jimmy Belafonte: A Dr. that became a farmer, must have a bad case of PTSD, no normal person does Farming.
David Amos Content deactivated Reply to @Don Hill: I know lots of farmers who would love to meet you
Don Hill Reply to @David Amos: Moses maybe have a talk with them, I don't think you're allowed to intimidate for threaten people on here.
David Amos Reply to @Don Hill: Call the cops like I just did
Doug Batson So someone makes a career change and this is national news. Hey I just stubbed my toe; is there a headline here.
David Amos Reply to @Doug Batson: Methinks it best that you get first denied service looking after you poor old toe at the hospital because all the nurses are taking up trucking for a living. However I cannot deny that after listening to Higgy's favourite blogger advise people on how to quit smoking on CBC today anything is possible N'esy Pas?
Demitri Agapov in respect to all truckers, this article shows that a career as a trucker is really not a bad choice, in the end it is what you make out of something. if your not happy in your position then it is not the best place to be in. therefore one should be open to change
Don Hill Reply to @Demitri Agapov: Most companies want you to have 6 months minimum provable Driving Experience
David Amos Reply to @Don Hill: Not lately
David Amos Content deactivated Reply to @Demitri Agapov: I Agree Methinks the Yankees who rebelled against the Crown over taxation called the "Pursuit of Happiness" a right within their Declaration of Independence N'esy Pas?
Don Hill Reply to @David Amos: You want to bet, Go to Kijiji or your local job website and read the description, qualifications, do you really want to be driving behind him and he's hauling propane and then someone doing a brake check on his solo run.
Don Hill Reply to @John Pokiok: Hahaha, keep riding your bicycle, now who wants a BEER
Al Clark Reply to @David Amos: Still. Lately.
David Amos Reply to @Don Hill: Methinks you should talk to the RCMP about libel instead of trying to making bets with me N'esy Pas?
Don Hill Driving an 18-wheeler must be really easy. Me thinks, someone is fibbing, or is trying to be a Storyteller.
Joe Vert Reply to @Don Hill: they come with automatic transmissions now.
Joe Vert Reply to @Don Hill: you ever been a big long haul truck?
Cindy Fordyce Reply to @Joe Vert: Standards are no problem either
Don Hill Reply to @Joe Vert: No really do they, you still have to be able the back up and pull that 5th wheel pin and turn the trailer jacks down, etc, etc, not a easy life.
Don Hill Reply to @Joe Vert: Yes i was, did long haul for a while, which sucks, then did gravel hauling for 8 months and hauling grain/bales, snow in winter, etc, home every night, same paid as a long hauler at the end of the year
Charlene Pursey Reply to @Don Hill: She's new to it. Let her have a chance to compare. She does always have her LPN diploma so she can go back nursing. All the best to her.
Don Hill Reply to @Charlene Pursey: Why are you so pissy
Joe Vert Reply to @Cindy Fordyce: you drive truck?
David Amos Reply to @Don Hill: "Me thinks, someone is fibbing, or is trying to be a Storyteller."
Could that be YOU???
patrick morris Just reading the anti-maskers/vaxxers on-line makes me cringe for those in front-line healthcare postions who have to deal with these mor ons. Good on Leah for saying enough is enough for all the abuse and poor working conditions. Trucking is tough, but truckers are by-and-large gentlemen. My daughter did it for a while and found the male truckers north and south of the border to be good guys.
David Amos Reply to @patrick morris: Methinks you should keeping about the Convoy of Big Rigs etc rolling by a town near you in the near future on their way to Ottawa N'esy Pas?
On 1/19/22, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca> > Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:14:11 +0000 > Subject: RE: Bureau de poste de St-Louis-de-Kent > To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> > > Hello, > > Thank you for taking the time to write. > > Due to the volume of incoming messages, this is an automated response > to let you know that your email has been received and will be reviewed > at the earliest opportunity. > > If your inquiry more appropriately falls within the mandate of a > Ministry or other area of government, staff will refer your email for > review and consideration. > > Merci d'avoir pris le temps de nous écrire. > > En raison du volume des messages reçus, cette réponse automatique vous > informe que votre courriel a été reçu et sera examiné dans les > meilleurs délais. > > Si votre demande relève plutôt du mandat d'un ministère ou d'un autre > secteur du gouvernement, le personnel vous renverra votre courriel > pour examen et considération. > > If this is a Media Request, please contact the Premier’s office at > (506) 453-2144 or by email > media-medias@gnb.ca<mailto:media-medias@gnb.ca> > > S’il s’agit d’une demande des médias, veuillez communiquer avec le > Cabinet du premier ministre au 506-453-2144. > > Office of the Premier/Cabinet du premier ministre > P.O Box/C. P. 6000 Fredericton New-Brunswick/Nouveau-Brunswick E3B 5H1 > Canada > Tel./Tel. : (506) 453-2144 > Email/Courriel: > premier@gnb.ca/premier.ministre@gnb.ca<mailto:premier@gnb.ca/premier.ministre@gnb.ca> > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Austin, Kris (LEG)" <Kris.Austin@gnb.ca> > Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:14:11 +0000 > Subject: Automatic reply: Bureau de poste de St-Louis-de-Kent > To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> > > Thank you for your email. Please know all emails are read and > addressed accordingly. > If your question or concern is constituency related, please reach out > to my constituency office assistant, Janet Johnston at > janet.johnston@gnb.ca or by calling 506-327-7014 or 506-440-9542. > Thank you for taking the time to reach out. > > Sincerely, > > Kris Austin > Leader-People's Alliance Party > 506-462-5875 > > > > > On 1/19/22, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> The post office was closed yesterday. I was told it was because the >> employees were sick with COVID. >> >> Usually there is a sign in the door explaining the reason for the >> closure. This time there was nothing. Maybe they were caught off >> guard. >> >> Yet these employees are all vaccinated. It's interesting to see the >> difficulty the cashiers had in answering my questions about this >> closure. It's like it's a taboo subject! The cash register is right >> next to the office. >> >> By the way, thank you for asking NB Power about the Bitcoin business >> in St-André during the last severe cold we had. NB Power asks us to >> save electricity and it is wasted in Bitcoin! It's so comical that >> it's sad. >> >> Yours faithfully, >> >> Roger Richard >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Roger Richard <rrichard@nb.aibn.com> >> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 08:19:29 -0400 >> Subject: Bureau de poste de St-Louis-de-Kent >> To: nouvelle@acadienouvelle.com >> >> Bonjour, >> >> Le bureau de poste était fermé hier. On m’a dit que c’était parce que >> les employés étaient malade du COVID. >> >> Habituellement, il y a une affiche dans la porte pour expliquer la >> raison de la fermeture. Cette fois-ci il n’y avait rien. C’est >> peut-être qu’ils ont été pris au dépourvu. >> >> Pourtant ces employés sont tous vaccinés. C’est intéressant de voir >> la difficulté que les caissières de la caisse avait pour répondre à >> mes questions concernant cette fermeture. C’est comme si c’est un >> sujet tabou! La caisse est juste à côté du bureau. >> >> En passant, je vous remercie d’avoir questionner Énergie NB concernant >> l’entreprise de Bitcoin de St-André lors du dernier grand froid que >> l’on a eu. Énergie NB nous demande d’épargner l’électricité et elle >> est gaspillée en Bitcoin! C’est tellement comique que s’en est >> triste. >> >> Cordialement vôtre, >> >> Roger Richard >> >
Gorham
says understaffing, violent patients, the stress of COVID-19 and a lack
of career development drove her from her job at the Saint John Regional
Hospital. (Submitted by Leah Gorham) 
Gorham chose life behind the wheel of a transport truck over
her job at the Saint John Regional Hospital. (Submitted by Leah Gorham) 
Gorham says the Saint John Regional Hospital has always
struggled with understaffing, but the COVID-19 pandemic made it worse.
(Wikipedia) 
New
Brunswick's former auditor general, Kim Adair-MacPherson, criticized
the province for failing to build on the number of nursing graduates,
despite huge investment in nursing schools. (Catherine Harrop/CBC News file photo) 
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