From: Mark Miller <mark@newscheckmedia.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 15:36:59 -0700
Subject: vacation Re: Hey Higgy Methinks I should give your buddy
Chucky Leblanc the last word in my blog in defence of his heroine Lisa
LaFlamme N'esy Pas Mr Faust???
To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
I am out of the office until Tuesday, Sept. 6. If you need something,
please contact Michael Depp at mcdepp@newscheckmedia.com. Thanks /
Mark
From: "Kachi, Nanao" <Nanao.Kachi@crtc.gc.ca>
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 22:39:11 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Hey Higgy Methinks I should give your buddy
Chucky Leblanc the last word in my blog in defence of his heroine Lisa
LaFlamme N'esy Pas Mr Faust???
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Je suis absent du bureau.
Pour les questions urgentes, contactez :
· antica.corner@crtc.gc.ca<mailto:antica.corner@crtc.gc.
août 2022 au 26 août 2022)
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(29 août 2022 au 2 septembre 2022)
· emilie.godbout@crtc.gc.ca<mailto:emilie.godbout@crtc.gc.
septembre 2022 au 9 septembre 2022)
Nanao Kachi
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I am away from the office.
For urgent matters, please contact:
· antica.corner@crtc.gc.ca<mailto:antica.corner@crtc.gc.
August 2022 au 26 August 2022)
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(29 August 2022 au 2 September 2022)
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September 2022 au 9 September 2022)
Nanao Kachi
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From: "Bergen, Candice - M.P." <candice.bergen@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 22:37:02 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Hey Higgy Methinks I should give your buddy
Chucky Leblanc the last word in my blog in defence of his heroine Lisa
LaFlamme N'esy Pas Mr Faust???
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
On behalf of the Hon. Candice Bergen, thank you for contacting the
Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition.
Ms. Bergen greatly values feedback and input from Canadians. We read
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Sincerely,
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avec le Bureau de la cheffe de l’Opposition officielle.
Mme Bergen accorde une grande importance aux commentaires des
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Veuillez noter que ce compte reçoit beaucoup de courriels. Nous y
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 19:36:55 -0300
Subject: Hey Higgy Methinks I should give your buddy Chucky Leblanc
the last word in my blog in defence of his heroine Lisa LaFlamme N'esy
Pas Mr Faust???
To: Lisa.LaFlamme@ctv.ca, "Katie.Telford"
<Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "Candice.Bergen"
<Candice.Bergen@parl.gc.ca>, web@ntv.ca, onthego@cbc.ca,
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<David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, premier <premier@gov.nl.ca>,
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Saturday, 27 August 2022
CTV executive Michael Melling taking a leave after Lisa LaFlamme’s dismissal!!!!! TIME TO BOYCOTT EVERYTHING BELL MEDIA OWNS!!!!
CTV executive Michael Melling taking a leave after Lisa LaFlamme’s dismissal!!!!!
This is not enough!!!! First time I see his picture...WHAT A GOOF BALL!!!!
But the CTV Board are standing firm on their views on Lisa LaFlamme and Women across Canada!!!
I haven't watch CTV since this awful decision on Lisa LaFlamme went public. People should refuse to chat to CTV Journalists and cancel their internet, Cable and Phone service with Bell Aliant until Lisa is back but then again the issue will be forgotten in time because people are not Scottish like this Blogger!!!!
Here's a video when Bell Aliant called me for a cheaper rate....https://www.facebook.com/charles.leblanc.5437/videos/5211667105610860
ADMIT YOU SCREWED UP AND BRING BACK LISA LAFLAMME!!!
CTV exec goes on leave after Lisa LaFlamme controversy
Michael Melling faced criticism over veteran journalist's abrupt ouster
The head of CTV News has gone on leave following the ouster of news anchor Lisa LaFlamme.
Michael Melling, the vice-president of the news division at CTV's parent company Bell Media, "decided to take leave from his current role effective immediately to spend time with his family," according to an internal memo sent Friday and obtained by CBC News.
"His decision reflects our shared desire to support the newsroom and do what's best to help the team move past the current circumstances to focus on delivering the stories that matter to Canadians."
The memo was signed by Bell Media senior vice-president Karine Moses.
However, in a separate Friday statement, Bell President and CEO Mirko Bibic said Melling is on leave "pending the outcome of [a] workplace review."
Bell Media said last week LaFlamme's firing would be put to an independent review.
The review will address concerns about the "working environment in the newsroom," Bibic said, and will involve confidential interviews with employees that choose to participate.
Melling faced criticism over LaFlamme's abrupt departure from CTV, which raised allegations of sexism and ageism. He took over as head of news in January.
LaFlamme 'blindsided'
LaFlamme revealed last week that she'd been "blindsided" by Bell Media's decision to end her contract.
"At 58, I still thought I had a lot more time to tell more of the stories that impact our daily lives," she said in an online video.
LaFlamme had worked for the network for 35 years. As chief news anchor of the flagship newscast, CTV National News with Lisa LaFlamme, she won "best national news anchor" at the Canadian Screen Awards five times, including this year.
CTV National News anchor Lisa LaFlamme announces she was let go
Media reports have suggested a connection between LaFlamme's ouster and her grey hair, which she stopped dyeing during the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing some praise.
After LaFlamme's original announcement, Bell Media said her removal was a business decision made to recognize "changing viewer habits."
The company later said that it regretted "the way in which the news of her departure has been communicated."
With files from Idil Mussa, Jackson Weaver and The Canadian Press
Brand campaigns going grey in support of LaFlamme could backfire, say experts
Wendy's, Dove Canada unveiled marketing campaigns with nod to ouster of CTV host
Companies that integrate news moments into their branding run the risk of being seen as opportunistic and should prepare for added scrutiny from customers and employees when they take a stand on hot-button issues, said retail analyst Bruce Winder.
"No one's perfect, right? Every brand has skeletons in the closet ... and this does very much open them up to scrutiny ... so you better make sure your house is in order before you start throwing this out there," he said.
"There could be some blowback if there's anything hidden in the closets as it relates to anything both companies have done, so it's a real high-risk move."
Winder's remarks come after fast food chain Wendy's changed the profile photo on its Canadian Twitter account Thursday to its mascot bearing grey hair instead of her usual red locks.
The tweet reads "because a star is a star regardless of hair colour," using two star emojis, and includes LaFlamme's name in a hashtag.
Media reports have tied LaFlamme's ouster from Bell Media to her decision to stop dyeing her hair during the pandemic.
Risk of looking 'opportunistic'
Earlier this week, Dove Canada alluded to LaFlamme's dismissal after 35 years with the network in a campaign called Keep the Grey, which proclaimed that "age is beautiful" and said, "women should be able to do it on their own terms, without any consequences."
Taking cues from Dove, Sports Illustrated magazine announced a new grey-scale cover featuring Elon Musk's mother, Maye Musk. "We're going grey with @Dove in support of women aging confidently on their own terms," the tweet read.
Dove never referenced LaFlamme in its campaign, which donated $100,000 to women's advocacy organization Catalyst and encouraged others to turn their profile photos to grey-scale.
"There is a lot of discussion about ageism right now and Dove wanted to harness that energy for good," Laura Douglas, Dove Masterbrand Canada manager, said in an email.
"The campaign was launched in response to the widespread national conversation about grey hair and ageism in the workplace, and that it was not intended to be directed any one situation or organization."
Wendy's did not immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did Bell Media, which owns CTV. CBC News has reached out to Sports Illustrated.
Winder felt the Wendy's campaign was "probably a little shallow." Dove's, he said, was "deeper and more serious."
"But still, both brands look a little bit opportunistic, like they're taking advantage of what's hot this week and what's topical this week, and it looks like they're trying hard," he said.
Joanne McNeish, an associate professor of marketing at Toronto Metropolitan University, felt Wendy's campaign didn't make much sense, because the brand has never been associated with ageism or grey hair.
"With Wendy's, it'll just sink like a stone," McNeish said. "It doesn't cost them much to give it a go, but they could have been so much more clever in how they did it."
She noted that Dove has long been linked to these topics and has run campaigns on greying hair for 15 years.
"These campaigns work the best when there's a relationship and a foundation for the work you're doing and the cause you're supporting," she said.
Marketing buzzy news story has risks and rewards
Associating a brand with any buzzy news story has both risks and rewards, she warned.
Companies can easily generate attention for their brands that can translate into sales, when a campaign really resonates with customers. But such ads also open firms up to a new level of examination.
Model
and Kardashian clan member Kendall Jenner's turn as a Pepsi-wielding
protester had many on social media decrying the imagery as an
appropriation of the Black Lives Matter movement. (Pepsi/YouTube)
"There is actually a real art form in understanding how to respond to these situations, because sometimes these are really wonderful bonus situations where you get a big push in awareness, and maybe some sales, or they can be devastating if you find out something later or there's another piece of the issue that wasn't as clear to you," McNeish said.
Companies need look no further than Pepsi to see the risks, Winder added.
The soda giant made a 2017 ad featuring model and Keeping up with the Kardashians star Kendall Jenner joining a protest and defusing tensions by handing a police officer a Pepsi.
Many saw the ad as trivializing the Black Lives Matter movement.
"So it's very high risk," Winder said. "It may resonate [and be] very popular for certain people, and certain people may see it as opportunistic and a little bit sleazy."
Companies that take the risk have to be quick and tie themselves to the moment before it's left the zeitgeist or other brands have beaten them to it, McNeish said.
"There's only room for a few to really get the big reward for being associated [with a news item]... so that's why you need to be ready to jump on these situations."
With files from CBC's Jenna Benchetrit
Bell Media 'regrets' handling of Lisa LaFlamme ouster
Dismissal raises questions about whether sexism, ageism played role in shakeup
Bell Media said in a statement Friday it "regrets" the way in which LaFlamme's departure was handled, as it "may have left viewers with the wrong impression" that her storied career wasn't valued.
On Monday, LaFlamme released a video statement saying she was "blindsided" after finding out in June that Bell Media was ending her contract at CTV National News. She said she kept the news under wraps until the details were finalized.
The dismissal, which Bell described as a "business decision," raised questions among media observers about whether sexism and ageism played a role in the shakeup.
Bell Media said in its statement it takes allegations of discrimination "very seriously" and is taking steps to initiate a third-party internal workplace review in the newsroom over the coming weeks.
The company did not respond to questions about whether a firm has been chosen to conduct the review.
In a town hall meeting with staff on Thursday, two key Bell Media executives offered their perspectives on the events that transpired in recent weeks.
Karine Moses, senior vice-president of content development and news for Bell Media, said LaFlamme rejected the opportunity to bid farewell on air, reiterating what she wrote to staff in an internal memo sent Thursday.
In a recording of the meeting obtained by The Canadian Press, she told employees that LaFlamme wasn't simply ousted from the company.
She "was offered many options to come back and to do many things, which she declined, and I respect that," Moses said, without offering details on the other job opportunities Bell Media presented to LaFlamme.
Michael Melling, vice-president of Bell Media's news division, told staff he had no intention of speaking publicly or participating in media interviews about the recent events.
He said anonymous sources have been spreading erroneous information that was "said without context or manipulated."
Melling added that in the coming weeks he intends to hold "a number of small team meetings, probably of less than a dozen people," to discuss the future of the flagship newscast, promising to share audience and trends as well as financial data.
He said those meetings will begin soon and stretch past Labour Day because of the size of the news team.
"I want you guys to see the bigger picture," he said.
Why did CTV cut Lisa LaFlamme? Here’s the inside story
LILLEY UNLEASHED: Story behind Lisa LaFlamme's surprise departure from CTV
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 19:29:53 -0300
Subject: Whereas Omar Sachedina is away Perhaps my MP John Williamson
and his lawyer buddy Rob Moore will explain my lawsuits and blogs to
Yankees who like to watch the news
To: "John.Williamson" <John.Williamson@parl.gc.ca>, "rob.moore"
<rob.moore@parl.gc.ca>, "Robert. Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>,
Lisa.LaFlamme@ctv.ca, "Katie.Telford" <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
"Candice.Bergen" <Candice.Bergen@parl.gc.ca>, media@newslit.org,
info@mediasmarts.ca, mark@newscheckmedia.com, patrick.watt@chco.tv,
Ruby.Barber@bell.ca, effie.bouzalas@bell.ca, nanao.kachi@crtc.gc.ca,
adam.balkovec@crtc.gc.ca, courtney.fitzpatrick@crtc.gc.
ellen.desmond@crtc.gc.ca, qtides@midmaine.com,
deerisland.chamberofcommerce@
<andrea.anderson-mason@gnb.ca>
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, jackson.weaver@cbc.ca,
Omar.Sachedina@ctv.ca, Muriel.Draaisma@cbc.ca, Talia.Ricci@cbc.ca,
Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, NightTimePodcast
<NightTimePodcast@gmail.com>, paulpalango
<paulpalango@protonmail.com>, andrew <andrew@frankmagazine.ca>
https://davidraymondamos3.
Monday, 15 August 2022
Lisa LaFlamme 'blindsided' by cancellation of contract with CTV
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Sachedina, Omar" <Omar.Sachedina@bellmedia.ca>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 20:36:08 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: [EXT]Perhaps Lisa LaFlamme and I should talk
EH Katie???
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Thank you for your message.
I am away until November 1st with intermittent access to email.
If your matter is urgent, please call the CTV National News Assignment
Desk at 416-384-7400.
https://davidraymondamos3.
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
Lisa LaFlamme's Latest Business Venture Sparks Tension With CTV & Bell
Media Sponsors - She Fires Back Live On Air!
https://davidraymondamos3.
Sunday, 24 July 2022
Post office closure plan for Deer Island opposed by leaders
https://davidraymondamos3.
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
Donald Trump's current legal woes, explained YEA RIGHT
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From: "Bergen, Candice - M.P." <candice.bergen@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 23:31:55 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: YO Stewart A. Baker The NSA and the DHS must
remember me I ask again What planet do Yankee lawyers come from???
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
On behalf of the Hon. Candice Bergen, thank you for contacting the
Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition.
Ms. Bergen greatly values feedback and input from Canadians. We read
and review every incoming e-mail. Please note that this account
receives a high volume of e-mails. We reply to e-mails as quickly as
possible.
If you are a constituent of Ms. Bergen’s in Portage-Lisgar with an
urgent matter please provide complete contact information. Not
identifying yourself as a constituent could result in a delayed
response.
Once again, thank you for writing.
Sincerely,
Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition
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Au nom de l’hon. Candice Bergen, nous vous remercions de communiquer
avec le Bureau de la cheffe de l’Opposition officielle.
Mme Bergen accorde une grande importance aux commentaires des
Canadiens. Nous lisons et étudions tous les courriels entrants.
Veuillez noter que ce compte reçoit beaucoup de courriels. Nous y
répondons le plus rapidement possible.
Si vous faites partie de l’électorat de Mme Bergen dans la
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Nous vous remercions une fois encore d’avoir pris le temps d’écrire.
Veuillez agréer nos salutations distinguées,
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Inside the Media with Michael Depp: CBC Information Morning's Julia Wright
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Southwest Magazine: New Brunswick Southwest MP John Williamson Interview
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YO John Williamson Deja Vu???
Fundy Royal campaign targets middle class with focus on jobs
Fundy Royal voters have elected Conservatives all but 1 time in 28 elections over 101 years
The Conservatives have strong roots in the southern New Brunswick riding — this area has given its support to the Conservatives in every election for the past century, save for 1993, when Liberal Paul Zed won office.
In 2011, Conservative incumbent Rob Moore captured nearly 60 per cent of the vote.
Moore said he hopes the party's record, with its focus on the economy and direct benefits to people, will earn him another term in office.
- AUDIO: Green candidate: Stephanie Coburn
- AUDIO: Liberal candidate Alaina Lockhart
- AUDIO: NDP candidate Jennifer McKenzie
- AUDIO: Conservative candidate Rob Moore
The Tory incumbent pointed to programs, such as the Universal Childcare Benefit, as well as family income splitting and pension income splitting, that has left more money in the pockets of Canadians.
But, he said, he has also delivered on bringing federal cash to his ridinng.
Moore says the biggest question he's heard at the door is how the next government will move the regions's economy forward.
He says the answer lies in TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Energy East pipeline.
"The [Irving Oil] refinery is employing many people in our region, there's a lot of spinoff benefits, and if we can bring that resource from Alberta to New Brunswick to be refined and sold from our port, that is a great economic opportunity," said Moore.
Liberals focus on seniors, middle class
Liberal
Leader Justin Trudeau campaigned in Sussex earlier in the campaign. The
Liberals are hoping to knock off the Tories for only the second time in
a century. (Courtesy Alaina Lockhart/Facebook) Liberal candidate Alaina Lockhart said she is trying to appeal her campaign to the middle class.
"That's the majority of Fundy Royal," said Lockhart, who has owned Lockhart's Weddings and Special Occasions Inc. since 2004.
"People working everyday to make ends meet and the fact that we have a national campaign focused on strengthening the middle class to put more money in their pockets to then stimulate the economy, I'm encouraged by that," she said.
Lockhart says her party's focus on seniors through initiatives like affordable housing, strengthening the Canada Pension Plan and guaranteed income supplement would benefit the region.
"They worked hard their whole lives and we need to make sure they have secure retirements," she said.
Hopeful for change
NDP candidate Jennifer McKenzie says she's sensing an eagerness for change in the large riding.
McKenzie, an electrical engineer living in St. Martins, threw her name in after becoming "discouraged and disillusioned by the current government."
People want our youth back, we want to have reasons to stay here.
- NDP candidate Jennifer McKenzie
The region has lost a lot of its youth because of the Harper government's lack of focus on the economy, she said.
" be part of the economy and have jobs," she asid.
"The current government's focus on the prairie provinces in the oil and gas industry left New Brunswick and the Atlantic provinces neglected, and we actually had a three year recession here."
McKenzie says the NDP's focus on small business would better serve the area's economy.
"Our agricultural industry should be flourishing, we have to make sure we protect the family farm, there's fishing, forestry, I'm proud of our tourism initiatives, so much is a good fit to the NDP," she said.
Lost youth
The
proposed Energy East pipeline could add new jobs to the communities
inside Fundy Royal, according to Conservative MP Rob Moore. (Dan Riedlhuber/Reuters)Stephanie Coburn, the Green Party candidate for Fundy Royal, says the promise of 14,000 direct and indirect full-time jobs across Canada is "hugely exaggerated."
"The pipeline is a bad idea for people locally and we heard about the pipeline spills in northern Alberta and Michigan, and that ... oil they hope to bring in through the pipeline is impossible to cleanup," Coburn said.
"It's a bad idea nationally because it's all going to be exported … And it's going to contribute so much to the greenhouse gases we're trying to avoid to the globe, and exacerbate global warming terribly."
Coburn says she has heard encouragement for her party at the door, a big turnaround from when she first stepped into the political arena in 2010.
"Now I feel I'm finally not talking into the wind as I have been a long time about environmental issues," said Coburn.
"People are aware of the environmental problems we experience, and we're going to experience if we don't make some changes. That's a positive change from when I first ran."
Fundy Royal contains parts of the counties of Albert, Kings, Queens, Saint John and Westmorland and includes St. Martins, Salisbury, Sussex and Petitcodiac, as well as part of Quispamsis.
The British and Swiss think we're doing very well. How do you think you are being screwed? More CANADIANS HAVE NEVER BEEN RICHER. How many banks failed during the 2008 crisis? The federal government went into debt to save the Ontario auto manufacturing industry, then sold their shares, once they returned to appropriate value. We have the best trade arrangements than any other country. How many did the Liberals negotiate, or end?
TRUDEAU wants to take CANADA in DEBT, to pay for infrastructure. Do you remember SAINT JOHN HARBOUR BRIDGE? DO you remember the MONTREAL BASED companies, and their shell game involving BANKRUPTCY, and insurance? How many permanent jobs did that create?
What you fail to mention is: " More CANADIANS HAVE NEVER BEEN POORER !"
Even if I don't care for Harper, I care for who is going to do the most for us here and he does.
Listen to CBC Mornings? What is this? the 1950's?
I get my unbiased news from more pure sources around the world thanks.
What i find so amusing is how offended people get when you don't want to vote their way.
For the record, I could care less about a pipeline. I am not some blue collar worker. I have no complaints about the taxes I pay and how the money is spent and who gets what deals. It makes no difference to me at all.
If I don't like how things are here, I would just move.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/factscan-plans-to-test-political-claims-during-election-1.2951761
Tall tale-telling politicos, take heed: You could soon find your claims put through the truth grinder by the folks at FactsCan, a newly launched website that aims to provide an independent, non-partisan fact-checking service during the upcoming federal election.
■FactsCan website
According to co-founder Dana Wagner, who also works as a researcher at Ryerson University in Toronto, the team behind the site wants to help voters "separate out the truth from spin, distortion, omission, error and lies."
"Our goal is to enable Canadians to critically engage in political-speak, and to encourage politicians to be honest and accurate with their words," she told CBC News via email.
Unlike many countries, she noted, Canada does not have a major fact-checking outlet — and FactsCan is hoping to change that before the next election.
http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/reporting-to-canadians/acts-and-policies/management/human-resources/2-2-21/
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1. Respect for Democracy
Subject to the Broadcasting Act, CBC/Radio-Canada employees shall uphold the Canadian parliamentary democracy and its institutions by:
1.1 Respecting the rule of law and carrying out their duties in accordance with legislation, policies and directives in a manner that is and appears to be non-partisan and impartial.
1.2 Loyally carrying out the mandate of CBC/Radio-Canada as set out in the Broadcasting Act, for which it is accountable to Parliament and Canadians.
1.3 Providing decision makers of CBC/Radio-Canada with the information, analysis and advice they need, always striving to be open, candid and impartial.
2. Respect for People
CBC/Radio-Canada employees shall respect human dignity and the value of every person by:
2.1 Treating every person with respect and fairness.
http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=13004&EV=41&QID=-1&PAGEID=17
and everybody knows it
Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 - The Local Campaign, Rogers TV
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/pirate-party-s-james-wilson-aims-to-lead-party-nationally-1.2511054?cmp=rss
CBC writes lots about people who BS a lot then don't bother to put their name on a ballot. Yet I have done so FIVE times and they have never said a peep other than bar me from the airwaves and try to have their pals in the other CROWN Corp known as the RCMP arrest me. Page 14 of this old pdf file of mine is the reason why.
http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2526023-DAMOSIntegrity-yea-right.-txt.pdf
In return here is an old scoop about CTV that CBC and everybody else and his dog has been ignoring for 11 very long years after I ran in the election of the 38th Parliament against the aptly named lawyer Rob Moore.
http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/08/re-bce-and-jean-pierre-blais-of-crtc.html
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Mr. Amos, I confirm that I have received your documentation. There is
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Do ya think the lawyer Rob Moore "The True Conservative" or any of the others would dare to debate me in writing with their true name within a website funded by the taxpayer and controlled by questionable public servants? How about outside the CROWN"s domain within the Yankee website called Twitter? That is where I play very serious Political Hard Ball. See for yourself or ask Rob Moore's hero Stevey Boy Harper if I am a liar or not.
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"Quaid and his wife Evi, a Canadian citizen, have been living in Montreal since February 2013."
"Robert Gervais, an official with the Immigration and Refugee Board, confirmed in an email to CBC News that a detention review hearing for Quaid is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
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Quaid's lawyer, Mark Gruszczynski, declined to shed light on the affair or to reveal the reason for Quaid's arrest."
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Lisa LaFlamme 'blindsided' by cancellation of contract with CTV
In Twitter video, LaFlamme says she is 'shocked and saddened' by the move
In a subsequent press release, CTV said the decision to end LaFlamme's contract was due to "changing viewer habits" and that national affairs correspondent Omar Sachedina, who joined the network in 2009, will take LaFlamme's place as chief anchor.
"I am honoured to follow exemplary journalists, such as Lisa LaFlamme and Lloyd Robertson," Sachedina was quoted as saying in the release.
"The daily connections we make with Canadians over the past six decades are built on a foundation of trusted journalism, fairness, balance and integrity. I look forward to upholding this, and continue delivering news that Canadians rely on."
LaFlamme has been the chief news anchor of CTV National News with Lisa LaFlamme since 2011, where she won "best national news anchor" at the Canadian Screen Awards five times, including in 2021 and 2022. Prior to that, she spent nearly a decade as CTV News' national affairs correspondent. She first joined CTV News Net in 1997 as a weekend anchor/reporter.
LaFlamme announced the change in a Twitter video and subsequent news release, both posted on Monday. In the video, LaFlamme said she was "shocked and saddened," by the decision, which she learned of on June 29.
"At 58, I still thought I had a lot more time to tell more of the stories that impact our daily lives," LaFlamme said in the video. "Instead I leave CTV humbled by the people who put their faith in me to tell their story."
"While it is crushing to be leaving CTV National News in a
manner that is not my choice, please know reporting to you has
truly been the greatest honour of my life, and I thank you for always
being there," she said.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
With files from The Canadian Press
Omar Sachedina has been named Chief News Anchor and Senior Editor of CTV National News, Canada’s most-watched nightly newscast.
Earlier today, CTV announced the departure of Lisa LaFlamme, a trusted broadcaster and distinguished voice in Canadian news for decades. She has been on the front line of the world’s biggest headlines with an unfailing commitment to delivering the stories that matter most to Canadians.
Sachedina, currently National Affairs Correspondent for CTV News, is an award-winning veteran journalist with more than 15 years of experience covering many of the world’s most significant breaking news stories on the ground, including the ongoing war in Ukraine, the 75th D-Day Anniversary in Normandy, France, as well as natural disasters in Haiti and Indonesia.
He has also travelled with the Prime Minister to cover international summits during his tenure in CTV’s Parliamentary Bureau, and has reported from the Federal Election campaign trail for several elections, interviewing federal party leaders.
Sachedina begins his new role Monday, September 5th.
Omar Sachedina named Chief Anchor of CTV National News
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STATEMENT BY LISA LAFLAMME ON BELL MEDIA'S DECISION TO END HER CONTRACT WITH CTV NEWS Français
Aug 15, 2022, 14:33 ET
TORONTO, Aug. 15, 2022 /CNW/ - Today, long-time journalist and broadcaster Lisa LaFlamme issued the following statement:
"Today, with profound gratitude and a range of other emotions, I am sharing with you some news about me and my career with CTV News. For 35 years, I have had the privilege of being welcomed into your homes to deliver the news on a nightly basis, so I felt you should hear this from me directly.
On June 29th, I was informed that Bell Media made a "business decision" to end my contract, bringing to a close my long career with CTV News.
35 years of service – of journalism – of work that I have dedicated my life to – over.
I was, and still am, shocked and saddened by Bell Media's decision. I was also asked to keep this confidential from my colleagues and the public until the specifics of my exit could be resolved. That has now happened, so please allow me to reflect on the last 35 years.
Reporting on the darkest days of war – from Iraq, Afghanistan and this year, Ukraine – to covering natural disasters, this pandemic, federal elections and so many other consequential events, including this summer's papal apology tour to residential school survivors and their families, is a trust I have never taken for granted. Whether it is reporting from the field or, for the last 12 years, from the anchor desk, I am forever grateful to you, such loyal viewers, for sharing in the belief that news delivered with integrity and truth strengthens our democracy.
At 58, I thought I would have more time to tell more of the stories that impact our daily lives as I have done for so many decades.
I leave humbled by the people who put their faith in me to tell their story.
As I sign off from CTV, I want to express my deepest gratitude to all of you who call Canada home who have shared in this journey with me, and for the unwavering support of colleagues, friends and family.
While it is crushing to be leaving CTV National News and a team that is more like family in a manner that is not my choice, please know these last 35 years of bringing to you every major national and international event has been the greatest honour of my life."
- Lisa LaFlamme
No additional comments or statements will be made at this time.
SOURCE Lisa LaFlamme
Firing of Lisa LaFlamme sends discouraging message to young journalists, experts say
Termination showed lack of care and fairness, journalism professor says
Experts say Bell Media has sent a discouraging message to young journalists, particularly female ones, by unceremoniously terminating the contract of veteran news anchor Lisa LaFlamme.
And they say the decision to end her contract after 35 years at CTV National News is a sign that broadcast journalists can likely enjoy a career of only 20 to 30 years at best because of the changing nature of the industry.
Nana aba Duncan, an associate professor and Carty Chair of Journalism, Diversity and Inclusion Studies at Carleton University, said the termination of the contract was done with a lack of care and fairness.
Duncan, who previously worked for CBC as host of Radio One's Podcast Playlist and Fresh Air, said the lack of care was evident when LaFlamme had to say goodbye initially in a Twitter video and later in a news release, her team finding out when they did, and when LaFlamme was told to keep quiet about it until details were worked out.
"I can say for sure there are even young journalists, women who are writers and producers at CTV, who are wondering, 'Well, what am I here for? What am I working so hard for if, after so much time, someone we consider the queen can be so unceremoniously let go?'" Duncan said.
In a social media post on Monday, LaFlamme, 58, said she was "blindsided" by Bell Media's decision to end her contract as chief news anchor and senior editor at CTV National News..
In two subsequent news releases, both issued on Monday, CTV said the decision to end LaFlamme's contract was due to "changing viewer habits" and that national affairs correspondent Omar Sachedina, who joined the network in 2009, will take LaFlamme's place as chief anchor.
WATCH | LaFlamme revealed on Monday that CTV was terminating her contract:
CTV National News anchor Lisa LaFlamme announces she was let go
Duncan said young journalists want to work for companies that show they care for people at large and would care for them as employees individually.
"This just doesn't show that," she said. "People see themselves in Omar and people see themselves in Lisa. People are watching."
Duncan said it was also a bad public relations move on the part of CTV to announce LaFlamme's termination and her replacement in news releases on the same day. She said there was no time given to her replacement to step into the job.
"It's unfair all around," she said. "You just did it badly."
Unceremonious layoffs not new, editor says
Connie Thiessen, editor of Broadcast Dialogue, a trade publication about Canadian broadcast media, said unceremonious layoffs are not new to the industry, but this termination is getting a lot of attention due to LaFlamme's fame.
"I think this is probably the first time in recent memory that we've seen someone as high profile as Lisa exited from her role preemptively," Thiessen said.
Thiessen said she thinks LaFlamme had a champion to get her into the role of national anchor in the first place and lost that champion when Wendy Freeman left as vice-president of CTV News in December 2021. Freeman was replaced by Michael Melling in January 2022.
"This is ultimately about return to shareholders," she added.
Thiessen said she thinks the termination signals that a broadcast journalism career is only going to have a lifespan of 20 to 30 years if a journalist is lucky.
"Certainly we are losing a generation of wisdom and knowledge and lived experience," she said. "It's unfortunate way to go out for a journalist with as much tenure as Lisa LaFlamme."
In
an editorial for Broadcast Dialogue, Thiessen wrote: "What is new is
the near certainty now that most journalists and other media workers
will be packaged out prematurely, cutting short careers and in the
process the earned wisdom, experience and knowledge that have
historically been the guiding editorial lights in newsrooms everywhere."
With files from Talia Ricci and Muriel Draaisma
Don Bradshaw
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 13:44:56 -0300
Subject: Fwd: Whereas Omar Sachedina is away Perhaps my MP John
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blogs to Yankees who like to watch the news
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Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 14:23:03 +0000
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Lisa LaFlamme 'blindsided' by cancellation of contract with CTV
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Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 20:36:08 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: [EXT]Perhaps Lisa LaFlamme and I should talk
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Veteran N.L. broadcaster Lynn Burry calls LaFlamme's firing a 'public relations disaster'
Lynn Burry questions Bell's claim that it's a 'business decision'
Twenty-four hours after CTV News anchor Lisa LaFlamme announced she'd been dumped by the network's parent company, Lynn Burry was still in disbelief at the decision.
Burry, who hosted the NTV Evening Newshour from 1993 to 2019, said it was an unceremonious way to get rid of a longtime anchor who had dedicated her career to the network and was widely popular across the country.
"I think this is a public relations disaster for Bell Media," Burry said. "I can't believe that it was handled the way it was."
LaFlamme, who worked with CTV for 35 years, posted a video on Twitter on Monday saying her contract had been terminated in June. She said the network's parent company, Bell, had asked her to stay quiet until the details of her exit were ironed out.
Her video has led to a countrywide outcry, with a wide range of voices from nightly viewers, to longtime CBC news anchor Peter Mansbridge and singer Anne Murray chiming in with their thoughts.
'Very disrespectful'
News website and podcast network Canadaland reported Monday that LaFlamme's departure may have been related to disagreements with a Bell executive.
Even if it's personal in nature, Burry said, LaFlamme's termination sends a bad message to women in media and has led to conversations about a woman's place behind the anchor desk beyond a certain age.
Whatever transpired before LaFlamme's contract was terminated, Burry said the entire situation could have been handled better.
"It's very disrespectful," she said. "They have a right to have anyone they want on their anchor desk, obviously, but to have someone who worked there for 35 years to be treated like this — people don't like that."
Lynn Burry, pictured here hosting the 2019 provincial leaders' debate, was the host of NTV Evening Newshour for decades. (CBC)
Burry has some insight into how LaFlamme might be feeling.
When her 36-year career came to an end with NTV in 2019, she didn't sign off from the desk but with a post on social media. While she doesn't want to get into specifics, Burry said it wasn't how she wanted to leave.
"My exit from NTV was not my choice, either, and these things happen," Burry said. "I didn't say goodbye to people on the air, I did so on social media, and it's very unfortunate that these things happen but they do. That is the nature of the business and sometimes it can be cruel, and people deserve better treatment than they get."
Neither Burry nor NTV have spoken publicly about the situation before, and a spokesperson for the company said they can't discuss "private matters as it relates to employees past or present."
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh gets ready for an interview with LaFlamme
during a campaign stop in Toronto on Oct. 17, 2019. (Nathan Denette/The
Canadian Press)
Bell and CTV have remained mostly quiet about LaFlamme's termination, saying in a short story posted on their website that it as a "business decision" related to "changing viewer habits."
She will be replaced by national affairs correspondent Omar Sachedina, who joined the network in 2009.
Burry said the explanation doesn't add up — CTV National News was one of the most-watched newscasts in the country, regularly leading its time slot against other networks. In private media, ratings are the main driver for selling ads and earning revenue.
"How could this possibly be a business decision?" she said. "Even if they were just basing this on money, you'd keep her on the anchor desk. She's doing a good job."
With files from On The Go
Lisa LaFlamme chose not to say goodbye on air before ouster, internal memo says
CTV wanted to give news anchor 'proper on-air send-off,' executive tells staff
Karine Moses, senior vice-president of content development and news at Bell Media, said in an email to staff that the network wanted to give LaFlamme a "proper on-air send-off" to celebrate the highlights of her 35-year career.
But Moses said LaFlamme "opted not to say goodbye to the public" during CTV's national news broadcast.
CTV National News anchor Lisa LaFlamme announces she was let go
In a video posted to social media Monday, LaFlamme said she was "blindsided" by Bell Media's decision to end her contract in what executives described as a "business decision."
Moses told staff that the shakeup at Canada's most-watched national newscast was part of a shift toward digital content creation amid "changing viewer habits."
LaFlamme began her journalism career in her hometown of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont., in the late 1980s at the television station CKCO, which later changed its name to CTV Kitchener. She would eventually go on to spend nearly a decade as CTV News's national affairs correspondent, before becoming chief news anchor of CTV National News with Lisa LaFlamme in 2011. There, she won "best national news anchor" at the Canadian Screen Awards five times, including in 2021 and 2022.
Messages sent to LaFlamme through social media since she posted the video have not been returned, while representatives for Bell Media did not respond to requests for comment.
Omar Sachedina is set to take over the anchor's desk on Sept. 5.
With files from Jackson Weaver
Media analysts say shakeup at CTV News robbed many of a historic moment
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TORONTO - Omar Sachedina’s promotion to chief anchor at CTV National News should have been a win for representation in Canadian media, but observers say the controversy surrounding his predecessor Lisa LaFlamme’s departure overshadowed a momentous occasion.
It was “a stolen moment” in which both a decorated woman and an accomplished man of colour have been robbed of significant benchmarks in their careers, said Brent Jolly, president of the Canadian Association of Journalists.
“This should be something that was being celebrated,” he said.
“And yet, unfortunately, the synchronizing of the announcements doesn’t do him as much service as it could.”
Bell Media issued a press release Monday saying that after 35 years, LaFlamme was leaving the broadcaster. Less than half an hour later, Sachedina was named as her replacement.
The ousted lead anchor turned to social media, where she said in a video she was first informed of the decision on June 29, adding she felt “blindsided” by what was described by executives as a “business decision.”
LaFlamme also missed out on a career milestone when she was pulled from the airwaves without an official sign-off on the CTV broadcast she led for more than a decade.
The gravity of Sachedina’s new position in the upper ranks of Canadian television was also diminished.
As CTV’s national affairs correspondent, the Vancouver-born journalist takes the helm at Canada’s most-watched evening newscast having already held a prominent role there. He is of Indian descent with parents from Uganda. Those details were largely overlooked in the controversy around LaFlamme’s sudden ousting from the network.
Sachedina marched through appearances on Bell Media-owned channels where the interviewers largely avoided the controversy around his appointment, while he spoke optimistically about the future of the newscast.
Neither LaFlamme nor Sachedina responded to requests for comment. Bell Media did not respond to questions about its handling of the announcement.
Nana aba Duncan, an associate professor and Carty Chair of Journalism, Diversity and Inclusion Studies at Carleton University, said the announcement was handled poorly and tossed Sachedina into a position where he’d face heightened scrutiny.
“Now there’s this added pressure that this person is maybe being put there for a diversity reason, and that’s unfair to him,” she said.
LaFlamme also didn’t get the respect she deserves, Duncan said.
Usually, an outgoing anchor would have the chance to say goodbye to their viewers in a live sign-off, along with a retrospective on their work. Peter Mansbridge was afforded nearly a year of runway before he left his job at CBC’s “The National” while Lloyd Robertson was toasted for his more than 40 years at CTV when he retired in 2011.
“There’s usually time, and that time wasn’t taken here,” Duncan said. “To me, it shows a lack of care and fairness for both of them.”
The controversy over Sachedina’s new role is the latest play in a game of “diversity chess” in Canadian broadcasting, said Pacinthe Mattar, a Toronto-based journalist.
The way it tends to unfold, she said, is a person of colour is hired to effectively gloss over the departure of a high-profile personality at the company.
“I think it’s a pattern,” said Mattar, who wrote about the experiences of racialized journalists in her 2020 Walrus article “Objectivity Is A Privilege Afforded to White Journalists.”
“(It’s) people being turfed, losing their jobs or getting fired, and then in their place suddenly there is this younger racialized person who’s going to be at the helm instead.”
She pointed to Tyrone Edwards, who in 2020 was appointed co-host of CTV’s “eTalk” when Ben Mulroney announced he was leaving to make room for “diverse voices.” Around the same time, Bell Media cut ties with Mulroney’s wife, stylist and host Jessica Mulroney, for behaviour they said conflicted with its “commitment to diversity.”
A few years earlier, rapper Shad became the host at CBC’s radio show “Q” as Jian Ghomeshi faced sexual assault charges for which he was acquitted in 2016. Shad parted ways with the show a year and a half after taking the role, something he later said was not his decision.
Mattar believes these examples speak to a cyclical problem in Canadian media.
“There’s very little runway for highly visible, racialized people ... to actually grow into their roles,” she said.
She added that the treatment of LaFlamme only speaks further to the troubling nature of calls being made by leadership.
“You’re looking at one of the most respected, celebrated and awarded white women journalists — and she gets handled this way?” she said.
“I don’t think it’s a win for inclusion or diversity at all. It’s just window dressing.”
Leaders need to be aware that employees are becoming more conscious of how they’re being treated — or mistreated — on the job, Duncan added.
Employers need to recognize a younger generation of journalists are coming into the job more attuned to mental health in the workplace and less likely to accept “that’s just how it is” reasoning, she added.
“It’s not just in journalism, but everywhere,” she said.
“People who are going into the workforce are looking for their employers to care — not just to say that they care, but to genuinely show it in some way. And this flies in the face of that.”
However, Duncan said she remains hopeful that progress can be made in journalism.
“We have to change it systemically,” she added.
“And that means folks at the top have to start thinking about how people are brought on and how people leave.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 17, 2022.
‘The optics of it are not good’: Lisa LaFlamme’s shock ouster at CTV stuns colleagues, but not industry watchers
LaFlamme has been a journalist at CTV for 35 years and says the “business decision” by Bell Media to terminate her contract was sudden.
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‘He was such an amazing person. He was a genius’
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Subject: Automatic reply: Whereas Omar Sachedina is away Perhaps my MP
John Williamson and his lawyer buddy Rob Moore will explain my
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Subject: Fwd: Whereas Omar Sachedina is away Perhaps my MP John
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Subject: Automatic reply: [EXT]Whereas Omar Sachedina is away Perhaps
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Lisa LaFlamme 'blindsided' by cancellation of contract with CTV
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Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 20:36:08 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: [EXT]Perhaps Lisa LaFlamme and I should talk
EH Katie???
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I had some thoughts and suggested that Ms. LaFlamme was given the
opportunity to come back for a goodbye and she declined, that seems to
be the case as @robyndoolittle
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What’s really behind Lisa LaFlamme’s abrupt departure from CTV National News? And John Derringer’s years of alleged workplace abuse at Toronto’s Q107 and the straw that broke the camel’s back for ending his show. Teri Hart co-hosts.
Links:
- Lisa LaFlamme’s video on Twitter
- The Hill Times piece re: journalists receiving online hate
- The Toronto Star’s piece re: allegations against Derringer
- Jennifer Valentyne’s video
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Bell Executive Who Fired Lisa LaFlamme Interfered With CTV News Coverage, Says Colleague
Lisa LaFlamme, chief anchor of CTV National News, was unceremoniously and clumsily fired because she pushed back against one Bell Media executive, say several sources with firsthand knowledge of the situation.
Michael Melling, vice president of news at Bell Media, is responsible for ousting LaFlamme, multiple sources tell Canadaland.
Melling did not immediately respond to emails requesting comment.
One high-level CTV National News source provided Canadaland with a thorough account of today’s events, aspects of which were corroborated by other sources.
CTV National News staff found out about LaFlamme’s exit at the same time as the public, stunning CTV team members who were spoken with for this story.
LaFlamme clashed with Melling on two key issues: one, as previously reported by The Toronto Star, was a dispute about the size of the budget CTV News had dedicated to coverage of the Ukraine war – LaFlamme wanted more resources than Melling wished to provide.
In another instance, LaFlamme stood up for her executive producer Rosa Hwang when Melling tried to shuffle her off of the CTV National News broadcast and into a role at their local Toronto news channel, CP24.
But the issues that CTV journalists have with Melling run deeper. “He’s a company man,” says the high-level CTV source. “He does not stand up for the journalists…He doesn’t like it when women push back and he brags about how he’s destroyed careers of anyone who dares push back.”
Melling also allegedly interfered with CTV’s news coverage, breaking a promise Bell Media made after a prior incursion from an executive into the newsroom.
In April of 2015, Bell Media’s then-president and CEO George Cope ousted Bell Media president Kevin Crull for interfering in CTV News coverage, and vowed that “the independence of Bell Media’s news operations is of paramount importance to our company and to all Canadians. There can be no doubt that Bell will always uphold the journalistic standards that have made CTV the most trusted brand in Canadian news.”
Our high-level source at CTV National News alleges that Melling broke this vow today, when he seized control of the newsroom to shape its coverage of LaFlamme’s ousting.
“Melling determined the copy that went into the show about LaFlamme’s departure,” they tell Canadaland.
Also, “he wanted a talkback with Omar (Sachedina),” LaFlamme’s replacement.
However, the newsroom resisted this directive, feeling that it would be inappropriate and disloyal to LaFlamme for CTV to include a segment with her replacement while denying her the opportunity to address her viewers.
Melling conceded the point, Canadaland is told.
Finally, our high-level source questions the official reason Bell Media gave LaFlamme for firing her.
In a press release, Bell called it a “business decision.”
If there is a business case to be made for firing the anchor of Canada’s top-rated newscast, Melling has allegedly kept it to himself.
“He’s never articulated any sort of semblance of a vision to any senior leader in the newsroom,” says the source.
The source believes that Melling has consistently demonstrated a lack of respect for women in senior roles in the newsroom and that he fired LaFlamme in order to seize control of CTV News and to send a message.
“Lisa was the most powerful woman at CTV News and he managed to get rid of her. This is about the corporatization of news. This is about this toxic work environment that Michael Melling in his short tenure has created in the newsroom…
When people dare to speak out, they no longer work for the company.”
https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/michael-melling-appointed-vice-president-ctv-news/
Michael Melling Appointed Vice President, CTV News
— January 4, 2022
– Former General Manager of CTV News Toronto, CP24 and BNN Bloomberg to take the helm –
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Lisa LaFlamme Departs CTV News
— August 15, 2022
– The broadcaster leaves CTV after 35 years –
Tags: @CTVNews, @CTVNationalNews
TORONTO (August 15, 2022) – CTV announced today that Chief News Anchor and Senior Editor Lisa LaFlamme is departing the network. Since 2011, LaFlamme has anchored CTV NATIONAL NEWS, and before that spent more than a decade as CTV News’ National Affairs Correspondent. Recognizing changing viewer habits, CTV recently advised LaFlamme that it had made the business decision to move its acclaimed news show, CTV NATIONAL NEWS, and the role of its Chief News Anchor in a different direction. “A trusted broadcaster and distinguished voice in Canadian news, Lisa has been on the front line of the world’s biggest headlines,” said Karine Moses, Senior Vice President, Content Development & News, Bell Media and Vice Chair, Québec, Bell. “With an unfailing commitment to delivering the stories that matter most to Canadians as part of Canada’s leading news team, Lisa has deftly guided viewers through both turbulent times and celebration, and we wish her nothing but the best as she begins a new chapter.” As part of the multi-award-winning CTV News team, staffed with the country's best writers, producers, and editors, LaFlamme covered some of the most important stories during her 35 years with CTV News. CTV News prides itself on covering those stories that matter, no matter where they take place in the world, so that Canadians everywhere can stay informed on the key developments, both domestically and globally, that impact their lives. Providing breaking news and information, CTV News connects with Canadians through the country’s most-watched national newscast, CTV NATIONAL NEWS, comprehensive local news broadcasts across the country, and at CTVNews.ca and the CTV News app.– Moses adds programming and production to portfolio –
To tweet this release: https://bmpr.ca/2FuqOVo
MONTRÉAL, Jan. 14, 2019 /CNW/ - Bell Media announced today the appointment of Karine Moses as President, Bell Media Québec, effective immediately. Based in Montréal, Moses' new role encompasses all programming, production, and scheduling operations for Bell Media's French-language TV properties including RDS. Reporting to Randy Lennox, President, Bell Media, Moses continues to lead Bell Media's Astral division and retains her current sales responsibilities in Québec.
"Karine is a highly innovative leader with expertise across multiple aspects of our business," said Lennox. "I am confident that her creativity, vision, and passion will ensure the successful management of our Québec-based properties now and into the future."
"I'm honoured to take the reins of Bell Media's business in Québec and I look forward to providing the stewardship required to ensure the company's continued success in the market," said Moses. "I'm committed to continuing the remarkable impact that Gerry Frappier has had on Bell Media and on the industry as a whole, while forging new ground for our business in the province's ever-evolving media landscape."
Today's announcement follows Gerry Frappier's decision to retire on March 31, 2019. Formerly President, French-language TV and RDS, Frappier will remain with Bell Media as a Special Advisor during the transition and leading up to his retirement.
Moses has been with Bell for more than 20 years. She was most recently President of Astral, Bell Media's out-of-home advertising division, while also serving as Vice-President of Bell Media Sales in Québec since 2016, managing revenues and sales teams in the province. For her full bio click here.
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https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/michael-melling-announced-as-new-head-of-ctv-news-1.5727542
Michael Melling announced as new head of CTV News
Michael Melling, the former general manager of CTV News Toronto, CP24 and BNN Bloomberg, has been announced as the new head of CTV News.
CTV announced Tuesday that Melling has been appointed vice-president of CTV News. In this role, he will take helm of all news, information and current events programming including CTV News, BNN Bloomberg, CP24, as well as the current affairs shows Power Play, Question Period and W5.
"Michael has been a dynamic presence at CTV, leading the growth and digital transformation of CTV News Toronto, CP24 and BNN Bloomberg," Karine Moses, senior vice-president of content development and news at Bell Media, said in a press release.
"As audiences want to consume news on different devices, wherever they are, Michael has been instrumental in developing our multi-platform approach, paving the way for the future of news in Canada."
Melling joined Bell Media in 2003, first working as an editorial assistant at BNN Bloomberg. Since then, he has held senior roles in Toronto and Southwestern Ontario and has helped grow the digital news formats of CTV News Toronto and CP24.
"I am thrilled to lead CTV News and continue growing its presence across the country as the news source that Canadians rely on and trust," Melling said in the release. "I look forward to working with our talented team to tell the stories that mean the most to Canadians."
The news comes after Wendy Freeman, the award-winning executive who was the head of CTV News for the past 12 years, announced in December that she would be stepping down at the end of 2021.
BCE announces departure of Kevin Crull from Bell Media
MONTRÉAL, April 9, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE) today announced that Kevin Crull will depart from the position of President of Bell Media effective today.
"Kevin Crull departs Bell with our thanks for his contributions to our customers and shareholders," said George Cope, President and CEO of Bell Canada and BCE Inc. "Kevin has been a significant part of Bell's strategic transformation as he expanded Bell Media's leadership with major new investments in Canadian content, the successful integration of Astral and competitive innovations like CraveTV."
"However, the independence of Bell Media's news operations is of paramount importance to our company and to all Canadians. There can be no doubt that Bell will always uphold the journalistic standards that have made CTV the most trusted brand in Canadian news," said Mr. Cope.
Kevin Crull joined Bell in 2005 as President of Consumer Solutions and was appointed President of Bell Media following Bell's acquisition of CTVglobemedia in 2011. He serves as a director of SickKids Foundation and is a leading supporter of the Walk for Kids Help Phone, the national youth counselling service funded by the Bell Let's Talk mental health initiative.
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----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos
To: dalton.mcguinty@premier.gov.on.ca
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 8:25 PM
Subject: You can't fool me McGuinty I'm too stupid
You lawyers are all the same but at least you can never say that you
didn't know. I will call and leave a message with my cell phone I will
have proof of that contact as well.
In 2008 A very strange NDP supporter from New Brunswick posted an
Picture of me when I was on CTV and that of the smiling bastard Gody
Campblell as he presented an email of mine containing the text of one
letter I had sent to four Premiers after he saw the Premier
Campbell's office had answered me but the evil little person deleted
all my responses busting his balls in front of his friends about his
obvious lack of Integrity.
The NDP's malice was very obvious to me by the simple that he would
not post the letter I sent along with a huge pile of documents and a
CD to two liberal and two NDP Premiers at the very same point in time
byway of Registered US Mail
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2008/06/david-amos-vs-bcs-liberal-premier.html
This is the text of the aforsaid letter
July 31st, 2005
Lt. Gov. James K. Bartleman
Premier Dalton McGuinty
c/o Att. Gen. Michael J. Bryant
720 Bay St., 11th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M5G 2K1
Lt. Gov. Lise Thibault
Premier Jean Charest
c/o Ministère de la Justice Yvon Marcoux,
Palais de justice de Montréal
1, rue Notre-Dame Est
11e étage, Bureau 11.39
Montréal, Québec H2Y 1B6
Lt. Gov. John Harvard
Premier Gary Doer
/o Att. Gen. Gord Mackintosh
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
450 Broadway,
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 0V8
Lt. Gov. Lynda M. Haverstock
Premier Lorne Calvert
c/o Att. Gen Frank Quennell,
Room 355 Legislative Building
Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0B3
RE: Public Corruption
Hey,
Apparently everybody wanted to play dumb about my concerns and
allegations so that Humpty Dumpty Martin's minority government would
not fall and they could party hardy while the Queen was in Canada. As
you all know months ago, I began faxing, emailing and calling the
eight other Lt. Governors I had yet to cross paths with. I fully
informed them of my indignation towards the Governor General Clarkson
and two of her other Maritime Lieutenants Roberts and Chaisson before
the latest wave of bad acting Yankees invaded my home in the USA
without warrants or due process if law.
I made certain all of the provincial Attorney Generals and
Premiers can never deny the fact that I tried to make them well aware
of my concerns and allegations in order to make everybody should sit
up and pay attention. Not one person from any of your offices ever
responded in any fashion at all. You can be certain that I expected
the deliberate ignorance. It is one of the oldest tricks in the book
that lawyers employ in order to play their wicked game of see no evil,
hear no evil speak no evil. I knew it would happen particularly after
Nova Scotia's Conflict of Interest Commissioner Merlin Nunn had
blocked my emails before I had contacted you. I have no doubt it
helped to relieve him of his ethical dilemma before the NS NDP decided
what to do about their chance to unseat the Conservatives. I have no
doubt whatsoever many lawyers in Canada were praying that the Suffolk
County District Attorney would have me back in the loony bin by April
28th and that all your troubles would go away. I opted to let you all
have your way and did not bother you anymore until the Queen had left
our shores and Parliament quit for the summer. Now it is my turn to
have some fun and raise a little Political Hell.
While the Queen, Clarkson and Martin where all having a grand
old time on the Canadian dime my little Clan went through living hell
down here. Trust me, lawyers need to learn some new tricks. Ignorance
is no excuse to the law or me. Making some Canadian Attorney Generals
and their political buddies show me their arses is child's play to me
after all that I have experienced in the last few years. If you doubt
me ask Michael J. Bryant and Yvon Marcoux why I am so pissed at their
bosses and the DHS. Then check my work for yourself. If the tag team
of John Ashcroft and Tom Ridge could not intimidate me, believe me you
people don't have a prayer. Both of those dudes have quit their jobs
but I am still standing and squaring off against their replacements
now. If it were not for all the decent folks I know, the snotty ones
like you would make me feel ashamed to be a Canadian. There is no
shortage of lawyers. It is just that ethical ones that are rare birds,
that's all. You must know how easily the Canadian people can replace
you with other lawyers if it becomes widely known how willing you are
to ignore crime if it means some fancy dude may be compelled to suffer
for his own wrongs.
The justice system is supposed to be self-policing. It should
clean up its own act rather than trying to maintain a false mask of
integrity for lawyers that are obviously criminals. It is way beyond
my understanding why you people would choose to support the likes of
Paul Martin, Adrienne Clarkson, T. Alex Hickman and Billy Matthews if
you are not all as crooked as hell as well. The deliberate ignorance
and double-talk employed by the wealthy few to dodge simple truths is
absolutely offensive to ordinary people blessed with the rare
attribute called common sense. Not all folks are like sheep.
Paul Martin's latest tricks make for a very fine example of
truly how bad thing are. Even amidst wholesale scandals breaking out
hell, west and crooked everywhere lawyers and politicians just close
ranks and stand together as thick as the thieves they are. I stress
tested the ethics of the ladies of the Bloc Quebecois and the Gomery
Inquiry immediately after Martin's carefully orchestrated little
circus in Parliament on May 19th was a matter of history. Lets just
say I was not surprised to not hear one peep in response from anyone
other than to get a call from an unidentified and very nervous but
cocky Yankee lawyer claiming that Tony Blair was mad at me.
Pursuant to my phone calls, emails and faxes please find
enclosed as promised exactly the same hard copy of what I sent to the
Canadian Ambassadors Allan Rock and Franky Boy McKenna and a couple of
nasty FBI agents on May 12th just before an interesting event in front
of our home in Milton. I have also included a copy of four letters I
have received in response since then that you may find interesting to
say the least. I also sent you a copy of a letter sent to a lady Ms.
Condolezza Rice whom our former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
considers to be the most powerful woman in the world. The CD of the
copy of police surveillance tape # 139 is served upon all the above
named Attorney Generals as officers of the court in order that it may
be properly investigated.
I will not bother you with the details of what I am sending to
you byway of the certified US Mail because I will be serving identical
material to many other Canadian Authorities in hand and tell them I
gave this stuff to you first and enclose a copy of this letter. All
hat is important to me right now is that I secure proof that this mail
was sent before I make my way back home to the Maritimes. However I
will say I am also enclosing a great deal more material than what
Allan Rock had received in the UN. Some of it is in fact the same
material the two maritime lawyers, Rob Moore and Franky Boy McKenna in
particular received, while I was up home running for Parliament last
year. Things have changed greatly in the past year so I have also
included a few recent items to spice thing up for you. I am tired of
trying to convince people employed in law enforcement to uphold the
law. So all I will say for now is deal will your own conscience and be
careful how you respond to this letter. If you do not respond. Rest
assured I will do my best to sue you some day. Ignorance is no excuse
to the law or me.
Veritas Vincit
David R. Amos
153 Alvin Ave
Milton, MA. 02186
The enclosed letter from The Public Service Integrity Office,
whose boss recently testified before the Gomery Inquiry and following
quotes prove why I must speak out.
"Well what do you expect?" said Le Hir in reaction. "Anybody
who had been involved in that kind of thing isn't going to admit
readily, or willfully, to having participated." Asked why he's waited
10 years to come out with his allegations, Le Hir said he was "sworn
to secrecy." "I'm breaking that oath, and the only way I could have
been relieved by that oath was by a judge in a court saying, 'Mr.
Lehir, I understand that you have made an oath of secrecy; and you're
hereby relieved of that oath."
"Mr. Wallace added that police and the courts, not internal
rules, are best-equipped to deal with bureaucrats who cross the line
and break the law. But Judge Gomery did not appear satisfied. "It
takes a major scandal to get the police involved," he said. "It is not
in the nature of the public service to call in the police."
Everybody knows that in order to protect the rights and
interests of my Clan and to sooth my own soul, I have proven many
times over that all lawyers, law enforcement authorities, and
politicians in Canada and the USA are not worthy of the public trust.
I maintain that their first order of business is to protect the evil
longstanding system they have created for their own benefit rather
than the people they claim to serve. Call me a liar and put it in
writing. I Double Dog Dare ya.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Amos" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
To: <minjus@leg.gov.mb.ca>; <dmjus@leg.gov.mb.ca>;
<minfam@leg.gov.mb.ca>; <premier@leg.gov.mb.ca>
Cc: "dominic. leblanc" <dominic.leblanc@nb.aibn.com>; "Murphy. B"
<Murphy.B@parl.gc.ca>
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 7:37 PM
Subject: Whereas Doer is still playing dumb say hey to Gord Mackintosh
fo me will ya Mr. Chomiak?
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:06:54 -0400
Subject: The very crooked KPMG crowd says an opinion and in a heatbeat
MA BELL'S shares go in the toilet? What says the DHS and the RCMP
about that
To: Akoschany@ctv.ca, W-Five@ctv.ca, jtravers@thestar.ca,
martine.turcotte@bell.ca, samperrier@hotmail.com,
gypsy-blog@hotmail.com, Duane.Rousselle@unb.ca, jonesr@cbc.ca,
premier@gnb.ca, Chris.Baker@gnb.ca, nouvelle@acadienouvelle.com,
newsroom@nbpub.com, carl.davies@gnb.ca, advocacycollective@yahoo.com,
mleger@stu.ca, jwalker@stu.ca, plee@stu.ca, dwatch@web.net,
"oldmaison@yahoo.com" <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, "spinks08@hotmail.com"
<spinks08@hotmail.com>, "Harper.S@parl.gc.ca" <Harper.S@parl.gc.ca>,
KevinOBrien@gov.nl.ca, Connolly@gov.nl.ca, sddowling@gov.pe.ca,
sjshea@gov.pe.ca
Cc: DHSOIGHOTLINE@dhs.gov, Investor.Relations@realogy.com,
Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Does anyone bother to read CBC anymore?
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/11/26/bcekpmg.html
"Shares of BCE tumbled more than 34 per cent Wednesday as the
$52-billion privatization of the company could be facing another major
hurdle, one that could halt Canada's largest leveraged corporate
takeover.
BCE said Wednesday that accounting firm KPMG has said it doesn't
"expect to be in a position to deliver … an opinion that BCE would
meet the solvency tests as defined in the definitive agreement," on
the closing date of Dec. 11."
IF SO THEN PERHAPS SOMEBODY SHOULD READ ON AND SAY HELLO TO The RCMP
and KPMG and MA BELL BEFORE THE FOLLOWING WORDS BECOME WELL KNOWN
SOMEDAY EH?
I often ask myself does anyone else know how to read and ask questions
or is everyone just scared little puppies? Hell even when lots of
folks lose lots of dough over sneaky deals done by bankers and their
lawyers, they just shrug their shoulders and allow the crooked smiling
bastards to be bailed out anyway. Even when remarks by corrupt
accountants about what everybody already knows to be true cause the
fainthearted greedy bastards to panic the cops, bureaucrats and
beancounters still continue to play dumb? Don't they understand that
it is their pensions and their children's future that is suffering
from all this nonsense too?
Why the RCMP won't act within the scope of their employment is the
first question the Crowm should have asked long ago EH? After all Bell
Canada is a Canadian phone company that some questionable unknown
Americans are attempting to take over along with some greedy teachers'
pension plan CORRECT? Ya think their lawyers or the RCMP/GRC would
understand the ramifications of s Canadian political animal having
illegal wiretap tapes of US citizens in his posssion especially when
he has sued US Treasury Agents in the past for being unethical
Wouldn't ya?
CLEARLY MA BELL'S LAWYERS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO READ EH?
----- Original Message -----
From: martine.turcotte@bell.ca
To: motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com
Cc: bcecomms@bce.ca ; W-Five@ctv.ca
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 10:28 AM
Subject: RE: I am curious
Mr. Amos, I confirm that I have received your documentation. There is
no need to send us a hard copy. As you have said yourself, the
documentation is very voluminous and after 3 days, we are still in the
process of printing it. I have asked one of my lawyers to review it in
my absence and report back to me upon my return in the office. We will
then provide you with a reply.
Martine Turcotte
Chief Legal Officer / Chef principal du service juridique
BCE Inc. / Bell Canada
1000 de La Gauchetière ouest, bureau 3700
Montréal (Qc) H3B 4Y7
Tel: (514) 870-4637
Fax: (514) 870-4877
email: martine.turcotte@bell.ca
Executive Assistant / Assistante à la haute direction: Diane Valade
Tel: (514) 870-4638
email: diane.valade@bell.ca
CLEARLY THE US SENATE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO READ EH?
FEDERAL EXPRESS February 7, 2006
Senator Arlen Specter
United States Senate
Committee on the Judiciary
224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Mr. Specter:
I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
raised in the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that
these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in
contact with you about this previously.
Very truly yours,
Barry A. Bachrach
Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
CLEARLY POLITICAL LAWYERS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO READ EH?
Subject:
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
January 30, 2007
WITHOUT PREJUDICE
Mr. David Amos
Dear Mr. Amos:
This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
Graham of the RCMP °J" Division in Fredericton.
Sincerely,
Honourable Michael B. Murphy
Minister of Health
CM/cb
CLEARLY THE RCMP/GRC AND THE KPMG PALS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO READ LET
ALONE COUNT BEANS EH?
Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,
John.Foran@gnb.ca, Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,
"Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
"Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have n
Dear Mr. Amos,
Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off
over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I
was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada and
the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
Sincerely,
Warren McBeath, Cpl.
GRC Caledonia RCMP
Traffic Services NCO
Ph: (506) 387-2222
Fax: (506) 387-4622
E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
David Raymond Amos said...
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:49:20 -0300
From: "David Amos" david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
To: Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Akoschany@ctv.ca,
jtravers@thestar.ca, warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, oldmaison.wcie@gmail.com,
"Richard Harris" injusticecoalition@hotmail.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com,
Investor.Relations@realogy.com, bruce.noble@fredericton.ca,
webo@xplornet.com, samperrier@hotmail.com, gypsy-blog@hotmail.com,
donald.arseneault@gnb.ca
Subject: Hey WICE you should make sure that Chucky Leblanc and the
RCMP read this blog N'est Pas
CC: premier@gnb.ca, Chris.Baker@gnb.ca, nouvelle@acadienouvelle.com,
newsroom@nbpub.com, carl.davies@gnb.ca, advocacycollective@yahoo.com,
mleger@stu.ca, jwalker@stu.ca, plee@stu.ca, dwatch@web.net,
Duane.Rousselle@unb.ca, jonesr@cbc.ca,
collins.moncton-east@hotmail.com, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
kelly.lamrock@gnb.ca, greg.byrne@gnb.ca, Bill.Fraser@gnb.ca,
mary.schryer@gnb.ca, rick.miles@gnb.ca, Bernard.LeBlanc@gnb.ca,
Cheryl.Lavoie@gnb.ca, claude.landry@gnb.ca, Jack.Keir2@gnb.ca,
abel.leblanc@gnb.ca, eugene.mcginley2@gnb.ca, John.Foran@gnb.ca,
roly.macintyre@gnb.ca, Ed.Doherty@gnb.ca
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:57:48 -0800 (PST)
From: "David Amos"
Subject: What kind of Bullshit Response is that Paulette
To: "Paulette Delaney-Smith" Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
We also talked at least twice recently because your fellow cops
directed me to you instead of the dudes I wanted to speak to. You told
me that you gave my material to Kevin Jackson and commented that you
had not received any emails from me lately ( you never respnded to the
ones I sent in the past anyway) and I told you that they had been
blocked by your pals and I suggested that you talk to your incompetent
lawyer Gilmour. Remember lady?
Anyway I was so pissed off by your pals stalking me and putting the
proof of their malice in Youtube that i sent you some emails from my
son's email address (your cop pals killed my other email accounts)
just to see if they would get through. Surprise surprise some did and
some did not. However Iknew that you got yours Methinks there is some
defections in your ranks. Perhaps you and your fellow whisleblowers
who cry alot in the Media should pick up the phone and make a deal
with a honest whistleblower and then tell the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth for the benefit of all Canadians EH?
Everybody and his dog knows that the RCMP are as crooked as hell and
they only care about the RCMP and their pensions not the interests of
the people they were hired to serve and protect.
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
P.S. I will keep this email in confidence for one day then email it to
politicians and the media and then post it on the web. Quit playing
games and call me will ya? they may be a very importenat election in
the near future and our affairs may become of interest to some smiling
bastards loooking to get relected. Obviously nobody can deny that you
and I did not cross paths before the 39th Parliament sat on April 4th,
2006 and you refused to act within the scope of your employment for
some strange reason and shortly thereafter your former lawyer Richard
Bell whom I had crossed paths with in 2004 became the first judge
Stevey boy Harper appointed Surprise Surprise N'est Pas? 506 434 1379
Please use it tomorrow before I file my first complaints in Federal
Court.
Paulette Delaney-Smith Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
David,
I received your voice mail, I have been transferred to another unit
and I am unaware of who is dealing with your complaints at this time.
Paulette Delaney-Smith, Cpl.
RCMPolice "J" DIvision HQ
David Amos 01/03/08 12:49 AM
Whereas you RCMP people refused to act within the scope of your
employment and investigate major crimes Tis time for me to sue many
bankers too N'est Pas Ms. Paulette Delaney-Smith and your old buddy
Louie Lefebvre?
US-KPMG FW Ombudsman Office wrote:
Subject: Response to your emails
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:16:12 -0500
From: "US-KPMG FW Ombudsman Office"
To: ,
Dear Mr. Amos,
Thank you for contacting us. We have reviewed the information that you
provided in your emails, and are not able to determine what specific
issues you are raising that we should consider investigating. Thus, in
order to conduct an investigation, we need to gather more specific
information. Would you be willing to have a confidential conversation
with me, the Ombudsman here at KPMG LLP (US) or would you be willing
to provide me with a summary of your allegations as they relate to
KPMG LLP or its clients and any evidence to support those allegations?
Thank you for your continued assistance with this matter.
Thanks,
Michael Plansky
Ombudsman
The information in this email is confidential and may be legally
privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this
email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended
recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken
or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be
unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice
contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions
expressed in the governing KPMG client engagement letter.
ALL THAT SAID EVEN IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ
http://www.scribd.com/people/view/554842-that-is-my-name-i-am-not-a-shy-political-animal
MAYBE THEY KNOW HOW TO LISTEN
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=David%20Raymond%20Amos%20AND%20collection%3Aopensource_audio
OR WATCH EH?
http://www.youtube.com/user/DavidRaymondAmos
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
P.S. Looks like some beancounters in Canada are nervous today. Perhaps
the DHS and the Solicitor General should ask the SEC why EH?
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