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down when Higgy became the Bosshog of NB 6 very long years ago
Don't block N.B. Power rate hike, opposition parties tell government
Liberals and Greens say interfering with utility not the best way to help people
Both the Liberals and the Greens say interfering with how the Energy and Utilities Board rules on the 8.9 per cent increase would only perpetuate a history of politically motivated rate decisions.
Liberal energy critic Keith Chiasson said in the legislature the utility was "gouging" ratepayers and told reporters the government "has a role to play."
But party leader Susan Holt, speaking to reporters alongside Chiasson, was quick to add there's a downside to political intervention.
She said the government can't continue to "ruin the utility" by keeping rates artificially low, adding to its debt.
"Our worry is if they force another two per cent increase to N.B. Power, we're going to continue to destabilize our utility," she said.
"The debt is going to continue to grow. The operations won't be able to transition to the kind of green and renewable energy that New Brunswickers want to see from the utility."
Lori
Clark, acting N.B. Power CEO, said Wednesday the utility has taken
steps to ensure the rate increase is as low as it can possibly be. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
She said the government must balance that with the fact the 8.9 per cent increase "is too large for many people to handle," and find a way to help.
N.B. Power filed the rate application with the Energy and Utilities Board on Wednesday.
It says it needs the increase to cover soaring fuel costs and other expenses subject to inflation, as well as recent interest rate increases.
But even the 8.9 per cent increase will only be enough to keep the utility financially afloat next year. It won't chip away at the corporation's accumulated $5 billion debt.
Previous governments have imposed small rate increases on the utility or have even stepped in to stop the EUB from approving rates considered too high.
The Higgs government says it won't do that and prefers to look for other ways to help consumers cope with the higher rates, such as energy efficiency programs to encourage people to consume less electricity.
"We have to find a way that the utility can get on a footing going forward," Premier Blaine Higgs said Thursday. "Let the EUB do the process. That's why we have it."
Higgs hinted on Wednesday a new energy efficiency program is coming. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Green Leader David Coon also agreed with that approach.
"We've seen too much of that in the past, and that is the kind of thing that has helped get us to the point where we are now, where N.B. Power is asking for 8.9 per cent."
But he said the province should offer more robust, "properly funded" energy efficiency programs. Higgs hinted on Wednesday a new program is coming.
Pay increases recommended
In a case of awkward political timing, N.B. Power announced its rate application the same week an independent commission submitted a report recommending pay increases for members of the legislature, cabinet ministers and the premier.
MLA salaries were frozen at $85,000 a year in 2008.
The commission recommended that the pay be raised to $93,150, the salary that would be in effect if governments had followed the advice of an earlier independent study to tie pay levels to increases in gross domestic product — essentially, economic growth.
Higgs said he hasn't read the new report, but pointed out that no one else has had their salary frozen for 14 years.
"Should that continue like that? No, I don't think it should continue like that. I think it should be comparable to what everyone else achieves," he said.
The commission is recommending future MLA pay raises be tied to increases for civil servants.
It also suggests the premier's salary be double that of an MLA and that people in other positions, such as cabinet ministers, have their member salaries topped up based on a formula.
The commission itself, made up of retired New Brunswick Court of Appeal justice Margaret Larlee and Moncton lawyer Robert Basque, acknowledged that implementing its recommendations would be controversial.
"The decision will be based on political judgment," wrote Larlee and Basque. "An increase for any reason will be criticized. There is never a good time for one."
This
is N.B. Power's biggest rate application since 2007, when it asked for a
9.6 per cent increase. That was later lowered to 6.4 per cent, and the
board eventually set the increase at 5.9 per cent. (Mike Heenan/CBC News file photo)
The government is not obligated to follow the commission's recommendation.
Holt did not take a clear position on the proposal, calling it "a tough one."
"I want every tool possible to recruit a great team, so I'm conflicted. On the one hand it will help me build a phenomenal team to represent New Brunswickers. On the other hand it's a really terrible thing to try and oversee your own pay increase."
Coon said he was against a pay increase, especially with New Brunswickers facing higher food, gas and housing prices along with a potential power rate increase.
"The optics would be terrible. We're comfortable in my caucus with the pay we're at right now."
Coon endorsed recommendations in the report to increase the budget MLAs use to pay constituency staff in their ridings.
The commission also recommended a study on whether it would be cheaper to buy MLAs electric vehicles rather than paying them for the mileage they put on their personal vehicles when travelling for their jobs.
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NB Power could escape Liberal-promised rate freeze thanks to unlikely source
Green Leader David Coon has long history of battling NB Power initiatives
The likelihood of NB Power having its rates frozen for the next four years appears to have dimmed to near zero given the uncertainty over who will govern the province — even if New Brunswick Liberals manage to retain power — and the utility can thank its old nemesis, Green Party leader David Coon, for the reprieve.
"It's a non-starter," Coon said Thursday about the signature Liberal campaign promise to bypass the Energy and Utilities Board and impose up to $300 million in rate freezes on the financially challenged utility over the next four years.
"Freezing power rates is a bad idea. It's interference in a regulatory process; we've got to look at the best economic interests of New Brunswickers. It would be foolish."
Premier Brian Gallant has said he will seek to find "common ground" with Green Party MLAs in an upcoming throne speech to win enough support to keep governing — a condition the freeze does not meet.
Premier
Brian Gallant hinted Thursday the Liberal platform could be modified to
incorporate elements from other parties' platforms. (Photo: CBC)
"We believe we can earn the votes of many in the legislature," Gallant said Thursday. "We want to be able to consult and discuss what should get into the speech from the throne. We are open to other ideas from other political parties "
No Liberal election promise attracted more scorn from Coon during the campaign than the proposed rate freeze, a position he has not budged on since.
Gallant has not said the freeze is dead, but on Thursday sounded like he might be laying the groundwork for its funeral.
"We have to be open to the other political parties platforms, which means we have to put water in our wine for our platform as well," said Gallant when asked if Coon's objections to the rate freeze would be fatal to the promise.
"We are willing to look at some of the elements we put forward in our platform and to say maybe another day."
'They should go forward'
NB Power has been conspicuously silent on what it plans to do with power rates going forward since Liberals first promised a freeze to voters in late August.
It has a longstanding plan to increase rates by two per cent per year or more to retire $1 billion in debt and cope with carbon taxes if they come.
In each of the last two years, the utility has submitted its annual rate application to the Energy and Utilities Board during the first week of October, but this year it has already let that date pass with no word of its intention.
Green Party Leader David Coon opposes the Liberal-promised power rate freeze. (CBC)
Coon said if NB Power is waiting to find out who will be governing the province before applying for new rates, it shouldn't.
"To me, they should be continuing on as required if they are looking for a change in power rates. They should go forward," he said
Coon's history with NB Power
Coon is an unlikely white knight to come to the utility's defence.
He has a long history of opposing NB Power initiatives at regulatory hearings in his former role as executive director of the New Brunswick Conservation Council.
In the early 2000s, he fought the utility's ill-fated, $700-million conversion of the Coleson Cove oil-fired generating station to burn the Venezuelan fossil fuel orimulsion. He later battled executives over what proved to be optimistic plans to quickly and cheaply refurbish the Point Lepreau nuclear generating station.
David
Coon fought the conversion of Coleson Cove to burn orimulsion — one of
several battles the Green Leader waged against the utility. ((CBC))
Venezuela eventually refused to deliver orimulsion after the Coleson Cove conversion was complete and the nuclear refurbishment went three years late and $1 billion over budget, all problems Coon predicted.
Still, Coon has long been an advocate of NB Power answering to a professional regulator like the Energy and Utilities Board and not to politicians, and he instantly opposed the idea of a rate freeze imposed by a political party on that principle.
Coon said if NB Power executives are grateful for the backing of an old foe against political meddling in its rates, they are not saying.
"I haven't heard from any of them yet," he said.
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Efforts continue to block complaint by former Crown CEO over alleged partisan dismissal
Legislation resulted in firing of Margaret-Ann Blaney from role as CEO and president of Energy Efficiency N.B.
The provincial government is arguing legislation prevents a judge or administrative body from challenging the firing of a defunct Crown agency's former CEO.
A decision by the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission to forward Margaret-Ann Blaney's complaint about being fired to a labour board inquiry should be quashed, said Keith Mullin, a lawyer arguing on behalf of the province in its application to prevent the complaint from going any further.
Mullin argued existing legislation prevents any judge or administrative body from challenging the firing of Blaney from her former role as CEO of Energy Efficiency New Brunswick.
"[The commission] adopted a rationale that this is an employment situation therefore giving them jurisdiction over everything. That's not the issue," said Mullin, arguing before Court of King's Bench Justice Thomas Christie on Wednesday.
"There's certainly an employment contract... but that doesn't open up to say that this is now a jurisdiction for the commission in an employment setting. This is legislation."
Blaney appointed in 2012 by PC government
The legislation at the centre of the province's argument is the Act to Dissolve the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Agency of New Brunswick.
Enacted in 2015 by the government of then-premier Brian Gallant, the act saw the former Crown agency folded into N.B. Power, along with the firing of Blaney from her role as CEO and president.
The bill also blocked "any court or administrative body" from hearing a challenge to the dissolution or firing.
The Liberal government of Brian Gallant enacted legislation to fold the
former Crown agency into N.B. Power. (Gabrielle Fahmy/CBC News file
photo)
Blaney, a former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister, was appointed to the role in 2012 by then-premier David Alward, triggering a political firestorm, with opposition parties calling it patronage and Blaine Higgs, finance minister at the time, refusing to publicly endorse the decision.
Upon her firing from the role, she filed a complaint with the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission, arguing the Liberal government got rid of the organization and her job because of her partisan PC affiliation.
The province had already applied to stop the commission from investigating the case, however a judge ruled last March that it could continue its investigation.
Then in September 2021, the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission forwarded Blaney's complaint to the New Brunswick Labour and Employment Board for an inquiry by the quasi-judicial tribunal.
Lise Landry, CEO of the New Brunswick Labour and Employment Board, confirmed she received the complaint regarding Blaney's dismissal from the commission in September 2021. She said the board is waiting for a decision on the province's application before proceeding further on an inquiry.
Commission not included in legislation: lawyer
While the legislation that got Blaney fired also blocked any "administrative body" from hearing a challenge to it, the bill did not explicitly bar the Human Rights Commission from weighing in on the matter, said Christopher Isnor, acting as an agent for Blaney's lawyer.
Christopher
Isnor, a lawyer representing Margaret-Ann Blaney, said the legislation
intended to block her from challenging her firing doesn't prevent the
Human Rights Commission from weighing in. (Aidan Cox/CBC)
"One of the flaws we're discussing about the Act to Dissolve is it doesn't specifically mention the Human Rights Commission and I appreciate it's broader than that, it mentions administrative tribunals," Isnor said.
"But I think the flaw there is that the case law, and the quasi-constitutional status of the Human Rights Act, puts the Human Rights Commission above other tribunals in the sense that if we're talking about removing an individual's human rights, then the legislature has an opportunity when drafting legislation to be specific."
Isnor also argued the commission has jurisdiction in the case as the legislation was written in a way that specifically targeted her, infringing on her human rights.
"This is, in our submissions, a bill of pains and penalties. This was an act that was targeting Ms. Blaney and her name was not mentioned in the act, but her position of president was particularly targeted and removed her from any remedies that she would have," Isnor said.
Isnor also pointed out the provisions of the bill applied retroactively to Oct. 16, 2014, two days before Blaney was informed she'd been fired. He argued, therefore, Blaney still has the right to seek remedies for her dismissal.
Justice Christie thanked the lawyers for their submissions and said he'd reserve his decision for a later date.
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| Trust that I called both lawyers and left voicemails ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Mullin, Keith (OAG/CPG)" <Keith.Mullin@gnb.ca> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 14:18:58 +0000 Subject: Automatic reply: A little more Deja Vu for Blaine Higgs and the Boyz in Blue to enjoy N'esy Pas Serge Rousselle? To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> I will be out of the office until September 4th. I will respond to your email upon my return. If you have an urgent matter please contact 453-2222. Je serai hors du bureau jusqu'au 4 Septembre. Je répondrai à votre courriel lors de mon retour. En cas d’urgence veuillez contacter 453-2222. https://lawsoncreamer.com/ | |
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New Brunswick judge rejects 'rambling' anti-vax arguments from four public servants
A New Brunswick judge has rejected a bid by four public servants to overturn the province's decision to place them on unpaid leave for failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
In a scathing decision that takes aim at basic anti-vaccination arguments, Court of Queen's Bench Justice E. Thomas Christie ruled Thursday the court has no jurisdiction over the matter.
Christie said employment-related disputes within a unionized workplace like the provincial government must be handled through the union's grievance and adjudication process.
"In circumstances like this, where adjudication provisions exist, the court has no role," Christie said, adding that adjudicators can provide remedies in cases like this, including decisions on potential charter violations.
Last fall, the province made COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for all government employees, saying those who failed to comply with the directive would be placed on indefinite unpaid leave.
In November 2021, two teachers and two health-care workers sued the province, claiming their constitutional rights had been violated.
In his decision, Christie called the workers' legal arguments "rambling" and rejected the notion that they were being forced to do something against their will, as if they were being treated as slaves.
"The applicants claim that their bodily integrity is at stake, comparing themselves to victims of some of the most brutal crimes .... I join in the developing judicial view that, in the circumstances of a global pandemic, policies of the type presently at issue force no one to do anything."
He cited two similar cases in Canada last year. In one, the judge stated that those involved were being forced to choose between getting vaccinated and keeping their jobs or remaining unvaccinated and losing their income. In the other, the judge said that what was at stake "was not forcible vaccination but rather the consequences of one's choice to remain unvaccinated."
In the New Brunswick case, Christie sided with the province, which had filed an application to have the lawsuit dismissed.
The New Brunswick Nurses Union and New Brunswick Teachers Federation acted as interveners in the case, saying they also wanted the case dismissed. The judge noted that the right to file a grievance rests with the union and not individual union members.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 10, 2022.
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Subject: WOW Chucky Baby wasn't long deleting his latest blog EH Mr
Christie? TOO TOO FUNNY N'esy Pas?
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Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2011, 3:28 PM
Small wonder why I save everything of his I deem important just like
the Fat Fred City Finest do.
Would you like to see it in a pdf file as well or wait until court?
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
LAWYER THOMAS CHRISTIE FROM FREDERICTON WANTS TO SUE BLOGGER!!!!
I showed up in court today and someone served me papers that Christie
Law Office want to sue me!!!!
For this video -
OHHHHHH.........THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THE COMPLAINT ARE R.C.M.P. OFFICERS!!!!
Dear Charles Leblanc Tuesday, November-22-11
The Lawyer representing RCMP officers Constable Peter Lach and
Constable Todd Pugh, wish to have the blog and you tube entry removed
where I stated the names of the RCMP officers directly involved in the
assault on me at the hospital.
Jenn Wambolt
It don't matter anyway....I don't enjoy being told what to do
especially from someone < stranger > who gives me a letter.
They better learn to talk to me face to face Non???
That would have been much better....:)
Posted by Charles LeBlanc at 4:30:00 PM
4 comments:
Anonymous said...
And the purpose of this lawsuit is? Gee, i blew my auto horn in
support as i passed, and waved, will i be added in the suit as seen on
the camera? What is next?
4:53 PM, November 23, 2011
Anonymous said...
You were too much of a coward to check out Pugh?
5:07 PM, November 23, 2011
Anonymous said...
I wouldnt get to excited you cant squeeze blood from and turnip,you
have nothing so she will never get anything other then a judgement
against ya for a x number of dollars
5:12 PM, November 23, 2011
Anonymous said...
three questions
1. why were u at court
2. what happened at court
3. why dont u post pics of the documents the lawyer served on you?
5:26 PM, November 23, 2011
On 11/23/11, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://
>
> Anybody recall what happened to mean old me within weeks of Mr
> Christie FINALLY responding to me in 2008?
>
> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
>
> Well all the RCMP, the Fat fred City Finest and Mr Christie no doubt
> knows that it was HIS CLIENT Petey Baby Lach who put his knee on my
> neck as four other nasty bastards held me down after they had
> assaulted me in the DECH in July of 2008. Not long afterwards Chucky
> Leblanc and his fellow bloggers violated my privacy and blogged about
> it as they thought it was funny. CORRECT???
>
> CYA'LL IN COURT
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 22:47:16 -0300
> Subject: Thanks for finally responding to me Mr Christie perhaps you
> should call me back EH? 1 506 756 8687
> To: tclaw@nb.aibn.com, egreenspan@144king.com, vchristie@144king.com,
> afrey@mayerbrown.com
> Cc: djacobs@firstcdn.com, jtownsend@coxandpalmer.com,
> "danny.copp@fredericton.ca" <danny.copp@fredericton.ca>,
> dan.bussieres@gnb.ca, "oldmaison@yahoo.com" <oldmaison@yahoo.com>
>
> *I **must say that was an interesting response from you Mr. Christie about
> a
> rather minor issue to me after your ignoring my very serious concerns for
> so
> long. It was kinda polite particularly in light of the fact that my
> voicemail was deadnuts serious in nature. Could it be that your strange
> response was prompted by the fact I sent the email to many others and then
> blogged it as well in order to make you acknowledge that I at least
> existed?
> *
> **
> *With that in mind I have decided to introduce you to the First Canadaian
> folks whose parent company should settle with me ASAP about a very
> fraudulent Real Estate transaction in the USA after they have ignored my
> concerns about their severe lack of integrity for four long years. May they
> will take me seriously as well EH? Let just say I find it hard to take you
> peopel seriously because I found it far more than comical when they beat
> your law society in court and won the right to edge you lawyers out of
> their
> very lucrative game. I am certain Mr Townsend QC and the Real Estate
> Association of New Brunswick that he represents understands the joke but
> Chucky Leblanc never will.*
> **
> *When we do finally have a chance at a little pow wow Mr Christie I will
> point out the fact tha your law society supported my false imprisonment in
> the USA in 2004 after I ran in the election of the 39th Parliament and ask
> you why this is. When everyone in Fredericton either laughed at me or
> ignored me or harassed me before and during and after I ran in their
> riding
> during the election of the 39th Parlaiment, rest assured I was not one bit
> surprised.*
> **
> *FYI Over the long weekendI will forward this email to others and blog it
> as
> well in a sincere effort to resolve some of my concerns ASAP. For you
> benefit you got it first and I have included an email freshly sent to some
> interesting Yankees that you should study rather closely. However please
> allow me to be quite likely the first to introduce you to Eddy Greenspan
> and
> Andrew Frey. But then again you could be related to his associate Ms.
> Christie which would only go to prove my point that it is a small world
> after all. Whichever way the cookie crumbles I will lay odds that Andy and
> Eddy and their friends and clients within the Paul Weiss law firm hate me
> more than you Christie lawyers do. Scroll down and check my work to see
> why.
> *
> **
> *Veritas Vincit*
> **
> *David Raymond Amos*
> **
> *tclaw@nb.aibn.com* wrote:
>
> From: tclaw@nb.aibn.com
> To: David Amos
> Subject: Re: Fwd: RE: Does the Language Commissioner suggest that I file
> something in Federal Court instead of him?
> Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 17:22:57 -0400
>
> Mr. Amos, thank you for your telephone message and the email attached.
>
> Tom Christie
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, May 17, 2008 at 6:50 PM
> Subject: I just called some of you Independent folks please call me back
> sometime soon 1 506 756 8687
> To: john@brockberg.com, stwill@citlink.net,
> david.dillon@
> bangornews@downeast.net, media@alfranken.com, campaign@jackforsenate.org
> Cc: Richard Harris <injusticecoalition@hotmail.
> moore.r@parl.gc.ca" <moore.r@parl.gc.ca>, advocacycollective@yahoo.com,
> dwatch@web.net, "danf@danf.net" <danf@danf.net>, "Eidt, David (OAG/CPG)" <
> david.eidt@gnb.ca>
>
>
> http://www.scribd.com/people/
>
> Please read page 66 of the Spitzer file found within the link above and
> then
> surf within my file from there.
>
> If you do not trust the link I have provided then if nothing else please
> check the link below from the US Senate website when Spitzer testified 5
> very long years ago for many people and ask yourselves why the transcripts
> of that hearing and the one two days before have evaporated from the public
> record. I am a very serious man who is trying to tell you folks something
> you really need to know if you are serious about Democracy.
>
> http://banking.senate.gov/
>
> http://banking.senate.gov/
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
>
> P.S This is the law blog I told you to look at Richard
>
> http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/
>
> Rest assured I made some pretty big people in Washington and New York
> nervous last week after the Office of the Auditor General of Canada called
> me trying hard to play dumb.
>
> FYI did not call Sheila Fraser and her cohorts when I kicked at the can of
> worms in the Big Apple this time around. I did call the Office of Public
> Sector Integrity right afterwards and demanded an answer to the same
> material that Eddy Greespan had received and answered BEFORE Lord Conrad
> Black was found quilty. I truly beleive that somebody blew the whistle
> last
> week and my name came up in many offices of low people in high places.
>
> I must say I laughed when I read this morning my mean old enemy the
> political/lawyer Yankee Teddy Kennedy had a stroke. I grin to think it may
> have been brought on by my doings last week. My Clan's Senator Teddy Boy
> answered me in a very malicious fashion before the hearing about Putnam
> Investments took place in 2003 He has had the same material was sent to
> Eddy
> Greenspan and then on to the Yankee lawyer Andy Frey whom I talked to
> personally months ago before he announced that he was seeking a
> presidential
> pardon for the Dark Lord of a Subway Stop. Could andy Frey be using my
> material to get the Dark Lord out of jail just like Frank quatrone did over
> a year ago? Ask Andy Frey if I am a liar or not I double dog dare ya to,
> Mr.
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> N'est Pas?
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Judge rules he can't hear lawsuit against province after minister vetoed his transfer
Justice Thomas Christie's recusal over concerns about personal conflict creates 'procedural chaos,' prof says
Justice Thomas Christie says the transfer, requested by Chief Justice David Smith, was blocked by Justice Minister Denis Landry using controversial new sections of the provincial Judicature Act.
In a crisp seven-page ruling, Christie writes that Landry's veto makes it impossible for him to be impartial in the lawsuit against the same government that stopped his relocation.
"The minister's current involvement in my reassignment places me in an actual conflict of interest position as he is purporting to exercise control over a decision that affects me at the same time I am seized with the present matter," he writes.
"As the judge seized of this case, I am in a position to influence certain interests of the province. At this same time, the minister now purports to be in a position to influence certain interests of mine.
"That intersection of interests cannot exist in a justice system which survives on confidence that the judiciary is, in perception and reality, truly independent."
'Procedural chaos'
Nicole
O'Byrne, an associate law professor at the University of New Brunswick,
says Christie's decision to recuse himself from presiding over a
lawsuit against the government will cause "quite a bit of procedural
chaos." (CBC)It's not clear what Christie's decision means for the lawsuit, which was filed by the New Brunswick Association of Nursing Homes against the provincial government.
The case is an accounting dispute over how the province calculates the assets and liabilities of the nursing homes in its financial statements.
Christie had already made two preliminary rulings in the case.
"Now you have to put a different judge in to hear that issue," said University of New Brunswick law professor Nicole O'Byrne.
"It causes quite a bit of procedural chaos."
Association unsure of suit's future
Jodi Hall, the executive director of the nursing home association, said she doesn't know what will happen next in the case, but "I'm not anticipating going back to square one."
Hall said the association has confidence in the justice system and the situation was beyond its control.
A spokesperson for Landry said in an email statement that the minister "has not blocked anything."
"Chief Justice Smith has requested approval to transfer Justice Christie to Fredericton, and Minister Landry has had an excellent meeting with the Chief Justice and has undertaken to answer expeditiously," the statement said.
"The Minister will make a decision in the weeks ahead. We have no comment on Justice Christie's decision."
Christie says in his recusal decision that Landry told Smith he wanted time to consult the federal government and local lawyers before approving the transfer.
But Christie writes that even if Landry eventually says yes, the minister's involvement still creates a problem.
"More precisely, it is not just about being seen as beyond any potential source of influence from a litigant — it must be real," he says.
Attorney General Serge Rousselle refused to comment because the case is still before the courts, including the possibility of appealing Christie's decision to recuse himself.
New power for minister
Justice
and Public Safety Minister Denis Landry blocked Christie's transfer
without much explanation, other than a need he felt to consult federal
officials and the New Brunswick bar. (CBC News )The new sections of the Judicature Act, passed in May, give the minister of justice the power to reject any transfer of a Court of Queen's Bench justice by the chief justice.
Before the changes, the chief justice made transfers unilaterally.
Chief Justice David Smith warned at the time the changes could be unconstitutional because they would compromise the independence of the courts.
Christie echoes that in his recusal ruling, calling the situation "an example of the consequences that flow from the blurring of lines and responsibilities between constitutionally separate branches of government — the executive and the judiciary.
"The history and rationale for that division runs deep and is essential in upholding the proper governance of our democracy."
The province argued during debate on the bill that the changes were needed because judges were often appointed to smaller communities in the province then soon transferred to larger cities.
At the time, the Liberals would not provide an example of a transfer they would veto.
Premier Brian Gallant said in December 2016 the changes were "a pretty mundane and small thing" and the government "may never use the power" it was giving itself.
The Opposition Progressive Conservatives accused the Liberals of wanting to block Smith from moving judges into vacancies where they wanted to appoint judges with ties to their party.
'It's regrettable and it's disgraceful'
PC
MLA Ted Flemming said he was 'shocked but not surprised' by Christie's
decision to recuse himself and blamed the Liberal legislation that
prompted the controversy. (CBC)Progressive Conservative MLA Ted Flemming said Thursday he was "shocked but not surprised" by Christie's decision and blamed the Liberal legislation.
"The administration of justice is being delayed and compromised because of petty politics," he said. "It's regrettable and it's disgraceful."
He said the government should "instantly" introduce a bill to repeal the changes.
O'Byrne said the courts "will absolutely see more recusals like this" in cases in which the province is a party. She agreed the government should reverse the changes.
Christie was appointed a judge by the federal Conservative government in 2013. He said he has never met Landry and resumes "no malice or ill will" in his decision.
A vacancy opened Nov. 6, and Smith wrote to Landry to say he would transfer Christie effective Nov. 15.
The judge, who still lives in Fredericton, said that when he took the appointment to Saint John, he asked Smith to transfer him to Fredericton when a position in the city opened.
"He was in agreement with my request," Christie writes.
But on Nov. 14, Christie said, Smith told him Landry "would not at that time consent to the assignment" and "would be undertaking consultations with the federal government and the local bar on the issue of my return to Fredericton."
Chief
Justice David Smith has warned that changes to the Judicature Act
involving where New Brunswick judges serve could be unconstitutional
because they would compromise the independence of the courts. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
In his ruling, Christie questioned whether Landry even has the power to block the move. He said he was not formally designated as living in Saint John when he was appointed in 2013.
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 16:02:29 +0000
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 12:02:19 -0400
Subject: Yo Norman Sabourin Need I say that the no-name assistant of
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david.d.smith@gnb.ca, "denis.landry2" <denis.landry2@gnb.ca>,
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<Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, "Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc"
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http://davidraymondamos3.
Friday, 2 February 2018
Yo Norman Sabourin Need I say that the no-name assistant of your buddy
Chief Justice David D. Smith just pissed of the wrong Maritimer today?
The Crown Corp commonly known as the CBC is telling us some interesting
tales lately while Google continues to blog my long emails. However there
is mre than one way to skin a cat and use Google's resources to do so EH?
Methinks that as Drapeau quits and his questionable buddy Rideout
takes on the boss on Premier Gallant's behalf while he tries to buy
the next election things are becoming incredibly comical within the
justice system and the political scene of the LIEbrano so called "Place
to Be" N'esy Pas?
In my humble opinion Justices Drapeau and Smith and Bell in particular
should have done the right thing to see justice served on my Clan's behalf
LONG AGO if only because of their positions on the Canadian Judicial
Council but what do I know I am just the dumb Maritimer you have been
ignoring since 2005 CORRECT Norman Sabourin?
https://www.cjc-ccm.gc.ca/
New Brunswick
The Honourable Ernest Drapeau, Chief Justice of New Brunswick
The Honourable David D. Smith, Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's
Bench of New Brunswick
Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada
The Honourable B. Richard Bell, Chief Justice of the Court Martial
Appeal Court of Canada
Anyway the no-name lady I talked to again today Justice Smith's office
certainly remember me and recalled getting the email fund below. Hence
methinks I should take a guess at Justice George S. Rideout's email address
and call him next to see if he even knows who I am like Cst Rideout of the
Fat Fred City Finest (badge # 127) did in on a rainy night in front of the
RCMP HQ in April of 2007 You dudes call them Yellow Stripers
N'esy Pas Martin Gaudet and Leanne Fitch?
The Hon. George S. Rideout
Justice:
Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick
Moncton
Judges Chambers
145 Assumption Blvd.,
PO Box 5001, Stn. LCD 1
Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 8R3
Phone: 506-856-2301
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 15:13:56 -0400
Subject: Attn Judge David Smith
To: david.d.smith@gnb.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
The Hon. David D. Smith
Chief Justice (Moncton):
Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick
Moncton
Judges Chambers
145 Assumption Blvd.,
PO Box 5001, Stn. LCD 1
Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 8R3
Phone: 506-856-2300
Fax: 506-856-2751
Email: david.d.smith@gnb.ca
It was quite a wicked email and everybody knows that I published it
within my blog long ago
http://davidraymondamos3.
Thursday, 23 June 2016
There is no need for Judge David Smith's lawyer, Michael Bray to be in
a quandary In My humble opinion Federal Court has the proper
jurisdiction to hear his complaint against the CROWN
Now we have the news that CBC offers us today N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc
and Andre Faust?
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