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ENJOY YA BASTARDS
Friend of N.S. mass killer allegedly threatened Frank reporter: ‘I don’t like to kill people, but I think I’m going to have to’
A friend of the Nova Scotia mass killer has been charged with threatening a Frank magazine reporter this past summer for writing a story about him that he didn’t like.
Robert Arthur Doucette, 56, helped Gabriel Wortman build his Portapique palace. He’s the same man who told Mounties the Dartmouth denturist was building huge fires with heavy equipment to get rid of dead bodies in the middle of the night long before Wortman dressed up in an RCMP uniform, got into a fake police car and went on a killing spree that left 22 people dead.
“Doucette is an associate of Gabriel Wortman and has been mentioned several times at the Mass Casualty Commission (looking) into the April 2020 events in Portapique,” RCMP Const. Jamal Gray said in an application for a search warrant in the case.
“Doucette contacted (Frank reporter Paul) Palango as he wanted to tell his side of the story.”
Palango, a former investigative reporter and editor with the Globe and Mail, interviewed Doucette on July 1, said Gray, a Mountie with the Lunenburg County detachment. Palango had been writing extensively on the mass murders for Frank, which went belly up last month. He has also penned a book about the killings.
“Doucette is not happy about the article Palango wrote about him,” Gray said.
Doucette called Palango on Aug. 6 about half an hour after midnight, “made several threatening statements and made Palango believe that he was on his way to his residence,” he said.
“Doucette said that the article made it look like he was helping Gabriel Wortman. Doucette says that he now has to carry a gun with him, and that he almost had to use it the day before.”
Doucette told Palango he knows the journalist has dealt with hit men in the past. “But they’re not like me,” he said, according to the warrant application.
“Doucette also said, ‘I don’t like to kill people, but I think I’m going to have to.’ Doucette told Palango that when he disappears it is going to be because of Doucette. Doucette also told Palango that he was going to do it better than Gabriel Wortman. Doucette told Palango that he was only six miles from his house. Doucette then said that he was actually in Hubbards.”
'We had to leave'
Palango and his wife, Sharon McNamara, left their home and drove to the RCMP station in Cookville, Gray said in information to obtain a warrant filed in Dartmouth provincial court.
“We had to leave,” Palango said in an interview Thursday.
Their home, a 15-minute drive west of Hubbards, didn’t seem safe, he said.
“I wasn’t even really dressed,” said Palango, 72.
“We just got outside, got in the car. Then I was in evasion mode – get out of here.”
Mounties took the threat “absolutely seriously,” he said.
'Sharon was terrified'
“Sharon was terrified. In fact, we ended up sleeping in the car for a while in the parking lot (of the RCMP detachment) under the light. Put back the seats and had a nap until the police came back around 5:30 a.m. and said they’d searched our property, and everything was OK.”
Halifax Regional Police thought they tracked Doucette down before dawn at a motel room on Lakecrest Drive in Dartmouth.
“Doucette is inside his room at Lake City Motel, but is refusing to come to the door and speak with them,” Gray said.
“HRP shined their flashlights in the window and Doucette came to the window and looked at them. Once Doucette saw that it was the police, he quickly closed the blinds and has not shown himself again.”
'Seen with a large black gun'
Police returned to the motel that afternoon, but other residents said Doucette was not there. Investigators also learned the room they’d checked earlier was the wrong one, and that Doucette “was seen with a large black gun” two days earlier, Gray said.
“I have spoken with Doucette and (he) believes that Palango has painted him in an unfavourable light and has told lies in the article,” said the investigator.
“Doucette says he has received death threats. Doucette’s casual comments about killing people and having to carry a gun, along with his statements that he was going to do it better than Gabriel are of great concern for public safety. We also have one individual who says they have seen Doucette with a handgun, this information is of unknown reliability.”
During a search before sundown that day of Doucette’s motel room, police seized a Crossman 357 black pellet gun and two pellets.
Mounties charged Doucette with uttering threats. He’s slated to return to Bridgewater provincial court Nov. 2. The same man embarassed Palango by feeding him a fake tape about Wortman.
'I was only Gabriel's ... carpenter'
In an interview Thursday, Doucette said he’s “done with reporters asking me (expletive) questions.”
Doucette said he fielded multiple death threats from bikers, and family members of Wortman’s victims over a month and a half because of Palango’s stories about him that hinted he helped the mass killer smuggle weapons into Canada from the United States.
“He implied I was Gabriel Wortman’s (expletive) accomplice,” Doucette said. “I was only Gabriel’s (expletive) carpenter. I wasn’t involved in the (expletive) smuggling.”
Judges sentenced Doucette on 14 charges between 1995 and 2016 including refusing the breathalyser, failure to stop at an accident, breaching court orders, uttering threats, mischief, various assaults, resisting arrest, escape/being at large, and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry more about covering up than finding answers, says author Palango
Nova Scotians can expect a particular kind of truth to come out of the Mass Casualty Commission, says Paul Palango.
It won’t be the unvarnished truth about what caused the deadliest mass shooting in the country’s history. What Nova Scotians will get, says the longtime investigative reporter, is a comfortable truth that suits both provincial and federal governments but especially the RCMP.
“What has happened is that we’re two years down the road and they’re still playing hide the pea,” said Palango. “It’s an organized coverup.”
Palango has been reporting on the April 18 and 19, 2020, tragedy for nearly two years and has a book due out in April from Penguin Random House. The title is 22 Murders; the subtitle includes the word coverup.
The boiled-down truth, he says, is that the RCMP were completely overwhelmed as the tragedy unfolded. Overwhelmed and negligent, but just how so is a “secret that needs to be pried out of the grasp of the Mounties and two levels of government.”
The public inquiry that’s tasked with getting to the bottom of the tragedy is set to get underway Tuesday. Last week, the law firm representing the families of the victims in the inquiry came out publicly with serious concerns about how the process has unfolded thus far. Patterson Law issued a statement saying it did not know who will be called as witnesses, how they will be asked to give evidence and whether lawyers representing the families will be allowed to question them or make any kind of submissions at the proceedings.
Those concerns mirrored Palango’s. The former Globe and Mail editor, who has written lately for Frank Magazine, references the commission group sessions where family members sit with Crown prosecutors and get to see the evidence that will come out in the inquiry. That evidence, known as the foundational documents, included tens of thousands of pages of information related to the RCMP’s response to the April 2020 mass shooting.
“Each foundation paper is a subject: the replica police car, etc.,” explains Palango, who has an inside source at these sessions. “Hours are spent going paragraph by paragraph around the table. Everyone who is invited gets to put in their two cents on everything.
The most comfortable truth
Palango argues this isn’t so much a search for the truth but rather a consensus about what might be the most comfortable truth.
Summaries of the foundational papers will be released to the media during the inquiry. Palango predicts a “three-day splash of horrible headlines and then the families can say whatever they want.”
That will essentially be the end of it, he argues.
“Once the families signed off on the completed foundation papers, there is little to no room for further debate. No second thoughts. The families have been snookered. Whatever comes out, for better or worse, they have agreed to.”
Palango has written three previous books about RCMP corruption and along the way has developed a solid list of inside RCMP sources. Evidence of a coverup in this case is clear to see, he argues. He points to: the federal and provincial governments’ initial plan to hold a closed-door review (until public backlash forced a joint inquiry); the investigations conducted by the province’s police watchdog Serious Incident Response Team; and the reported cases of conflict of interest among senior RCMP officials involved in the inquiry.
He says SIRT should have tried to get to the bottom of why it took the RCMP 12 hours to request a public alert of a shooter at large. Instead, the Mounties conducted an internal investigation in the matter. The two incidents SIRT did investigate were flawed, he said. The first involved the circumstances of the gunman’s death and the other probed the RCMP misidentifying the gunman and opening fire on a person at a fire hall in Onslow.
More to the story
Video obtained by Palango shows there’s more to the story than the details released in SIRT’s investigation into the gunman’s death. Like the RCMP version of events, the police watchdog reported that officers happened on the gunman at the Irving Big Stop gas station in Enfield where he was shot and killed April 19. The report makes no mention of the video capturing the gunman earlier in the morning at a Petro Canada in nearby Elmsdale, where he had attempted to get gas and fled. A tactical van and several officers are on the opposite side of the pump at the same station.
Last June, it came to light that there were serious conflicts of interest among senior members of an internal team tasked with providing information to the mass shooting inquiry. The man in charge of the team was Chief Supt. John Robin, who’s married to Halifax RCMP Chief Supt. Janis Gray. Another member was retired RCMP Staff Sgt. Mike Butcher, the husband of Nova Scotia assistant commissioner Lee Bergerman. They’ve since been replaced. Both Gray and Bergerman have retired.
Opportunity to raise concerns
Palango’s also concerned about the inquiry’s focus on restorative principles and commitment to being “trauma-informed in everything we do,” to quote the commission website. The commission has said that this does not mean it will avoid disagreement or difficult questions and answers, but rather it’s committed to providing support to the people who may need it.
But Palango’s convinced it’s a sign that information will be hidden.
“The families have been snookered. Whatever comes out, for better or worse, they have agreed to.” - Paul Palango, author of 22 Murders
Commission senior counsel Emily Hill sent a statement to The Chronicle Herald last week saying that throughout the hearings, there will be opportunities for the families and other participants to raise their concerns with gaps in the record and suggest witnesses to be interviewed.
“A public inquiry is not a trial, nor is it about assigning blame,” Hill wrote.
“Public inquiries are about change. The commission’s work is to determine what happened and why and how it happened in order to make recommendations that will help make sure it does not happen again.”
Palango says that doesn’t cut it.
“Twenty-two months down the road, there is possible evidence of gross, if not criminal, negligence by the RCMP, yet there has been no investigation.”
'No evidence to lead any reasonable person to believe' Nova Scotia mass shooter was police agent
Gabriel Wortman is
spotted on video surveillance changing his clothes in Millbrook on April
19, 2020. “Due to the persistent rumour that the perpetrator was a police informant or agent for the RCMP, the commission undertook an investigation as to whether there was an evidentiary basis for this rumour,” says the Aug. 13 report by Stephen Henkel, an investigator “with extensive experience in the recruitment, handling and debriefing of confidential human sources and police agents” who has worked with Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario and spent more than three decades with the Toronto Police Service.
While he doesn’t name the publication, Henkel points to a June 19, 2020 Macleans magazine article written by Paul Palango, Stephen Maher and Shannon Gormley entitled “The Nova Scotia shooter case has hallmarks of an undercover operation,” as the root of the rumour.
“The authors of that article relied on ‘police sources’ who provided information based on, what appears to be, speculation and assumptions,” Henkel said in his seven-page report.
“There is no evidence to lead any reasonable person to believe that the perpetrator was an informant or involved in undercover operations for the RCMP.”
Method of payment doesn't square
While Wortman did drive to the Brinks outlet in Burnside to pick up $475,000 in cash weeks before he murdered 22 people in April 2020, Henkel said “the method in which he received such cash is not indicative of him being a police informant.”
Confidential sources “are not sent to businesses and asked to produce identification in order to receive payment,” Henkel said. “This would go against the methods and practices of source handling and of protecting the confidentiality of a police informant.”
On March 30, 2020, the Dartmouth denturist withdrew $475,000 and collected the cash from Brinks. Most of the money, $400,000, came from the CIBC account of Atlantic Denture, Wortman's business. The rest came from an account at the same bank for Northumberland Investments, which Wortman controlled, according to Henkel.
Killer 'initiated contact' with bank
Wortman “initiated contact with CIBC via email” about redeeming his guaranteed investment certificates on March 20, 2020, said the investigator.
“In an interview with the RCMP, (Wortman’s Toronto lawyer friend) Kevin von Bargen relayed to investigators that as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the perpetrator was convinced the world economy was going to collapse,” Henkel said.
“It was von Bargen’s opinion that this is what led the perpetrator to withdraw significant amounts of cash.”
That’s supported by email exchanges between Wortman and von Bargen, as well as representatives of CIBC, Henkel said.
“The evidence obtained to date confirms that the perpetrator, as a private citizen, requested the redemption of his GICs and CIBC facilitated the transfer of the $475,000 cash to him, using Brinks as an intermediary.”
Wortman’s lack of a cell phone would make it tough for him to be a police informant, according to Henkel. “Although not insurmountable, this would certainly pose logistical issues for communication if the perpetrator was a confidential source or agent.”
RCMP took 'extraordinary steps' to address the issue
The Mounties have long denied any special relationship with Wortman.
“It is the policy of law enforcement agencies, in keeping with the Supreme Court of Canada’s decisions related to informer privilege, to never comment on whether someone was or was not a confidential informant,” Henkel said.
He went on to say, “it is extraordinary that the RCMP addressed the issue.”
Decisions from the country’s top court on informer privilege “prevents the RCMP from acknowledging whether someone is or is not a confidential source,” Henkel said. “In this instance, however, the RCMP took the extraordinary steps to confirm in writing that the perpetrator was not an RCMP informant or agent.”
Recruiting, handling and debriefing confidential sources “is conducted in a manner that is secretive, with the goal being the protection of the identity of the ‘informer,’” Henkel said.
Even inside policing agencies, access is tightly controlled, he said. “Information regarding an informant is something that would not be accessible to commission investigators.”
'Assumptions and speculation'
The Macleans article “contains assumptions and speculation based on the experience of ‘police sources,’ that do not accurately reflect the police practices handling and payments of confidential informants,” Henkel said. “Therefore, the writer is skeptical as to whether this rumour actually originated from a police source with knowledge of the perpetrator.”
While he had “insufficient information” to determine where the $475,000 came from originally, the investigator said “it is clear from the evidence reviewed and corroborated through independent interviews and subpoenas, that the cash withdrawn from CIBC was at the direction of the perpetrator. There is no evidence uncovered by the commission to suggest that the $475,000 was a payment by the RCMP to a confidential informant.”
Palango responds
In an interview Wednesday, Palango defended his work.
“First of all, it would have been nice to have this discussed during the eight months of the inquiry, if it was such an issue,” said the former Globe and Mail investigative reporter who had been writing extensively about the mass murders for Frank magazine until it went belly up earlier this month.
“What we reported was based on what our police sources said and
speculated, that’s quite right,” Palango said. “But it was never limited
to Wortman being the confidential informant or police agent. I made it
quite clear over the last two and a half years that Wortman or someone
close in his circle appeared to have a relationship with the police,
according to police sources.”
They were ignored.
Should the Royal Canadian Mounted Police be scrapped? A proposal last week to boot the federal force out of N.L. echoes recent calls to disband the force entirely
Police force's relationship with Indigenous communities is particularly strained; critics say the RCMP is stretched too thin, unwilling to change
In Newfoundland and
Labrador, the cost for RCMP jumped to $92 million in the current budget,
an increase of about $17 million over the previous year. - Keith Gosse
file
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Three years ago, Becky Michelin recalled a horrific night in the winter of 1993 when she was awoken by loud bangs in their home in Rigolet, on the Labrador coast.
When she came out to see what was happening, the then-four-year-old girl found her mother, Deidre, lying on the floor.
“I remember shaking my mother, trying to wake her up. She was surrounded in blood,” she told freelance writer Danette Dooley in 2019. “I shook her. ‘Mom, wake up.’ But she didn’t.”
Then she saw her father’s bloodied body.
He was holding a gun.
Deidre Marie Michelin, 21, was an Inuit mother of four when she was murdered on Jan. 20, 1993 by her domestic partner, who then took his own life.
Deidre’s story is only one of more than 1,000 highlighted in the 2019 final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Children (MMIWG), which issued 231 calls for justice.
It was also highlighted in a report issued by the First Voice Working Group on Police Oversight released last week in St. John’s, entitled Building Trust, Restoring Confidence.
But while the previous document calls for significant reforms within the national police force, the First Voice proposals go further.
Eventually, when the time is right, they want the RCMP taken completely out of the picture.
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Colonialist past
Problems with the RCMP go all the way back to 1873, says Justin Campbell, when its predecessor, the North West Mounted Police, was established. The primary task of the police was forcibly removing Native people off their land.
“As we’ve detailed in the report, the RCMP has a long history of colonialist violence,” said Campbell, program manager for First Voice.
“They also played a critical role in abducting Indigenous children and bringing them to residential schools.”
"... the RCMP... has shown itself to be highly sexist, misogynistic, racist and unable to change.”
— Justin Campbell
He said the RCMP tends to be geographically and jurisdictionally detached from many of the communities it serves.
“It just doesn’t serve communities well. If we look at the relationship between the RCMP and Indigenous communities, in particular in Labrador, we see a fly-in, fly-out model which does nothing to build trust with the communities there that they serve.”
Instead, he said, the province should work towards establishing the kind of community policing it needs on its own.
“Once we’ve done that, there is no need for the RCMP, which, time and time again, has shown itself to be highly sexist, misogynistic, racist and unable to change.”
Repeated evidence
The labels might seem inflammatory, but a series of reports into police misconduct over the past three decades adds substance to the allegations.
One of the most damning documents was written by former Supreme Court judge Michel Bastarache in the wake of hundreds of allegations of sexual harassment and assault from within the RMCP’s own ranks.
“For the last 30 years, issues of workplace and sexual harassment and discrimination have been brought to the attention of the Government of Canada and the RCMP through internal reports, external reports and litigation before the courts,” Bastarache wrote in his 2020 report.
“The measures taken in response have not, in my view, succeeded in addressing the underlying issues arising from the RCMP’s toxic culture.”
After interviewing more than 600 women, among others, Bastarache saw the same troubling trends occurring over and over again and suggested radical change was needed.
“A fundamental restructuring may be necessary to resolve entrenched issues of misogyny, racism and homophobia,” he wrote.
Nonetheless, one of his key recommendations, the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the complaints, was summarily rejected by RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki in June 2021.
“We don’t need special prosecutors,” Lucki told Parliament in 2021. “It’ll be brought to a Canadian court, and the charges will be laid and people will be held to account if the evidence is there.”
Bastarache oversaw millions in compensation to more than 2,000 women in a class action settlement that spanned decades. More than 230 of the sexual assault cases involved penetration.
‘No ramifications’
The theme of an unsalvageable police force was floated in another report in May of this year by the Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA), which expanded on Bastarache’s findings and called for an external review of the RCMP.
One of its authors, Metropolitan University of Toronto professor Pam Palmater, has rarely minced words when it comes to calling out the disturbing legacy of the force.
“If you combine their racism and their misogyny and their sexualized violence with their high levels of corruption — which the RCMP themselves have confirmed — then what you have is a scenario where no one is ever held to account for the crimes that they committed … or I should say, at best, they’re treated like a workplace issue,” Palmater, a Mi’kmaw lawyer, told The Telegram last week.
“And, because all of this is at every level — from recruits to juniors to middle management, all the way up to the top of the racism, sexual violence, the corruption — they have no incentives and no interest to change themselves.”
"... from recruits to juniors to middle management, all the way up to the top of the racism, sexual violence, the corruption — they have no incentives and no interest to change themselves.”
— Pam Palmater
Rather than answering to an insurance company, she said, officers often face minimum discipline. Any litigation is settled with taxpayers’ money.
“There's no ramifications for what they do. Keep in mind, if any of them are publicly prosecuted for any reason, they're off with full pay, their lawyers are paid for, the whole institution supports them.”
For Palmater, the answer is clear.
“When you have an institution that refuses to address racism, misogyny, sexualized violence and corruption, despite a million inquiries and commissions, then it's an institution that simply can't function in the future. It's got to be dismantled. “
‘Stretched too thin’
In Nova Scotia, talk of removing RCMP services from that province have arisen in the past because of similar complaints, but the idea has gained new agency in the wake of the Portapique mass murder.
One of numerous voices who have raised the issue is Charles Thompson, a lawyer representing the Truro Police Service, who made his case before the Mass Casualty Commission public inquiry last month.
“It is clear that the current structure of policing in Nova Scotia has significant problems, as illustrated by the mass casualty and issues that have arisen and have become clear since,” Thompson said.
“Truro Police Service submits that the RCMP does not have the capacity to adequately engage in contracting policing at this stage. The RCMP is stretched too thin, trying to do too many things.”
At first glance, it may seem Newfoundland and Labrador could ill afford to lose the services of the RCMP, which exclusively handles all policing outside the more populated centres of Labrador City, Corner Brook and St. John’s.
Even then, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary itself is stretched thin and often relies on joint operations with its federal counterpart.
But the cost of the province’s contract with the RCMP is no small amount.
Both forces have a similar number of officers in the province, between 400 and 450 each, but the price tag for the RCMP has been higher.
Last year, the RNC’s total budget was about $56 million, while the RCMP cost the province more than $75 million.
In the current budget, the RCMP bottom line jumped to more than $92 million.
Asked for an explanation, the Department of Justice attributed a hike in the base rate to federally negotiated salary increases for officers, as well as operational expenses, such as equipment, vehicles and training.
“The $17 million also includes funding to support the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program and forensic casework analysis arising from criminal investigations for both the RNC and RCMP,” it said in a statement.
It’s the first increase in nearly a decade.
Breaking it down
There are a few apples and oranges among those numbers.
Among them is the fact that, as a national force, the RCMP has more extensive investigative and forensic capabilities.
But as Palmater points out, the idea is not to simply remove one police force and replace it with another.
“The real question is not what we replace it with, but what is it that we want for community safety?” she said.
“You know, most governments are going to say, well, there's got to be some level of policing because there's violence and gangs and serial killers or whatever. OK, so there's a protection and security function.”
Investigating crime is another function, she said.
“And I would argue that insurance companies have a far higher success rate with their investigations for alleged crimes than police officers do,” she said.
“And then you have other functions like, say, national security and intelligence. Should that be done by the RCMP?”
Palmater said civilian resources, such as forensics labs, don’t have to disappear along with the force.
“The labs aren't going to just magically burn down. They’re still there, the expertise is still there, it's just who are they affiliated with and for what purposes.”
"I would argue that insurance companies have a far higher success rate with their investigations for alleged crimes than police officers do."
— Palmater
No jurisdiction
Meanwhile, closer to home, the First Voice report found RCMP abuses and neglect have continued long beyond the Deidre Michelin tragedy.
“The RCMP has frequently been criticized for abusing and intimidating Indigenous people,” the authors reported, pointing to what Indigenous land protectors described as heavy-handed tactics during protests against the Muskrat Falls project.
“Similar stories were submitted to the MMIWG Inquiry, detailing how RCMP officers — unprovoked — suddenly moved in and physically dragged away three Indigenous individuals that were peacefully protesting on their traditional territory. One of those people was a woman who was taken into custody, away from her community, without notice to her family and friends.”
Stacey Howse, executive director of the First Light friendship centre in St. John’s, said last week a recent Assembly of First Nations survey of Indigenous people across Newfoundland and Labrador found unacceptable behaviour on the part of both RCMP and Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officers.
“These behaviours include the confiscation of sacred items such as eagle feathers and medicine bundles, physical intimidation, and openly mocking cultural traditions,” she said.
But the First Voice proposals for civilian-led police oversight in the province can’t extend to the RCMP because the province has limited jurisdiction.
“This is but one reason,” the authors wrote, “why contract policing by the RCMP needs to be phased out in Newfoundland and Labrador following the full implementation of the (report’s) recommendations.”
Peter Jackson is a Local Journalism Initiative reporter covering Indigenous affairs for The Telegram
BRIAN SAUVÉ: RCMP acted heroically to stop gunman's Nova Scotia rampage
BRIAN SAUVÉ
Two months after the horrific events in Nova Scotia, it is still difficult to find the words to describe the tragic loss of life and lasting trauma.
The Members of the National Police Federation (NPF), along with all Canadians, continue to mourn those lost due to the barbaric acts on that tragic day, passing on our heartfelt sympathies to the survivors of Canada’s most deadly mass shooting.
Officers are trained to respond to the chain of events that took place over those two dreadful days, and yet we all pray it is training police never need to rely on. As the sole representative of about 20,000 front-line members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the NPF has been able to review in-depth the timeline of events that took place on April 18 and 19, including the police response and subsequent investigation.
Despite the circumstances and the horror that unfolded, I couldn’t be prouder of the response from the brave women and men who went above and beyond the call of duty to locate and stop the threat.
We now know that initial RCMP responders arrived on the scene in Portapique within minutes of each other. The area was heavily forested and dark. The size of the crime scene was massive. The situation was quickly assessed to be an active shooter incident, and an Immediate Action Rapid Deployment Team was formed. The on-duty RCMP risk manager, within minutes of receiving the initial call, notified North East Nova District management, who immediately initiated the deployment of a full Critical Incident Package.
In addition to the first responders already on the scene, 30 additional highly specialized officers were called to assist. Containments were installed around the survivor’s residence and the entire community of Portapique as officers continued to respond to numerous possible sightings in the area.
There have been some reports alleging that the RCMP did not correspond with neighbouring Nova Scotia police agencies during this time. The detailed information that I have reviewed very clearly refutes these claims. The RCMP was, in fact, in close contact with other Nova Scotia police agencies throughout the response, sharing information and resources as required.
I cannot address this incident without reserving a special place for the heroics of Const. Heidi Stevenson. After a vehicle collision with the gunman, Const. Stevenson bravely engaged him. An exchange of gunfire ensued, and Const. Stevenson, who was wearing both soft and hard body armour, was shot and killed.
A devoted mother, wife, and daughter, Const. Stevenson spent 23 years as an active member of the force, and notably spent time working at RCMP headquarters as a drug recognition expert.
It is extremely difficult to convey how incredibly brave a person must be to engage an active shooter, no less on your own. She did not take these actions to protect herself. Her sacrifice was to put her life on the line to protect the lives of innocent civilians. Members of the RCMP will never forget her sacrifice, honouring her memory each and every day that they are on the job.
Const. Chad Morrison, who was also shot earlier by the gunman, survived, and is now working on his recovery and eventual return to work. The investigation has concluded that the use of hard body armour likely saved his life.
While some initial details of the investigation have been released, the search for answers about the evolution of an event like this understandably continues. Significant work has been done by a truly dedicated and professional investigative team and forensic analysts. In addition, behavioral analysts are continuing their work to better understand the contributing factors to the attack. Investigations regarding the acquisition of RCMP uniforms and illegal firearms are also ongoing.
Moving forward, the NPF has publicly supported an external review exploring all factors that contributed to this tragedy, instead of looking at just the last hours of this horrific event. There is no way to justify the evil motivations that led this shooter to commit such vile, wicked acts. But important work continues to better understand the events, consider what could have been done to prevent this, and hopefully bring some closure for the families of the deceased.
In addition to the heroics of the responding officers, dispatchers in the Operational Communications Centre, Nova Scotia RCMP public affairs, and other civilian support staff provided vital support to our on-the-ground members. In the weeks following the event, further support has come from across Canada, with over 60 members flying into Nova Scotia to relieve colleagues who needed time to recover. Our NPF team has also been on the ground, doing everything we can to support members. This has been a truly national effort.
I cannot stress enough how thankful we should be to the frontline officers who responded to this tragic event and performed their duties with utmost professionalism and in accordance with protocols.
In total, over 100 of the 800 Nova Scotia H Division officers responded to the event. On one of the darkest days in Canada’s history, the brave women and men of the RCMP used their training to tactically approach and clear numerous scenes, focused on ending the threat and protecting the public over themselves. Their bravery saved lives, and ultimately led to the death of the shooter. These members show up, day in and day out, to keep Nova Scotians safe, and we owe them a debt of gratitude for their ongoing service to their communities, and to their country.
Brian Sauvé is president of the National Police Federation, the labour relations organization representing about 20,000 RCMP members serving across Canada and internationally. The NPF is the largest police labour-relations organization in Canada, the second largest in North America and is the first independent national association to represent RCMP members.
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BRIAN SAUVÉ: Short-staffed RCMP can’t clean up political mess in lobster dispute
BRIAN SAUVÉ
Across the country, and against the ongoing backdrop of COVID-19, front-line RCMP Members continue to deal with new and unforeseen challenges and risks. Years of cuts to front-line services by governments of all levels, political stripes and jurisdictions have left police officers across Canada increasingly tasked with responding to situations that go far beyond crime prevention and law enforcement.
For years, significant cutbacks and wage freezes have eroded staffing levels, recruitment, training and other resources, and — most importantly — the morale and well-being of RCMP members. In Nova Scotia and all across Canada, officers are consistently being asked to do more with less.
Nova Scotians, in particular, have experienced a very challenging year. Many are still reeling from the trauma of the worst mass shooting in Canadian history, which cost 22 innocent people their lives, including that of RCMP Const. Heidi Stevenson.
And yet, despite their ongoing brave and selfless service in the face of increasing challenges and pressure, our 1,060 RCMP members in Nova Scotia are being publicly singled out by elected officials for not doing enough in response to the tense situation currently unfolding on the South Shore.
Disputes related to fisheries laws are, regrettably, not new. But they’re also, at their core, not policing issues. They’re inherently political issues that we are calling on federal and provincial governments to address in partnership with Indigenous Peoples and all affected parties.
When our elected officials fail to find workable solutions and tensions boil over as a result, front-line RCMP members are given the extremely difficult and dangerous task of physically inserting themselves into political disputes, outnumbered and doing their best to keep participants and the public safe.
Despite diminished resources, our members in Southwest Nova Scotia continue to respond to difficult situations professionally and effectively. Their goal is always to protect the safety of all Canadians and return home to their families, safely, at end of shift.
The National Police Federation is calling on Canada’s elected officials to address these issues meaningfully and urgently, so that our members are not continually tasked with responding to deteriorating circumstances and preventable failures.
I, for one, am ready to sit down and talk about how Canada should be investing in front-line workers — from police officers to mental health workers — so that RCMP members from coast to coast to coast can focus on crime prevention and public safety.
Brian Sauvé is president of the National Police Federation, the labour relations organization representing about 20,000 RCMP members serving across Canada and internationally. The NPF is the largest police labour relations organization in Canada, the second largest in North America and is the first independent national association to represent RCMP members.
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BRIAN SAUVÉ: Mass Casualty Commission should be mindful of RCMP officers' mental health
Tokens of appreciation were placed outside of RCMP detachments throughout the Annapolis Valley in the aftermath of the horrific shooting spree in April 2020 that ended with police officers killing the culprit at a gas station in Enfield. - Ashley Thompson and Adrian Johnstone
BRIAN SAUVÉ • Guest Opinion
Brian Sauvé is president, National Police Federation
Against the backdrop of a notably difficult and stressful two years for all Canadians, the Mass Casualty Commission (MCC) will open on Tuesday with a mental health panel to highlight the trauma and psychological harm caused to those affected.
This will help prepare the public for the manner in which information will be presented. Of course, those affected include RCMP members who responded directly to events and those who worked tirelessly on the investigation, as well as members for whom these proceedings and discussions will trigger previous memories and mental health injuries.
Daily, RCMP members put their lives and psychological well-being on the line protecting communities where they work and live. They often experience lasting operational stress injuries and psychological trauma from repeated exposure to violence and tragic events.
A 2017 study of public safety personnel conducted by the Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT) found that 52 per cent of RCMP members self-reported experiencing a mental health disorder, most frequently post-traumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder resulting from their typical duties.
Stigma around reporting and seeking treatment for mental health injuries remains high among police as well as the public, and too often dissuades injured members from self-identifying or seeking the treatment they need.
The average adult will experience eight to 10 traumatic events over the course of their lifetime, compared to between 800 to 1,000 for police over their career.
The average adult will experience eight to 10 traumatic events over the course of their lifetime, compared to between 800 to 1,000 for police over their career. The almost 100 members involved in the active response to the tragic events of April 18 and 19, 2020, and the ensuing investigations, experienced unprecedented stress, violence, and trauma at a scale unlike any previously experienced by the public or law enforcement in Canada.
As a result of the high incidence of operational stress injuries, RCMP members and all police officers face a higher risk of long-term quality-of-life impacts and death by suicide. MCC discussions must carefully consider this risk and exercise sensitivity for everyone affected.
We are only able to know a fraction of the impact of RCMP members’ exposure to the mass casualty event, which included many hours of intense and unpredictable threats and loss of life over those two days, followed by numerous investigations of the many crime scenes. These impacts are ongoing and may be re-animated by public discussion or media coverage of the events.
Police officers and their families are members of small communities across Canada, including the ones directly impacted by the events in Nova Scotia in April 2020. In addition to the weight of their experiences as first responders, our members and their families share the emotional burden of the mass casualty as community members. They are people with hearts, feelings, and natural human responses in the face of such experiences. They are deserving of the same respect and consideration afforded to all victims of these events, in addition to consideration for the sacrifice of their public service.
The commission has committed to a trauma-informed process for all participants. The National Police Federation will continue to advocate for this approach when it comes to the commission’s treatment of our members, so that we can all meet our shared goal of completing this important work in a restorative manner. Only by doing so will we be able to determine what happened and, most importantly, to determine causes, context and circumstances of these events and recommendations to prevent and respond to any similar future events, without causing further harm.
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---------- Original message ----------
From: Patrick Bouchard <patrick.bouchard@rcmp-grc.gc.
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:44:18 -0400
Subject: Re: Fwd: RE A legal state known as "functus" Perhaps you,
Governor General Johnston and Commissioner Paulson and many members of
the RCMP should review pages 1 and 4 one document ASAP EH Minister
Goodale? (AOL)
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
I will be AOL until July 6th 2017.
I will not have access to Groupwise.
I may be reached at my personal e-mail thebouchards15@gmail.com
depending on data coverage.
******************************
Je vais être en vacances jusqu'au 6 Juillet 2017.
Je n'aurais pas accès a mon GroupWise.
Il est possible que je vérifies mon courriel personnel
thebouchards15@gmail.com de temps à autre.
Cpl.Patrick Bouchard
RSC 5 RCMP-GRC
Sunny-Corner Detachment
English/Français
Off: 506-836-6015
Cell : 506-424-0071
>>> David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> 06/22/17 16:43 >>>
RIDEAU HALL PRESS OFFICE
Marie-Ève Létourneau
613-998-0287
marie-eve.letourneau@gg.ca
Josephine Laframboise
613-990-9324
josephine.laframboise@gg.ca
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
'You are not a leader': RCMP boss's testimony about Moncton shootings
inflames corporal
Friend of 3 slain Mounties lashes out at RCMP commissioner after
feeling betrayed at trial
By Gabrielle Fahmy, CBC News Posted: Jun 22, 2017 6:00 AM AT
"When asked by the Crown last week why he wanted to testify, Paulson
said it was because as the commissioner, he was accountable for his
members.
But when prosecutor Paul Adams asked him if he was then ready to
accept responsibility for the death of three officers, Paulson replied
"no."
Bouchard said he felt almost physically ill when he heard Paulson's
statement. He calls it "a tough pill to swallow."
Paul Adams
Public Prosecution Service of Canada
Duke Tower
1400-5251 Duke St.
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1P3
Phone: 902-426-7541
Fax: 902-426-1351
Email: paul.adams@ppsc-sppc.gc.ca
Cpl. Pat Bouchard or
Cpl. Chuck Plaxton
Northeast District RCMP
Blackville Detachment
506-843-9400
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:11:06 -0400
Subject: RE A legal state known as "functus" For the Public Record I
talked to Mylene Theriault in Moncton again and she told me that same
thing she did last year
To: ATIP-AIPRP@clo-ocol.gc.ca, Ghislaine.Saikaley@clo-ocol.
mylene.theriault@ocol-clo.gc.
"hon.melanie.joly" <hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>, "Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc"
< Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca
"Katherine.dEntremont" <Katherine.dEntremont@gnb.ca>,
andre@jafaust.com, justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca, briangallant10
< briangallant10@gmail.com>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, pm@pm.gc.ca,
"Jack.Keir" <Jack.Keir@gnb.ca>, "jody.carr" <jody.carr@gnb.ca>,
"Dominic.Cardy" <Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, kelly <kelly@lamrockslaw.com>,
"Gerald.Butts" <Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
anglophonerights@mail.com, info@thejohnrobson.com, ronbarr@rogers.com,
kimlian@bellnet.ca, iloveblue.beth@gmail.com, "randy.mckeen"
< randy.mckeen@gnb.ca>, BrianThomasMacdonald
< BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.
"carl.urquhart" <carl.urquhart@gnb.ca>, "Davidc.Coon"
< Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>, MulcaT
< MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, "andrew.scheer" <andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>,
"heather.bradley" <heather.bradley@parl.gc.ca>, Geoff Regan
< geoff@geoffregan.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
< jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
"Rachel.Blaney" <Rachel.Blaney@parl.gc.ca>, david <david@lutz.nb.ca>,
"elizabeth.thompson" <elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca>, "David.Coon"
< David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "dan. bussieres <dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>,
Tim.RICHARDSON <Tim.RICHARDSON@gnb.ca>, info ," <info@gg.ca>
http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/en/
Atlantic Region
Commissioner’s Representative:Mylène Thériault
Heritage Court
95 Foundry Street, Suite 410
Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 5H7
Telephone: 506-851-7047
BTW I called this dude too and left a voicemail telling him to dig
into his records and find what he should to give to his temporary boss
ASAP
Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
30 Victoria Street, 6th Floor
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0T8
Telephone: 819-420-4718
E-mail: ATIP-AIPRP@clo-ocol.gc.ca
Clearly I have very good reasons to make these calls N'esy Pas Mr
Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger and Mr Speaker Geof Regan???
---------- Original message ----------
From: NATALIA OLIVEIRA JOHNSTON natalia.johnston@cbc.ca
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:46:30 -0700
Subject: Out of office Re: RE The CBC report of Peter Hyslop versus NB
Power and a Perfect Storm in Fredericton tomorrow. Trust that all the
lawyers within McInnes Cooper know that nobody speaks for me unless I
say OK
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
Please note that I am in meetings all day June 14 and 15 and will have
limited access to my emails.
If your matter is urgent, please contact the Montreal reception line
at 514-597-4094.
--
*Natalia Johnston*
Legal Assistant
to Dustin Milligan, Katarina Germani and Azim Remani
Tel. (416) 205-2306
Fax (416) 205-2723
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From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 15:16:38 -0400
Subject: Attn Laura Lee Langley, Karen Hudson and Joanne Munro I just
called all three of your offices to inform you of my next lawsuit
against Nova Scotia
To: LauraLee.Langley@novascotia.ca
Joanne.Munro@novascotia.ca
Cc: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
https://novascotia.ca/exec_
https://novascotia.ca/exec_
Laura Lee Langley
1700 Granville Street, 5th Floor
One Government Place
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1X5
Phone: (902) 424-8940
Fax: (902) 424-0667
Email: LauraLee.Langley@novascotia.ca
https://novascotia.ca/just/
Karen Hudson Q.C.
1690 Hollis Street, 7th Floor
Joseph Howe Building
Halifax, NS B3J 3J9
Phone: (902) 424-4223
Fax: (902) 424-0510
Email: Karen.Hudson@novascotia.ca
https://novascotia.ca/sns/ceo.
Joanne Munro:
1505 Barrington Street, 14-South
Maritime Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3K5
Phone: (902) 424-4089
Fax: (902) 424-5510
Email: Joanne.Munro@novascotia.ca
If you don't wish to speak to me before I begin litigation then I
suspect the Integrity Commissioner New Brunswick or the Federal Crown
Counsel can explain the email below and the documents hereto attached
to you and your Premier etc.
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
To: coi@gnb.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Good Day Sir
After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
to speak to one of your staff for the first time
Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.
These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
suggested that you study closely.
This is the docket in Federal Court
http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
These are digital recordings of the last three hearings
Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/
January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/
April 3rd, 2017
https://archive.org/details/
This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal
http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
The only hearing thus far
May 24th, 2017
https://archive.org/details/
This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity
Date: 20151223
Docket: T-1557-15
Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015
PRESENT: The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell
BETWEEN:
DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
Plaintiff
and
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Defendant
ORDER
(Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on
December 14, 2015)
The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant to
the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on November
12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of Claim
in its entirety.
At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my attention a
letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then
capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian
Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen Quigg,
(now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal). In that letter
he stated:
As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check the
work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including you.
You are your brother’s keeper.
Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former
colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition to
expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a number of
people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be witnesses
or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known to
me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime
Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former
Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court of
Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore;
former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; former
Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former Staff
Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick Court
of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, retired
Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police.
In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my
personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many
potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I am
of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias should I
hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in
Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et al,
[1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding
allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party has
requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so.
AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the Administrator of
the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion. There
is no order as to costs.
“B. Richard Bell”
Judge
Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one comment
already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had sent
to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006.
I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the the Court
Martial Appeal Court of Canada Perhaps you should scroll to the
bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83 of my
lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada?
"FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the most
http://davidraymondamos3.
83 The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
five years after he began his bragging:
January 13, 2015
This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
December 8, 2014
Why Canada Stood Tall!
Friday, October 3, 2014
Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
Stupid Justin Trudeau?
Vertias Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369
P.S. Whereas this CBC article is about your opinion of the actions of
the latest Minister Of Health trust that Mr Boudreau and the CBC have
had my files for many years and the last thing they are is ethical.
Ask his friends Mr Murphy and the RCMP if you don't believe me.
Subject:
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
January 30, 2007
WITHOUT PREJUDICE
Mr. David Amos
Dear Mr. Amos:
This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton.
Sincerely,
Honourable Michael B. Murphy
Minister of Health
CM/cb
Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,John.
Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,"Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
"Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have not
Dear Mr. Amos,
Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off
over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I
was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada
the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
and policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
Sincerely,
Warren McBeath, Cpl.
GRC Caledonia RCMP
Traffic Services NCO
Ph: (506) 387-2222
Fax: (506) 387-4622
E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
Office of the Integrity Commissioner
Edgecombe House, 736 King Street
Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3B 5H1
tel.: 506-457-7890
fax: 506-444-5224
e-mail:coi@gnb.ca
---------- Original message ----------
From: Póstur FOR <postur@for.is>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 22:05:47 +0000
Subject: Re: Hey Premier Gallant please inform the questionable
parliamentarian Birigtta Jonsdottir that although NB is a small "Have
Not" province at least we have twice the population of Iceland and
that not all of us are as dumb as she and her Prime Minister pretends
to be..
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received
Kveðja / Best regards
Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office
---------- Original message ----------
From: Póstur IRR <postur@irr.is>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 22:05:47 +0000
Subject: Re: Hey Premier Gallant please inform the questionable
parliamentarian Birigtta Jonsdottir that although NB is a small "Have
Not" province at least we have twice the population of Iceland and
that not all of us are as dumb as she and her Prime Minister pretends
to be..
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið. / Your request has been received.
Kveðja / Best regards
Innanríkisráðuneytið / Ministry of the Interior
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Póstur FOR <postur@for.is>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 21:43:50 +0000
Subject: Re: After crossing paths with them bigtime in 2004 Davey Baby
Coon and his many Green Meanie and Fake Left cohorts know why I won't
hold my breath waiting for them to act with any semblance of integrity
now N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc??
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received
Kveðja / Best regards
Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Green Party of Canada | Parti vert du Canada info@greenparty.ca
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 18:48:58 +0000
Subject: Re: RE A legal state known as "functus" That a new one on me
but Nelson Kalil knows been over a year and still he and his Language
Commissioner bosses don't call or write but at least their boss
Melanie Joly did last summer N'esy Pas?
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
-- Please reply above this line --
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From: "Joly, Mélanie (PCH)" hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 18:50:24 +0000
Subject: Accusé de réception / Acknowledge Receipt
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Merci d'avoir écrit à l'honorable Mélanie Joly, ministre du Patrimoine canadien.
La ministre est toujours heureuse de prendre connaissance des
commentaires de Canadiens sur des questions d'importance pour eux.
Votre courriel sera lu avec soin.
Si votre courriel porte sur une demande de rencontre ou une invitation
à une activité particulière, nous tenons à vous assurer que votre
demande a été notée et qu'elle recevra toute l'attention voulue.
**********************
Thank you for writing to the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of
Canadian Heritage.
The Minister is always pleased to hear the comments of Canadians on
subjects of importance to them. Your email will be read with care.
If your email relates to a meeting request or an invitation to a
specific event, please be assured that your request has been noted and
will be given every consideration.
On 6/22/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
> Guess who has been directed to file brief in the FCA about this
> malicious nonsense tomorrow???
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/
>
> Government extends interim official languages commissioner
> Governor General signs backdated order-in-council, resolving vacancy
> that left office in legal limbo
> By Elizabeth Thompson, CBC News Posted: Jun 21, 2017 4:12 PM ET
>
> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has moved to fill the
> vacant Official Languages Commissioner's position, adopting an
> order-in-council to renew Interim commissioner Ghislaine Saikaley's
> term until October or until the government names a long-term
> replacement.
>
> The order-in-council, signed Wednesday by Gov. Gen. David Johnston,
> resolves a problem that emerged when the government allowed the
> position to become vacant Saturday, leaving the official languages
> commissioner's office in a state of legal limbo.
>
> While Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly told reporters the order in
> council, which renews Saikaley until Oct. 17, was backdated to Friday,
> her spokesperson said the minister misspoke and it is actually
> backdated to Monday.
>
> Trudeau government leaves official languages office in legal limbo
> NDP calls for new committee to review appointments
> Madeleine Meilleur takes herself out of the running
>
> The announcement by Joly came only minutes after Trudeau was forced to
> field questions in the House of Commons over why the government had
> allowed the commissioner's office to become vacant.
>
> "The Liberals have so mismanaged the process of selecting a new
> Commissioner of Official Languages that the office currently lacks the
> ability to do anything," said NDP MP Rachel Blaney. "Without a
> commissioner, the office falls into a legal state known as 'functus.'
> It sounds appropriate. The office cannot sign papers, deliver reports,
> or begin investigations."
>
> "When they could have easily extended the interim commissioner's term,
> why have the Liberals chosen to leave the office completely functus?"
>
> Trudeau responded by defending his government's new appointment
> process and its commitment to official languages.
>
> "We remain committed to finding the best candidate for the official
> languages position, and work at the Office of the Commissioner of
> Official Languages is ongoing," he told the House. "An announcement
> will be made shortly."
>
> The unusual situation that left an agent of Parliament's office
> vacant, without the legal authority to carry out some of its functions
> for four days, is the latest twist in the ongoing saga of the
> government's attempts to fill the vacancy left when former
> commissioner Graham Fraser's term expired.
> Meilleur appointment raised objections
>
> On Dec. 17, the government appointed Saikaley as interim commissioner
> for six months while it conducted a search for a new commissioner.
>
> In May, Joly nominated Madeleine Meilleur, a former Ontario Liberal
> cabinet minister, but Meilleur ended up stepping aside on June 7,
> following a furore over the appointment of someone with a political
> background to a normally non-partisan position.
>
> Meanwhile, Saikaley's interim appointment quietly expired Saturday.
>
> Unlike most government bodies, the legal authority for the
> commissioner's office lies in the commissioner, not the office itself.
> If the commissioner's position is vacant the office falls into a legal
> limbo known as "functus officio," where it does not have legal
> authority to act.
>
> NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said the problem making appointments in the
> official languages commissioner's office is symptomatic of a bigger
> problem with the Trudeau government.
>
> "I think it's an indication of sheer incompetence [...] they're not
> good at governing. They're great at providing lines, they're
> extraordinary about emoting, they're great about communications, but
> there are actually some nuts and bolts things that you have to know
> how to do to make a government work and they just don't know how to do
> it."
>
> Mulcair said the government hasn't contacted him to consult on a new
> candidate for the job. The Official Languages Act requires the
> government to consult opposition leaders on the appointment.
>
> According to the rules, the appointment of the commissioner must be
> ratified by both the House of Commons and the Senate. With the House
> of Commons about to rise for the summer, Canada isn't likely to have a
> permanent official languages commissioner until the fall.
>
> Elizabeth Thompson can be reached at elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca
>
> http://www.clo-ocol.gc.ca/en/
>
>
> Ghislaine Saikaley Appointed Interim Commissioner of Official Languages
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> Gatineau, December 19, 2016 * Ghislaine Saikaley has been appointed as
> Commissioner of Official Languages in an interim capacity by the
> Governor in Council.
>
> Mrs. Saikaley is an experienced federal government executive who was
> previously Assistant Commissioner for the Office of the Commissioner
> of Official Languages (OCOL), Compliance Assurance Branch. Mrs.
> Saikaley, under the Official Languages Act, can serve a term of up to
> six months. She will exercise all authority accorded to her position,
> ensuring normal and continued operations of the Commission’s mandate
> until a new Commissioner is appointed. Her biography can be found on
> OCOL’s website.
>
> The selection process for a permanent Commissioner of Official
> Languages ends on January 9, 2017. For more information, please visit
> the Governor in Council Appointments website.
>
> -30-
>
> For more information or to schedule an interview with the
> Commissioner, please contact:
>
> Nelson Kalil
> Manager, Public Affairs
> Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
> Telephone: 819-420-4714
> Toll-free: 1-877-996-6368
> Cellular: 613-324-0999
> E-mail: nelson.kalil@clo-ocol.gc.ca
> Follow us on Twitter and Facebook
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:37:51 -0400
> Subject: Yo Nelson Kalil remember Mean Old Me versus the RCMP before
> you changed posts and now write spin for the corrupt journalist
> appointed language Commissioner Graham Fraser by Harper?
> To: "atlantic.director" <atlantic.director@taxpayer.
> "Graham.Fraser" <Graham.Fraser@ocol-clo.gc.ca>
> anglophonerights@mail.com, info@thejohnrobson.com, ronbarr@rogers.com,
> kimlian@bellnet.ca, iloveblue.beth@gmail.com
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> < nelson.kalil@clo-ocol.gc.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>,
> "Katherine.dEntremont" <Katherine.dEntremont@gnb.ca>, andre
> < andre@jafaust.com>, "stephen.harper.a1"
> < stephen.harper.a1@parl.gc.ca>
> < justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>
> < briangallant10@gmail.com>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>
>
> http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/en/
>
> http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/en/
>
> Nelson Kalil
> Manager, Media Relations
> Telephone: 819-420-4714
> Toll free: 1-877-996-6368
> Cellular: 613-324-0999
> E-mail: nelson.kalil@clo-ocol.gc.ca
>
> Better yet remember our recent conversation in ENGLISH?
>
> Well Please Enjoy Mr Kalil
>
> This is the docket
>
> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>
> These are digital recordings of the last two hearings in Fredericton
> New Brunswick where I law down the LAW to judges in ENGLISH
>
> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/
>
> Jan 11th https://archive.org/details/
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
> Seems the the French bastards Chucky Leblanc is fired up too N'esy Pas?
>
> http://
>
> Tuesday, 29 March 2016
> People’s Alliance Leader Kris Austin speak at Rally in front of the
> New Brunswick Legislature!!!!
>
> https://youtu.be/11OdkVMVFFE
>
> Blogger Charles Leblanc was 100% wrong of Rally at the New Brunswick
> Legislature!!
>
> https://youtu.be/AbBViZ73WHc
>
> http://anglophonerights.net/
>
> Discussing our project with Canadians for Language Fairness
>
> http://www.thejohnrobson.com/
>
> http://www.
>
> Canadians for Language Fairness 2nd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon
> Sunday, March 17, 2012 11 - 3 p.m.
> K.C.’s Country Inn * Vars, ON (Immediately off 417 at Exit 88)
> Tickets are only $30.00 for an afternoon of rubbing elbows with
> Freedom Fighters of all kinds.All you can eat buffet. (Registration
> begins at 10 * speakers begin at 11)
> Speakers: Liz Marshall, head researcher recently named to the Judicial
> Review Board, Karen Selick of Canadian Constitution Foundation
> (interveners for Galganov/Brisson), Brian Lilley of Sun News will
> speak as well as autograph his book “CBC Exposed”, Ron Barr of Greater
> Ottawa Truckers Association, MPP Jack Maclaren, Tom Black OLA, Fred
> Litwin of Free Thinking Society, CLF’s Kim McConnell, Ade Oudemaid
> (OTAG, MTAG), & Libertarian GPR candidate Darcy Donnelly.
> RSVP iloveblue.beth@gmail.com or kimlian@bell.net or call, 613-443-0490
>
> Canadians for Language Fairness Christmas Luncheon-Beth Trudeau
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> Beth Trudeau From Canadians For Language Fairness Being Interviewed By
> Charles Adler
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> Canadians for Language Fairness Christmas Luncheon-Ron Barr
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> Canadians for Language Fairness Christmas Luncheon-Howard Galganov
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> http://cornwallfreenews.com/
>
> http://www.galganov.com/about-
>
> http://www.
> "
> Galganov, along with Jean-Serge Brisson, a local business owner, is
> challenging in provincial court a regulation on mandatory bilingual
> signage adopted on June 16, 2008 by the township of Russell. He claims
> that the regulation, by making French-only or English-only signs
> illegal, is threatening the French language in Ontario.[12] One
> Galganov associate is Elizabeth Trudeau, an official spokesperson for
> Canadians for Language Fairness, which battles forced bilingual
> legislation in Canada, claiming that it elevates "French speakers to
> first-class status and the rest of us to second and third-class
> status.".[
> Canadian Language Fairness Luncheon 2014-Rebecca Barr
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> Ron BARR,
> (613)884-5731
> ronbarr@rogers.com
> www.ronbarr.org
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Information FCA-CAF <Information@cas-satj.gc.ca>
> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:52:31 -0400
> Subject: RE: RE An additional 600 Gs for the PCO office to promote PM
> Trudeau's website versus additional funding in order to uphold the
> Rules of Federal Court and provide electronic filing services to
> Canadian citizens
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Good morning Mr. Amos,
>
> After reading carefully your email dated March 17, 2016, the Registry
> can suggest you to file motion in writing under 359, 364 and 369
> Federal Court Rules to seek leave of the Court to file
> An electronic version for the Appeal book.
>
> Please find below the electronic link to the Federal Court rules:
> http://laws-lois.justice.gc.
>
> Should you require more information, please do no hesitate to contact
> the Federal Court of Appeal by email or at 613-996-6795.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.
> Sent: March-17-16 5:29 PM
> To: pm; justin.trudeau.a1; Henrie, Lise; Gosselin, Daniel; MulcaT;
> Carbonneau, Chantal; elizabeth.may; rona.ambrose.A1; aboutilier;
> Information FCA-CAF; FCA_MEDIA; Jody.Wilson-Raybould.a1; mcu;
> bill.pentney; Bill.Blair.a1; david.hansen; jan.jensen; jill.chisholm;
> bob.paulson; Jonathan.Vance; nbpc; oldmaison; andre; markandcaroline;
> info@fja-cmf.gc.ca; william.brooks@fja-cmf.gc.ca; nmoore;
> Jacques.Poitras; Robert. Jones; steve.murphy; Tardif, Richard;
> info@pco-bcp.gc.ca; Karine Fortin; info; oic-ddc@pco-bcp.gc.ca;
> Michael.Wernick; Raymond.Rivet@pco-bcp.gc.ca; robyn@mediastyle.ca;
> news919; newsroom; lgunter; Ezra; brian
> Cc: David Amos; stephen.harper.a1; Alaina.Lockhart.c1; bruce.northrup;
> gopublic; jesse; investigations; iteam
> Subject: RE An additional 600 Gs for the PCO office to promote PM
> Trudeau's website versus additional funding in order to uphold the
> Rules of Federal Court and provide electronic filing services to
> Canadian citizens
>
> Hey
>
> I read the news the other day and saw red.
>
> http://www.thestar.com/news/
>
> Privy Council Office wants $600,000 more to update Trudeau’s website
> The Privy Council is asking for an extra $600,000 annually to
> “modernize” the prime minister’s “digital presence.”
>
> The funding requested by the Privy Council Office (PCO), which
> provides non-partisan support to the prime minister and cabinet, would
> bring the price tag of operating the pm.gc.ca website to $1.6 million
> this year.
>
>
> Everybody and his dog knows that before Justin Trudeau was sworn in as
> Prime Minister and he swore the oath of secrecy within the Privy
> Council office that I made him and all his Cabinet Ministers aware
> that the CROWN was in default in properly answering my lawsuit. For
> the past 5 months the CROWN's lawyers have not created a valid motion
> that meets the Rules of Federal Court.In fact the court and the CROWN
> tries hard deny this very simple rule in the Federal Courts Act
>
> Section 17 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act or any other
> Act of Parliament, the Federal Court has concurrent original
> jurisdiction in all cases in which relief is claimed against the
> Crown.
>
>
> Inside and outside of the court the Crown's attornies have proven to
> me on the record that they do not understand the Rules of Federal
> Court. How can I argue such people when they don't know the rules but
> keep on insulting me. The court has witnessed it all yet is more than
> willing to overlook the CROWN's so called errs and tries hard to
> dismiss a complaint that the defence has failed to answer properly
> during the past five months of delay tactics. Hence I am now before
> the Federal Court of Appeal and dealing with its rules as i prepare to
> file a few more lawsuits against the one very rich fancy lady whon we
> all must continue pay homage to for no reason that I will ever
> understand.
>
> Pursusnat to the aforesaid Rules of Federal Court recently I informed
> the Registry Office of the Federal Court of Appeal that I was planning
> to employ Section 345(2)(b). It was in order to comply with the
> Federal Court Rules in the creation of an appeal book the court
> requires rather than spend a lot of money that I do not have in making
> seven paper copies of a very unnecessary document that are the size
> of the phone book in Toronto.
>
> The rule is very simple and it is as follows..
>
> 345(2)(b) if the appeal is brought in the Federal Court of Appeal, an
> electronic copy of or five paper copies of the book.
>
> That said I was informed that the court could uphold that rule because
> the government had not provided the funding for it to uphold the law?
>
> Why is it that a poor man can create such a document on an old second
> hand laptop yet the Federal Court of Canada does not have the
> capabilty to receive and record it?
>
> Yet at the same point in time I read that the government needs 1.6
> millions dollars to update Justin Trudeau's FaceBook and Twitter
> accounts etc. I have all such things and i can post and Tweet a great
> deal easily in my spare time when i am not busy arguing cops, lawyers,
> newsmen, bureaucrats and polticians in several countries who are all
> trying hard to play dumb before the worldwide economy crashes bigtime
> this this time
>
> Surely out of all the well paid people doing next to nothing within
> the PCO office one person could handle the Prime Minister's social
> media without any further expense to the Canadian taxpayer whatsoever.
>
> In my humble opinion before Canadians spend one more dime promoting
> the Prime Minister our government should find the money to uphold the
> laws it created for the benefit of us all. Big feeling Stevey boy
> Harper should have taugh the liberals one hard lesson ideed. It is not
> the Trudeau government it is OUR government and it is run with OUR
> money not Trudeau's. He is well paid and well kept in the job he
> campaigned hard to get. He should learn to economize or at least get
> by on a million dollars to run his website until times get much better
> N'esy Pas?
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
>
> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>
> Practice Direction - Electronic Service
>
> February 12, 2015
>
> The Federal Courts Rules have now been amended to allow for electronic
> service, electronic filing, and the use of electronic documents in the
> Federal Courts. The intent behind these amendments was to eliminate
> impediments to the eventual migration from paper records to electronic
> records in the Federal Courts and allow electronic processing of those
> records.
>
> The amendments to the Rules were not intended to set the deadline by
> which that migration was to occur. The migration to electronic records
> is dependent upon the Courts Administrative Service's technological
> infrastructure. While the Service has the ability to accommodate a
> limited form of electronic filing at this time, it requires a
> significant infusion of funds in order to give full effect to the
> modifications contained in the amendments to the Rules. The Service is
> actively pursuing this additional funding.
>
> As a result, the amendments to the Rules dealing with electronic
> filing and electronic records should be read as enabling, in the sense
> that they allow electronic filing and the use of electronic records by
> the parties as and when the Service acquires the capacity to give full
> effect to those amendments. That is not presently the case. Until
> further notice, proceedings in the Federal Court of Appeal will
> continue to be based on a paper record which is to be prepared and
> filed in the manner provided for such records.
>
> Accordingly, the options relating to the electronic filing and
> electronic records found in 71(1)(4) and (5), 71.1(2), 72.2, 72.3,
> 309(1.1)(b), 310(1.1)(b), 345(2)(b), 348(1)(b), 353, 354, 355, 364(1),
> 365(1) are not available to the parties.
>
> The rules relating to electronic service, which are dependent upon the
> parties' technology as opposed to the Service's, are available to the
> profession as of the coming into force of the amended Rules.
>
> «Marc Noël»
> Chief Justice
> Federal Court of Appeal
>
> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>
> Guidelines on Public and Media
> The Open Court Principle
>
> The general rule in Canada is that court hearings are open to the
> public. Every court in Canada has significant statutory or inherent
> powers to ensure that its proceedings are conducted fairly and to
> protect the integrity of the court’s process, which includes the power
> to provide guidelines for public and media access to court
> proceedings.
>
> On Court premises, members of the public and media are requested to go
> about their business, bearing in mind the safety and dignity of all
> people involved in the proceedings.
>
>
> Access to Federal Court of Appeal Hearings The Federal Court of Appeal
> is an itinerant court and sits in various cities across the country to
> best accommodate the needs of the parties. Court hearings are open to
> the public unless, for special reasons, the Court directs that the
> hearing be held in private. The schedule of Federal Court of Appeal
> hearings is available at the following link:
> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>
> Seating space in the courtroom is limited. Where interest in a
> proceeding is such that there is not enough seating space for all
> those who wish to attend, Court staff may have to limit the number of
> persons who enter the courtroom. The public is not allowed to remain
> standing during a proceeding.
>
>
> Use of Electronic Devices in the Courtroom The use of electronic
> devices in the courtroom is permitted, provided the devices are used
> in “silent” or ‘vibration” mode so as not to affect the decorum, the
> good order and the course of the proceedings.
>
> Accredited members of the media may record proceedings to verify their
> notes of what was said and done in Court, but not for broadcast. Media
> accreditation should be prominently displayed.
>
> It is not permitted to make or receive phone calls in the courtroom.
>
> It is not permitted to broadcast or to send text messages,
> observations, information, notes, photos, or audio and video recording
> from the courtroom to the outside.
>
> Media Coverage of Court Proceedings
> Media coverage of proceedings with audio-visual equipment is only
> permitted in accordance with the following guidelines:
>
> a.A media request to cover a specific proceeding must be made
> sufficiently in advance to allow for necessary permissions to be
> obtained.
> b.A decision as to whether to allow media coverage will be made by the
> Chief Justice, after consultation with the panel of judges hearing the
> particular case, as well as with the parties.
> c.The Chief Justice or panel of judges hearing the proceeding may
> limit or terminate media coverage to protect the rights of the
> parties; to assure the orderly conduct of the proceedings; or for any
> other reason considered necessary or appropriate in the interest of
> the administration of justice.
> d.Nothing in these guidelines shall prevent the Chief Justice from
> placing additional restrictions, or prohibiting altogether, media
> access to the Court's facilities.
> e.Only equipment which does not produce distracting sound or light
> shall be employed to cover proceedings.
> f.The Chief Justice or his designate may limit or circumscribe the
> placement or movement of the media personnel and their equipment.
>
> Media Contact
> For more information or to make a request for media coverage of court
> proceedings, please contact:
>
> Chantal Carbonneau
> Executive Director and General Counsel
> Federal Court of Appeal and the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada
> (613) 995-5063
> Chantal.Carbonneau@cas-satj.
>
>
> This contact information is for media enquiries only.
>
> For information with respect to Federal Court of Appeal practice,
> procedure and forms, please contact the Registry Office.
>
>
>
>
> http://www.thestar.com/news/
>
>
> Privy Council Office wants $600,000 more to update Trudeau’s website
> The Privy Council is asking for an extra $600,000 annually to
> “modernize” the prime minister’s “digital presence.”
>
> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s staff regularly update his Facebook
> page, post messages on Twitter, and publish photos on Instagram,
> above.
>
> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s staff regularly update his Facebook
> page, post messages on Twitter, and publish photos on Instagram,
> above.
> By: Alex Boutilier Ottawa Bureau Reporter, Published on Sat Mar 05 2016
>
> OTTAWA*Public servants running the prime minister’s website want an
> additional $600,000 to “modernize (his) digital presence,” documents
> released by the government show.
>
> The funding requested by the Privy Council Office (PCO), which
> provides non-partisan support to the prime minister and cabinet, would
> bring the price tag of operating the pm.gc.ca website to $1.6 million
> this year.
>
> The website currently offers a photo gallery, background documents for
> policy issues, and news releases. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s
> staff regularly update his Facebook page, post messages on Twitter,
> and publish photos on Instagram.
>
> But according to the Privy Council the additional funding is needed to
> ensure the official site is keeping up in an increasingly digital
> world.
>
> “As Canadians are increasingly receiving and sharing information in
> digital formats, the requirements associated with pm.gc.ca have grown
> and become more numerous and complex with the addition of new content
> such as video, live streaming and social media,” Raymond Rivet, a
> spokesperson for the office, told the Star in a statement.
>
> “The use of new technology platforms and the increasing volume and
> complexity of requirements associated with these publishing demands on
> the PM’s website represent a significant shift and rising pressure for
> PCO web operations and associated IT support.”
>
> Rivet pointed to live-streaming services as a driver to the costs, and
> noted PCO commits the equivalent of four full-time staffers to
> maintaining and updating the prime minister’s website. If the funding
> is granted through this month’s federal budget, the team dedicated to
> pm.gc.ca would grow to six.
>
> But web development companies and marketing experts question the
> $1.6-million price tag.
>
> “Sometimes it’s hard to see what’s behind the scenes, but I just can’t
> imagine anything there that would require that kind of operating
> budget,” said Rick Silver, CEO of Toronto-based web development
> company WebPro.ca.
>
> “If somebody said how much to build something similar to this? It
> would be a stretch to say in the tens of thousands. Probably for
> $10,000 to $20,000 I could replicate this pretty easily.”
>
> Ian Capstick, owner of Ottawa’s MediaStyle and a former federal NDP
> adviser, said that the costs could include other services provided by
> the Privy Council’s communications branch.
>
> But Capstick said if his company had $1.6 million to play around with,
> pm.gc.ca would offer a lot more than press releases and pictures.
>
> “It should be cooler than it is, right? It should be more interactive
> than it is. It should do something as opposed to just give me press
> releases and pretty, shiny photos,” he said.
>
> Trudeau spokesperson Cameron Ahmad defended the price tag, saying it
> was necessary to ensure the prime minister’s website was “adequately
> funded” as the government moves to new platforms to get its message
> across.
>
> “The shift begins with ensuring that the prime minister’s website is
> adequately funded and operational to be compatible with the realities
> of the digital age,” Ahmed wrote in a statement.
>
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