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Four highlights from the Emergencies Act inquiry's final report
Government was justified in using Emergencies Act to quell protests, Justice Paul Rouleau says
The five-volume, 2,000-page report is a deep dive into the demonstrations that gripped some parts of the country for more than a month in the winter of 2022.
After six weeks of public testimony, and with unprecedented access to cabinet documents, Rouleau detailed everything from the genesis of the convoy movement to the disruptive and sometimes dangerous nature of the demonstrations. He described an extraordinary police and government response that ultimately brought the protests to an end.
While Rouleau, a justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, made 56 recommendations to better manage future large-scale protests — including a call for major reforms to how police work these events — his main conclusion was that the federal government met the legal threshold for invoking the Emergencies Act.
Here's a look at the highlights:
1. Federal government was justified in using the Emergencies Act
Rouleau found it was reasonable for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet to invoke the Emergencies Act and its powers to bring the protests to an end.
While some critics have said it was a heavy-handed approach to a protest against an infringement on fundamental rights, Rouleau concluded "the very high threshold for invocation was met."
He said the ongoing disruptions to daily life in Ottawa, the reports of harassment, the potential for life-threatening violence, the calls to overthrow the government and the damage to Canada's economy and reputation were all rightly cited to justify the law's use.
"In my view, there was credible and compelling information supporting a reasonable belief that the definition of a threat to the security of Canada was met," Rouleau said in his report.
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He said cabinet was not obliged to adhere to the strict definition of a national security threat in the CSIS Act, refuting a claim made by some experts and convoy lawyers in their presentations before Rouleau.
Rouleau said Trudeau and his ministers acted in good faith when they invoked the act and cabinet was "reasonably concerned that the situation it was facing was worsening and at risk of becoming dangerous and unmanageable."
He said the act granted cabinet extraordinary powers and, for the most part, they were appropriately and effectively deployed to bring the disruptive protests to an end.
He said the Emergencies Act powers were used by the RCMP and other police services to compel towing companies to remove trucks and other vehicles that were assembled in Ottawa's downtown core.
He concluded that the Emergencies Act-related prohibition on providing "material support" to the protesters ended the flow of cash and starved the demonstration of the funds it needed to continue.
That prohibition, in combination with a freeze on some other assets, had "a significant impact in encouraging protesters to leave unlawful protests" and "had at least some impact on the footprint of the protests prior to police enforcement action," Rouleau wrote.
Importantly, the Emergencies Act also allowed out-of-jurisdiction police officers like those working for the RCMP to enforce provincial and municipal by-laws in Ottawa and elsewhere.
Without the act in place, city police would have had to swear in every individual out-of-town officer before they could assist with police operations.
"This allowed for rapid deployment of RCMP and officers from other provinces to assist the Ottawa Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police," Rouleau said.
Justice Paul Rouleau releases his report on the Liberal government's use of the Emergencies Act in Ottawa on Feb.17, 2023. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
Other Emergency Act powers weren't all that useful, Rouleau said. Extraordinary border measures weren't necessary to stop foreign nationals from joining the convoy protests, he wrote — the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) already had exclusion powers.
Speaking to reporters after the report was tabled Friday, the prime minister said he was pleased the inquiry concluded the threshold to invoke the act had been met.
"Let's be clear. We didn't want to have to invoke the Emergencies Act. It's a measure of last resort," Trudeau said.
"The risk to personal safety, the risk to livelihoods and, equally, the risk of people losing faith in the rule of law that upholds our society and our freedoms — those risks were real. Responsible leadership required us to restore peace and order."
2. There was 'a failure of federalism'
Rouleau said the various levels of government did not work well together during the protests.
The events of January and February 2022 can be seen "as a failure of federalism," he said.
Rouleau said Canada's system demands that "governments at all levels, and those who lead them ... rise above politics and collaborate for the common good.
"This did not always happen."
He concluded that Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his government essentially washed their hands of their duty to protect the people of Ottawa, and erroneously claimed that the protests were a federal problem because the activity was largely concentrated in the parliamentary precinct and the surrounding area.
Rouleau found that Ford did not become meaningfully involved in ending the protests until the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont. — a key conduit for cross-border trade — was blocked by anti-mandate protesters.
The Ottawa occupation had a "striking" effect on residents of the city core, Rouleau said.
He pointed to the protest's impacts on residents' physical and psychological health, "assaultive behaviour," overwhelmed police services that created an overall "safety risk" to residents, fire hazards, constant noise and diesel fumes, and the consequences for housebound seniors and other vulnerable people.
Rouleau said the people of Ottawa had every reason to expect that Ford and his government would do more to help federal and local officials bring the protest to an end.
Protesters take part in the trucker convoy that gripped Ottawa for weeks during the winter of 2022. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)
"Ottawa is a municipality created by the province of Ontario and subject to its jurisdiction. The province is ultimately responsible for effective policing in Ottawa. Given that the city and its police services were clearly overwhelmed, it was incumbent on the province to become visibly, publicly and wholeheartedly engaged from the outset," Rouleau said.
He said Ford and his government should have assured the people of Ottawa that they "had not been abandoned by their provincial government during a time of crisis."
"Had there been greater collaboration at the political level from the start, it could well have assisted in ironing out the communication, jurisdictional and resourcing issues that plagued the early response to the protests," Rouleau said.
He said while there was "dysfunction" and "deficiencies" in the policing response, former police chief Peter Sloly doesn't deserve all the blame.
Rouleau said there was some "scapegoating" of Sloly by politicians and others, and his role was "unduly enlarged."
3. Cross-border vaccine mandates, Trudeau's comments
Rouleau concluded that the federal government's vaccine mandate for cross-border workers — coupled with Trudeau's controversial remark that only "a small fringe minority of people" were opposed to these COVID-related restrictions — provided the spark for the trucker convoy.
Trudeau's "fringe minority" comment "served to energize the protesters, hardening their resolve and further embittering them toward government authorities," Rouleau said.
Trudeau said Friday he wished he had "phrased it differently."
Trudeau said people were "worried" and "wanting to be heard" at the time, and his comments were a bit careless.
Rouleau said Trudeau and other government leaders should have made more of an effort to "acknowledge that the majority of protesters were exercising their fundamental democratic rights" and that many felt genuine frustration about "perceived" government "overreach."
A
trucker shovels snow off the top of a big rig's trailer during the
anti-vaccine mandate protest in Ottawa in the winter of 2022. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)
"Messaging by politicians, public officials and, to some extent, the media should have been more balanced, and drawn a clearer distinction between those who were protesting peacefully and those who were not," Rouleau said.
Rouleau said that, after two years of COVID restrictions, the government's move to follow the U.S. and impose new cross-border restrictions at that stage of the pandemic was "the spark" for the convoy protests.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who supported some aspects of the convoy, said Friday "the only reason we had this emergency is because Justin Trudeau wanted it to happen."
He said Trudeau divided Canadians during the pandemic through name-calling to distract from his mismanagement.
4. A call for reform
Among Rouleau's 56 recommendations is an urgent call to review how policing is carried out in Ottawa.
Rouleau said Ottawa is a "complex" jurisdiction with four police services — the Parliamentary Protective Service (PPS), the Ottawa Police Service, the Ontario Provincial Police and the RCMP — responsible for various aspects of protecting the nation's capital. He said there may need to be a change.
The PPS is generally responsible for security inside buildings in the parliamentary precinct. The RCMP has a role to play in protecting the grounds of Parliament Hill. Local police have jurisdiction over Wellington St., which runs in front of buildings like West Block and Centre Block. And the OPP is the police force charged with gathering intelligence.
He said the federal government should convene an urgent meeting to discuss "whether changes should be made to the division of responsibilities for policing and security" in Ottawa.
Rouleau said that, given how the convoy protests were national in nature, it was problematic that the OPP was the force largely tasked with collecting and disseminating intelligence about how the demonstrations would unfold.
He said the federal government should establish "a single national coordinator for major events" so that the country is better prepared for future episodes like this.
He also said Ontario, which is often at the centre of major protests, should also consider establishing "a major event management coordinator" to help the police services better deal with protests that cross jurisdictions.
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Federal government met the threshold to invoke Emergencies Act: Rouleau
Report calls out policing failures and Ontario's inaction during an 'unsafe and chaotic' protest
"Lawful protest descended into lawlessness, culminating in a national emergency," he wrote in his highly-anticipated report, tabled Friday in the House of Commons.
"Invocation of the Emergencies Act is a drastic move, but it is not a dictatorial one."
The document sheds new light on one of the most controversial decisions ever made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government. On Feb. 14, 2022, Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act to end the protests that had blocked downtown Ottawa's streets for nearly a month.
The protesters were angry with the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including vaccine requirements.
It was the first time the law had been triggered since it was created in 1988.
By invoking the act, the federal government gave law enforcement extraordinary powers to remove and arrest protesters, and gave itself the power to freeze the finances of those connected to the protests. The temporary emergency powers also gave authorities the ability to commandeer tow trucks to remove protesters' vehicles from the streets of the capital.
The law defines a national emergency as a situation that "cannot be effectively dealt with under any other law of Canada." Further, a public order emergency can only be invoked when there is "a threat to the security of Canada" as defined by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act.
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Paul Rouleau releases his report on the Liberal government's use of the
Emergencies Act, in Ottawa, Friday, Feb.17, 2023. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
"In my view, there was credible and compelling information supporting a reasonable belief that the definition of a threat to the security of Canada was met," Rouleau wrote in his executive summary, which runs to more than 200 pages.
"I have concluded that cabinet was reasonably concerned that the situation it was facing was worsening and at risk of becoming dangerous and unmanageable."
Rouleau's report largely exonerates Trudeau regarding his decision to invoke the Emergencies Act. But the prime minister does not escape criticism.
For example, Rouleau said Trudeau's reference on Jan. 27 to some protesters as a "fringe minority" likely inflamed the situation and hardened protesters' resolve.
He also concluded that federal consultation with the provinces was "adequate" but "could, and likely should, have been better."
Ontario government's response was 'troubling'
His report makes 56 recommendations to improve intelligence sharing, police response to wide-scale protests and the Emergencies Act itself.
Rouleau reserved some of his most blistering remarks for the Ontario government.
"I find the Province of Ontario's reluctance to become fully engaged in such efforts directed at resolving the situation in Ottawa troubling," he said.
Rouleau said Premier Doug Ford and his cabinet did not properly respond to a crisis in a city in their jurisdiction.
Commissioner
Paul Rouleau said Premier Doug Ford and his cabinet did not properly
respond to a crisis in an Ontario city subject to their jurisdiction. (Greg Bruce/CBC)
"Given that the city and its police service were clearly overwhelmed, it was incumbent on the province to become visibly, publicly and wholeheartedly engaged from the outset," wrote Rouleau, a justice of the court of appeal for Ontario.
He wrote that moments of urgency require leaders of governments at all levels "to rise above politics and collaborate for the common good."
"Unfortunately, in January and February of 2022, this did not always happen," he wrote.
The Ottawa Police Service also gets poor marks from the justice, who wrote that if city police had properly assessed the information and intelligence at their fingertips, it "would have told a different story."
He said the city police response was marred by a lack of proper planning, intelligence failures and internal dysfunction.
While Rouleau takes aim at some of former Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly's leadership choices and decisions, he also said that it would be too easy to attribute all of the shortfalls and errors to him.
"As well, some errors on Chief Sloly's part were unduly enlarged by others, to a degree that suggests scapegoating," he wrote.
Rouleau praised the Windsor police, the Ontario Provincial Police, the RCMP and the City of Windsor for learning from the mistakes of the Ottawa police.
Rouleau says situation could have been avoided
During six weeks of testimony last fall, the Public Order Emergency Commission heard from more than 70 witnesses, including cabinet ministers and protesters.
Rouleau wrote that the "spark" for the early 2022 protests was more than two years of COVID-19 restrictions and the federal government's decision to require that commercial truck drivers be vaccinated in order to enter Canada.
Growing distrust in government in certain segments of the population, coupled with government responses to COVID, "exacerbated" this pre-existing dynamic.
Rouleau said he accepts that COVID-19 had a profound impact on Canadians and they had a right to to lawfully protest what they saw as government overreach.
Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau appears as a witness at the Public Order
Emergency Commission in Ottawa, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Trudeau defended
the government's use of the act in his testimony. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
"I do not accept the organizers' descriptions of the protest in Ottawa as lawful, calm peaceful or something resembling a celebration," Rouleau wrote.
"The bigger picture reveals that the situation in Ottawa was unsafe and chaotic."
He also dismissed the organizers' claims that they were unaware of acts of harassment and intimidation directed at local residents.
Ultimately, Rouleau wrote, "it is regrettable that such a situation arose here, because in my view, it could have been avoided."
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Surprise Surprise Surprise
Donna Cameron
Quelle surprise
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Reply to Donna Cameron Surely you jest
Davide Richard
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Wow, I'm so shocked that a lifelong liberal judge has
agreed with Trudeau ! Who could possibly have imagined that from the
outset.
So there you have it, dare not speak out against the great man.
How many people died during this protest? How many government agencies collapsed? We all know the answer, none. So a few people lost sleep for several nights, well, that might happen in a democracy. But Canada, is now clearly seen to be no longer a democracy.
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How can you get away with posting that while I am
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Ford government slammed for 'troubling' inaction during convoy protest in Emergencies Act report
Premier Doug Ford and province's solicitor general both refused to participate in commission
The finding is part of a more than 200-page-long overview into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's February 2022 decision to invoke the Emergencies Act to end the protests blocking downtown Ottawa's streets for nearly a month.
In it, Commissioner Paul Rouleau said, "I find the Province of Ontario's reluctance to become fully engaged in such efforts directed at resolving the situation in Ottawa troubling."
Ontario was only spurred into action after the Ambassador Bridge blockade in Windsor, Ont., and after Trudeau spoke to Premier Doug Ford on Feb. 9, weeks after the start of the protests, the report notes.
During that conversation, Trudeau expressed frustration at how Ottawa officials were managing the protests, the report says.
Ford thought Windsor blockade was 'bigger issue'
Ford indicated he thought the Ambassador Bridge blockade was "the bigger issue," the report says.
After the blockade was cleared, Ford expressed "relief," the report says, noting the automotive and agricultural industry were "putting pressure on the premier to resolve the situation."
Rouleau's report also points to Ontario's refusal to participate in a tripartite table with the city of Ottawa and the federal government — a decision the commissioner says was based on two beliefs.
It was incumbent on the Province to become visibly, publicly, and wholeheartedly engaged from the outset.
- Justice Paul Rouleau
One was the province's belief that resolving the situation was the federal government's responsibility, given the convoy was "protesting a federal vaccine mandate on Parliament's doorstep," the report quotes Ontario's deputy solicitor general, Mario Di Tommaso, as saying.
Two was Ontario's argument that the situation was a policing matter best left to the Ontario Provincial Police, the report says.
Province ultimately responsible for policing: report
On that point, Rouleau said it is the province that is ultimately responsible for effective policing in Ottawa, the report says.
"Given that the City and its police service were clearly overwhelmed, it was incumbent on the Province to become visibly, publicly, and wholeheartedly engaged from the outset."
Rouleau also pointed to a news release in which Sylvia Jones, then Ontario's solicitor general, stated more than 1,500 OPP officers had been on the ground in Ottawa since the start of the protest. In fact, the OPP had contributed just 1,500 shifts.
OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique and Di Tommaso later characterized the disclosure of these figures "as unhelpful and unwise," the report says.
On Feb. 8, Ottawa's Mayor Jim Watson spoke to Trudeau, reiterating the city's request for 1,800 officers "and expressing his continued frustration with Ontario's absence."
Trudeau agreed "Ford was shirking his responsibilities and agreed to support the city," the report says.
A day later, the city received a letter from Jones saying the city's request had been shared with the OPP's commissioner.
Watson characterized it as a "template letter."
Ontario
was only spurred into action after the Ambassador Bridge blockade in
Windsor, Ont., and after Trudeau spoke to Premier Doug Ford on Feb. 9,
weeks after the start of the protests, the report notes. (CBC/Radio-Canada)
The report contains an entire section entitled, "Ontario's absence" in which Rouleau indicates both Ontario's premier and solicitor general exercised parliamentary privilege to refuse a summons to participate in the inquiry.
Nevertheless, the commission had a glimpse into political tensions surrounding the protests when Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino's staff referenced a call with Ontario's solicitor general, who they wanted at the table during trilateral meetings.
"Can have my boss reach out again [to Sylvia Jones] but last call got pretty frosty at the end when [Mendicino] was saying we need the province to get back to us with their plan," wrote Mendicino's chief of staff.
"I don't take edicts from you, you're not my f--king boss," the staffer continued, describing Jones' response.
Ontario says it declared emergency before feds
In a statement to CBC News, a spokesperson in the office of Ontario's solicitor general said the province was "squarely focused on providing the tools our policing partners needed to bring the situation to an end."
The statement said the OPP provided intelligence even before the occupations began, deployed officers and provided resources to Ottawa and Windsor police in response to their requests.
Ontario also declared a state of emergency prior to the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act, the statement says, adding it had also frozen convoy funds from the fundraising platform Give Send Go to hinder efforts to occupy Ottawa's downtown.
MPPs with Ontario's Official Opposition called the Ford government's approach "spineless," in a statement Friday.
"Commissioner Rouleau's report confirms what has been clear all along: that Doug Ford and his cabinet turned their backs on the people of Ottawa at a moment of crisis," says the statement by Ottawa New Democrats Joel Harden and Chandra Pasma.
"They chose not to use the resources at their disposal to help Ottawa residents," the statement says in part.
"This isn't leadership, it's spineless."
The report makes 56 recommendations, some of which are aimed directly at Ontario.
- The Ministry of the Solicitor General should consider formalizing the responsibilities of its police services advisers.
- Ontario should create protocols potentially for inclusion in its policing laws around compelling a municipal police force to accept an integrated and unified command model for managing a major event.
- Ontario should consider creating a major event management unit along the lines of the unit created for managing major investigations, for which a coordinator could identify if criteria are met and then facilitate sharing intelligence.
You can read more about Rouleau's report here.
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Public Order Emergency Commission to release findings later today
As the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) prepares to release its highly anticipated report into last winter's convoy protests, many of the witnesses from the City of Ottawa and the Ottawa Police Service who testified last fall have either left or moved to new roles.
On Thursday, the commission announced it would make its final report public later today after tabling it in Parliament.
The Canadian Press reported the commission had requested, and been granted, an extension to the original Feb. 6 deadline for submitting its final report to the government.
The deadline for tabling the report in Parliament — Feb. 20 — remained intact, however. That meant the commission's findings and recommendations had to be made public no later than Monday, the Family Day statutory holiday in Ontario.
(The timeline set out by the Emergencies Act requires that the report be submitted to Parliament and released to the public within 360 days of the emergency declaration being revoked, which occurred on Feb. 23, 2022.)
Former
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson testifies before the Public Order Emergency
Commission on Oct. 18, 2022. Watson did not run for re-election. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Mayor, councillors gone
The commission heard from 76 witnesses over six weeks of public testimony, from Oct. 14 until the prime minister's appearance on Nov. 25. Of those, seven were either elected officials or senior bureaucrats with the City of Ottawa, and five more were senior members of the Ottawa Police Service (OPS).
None of the elected officials from the city who testified — former mayor Jim Watson, former councillor and police services board chair Diane Deans, and former councillors Mathieu Fleury and Catherine McKenney — remains in office. Of those, only McKenney ran for re-election last fall, but failed in their bid to become mayor.
Of the other city officials who testified, only Kim Ayotte, Ottawa's general manager of emergency and protective services, remains in the same job.
Former city manager Steve Kanellakos, who testified about his efforts to broker a deal between police and the protesters, resigned amid controversy on Nov. 28, just two days before the release of a damning report on Ottawa's troubled LRT project.
Watson's former chief of staff Serge Arpin left with his boss, customary practice among political staffers.
Deputy
Chief Steve Bell, now chief administrative officer of the Ottawa Police
Service, waits to appear before the Public Order Emergency Commission
on Oct. 24, 2022. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
All 5 OPS witnesses remain
All five senior members of the Ottawa Police Service who testified before the commission last fall remain, though most have changed jobs. (This doesn't include former chief Peter Sloly, who resigned during the occupation of Ottawa by convoy protesters, and who had been out of policing for more than eight months by the time he testified before the commission in late October.)
Steve Bell, who was named interim chief after Sloly's resignation, and who oversaw the eventual dispersal of the protest in Ottawa, is now a deputy chief and chief administrative officer of the OPS. At the time of the convoy's arrival in Ottawa, Bell was in charge of intelligence, information and investigation for the force.
Patricia Ferguson, who testified to the deep "dysfunction" at the top of the OPS, and said the force was left "floundering" when protesters failed to leave the capital after the first weekend, remains acting deputy chief.
Russell Lucas, an inspector with the police service's special events section during the protests, is currently an acting superintendent, according to an update provided by the OPS on Thursday.
Supt. Robert Bernier, an inspector within the force's communications branch who was appointed event commander during the occupation, is also listed by the OPS as an acting superintendent.
Supt. Robert Drummond, who was tasked with overseeing the police liaison team that negotiated with protest leaders and the public order unit that eventually helped end the occupation, also maintains that rank. (Drummond was in an acting role at the time of his testimony last fall.)
Police and protesters square off in front of Parliament Hill on Feb. 19, 2022. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
'Multiple points of failure'
In an email to CBC, Paul Champ, a lawyer who represented downtown residents and businesses during the Emergencies Act inquiry, noted the commission heard "extensive evidence of multiple points of failure" by both government officials and police.
"Even though many of those responsible have left the stage, the POEC report will memorialize those mistakes and serve as a guide for public officials going forward. I would also like to see some apologies by the police, the city and the province, but that's probably asking too much," Champ wrote.
He said he also hopes to see the report provide some guidance "about the oversight and direction the Ottawa Police Services Board can have over the Ottawa Police Service."
Journalists covering the inquiry will be allowed to peruse an embargoed version of the report starting at 10 a.m. ET. The embargo will be lifted once the report is tabled in Parliament.
Commissioner Paul Rouleau will also read a prepared statement, which will be streamed live on the commission's website, where the full report will be made available to the public.
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David Amos<david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> | Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 6:01 PM |
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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:27:39 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Re Urgent Consultation
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
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From: "Rupar, Christopher" <Christopher.Rupar@justice.gc.
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:27:47 +0000
Subject: Réponse automatique - Automatic reply: Re Urgent Consultation
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
I will be out of the office until October 27 2022. If your matter is
urgent, please contact Deborah Mayo at (613) 670-6361
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le 27 octobre 2022. Si vous avez besoin d'assistance contactez Deborah
Mayo (613) 670-6361(Deborah.Mayo@justice.
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On 10/25/22, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
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> From: "Tomkins, Alyssa" <Alyssa.Tomkins@gowlingwlg.com
> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 21:41:01 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Kim Ayotte and Alan Honner are
> interesting dudes N'esy Pas Norm Traversy?
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
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> From: Jeff Pniowsky <JDP@tdslaw.com>
> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 16:55:52 +0000
> Subject: Re: Attn Jeff Pniowsky I was readig about you in CBC today
> perhaps we should talk ASAP?
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
> Cc: "Jacqueline.Maarse@ca.gt.com" <Jacqueline.Maarse@ca.gt.com>,
> "pierre.poilievre" <pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca>, premier
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> "christopher.rupar" <christopher.rupar@justice.gc.
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> David,
>
> Further to our conversation, and to be clear I have not agreed to act
> as your counsel. Please address all such correspondence to your
> counsel/advisors and not to our firm.
>
> Jeff
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Oct 24, 2022, at 9:45 AM, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
> wrote:
>
> Jacqueline C. Maarse
> Called to the bar: 1990 (ON)
> Grant Thornton LLP
> General Counsel:
> 2000-200 King St. W.
> Toronto, Ontario M5H 3T4
> Phone: 416-369-7013
> Fax: 416-360-4944
> Email: jacqueline.maarse@ca.gt.com
>
> The pdf files hereto attached forever prove that the RCMP, the US
> Treasury Dept, the latest NB AG Teddy Feming and Jacqueline Maarse
> know that Grant Thornton and KPMG were the auditors of the Brookline
> Savings Bank were I reported the fraud in 2003 Inbox
>
>
> Add star David Amos<motomaniac333@gmail.com> AttachmentSat, Jun 28,
> 2014 at 12:14 AM
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> nraynard@grantthornton.ca, "john.logan" <john.logan@gnb.ca>,
> marie-claude.blais@gnb.ca, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "Jacques.Poitras"
> <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>,
> "mclaughlin.heather" <mclaeptughlin.heather@
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> From: "Maarse, Jacqueline" <Jacqueline.Maarse@ca.gt.com>
> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:54:05 +0000
> Subject: Your call today with Grant Thornton
> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Dear Mr. Amos,
>
> Further to your call with the 2 gentlemen in our Moncton office today,
> we appreciate your interest in Grant Thornton. We ask that you direct
> any correspondence you may wish to send to my attention at the address
> indicated below. We will not be in a position to copy documents from
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> that purpose. As indicated in the call, communications relating to
> ongoing litigation are dealt with by our General Counsel's Office and
> our partners and staff are not able to engage with you on these
> matters.
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> Regards,
> Jacqueline Maarse
>
> Jacqueline Maarse | General Counsel
> Grant Thornton LLP
> 12th Floor | 50 Bay Street | Toronto | ON | M5J 2Z8
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> FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government has launched a lawsuit
> against an accounting firm in an effort to recover $50 million
> provided as loan guarantees to the Miramichi-based Atcon group of
> companies.
>
> The lawsuit filed with the Court of Queen's Bench in Saint John
> alleges that Grant Thornton was in breach of its duties to the
> province in an inspection of the financial books of the Atcon group of
> companies.
>
> The former Liberal government of then premier Shawn Graham provided
> the loan guarantees to the companies in 2009.
>
> The statement of claim alleges the government approved the loan
> guarantees as a result of financial reports from Grant Thornton.
>
> "But for the Grant Thornton opinions and representations, the province
> would not have sustained a loss in excess of $50 million," the
> document asserts.
>
> It says the accounting firm "failed to exercise the care, diligence,
> and skill of an auditor of reasonable competence and prudence."
>
> None of the allegations contained in the statement of claim have been
> proven in court.
>
> Atcon, based in Miramichi, went bankrupt in April 2010.
>
> Grant Thornton LLP, Grant Thornton International and a chartered
> accountant who works for the company are named as the defendants. They
> have not filed a statement of defence and the accountant named in the
> statement of claim could not be reached for comment.
>
> Norm Raynard, managing partner in New Brunswick for Grant Thornton,
> said in an emailed statement that the company would not offer specific
> comments on the lawsuit because they are still reviewing the court
> documents.
>
> "We will vigorously defend ourselves against this action," he wrote.
>
> "Our initial reaction is that this timing has much to do with the
> political calendar in the province."
>
> The next provincial election is set for Sept. 22.
>
> Attorney General Hugh Flemming said the timing is not political.
>
> "This is not a time schedule which in any way was influenced by the
> government and it is not a political issue," he said Tuesday.
>
> He said the government had no choice but to take the matter to court
> because of the $50 million that was spent.
>
> "The government owes a duty to the people of New Brunswick to do what
> they can to recover this," Flemming said.
>
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> 'Strong suspects' but no charges in Highway of Tears cases: RCMP
>
> VANCOUVER - The Mountie overseeing the investigation into the murders
> and disappearances of women and girls along British Columbia's
> so-called Highway of Tears says his officers have a number of "strong
> suspects," but they have yet to uncover enough evidence to lay charges
> nearly two years after the last major break in the case.
>
> Staff-Sgt. Wayne Clary leads project E-PANA, which has spent years
> investigating the deaths and disappearances of 18 women and girls
> along three highways in the province's north.
>
> Roughly 60 officers were assigned to the case at the height of the
> investigation, though Clary said that number has dropped to between 12
> and 15, who spend most of their time on the project. Still, he said
> E-PANA is very much an active investigation.
>
> "It has scaled down, because we've pounded through a lot of work, but
> there's still enough work in front of us to keep going," Clary told
> The Canadian Press.
>
> "There's more than one investigation where we have strong suspects or
> persons of interest, and we're clearly focusing on those. ... I'd like
> nothing more than to sit down with the families and say, 'We've got
> the guy."'
>
> Clary declined to offer details about how many suspects the RCMP have
> identified or in which specific cases, though he said the suspects
> they have in mind are located in Canada.
>
> The last significant development came in September 2012, when
> investigators said they believed a dead American convict named Bobby
> Jack Fowler was responsible for killing as many as three of the women.
>
> The RCMP said investigators had uncovered DNA evidence linking Fowler,
> who died in an Oregon prison in 2006, to Colleen MacMillen, who was
> murdered in 1974. They also said they believed Fowler may have been
> involved in the deaths of Gale Weys and Pamela Darlington, both 19,
> who were killed in the mid-1970s.
>
> Clary said the force doesn't have the same kind of direct evidence
> tying Fowler to Weys and Darlington, but he added: "Personally, I
> think it's him in the other two."
>
> Clary said E-PANA hasn't come up with evidence to suggest any of the
> other women and girls were linked together, meaning there could be 15
> different suspects for the 15 remaining cases.
>
> "If we have a strong suspect, absolutely we're looking for crossed
> lines, but right now we're not seeing that," he said.
>
> E-PANA was launched in 2005 amid growing concern about the number of
> women and girls who vanished or were found dead along highways in the
> province's north. It also came several years after serial killer
> Robert Pickton was arrested in the Vancouver area - a case that Clary
> worked on as part of Project Evenhanded.
>
> The Highway of Tears often refers to a remote stretch of Highway 16
> between Prince Rupert and Prince George, but E-PANA also includes
> cases along the adjacent Highways 97 and 5.
>
> Investigators identified 18 women and girls who were involved in
> hitchhiking or other high-risk behaviour and were last seen within a
> couple of kilometres of those highways. The final list included cases
> between 1969 and 2006.
>
> Investigators once held annual group meetings, but Clary said they now
> contact each family individually, either in person or by telephone.
>
>
>
> http://www.pgfreepress.com/
>
> City bids adieu to RCMP Supt. Eric Stubbs
> Posted On 26 Jun 2014By : Staff ReporterComment: 0Tag: RCMP
> Firepit manager Robert Ryan, left, elders Violet Bozoki and Tom Reece
> and executive director Vanessa West presemted RCMP Supt. Eric Stubbs
> with some gifts before he leaves for a new posting in Ottawa at the
> end of the month. Stubbs and Ryan both spoke of the steps which have
> been taken to bring the First Nations community and the RCMP in Prince
> George closer. The gifts were made by patrons of the Firepit, and Ryan
> told Stubbs, “You’re taking a part of us with you.” Allan WISHART/Free
> Press
> After three years as the top cop in Prince George and a combined 14
> years in Northern BC, Superintendent Eric Stubbs is leaving Prince
> George and province.
>
> Friday June 27, marks the final day Superintendent Stubbs will be in
> charge of the RCMP’s Municipal Detachment in Prince George, a position
> he held since arriving in June 2011. During his time here,
> Superintendent Stubbs has reduced crime in nearly every category,
> created a unit dedicated to combating domestic violence, and was a
> catalyst in the transformation of the Community Policing Section to a
> new model with focuses on youth and enforcement. Of course, he was
> also the detachment commander leading up to, during and following the
> move to the new City of Prince George Municipal Detachment.
>
> “I would like to thank Superintendent Stubbs for his excellent service
> to Prince George and northern B.C.,” said Mayor Shari Green of Prince
> George, in a press release. “Among the many achievements on his watch,
> I’d like to point out his dedication to reducing domestic violence,
> the continued support of the Downtown Enforcement Unit, and his
> essential role in the Mayor’s Task Force on Crime. I wish
> Superintendent Stubbs every success in this next exciting phase of his
> service to Canadians.”
>
> Stubbs will be taking on a new role as National Criminal Operations
> Officer in Ottawa; a role that comes with a promotion to Chief
> Superintendent.
>
> Superintendent Stubbs has provided a tremendous service to the
> citizens of northern BC through his work in four communities over 14
> years said Supt. Lesley Bain, acting officer in charge of the RCMP in
> northern B.C. He has had a significant impact in each community he has
> policed, none more than Prince George. He will be greatly missed and
> we wish him the best in his new role in Ottawa.
>
> Inspector Brad Anderson, the Detachment’s Operations officer, will
> take over command of the detachment until such time that a successor
> is named.
>
> On behalf of the members, staff and volunteers of the Prince George
> RCMP, I want to extend a thank you to Eric for his leadership over the
> past three years said Anderson. It has been a pleasure working for him
> in such a positive environment.
>
>
>
>
> ------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:43:38 -0400
> Subject: Re: The politicians and cops etc cannot deny that I warned
> New Brunswick not to trust Grant Thornton and KPMG many times
> beginning in 2004
> To: jacqueline.maarse@ca.gt.com, pnoble@grantthornton.ca,
> paul.robichaud@gnb.ca, ggilbert@grantthornton.ca,
> nraynard@grantthornton.ca, jdelaney@grantthornton.ca,
> kferguson@grantthornton.ca, blewis@grantthornton.ca,
> krieger@grantthornton.ca, hjaffer@grantthornton.ca,
> rgodbold@grantthornton.ca, pmartin@grantthornton.ca,
> gdent@grantthornton.ca, karrt <karrt@sec.gov>, oig <oig@sec.gov>, oig
> <oig@ftc.gov>, whistleblower <whistleblower@finra.org>, whistle
> <whistle@fsa.gov.uk>, Whistleblower <Whistleblower@ctv.ca>,
> "dean.buzza" <dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, police
> <police@fredericton.ca>, GillesLee <GillesLee@edmundston.ca>, andre
> <andre@jafaust.com>, "peter.dauphinee" <peter.dauphinee@gmail.com>,
> law <law@stevenfoulds.ca>, "rick.hancox" <rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca>,
> "marie-claude.blais" <marie-claude.blais@gnb.ca>, "jeff.mockler"
> <jeff.mockler@gnb.ca>, "luc.labonte" <luc.labonte@gnb.ca>,
> "lucie.dubois" <lucie.dubois@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "bernadine.chapman"
> <bernadine.chapman@rcmp-grc.
> <cullen1@parl.gc.ca>, "bob.rae" <bob.rae@rogers.blackberry.net
> rhouston <rhouston@burkerobertson.com>, richard.dearden@gowlings.com,
> "allan.cutler" <allan.cutler@
> Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-
> "justin.trudeau.a1" <justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>
> <marc.garneau.a1@parl.gc.ca>, ottawairc@state.gov, bginsberg
> <bginsberg@pattonboggs.com>
> Cc: Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca, David Amos
> <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> amacbeath@grantthornton.ca, bmatthews@grantthornton.ca,
> derrickrideout001@yahoo.ca
>
> From: "Matthews, Bev" <Beverley.Matthews@ca.gt.com>
> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 03:36:55 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: The politicians and cops etc cannot deny
> that I warned New Brunswick not to trust Grant Thornton and KPMG many
> times beginning in 2004
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have stepped down from my position as General Counsel of Grant
> Thornton as of July 31, 2012.
>
> My successor, Jacqueline Maarse, can be reached at
> jacqueline.maarse@ca.gt.com or at 416 369-7013.
>
> I will respond directly to any e-mails associated with the limited
> matters for which I have responsiblity as Special Counsel to the firm
> or to any e-mails of a personal nature.
>
> Bev Matthews
>
> ______________________________
> Disclaimer: This email is intended solely for the person or entity to
> which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged
> information. Any review, dissemination, copying, printing or other use
> of this email by persons or entities other than the addressee is
> prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact
> the sender immediately and delete the material from any computer.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:36:40 -0400
> Subject: The politicians and cops etc cannot deny that I warned New
> Brunswick not to trust Grant Thornton and KPMG many times beginning in
> 2004
> To: pnoble@grantthornton.ca, paul.robichaud@gnb.ca,
> ggilbert@grantthornton.ca, nraynard@grantthornton.ca,
> jdelaney@grantthornton.ca, kferguson@grantthornton.ca,
> blewis@grantthornton.ca, krieger@grantthornton.ca,
> hjaffer@grantthornton.ca, rgodbold@grantthornton.ca,
> pmartin@grantthornton.ca, gdent@grantthornton.ca, karrt
> <karrt@sec.gov>, oig <oig@sec.gov>, oig <oig@ftc.gov>, whistleblower
> <whistleblower@finra.org>, whistle <whistle@fsa.gov.uk>, Whistleblower
> <Whistleblower@ctv.ca>, "dean.buzza" <dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
> police <police@fredericton.ca>, GillesLee <GillesLee@edmundston.ca>,
> andre <andre@jafaust.com>, "peter.dauphinee"
> <peter.dauphinee@gmail.com>, law <law@stevenfoulds.ca>, "rick.hancox"
> <rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca>, "marie-claude.blais"
> <marie-claude.blais@gnb.ca>, "jeff.mockler" <jeff.mockler@gnb.ca>,
> "luc.labonte" <luc.labonte@gnb.ca>, "lucie.dubois"
> <lucie.dubois@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "bernadine.chapman"
> <bernadine.chapman@rcmp-grc.
> <cullen1@parl.gc.ca>, "bob.rae" <bob.rae@rogers.blackberry.net
> rhouston <rhouston@burkerobertson.com>, richard.dearden@gowlings.com,
> "allan.cutler" <allan.cutler@
> Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-
> "justin.trudeau.a1" <justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>
> <marc.garneau.a1@parl.gc.ca>, ottawairc@state.gov, bginsberg
> <bginsberg@pattonboggs.com>
> Cc: Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca, David Amos
> <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> amacbeath@grantthornton.ca, bmatthews@grantthornton.ca,
> derrickrideout001@yahoo.ca
>
> "Harper, Stephen - M.P." <Harper.S@parl.gc.ca> wrote:
>
> Subject: RE: Re: Lets all go through the looking glass to check the
> Integrity of the Talking Heads in BC tonight
> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:32:54 -0500
> From: "Harper, Stephen - M.P." <Harper.S@parl.gc.ca>
> To: <motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com>
>
> Thank you for your e-mail message to Stephen Harper, Leader of the
> Opposition. Your views and suggestions are important to us. Once they
> have been carefully considered, you may receive a further reply.
>
> *Remember to include your mailing address if you would like a response.
>
> If you prefer to send your thoughts by regular mail, please address them
> to:
>
> Stephen Harper, M.P.
> Leader of the Opposition
> House of Commons
> Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6
>
> maggie.trudel-maggiore@
>
> Mr. Amos,
>
> thank you for your phone message and several email messages. As the
> Director of Values and Ethics in the departments of Foreign Affairs
> Canada and International Trade Canada, my current mandate applies only
> to internal management issues. For example, establishing a code of
> conduct for our employees as well as providing advice to staff on
> conflict of interest and conflict resolution.
>
> As such I don't think I could be in a position to assist you. Please
> remove my name from your distribution list.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Maggie Trudel-Maggiore
> A/Director, Values and Ethics
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>
> The crook Paul Robichaud spewed Pure Double talking Bullshit today
>
> "Robichaud told reporters on Thursday that suing Grant Thornton, the
> company that audited Atcon’s financial records, could be considered
> but he said the province is unlikely to follow that specific option.
>
> “[A lawsuit] is something that we could consider, but I already said
> in the past it is not an option that we are going to look at this
> point. But we are looking at every option at this point,” Robichaud
> said."
>
> http://www.grantthornton.ca/<h
>
> http://www.nbica.org/english/
>
> The RCMP, Rick Hancox,Bruce Lewis of Fat Fred City and his bosses in
> Upper Canada should at least recall what I explained to them on the
> phone in 2006 before you nasty bastards sent all the cops against me.
> CORRECT???
>
> GO FIGURE
>
> http://secfilings.nasdaq.com/
>
> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
>
>
> My concerns about the severe lack of INTEGRITY of Grant Thornton and
> KPMG obviously had to do with their fraudulent auditing of the
> Brookline Bancorp etc (Putnam Investments is now owned by Power Corp
> BTW) while many Yankees, the USDOJ and the US Treasury Dept attacked
> my family and I in order to cover up their many wrongs. Meanwhile the
> cops and politicians in my nativeland did everything in ther power to
> assist in the many wrongs for nearly 11 years and counting. N'esy Pas?
>
> http://www.powercorporation.
>
>
>
> http://www.nbsc-cvmnb.ca/nbsc/
>
> 13 December 2012
>
> Canadian Securities Regulators Publish Discussion Paper on Mutual Fund Fees
>
> Toronto – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published
> for comment CSA Discussion Paper 81-407 Mutual Fund Fees, which
> examines the mutual fund fee structure in Canada and identifies
> potential investor protection issues arising from that structure. The
> Discussion Paper sets out various topics for discussion in order to
> evaluate the appropriate structure for Canada.
>
> Canada’s mutual fund fees have been the subject of much debate in
> recent years. Some research studies examining Canada’s mutual fund
> fees, along with international reforms, have prompted greater interest
> in reviewing the issue of mutual fund fees in Canada.
>
> “Mutual funds are a key investment in the portfolios of many
> Canadians,” said Bill Rice, Chair of the CSA and Chair and CEO of the
> Alberta Securities Commission. “It is important that we look at
> Canada’s mutual fund fee structure carefully in determining what
> changes could or should be considered to enhance investor protection
> and foster confidence in our market.”
>
> To date, the CSA has focused its efforts on enhancing the transparency
> of mutual fund fees and commissions through initiatives such as the
> Point of Sale, and Cost Disclosure and Performance Reporting projects.
> While these initiatives remain a priority on behalf of investors, the
> CSA has determined that it is also necessary to consult extensively
> with investors and market participants to explore whether further
> issues remain.
>
> The CSA welcomes feedback on the Discussion Paper, which can be found
> on CSA members’ websites. The comment period is open until April 12,
> 2013. All comments will be considered in the CSA’s decision and next
> steps, and also assist in the development of a roundtable the CSA
> plans to hold with investors and industry participants in 2013.
>
> The CSA, the council of the securities regulators of Canada’s
> provinces and territories, coordinates and harmonizes regulation for
> the Canadian capital markets.
>
> – 30 –
>
> For more information:
> Wendy Connors-Beckett
> New Brunswick Securities Commission
> 506 643-7745
>
> 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.Foran@gnb.ca, Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,
> "Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> "Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have n
>
> Dear Mr. Amos,
>
> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off over
> the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I was not
> ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>
> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>
> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
> that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada and
> theUS. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment policing
> in Petitcodiac, NB.
>
> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
> GRC Caledonia RCMP
> Traffic Services NCO
> Ph: (506) 387-2222
> Fax: (506) 387-4622
> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 2:59 PM
> Subject: Fw: Please press print on this attachment and give it to MacKay
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: ottawairc@state.gov
> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 10:28 AM
> Subject: Fw: Please press print on this attachment and give it to MacKay
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: doralee.smith@pwgsc.gc.ca ; MacKay.P@parl.gc.ca
> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 9:49 AM
> Subject: Please press print on this attachment and give it to MacKay
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: eamacleod@cbrmps.cape-breton.
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 5:26 PM
> Subject: Fw: Press print on this attachment and call me a liar now Ms.
> Matthews
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: comartin.j@parl.gc.ca ; Brown.G@parl.gc.ca ; cotler.i@parl.gc.ca ;
> Hawn.L@parl.gc.ca ; Menard.S@parl.gc.ca ;
> scarpinelli@publicintegrity.
> MacKenzie.D@parl.gc.ca ; Chan.R@parl.gc.ca ; Bevilacqua.M@parl.gc.ca ;
> Batters.D@parl.gc.ca ; Siksay.B@parl.gc.ca ; Anderson.Da@parl.gc.ca ;
> Komarnicki.E@parl.gc.ca
> Cc: SECU@parl.gc.ca ; Breitkreuz.G@parl.gc.ca ; hollam@parl.gc.ca ;
> arnold.zeman@psepc-sppcc.gc.ca ; Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca ;
> Harper.S@parl.gc.ca ; Layton.J@parl.gc.ca ; Godin.Y@parl.gc.ca ;
> McDonough.A@parl.gc.ca ; Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca ;
> gemerson@tor.fasken.com ; garth@garth.ca ; rmooremp@nb.sympatico.ca ;
> Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca ; smay@pattersonpalmer.ca ;
> news957@rci.rogers.com ; Scott.A@parl.gc.ca ; zedp@parl.gc.ca ;
> leo@primetimecrime.com ; crilf@ucalgary.ca ;
> giuliano.zaccardelli@rcmp-grc.
> stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-
> info@pco-bcp.gc.ca ; Daniel.Conley@state.ma.us ; kmearn@mpdmilton.org
> ; Freeman.C@parl.gc.ca
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:52 PM
> Subject: Fw: Press print on this attachment and call me a liar now Ms.
> Matthews
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: chanr0@parl.gc.ca
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:00 PM
> Subject: Fw: Press print on this attachment and call me a liar now Ms.
> Matthews
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: johnforan.mla@nb.aibn.com ; Chris.Baker@gnb.ca ;
> yvon.leblanc3@gnb.ca ; rachel.bard@gnb.ca ; Louise.LEMON@gnb.ca
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 2:47 PM
> Subject: Fw: Press print on this attachment and call me a liar now Ms.
> Matthews
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: amacbeath@grantthornton.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 2:09 PM
> Subject: Fw: Press print on this attachment and call me a liar now Ms.
> Matthews
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: bmatthews@grantthornton.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 1:32 PM
> Subject: Press print on this attachment and call me a liar now Ms. Matthews
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: freemc@parl.gc.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 1:00 PM
> Subject: Fw: Angie press print on this attachment I know for a fact it
> works
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: pmartin@GrantThornton.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 12:07 PM
> Subject: Fw: Angie press print on this attachment I know for a fact it
> works
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: nraynard@GrantThornton.ca ; jdelaney@GrantThornton.ca ;
> kferguson@GrantThornton.ca ; blewis@GrantThornton.ca
> Cc: krieger@GrantThornton.ca ; hjaffer@GrantThornton.ca ;
> rgodbold@GrantThornton.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 11:59 AM
> Subject: Fw: Angie press print on this attachment I know for a fact it
> works
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: gdent@GrantThornton.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:04 AM
> Subject: Fw: Angie press print on this attachment I know for a fact it
> works
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: ckennedy@notes.tcs.treas.gov
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 5:32 PM
> Subject: Fw: Angie press print on this attachment I know for a fact it
> works
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: Raf.Souccar@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ; tim.killam@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ;
> martin.blais@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ; harrir1@parl.gc.ca ; harrir@parl.gc.ca ;
> peterj@parl.gc.ca
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 2:44 PM
> Subject: Fw: Angie press print on this attachment I know for a fact it
> works
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: leo@primetimecrime.com ; gary.bignell@peelpolice.on.ca ;
> crilf@ucalgary.ca
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 12:17 PM
> Subject: Fw: Angie press print on this attachment I know for a fact it
> works
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: angie.coss@cjad.com
> Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 8:03 PM
> Subject: Angie press print on this attachment I know for a fact it works
>
> Just Dave
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Amos" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> To: <derrickrideout001@yahoo.ca>; <thedderson@gov.nl.ca>; "pm"
> <pm@pm.gc.ca>; <premier@gov.nl.ca>; <pnoble@grantthornton.ca>;
> "ggilbert" <ggilbert@grantthornton.ca>; "Minister.Industry"
> <Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca>; <sheila.fraser@oag-bvg.gc.ca>
> Cc: "IgnatM" <IgnatM@parl.gc.ca>; "maritime_malaise"
> <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>; <ducepg@parl.gc.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 2:00 PM
> Subject: Tell me another one Mr Rideout after you talk to Brian
> Crawley perhaps you PCs should consider returning my calls EH?
>
>
> Representative of the Leader’s Office
> Mr. Derrick Rideout
> Principal Assistant to the Premier
> Email: derrickrideout001@yahoo.ca
>
> From: Derrick Rideout <derrickrideout001@yahoo.ca>
> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:33:19 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: Fwd: RE Financial oversight the media, the SEC, Madoff,
> Putnam and the Whistleblower @ 1-866-96-FINRA etc etc
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> Don't know why i was sent this.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Auto-reply from csheahan@pa-law.ca" <csheahan@pa-law.ca>
> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:22:37 -0400
> Subject: Re: Fwd: RE Financial oversight the media, the SEC, Madoff,
> Putnam and the Whistleblower @ 1-866-96-FINRA etc etc
> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> Please be advised that I will be away from the office from April 1,
> 2011 to April 11, 2011 (inclusive). If you require immediate
> assistance, please contact Debbie White at 709-634-3136. Thank you,
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Williams, Norm" <nwilliams@grantthornton.ca>
> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:23:15 -0400
> Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: RE Financial oversight the media,
> the SEC, Madoff, Putnam and the Whistleblower @ 1-866-96-FINRA etc etc
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> Thank you for contacting Grant Thornton LLP. Norm Williams, CA has
> withdrawn from the firm effective December 31, 2010 and will be
> transitioning his files to other professionals within the firm over
> the next few weeks. If you have immediate needs please contact Bill
> Budgell at bbudgell@GrantThornton.ca or (709) 778-8802 and we will be
> pleased to service your needs.
> This email is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is
> addressed and may contain confidential and/or
> privileged information. Any review, dissemination, copying, printing
> or other use of this email by persons or entities other
> than the addressee is prohibited. If you have received this email in
> error, please contact the sender immediately and
> delete the material from any computer.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:56:23 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: RE Financial oversight the media, the SEC, Madoff,
> Putnam and the Whistleblower @ 1-866-96-FINRA etc etc
> To: pnoble@grantthornton.ca, ggilbert@grantthornton.ca
> Cc: "Minister.Industry" <Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca>, "sheila. fraser"
> <sheila.fraser@oag-bvg.gc.ca>, ducepg <ducepg@parl.gc.ca>
>
> http://www.ic.gc.ca/app/ccc/
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:22:34 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: RE Financial oversight the media, the SEC, Madoff,
> Putnam and the Whistleblower @ 1-866-96-FINRA etc etc
> To: pcparty@nf.aibn.com, derrickrideout001@yahoo.ca, jbabb@babblaw.ca,
> cynthia_downey@hotmail.com, "ddexter@ns.sympatico.ca"
> <ddexter@ns.sympatico.ca>, "David.ALWARD@gnb.ca" <David.ALWARD@gnb.ca>
> Cc: nwilliams@grantthornton.ca, csheahan@pa-law.ca, abugden@pa-law.ca,
> maritime_malaise <maritime_malaise@yahoo.com>
>
> I just called agsin. Heres why
>
> http://www.dunderdale2011.ca/
>
> Just Dave
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> Search Engine google.ca<http://google.ca>
> Search Words babblaw.ca<http://babblaw.ca>
> Visit Entry Page
> http://davidamos.blo...06/04/
> Visit Exit Page
> http://davidamos.blo...06/04/
> Out Click
> Time Zone UTC-8:00
> Visitor's Time Apr 12 2011 6:27:57 pm
> Visit Number 13,631
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:46:59 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: RE Financial oversight the media, the SEC, Madoff,
> Putnam and the Whistleblower @ 1-866-96-FINRA etc etc
> To: mark@snellingcenter.org
> Cc: maritime_malaise <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:16:39 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: RE Financial oversight the media, the SEC, Madoff,
> Putnam and the Whistleblower @ 1-866-96-FINRA etc etc
> To: Harriet.Johnson@state.vt.us, michael.clasen@state.vt.us,
> Harold@haroldalbrechtmp.ca, colleen@snellingcenter.org
> Cc: "PATRICK. MURPHY" <PATRICK.MURPHY@dhs.gov>, "jacques.boucher"
> <jacques.boucher@rcmp-grc.gc.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:35:28 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: RE Financial oversight the media, the SEC, Madoff,
> Putnam and the Whistleblower @ 1-866-96-FINRA etc etc
> To: GovernorVT@state.vt.us, jeb.spaulding@state.vt.us
> Cc: cmain2@bloomberg.net
>
> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/
>
> Whats this? A possibly ethical Governor in Vermont? I tried talking to
> his people Heres hoping that he emails me back because his help
> suddenly got busy didn't ask for my number.
>
> "Vermont’s governor, Democrat Peter Shumlin, has said he seeks to use
> an escape clause in the law to create a government- run health system
> that would cover every resident and put private insurers, including
> Cigna Corp. (CI), out of business in that state."
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:15:49 -0300
> Subject: RE Financial oversight the media, the SEC, Madoff, Putnam and
> the Whistleblower @ 1-866-96-FINRA etc etc
> To: whistleblower@finra.org, michael_copeland@fortunemail.
> letters@fortune.com, susan.pulliam@wsj.com, Russ.Stanton@latimes.com,
> meredith.goodman@latimes.com, ninkster@navigantconsulting.
> dgolub@sgtlaw.com, firstselectmanffld@town.
> editor@whatsupfairfield.com, info@csiworld.org, jacques_poitras@cbc.ca
> Cc: oig <oig@sec.gov>, "Dean.Buzza" <Dean.Buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
> "Fred. Pretorius" <Fred.Pretorius@gov.yk.ca>, "rick.hancox"
> <rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca>
>
> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Olsen, Wendy (USANYS)" Wendy.Olsen@usdoj.gov
> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:21:08 -0400
> Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US
> ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY
> To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, USANYS-MADOFF
> USANYS.MADOFF@usdoj.gov, "Litt, Marc (USANYS)" Marc.Litt@usdoj.gov Cc:
> webo webo@xplornet.com, vasilescua@sec.gov, friedmani@sec.gov,
> krishnamurthyp@sec.gov
>
> Thank you for your response.
>
> Wendy Olsen
> Victim Witness Coordinator
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos@
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:48 AM
> To: USANYS-MADOFF; Olsen, Wendy (USANYS); Litt, Marc (USANYS)
> Cc: webo; vasilescua@sec.gov; friedmani@sec.gov; krishnamurthyp@sec.gov
> Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US
> ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY
>
> Ms Olsen
>
> Thank you for keeping me informed.
>
> Yes unseal all my emails with all their attachments immediately and
> make certain that the US Attorny's office finally practices full
> disclosurement as to who I am and what my concerns are as per the Rule
> of Law within a purported democracy.
>
> As you folks all well know I am not a shy man and I have done nothing
> wrong. It appears to me that bureacratic people only use the right to
> privacy of others when it suits their malicious ends in order to
> protect their butts from impreacment, litigation and prosecution.
>
> The people in the US Attorney's Office and the SEC etc are very well
> aware that I protested immediately to everyone I could think of when
> the instant I knew that my correspondences went under seal and Madoff
> pled guilty so quickly and yet another cover up involing my actions
> was under full steam. Everybody knows that.the US Government has been
> trying to keep my concerns about the rampant public corruption a
> secret for well over seven long years. However now that a lot of
> people and their countries in general are losing a lot of money people
> are beginning to remember just exactly who I am and what i did
> beginning over seven years ago..
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 506 756 8687 begin_of_the_skype_
> end_of_the_skype_highlighting
>
> P.S. For the record Obviously I pounced on these Yankee bastards as
> soon as the newsrag in Boston published this article on the web last
> night.
>
> http://www.bostonherald.com/
>
> Notice that Nester just like everyone else would not say my name? It
> is because my issues surrounding both Madoff and are NOT marketing
> timing They are as you all well know money laundering, fraud, forgery,
> perjury, securites fraud, tax fraud, Bank fraud, illegal wiretappping
> and Murder amongst other very serious crimes.
>
>
> "SEC spokesman John Nester dismissed similarities between Markopolos
> and Scannell's cases as "not a valid comparison."
>
> He said the SEC determined the market-timing by Putnam clients that
> Scannell reported didn't violate federal law. Nester said the SEC only
> acted after another tipster alleged undisclosed market-timing by some
> Putnam insiders.
>
> Scannell, now a crusader for SEC reforms, isn't surprised the agency
> is in hot water again.
>
> Noting that several top SEC officials have gone on to high-paying
> private-sector jobs, he believes hopes for future employment impact
> investigations. "It's a distinct disadvantage to make waves before you
> enter the private sector," Scannell said."
>
>
> --- On Mon, 3/30/09, David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com wrote:
>
> From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
> Subject: Fwd: USANYS-MADOFF IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S
> OFFICE SDNY
> To: NesterJ@sec.gov, letterstoeditor@bostonherald.
> oig@sec.gov, Thunter@tribune.com, david@davidmyles.com,
> ddexter@ns.sympatico.ca, "Dan Fitzgerald" danf@danf.net
> Cc: dsheehan@bakerlaw.com, dspelfogel@bakerlaw.com,
> mc@whistleblowers.org, gkachroo@mccarter.com,
> david.straube@accenture.com, gurdip.s.sahota@accenture.com,
> benjamin_mcmurray@ao.uscourts.
> Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 10:00 PM
>
> Need I say BULLSHIT?
>
> http://www.bostonherald.com/
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:03:13 -0300
> Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
> SDNY
> To: Russ.Stanton@latimes.com, meredith.goodman@latimes.com,
> ninkster@navigantconsulting.
> Cc: firstselectmanffld@town.
> editor@whatsupfairfield.com, info@csiworld.org, jacques_poitras
> jacques_poitras@cbc.ca
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:45:07 -0300
> Subject: RE Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, Wikileaks and Daniel Ellsberg
> etc
> To: ellsbergpress@gmail.com, info@armycourtmartialdefense.
> "birgittaj@althingi.is" <birgittaj@althingi.is>, "Julian Assange)"
> <editor@wikileaks.org>, julian@sunshinepress.org,
> julian@wikileaks.org, smari <smari@immi.is>
> Cc: cindy@eff.org, clg_news@legitgov.org, maritime_malaise
> <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>, Wayne_Boone@carleton.ca
>
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:33:32 -0400
> Subject: Notice that I knew Assange before he got World Famous?
> To: CLG_News <clg_news@legitgov.org>
>
> From: "Julian Assange)" <editor@wikileaks.org>
> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 18:15:46 +0000 (GMT)
> Subject: Al Jazeera on Iceland's plan for a press safe haven
> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> FYI: Al-Jazeera's take on Iceland's proposed media safe haven
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> More info http://immi.is/<http://immi.is
>
> Julian Assange
> Editor
> WikiLeaks
> http://wikileaks.org/<http://
>
>
>
>
> On 10/7/22, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>
>> New Brunswick·CBC Investigates
>> How to keep secrets from the public: Don't write anything down
>>
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>
>> Judge slams CRA and Justice Department for 'egregious' conduct in epic
>> Tax Court battle
>>
>>
>> Decision likely to affect dozens of Canadians appealing gross
>> negligence penalties from tax agency
>>
>> Jason Proctor · CBC News · Posted: Oct 07, 2022 4:00 AM PT |
>>
>>
>> A tax Court judge has slammed the Canada Revenue Agency for failing to
>> comply with pre-trial court rules and orders. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)
>>
>> A Tax Court judge has slammed the Canada Revenue Agency and the
>> Justice Department for "egregious" conduct that threatened to deny
>> three taxpayers the right to a fair trial in an epic battle over
>> millions of dollars worth of tax penalties.
>>
>> In a scathing decision that could have widespread implications, Judge
>> Patrick Boyle found the CRA committed an "intentional and deliberate"
>> pattern of ignoring court rules to "frustrate" the right that all
>> Canadians have to get a full picture of an opponent's case before
>> heading to court.
>>
>> The three taxpayers — a Manitoba psychiatrist, an Ontario nurse and a
>> B.C. Air Canada pilot — were appealing three million dollars' worth of
>> gross negligence penalties levelled against them, for rejected returns
>> filed through a pair of disgraced tax consultancy firms.
>>
>> But after years of pre-trial delays resulting from the CRA's repeated
>> failure to comply with his orders, Boyle took the extraordinary
>> measure of allowing the appeals without having a trial on the merits
>> of the case this week, to "protect the integrity of the judicial
>> process."
>>
>> Canada Revenue Agency accused of blaming victims as 'gross
>> negligence' cases drag on
>>
>> "I find the [CRA's] egregious approach to pre-trial discovery in these
>> appeals to prejudice all three appellants who have been denied," Boyle
>> wrote in his ruling.
>>
>> "These abuses of the discovery process ... have caused considerable
>> delay and expense to three Appellants in respect of their appeals.
>> They have also led to an inefficient use of public resources financed
>> by all Canadians."
>> 'With great power comes great responsibility'
>>
>> Boyle's decision is the latest chapter in a saga that has seen
>> hundreds of Canadians slapped with gross negligence penalties after
>> filing returns through DeMara Consulting and Fiscal Arbitrators.
>>
>> The principals of both companies were jailed for tax fraud for
>> promoting schemes Boyle says "resemble in many respects the
>> de-taxation practices of sovereign citizens, though with less of the
>> non-fiscal cultish aspects."
>> Hundreds of Canadians filed appeals in Tax Court after the CRA
>> levelled gross negligence penalties against them in association with
>> returns filed through a pair of disgraced tax consultancies. (Minichka
>> / Shutterstock)
>>
>> According to court records, B.C.-based DeMara's scheme was called "the
>> remedy" and essentially involved claiming personal expenditures and
>> debts as expenses and capital losses for a non-existent business.
>>
>> Canada's Income Tax Act gives CRA the ability to levy penalties
>> against Canadians who make false statements and omissions on their tax
>> returns, either knowingly or under circumstances that amount to gross
>> negligence.
>>
>> The penalties in the DeMara and Fiscal Arbitrators case have reached
>> into the millions, leading to a huge backlog of appeals that have been
>> making their way through tax court since 2013.
>>
>> Tax agency obtains 'jeopardy order' for debt from Downton
>> Abbey-loving billionaire
>>
>> Jeff Pniowsky, the Winnipeg-based lawyer who represented all three
>> plaintiffs, said fighting a decade-long court battle with the threat
>> of financial ruin hanging over their heads has cost his clients "years
>> of happiness."
>>
>> "This was fundamentally a case about justice. Justice for the
>> taxpayers who had to endure years of gamesmanship and chicanery by one
>> of Canada's most powerful institutions: the CRA," Pniowsky told the
>> CBC.
>>
>> Pniowsky, who has four children, said Boyle's ruling reminded him of a
>> line from one of his family's favourite superhero movies: Spiderman.
>>
>> "With great power comes great responsibility," he said.
>>
>> "It's clear from this case that the CRA and the Justice Department
>> have lost sight of that common-sense principle."
>> 'Unprepared, unco-operative or untruthful'
>>
>> Boyle's detailed 53-page ruling goes through the history of the case,
>> and the circumstances that led to each of the orders he found the CRA
>> later ignored.
>>
>> The fight centred on pre-trial discovery, and the rights of the
>> taxpayers to examine a CRA representative or "nominee" who was
>> "knowledgeable" about their case.
>> The CRA has the ability to levy gross negligence penalties against
>> taxpayers who lie on their income tax forms. The penalties have been
>> devastating for some. (Graeme Roy/The Canadian Press)
>>
>> The first person the agency put forward was "unaware of any criminal
>> investigation and had not informed himself" about any involvement of
>> the CRA's criminal investigators in the case.
>>
>> The second nominee was a lead criminal investigator who "did not even
>> inform himself ... whether any investigation was undertaken of any of
>> these three appellants."
>>
>> At one point, Boyle called the investigator "thoroughly unprepared,
>> unco-operative or untruthful."
>>
>> The judge said the CRA and its lawyers twisted the words of an order
>> that boiled down to a demand for the agency to hand over any documents
>> relating to any investigations that touched on the three appellants.
>>
>> "I variously described this as 'outrageously misleading and
>> inappropriate,' 'this might be contemptuous,' ... 'deeply, deeply
>> disturbed,' 'highly inappropriate' and 'I don't think you were
>> reasonably mistaken,'" Boyle wrote.
>>
>> It is an ex-reference: B.C. judge removes 'dead parrot' joke from
>> class-action ruling
>>
>> The judge also zeroed in on the CRA's failure to tell the defence that
>> the second page of a three-page "Investigation Abort Report" against
>> one of the plaintiffs had gone missing. The report was handed over in
>> the middle of hundreds of documents. The missing page explained why a
>> criminal investigation was dropped.
>>
>> The CRA claimed it had no "specific obligation" to point out missing
>> pages — a position Boyle found "shocking."
>>
>> "Courts do not consider discovery to be a game, and it is particularly
>> disappointing when the Crown is the offending party," the judge said.
>>
>> He said the omission gave credence to the idea the CRA "is hiding
>> something from them, from the Court and from Canadians about how these
>> investigations have been conducted.
>> 'Stop, or I'll yell stop again!'
>>
>> The judge pointed out that the CRA is "represented by the Department
>> of Justice which is essentially Canada's largest national law firm and
>> employs a large number of tax litigation lawyers who are wholly
>> familiar" with the court's rules.
>>
>> Boyle said making yet another order for compliance would be pointless.
>> The judge compared his battle to get the CRA to comply with his orders
>> to a skit by Monty Python, whose troupe members are seen here from
>> left to right: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Graham
>> Chapman, Michael Palin and Eric Idle. (PBS/Python (Monty) Pictures
>> Ltd./The Associated Press)
>>
>> He was reminded of a skit by legendary English comedy troupe Monty
>> Python.
>>
>> "To make such an order would conjure up memories of the Pythonesque
>> skit of the British bobby of another era yelling at a scofflaw: 'Stop!
>> Stop!—Stop, or I'll yell 'stop' again!'" the judge wrote.
>>
>> The three appeals were supposed to be the lead plaintiffs for a much
>> larger group of appeals. The judge said those people will have to
>> speak with their lawyers to determine how the ruling applies to them.
>>
>> Pniowsky says he believes the decision is the first of its kind
>> against the CRA. He predicted fallout both in other DeMara and Fiscal
>> Arbitrators cases and in the wider world of tax litigation.
>>
>> "Intoxicated with a sense of moral righteousness, the government
>> apparently determined or acted like these Canadians were not worthy of
>> basic procedural rights, thereby committing the same wrongs they
>> accused the taxpayers of: gross neglect, wilful blindness and at times
>> deceptive conduct," he said.
>> ABOUT THE AUTHOR
>> Jason Proctor
>>
>> @proctor_jason
>>
>> Jason Proctor is a reporter in British Columbia for CBC News and has
>> covered the B.C. courts and the justice system extensively.
>>
>> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>>
>>
>> https://www.tdslaw.com/
>>
>> Jeff Pniowsky
>>
>> Jeff focuses his practice in the areas of tax litigation and dispute
>> resolution in the tax audit and appeals process, tax advisory
>> services, and complex commercial litigation.
>>
>> (204) 934-2586
>> jdp@tdslaw.com
>>
>> Winnipeg
>> (204) 934-0586
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2021 23:52:35 -0400
>> Subject: Diane.Lebouthillier and her old buddy John Ossowski should
>> remember my email and a couple of their own documents EH Madame
>> Desmond and Christian Lorenz ?
>> To: "Diane.Lebouthillier" <Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.
>> John.Ossowski@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca, megan.maloney@crtc.gc.ca,
>> bell.regulatory@bell.ca, martine.turcotte@bell.ca, Newsroom
>> <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, Nathalie Sturgeon
>> <sturgeon.nathalie@
>> <Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca
>> <traversy.n@gmail.com>, jswaisland@landingslaw.com,
>> Andrew.LeFrank@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca
>> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "Ellen.Desmond"
>> <Ellen.Desmond@crtc.gc.ca>, Christian.Lorenz@cbsa-asfc.gc.
>> Allison.St-Jean@tc.gc.ca, media@tc.gc.ca, hc.media.sc@canada.ca,
>> mary-liz.power@canada.ca, media@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca,
>> Chris.Lorenz@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca, "christopher.rupar"
>> <christopher.rupar@justice.gc.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: martine.turcotte@bell.ca
>> To: motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com
>> Cc: bcecomms@bce.ca ; W-Five@ctv.ca
>> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:28 AM
>> Subject: RE: I am curious
>>
>> Mr. Amos, I confirm that I have received your documentation. There is
>> no need to send us a hard copy. As you have said yourself, the
>> documentation is very voluminous and after 3 days, we are still in the
>> process of printing it. I have asked one of my lawyers to review it
>> in my absence and report back to me upon my return in the office. We
>> will then provide you with a reply.
>>
>> Martine Turcotte
>> Chief Legal Officer / Chef principal du service juridique
>> BCE Inc. / Bell Canada
>> 1000 de La Gauchetière ouest, bureau 3700
>> Montréal (Qc) H3B 4Y7
>>
>> Tel: (514) 870-4637
>> Fax: (514) 870-4877
>> email: martine.turcotte@bell.ca
>>
>> Executive Assistant / Assistante à la haute direction: Diane Valade
>> Tel: (514) 870-4638
>> email: diane.valade@bell.ca
>>
>>
>>
>> A copy of this letter and all related correspondence will be added to
>> the public record of the proceeding.
>>
>> If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me
>> at (613) 697-4027 or megan.maloney@crtc.gc.ca.
>>
>> In the meantime, the Commission is currently continuing its review of
>> this costs application.
>>
>> Yours Sincerely,
>>
>> originally signed by
>>
>> Megan Maloney
>> Legal Counsel
>>
>> PIAC Welcomes New Board Members
>>
>> Adds Expertise in Telecommunications, Broadcasting and Class Actions
>>
>> OTTAWA – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), today announced
>> the recent election of four new directors to its Board, all experts in
>> either telecommunications, broadcasting or class actions:
>>
>> Konrad von Finckenstein is a lawyer and consultant based in
>> Ottawa. He was previously Chair of the Canadian Radio-television and
>> Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), an Honourable Justice of the
>> Federal Court of Canada and the Commissioner of Competition at the
>> Competition Bureau of Canada. In addition, he has held senior posts in
>> the Government of Canada in positions related to international trade,
>> telecommunications, competition and electronic commerce. Mr. von
>> Finckenstein has been elected as PIAC’s Chair of the Board.
>> Suzanne Lamarre is a lawyer and engineer with the firm of
>> Therrien, Couture and is a former Commissioner of the CRTC. Maitre
>> Lamarre works in the areas of telecommunications, radiocommunications
>> and broadcasting law as a strategic advisor on regulatory and
>> governmental matters at both the national and international level.
>> Monica Auer is a lawyer and the Executive Director of Canada’s
>> Forum for Research & Policy in Communications (FRPC), a non-partisan
>> organization focused on Canada’s communications system. She previously
>> worked at the CRTC and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
>> Ms. Auer has been elected as PIAC’s Vice-Chair.
>> Jonathan Schachter is a Toronto based lawyer with Sotos LLP, with
>> his practice areas including class actions, consumer protection
>> litigation, competition and price fixing, privacy litigation,
>> professional liability litigation, and trademarks and intellectual
>> property litigation and arbitration.
>>
>> “PIAC’s extensive work on behalf of consumers before the CRTC requires
>> the utmost guidance and insight,” said John Lawford, Executive
>> Director and General Counsel of PIAC. “We are therefore thrilled to
>> add to our Board persons with unparalleled experience to guide our
>> communications advocacy, as well as an expert in consumer class
>> actions as this sector becomes more litigious,” he added.
>>
>> PIAC is a federally incorporated not-for-profit and registered charity
>> that advocates for consumer interests, and in particular vulnerable
>> consumer interests, in the provision of important public services.
>> PIAC is known for its representation of consumer, low-income and
>> seniors groups before the CRTC, arguing for better services, more
>> choice and consumer protection for customers of Internet, wireless,
>> telephone and broadcasting services.
>>
>> For more information, please contact:
>>
>> John Lawford
>> Executive Director and General Counsel
>> Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC)
>> (613) 562-4002 ×25
>>
>>> http://davidraymondamos3.
>>>
>>> Tuesday, 14 February 2017
>>>
>>> RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President Donald J. Trump I just got
>>> off the phone with your lawyer Mr Cohen (646-853-0114) Why does he lie
>>> to me after all this time???
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Michael Cohen <mcohen@trumporg.com>
>>> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:15:14 +0000
>>> Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just
>>> called and left a message for you
>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Effective January 20, 2017, I have accepted the role as personal
>>> counsel to President Donald J. Trump. All future emails should be
>>> directed to mdcohen212@gmail.com and all future calls should be
>>> directed to 646-853-0114.
>>> ______________________________
>>> This communication is from The Trump Organization or an affiliate
>>> thereof and is not sent on behalf of any other individual or entity.
>>> This email may contain information that is confidential and/or
>>> proprietary. Such information may not be read, disclosed, used,
>>> copied, distributed or disseminated except (1) for use by the intended
>>> recipient or (2) as expressly authorized by the sender. If you have
>>> received this communication in error, please immediately delete it and
>>> promptly notify the sender. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed
>>> to be received, secure or error-free as emails could be intercepted,
>>> corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late, incomplete, contain viruses
>>> or otherwise. The Trump Organization and its affiliates do not
>>> guarantee that all emails will be read and do not accept liability for
>>> any errors or omissions in emails. Any views or opinions presented in
>>> any email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily
>>> represent those of The Trump Organization or any of its
>>> affiliates.Nothing in this communication is intended to operate as an
>>> electronic signature under applicable law.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: "Min.Mail / Courrier.Min (CRA/ARC)" <PABMINMAILG@cra-arc.gc.ca>
>>> Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 13:10:52 +0000
>>> Subject: Your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes -
>>> 2017-02631
>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Mr. David Raymond Amos
>>> motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Mr. Amos:
>>>
>>> Thank you for your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes,
>>> and for your understanding regarding the delay of this response.
>>>
>>> This is an opportunity for me to address your concerns about the way
>>> the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) deals with aggressive tax planning,
>>> tax avoidance, and tax evasion by targeting individuals and groups
>>> that promote schemes intended to avoid payment of tax. It is also an
>>> opportunity for me to present the Government of Canada’s main
>>> strategies for ensuring fairness for all taxpayers.
>>>
>>> The CRA’s mission is to preserve the integrity of Canada’s tax system,
>>> and it is taking concrete and effective action to deal with abusive
>>> tax schemes. Through federal budget funding in 2016 and 2017, the
>>> government has committed close to $1 billion in cracking down on tax
>>> evasion and combatting tax avoidance at home and through the use of
>>> offshore transactions. This additional funding is expected to generate
>>> federal revenues of $2.6 billion over five years for Budget 2016, and
>>> $2.5 billion over five years for Budget 2017.
>>>
>>> More precisely, the CRA is cracking down on tax cheats by hiring more
>>> auditors, maintaining its underground economy specialist teams,
>>> increasing coverage of aggressive goods and service tax/harmonized
>>> sales tax planning, increasing coverage of multinational corporations
>>> and wealthy individuals, and taking targeted actions aimed at
>>> promoters of abusive tax schemes.
>>>
>>> On the offshore front, the CRA continues to develop tools to improve
>>> its focus on high‑risk taxpayers. It is also considering changes to
>>> its Voluntary Disclosures Program following the first set of program
>>> recommendations received from an independent Offshore Compliance
>>> Advisory Committee. In addition, the CRA is leading international
>>> projects to address the base erosion and profit shifting initiative of
>>> the G20 and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
>>> Development, and is collaborating with treaty partners to address the
>>> Panama Papers leaks.
>>>
>>> These actions are evidence of the government’s commitment to
>>> protecting tax fairness. The CRA has strengthened its intelligence and
>>> technical capacities for the early detection of abusive tax
>>> arrangements and deterrence of those who participate in them. To
>>> ensure compliance, it has increased the number of actions aimed at
>>> promoters who use illegal schemes. These measures include increased
>>> audits of such promoters, improved information gathering, criminal
>>> investigations where warranted, and better communication with
>>> taxpayers.
>>>
>>> To deter potential taxpayer involvement in these schemes, the CRA is
>>> increasing notifications and warnings through its communications
>>> products. It also seeks partnerships with tax preparers, accountants,
>>> and community groups so that they can become informed observers who
>>> can educate their clients.
>>>
>>> The CRA will assess penalties against promoters and other
>>> representatives who make false statements involving illegal tax
>>> schemes. The promotion of tax schemes to defraud the government can
>>> lead to criminal investigations, fingerprinting, criminal prosecution,
>>> court fines, and jail time.
>>>
>>> Between April 1, 2011, and March 31, 2016, the CRA’s criminal
>>> investigations resulted in the conviction of 42 Canadian taxpayers for
>>> tax evasion with links to money and assets held offshore. In total,
>>> the $34 million in evaded taxes resulted in court fines of $12 million
>>> and 734 months of jail time.
>>>
>>> When deciding to pursue compliance actions through the courts, the CRA
>>> consults the Department of Justice Canada to choose an appropriate
>>> solution. Complex tax-related litigation is costly and time consuming,
>>> and the outcome may be unsuccessful. All options to recover amounts
>>> owed are considered.
>>>
>>> More specifically, in relation to the KPMG Isle of Man tax avoidance
>>> scheme, publicly available court records show that it is through the
>>> CRA’s efforts that the scheme was discovered. The CRA identified many
>>> of the participants and continues to actively pursue the matter. The
>>> CRA has also identified at least 10 additional tax structures on the
>>> Isle of Man, and is auditing taxpayers in relation to these
>>> structures.
>>>
>>> To ensure tax fairness, the CRA commissioned an independent review in
>>> March 2016 to determine if it had acted appropriately concerning KPMG
>>> and its clients. In her review, Ms. Kimberley Brooks, Associate
>>> Professor and former Dean of the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie
>>> University, examined the CRA’s operational processes and decisions in
>>> relation to the KPMG offshore tax structure and its efforts to obtain
>>> the names of all taxpayers participating in the scheme. Following this
>>> review, the report, released on May 5, 2016, concluded that the CRA
>>> had acted appropriately in its management of the KPMG Isle of Man
>>> file. The report found that the series of compliance measures the CRA
>>> took were in accordance with its policies and procedures. It was
>>> concluded that the procedural actions taken on the KPMG file were
>>> appropriate given the facts of this particular case and were
>>> consistent with the treatment of taxpayers in similar situations. The
>>> report concluded that actions by CRA employees were in accordance with
>>> the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct. There was no
>>> evidence of inappropriate interaction between KPMG and the CRA
>>> employees involved in the case.
>>>
>>> Under the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct, all CRA
>>> employees are responsible for real, apparent, or potential conflicts
>>> of interests between their current duties and any subsequent
>>> employment outside of the CRA or the Public Service of Canada.
>>> Consequences and corrective measures play an important role in
>>> protecting the CRA’s integrity.
>>>
>>> The CRA takes misconduct very seriously. The consequences of
>>> misconduct depend on the gravity of the incident and its repercussions
>>> on trust both within and outside of the CRA. Misconduct can result in
>>> disciplinary measures up to dismissal.
>>>
>>> All forms of tax evasion are illegal. The CRA manages the Informant
>>> Leads Program, which handles leads received from the public regarding
>>> cases of tax evasion across the country. This program, which
>>> coordinates all the leads the CRA receives from informants, determines
>>> whether there has been any non-compliance with tax law and ensures
>>> that the information is examined and conveyed, if applicable, so that
>>> compliance measures are taken. This program does not offer any reward
>>> for tips received.
>>>
>>> The new Offshore Tax Informant Program (OTIP) has also been put in
>>> place. The OTIP offers financial compensation to individuals who
>>> provide information related to major cases of offshore tax evasion
>>> that lead to the collection of tax owing. As of December 31, 2016, the
>>> OTIP had received 963 calls and 407 written submissions from possible
>>> informants. Over 218 taxpayers are currently under audit based on
>>> information the CRA received through the OTIP.
>>>
>>> With a focus on the highest-risk sectors nationally and
>>> internationally and an increased ability to gather information, the
>>> CRA has the means to target taxpayers who try to hide their income.
>>> For example, since January 2015, the CRA has been collecting
>>> information on all international electronic funds transfers (EFTs) of
>>> $10,000 or more ending or originating in Canada. It is also adopting a
>>> proactive approach by focusing each year on four jurisdictions that
>>> raise suspicion. For the Isle of Man, the CRA audited 3,000 EFTs
>>> totalling $860 million over 12 months and involving approximately 800
>>> taxpayers. Based on these audits, the CRA communicated with
>>> approximately 350 individuals and 400 corporations and performed 60
>>> audits.
>>>
>>> In January 2017, I reaffirmed Canada’s important role as a leader for
>>> tax authorities around the world in detecting the structures used for
>>> aggressive tax planning and tax evasion. This is why Canada works
>>> daily with the Joint International Tax Shelter Information Centre
>>> (JITSIC), a network of tax administrations in over 35 countries. The
>>> CRA participates in two expert groups within the JITSIC and leads the
>>> working group on intermediaries and proponents. This ongoing
>>> collaboration is a key component of the CRA’s work to develop strong
>>> relationships with the international community, which will help it
>>> refine the world-class tax system that benefits all Canadians.
>>>
>>> The CRA is increasing its efforts and is seeing early signs of
>>> success. Last year, the CRA recovered just under $13 billion as a
>>> result of its audit activities on the domestic and offshore fronts.
>>> Two-thirds of these recoveries are the result of its audit efforts
>>> relating to large businesses and multinational companies.
>>>
>>> But there is still much to do, and additional improvements and
>>> investments are underway.
>>>
>>> Tax cheats are having a harder and harder time hiding. Taxpayers who
>>> choose to promote or participate in malicious and illegal tax
>>> strategies must face the consequences of their actions. Canadians
>>> expect nothing less. I invite you to read my most recent statement on
>>> this matter at
>>> canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/
>>> statement_from_
>>>
>>> Thank you for taking the time to write. I hope the information I have
>>> provided is helpful.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>>
>>> The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier
>>> Minister of National Revenue
>>>
>>>
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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:27:39 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Re Urgent Consultation
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
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From: "Rupar, Christopher" <Christopher.Rupar@justice.gc.
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:27:47 +0000
Subject: Réponse automatique - Automatic reply: Re Urgent Consultation
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
I will be out of the office until October 27 2022. If your matter is
urgent, please contact Deborah Mayo at (613) 670-6361
(Deborah.Mayo@justice.gc.ca.) Valerie Phillips
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le 27 octobre 2022. Si vous avez besoin d'assistance contactez Deborah
Mayo (613) 670-6361(Deborah.Mayo@justice.
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On 10/25/22, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
> "As discussed, for your review and comments. Trying to keep it simple!
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> Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:46:38 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Attn Colleen McKeown I just called Trust
> that Greg DelBigio and a legion of RCMP members should remember me
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>
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>
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> From: "Tomkins, Alyssa" <Alyssa.Tomkins@gowlingwlg.com
> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 21:41:01 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Kim Ayotte and Alan Honner are
> interesting dudes N'esy Pas Norm Traversy?
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>
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> From: Jeff Pniowsky <JDP@tdslaw.com>
> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 16:55:52 +0000
> Subject: Re: Attn Jeff Pniowsky I was readig about you in CBC today
> perhaps we should talk ASAP?
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
> Cc: "Jacqueline.Maarse@ca.gt.com" <Jacqueline.Maarse@ca.gt.com>,
> "pierre.poilievre" <pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca>, premier
> <premier@ontario.ca>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>,
> nsinvestigators <nsinvestigators@gmail.com>, NightTimePodcast
> <NightTimePodcast@gmail.com>, "Nathalie.Drouin"
> <Nathalie.Drouin@pco-bcp.gc.ca
> <paulpalango@protonmail.com>, Norman Traversy <traversy.n@gmail.com>,
> "Mark.Blakely" <Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
> "fin.minfinance-financemin.
> <fin.minfinance-financemin.
> <Wayne.Long@parl.gc.ca>, motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>,
> "Jason.Proctor" <Jason.Proctor@cbc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>,
> "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
> "Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.
> <Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.
> <Andrew.LeFrank@cbsa-asfc.gc.
> <Andrew.Baumberg@cas-satj.gc.
> <Ellen.Desmond@crtc.gc.ca>, "Christian.Lorenz@cbsa-asfc.
> <Christian.Lorenz@cbsa-asfc.
> <Allison.St-Jean@tc.gc.ca>, "media@tc.gc.ca" <media@tc.gc.ca>,
> "hc.media.sc@canada.ca" <hc.media.sc@canada.ca>,
> "mary-liz.power@canada.ca" <mary-liz.power@canada.ca>,
> "media@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca" <media@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca>,
> "Chris.Lorenz@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca" <Chris.Lorenz@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca>
> "christopher.rupar" <christopher.rupar@justice.gc.
>
> David,
>
> Further to our conversation, and to be clear I have not agreed to act
> as your counsel. Please address all such correspondence to your
> counsel/advisors and not to our firm.
>
> Jeff
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 24, 2022, at 9:45 AM, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
> wrote:
>
> Jacqueline C. Maarse
> Called to the bar: 1990 (ON)
> Grant Thornton LLP
> General Counsel:
> 2000-200 King St. W.
> Toronto, Ontario M5H 3T4
> Phone: 416-369-7013
> Fax: 416-360-4944
> Email: jacqueline.maarse@ca.gt.com
>
> The pdf files hereto attached forever prove that the RCMP, the US
> Treasury Dept, the latest NB AG Teddy Feming and Jacqueline Maarse
> know that Grant Thornton and KPMG were the auditors of the Brookline
> Savings Bank were I reported the fraud in 2003 Inbox
>
>
> Add star David Amos<motomaniac333@gmail.com> AttachmentSat, Jun 28,
> 2014 at 12:14 AM
> To: "hugh.flemming" <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>,
> Jacqueline.Maarse@ca.gt.com, bdysart <bdysart@smss.com>, Brian Gallant
> <briangallant@nbliberal.ca>, "Davidc.Coon" <Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>,
> nraynard@grantthornton.ca, "john.logan" <john.logan@gnb.ca>,
> marie-claude.blais@gnb.ca, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "Jacques.Poitras"
> <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>,
> "mclaughlin.heather" <mclaeptughlin.heather@
> "Wayne.Gallant" <Wayne.Gallant@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> benjamin.bertrand@rcmp-grc.gc.
> <roger.l.brown@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> <matt.hayes@mcinnescooper.com>
> <leanne.murray@mcinnescooper.
> Cc: "brad.anderson" <brad.anderson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> <mnielsen@pgcitizen.ca>, justmin <justmin@gov.ns.ca>,
> Wayne.Clary@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, "Gilles.Moreau"
> <Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> <dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, frankffrost <frankffrost@hotmail.com>,
> radical <radical@radicalpress.com>, merv <merv@northwebpress.com>,
> Mackap <Mackap@parl.gc.ca>, "mark.vespucci"
> <mark.vespucci@ci.irs.gov>, oig <oig@sec.gov>, "rick.hancox"
> <rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca>, "steven.blaney"
> <steven.blaney@parl.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Blinn"
> <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "david.barry"
> <david.barry@nbsc-cvmnb.ca>, "Darren.Woroshelo"
> <Darren.Woroshelo@rcmp-grc.gc.
> <Geoffrey.McDonald@gov.bc.ca>
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> From: "Maarse, Jacqueline" <Jacqueline.Maarse@ca.gt.com>
> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:54:05 +0000
> Subject: Your call today with Grant Thornton
> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Dear Mr. Amos,
>
> Further to your call with the 2 gentlemen in our Moncton office today,
> we appreciate your interest in Grant Thornton. We ask that you direct
> any correspondence you may wish to send to my attention at the address
> indicated below. We will not be in a position to copy documents from
> your computer and we ask that you do not attend at our offices for
> that purpose. As indicated in the call, communications relating to
> ongoing litigation are dealt with by our General Counsel's Office and
> our partners and staff are not able to engage with you on these
> matters.
>
> Regards,
> Jacqueline Maarse
>
> Jacqueline Maarse | General Counsel
> Grant Thornton LLP
> 12th Floor | 50 Bay Street | Toronto | ON | M5J 2Z8
>
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> FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government has launched a lawsuit
> against an accounting firm in an effort to recover $50 million
> provided as loan guarantees to the Miramichi-based Atcon group of
> companies.
>
> The lawsuit filed with the Court of Queen's Bench in Saint John
> alleges that Grant Thornton was in breach of its duties to the
> province in an inspection of the financial books of the Atcon group of
> companies.
>
> The former Liberal government of then premier Shawn Graham provided
> the loan guarantees to the companies in 2009.
>
> The statement of claim alleges the government approved the loan
> guarantees as a result of financial reports from Grant Thornton.
>
> "But for the Grant Thornton opinions and representations, the province
> would not have sustained a loss in excess of $50 million," the
> document asserts.
>
> It says the accounting firm "failed to exercise the care, diligence,
> and skill of an auditor of reasonable competence and prudence."
>
> None of the allegations contained in the statement of claim have been
> proven in court.
>
> Atcon, based in Miramichi, went bankrupt in April 2010.
>
> Grant Thornton LLP, Grant Thornton International and a chartered
> accountant who works for the company are named as the defendants. They
> have not filed a statement of defence and the accountant named in the
> statement of claim could not be reached for comment.
>
> Norm Raynard, managing partner in New Brunswick for Grant Thornton,
> said in an emailed statement that the company would not offer specific
> comments on the lawsuit because they are still reviewing the court
> documents.
>
> "We will vigorously defend ourselves against this action," he wrote.
>
> "Our initial reaction is that this timing has much to do with the
> political calendar in the province."
>
> The next provincial election is set for Sept. 22.
>
> Attorney General Hugh Flemming said the timing is not political.
>
> "This is not a time schedule which in any way was influenced by the
> government and it is not a political issue," he said Tuesday.
>
> He said the government had no choice but to take the matter to court
> because of the $50 million that was spent.
>
> "The government owes a duty to the people of New Brunswick to do what
> they can to recover this," Flemming said.
>
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> 'Strong suspects' but no charges in Highway of Tears cases: RCMP
>
> VANCOUVER - The Mountie overseeing the investigation into the murders
> and disappearances of women and girls along British Columbia's
> so-called Highway of Tears says his officers have a number of "strong
> suspects," but they have yet to uncover enough evidence to lay charges
> nearly two years after the last major break in the case.
>
> Staff-Sgt. Wayne Clary leads project E-PANA, which has spent years
> investigating the deaths and disappearances of 18 women and girls
> along three highways in the province's north.
>
> Roughly 60 officers were assigned to the case at the height of the
> investigation, though Clary said that number has dropped to between 12
> and 15, who spend most of their time on the project. Still, he said
> E-PANA is very much an active investigation.
>
> "It has scaled down, because we've pounded through a lot of work, but
> there's still enough work in front of us to keep going," Clary told
> The Canadian Press.
>
> "There's more than one investigation where we have strong suspects or
> persons of interest, and we're clearly focusing on those. ... I'd like
> nothing more than to sit down with the families and say, 'We've got
> the guy."'
>
> Clary declined to offer details about how many suspects the RCMP have
> identified or in which specific cases, though he said the suspects
> they have in mind are located in Canada.
>
> The last significant development came in September 2012, when
> investigators said they believed a dead American convict named Bobby
> Jack Fowler was responsible for killing as many as three of the women.
>
> The RCMP said investigators had uncovered DNA evidence linking Fowler,
> who died in an Oregon prison in 2006, to Colleen MacMillen, who was
> murdered in 1974. They also said they believed Fowler may have been
> involved in the deaths of Gale Weys and Pamela Darlington, both 19,
> who were killed in the mid-1970s.
>
> Clary said the force doesn't have the same kind of direct evidence
> tying Fowler to Weys and Darlington, but he added: "Personally, I
> think it's him in the other two."
>
> Clary said E-PANA hasn't come up with evidence to suggest any of the
> other women and girls were linked together, meaning there could be 15
> different suspects for the 15 remaining cases.
>
> "If we have a strong suspect, absolutely we're looking for crossed
> lines, but right now we're not seeing that," he said.
>
> E-PANA was launched in 2005 amid growing concern about the number of
> women and girls who vanished or were found dead along highways in the
> province's north. It also came several years after serial killer
> Robert Pickton was arrested in the Vancouver area - a case that Clary
> worked on as part of Project Evenhanded.
>
> The Highway of Tears often refers to a remote stretch of Highway 16
> between Prince Rupert and Prince George, but E-PANA also includes
> cases along the adjacent Highways 97 and 5.
>
> Investigators identified 18 women and girls who were involved in
> hitchhiking or other high-risk behaviour and were last seen within a
> couple of kilometres of those highways. The final list included cases
> between 1969 and 2006.
>
> Investigators once held annual group meetings, but Clary said they now
> contact each family individually, either in person or by telephone.
>
>
>
> http://www.pgfreepress.com/
>
> City bids adieu to RCMP Supt. Eric Stubbs
> Posted On 26 Jun 2014By : Staff ReporterComment: 0Tag: RCMP
> Firepit manager Robert Ryan, left, elders Violet Bozoki and Tom Reece
> and executive director Vanessa West presemted RCMP Supt. Eric Stubbs
> with some gifts before he leaves for a new posting in Ottawa at the
> end of the month. Stubbs and Ryan both spoke of the steps which have
> been taken to bring the First Nations community and the RCMP in Prince
> George closer. The gifts were made by patrons of the Firepit, and Ryan
> told Stubbs, “You’re taking a part of us with you.” Allan WISHART/Free
> Press
> After three years as the top cop in Prince George and a combined 14
> years in Northern BC, Superintendent Eric Stubbs is leaving Prince
> George and province.
>
> Friday June 27, marks the final day Superintendent Stubbs will be in
> charge of the RCMP’s Municipal Detachment in Prince George, a position
> he held since arriving in June 2011. During his time here,
> Superintendent Stubbs has reduced crime in nearly every category,
> created a unit dedicated to combating domestic violence, and was a
> catalyst in the transformation of the Community Policing Section to a
> new model with focuses on youth and enforcement. Of course, he was
> also the detachment commander leading up to, during and following the
> move to the new City of Prince George Municipal Detachment.
>
> “I would like to thank Superintendent Stubbs for his excellent service
> to Prince George and northern B.C.,” said Mayor Shari Green of Prince
> George, in a press release. “Among the many achievements on his watch,
> I’d like to point out his dedication to reducing domestic violence,
> the continued support of the Downtown Enforcement Unit, and his
> essential role in the Mayor’s Task Force on Crime. I wish
> Superintendent Stubbs every success in this next exciting phase of his
> service to Canadians.”
>
> Stubbs will be taking on a new role as National Criminal Operations
> Officer in Ottawa; a role that comes with a promotion to Chief
> Superintendent.
>
> Superintendent Stubbs has provided a tremendous service to the
> citizens of northern BC through his work in four communities over 14
> years said Supt. Lesley Bain, acting officer in charge of the RCMP in
> northern B.C. He has had a significant impact in each community he has
> policed, none more than Prince George. He will be greatly missed and
> we wish him the best in his new role in Ottawa.
>
> Inspector Brad Anderson, the Detachment’s Operations officer, will
> take over command of the detachment until such time that a successor
> is named.
>
> On behalf of the members, staff and volunteers of the Prince George
> RCMP, I want to extend a thank you to Eric for his leadership over the
> past three years said Anderson. It has been a pleasure working for him
> in such a positive environment.
>
>
>
>
> ------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:43:38 -0400
> Subject: Re: The politicians and cops etc cannot deny that I warned
> New Brunswick not to trust Grant Thornton and KPMG many times
> beginning in 2004
> To: jacqueline.maarse@ca.gt.com, pnoble@grantthornton.ca,
> paul.robichaud@gnb.ca, ggilbert@grantthornton.ca,
> nraynard@grantthornton.ca, jdelaney@grantthornton.ca,
> kferguson@grantthornton.ca, blewis@grantthornton.ca,
> krieger@grantthornton.ca, hjaffer@grantthornton.ca,
> rgodbold@grantthornton.ca, pmartin@grantthornton.ca,
> gdent@grantthornton.ca, karrt <karrt@sec.gov>, oig <oig@sec.gov>, oig
> <oig@ftc.gov>, whistleblower <whistleblower@finra.org>, whistle
> <whistle@fsa.gov.uk>, Whistleblower <Whistleblower@ctv.ca>,
> "dean.buzza" <dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, police
> <police@fredericton.ca>, GillesLee <GillesLee@edmundston.ca>, andre
> <andre@jafaust.com>, "peter.dauphinee" <peter.dauphinee@gmail.com>,
> law <law@stevenfoulds.ca>, "rick.hancox" <rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca>,
> "marie-claude.blais" <marie-claude.blais@gnb.ca>, "jeff.mockler"
> <jeff.mockler@gnb.ca>, "luc.labonte" <luc.labonte@gnb.ca>,
> "lucie.dubois" <lucie.dubois@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "bernadine.chapman"
> <bernadine.chapman@rcmp-grc.
> <cullen1@parl.gc.ca>, "bob.rae" <bob.rae@rogers.blackberry.net
> rhouston <rhouston@burkerobertson.com>, richard.dearden@gowlings.com,
> "allan.cutler" <allan.cutler@
> Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-
> "justin.trudeau.a1" <justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>
> <marc.garneau.a1@parl.gc.ca>, ottawairc@state.gov, bginsberg
> <bginsberg@pattonboggs.com>
> Cc: Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca, David Amos
> <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> amacbeath@grantthornton.ca, bmatthews@grantthornton.ca,
> derrickrideout001@yahoo.ca
>
> From: "Matthews, Bev" <Beverley.Matthews@ca.gt.com>
> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 03:36:55 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: The politicians and cops etc cannot deny
> that I warned New Brunswick not to trust Grant Thornton and KPMG many
> times beginning in 2004
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have stepped down from my position as General Counsel of Grant
> Thornton as of July 31, 2012.
>
> My successor, Jacqueline Maarse, can be reached at
> jacqueline.maarse@ca.gt.com or at 416 369-7013.
>
> I will respond directly to any e-mails associated with the limited
> matters for which I have responsiblity as Special Counsel to the firm
> or to any e-mails of a personal nature.
>
> Bev Matthews
>
> ______________________________
> Disclaimer: This email is intended solely for the person or entity to
> which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged
> information. Any review, dissemination, copying, printing or other use
> of this email by persons or entities other than the addressee is
> prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact
> the sender immediately and delete the material from any computer.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:36:40 -0400
> Subject: The politicians and cops etc cannot deny that I warned New
> Brunswick not to trust Grant Thornton and KPMG many times beginning in
> 2004
> To: pnoble@grantthornton.ca, paul.robichaud@gnb.ca,
> ggilbert@grantthornton.ca, nraynard@grantthornton.ca,
> jdelaney@grantthornton.ca, kferguson@grantthornton.ca,
> blewis@grantthornton.ca, krieger@grantthornton.ca,
> hjaffer@grantthornton.ca, rgodbold@grantthornton.ca,
> pmartin@grantthornton.ca, gdent@grantthornton.ca, karrt
> <karrt@sec.gov>, oig <oig@sec.gov>, oig <oig@ftc.gov>, whistleblower
> <whistleblower@finra.org>, whistle <whistle@fsa.gov.uk>, Whistleblower
> <Whistleblower@ctv.ca>, "dean.buzza" <dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
> police <police@fredericton.ca>, GillesLee <GillesLee@edmundston.ca>,
> andre <andre@jafaust.com>, "peter.dauphinee"
> <peter.dauphinee@gmail.com>, law <law@stevenfoulds.ca>, "rick.hancox"
> <rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca>, "marie-claude.blais"
> <marie-claude.blais@gnb.ca>, "jeff.mockler" <jeff.mockler@gnb.ca>,
> "luc.labonte" <luc.labonte@gnb.ca>, "lucie.dubois"
> <lucie.dubois@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "bernadine.chapman"
> <bernadine.chapman@rcmp-grc.
> <cullen1@parl.gc.ca>, "bob.rae" <bob.rae@rogers.blackberry.net
> rhouston <rhouston@burkerobertson.com>, richard.dearden@gowlings.com,
> "allan.cutler" <allan.cutler@
> Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-
> "justin.trudeau.a1" <justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>
> <marc.garneau.a1@parl.gc.ca>, ottawairc@state.gov, bginsberg
> <bginsberg@pattonboggs.com>
> Cc: Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca, David Amos
> <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> amacbeath@grantthornton.ca, bmatthews@grantthornton.ca,
> derrickrideout001@yahoo.ca
>
> "Harper, Stephen - M.P." <Harper.S@parl.gc.ca> wrote:
>
> Subject: RE: Re: Lets all go through the looking glass to check the
> Integrity of the Talking Heads in BC tonight
> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:32:54 -0500
> From: "Harper, Stephen - M.P." <Harper.S@parl.gc.ca>
> To: <motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com>
>
> Thank you for your e-mail message to Stephen Harper, Leader of the
> Opposition. Your views and suggestions are important to us. Once they
> have been carefully considered, you may receive a further reply.
>
> *Remember to include your mailing address if you would like a response.
>
> If you prefer to send your thoughts by regular mail, please address them
> to:
>
> Stephen Harper, M.P.
> Leader of the Opposition
> House of Commons
> Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6
>
> maggie.trudel-maggiore@
>
> Mr. Amos,
>
> thank you for your phone message and several email messages. As the
> Director of Values and Ethics in the departments of Foreign Affairs
> Canada and International Trade Canada, my current mandate applies only
> to internal management issues. For example, establishing a code of
> conduct for our employees as well as providing advice to staff on
> conflict of interest and conflict resolution.
>
> As such I don't think I could be in a position to assist you. Please
> remove my name from your distribution list.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Maggie Trudel-Maggiore
> A/Director, Values and Ethics
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>
> The crook Paul Robichaud spewed Pure Double talking Bullshit today
>
> "Robichaud told reporters on Thursday that suing Grant Thornton, the
> company that audited Atcon’s financial records, could be considered
> but he said the province is unlikely to follow that specific option.
>
> “[A lawsuit] is something that we could consider, but I already said
> in the past it is not an option that we are going to look at this
> point. But we are looking at every option at this point,” Robichaud
> said."
>
> http://www.grantthornton.ca/<h
>
> http://www.nbica.org/english/
>
> The RCMP, Rick Hancox,Bruce Lewis of Fat Fred City and his bosses in
> Upper Canada should at least recall what I explained to them on the
> phone in 2006 before you nasty bastards sent all the cops against me.
> CORRECT???
>
> GO FIGURE
>
> http://secfilings.nasdaq.com/
>
> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
>
>
> My concerns about the severe lack of INTEGRITY of Grant Thornton and
> KPMG obviously had to do with their fraudulent auditing of the
> Brookline Bancorp etc (Putnam Investments is now owned by Power Corp
> BTW) while many Yankees, the USDOJ and the US Treasury Dept attacked
> my family and I in order to cover up their many wrongs. Meanwhile the
> cops and politicians in my nativeland did everything in ther power to
> assist in the many wrongs for nearly 11 years and counting. N'esy Pas?
>
> http://www.powercorporation.
>
>
>
> http://www.nbsc-cvmnb.ca/nbsc/
>
> 13 December 2012
>
> Canadian Securities Regulators Publish Discussion Paper on Mutual Fund Fees
>
> Toronto – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published
> for comment CSA Discussion Paper 81-407 Mutual Fund Fees, which
> examines the mutual fund fee structure in Canada and identifies
> potential investor protection issues arising from that structure. The
> Discussion Paper sets out various topics for discussion in order to
> evaluate the appropriate structure for Canada.
>
> Canada’s mutual fund fees have been the subject of much debate in
> recent years. Some research studies examining Canada’s mutual fund
> fees, along with international reforms, have prompted greater interest
> in reviewing the issue of mutual fund fees in Canada.
>
> “Mutual funds are a key investment in the portfolios of many
> Canadians,” said Bill Rice, Chair of the CSA and Chair and CEO of the
> Alberta Securities Commission. “It is important that we look at
> Canada’s mutual fund fee structure carefully in determining what
> changes could or should be considered to enhance investor protection
> and foster confidence in our market.”
>
> To date, the CSA has focused its efforts on enhancing the transparency
> of mutual fund fees and commissions through initiatives such as the
> Point of Sale, and Cost Disclosure and Performance Reporting projects.
> While these initiatives remain a priority on behalf of investors, the
> CSA has determined that it is also necessary to consult extensively
> with investors and market participants to explore whether further
> issues remain.
>
> The CSA welcomes feedback on the Discussion Paper, which can be found
> on CSA members’ websites. The comment period is open until April 12,
> 2013. All comments will be considered in the CSA’s decision and next
> steps, and also assist in the development of a roundtable the CSA
> plans to hold with investors and industry participants in 2013.
>
> The CSA, the council of the securities regulators of Canada’s
> provinces and territories, coordinates and harmonizes regulation for
> the Canadian capital markets.
>
> – 30 –
>
> For more information:
> Wendy Connors-Beckett
> New Brunswick Securities Commission
> 506 643-7745
>
> 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.Foran@gnb.ca, Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,
> "Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> "Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have n
>
> Dear Mr. Amos,
>
> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off over
> the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I was not
> ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>
> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>
> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
> that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada and
> theUS. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment policing
> in Petitcodiac, NB.
>
> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
> GRC Caledonia RCMP
> Traffic Services NCO
> Ph: (506) 387-2222
> Fax: (506) 387-4622
> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 2:59 PM
> Subject: Fw: Please press print on this attachment and give it to MacKay
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: ottawairc@state.gov
> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 10:28 AM
> Subject: Fw: Please press print on this attachment and give it to MacKay
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: doralee.smith@pwgsc.gc.ca ; MacKay.P@parl.gc.ca
> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 9:49 AM
> Subject: Please press print on this attachment and give it to MacKay
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: eamacleod@cbrmps.cape-breton.
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 5:26 PM
> Subject: Fw: Press print on this attachment and call me a liar now Ms.
> Matthews
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: comartin.j@parl.gc.ca ; Brown.G@parl.gc.ca ; cotler.i@parl.gc.ca ;
> Hawn.L@parl.gc.ca ; Menard.S@parl.gc.ca ;
> scarpinelli@publicintegrity.
> MacKenzie.D@parl.gc.ca ; Chan.R@parl.gc.ca ; Bevilacqua.M@parl.gc.ca ;
> Batters.D@parl.gc.ca ; Siksay.B@parl.gc.ca ; Anderson.Da@parl.gc.ca ;
> Komarnicki.E@parl.gc.ca
> Cc: SECU@parl.gc.ca ; Breitkreuz.G@parl.gc.ca ; hollam@parl.gc.ca ;
> arnold.zeman@psepc-sppcc.gc.ca ; Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca ;
> Harper.S@parl.gc.ca ; Layton.J@parl.gc.ca ; Godin.Y@parl.gc.ca ;
> McDonough.A@parl.gc.ca ; Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca ;
> gemerson@tor.fasken.com ; garth@garth.ca ; rmooremp@nb.sympatico.ca ;
> Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca ; smay@pattersonpalmer.ca ;
> news957@rci.rogers.com ; Scott.A@parl.gc.ca ; zedp@parl.gc.ca ;
> leo@primetimecrime.com ; crilf@ucalgary.ca ;
> giuliano.zaccardelli@rcmp-grc.
> stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-
> info@pco-bcp.gc.ca ; Daniel.Conley@state.ma.us ; kmearn@mpdmilton.org
> ; Freeman.C@parl.gc.ca
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:52 PM
> Subject: Fw: Press print on this attachment and call me a liar now Ms.
> Matthews
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: chanr0@parl.gc.ca
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:00 PM
> Subject: Fw: Press print on this attachment and call me a liar now Ms.
> Matthews
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: johnforan.mla@nb.aibn.com ; Chris.Baker@gnb.ca ;
> yvon.leblanc3@gnb.ca ; rachel.bard@gnb.ca ; Louise.LEMON@gnb.ca
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 2:47 PM
> Subject: Fw: Press print on this attachment and call me a liar now Ms.
> Matthews
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: amacbeath@grantthornton.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 2:09 PM
> Subject: Fw: Press print on this attachment and call me a liar now Ms.
> Matthews
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: bmatthews@grantthornton.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 1:32 PM
> Subject: Press print on this attachment and call me a liar now Ms. Matthews
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: freemc@parl.gc.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 1:00 PM
> Subject: Fw: Angie press print on this attachment I know for a fact it
> works
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: pmartin@GrantThornton.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 12:07 PM
> Subject: Fw: Angie press print on this attachment I know for a fact it
> works
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: nraynard@GrantThornton.ca ; jdelaney@GrantThornton.ca ;
> kferguson@GrantThornton.ca ; blewis@GrantThornton.ca
> Cc: krieger@GrantThornton.ca ; hjaffer@GrantThornton.ca ;
> rgodbold@GrantThornton.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 11:59 AM
> Subject: Fw: Angie press print on this attachment I know for a fact it
> works
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: gdent@GrantThornton.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:04 AM
> Subject: Fw: Angie press print on this attachment I know for a fact it
> works
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: ckennedy@notes.tcs.treas.gov
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 5:32 PM
> Subject: Fw: Angie press print on this attachment I know for a fact it
> works
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: Raf.Souccar@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ; tim.killam@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ;
> martin.blais@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ; harrir1@parl.gc.ca ; harrir@parl.gc.ca ;
> peterj@parl.gc.ca
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 2:44 PM
> Subject: Fw: Angie press print on this attachment I know for a fact it
> works
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: leo@primetimecrime.com ; gary.bignell@peelpolice.on.ca ;
> crilf@ucalgary.ca
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 12:17 PM
> Subject: Fw: Angie press print on this attachment I know for a fact it
> works
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Raymond Amos
> To: angie.coss@cjad.com
> Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 8:03 PM
> Subject: Angie press print on this attachment I know for a fact it works
>
> Just Dave
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Amos" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> To: <derrickrideout001@yahoo.ca>; <thedderson@gov.nl.ca>; "pm"
> <pm@pm.gc.ca>; <premier@gov.nl.ca>; <pnoble@grantthornton.ca>;
> "ggilbert" <ggilbert@grantthornton.ca>; "Minister.Industry"
> <Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca>; <sheila.fraser@oag-bvg.gc.ca>
> Cc: "IgnatM" <IgnatM@parl.gc.ca>; "maritime_malaise"
> <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>; <ducepg@parl.gc.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 2:00 PM
> Subject: Tell me another one Mr Rideout after you talk to Brian
> Crawley perhaps you PCs should consider returning my calls EH?
>
>
> Representative of the Leader’s Office
> Mr. Derrick Rideout
> Principal Assistant to the Premier
> Email: derrickrideout001@yahoo.ca
>
> From: Derrick Rideout <derrickrideout001@yahoo.ca>
> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:33:19 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: Fwd: RE Financial oversight the media, the SEC, Madoff,
> Putnam and the Whistleblower @ 1-866-96-FINRA etc etc
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> Don't know why i was sent this.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Auto-reply from csheahan@pa-law.ca" <csheahan@pa-law.ca>
> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:22:37 -0400
> Subject: Re: Fwd: RE Financial oversight the media, the SEC, Madoff,
> Putnam and the Whistleblower @ 1-866-96-FINRA etc etc
> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> Please be advised that I will be away from the office from April 1,
> 2011 to April 11, 2011 (inclusive). If you require immediate
> assistance, please contact Debbie White at 709-634-3136. Thank you,
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Williams, Norm" <nwilliams@grantthornton.ca>
> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:23:15 -0400
> Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: RE Financial oversight the media,
> the SEC, Madoff, Putnam and the Whistleblower @ 1-866-96-FINRA etc etc
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> Thank you for contacting Grant Thornton LLP. Norm Williams, CA has
> withdrawn from the firm effective December 31, 2010 and will be
> transitioning his files to other professionals within the firm over
> the next few weeks. If you have immediate needs please contact Bill
> Budgell at bbudgell@GrantThornton.ca or (709) 778-8802 and we will be
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> error, please contact the sender immediately and
> delete the material from any computer.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:56:23 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: RE Financial oversight the media, the SEC, Madoff,
> Putnam and the Whistleblower @ 1-866-96-FINRA etc etc
> To: pnoble@grantthornton.ca, ggilbert@grantthornton.ca
> Cc: "Minister.Industry" <Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca>, "sheila. fraser"
> <sheila.fraser@oag-bvg.gc.ca>, ducepg <ducepg@parl.gc.ca>
>
> http://www.ic.gc.ca/app/ccc/
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:22:34 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: RE Financial oversight the media, the SEC, Madoff,
> Putnam and the Whistleblower @ 1-866-96-FINRA etc etc
> To: pcparty@nf.aibn.com, derrickrideout001@yahoo.ca, jbabb@babblaw.ca,
> cynthia_downey@hotmail.com, "ddexter@ns.sympatico.ca"
> <ddexter@ns.sympatico.ca>, "David.ALWARD@gnb.ca" <David.ALWARD@gnb.ca>
> Cc: nwilliams@grantthornton.ca, csheahan@pa-law.ca, abugden@pa-law.ca,
> maritime_malaise <maritime_malaise@yahoo.com>
>
> I just called agsin. Heres why
>
> http://www.dunderdale2011.ca/
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:46:59 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: RE Financial oversight the media, the SEC, Madoff,
> Putnam and the Whistleblower @ 1-866-96-FINRA etc etc
> To: mark@snellingcenter.org
> Cc: maritime_malaise <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:16:39 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: RE Financial oversight the media, the SEC, Madoff,
> Putnam and the Whistleblower @ 1-866-96-FINRA etc etc
> To: Harriet.Johnson@state.vt.us, michael.clasen@state.vt.us,
> Harold@haroldalbrechtmp.ca, colleen@snellingcenter.org
> Cc: "PATRICK. MURPHY" <PATRICK.MURPHY@dhs.gov>, "jacques.boucher"
> <jacques.boucher@rcmp-grc.gc.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:35:28 -0300
> Subject: Fwd: RE Financial oversight the media, the SEC, Madoff,
> Putnam and the Whistleblower @ 1-866-96-FINRA etc etc
> To: GovernorVT@state.vt.us, jeb.spaulding@state.vt.us
> Cc: cmain2@bloomberg.net
>
> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/
>
> Whats this? A possibly ethical Governor in Vermont? I tried talking to
> his people Heres hoping that he emails me back because his help
> suddenly got busy didn't ask for my number.
>
> "Vermont’s governor, Democrat Peter Shumlin, has said he seeks to use
> an escape clause in the law to create a government- run health system
> that would cover every resident and put private insurers, including
> Cigna Corp. (CI), out of business in that state."
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:15:49 -0300
> Subject: RE Financial oversight the media, the SEC, Madoff, Putnam and
> the Whistleblower @ 1-866-96-FINRA etc etc
> To: whistleblower@finra.org, michael_copeland@fortunemail.
> letters@fortune.com, susan.pulliam@wsj.com, Russ.Stanton@latimes.com,
> meredith.goodman@latimes.com, ninkster@navigantconsulting.
> dgolub@sgtlaw.com, firstselectmanffld@town.
> editor@whatsupfairfield.com, info@csiworld.org, jacques_poitras@cbc.ca
> Cc: oig <oig@sec.gov>, "Dean.Buzza" <Dean.Buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
> "Fred. Pretorius" <Fred.Pretorius@gov.yk.ca>, "rick.hancox"
> <rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca>
>
> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Olsen, Wendy (USANYS)" Wendy.Olsen@usdoj.gov
> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:21:08 -0400
> Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US
> ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY
> To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, USANYS-MADOFF
> USANYS.MADOFF@usdoj.gov, "Litt, Marc (USANYS)" Marc.Litt@usdoj.gov Cc:
> webo webo@xplornet.com, vasilescua@sec.gov, friedmani@sec.gov,
> krishnamurthyp@sec.gov
>
> Thank you for your response.
>
> Wendy Olsen
> Victim Witness Coordinator
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos@
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:48 AM
> To: USANYS-MADOFF; Olsen, Wendy (USANYS); Litt, Marc (USANYS)
> Cc: webo; vasilescua@sec.gov; friedmani@sec.gov; krishnamurthyp@sec.gov
> Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US
> ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY
>
> Ms Olsen
>
> Thank you for keeping me informed.
>
> Yes unseal all my emails with all their attachments immediately and
> make certain that the US Attorny's office finally practices full
> disclosurement as to who I am and what my concerns are as per the Rule
> of Law within a purported democracy.
>
> As you folks all well know I am not a shy man and I have done nothing
> wrong. It appears to me that bureacratic people only use the right to
> privacy of others when it suits their malicious ends in order to
> protect their butts from impreacment, litigation and prosecution.
>
> The people in the US Attorney's Office and the SEC etc are very well
> aware that I protested immediately to everyone I could think of when
> the instant I knew that my correspondences went under seal and Madoff
> pled guilty so quickly and yet another cover up involing my actions
> was under full steam. Everybody knows that.the US Government has been
> trying to keep my concerns about the rampant public corruption a
> secret for well over seven long years. However now that a lot of
> people and their countries in general are losing a lot of money people
> are beginning to remember just exactly who I am and what i did
> beginning over seven years ago..
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 506 756 8687 begin_of_the_skype_
> end_of_the_skype_highlighting
>
> P.S. For the record Obviously I pounced on these Yankee bastards as
> soon as the newsrag in Boston published this article on the web last
> night.
>
> http://www.bostonherald.com/
>
> Notice that Nester just like everyone else would not say my name? It
> is because my issues surrounding both Madoff and are NOT marketing
> timing They are as you all well know money laundering, fraud, forgery,
> perjury, securites fraud, tax fraud, Bank fraud, illegal wiretappping
> and Murder amongst other very serious crimes.
>
>
> "SEC spokesman John Nester dismissed similarities between Markopolos
> and Scannell's cases as "not a valid comparison."
>
> He said the SEC determined the market-timing by Putnam clients that
> Scannell reported didn't violate federal law. Nester said the SEC only
> acted after another tipster alleged undisclosed market-timing by some
> Putnam insiders.
>
> Scannell, now a crusader for SEC reforms, isn't surprised the agency
> is in hot water again.
>
> Noting that several top SEC officials have gone on to high-paying
> private-sector jobs, he believes hopes for future employment impact
> investigations. "It's a distinct disadvantage to make waves before you
> enter the private sector," Scannell said."
>
>
> --- On Mon, 3/30/09, David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com wrote:
>
> From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
> Subject: Fwd: USANYS-MADOFF IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S
> OFFICE SDNY
> To: NesterJ@sec.gov, letterstoeditor@bostonherald.
> oig@sec.gov, Thunter@tribune.com, david@davidmyles.com,
> ddexter@ns.sympatico.ca, "Dan Fitzgerald" danf@danf.net
> Cc: dsheehan@bakerlaw.com, dspelfogel@bakerlaw.com,
> mc@whistleblowers.org, gkachroo@mccarter.com,
> david.straube@accenture.com, gurdip.s.sahota@accenture.com,
> benjamin_mcmurray@ao.uscourts.
> Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 10:00 PM
>
> Need I say BULLSHIT?
>
> http://www.bostonherald.com/
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:03:13 -0300
> Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
> SDNY
> To: Russ.Stanton@latimes.com, meredith.goodman@latimes.com,
> ninkster@navigantconsulting.
> Cc: firstselectmanffld@town.
> editor@whatsupfairfield.com, info@csiworld.org, jacques_poitras
> jacques_poitras@cbc.ca
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:45:07 -0300
> Subject: RE Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, Wikileaks and Daniel Ellsberg
> etc
> To: ellsbergpress@gmail.com, info@armycourtmartialdefense.
> "birgittaj@althingi.is" <birgittaj@althingi.is>, "Julian Assange)"
> <editor@wikileaks.org>, julian@sunshinepress.org,
> julian@wikileaks.org, smari <smari@immi.is>
> Cc: cindy@eff.org, clg_news@legitgov.org, maritime_malaise
> <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>, Wayne_Boone@carleton.ca
>
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:33:32 -0400
> Subject: Notice that I knew Assange before he got World Famous?
> To: CLG_News <clg_news@legitgov.org>
>
> From: "Julian Assange)" <editor@wikileaks.org>
> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 18:15:46 +0000 (GMT)
> Subject: Al Jazeera on Iceland's plan for a press safe haven
> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> FYI: Al-Jazeera's take on Iceland's proposed media safe haven
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> More info http://immi.is/<http://immi.is
>
> Julian Assange
> Editor
> WikiLeaks
> http://wikileaks.org/<http://
>
>
>
>
> On 10/7/22, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>
>> New Brunswick·CBC Investigates
>> How to keep secrets from the public: Don't write anything down
>>
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>
>> Judge slams CRA and Justice Department for 'egregious' conduct in epic
>> Tax Court battle
>>
>>
>> Decision likely to affect dozens of Canadians appealing gross
>> negligence penalties from tax agency
>>
>> Jason Proctor · CBC News · Posted: Oct 07, 2022 4:00 AM PT |
>>
>>
>> A tax Court judge has slammed the Canada Revenue Agency for failing to
>> comply with pre-trial court rules and orders. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)
>>
>> A Tax Court judge has slammed the Canada Revenue Agency and the
>> Justice Department for "egregious" conduct that threatened to deny
>> three taxpayers the right to a fair trial in an epic battle over
>> millions of dollars worth of tax penalties.
>>
>> In a scathing decision that could have widespread implications, Judge
>> Patrick Boyle found the CRA committed an "intentional and deliberate"
>> pattern of ignoring court rules to "frustrate" the right that all
>> Canadians have to get a full picture of an opponent's case before
>> heading to court.
>>
>> The three taxpayers — a Manitoba psychiatrist, an Ontario nurse and a
>> B.C. Air Canada pilot — were appealing three million dollars' worth of
>> gross negligence penalties levelled against them, for rejected returns
>> filed through a pair of disgraced tax consultancy firms.
>>
>> But after years of pre-trial delays resulting from the CRA's repeated
>> failure to comply with his orders, Boyle took the extraordinary
>> measure of allowing the appeals without having a trial on the merits
>> of the case this week, to "protect the integrity of the judicial
>> process."
>>
>> Canada Revenue Agency accused of blaming victims as 'gross
>> negligence' cases drag on
>>
>> "I find the [CRA's] egregious approach to pre-trial discovery in these
>> appeals to prejudice all three appellants who have been denied," Boyle
>> wrote in his ruling.
>>
>> "These abuses of the discovery process ... have caused considerable
>> delay and expense to three Appellants in respect of their appeals.
>> They have also led to an inefficient use of public resources financed
>> by all Canadians."
>> 'With great power comes great responsibility'
>>
>> Boyle's decision is the latest chapter in a saga that has seen
>> hundreds of Canadians slapped with gross negligence penalties after
>> filing returns through DeMara Consulting and Fiscal Arbitrators.
>>
>> The principals of both companies were jailed for tax fraud for
>> promoting schemes Boyle says "resemble in many respects the
>> de-taxation practices of sovereign citizens, though with less of the
>> non-fiscal cultish aspects."
>> Hundreds of Canadians filed appeals in Tax Court after the CRA
>> levelled gross negligence penalties against them in association with
>> returns filed through a pair of disgraced tax consultancies. (Minichka
>> / Shutterstock)
>>
>> According to court records, B.C.-based DeMara's scheme was called "the
>> remedy" and essentially involved claiming personal expenditures and
>> debts as expenses and capital losses for a non-existent business.
>>
>> Canada's Income Tax Act gives CRA the ability to levy penalties
>> against Canadians who make false statements and omissions on their tax
>> returns, either knowingly or under circumstances that amount to gross
>> negligence.
>>
>> The penalties in the DeMara and Fiscal Arbitrators case have reached
>> into the millions, leading to a huge backlog of appeals that have been
>> making their way through tax court since 2013.
>>
>> Tax agency obtains 'jeopardy order' for debt from Downton
>> Abbey-loving billionaire
>>
>> Jeff Pniowsky, the Winnipeg-based lawyer who represented all three
>> plaintiffs, said fighting a decade-long court battle with the threat
>> of financial ruin hanging over their heads has cost his clients "years
>> of happiness."
>>
>> "This was fundamentally a case about justice. Justice for the
>> taxpayers who had to endure years of gamesmanship and chicanery by one
>> of Canada's most powerful institutions: the CRA," Pniowsky told the
>> CBC.
>>
>> Pniowsky, who has four children, said Boyle's ruling reminded him of a
>> line from one of his family's favourite superhero movies: Spiderman.
>>
>> "With great power comes great responsibility," he said.
>>
>> "It's clear from this case that the CRA and the Justice Department
>> have lost sight of that common-sense principle."
>> 'Unprepared, unco-operative or untruthful'
>>
>> Boyle's detailed 53-page ruling goes through the history of the case,
>> and the circumstances that led to each of the orders he found the CRA
>> later ignored.
>>
>> The fight centred on pre-trial discovery, and the rights of the
>> taxpayers to examine a CRA representative or "nominee" who was
>> "knowledgeable" about their case.
>> The CRA has the ability to levy gross negligence penalties against
>> taxpayers who lie on their income tax forms. The penalties have been
>> devastating for some. (Graeme Roy/The Canadian Press)
>>
>> The first person the agency put forward was "unaware of any criminal
>> investigation and had not informed himself" about any involvement of
>> the CRA's criminal investigators in the case.
>>
>> The second nominee was a lead criminal investigator who "did not even
>> inform himself ... whether any investigation was undertaken of any of
>> these three appellants."
>>
>> At one point, Boyle called the investigator "thoroughly unprepared,
>> unco-operative or untruthful."
>>
>> The judge said the CRA and its lawyers twisted the words of an order
>> that boiled down to a demand for the agency to hand over any documents
>> relating to any investigations that touched on the three appellants.
>>
>> "I variously described this as 'outrageously misleading and
>> inappropriate,' 'this might be contemptuous,' ... 'deeply, deeply
>> disturbed,' 'highly inappropriate' and 'I don't think you were
>> reasonably mistaken,'" Boyle wrote.
>>
>> It is an ex-reference: B.C. judge removes 'dead parrot' joke from
>> class-action ruling
>>
>> The judge also zeroed in on the CRA's failure to tell the defence that
>> the second page of a three-page "Investigation Abort Report" against
>> one of the plaintiffs had gone missing. The report was handed over in
>> the middle of hundreds of documents. The missing page explained why a
>> criminal investigation was dropped.
>>
>> The CRA claimed it had no "specific obligation" to point out missing
>> pages — a position Boyle found "shocking."
>>
>> "Courts do not consider discovery to be a game, and it is particularly
>> disappointing when the Crown is the offending party," the judge said.
>>
>> He said the omission gave credence to the idea the CRA "is hiding
>> something from them, from the Court and from Canadians about how these
>> investigations have been conducted.
>> 'Stop, or I'll yell stop again!'
>>
>> The judge pointed out that the CRA is "represented by the Department
>> of Justice which is essentially Canada's largest national law firm and
>> employs a large number of tax litigation lawyers who are wholly
>> familiar" with the court's rules.
>>
>> Boyle said making yet another order for compliance would be pointless.
>> The judge compared his battle to get the CRA to comply with his orders
>> to a skit by Monty Python, whose troupe members are seen here from
>> left to right: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Graham
>> Chapman, Michael Palin and Eric Idle. (PBS/Python (Monty) Pictures
>> Ltd./The Associated Press)
>>
>> He was reminded of a skit by legendary English comedy troupe Monty
>> Python.
>>
>> "To make such an order would conjure up memories of the Pythonesque
>> skit of the British bobby of another era yelling at a scofflaw: 'Stop!
>> Stop!—Stop, or I'll yell 'stop' again!'" the judge wrote.
>>
>> The three appeals were supposed to be the lead plaintiffs for a much
>> larger group of appeals. The judge said those people will have to
>> speak with their lawyers to determine how the ruling applies to them.
>>
>> Pniowsky says he believes the decision is the first of its kind
>> against the CRA. He predicted fallout both in other DeMara and Fiscal
>> Arbitrators cases and in the wider world of tax litigation.
>>
>> "Intoxicated with a sense of moral righteousness, the government
>> apparently determined or acted like these Canadians were not worthy of
>> basic procedural rights, thereby committing the same wrongs they
>> accused the taxpayers of: gross neglect, wilful blindness and at times
>> deceptive conduct," he said.
>> ABOUT THE AUTHOR
>> Jason Proctor
>>
>> @proctor_jason
>>
>> Jason Proctor is a reporter in British Columbia for CBC News and has
>> covered the B.C. courts and the justice system extensively.
>>
>> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>>
>>
>> https://www.tdslaw.com/
>>
>> Jeff Pniowsky
>>
>> Jeff focuses his practice in the areas of tax litigation and dispute
>> resolution in the tax audit and appeals process, tax advisory
>> services, and complex commercial litigation.
>>
>> (204) 934-2586
>> jdp@tdslaw.com
>>
>> Winnipeg
>> (204) 934-0586
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2021 23:52:35 -0400
>> Subject: Diane.Lebouthillier and her old buddy John Ossowski should
>> remember my email and a couple of their own documents EH Madame
>> Desmond and Christian Lorenz ?
>> To: "Diane.Lebouthillier" <Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.
>> John.Ossowski@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca, megan.maloney@crtc.gc.ca,
>> bell.regulatory@bell.ca, martine.turcotte@bell.ca, Newsroom
>> <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, Nathalie Sturgeon
>> <sturgeon.nathalie@
>> <Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca
>> <traversy.n@gmail.com>, jswaisland@landingslaw.com,
>> Andrew.LeFrank@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca
>> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "Ellen.Desmond"
>> <Ellen.Desmond@crtc.gc.ca>, Christian.Lorenz@cbsa-asfc.gc.
>> Allison.St-Jean@tc.gc.ca, media@tc.gc.ca, hc.media.sc@canada.ca,
>> mary-liz.power@canada.ca, media@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca,
>> Chris.Lorenz@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca, "christopher.rupar"
>> <christopher.rupar@justice.gc.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: martine.turcotte@bell.ca
>> To: motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com
>> Cc: bcecomms@bce.ca ; W-Five@ctv.ca
>> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:28 AM
>> Subject: RE: I am curious
>>
>> Mr. Amos, I confirm that I have received your documentation. There is
>> no need to send us a hard copy. As you have said yourself, the
>> documentation is very voluminous and after 3 days, we are still in the
>> process of printing it. I have asked one of my lawyers to review it
>> in my absence and report back to me upon my return in the office. We
>> will then provide you with a reply.
>>
>> Martine Turcotte
>> Chief Legal Officer / Chef principal du service juridique
>> BCE Inc. / Bell Canada
>> 1000 de La Gauchetière ouest, bureau 3700
>> Montréal (Qc) H3B 4Y7
>>
>> Tel: (514) 870-4637
>> Fax: (514) 870-4877
>> email: martine.turcotte@bell.ca
>>
>> Executive Assistant / Assistante à la haute direction: Diane Valade
>> Tel: (514) 870-4638
>> email: diane.valade@bell.ca
>>
>>
>>
>> A copy of this letter and all related correspondence will be added to
>> the public record of the proceeding.
>>
>> If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me
>> at (613) 697-4027 or megan.maloney@crtc.gc.ca.
>>
>> In the meantime, the Commission is currently continuing its review of
>> this costs application.
>>
>> Yours Sincerely,
>>
>> originally signed by
>>
>> Megan Maloney
>> Legal Counsel
>>
>> PIAC Welcomes New Board Members
>>
>> Adds Expertise in Telecommunications, Broadcasting and Class Actions
>>
>> OTTAWA – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), today announced
>> the recent election of four new directors to its Board, all experts in
>> either telecommunications, broadcasting or class actions:
>>
>> Konrad von Finckenstein is a lawyer and consultant based in
>> Ottawa. He was previously Chair of the Canadian Radio-television and
>> Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), an Honourable Justice of the
>> Federal Court of Canada and the Commissioner of Competition at the
>> Competition Bureau of Canada. In addition, he has held senior posts in
>> the Government of Canada in positions related to international trade,
>> telecommunications, competition and electronic commerce. Mr. von
>> Finckenstein has been elected as PIAC’s Chair of the Board.
>> Suzanne Lamarre is a lawyer and engineer with the firm of
>> Therrien, Couture and is a former Commissioner of the CRTC. Maitre
>> Lamarre works in the areas of telecommunications, radiocommunications
>> and broadcasting law as a strategic advisor on regulatory and
>> governmental matters at both the national and international level.
>> Monica Auer is a lawyer and the Executive Director of Canada’s
>> Forum for Research & Policy in Communications (FRPC), a non-partisan
>> organization focused on Canada’s communications system. She previously
>> worked at the CRTC and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
>> Ms. Auer has been elected as PIAC’s Vice-Chair.
>> Jonathan Schachter is a Toronto based lawyer with Sotos LLP, with
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>>> Dear Mr. Amos:
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>>> Thank you for your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes,
>>> and for your understanding regarding the delay of this response.
>>>
>>> This is an opportunity for me to address your concerns about the way
>>> the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) deals with aggressive tax planning,
>>> tax avoidance, and tax evasion by targeting individuals and groups
>>> that promote schemes intended to avoid payment of tax. It is also an
>>> opportunity for me to present the Government of Canada’s main
>>> strategies for ensuring fairness for all taxpayers.
>>>
>>> The CRA’s mission is to preserve the integrity of Canada’s tax system,
>>> and it is taking concrete and effective action to deal with abusive
>>> tax schemes. Through federal budget funding in 2016 and 2017, the
>>> government has committed close to $1 billion in cracking down on tax
>>> evasion and combatting tax avoidance at home and through the use of
>>> offshore transactions. This additional funding is expected to generate
>>> federal revenues of $2.6 billion over five years for Budget 2016, and
>>> $2.5 billion over five years for Budget 2017.
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>>> auditors, maintaining its underground economy specialist teams,
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>>> promoters of abusive tax schemes.
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>>> recommendations received from an independent Offshore Compliance
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>>> projects to address the base erosion and profit shifting initiative of
>>> the G20 and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
>>> Development, and is collaborating with treaty partners to address the
>>> Panama Papers leaks.
>>>
>>> These actions are evidence of the government’s commitment to
>>> protecting tax fairness. The CRA has strengthened its intelligence and
>>> technical capacities for the early detection of abusive tax
>>> arrangements and deterrence of those who participate in them. To
>>> ensure compliance, it has increased the number of actions aimed at
>>> promoters who use illegal schemes. These measures include increased
>>> audits of such promoters, improved information gathering, criminal
>>> investigations where warranted, and better communication with
>>> taxpayers.
>>>
>>> To deter potential taxpayer involvement in these schemes, the CRA is
>>> increasing notifications and warnings through its communications
>>> products. It also seeks partnerships with tax preparers, accountants,
>>> and community groups so that they can become informed observers who
>>> can educate their clients.
>>>
>>> The CRA will assess penalties against promoters and other
>>> representatives who make false statements involving illegal tax
>>> schemes. The promotion of tax schemes to defraud the government can
>>> lead to criminal investigations, fingerprinting, criminal prosecution,
>>> court fines, and jail time.
>>>
>>> Between April 1, 2011, and March 31, 2016, the CRA’s criminal
>>> investigations resulted in the conviction of 42 Canadian taxpayers for
>>> tax evasion with links to money and assets held offshore. In total,
>>> the $34 million in evaded taxes resulted in court fines of $12 million
>>> and 734 months of jail time.
>>>
>>> When deciding to pursue compliance actions through the courts, the CRA
>>> consults the Department of Justice Canada to choose an appropriate
>>> solution. Complex tax-related litigation is costly and time consuming,
>>> and the outcome may be unsuccessful. All options to recover amounts
>>> owed are considered.
>>>
>>> More specifically, in relation to the KPMG Isle of Man tax avoidance
>>> scheme, publicly available court records show that it is through the
>>> CRA’s efforts that the scheme was discovered. The CRA identified many
>>> of the participants and continues to actively pursue the matter. The
>>> CRA has also identified at least 10 additional tax structures on the
>>> Isle of Man, and is auditing taxpayers in relation to these
>>> structures.
>>>
>>> To ensure tax fairness, the CRA commissioned an independent review in
>>> March 2016 to determine if it had acted appropriately concerning KPMG
>>> and its clients. In her review, Ms. Kimberley Brooks, Associate
>>> Professor and former Dean of the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie
>>> University, examined the CRA’s operational processes and decisions in
>>> relation to the KPMG offshore tax structure and its efforts to obtain
>>> the names of all taxpayers participating in the scheme. Following this
>>> review, the report, released on May 5, 2016, concluded that the CRA
>>> had acted appropriately in its management of the KPMG Isle of Man
>>> file. The report found that the series of compliance measures the CRA
>>> took were in accordance with its policies and procedures. It was
>>> concluded that the procedural actions taken on the KPMG file were
>>> appropriate given the facts of this particular case and were
>>> consistent with the treatment of taxpayers in similar situations. The
>>> report concluded that actions by CRA employees were in accordance with
>>> the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct. There was no
>>> evidence of inappropriate interaction between KPMG and the CRA
>>> employees involved in the case.
>>>
>>> Under the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct, all CRA
>>> employees are responsible for real, apparent, or potential conflicts
>>> of interests between their current duties and any subsequent
>>> employment outside of the CRA or the Public Service of Canada.
>>> Consequences and corrective measures play an important role in
>>> protecting the CRA’s integrity.
>>>
>>> The CRA takes misconduct very seriously. The consequences of
>>> misconduct depend on the gravity of the incident and its repercussions
>>> on trust both within and outside of the CRA. Misconduct can result in
>>> disciplinary measures up to dismissal.
>>>
>>> All forms of tax evasion are illegal. The CRA manages the Informant
>>> Leads Program, which handles leads received from the public regarding
>>> cases of tax evasion across the country. This program, which
>>> coordinates all the leads the CRA receives from informants, determines
>>> whether there has been any non-compliance with tax law and ensures
>>> that the information is examined and conveyed, if applicable, so that
>>> compliance measures are taken. This program does not offer any reward
>>> for tips received.
>>>
>>> The new Offshore Tax Informant Program (OTIP) has also been put in
>>> place. The OTIP offers financial compensation to individuals who
>>> provide information related to major cases of offshore tax evasion
>>> that lead to the collection of tax owing. As of December 31, 2016, the
>>> OTIP had received 963 calls and 407 written submissions from possible
>>> informants. Over 218 taxpayers are currently under audit based on
>>> information the CRA received through the OTIP.
>>>
>>> With a focus on the highest-risk sectors nationally and
>>> internationally and an increased ability to gather information, the
>>> CRA has the means to target taxpayers who try to hide their income.
>>> For example, since January 2015, the CRA has been collecting
>>> information on all international electronic funds transfers (EFTs) of
>>> $10,000 or more ending or originating in Canada. It is also adopting a
>>> proactive approach by focusing each year on four jurisdictions that
>>> raise suspicion. For the Isle of Man, the CRA audited 3,000 EFTs
>>> totalling $860 million over 12 months and involving approximately 800
>>> taxpayers. Based on these audits, the CRA communicated with
>>> approximately 350 individuals and 400 corporations and performed 60
>>> audits.
>>>
>>> In January 2017, I reaffirmed Canada’s important role as a leader for
>>> tax authorities around the world in detecting the structures used for
>>> aggressive tax planning and tax evasion. This is why Canada works
>>> daily with the Joint International Tax Shelter Information Centre
>>> (JITSIC), a network of tax administrations in over 35 countries. The
>>> CRA participates in two expert groups within the JITSIC and leads the
>>> working group on intermediaries and proponents. This ongoing
>>> collaboration is a key component of the CRA’s work to develop strong
>>> relationships with the international community, which will help it
>>> refine the world-class tax system that benefits all Canadians.
>>>
>>> The CRA is increasing its efforts and is seeing early signs of
>>> success. Last year, the CRA recovered just under $13 billion as a
>>> result of its audit activities on the domestic and offshore fronts.
>>> Two-thirds of these recoveries are the result of its audit efforts
>>> relating to large businesses and multinational companies.
>>>
>>> But there is still much to do, and additional improvements and
>>> investments are underway.
>>>
>>> Tax cheats are having a harder and harder time hiding. Taxpayers who
>>> choose to promote or participate in malicious and illegal tax
>>> strategies must face the consequences of their actions. Canadians
>>> expect nothing less. I invite you to read my most recent statement on
>>> this matter at
>>> canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/
>>> statement_from_
>>>
>>> Thank you for taking the time to write. I hope the information I have
>>> provided is helpful.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>>
>>> The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier
>>> Minister of National Revenue
>>>
>>>
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'World Unity' convoy gathers outside Winnipeg, proclaims new message of peace
Camp Hope event comes one year after protests shut down downtown Ottawa
A convoy has set up space south of Dugald, Man., this weekend, about 20 km east of Winnipeg, where hundreds from across the country are expected to come together at what is being dubbed "Camp Hope."
Many within the Manitoba convoy say they were previously part of the so-called freedom convoy in early 2022, which choked downtown Ottawa and blocked border crossings in protest of COVID-19 mandates.
The Manitoba convoy was set up just a day after the Emergencies Act inquiry's final report was tabled in the House of Commons, which found the federal government met the threshold to use it last year. Organizers say their event is different from the Ottawa blockade, which ended a year ago.
"Camp
Hope is not here to tear the government down. We are not here to block
roads," Camp Hope owner Walter Hiebert told CBC on Saturday.
"Camp Hope has nothing to do with the convoy.... That was pushing the
mandates; this is what we bring. People back together and bringing
groups back together and bringing peace."
Hiebert, who said he was pepper sprayed twice during the blockade in Ottawa, owns the 50-acre property. He said the event was to "bring hope" to those who are suffering, as many families, including his own, have been impacted by suicide.
"God put it on my heart to build Camp Hope ... there are so many lost souls right now," he said.
In an email to CBC, Manitoba RCMP said they are aware of the Dugald convoy and are working in collaboration with Winnipeg police to ensure safety and to prepare for a possible increased number of vehicles on nearby highways.
The group has been in "constant communication" with law enforcement, who visit the camp a few times a day, said Hiebert.
"We want to protect the police. The police want to protect us. We want to work together with them and try to restore Canada."
Peace, love, unity: Organizer
James Bauder, co-founder of the group Canada Unity and a co-organizer of last year's protest in Ottawa, previously announced a "Freedom Convoy 2.0" in January, which was intended to take place in Winnipeg.
Bauder later said in a Facebook post that he was cancelling the event due to unspecified security reasons. The event was meant to draw attendees from across the country to the heart of the continent, which Hiebert said is a goal of Camp Hope's.
"We are here to bring people back together, to peace, love and unity," he told CBC Saturday.
Hiebert says organizers of Camp Hope are being co-operative with law enforcement. (CBC)
Hundreds are expected to be in attendance and a steady stream of people, including families with children, were seen entering the camp premises while CBC was there. Speeches, musical events and workshops were planned for the day.
Rules are in place at the camp to prevent people from using drugs and alcohol, Hiebert said, and there have been no incidents thus far.
"We want to do this in peace," he said. "The whole world is watching."
Province considered Emergencies Act 'overreach'
On Friday, commissioner of the Emergencies Act inquiry Paul Rouleau said "a failure in policing and federalism" created conditions that met the very high threshold needed to invoke the Emergencies Act last winter.
He called out police and the Ontario government for missteps in their responses, saying moments of urgency require leaders of governments at all levels "to rise above politics and collaborate for the common good."
"Unfortunately, in January and February of 2022, this did not always happen," he wrote.
It was the first time the law had been triggered since it was created in 1988.
Manitoba Minister of Justice Kelvin Goertzen said at a Friday press conference that the province considered use of the act to be "overreach."
"Our position to the federal government remains that, in Manitoba, we did not need the powers of the Emergencies Act," he said.
Camp Hope's intent is to 'save our nation,' said Hiebert. (CBC)
A protest site in downtown Winnipeg initially formed in early 2022 in response to the federal government's imposition of a vaccination mandate for truckers crossing the U.S.-Canada border, but drew in a wide array of groups disaffected by COVID-19 health restrictions.
The protest was eventually disassembled, as well as a blockade in Emerson, Man., about 110 km south of Winnipeg on the Canada/U.S. border, which Goertzen credited to the work of Manitoba RCMP and Winnipeg police.
Protests are part of a democratic society, but Goertzen said the province would not accept any more blockades.
"People have the right to protest, but that right doesn't extend to disrupting the lives of others."
In response to the Emergencies Act inquiry's final report, Hiebert said only that he was "praying for government."
Coalition forms, opposes convoy
A new coalition made up of nearly two dozen community and church groups, unions and organizations was established in Winnipeg earlier this week and expressed concern over the Dugald convoy, but said no counter-protests are planned for this weekend.
Community Solidarity Manitoba was launched at an event held Thursday at Broadway Disciples United Church to address social and racial inequities, as well as gaps in health care for Manitobans.
The group urged the province and city of Winnipeg to ensure the health and safety of all Manitobans and prevent the people gathered in Dugald from spreading symbols and epithets of hate, as they said happened during last year's protests in Winnipeg.
"Freedom of assembly does not extend to targeted harassment," said coalition spokesperson Diwa Marcelino.
At the end of the event, a man not connected to the coalition brandished a picture of a swastika and urged onlookers to "do some really good journalism" on the meaning of the symbol beyond Nazi Germany. He declined to give his name and was asked to leave by the church minister.
Hiebert asserted the message of the weekend convoy is one of peace and love. He said that only the Canadian and Camp Hope flags are allowed to be flown and people were abiding by the rules.
"We are here to welcome each and every one. If they don't follow the rules of Camp Hope they'll be asked to leave the premises."
A
coalition made up of nearly two dozen community groups, unions and
organizations formed in Winnipeg on Thursday, expressing concern over
the Dugald convoy. Hiebert said the convoy's intent is to bring people
together. (CBC)
Camp Hope is expected to wrap up by Tuesday. Hiebert said their intent is to bring people together rather than fight the government.
"We can stand together. We don't need to fight," he said.
"We are trying to save our nation."
With files from Brittany Greenslade, Catherine Tunney, Steph Cram, Richard Raycraft, Joseph Tunney
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This is coming down the last couple weeks you know what in trouble everyone knows in trouble so what are we going to do about it and I guess there's also going to tell us what we're going to do about it.
Guys you know they got a big meeting coming down on Monday with all
the premiere they're going to try and invoke you know strip you have all
your rights here in Canada for the next 5 years the consensus from all
around is is we're in so much hot water, it's not even funny. I make
sure that I do it loud I do it proud and as you can see truckers for
Freedom Canada wide shut down and all the mandates truckers have had
enough people have had enough and from the turnout and the outpouring of
support that we've got it sounds like we're going to have a million Man
March in Ottawa from the 29th 29th 30th 31st. This is an Ottawa
Washington country to dictate the Ottawa you know what what we want what
are demands are there's no more that we can start treating people like
their parasites just to go in and grab a coffee get. We got mothers with
children being escorted out by police. We've got restaurants and shut
down left and right. People can't feed their families all of the guys of
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The murky matter of protests and the donations that drive them
Much has been made of late on social media and in the mainstream media, about trucker protests that are in the works. Truckers are rightfully upset about a vaccine mandate that was clumsily applied to cross-border essential workers, including the professional drivers who’ve been keeping us supplied throughout the pandemic.
But such protests rarely deliver results, aside from angering the motoring public and casting shade on our industry. We will report on significant events that disrupt our industry and your businesses, but do nothing to support this form of protest.
One disturbing trend is the amount of money being thrown at recent attempts to bring commerce to a halt. One initiative raised more than $900,000 via GoFundMe in less than a week.
This is fairly significant, and startling, when you consider where that money is going. The fundraising initiative was started by Tamara Lich, who has a history of association with radical groups, including the recently formed federal separatist Maverick Party in Alberta. Yes, by this weekend, there is likely to be about $1 million in the hands of someone affiliated with a party that wants to break up Canada. (Plan B, mind you).
In her past, Lich was regional coordinator for Wexit in Southeastern Alberta, and was member of the board for Wexit Alberta. What’s Wexit Alberta? It was the provincial party whose co-founder wanted to exit Canada and join the Trump-led U.S.
Lich later took her ambitions federally and joined the federal Wexit Canada board, which would later become the Maverick Party.
She was also affiliated with the Yellow Vest movement, which was linked to death threats against our Prime Minister. Is that what we’ve become, Canada? To her credit, Lich attempted to distance her local chapter from those making the death threats. But think about that for a second…she was affiliated with an organization that threatened to kill our Prime Minister – and now has nearly $1 million of your money to distribute as she sees fit.
Curiously, she seemingly has no direct connection to the trucking industry. She worked in the oil and gas industry and was singer for a local metal band. So where does this love for truckers come from?
And, where will that million or so bucks go? It will go into the organizer’s bank account, that we know. That’s how GoFundMe works. From there, who knows? Since the fundraiser is not an official charity or organization, there is no further accountability. (Incidentally, Trucknews.com chooses not to promote GoFundMe initiatives for this very reason).
Lich says the money will go towards reimbursing participating truckers for their fuel costs. That’s great, but hauling a load would pay more than bobtailing cross-country for the cost of diesel. Rates aren’t bad, these days. She’ll cover food and lodging too, if you really need it.
The good news is, funds will be dispersed via e-transfer “(preferred).” Paper trail! Since GoFundMe wipes its hands of accountability once the dough is deposited into Lich’s account, we hope she will be forthcoming about how those funds are distributed.
As previously mentioned, we don’t think protests that disrupt cross-border – or any other – traffic are safe or productive. We don’t support these initiatives. We do, however, agree that government bungling of vaccination mandates (at state and provincial levels – looking at you, Quebec), has created frustrations and fueled the appetite for such initiatives.
If these protests do materialize (many fizzle out when it’s actually time to roll), we have concerns about the effect they will have on how the public perceives our industry, the safety risks posed to the motoring public, and how a substantial chunk of money collected from hardworking truckers will be spent. And very little optimism that the feds on either side of the border will reverse their vaccine requirements.
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Team fundraiserDelta BC Rollout Jan 23
To our Fellow Canadians, the time for political over reach is over. Our current government is implementing rules and mandates that are destroying the foundation of our businesses, industries and livelihoods. Canadians have been integral to the fabric of humanity in many ways that have shaped the planet.
We are a peaceful country that has helped protect nations across the globe from tyrannical governments who oppressed their people, and now it seems it is happening here. We are taking our fight to the doorsteps of our Federal Government and demanding that they cease all mandates against its people. Small businesses are being destroyed, homes are being destroyed, and people are being mistreated and denied fundamental necessities to survive. It's our duty as Canadians to put an end to this mandates. It is imperative that this happens because if we don't our country will no longer be the country we have come to love. We are doing this for our future Generations and to regain our lives back.
We are asking for Donations to help with the costs of fuel first, and hopefully food and lodgings to help ease the pressures of this arduous task.
It's a small price to pay for our freedoms. We thank you all for your Donations and know that you are helping reshape this once beautiful country back to the way it was.
In order for your generous donations to flow smoothly, the good people at Go Fund Me will be sending donations directly to our bulk fuel supplier and are working out the details now which means your hard earned money is going to straight to who it was meant for and need not flow through anyone else. Any left over donations will be donated to a credible Veterans organization which will be chosen by the donors.
**Money raised will be dispersed to our Truckers to aid them with the cost of the journey**
**Funds will be spent to help cover the cost of fuel for our Truckers first and foremost, will be used to assist with food if needed and contribute to shelter if needed**
To our Fellow Canadians, the time for political over reach is over. Our current government is implementing rules and mandates that are destroying the foundation of our businesses, industries and livelihoods. Canadians have been integral to the fabric of humanity in many ways that have shaped the planet.
We are a peaceful country that has helped protect nations across the globe from tyrannical governments who oppressed their people, and now it seems it is happening here. We are taking our fight to the doorsteps of our Federal Government and demanding that they cease all mandates against its people. Small businesses are being destroyed, homes are being destroyed, and people are being mistreated and denied fundamental necessities to survive. It's our duty as Canadians to put an end to this mandates. It is imperative that this happens because if we don't our country will no longer be the country we have come to love. We are doing this for our future Generations and to regain our lives back.
We are asking for Donations to help with the costs of fuel first, and hopefully food and lodgings to help ease the pressures of this arduous task.
It's a small price to pay for our freedoms. We thank you all for your Donations and know that you are helping reshape this once beautiful country back to the way it was.
In order for your generous donations to flow smoothly, the good people at Go Fund Me will be sending donations directly to our bulk fuel supplier and are working out the details now which means your hard earned money is going to straight to who it was meant for and need not flow through anyone else. Any left over donations will be donated to a credible Veterans organization which will be chosen by the donors.
**Money raised will be dispersed to our Truckers to aid them with the cost of the journey**
**Funds will be spent to help cover the cost of fuel for our Truckers first and foremost, will be used to assist with food if needed and contribute to shelter if needed**
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Thank
you everyone for your love and overwhelming support. We wish we could
thank all of you in person but hopefully we will get to meet many of you
in Ottawa. To the rest of you, we send you our love and gratitude.
We will be engaging with media directly in the coming days. Patrick King is not and never has been affiliated with our movement nor has he been a part of our great team of volunteers. Patrick King only represents himself and does not represent any of us who started Freedom Convoy 2022 / Freedom Convoy Canada.
The only spokespeople for Freedom Convoy are Tamara Lich Twitter: @Tamara_MVC and Benjamin Dichter Twitter: @BJdichter.
We will have more updates soon. Thank you again for your love and support.
We will be engaging with media directly in the coming days. Patrick King is not and never has been affiliated with our movement nor has he been a part of our great team of volunteers. Patrick King only represents himself and does not represent any of us who started Freedom Convoy 2022 / Freedom Convoy Canada.
The only spokespeople for Freedom Convoy are Tamara Lich Twitter: @Tamara_MVC and Benjamin Dichter Twitter: @BJdichter.
We will have more updates soon. Thank you again for your love and support.
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Tamara Lich
Organizer
Raised $15,525 from 202 donations
Medicine Hat, AB
B.J. Dichter
Team member
Raised $917 from 21 donations
This team raised $4,713,642 from 60922 other donations.
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NEWS RELEASE
Notice of Formal Withdrawal of MOU by Canada Unity
Ottawa February 8 2022 – For Immediate Release
It has come to the attention of Canada Unity that the Memorandum Of Understanding (herein referred to as MOU) does not reflect the spirit and intent of the Freedom Convoy Movement 2022
We represent the voice of many Canadians who desire to have the Charter of Rights and Freedoms upheld. We are everyday Canadians, not lawyers or politicians.
We are immediately withdrawing the MOU as we do not want any unintended interpretations to continue. Our sole desire with the MOU was to have a document where Canadians could peacefully express their displeasure with current C19 mandates, and express their desire to be free. Canada Unity does not support or encourage any acts which tarnish democratic values held by Canadians.
To the over 320,000 original signatories of the MOU; we appreciate your support and will continue to peacefully demonstrate until the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is upheld.
This document was created with the sole purpose of bringing the government of Canada and all Canadian citizens into agreement; that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms should be upheld for all
Canada Unity firmly supports the constitution and democratic process. We remain committed to following lawful process and upholding freedom of choice.
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RE Ottawa residents on both sides of the truck convoy protests tell us what's changed 1 year later Deja Vu Anyone???
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(Kristin Nelson/CBC) Helluva Story 27:00 Convoy Anniversary It's been a year since trucks began rolling into the nation's capital, blocking streets, spewing exhaust fumes and blaring horns. They would stay — along with thousands of protesters from across Canada – for over three weeks before being forced out by a major police action. It was a tumultuous episode in Ottawa's history and when the last truck was finally towed away, it left behind a changed city. The clearest physical manifestations of that change are the chunky cement barricades that remain on Wellington Street, blocking traffic to one of this country's most iconic thoroughfares. It's the street where Canada's Parliament sits, where tourists are drawn and Canada Day revelers congregate. The barriers on Wellington Street are a tangible change to the city, but there are other less visible changes, too. The convoy also altered the social, political and even psychological landscapes of the city. Timeline The convoy crisis in Ottawa: A timeline of key events The self-described "Freedom Convoy'' arrived in the capital the last weekend of January 2022, calling for an end to all vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions. It was sparked by a new rule requiring truckers crossing the Canada-U.S. border to show proof of vaccination, but drew people with a range of complaints about the way politicians handled the pandemic. Thousands joined the protest that clogged numerous downtown streets for over three weeks before the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canada's history. Two weeks after convoy occupation, opposing rallies take to Ottawa's downtown Although out-of-towners got a lot of attention, Ottawans were also caught up in the convoy. During the frigid weeks of protest, many emerged from pandemic isolation and found solidarity on the streets of their city — both convoy supporters and opponents. Of course the convoy had the greatest impact on downtown residents of the so-called "red zone," some of whom reported being scared to leave their homes and unable to work or sleep due to the incessant noise. Many say they're still dealing with the trauma. It was a profound experience for Ottawans, and some citizens say they're still processing it. Helluva Story heard from four Ottawa residents who were caught up on different sides of the convoy protests to find out how the experience and its aftermath influenced their view of the city — and maybe even themselves. Zachary Boissinot: 'How could I not go?' A man stands in a gym surrounded by fitness equipment as people work out. Gym owner Zachary Boissinot joined thousands of protesters around Parliament Hill during last year's convoy demonstrations. (Kristin Nelson/CBC) Back in 2020, long before vaccines were widely available, Ottawa gym owner Zachary Boissinot reopened and started training clients in defiance of provincial and municipal rules. Two years later, he is still facing legal problems associated with the fines he racked up. "There was a point where I was being very much threatened with jail time if I kept my business open as if I was … some common criminal," said Boissinot. "If something's not right, then I think it is your duty as a citizen to stand up against that." During the first weekend of the convoy demonstration, he joined several thousand protesters around Parliament Hill. "It was an easy drive," he said. "How could I not go?" Boissinot describes the experience as mind blowing. "I was around people who felt like me, who thought like me, maybe not identically, but at least we had lots of common ground." Freedom Convoy to cost city $37M, says updated estimate But a year later, he's lost some hope and feels differently about his city. He saw the convoy protests as an opportunity to have a "conversation" about public health rules and believes that didn't happen. Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah: 'I feel so much more connected' A woman stands outside in a parking lot. Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah has been been working with the Ottawa People’s Commission in the wake of the convoy occupation. (Kristin Nelson/CBC) "We never want to go through this ever again," said Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah. She avoided downtown during last year's protests, but the convoy's staging ground took over a parking lot in her part of the city. Owusu-Akyeeah is executive director of The Canadian Centre for Gender & Sexual Diversity, a non-profit. In recent months, she's been working with the Ottawa People's Commission, which was created by downtown residents looking for what they call "healing and justice" in the wake of the convoy occupation. The commission heard from dozens of residents during a series of public hearings last year – people who say they were upset and traumatized by the experience. In spite of all the painful testimony she heard, Owusu-Akyeeah said serving as one of four commissioners was one of the most rewarding experiences of her career. And it's left her feeling better about Ottawa. Ottawa AG to take on review of police, city response to convoy protest "It's made me more attached to it because I feel so much more connected," she said. "[The] community responded in ways I've never seen in my entire 12 years in the city." Christen Bennett: 'It was hope in a dark time' A woman sits in a car. Christen Bennett says she connected with like-minded people during the convoy protests and has since been more involved in politics. (Kristin Nelson/CBC) Christen Bennett is a mother of two who also feels more connected to her city a year after the convoy protests. As someone who did not receive a COVID-19 vaccine, Bennett was excited and hopeful when she heard about the convoy coming to Ottawa. "It was hope in a dark time," she said, as vaccine mandates blocked her and her family members from travel, bars, movies and restaurants. "Not that we're big on those things anyways, but just to know that you can't do them was a bit oppressive." During the pandemic and the convoy protests, Bennett connected with like-minded people and she's been more involved in politics in the year since the trucks left. 'Show me the Mounties:' Ottawa mayor pleaded for more resources as protesters dug in, inquiry hears Last November, she even joined a protest at a school board meeting where a motion to reinstate mask mandates was being debated. A vote on the motion had to be postponed after security removed some people for disruptive behaviour. Sean Burges: 'I've lost trust in the system' A man stands outside in front of a bridge. Sean Burges helped lead a counter-protest against the convoy demonstrations. (Kristin Nelson/CBC) Sean Burges is a Carleton professor who helped spark a counter-protest against the convoy demonstrations. It took place on the third weekend of the convoy's presence in Ottawa and tapped into the frustrations many residents were feeling about the lack of police action and the failure of multiple levels of government to curb the convoy's impacts on the city. "It was the people in the neighbourhood saying enough is enough — we're going to have to do this ourselves," said Burges. "The police had no moral authority anymore; bylaw had no moral authority." Burges said he feels different now, a year after the convoy protests caused so much disruption. "At a visceral level I think I've lost trust in the system," he said. And yet, he's encouraged to see his neighbours and fellow Ottawans getting more involved in their communities and more politically engaged. "We need to get back to a sense of community and I think that's kind of what we've lost… that active sense of Canadian-ness." Related Stories No convoy repeat in Ottawa as anniversary nears, police chief reaffirms Two weeks after convoy occupation, opposing rallies take to Ottawa's downtown Ottawa AG to take on review of police, city response to convoy protest Pedestrians on Wellington want barricades to stay, others say scrap 'em 'Show me the Mounties:' Ottawa mayor pleaded for more resources as protesters dug in, inquiry hears Freedom Convoy to cost city $37M, says updated estimate https://www.cbc.ca/news/ Poilievre says 'everything seems broken,' Trudeau hits back PM calls Poilievre an 'irresponsible' leader bent on exploiting anger for political gain John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted: Jan 27, 2023 12:21 PM AST Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is seen speaking in the foyer of the House of Commons. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said in a fiery speech to his caucus Friday that Canada is broken and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should step aside if he can't fix the country's problems. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press) Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre accused the Liberal government of plunging the country into "chaos" after eight years in office, blasting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for a spike in crime, inflation woes and trouble at the country's airports. "What's happening in our country? Seriously. Look around you," Poilievre said in a Friday speech to the Conservative caucus. "You told us better is always possible and yet everything is worse and you blame everyone else." A Poilievre government, the Conservative leader said, would restore order and bring the economy back from the brink. Trudeau, meanwhile, delivered a pointed speech of his own Friday. The PM argued that by courting radical elements, peddling misinformation, ignoring science and pitching questionable investments like cryptocurrency, Poilievre has placed himself outside the political mainstream. "Mr. Poilievre has no real solutions. He's just trying to exploit people's anger and concerns," Trudeau said. "When you twist the facts or make things up for political gain, that's not responsible leadership." Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen speaking to the Liberal caucus on Parliament Hill. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to caucus on Parliament Hill, Friday, January 27, 2023 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press) Poilievre's speech to Tory MPs and senators and Trudeau's response Friday reveal how the two leaders plan to approach the next sitting of Parliament, which resumes next week after the holiday break. Poilievre is intent on blaming the Liberals for the country's hardships while painting a bleak picture of the future under a Trudeau-led government. Trudeau is promising what he calls a "positive vision" for the country while also blasting his opponent as a far-right leader who won't adequately address the big challenges of our time: fighting climate change, building a more inclusive economy, fixing a health-care system on the ropes and pursuing Indigenous reconciliation. Poilievre, Trudeau argued, doesn't offer any "constructive or positive solutions," while Liberals will "meet the moment." WATCH | Poilievre says 'everything is worse' under Trudeau: Addressing his Conservative caucus, Poilievre says 'everything is worse' under Trudeau 7 hours ago Duration 1:44 Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre addresses his Conservative caucus and highlights crime rates during Justin Trudeau's time as prime minister. Poilievre accused Trudeau of ducking his responsibilities as prime minister. He linked a rise in violent crimes and drug overdoses to Liberal changes to the federal Criminal Code and a more permissive approach to drug enforcement. Citing a spate of violent attacks on Toronto's transit system, Poilievre said people are scared to ride the subway because they might get stabbed. Between January 2016 and December 2021, nearly 30,000 Canadians died of opioid overdoses, according to federal data. There are crime-ridden homeless encampments in Canada's big cities, Poilievre said, because of Liberal policies. "Justin tied the hands of our police and failed to hold the scumbag corporations who brought these drugs to our streets accountable," the Conservative leader said. 'Get out of the way' Poilievre said big spending during the pandemic has pushed the national debt over the $1 trillion mark, fuelling inflation. The federal price on carbon emissions, Poilievre claimed, has left seniors in the cold. "If you're not responsible for these things and you can't do anything about it, why don't you get out of the way and let somebody who can," Poilievre said. "Everything seems to be broken," he added in French. Trudeau has pushed back against Poilievre's claim that the country is in disarray. In a speech at the Liberal Christmas party last month, Trudeau said that when Poilievre says Canada is broken, "that's where we draw the line." Poilievre tours Quebec as polls suggest voters there aren't warming to him Poilievre delivers speech to a group criticized for residential school 'denialism' "Let me be very clear for the record: Canada is not broken," he said in the Dec. 14 speech, citing post-Fiona hurricane relief and a new national child care program as examples of recent progress on his watch. At the Liberal cabinet retreat in Hamilton this week, ministers also touted a return to normal at Canada's passport offices, a promise to fix to the air passenger bill of rights and meaningful progress on an increase to health-care funding as proof that the country is headed in the right direction. Poilievre dismissed Trudeau's defence Friday. "Justin says I should never mention these problems because Canadians have never had life so good," he said. For some people, Poilievre said, the prime minister is right — the people at the Liberal Christmas party are doing just fine. "Lobbyists and Liberal political assistants here in Ottawa, they've never had it so good," Poilievre said. The government's use of outside advisers has made people at consulting firms like McKinsey rich, Poilievre said, while working-class people skip meals to save money. Trudeau said his government is laser-focused on rebuilding Canada's middle class. He pointed to new investments in the automotive sector, clean technology, mining, rare earth metals and manufacturing as signs that Ottawa's industrial policy is paying off with high-paying jobs in industries of the future. The prime minister said Poilievre can't be trusted to lead a major economy like Canada's when he was pushing bitcoin — an investment that has tanked in recent months, wiping out tens of billions of dollars in value. "Mr. Poilievre was out talking about how we should all invest in bitcoin to opt out of inflation after he watched YouTube videos about it," Trudeau said. "Now, we all like YouTube, but it matters what content you watch and what you choose to amplify." He also condemned Poilievre for recently speaking to the Frontier Centre for Public Policy — a group that has said it's a "myth" that the residential school system robbed Indigenous children of their childhood. "It's just plain wrong," Trudeau said. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Canadians don't have to choose between the red and the blue team. He said New Democrats are best placed to save a faltering health-care system and criticizing some provincial plans to send more surgeries to private clinics to help clear mounting hospital backlogs. "That's the wrong way to do it because it will only make things worse and cannibalize workers from our existing system," he said. "We'll defend public health care." Singh also criticized Trudeau's performance on the housing file, saying too many Canadians can't afford their rent. "He has to invest massively to build more housing and ensure major corporations are not making huge profits because that hurts families," he said. "So far, Justin Trudeau hasn't taken this seriously." ABOUT THE AUTHOR John Paul Tasker Senior writer J.P. Tasker is a journalist in CBC's parliamentary bureau who reports for digital, radio and television. He is also a regular panellist on CBC News Network's Power & Politics. He covers the Conservative Party, Canada-U.S. relations, Crown-Indigenous affairs, climate change, health policy and the Senate. You can send story ideas and tips to J.P. at john.tasker@cbc.ca. Follow J.P. on Twitter CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices https://www.cbc.ca/news/ Trudeau government dropped the ball on fighting abuse in sport, former minister says Kirsty Duncan says the government failed to follow through on her work after she left the post Devin Heroux · CBC News · Posted: Jan 27, 2023 1:00 PM AST A woman speaks from behind a podium. Kirsty Duncan makes an announcement about the elimination of harassment, abuse and discrimination in sport in the foyer of the House of Commons on June 19, 2018. Duncan now says her government hasn't done enough to follow through on that effort. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press) A Liberal MP and former sport minister is again calling for a public inquiry into abuse in sport — and is accusing her own government of not doing enough to tackle the problem. Kirsty Duncan said the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau failed to build momentum behind her efforts to prevent harassment, abuse and discrimination in sport in the years after she left cabinet — despite knowing a lot about the problem well before Hockey Canada's handling of sexual assault allegations exploded in the news last year. Duncan said she even faced "pushback" from people within her own government when she made tackling abuse a top priority of her time as sport minister. Duncan said she would not identify the individuals who resisted her efforts, or state whether they were in her own office or other government departments. "It should not be a fight. I'm asking for the protection of athletes and children. There should never have been pushback," Duncan told CBC News in an exclusive interview. "I will not stand idly by while there are athletes, children and young people hurting in this country. And I do not accept the status quo. And if I do not push for an inquiry, it means accepting the status quo. And I will not be complicit." Educators call for federal inquiry into 'widespread' abuse in Canadian sports Hockey Canada's new board enters to pick up the pieces after scandal-filled year Gymnastics group calls for national judicial inquiry into sexual and physical abuse in the sport On Thursday, Duncan announced she's taking medical leave effective immediately on the advice of doctors to deal with a physical health challenge. Duncan was not re-appointed to cabinet by Trudeau after the 2019 election. She was instead appointed deputy House leader for the government. Trudeau dropped the position of sport minister from cabinet at the time and folded Duncan's responsibilities into the portfolio of the heritage minister, Steven Guilbeault. Guilbeault's ministerial mandate letter — which outlined his key policy objectives — charged him with fostering a culture of safe sport. 'Other priorities' In response to questions from CBC about the progress Guilbeault made on that mandate, his office pointed to a Sport Canada timeline of safe sport initiatives in the country. The department launched a call for proposals to implement a new independent safe sport mechanism in 2020. In July 2021, Guilbeault announced that the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) would receive up to $2.1 million to set up a new mechanism to oversee implementation of a new universal code of conduct in sport. Then-minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault responds to a question in the House of Commons on Nov. 3, 2020. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) A senior government source with knowledge of Guilbeault's portfolio concedes "other priorities required more attention" when he was heritage minister. Guilbeault's legislative priorities at the time including confronting online abuse, digital streaming regulation and copyright reform. The source, who spoke to CBC News on the condition of confidentiality, said the department's priorities shifted when the pandemic hit in March 2020, just four months after Guilbeault was appointed minister. The source said they "totally understand" Duncan's claim that more could have been done on safe sport. "Since 2016, our government has worked with the sport community to advance a respectful sport culture and respond to calls for action," Guilbeault's office wrote in an email to CBC News. WATCH | Duncan says sports leaders 'want to do better' on protecting athletes: Former sport minister says leaders 'want to do better' on preventing abuse in sport 5 hours ago Duration 0:45 Former sport minister and Liberal MP Kirsty Duncan says leaders in sports 'welcome scrutiny." Duncan said she felt her safe sport initiatives were not given the attention they deserved after she left the office. "There was nothing in place. There was literally nothing. There didn't even seem to be policies. Some had policies, some didn't," she said. "Where was the oversight? Where was the accountability? "I think what we've seen over the last four years, and we've certainly seen this summer, is that there remains a hugely disappointing resistance to change." Current Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge was asked about Duncan's claim that the government isn't doing enough to protect athletes in the country. "I can tell you that we're taking it extremely seriously," she told CBC News. "That's why we've invested $16 million in the last budget just to create the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner, because we felt it was so important to have that independent mechanism. I'm also making it mandatory for all nationally funded organizations to sign up with those before the next funding cycle. "So any organization that hasn't protected their athletes by signing up with OSIC will no longer receive the whole funding. That's the strongest tool that I have. So yes, we are taking this extremely, extremely seriously." WATCH | Pascal St-Onge says the government takes safety in sport 'seriously': Sports Minister Pascale St-Onge says government taking safe sport file 'extremely seriously' 5 hours ago Duration 0:39 Sports Minister Pascale St-Onge says her office made it mandatory for nationally funded organizations to sign up with the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner in order to receive government funding. Just weeks after Duncan was named sport minister in January 2018, an investigation by CBC News revealed that at least 222 coaches involved in amateur sports over 20 years had been convicted of sex offences involving over 600 victims under age 18. Duncan — a former gymnast who said she experienced emotional and psychological abuse herself as an athlete — said she was shaken by that report. She introduced a number of measures — "broad strokes," she calls them now — such as a third-party investigation unit and a national toll-free confidential helpline for victims and witnesses of abuse in sport. She also brought territorial and provincial sport ministers together in February 2019 to sign a declaration aimed at tackling and preventing harassment, abuse and discrimination in sport. "I knew I had to address the grassroots. That's where most athletes will spend their life," Duncan said. "Safe sport needs to be on every federal, provincial, territorial meeting year after year after year, with real goals and deliverables. I talked a lot about numbers. How can we address a problem if we don't know what that problem looks like?" Reluctance in government In the 2019 federal budget, the government committed $30 million over five years "to enable Canadian sports organizations to promote accessible, ethical, equitable and safe sports." But Duncan says there was a climate of resistance to policies she was introducing, both within and outside the government. "I don't think people understood the problem. There wasn't a lot of interest in Parliament. I asked what we were doing and I was told that we had to stop this safe sport stuff and get back to what sport was really about," she said, referring to celebrating sporting achievements. "My answer was, 'So not protecting children?'" CBC News reached out to the Prime Minister's Office but they declined to comment. WATCH | Kirsty Duncan describes 'pushback' by Hockey Canada: 'Resistance in the system': Duncan said Hockey Canada resisted attempt to investigate allegations of abuse 5 hours ago Duration 0:41 Liberal MP Kirsty Duncan says there shouldn't be any "pushback" from organizations over investigating claims of abuse from athletes. Duncan said a three-page letter sent by Hockey Canada to one of her senior policy advisers reflects the tone of the opposition she faced. The letter, first reported by the Canadian Press, was written by Glen McCurdie, then Hockey Canada's vice-president of insurance and risk management. In it, McCurdie expressed concern about some of the policies Duncan was pursuing, including the third-party investigation unit. Glen McCurdie, Hockey Canada's former vice-president of insurance and risk management, appears as a witness at the standing committee on Canadian Heritage in Ottawa on July 27, 2022. The committee was looking into how Hockey Canada handled allegations of sexual assault and a subsequent lawsuit. (The Canadian Press) Duncan said she never saw the letter four years ago and only read it for the first time this past summer, when the Hockey Canada controversy was playing out. "Hockey Canada does not wish to be encumbered by a system or process that ties our hands and does not allow us to manage a situation as we deem necessary. We are simply asking that you keep this in mind as you continue to lead us in a collective Safe Sport strategy," McCurdie wrote in the letter, which was also obtained by CBC News. Duncan said she was frustrated in 2019 by Hockey Canada's reluctance and remains just as frustrated today. "Hockey Canada pushed back against a third party investigator and a safe sport helpline. Who would do that?" she said. "Who wouldn't want a child to be able to pick up a phone and say, 'I've had a problem'? "I think people want to sweep this under the rug. I think people want to move on. And we can't." In an email to CBC, Hockey Canada said the 2019 letter does not reflect the organization's current thinking or direction. "Hockey Canada recognizes that we need to do more to foster a safe and positive environment for all participants on and off the ice," the organization wrote. Hockey Canada said the organization participated in the government's safe sport helpline and hired third-party investigators to look into the claims it received. Hockey Canada became a full signatory in October 2022 to the Office of the Sport Integrity Commission, which is now responsible for overseeing and investigating allegations of abuse in sport. Corrections This piece originally stated that the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada was established in 2021. It was launched in 2004. Jan 27, 2023 2:56 PM ET ABOUT THE AUTHOR Devin Heroux CBC reporter Devin Heroux reports for CBC News and Sports. He is now based in Toronto, after working first for the CBC in Calgary and Saskatoon. CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices https://www.cbc.ca/news/ Canada's health-care system under threat from both Liberals and Conservatives: Singh Federal NDP meets for 3-day caucus retreat in Ottawa David Thurton · CBC News · Posted: Jan 18, 2023 5:00 AM AST New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh delivers a speech at a three day caucus retreat, in Ottawa on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh says Canada’s health-care system is being put at risk by both Liberals and Conservatives. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld) NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh kicked off a caucus retreat with MPs Wednesday by accusing both Conservatives and Liberals of putting Canada's public health-care system at risk. Addressing a room filled with MPs, political staffers and party members, Singh accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of winking at efforts by conservative premiers to radically change their health-care systems. "While (Ontario Premier) Doug Ford, (Alberta Premier) Danielle Smith and (Manitoba Premier) Heather Stefanson launch a mission to privatize public, universal Canadian health care, Justin Trudeau does nothing and (Conservative Leader) Pierre Poilievre cheers them on," Singh said on Parliament Hill. Ontario's Progressive Conservative government on Monday announced its plan to expand the number and range of surgeries offered at for-profit clinics in the province. Both the Alberta and Manitoba governments have mused recently about boosting private sector involvement in health care. WATCH: NDP threatens to kill deal with Liberals over health-care crisis NDP threatens to axe deal to keep Liberals in power over healthcare crisis 2 months ago Duration 2:39 The NDP has threatened to withdraw from its confidence-and-supply agreement to keep the Liberals in power until 2025 unless they act on the health-care crisis. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the federal government to spend more money on health care and reach an agreement with the premiers. After Ontario's announcement, Prime Minister Trudeau said he was open to ideas to "deliver better services to Canadians in health care." The Ontario and federal New Democrats are leaving no room for doubt about where they stand on public dollars going to the private system. They've argued expanding the private option would only intensify competition with the public sector for scarce human resources. Singh called on the federal government to use the levers it has at its disposal to push back against provincial governments looking to private health-care institutions for solutions. "In fact, the prime minister has the opportunity right now to protect medicare. While negotiating funding with the provinces, we all agree there should be strings attached," Singh said. "I think one of those conditions has to be no privatization. No for-profit corporations taking over health care. No billing patients for anything. No cannibalizing hospitals, sending their nurses and doctors to for-profit clinics." Staffing strategy needed, says labour group What Canada needs is a national strategy for staffing the health-care system, says the country's largest labour organization, which has close ties to the NDP. Bea Bruske, president of the Canadian Labour Congress, said such a strategy would help governments across Canada recruit, train and retain health-care workers. As NDP gathers to talk strategy, MPs vow to keep Liberals to their word on pharmacare Analysis Judge the success of the Liberal-NDP deal by what it did — and how long it lasted "Our public system is in dire straits, and we're calling on all levels of government to work together to make sure Canadians right across this country can rely on strong public health care," Bruske told CBC before her address to the NDP caucus on Wednesday. Singh did not mention the need for a strategy but he echoed Bruske's focus on staffing "solutions." "Solutions like training more nurses and doctors," the NDP leader said in his Wednesday morning keynote address. "Getting licences for health-care workers from other countries who are already here and ready to work in our hospitals." Speaking to reporters at an EV charger manufacturing plant in Shawinigan, Que., Trudeau said Wednesday there is "some very positive momentum happening" in the ongoing federal-provincial talks over the future of the Canada Health Transfer (CHT). Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media after a visit to FLO, a maker of electric car chargers, in Shawinigan, Que. on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media after a visit to FLO, a maker of electric car chargers, in Shawinigan, Que. on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press) Ottawa has demanded the provinces earmark any new federal money for five key priority areas — primary care, long-term care, mental health, virtual care and surgery backlogs.Trudeau said the two sides are "more and more in line" on the issues. Trudeau said Ottawa's planned investments are not designed for short-term fixes to a system that has struggled in the wake of COVID-19. The expected multi-billion cash injection should be used to spur "more innovation in the system to make sure we have the best health-care system in the world," he said. "There's a distinction between short-term investments, the ones we need now to resolve immediate problems and what the federal government will continue to do in the coming years to build the future of the system," he said, adding that the provinces and territories already have sufficient fiscal capacity to address acute issues like labour shortages and capacity issues. Budget will decide fate of NDP-Liberal deal, critic says Before Singh delivered his keynote, several New Democrat MPs spoke about the state of the deal between the Liberals and the New Democrats to prop up Trudeau's minority government. All the MPs expressed optimism about where things stand, including NDP finance critic Daniel Blaikie. In March 2022, the New Democrats signed a confidence-and-supply agreement with the governing Liberals to provide them with the votes needed to pass key legislation in exchange for the Liberals agreeing to advance a number of NDP priorities. The upcoming 2023 federal budget will be a key factor in determining whether the NDP's agreement with the Liberals has been a success or a failure, he said. "I think the budget is going to tell the tale about whether we're making that progress at a good rate," Blaikie told CBC News. "It's going to be a very interesting few months on the Hill here … when the budget is presented." Trudeau suggests 'positive' news on health-care talks with provinces could come soon Premiers emerge from Winnipeg meeting united in call for more federal health-care funding Blaikie was expected to brief his caucus colleagues Wednesday on negotiations he's been having with the federal government as a member of a bipartisan group formed to discuss progress on key commitments and priorities. Pharmacare, dental plan expansion on NDP radar While many of those priorities don't have stated timelines, some do. For instance, the Liberal-NDP pact committed Trudeau's government to passing a Canada Pharmacare Act in 2023, and to introducing a bulk drug purchasing plan and a national formulary by the end of the agreement. In 2022, federal dental care coverage was expanded to cover children under 12 years old in households earning less than $90,000. An expansion to that dental coverage to cover 18-year-olds, seniors and people living with disabilities in middle-income households was also supposed to happen this year under the Liberal-NDP agreement. "We're expecting to see that at the beginning of 2024," Blaikie said. NDP MP Daniel Blaikie asks a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, March 22, 2019. NDP finance critic Daniel Blaikie is a member of a group that discusses progress on key commitments and priorities in the supply-and-confidence agreement between the Liberals and the NDP. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) Blaikie noted that because much of the work to prepare budgets happens months in advance, the 2022 budget was mostly assembled before the Liberal-NDP confidence and supply agreement was signed. So the upcoming budget should "tell a lot of the story" of how the NDP-Liberal agreement is holding up, he said. "It's going to be an important moment of reflection for our caucus as we think about the next year ahead and whether the government is doing a good enough job," he said. ABOUT THE AUTHOR David Thurton Senior reporter, Parliamentary Correspondent David Thurton is a senior reporter in CBC's Parliamentary Bureau. He covers daily politics in the nation’s capital and specializes in environment and energy policy. Born in Canada but raised in Trinidad and Tobago, he’s moved around more times than he can count. He’s worked for CBC in several provinces and territories, including Alberta and the Northwest Territories. CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices ---------- Original message ---------- From: Zach Boissinot <footabove@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 18:24:38 -0400 Subject: Re: Hey Zach I just called here is a link to the file I mentioned in my voicemail To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Hi David, Got a chance to read over everything you sent me. I can't quite wrap my head around why that information package will keep police and bylaws off my back though. Could you explain further? I can call you again Thursday evening too if that's easier for you. All those documents talk about some package of information you sent it. Is that something I can find on checktheevidence.com? You still have my curiosity peaked, that's for sure. Also, I'm not sure if you prefer but I also have a protonmail account ;) Zach On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 10:24 PM David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. wrote: > https://www.scribd.com/doc/ > > https://www.bitchute.com/ > > Owner of Foot Above Fitness Tells Bylaw Officer Your Job is to Uphold > the Canadian Charter of Rights > > First published at 21:05 UTC on January 24th, 2021. > > Amina M > 134 subscribers > > Meet Zachary, owner of Foot Above Fitness. 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Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 19:45:21 -0300 Subject: Hey Zach I just called Here is more info To: Zach Boissinot <footabove@gmail.com>, Norman Traversy <traversy.n@gmail.com> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com> This hearing alone is a Hollywood movie https://archive.org/details/ Say Hey to Norman for me he won't answer his new number 343 553 1400 after calling me first >>> >>> ---------- Original message ---------- >>> From: Premier of Ontario | Premier ministre de l’Ontario >>> <Premier@ontario.ca> >>> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 16:38:41 +0000 >>> Subject: Automatic reply: RE The call from the Boston cop Robert Ridge >>> (857 259 9083) on behalf of the VERY corrupt Yankee DA Rachael Rollins >>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >>> >>> Thank you for your email. Your thoughts, comments and input are greatly >>> valued. >>> >>> You can be assured that all emails and letters are carefully read, >>> reviewed and taken into consideration. >>> >>> There may be occasions when, given the issues you have raised and the >>> need to address them effectively, we will forward a copy of your >>> correspondence to the appropriate government official. Accordingly, a >>> response may take several business days. >>> >>> Thanks again for your email. >>> ______ >>> >>> Merci pour votre courriel. Nous vous sommes très reconnaissants de >>> nous avoir fait part de vos idées, commentaires et observations. >>> >>> Nous tenons à vous assurer que nous lisons attentivement et prenons en >>> considération tous les courriels et lettres que nous recevons. >>> >>> Dans certains cas, nous transmettrons votre message au ministère >>> responsable afin que les questions soulevées puissent être traitées de >>> la manière la plus efficace possible. En conséquence, plusieurs jours >>> ouvrables pourraient s’écouler avant que nous puissions vous répondre. >>> >>> Merci encore pour votre courriel. >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------- Original message ---------- >>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >>> Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 11:55:57 -0400 >>> Subject: Re the CBA, the RCMP, Federal Court File # T-1557-15 and the >>> Hearing before the Federal Court of Appeal on May 24th 2017 >>> To: ray.adlington@mcinnescooper. >>> "bob.paulson" <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "hon.ralph.goodale" >>> <hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, "Jody.Wilson-Raybould" >>> <Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc. >>> <bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, "jan.jensen" <jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca> >>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> >>> <Mordaith@gmail.com>, "leanne.murray" >>> <leanne.murray@mcinnescooper. >>> "Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "nick.moore" >>> <nick.moore@bellmedia.ca>, "jeremy.keefe" >>> <jeremy.keefe@globalnews.ca>, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, >>> "Gilles.Blinn" <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau" >>> <Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>, sallybrooks25 <sallybrooks25@yahoo.ca>, >>> oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, jbosnitch >>> <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "serge.rousselle" <serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, >>> premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "brian.gallant" <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, >>> "Larry.Tremblay" <Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >>> <luc.labonte@gnb.ca> >>> >>> As I told the RCMP who called me last month the proper time and place >>> to discuss the CBA and your former partner Judge Richard Bell is the >>> Federal Court of Canada >>> >>> Raymond G. Adlington Partner >>> McInnes Cooper >>> 1300-1969 Upper Water St., Purdy's Wharf Tower II PO Box 730, Stn. >>> Central >>> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2V1 >>> Phone: (902) 444-8470 >>> Fax: (902) 425-6350 >>> E: ray.adlington@mcinnescooper. >>> >>> http://www.mcinnescooper.com/ >>> >>> Ray Adlington named to CBA Board of Directors >>> >>> May 2, 2017 >>> >>> Halifax partner Ray Adlington was recently named to the CBA Board of >>> Directors. >>> >>> In their announcement yesterday the CBA advised that the board would >>> come into effect September 1st, 2017. >>> >>> After collecting extensive input over the past two years, we know >>> that CBA members believe it’s important for the organization to have a >>> Board of Directors that reflects the diversity of the legal >>> profession, including a mix of practice types, experience, skills, >>> geography and more. >>> Our new Board of Directors exemplifies this principle. >>> >>> The board is composed from one member from each province as well as >>> the CBA President. >>> >>> Congratulations Ray on this well deserved appointment. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> ---------- Original message ---------- >>>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >>>> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:15:59 -0400 >>>> Subject: Hey Ralph Goodale perhaps you and the RCMP should call the >>>> Yankees Governor Charlie Baker, his lawyer Bob Ross, Rachael Rollins >>>> and this cop Robert Ridge (857 259 9083) ASAP EH Mr Primme Minister >>>> Trudeau the Younger and Donald Trump Jr? >>>> To: pm@pm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, >>>> Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca, djtjr@trumporg.com, >>>> Donald.J.Trump@donaldtrump.com >>>> Frank.McKenna@td.com, barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, >>>> Douglas.Johnson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >>>> washington.field@ic.fbi.gov, Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, >>>> gov.press@state.ma.us, bob.ross@state.ma.us, jfurey@nbpower.com, >>>> jfetzer@d.umn.edu, Newsroom@globeandmail.com, sfine@globeandmail.com, >>>> .Poitras@cbc.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca, David.Akin@globalnews.ca, >>>> Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, news@kingscorecord.com, >>>> news@dailygleaner.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com, jbosnitch@gmail.com, >>>> andre@jafaust.com> >>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail. >>>> wharrison@nbpower.com, David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca, >>>> Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>> From: "Murray, Charles (Ombud)" <Charles.Murray@gnb.ca> >>>>> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:16:15 +0000 >>>>> Subject: You wished to speak with me >>>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >>>>> >>>>> I have the advantage, sir, of having read many of your emails over the >>>>> years. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> As such, I do not think a phone conversation between us, and >>>>> specifically one which you might mistakenly assume was in response to >>>>> your threat of legal action against me, is likely to prove a >>>>> productive use of either of our time. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> If there is some specific matter about which you wish to communicate >>>>> with me, feel free to email me with the full details and it will be >>>>> given due consideration. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sincerely, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Charles Murray >>>>> >>>>> Ombud NB >>>>> >>>>> Acting Integrity Commissioner >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> From: Justice Website <JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca> >>>>>> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:21:11 +0000 >>>>>> Subject: Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova Scotia >>>>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >>>>>> >>>>>> Mr. Amos, >>>>>> We acknowledge receipt of your recent emails to the Deputy Minister >>>>>> of >>>>>> Justice and lawyers within the Legal Services Division of the >>>>>> Department of Justice respecting a possible claim against the >>>>>> Province >>>>>> of Nova Scotia. Service of any documents respecting a legal claim >>>>>> against the Province of Nova Scotia may be served on the Attorney >>>>>> General at 1690 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS. Please note that we will >>>>>> not be responding to further emails on this matter. >>>>>> >>>>>> Department of Justice >>>>>> >>>>>> On 8/3/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> If want something very serious to download and laugh at as well >>>>>>> Please >>>>>>> Enjoy and share real wiretap tapes of the mob >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://thedavidamosrant. >>>>>>> ilian.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I must >>>>>>>> ask them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING???? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon the >>>>>>>> USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament >>>>>>>> baseball >>>>>>>> cards? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://archive.org/details/ >>>>>>>> 6 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.archive.org/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://archive.org/details/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006 >>>>>>>> Senator Arlen Specter >>>>>>>> United States Senate >>>>>>>> Committee on the Judiciary >>>>>>>> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building >>>>>>>> Washington, DC 20510 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Dear Mr. Specter: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man >>>>>>>> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the >>>>>>>> matters >>>>>>>> raised in the attached letter. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire tap >>>>>>>> tapes. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this >>>>>>>> previously. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Very truly yours, >>>>>>>> Barry A. Bachrach >>>>>>>> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403 >>>>>>>> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003 >>>>>>>> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> ---------- 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 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ---------- Original message ---------- >>>>>>> From: justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca >>>>>>> Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:18 PM >>>>>>> Subject: Réponse automatique : RE My complaint against the CROWN in >>>>>>> Federal Court Attn David Hansen and Peter MacKay If you planning to >>>>>>> submit a motion for a publication ban on my complaint trust that you >>>>>>> dudes are way past too late >>>>>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Veuillez noter que j'ai changé de courriel. Vous pouvez me rejoindre >>>>>>> à >>>>>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Pour rejoindre le bureau de M. Trudeau veuillez envoyer un courriel >>>>>>> à >>>>>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please note that I changed email address, you can reach me at >>>>>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To reach the office of Mr. Trudeau please send an email to >>>>>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Merci , >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Canada’s and Canadians free ride is over. Canada can no longer hide >>>>>>> behind Amerka’s and NATO’s skirts. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> When I was still in Canadian Forces then Prime Minister Jean >>>>>>> Chretien >>>>>>> actually committed the Canadian Army to deploy in the second >>>>>>> campaign >>>>>>> in Iraq, the Coalition of the Willing. This was against or contrary >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> the wisdom or advice of those of us Canadian officers that were >>>>>>> involved in the initial planning phases of that operation. There >>>>>>> were >>>>>>> significant concern in our planning cell, and NDHQ about of the >>>>>>> dearth >>>>>>> of concern for operational guidance, direction, and forces for >>>>>>> operations after the initial occupation of Iraq. At the “last >>>>>>> minute” >>>>>>> Prime Minister Chretien and the Liberal government changed its mind. >>>>>>> The Canadian government told our amerkan cousins that we would not >>>>>>> deploy combat troops for the Iraq campaign, but would deploy a >>>>>>> Canadian Battle Group to Afghanistan, enabling our amerkan cousins >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> redeploy troops from there to Iraq. The PMO’s thinking that it was >>>>>>> less costly to deploy Canadian Forces to Afghanistan than Iraq. But >>>>>>> alas no one seems to remind the Liberals of Prime Minister >>>>>>> Chretien’s >>>>>>> then grossly incorrect assumption. Notwithstanding Jean Chretien’s >>>>>>> incompetence and stupidity, the Canadian Army was heroic, >>>>>>> professional, punched well above it’s weight, and the PPCLI Battle >>>>>>> Group, is credited with “saving Afghanistan” during the Panjway >>>>>>> campaign of 2006. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What Justin Trudeau and the Liberals don’t tell you now, is that >>>>>>> then >>>>>>> Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien committed, and deployed the >>>>>>> Canadian army to Canada’s longest “war” without the advice, consent, >>>>>>> support, or vote of the Canadian Parliament. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What David Amos and the rest of the ignorant, uneducated, and >>>>>>> babbling >>>>>>> chattering classes are too addled to understand is the deployment of >>>>>>> less than 75 special operations troops, and what is known by >>>>>>> planners >>>>>>> as a “six pac cell” of fighter aircraft is NOT the same as a >>>>>>> deployment of a Battle Group, nor a “war” make. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The Canadian Government or The Crown unlike our amerkan cousins have >>>>>>> the “constitutional authority” to commit the Canadian nation to war. >>>>>>> That has been recently clearly articulated to the Canadian public by >>>>>>> constitutional scholar Phillippe Legasse. What Parliament can do is >>>>>>> remove “confidence” in The Crown’s Government in a “vote of >>>>>>> non-confidence.” That could not happen to the Chretien Government >>>>>>> regarding deployment to Afghanistan, and it won’t happen in this >>>>>>> instance with the conservative majority in The Commons regarding a >>>>>>> limited Canadian deployment to the Middle East. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> President George Bush was quite correct after 911 and the terror >>>>>>> attacks in New York; that the Taliban “occupied” and “failed state” >>>>>>> Afghanistan was the source of logistical support, command and >>>>>>> control, >>>>>>> and training for the Al Quaeda war of terror against the world. The >>>>>>> initial defeat, and removal from control of Afghanistan was vital >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>>> >>>>>> http://davidraymondamos3. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Sunday, 19 November 2017 >>>>>> Federal Court of Appeal Finally Makes The BIG Decision And Publishes >>>>>> It Now The Crooks Cannot Take Back Ticket To Try Put My Matter Before >>>>>> The Supreme Court >>>>>> >>>>>> https://decisions.fct-cf.gc. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Federal Court of Appeal Decisions >>>>>> >>>>>> Amos v. Canada >>>>>> Court (s) Database >>>>>> >>>>>> Federal Court of Appeal Decisions >>>>>> Date >>>>>> >>>>>> 2017-10-30 >>>>>> Neutral citation >>>>>> >>>>>> 2017 FCA 213 >>>>>> File numbers >>>>>> >>>>>> A-48-16 >>>>>> Date: 20171030 >>>>>> >>>>>> Docket: A-48-16 >>>>>> Citation: 2017 FCA 213 >>>>>> CORAM: >>>>>> >>>>>> WEBB J.A. >>>>>> NEAR J.A. >>>>>> GLEASON J.A. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> BETWEEN: >>>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS >>>>>> Respondent on the cross-appeal >>>>>> (and formally Appellant) >>>>>> and >>>>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN >>>>>> Appellant on the cross-appeal >>>>>> (and formerly Respondent) >>>>>> Heard at Fredericton, New Brunswick, on May 24, 2017. >>>>>> Judgment delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on October 30, 2017. >>>>>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY: >>>>>> >>>>>> THE COURT >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Date: 20171030 >>>>>> >>>>>> Docket: A-48-16 >>>>>> Citation: 2017 FCA 213 >>>>>> CORAM: >>>>>> >>>>>> WEBB J.A. >>>>>> NEAR J.A. >>>>>> GLEASON J.A. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> BETWEEN: >>>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS >>>>>> Respondent on the cross-appeal >>>>>> (and formally Appellant) >>>>>> and >>>>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN >>>>>> Appellant on the cross-appeal >>>>>> (and formerly Respondent) >>>>>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY THE COURT >>>>>> >>>>>> I. Introduction >>>>>> >>>>>> [1] On September 16, 2015, David Raymond Amos (Mr. >>>>>> Amos) >>>>>> filed a 53-page Statement of Claim (the Claim) in Federal Court >>>>>> against Her Majesty the Queen (the Crown). Mr. Amos claims $11 >>>>>> million >>>>>> in damages and a public apology from the Prime Minister and >>>>>> Provincial >>>>>> Premiers for being illegally barred from accessing parliamentary >>>>>> properties and seeks a declaration from the Minister of Public Safety >>>>>> that the Canadian Government will no longer allow the Royal Canadian >>>>>> Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canadian Forces to harass him and his clan >>>>>> (Claim at para. 96). >>>>>> >>>>>> [2] On November 12, 2015 (Docket T-1557-15), by way of >>>>>> a >>>>>> motion brought by the Crown, a prothonotary of the Federal Court (the >>>>>> Prothonotary) struck the Claim in its entirety, without leave to >>>>>> amend, on the basis that it was plain and obvious that the Claim >>>>>> disclosed no reasonable claim, the Claim was fundamentally vexatious, >>>>>> and the Claim could not be salvaged by way of further amendment (the >>>>>> Prothontary’s Order). >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> [3] On January 25, 2016 (2016 FC 93), by way of Mr. >>>>>> Amos’ appeal from the Prothonotary’s Order, a judge of the Federal >>>>>> Court (the Judge), reviewing the matter de novo, struck all of Mr. >>>>>> Amos’ claims for relief with the exception of the claim for damages >>>>>> for being barred by the RCMP from the New Brunswick legislature in >>>>>> 2004 (the Federal Court Judgment). >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> [4] Mr. Amos appealed and the Crown cross-appealed the >>>>>> Federal Court Judgment. Further to the issuance of a Notice of Status >>>>>> Review, Mr. Amos’ appeal was dismissed for delay on December 19, >>>>>> 2016. >>>>>> As such, the only matter before this Court is the Crown’s >>>>>> cross-appeal. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> II. Preliminary Matter >>>>>> >>>>>> [5] Mr. Amos, in his memorandum of fact and law in >>>>>> relation to the cross-appeal that was filed with this Court on March >>>>>> 6, 2017, indicated that several judges of this Court, including two >>>>>> of >>>>>> the judges of this panel, had a conflict of interest in this appeal. >>>>>> This was the first time that he identified the judges whom he >>>>>> believed >>>>>> had a conflict of interest in a document that was filed with this >>>>>> Court. In his notice of appeal he had alluded to a conflict with >>>>>> several judges but did not name those judges. >>>>>> >>>>>> [6] Mr. Amos was of the view that he did not have to >>>>>> identify the judges in any document filed with this Court because he >>>>>> had identified the judges in various documents that had been filed >>>>>> with the Federal Court. In his view the Federal Court and the Federal >>>>>> Court of Appeal are the same court and therefore any document filed >>>>>> in >>>>>> the Federal Court would be filed in this Court. This view is based on >>>>>> subsections 5(4) and 5.1(4) of the Federal Courts Act, R.S.C., 1985, >>>>>> c. F-7: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 5(4) Every judge of the Federal Court is, by virtue of his or her >>>>>> office, a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal and has all the >>>>>> jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court of >>>>>> Appeal. >>>>>> […] >>>>>> >>>>>> 5(4) Les juges de la Cour fédérale sont d’office juges de la Cour >>>>>> d’appel fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que >>>>>> les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale. >>>>>> […] >>>>>> 5.1(4) Every judge of the Federal Court of Appeal is, by virtue of >>>>>> that office, a judge of the Federal Court and has all the >>>>>> jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court. >>>>>> >>>>>> 5.1(4) Les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale sont d’office juges de >>>>>> la >>>>>> Cour fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que les >>>>>> juges de la Cour fédérale. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> [7] However, these subsections only provide that the >>>>>> judges of the Federal Court are also judges of this Court (and vice >>>>>> versa). It does not mean that there is only one court. If the Federal >>>>>> Court and this Court were one Court, there would be no need for this >>>>>> section. >>>>>> [8] Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act provide >>>>>> that: >>>>>> 3 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal >>>>>> Court >>>>>> — Appeal Division is continued under the name “Federal Court of >>>>>> Appeal” in English and “Cour d’appel fédérale” in French. It is >>>>>> continued as an additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and >>>>>> for Canada, for the better administration of the laws of Canada and >>>>>> as >>>>>> a superior court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction. >>>>>> >>>>>> 3 La Section d’appel, aussi appelée la Cour d’appel ou la Cour >>>>>> d’appel >>>>>> fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée « Cour d’appel fédérale » en >>>>>> français et « Federal Court of Appeal » en anglais. Elle est >>>>>> maintenue >>>>>> à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et d’amirauté du >>>>>> Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit canadien, et >>>>>> continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant compétence en >>>>>> matière civile et pénale. >>>>>> 4 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal >>>>>> Court >>>>>> — Trial Division is continued under the name “Federal Court” in >>>>>> English and “Cour fédérale” in French. It is continued as an >>>>>> additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and for Canada, for >>>>>> the better administration of the laws of Canada and as a superior >>>>>> court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction. >>>>>> >>>>>> 4 La section de la Cour fédérale du Canada, appelée la Section de >>>>>> première instance de la Cour fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée « >>>>>> Cour fédérale » en français et « Federal Court » en anglais. Elle est >>>>>> maintenue à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et >>>>>> d’amirauté du Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit >>>>>> canadien, et continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant >>>>>> compétence en matière civile et pénale. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> [9] Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act create >>>>>> two separate courts – this Court (section 3) and the Federal Court >>>>>> (section 4). If, as Mr. Amos suggests, documents filed in the Federal >>>>>> Court were automatically also filed in this Court, then there would >>>>>> no >>>>>> need for the parties to prepare and file appeal books as required by >>>>>> Rules 343 to 345 of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106 in relation >>>>>> to any appeal from a decision of the Federal Court. The requirement >>>>>> to >>>>>> file an appeal book with this Court in relation to an appeal from a >>>>>> decision of the Federal Court makes it clear that the only documents >>>>>> that will be before this Court are the documents that are part of >>>>>> that >>>>>> appeal book. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> [10] Therefore, the memorandum of fact and law filed on >>>>>> March 6, 2017 is the first document, filed with this Court, in which >>>>>> Mr. Amos identified the particular judges that he submits have a >>>>>> conflict in any matter related to him. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> [11] On April 3, 2017, Mr. Amos attempted to bring a motion >>>>>> before the Federal Court seeking an order “affirming or denying the >>>>>> conflict of interest he has” with a number of judges of the Federal >>>>>> Court. A judge of the Federal Court issued a direction noting that if >>>>>> Mr. Amos was seeking this order in relation to judges of the Federal >>>>>> Court of Appeal, it was beyond the jurisdiction of the Federal Court. >>>>>> Mr. Amos raised the Federal Court motion at the hearing of this >>>>>> cross-appeal. The Federal Court motion is not a motion before this >>>>>> Court and, as such, the submissions filed before the Federal Court >>>>>> will not be entertained. As well, since this was a motion brought >>>>>> before the Federal Court (and not this Court), any documents filed in >>>>>> relation to that motion are not part of the record of this Court. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> [12] During the hearing of the appeal Mr. Amos alleged that >>>>>> the third member of this panel also had a conflict of interest and >>>>>> submitted some documents that, in his view, supported his claim of a >>>>>> conflict. Mr. Amos, following the hearing of his appeal, was also >>>>>> afforded the opportunity to provide a brief summary of the conflict >>>>>> that he was alleging and to file additional documents that, in his >>>>>> view, supported his allegations. Mr. Amos submitted several pages of >>>>>> documents in relation to the alleged conflicts. He organized the >>>>>> documents by submitting a copy of the biography of the particular >>>>>> judge and then, immediately following that biography, by including >>>>>> copies of the documents that, in his view, supported his claim that >>>>>> such judge had a conflict. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> [13] The nature of the alleged conflict of Justice Webb is >>>>>> that before he was appointed as a Judge of the Tax Court of Canada in >>>>>> 2006, he was a partner with the law firm Patterson Law, and before >>>>>> that with Patterson Palmer in Nova Scotia. Mr. Amos submitted that he >>>>>> had a number of disputes with Patterson Palmer and Patterson Law and >>>>>> therefore Justice Webb has a conflict simply because he was a partner >>>>>> of these firms. Mr. Amos is not alleging that Justice Webb was >>>>>> personally involved in or had any knowledge of any matter in which >>>>>> Mr. >>>>>> Amos was involved with Justice Webb’s former law firm – only that he >>>>>> was a member of such firm. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> [14] During his oral submissions at the hearing of his >>>>>> appeal Mr. Amos, in relation to the alleged conflict for Justice >>>>>> Webb, >>>>>> focused on dealings between himself and a particular lawyer at >>>>>> Patterson Law. However, none of the documents submitted by Mr. Amos >>>>>> at >>>>>> the hearing or subsequently related to any dealings with this >>>>>> particular lawyer nor is it clear when Mr. Amos was dealing with this >>>>>> lawyer. In particular, it is far from clear whether such dealings >>>>>> were >>>>>> after the time that Justice Webb was appointed as a Judge of the Tax >>>>>> Court of Canada over 10 years ago. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> [15] The documents that he submitted in relation to the >>>>>> alleged conflict for Justice Webb largely relate to dealings between >>>>>> Byron Prior and the St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador office of >>>>>> Patterson Palmer, which is not in the same province where Justice >>>>>> Webb >>>>>> practiced law. The only document that indicates any dealing between >>>>>> Mr. Amos and Patterson Palmer is a copy of an affidavit of Stephen >>>>>> May >>>>>> who was a partner in the St. John’s NL office of Patterson Palmer. >>>>>> The >>>>>> affidavit is dated January 24, 2005 and refers to a number of e-mails >>>>>> that were sent by Mr. Amos to Stephen May. Mr. Amos also included a >>>>>> letter that is addressed to four individuals, one of whom is John >>>>>> Crosbie who was counsel to the St. John’s NL office of Patterson >>>>>> Palmer. The letter is dated September 2, 2004 and is addressed to >>>>>> “John Crosbie, c/o Greg G. Byrne, Suite 502, 570 Queen Street, >>>>>> Fredericton, NB E3B 5E3”. In this letter Mr. Amos alludes to a >>>>>> possible lawsuit against Patterson Palmer. >>>>>> [16] Mr. Amos’ position is that simply because Justice Webb >>>>>> was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer, he now has a conflict. In >>>>>> Wewaykum >>>>>> Indian Band v. Her Majesty the Queen, 2003 SCC 45, [2003] 2 S.C.R. >>>>>> 259, the Supreme Court of Canada noted that disqualification of a >>>>>> judge is to be determined based on whether there is a reasonable >>>>>> apprehension of bias: >>>>>> 60 In Canadian law, one standard has now emerged as the >>>>>> criterion for disqualification. The criterion, as expressed by de >>>>>> Grandpré J. in Committee for Justice and Liberty v. National Energy >>>>>> Board, …[[1978] 1 S.C.R. 369, 68 D.L.R. (3d) 716], at p. 394, is the >>>>>> reasonable apprehension of bias: >>>>>> … the apprehension of bias must be a reasonable one, held by >>>>>> reasonable and right minded persons, applying themselves to the >>>>>> question and obtaining thereon the required information. In the words >>>>>> of the Court of Appeal, that test is "what would an informed person, >>>>>> viewing the matter realistically and practically -- and having >>>>>> thought >>>>>> the matter through -- conclude. Would he think that it is more likely >>>>>> than not that [the decision-maker], whether consciously or >>>>>> unconsciously, would not decide fairly." >>>>>> >>>>>> [17] The issue to be determined is whether an informed >>>>>> person, viewing the matter realistically and practically, and having >>>>>> thought the matter through, would conclude that Mr. Amos’ allegations >>>>>> give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias. As this Court has >>>>>> previously remarked, “there is a strong presumption that judges will >>>>>> administer justice impartially” and this presumption will not be >>>>>> rebutted in the absence of “convincing evidence” of bias (Collins v. >>>>>> Canada, 2011 FCA 140 at para. 7, [2011] 4 C.T.C. 157 [Collins]. See >>>>>> also R. v. S. (R.D.), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484 at para. 32, 151 D.L.R. >>>>>> (4th) 193). >>>>>> >>>>>> [18] The Ontario Court of Appeal in Rando Drugs Ltd. v. >>>>>> Scott, 2007 ONCA 553, 86 O.R. (3d) 653 (leave to appeal to the >>>>>> Supreme >>>>>> Court of Canada refused, 32285 (August 1, 2007)), addressed the >>>>>> particular issue of whether a judge is disqualified from hearing a >>>>>> case simply because he had been a member of a law firm that was >>>>>> involved in the litigation that was now before that judge. The >>>>>> Ontario >>>>>> Court of Appeal determined that the judge was not disqualified if the >>>>>> judge had no involvement with the person or the matter when he was a >>>>>> lawyer. The Ontario Court of Appeal also explained that the rules for >>>>>> determining whether a judge is disqualified are different from the >>>>>> rules to determine whether a lawyer has a conflict: >>>>>> 27 Thus, disqualification is not the natural corollary to a >>>>>> finding that a trial judge has had some involvement in a case over >>>>>> which he or she is now presiding. Where the judge had no involvement, >>>>>> as here, it cannot be said that the judge is disqualified. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 28 The point can rightly be made that had Mr. Patterson been >>>>>> asked to represent the appellant as counsel before his appointment to >>>>>> the bench, the conflict rules would likely have prevented him from >>>>>> taking the case because his firm had formerly represented one of the >>>>>> defendants in the case. Thus, it is argued how is it that as a trial >>>>>> judge Patterson J. can hear the case? This issue was considered by >>>>>> the >>>>>> Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in Locabail (U.K.) Ltd. v. Bayfield >>>>>> Properties Ltd., [2000] Q.B. 451. The court held, at para. 58, that >>>>>> there is no inflexible rule governing the disqualification of a judge >>>>>> and that, "[e]verything depends on the circumstances." >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 29 It seems to me that what appears at first sight to be an >>>>>> inconsistency in application of rules can be explained by the >>>>>> different contexts and in particular, the strong presumption of >>>>>> judicial impartiality that applies in the context of disqualification >>>>>> of a judge. There is no such presumption in cases of allegations of >>>>>> conflict of interest against a lawyer because of a firm's previous >>>>>> involvement in the case. To the contrary, as explained by Sopinka J. >>>>>> in MacDonald Estate v. Martin (1990), 77 D.L.R. (4th) 249 (S.C.C.), >>>>>> for sound policy reasons there is a presumption of a disqualifying >>>>>> interest that can rarely be overcome. In particular, a conclusory >>>>>> statement from the lawyer that he or she had no confidential >>>>>> information about the case will never be sufficient. The case is the >>>>>> opposite where the allegation of bias is made against a trial judge. >>>>>> His or her statement that he or she knew nothing about the case and >>>>>> had no involvement in it will ordinarily be accepted at face value >>>>>> unless there is good reason to doubt it: see Locabail, at para. 19. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 30 That brings me then to consider the particular >>>>>> circumstances >>>>>> of this case and whether there are serious grounds to find a >>>>>> disqualifying conflict of interest in this case. In my view, there >>>>>> are >>>>>> two significant factors that justify the trial judge's decision not >>>>>> to >>>>>> recuse himself. The first is his statement, which all parties accept, >>>>>> that he knew nothing of the case when it was in his former firm and >>>>>> that he had nothing to do with it. The second is the long passage of >>>>>> time. As was said in Wewaykum, at para. 85: >>>>>> To us, one significant factor stands out, and must inform >>>>>> the perspective of the reasonable person assessing the impact of this >>>>>> involvement on Binnie J.'s impartiality in the appeals. That factor >>>>>> is >>>>>> the passage of time. Most arguments for disqualification rest on >>>>>> circumstances that are either contemporaneous to the decision-making, >>>>>> or that occurred within a short time prior to the decision-making. >>>>>> 31 There are other factors that inform the issue. The Wilson >>>>>> Walker firm no longer acted for any of the parties by the time of >>>>>> trial. More importantly, at the time of the motion, Patterson J. had >>>>>> been a judge for six years and thus had not had a relationship with >>>>>> his former firm for a considerable period of time. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 32 In my view, a reasonable person, viewing the matter >>>>>> realistically would conclude that the trial judge could deal fairly >>>>>> and impartially with this case. I take this view principally because >>>>>> of the long passage of time and the trial judge's lack of involvement >>>>>> in or knowledge of the case when the Wilson Walker firm had carriage. >>>>>> In these circumstances it cannot be reasonably contended that the >>>>>> trial judge could not remain impartial in the case. The mere fact >>>>>> that >>>>>> his name appears on the letterhead of some correspondence from over a >>>>>> decade ago would not lead a reasonable person to believe that he >>>>>> would >>>>>> either consciously or unconsciously favour his former firm's former >>>>>> client. It is simply not realistic to think that a judge would throw >>>>>> off his mantle of impartiality, ignore his oath of office and favour >>>>>> a >>>>>> client - about whom he knew nothing - of a firm that he left six >>>>>> years >>>>>> earlier and that no longer acts for the client, in a case involving >>>>>> events from over a decade ago. >>>>>> (emphasis added) >>>>>> >>>>>> [19] Justice Webb had no involvement with any matter >>>>>> involving Mr. Amos while he was a member of Patterson Palmer or >>>>>> Patterson Law, nor does Mr. Amos suggest that he did. Mr. Amos made >>>>>> it >>>>>> clear during the hearing of this matter that the only reason for the >>>>>> alleged conflict for Justice Webb was that he was a member of >>>>>> Patterson Law and Patterson Palmer. This is simply not enough for >>>>>> Justice Webb to be disqualified. Any involvement of Mr. Amos with >>>>>> Patterson Law while Justice Webb was a member of that firm would have >>>>>> had to occur over 10 years ago and even longer for the time when he >>>>>> was a member of Patterson Palmer. In addition to the lack of any >>>>>> involvement on his part with any matter or dispute that Mr. Amos had >>>>>> with Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer (which in and of itself is >>>>>> sufficient to dispose of this matter), the length of time since >>>>>> Justice Webb was a member of Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer would >>>>>> also result in the same finding – that there is no conflict in >>>>>> Justice >>>>>> Webb hearing this appeal. >>>>>> >>>>>> [20] Similarly in R. v. Bagot, 2000 MBCA 30, 145 Man. R. >>>>>> (2d) 260, the Manitoba Court of Appeal found that there was no >>>>>> reasonable apprehension of bias when a judge, who had been a member >>>>>> of >>>>>> the law firm that had been retained by the accused, had no >>>>>> involvement >>>>>> with the accused while he was a lawyer with that firm. >>>>>> >>>>>> [21] In Del Zotto v. Minister of National Revenue, [2000] 4 >>>>>> F.C. 321, 257 N.R. 96, this court did find that there would be a >>>>>> reasonable apprehension of bias where a judge, who while he was a >>>>>> lawyer, had recorded time on a matter involving the same person who >>>>>> was before that judge. However, this case can be distinguished as >>>>>> Justice Webb did not have any time recorded on any files involving >>>>>> Mr. >>>>>> Amos while he was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer or Patterson Law. >>>>>> >>>>>> [22] Mr. Amos also included with his submissions a CD. He >>>>>> stated in his affidavit dated June 26, 2017 that there is a “true >>>>>> copy >>>>>> of an American police surveillance wiretap entitled 139” on this CD. >>>>>> He has also indicated that he has “provided a true copy of the CD >>>>>> entitled 139 to many American and Canadian law enforcement >>>>>> authorities >>>>>> and not one of the police forces or officers of the court are willing >>>>>> to investigate it”. Since he has indicated that this is an “American >>>>>> police surveillance wiretap”, this is a matter for the American law >>>>>> enforcement authorities and cannot create, as Mr. Amos suggests, a >>>>>> conflict of interest for any judge to whom he provides a copy. >>>>>> >>>>>> [23] As a result, there is no conflict or reasonable >>>>>> apprehension of bias for Justice Webb and therefore, no reason for >>>>>> him >>>>>> to recuse himself. >>>>>> >>>>>> [24] Mr. Amos alleged that Justice Near’s past professional >>>>>> experience with the government created a “quasi-conflict” in deciding >>>>>> the cross-appeal. Mr. Amos provided no details and Justice Near >>>>>> confirmed that he had no prior knowledge of the matters alleged in >>>>>> the >>>>>> Claim. Justice Near sees no reason to recuse himself. >>>>>> >>>>>> [25] Insofar as it is possible to glean the basis for Mr. >>>>>> Amos’ allegations against Justice Gleason, it appears that he alleges >>>>>> that she is incapable of hearing this appeal because he says he wrote >>>>>> a letter to Brian Mulroney and Jean Chrétien in 2004. At that time, >>>>>> both Justice Gleason and Mr. Mulroney were partners in the law firm >>>>>> Ogilvy Renault, LLP. The letter in question, which is rude and angry, >>>>>> begins with “Hey you two Evil Old Smiling Bastards” and “Re: me suing >>>>>> you and your little dogs too”. There is no indication that the letter >>>>>> was ever responded to or that a law suit was ever commenced by Mr. >>>>>> Amos against Mr. Mulroney. In the circumstances, there is no reason >>>>>> for Justice Gleason to recuse herself as the letter in question does >>>>>> not give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> III. Issue >>>>>> >>>>>> [26] The issue on the cross-appeal is as follows: Did the >>>>>> Judge err in setting aside the Prothonotary’s Order striking the >>>>>> Claim >>>>>> in its entirety without leave to amend and in determining that Mr. >>>>>> Amos’ allegation that the RCMP barred him from the New Brunswick >>>>>> legislature in 2004 was capable of supporting a cause of action? >>>>>> >>>>>> IV. Analysis >>>>>> >>>>>> A. Standard of Review >>>>>> >>>>>> [27] Following the Judge’s decision to set aside the >>>>>> Prothonotary’s Order, this Court revisited the standard of review to >>>>>> be applied to discretionary decisions of prothonotaries and decisions >>>>>> made by judges on appeals of prothonotaries’ decisions in Hospira >>>>>> Healthcare Corp. v. Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, 2016 FCA 215, >>>>>> 402 D.L.R. (4th) 497 [Hospira]. In Hospira, a five-member panel of >>>>>> this Court replaced the Aqua-Gem standard of review with that >>>>>> articulated in Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235 >>>>>> [Housen]. As a result, it is no longer appropriate for the Federal >>>>>> Court to conduct a de novo review of a discretionary order made by a >>>>>> prothonotary in regard to questions vital to the final issue of the >>>>>> case. Rather, a Federal Court judge can only intervene on appeal if >>>>>> the prothonotary made an error of law or a palpable and overriding >>>>>> error in determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and >>>>>> law (Hospira at para. 79). Further, this Court can only interfere >>>>>> with >>>>>> a Federal Court judge’s review of a prothonotary’s discretionary >>>>>> order >>>>>> if the judge made an error of law or palpable and overriding error in >>>>>> determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and law >>>>>> (Hospira at paras. 82-83). >>>>>> >>>>>> [28] In the case at bar, the Judge substituted his own >>>>>> assessment of Mr. Amos’ Claim for that of the Prothonotary. This >>>>>> Court >>>>>> must look to the Prothonotary’s Order to determine whether the Judge >>>>>> erred in law or made a palpable and overriding error in choosing to >>>>>> interfere. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> B. Did the Judge err in interfering with the >>>>>> Prothonotary’s Order? >>>>>> >>>>>> [29] The Prothontoary’s Order accepted the following >>>>>> paragraphs from the Crown’s submissions as the basis for striking the >>>>>> Claim in its entirety without leave to amend: >>>>>> >>>>>> 17. Within the 96 paragraph Statement of Claim, the Plaintiff >>>>>> addresses his complaint in paragraphs 14-24, inclusive. All but four >>>>>> of those paragraphs are dedicated to an incident that occurred in >>>>>> 2006 >>>>>> in and around the legislature in New Brunswick. The jurisdiction of >>>>>> the Federal Court does not extend to Her Majesty the Queen in right >>>>>> of >>>>>> the Provinces. In any event, the Plaintiff hasn’t named the Province >>>>>> or provincial actors as parties to this action. The incident alleged >>>>>> does not give rise to a justiciable cause of action in this Court. >>>>>> (…) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 21. The few paragraphs that directly address the Defendant >>>>>> provide no details as to the individuals involved or the location of >>>>>> the alleged incidents or other details sufficient to allow the >>>>>> Defendant to respond. As a result, it is difficult or impossible to >>>>>> determine the causes of action the Plaintiff is attempting to >>>>>> advance. >>>>>> A generous reading of the Statement of Claim allows the Defendant to >>>>>> only speculate as to the true and/or intended cause of action. At >>>>>> best, the Plaintiff’s action may possibly be summarized as: he >>>>>> suspects he is barred from the House of Commons. >>>>>> [footnotes omitted]. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> [30] The Judge determined that he could not strike the >>>>>> Claim >>>>>> on the same jurisdictional basis as the Prothonotary. The Judge noted >>>>>> that the Federal Court has jurisdiction over claims based on the >>>>>> liability of Federal Crown servants like the RCMP and that the actors >>>>>> who barred Mr. Amos from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004 >>>>>> included the RCMP (Federal Court Judgment at para. 23). In >>>>>> considering >>>>>> the viability of these allegations de novo, the Judge identified >>>>>> paragraph 14 of the Claim as containing “some precision” as it >>>>>> identifies the date of the event and a RCMP officer acting as >>>>>> Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor (Federal Court Judgment at >>>>>> para. 27). >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> [31] The Judge noted that the 2004 event could support a >>>>>> cause of action in the tort of misfeasance in public office and >>>>>> identified the elements of the tort as excerpted from Meigs v. >>>>>> Canada, >>>>>> 2013 FC 389, 431 F.T.R. 111: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> [13] As in both the cases of Odhavji Estate v Woodhouse, 2003 >>>>>> SCC >>>>>> 69 [Odhavji] and Lewis v Canada, 2012 FC 1514 [Lewis], I must >>>>>> determine whether the plaintiffs’ statement of claim pleads each >>>>>> element of the alleged tort of misfeasance in public office: >>>>>> >>>>>> a) The public officer must have engaged in deliberate and unlawful >>>>>> conduct in his or her capacity as public officer; >>>>>> >>>>>> b) The public officer must have been aware both that his or her >>>>>> conduct was unlawful and that it was likely to harm the plaintiff; >>>>>> and >>>>>> >>>>>> c) There must be an element of bad faith or dishonesty by the public >>>>>> officer and knowledge of harm alone is insufficient to conclude that >>>>>> a >>>>>> public officer acted in bad faith or dishonestly. >>>>>> Odhavji, above, at paras 23, 24 and 28 >>>>>> (Federal Court Judgment at para. 28). >>>>>> >>>>>> [32] The Judge determined that Mr. Amos disclosed >>>>>> sufficient >>>>>> material facts to meet the elements of the tort of misfeasance in >>>>>> public office because the actors, who barred him from the New >>>>>> Brunswick legislature in 2004, including the RCMP, did so for >>>>>> “political reasons” (Federal Court Judgment at para. 29). >>>>>> >>>>>> [33] This Court’s discussion of the sufficiency of >>>>>> pleadings >>>>>> in Merchant Law Group v. Canada (Revenue Agency), 2010 FCA 184, 321 >>>>>> D.L.R (4th) 301 is particularly apt: >>>>>> >>>>>> …When pleading bad faith or abuse of power, it is not enough to >>>>>> assert, baldly, conclusory phrases such as “deliberately or >>>>>> negligently,” “callous disregard,” or “by fraud and theft did steal”. >>>>>> “The bare assertion of a conclusion upon which the court is called >>>>>> upon to pronounce is not an allegation of material fact”. Making >>>>>> bald, >>>>>> conclusory allegations without any evidentiary foundation is an abuse >>>>>> of process… >>>>>> >>>>>> To this, I would add that the tort of misfeasance in public office >>>>>> requires a particular state of mind of a public officer in carrying >>>>>> out the impunged action, i.e., deliberate conduct which the public >>>>>> officer knows to be inconsistent with the obligations of his or her >>>>>> office. For this tort, particularization of the allegations is >>>>>> mandatory. Rule 181 specifically requires particularization of >>>>>> allegations of “breach of trust,” “wilful default,” “state of mind of >>>>>> a person,” “malice” or “fraudulent intention.” >>>>>> (at paras. 34-35, citations omitted). >>>>>> >>>>>> [34] Applying the Housen standard of review to the >>>>>> Prothonotary’s Order, we are of the view that the Judge interfered >>>>>> absent a legal or palpable and overriding error. >>>>>> >>>>>> [35] The Prothonotary determined that Mr. Amos’ Claim >>>>>> disclosed no reasonable claim and was fundamentally vexatious on the >>>>>> basis of jurisdictional concerns and the absence of material facts to >>>>>> ground a cause of action. Paragraph 14 of the Claim, which addresses >>>>>> the 2004 event, pleads no material facts as to how the RCMP officer >>>>>> engaged in deliberate and unlawful conduct, knew that his or her >>>>>> conduct was unlawful and likely to harm Mr. Amos, and acted in bad >>>>>> faith. While the Claim alleges elsewhere that Mr. Amos was barred >>>>>> from >>>>>> the New Brunswick legislature for political and/or malicious reasons, >>>>>> these allegations are not particularized and are directed against >>>>>> non-federal actors, such as the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Legislative >>>>>> Assembly of New Brunswick and the Fredericton Police Force. As such, >>>>>> the Judge erred in determining that Mr. Amos’ allegation that the >>>>>> RCMP >>>>>> barred him from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004 was capable of >>>>>> supporting a cause of action. >>>>>> >>>>>> [36] In our view, the Claim is made up entirely of bare >>>>>> allegations, devoid of any detail, such that it discloses no >>>>>> reasonable cause of action within the jurisdiction of the Federal >>>>>> Courts. Therefore, the Judge erred in interfering to set aside the >>>>>> Prothonotary’s Order striking the claim in its entirety. Further, we >>>>>> find that the Prothonotary made no error in denying leave to amend. >>>>>> The deficiencies in Mr. Amos’ pleadings are so extensive such that >>>>>> amendment could not cure them (see Collins at para. 26). >>>>>> >>>>>> V. Conclusion >>>>>> [37] For the foregoing reasons, we would allow the Crown’s >>>>>> cross-appeal, with costs, setting aside the Federal Court Judgment, >>>>>> dated January 25, 2016 and restoring the Prothonotary’s Order, dated >>>>>> November 12, 2015, which struck Mr. Amos’ Claim in its entirety >>>>>> without leave to amend. >>>>>> "Wyman W. Webb" >>>>>> J.A. >>>>>> "David G. Near" >>>>>> J.A. >>>>>> "Mary J.L. Gleason" >>>>>> J.A. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL >>>>>> NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD >>>>>> >>>>>> A CROSS-APPEAL FROM AN ORDER OF THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE SOUTHCOTT >>>>>> DATED >>>>>> JANUARY 25, 2016; DOCKET NUMBER T-1557-15. >>>>>> DOCKET: >>>>>> >>>>>> A-48-16 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> STYLE OF CAUSE: >>>>>> >>>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> PLACE OF HEARING: >>>>>> >>>>>> Fredericton, >>>>>> New Brunswick >>>>>> >>>>>> DATE OF HEARING: >>>>>> >>>>>> May 24, 2017 >>>>>> >>>>>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY: >>>>>> >>>>>> WEBB J.A. >>>>>> NEAR J.A. >>>>>> GLEASON J.A. >>>>>> >>>>>> DATED: >>>>>> >>>>>> October 30, 2017 >>>>>> >>>>>> APPEARANCES: >>>>>> David Raymond Amos >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> For The Appellant / respondent on cross-appeal >>>>>> (on his own behalf) >>>>>> >>>>>> Jan Jensen >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> For The Respondent / appELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL >>>>>> >>>>>> SOLICITORS OF RECORD: >>>>>> Nathalie G. Drouin >>>>>> Deputy Attorney General of Canada >>>>>> >>>>>> For The Respondent / APPELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>> >>> ---------- Original message ---------- >>> Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 19:01:11 -0700 (PDT) >>> From: "David Amos" motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com >>> Subject: Now everybody and his dog knows TJ Burke and his cop buddies >>> allegations against me are false and you had the proof all along EH >>> Chucky? >>> To: oldmaison@yahoo.com, nbombud@gnb.ca, dan.bussieres@gnb.ca, >>> jacques_poitras@cbc.ca, news@dailygleaner.com, >>> kcarmichael@bloomberg.net, advocacycollective@yahoo.com, >>> Easter.W@parl.gc.ca, Comartin.J@parl.gc.ca, cityadmin@fredericton.ca, >>> info@gg.ca, bmosher@mosherchedore.ca, rchedore@mosherchedore.ca, >>> police@fredericton.ca, chebert@thestar.ca, Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca, >>> Stronach.B@parl.gc.ca, Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca, alltrue@nl.rogers.com, >>> Harper.S@parl.gc.ca, Layton.J@parl.gc.ca, Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca, >>> Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca >>> CC: dgleg@nb.aibn.com, brad.woodside@fredericton.ca, >>> whalen@fredericton.ca, david.kelly@fredericton.ca, >>> cathy.maclaggan@fredericton.ca >>> tom.jellinek@fredericton.ca, scott.mcconaghy@fredericton.ca >>> marilyn.kerton@fredericton.ca, walter.brown@fredericton.ca, >>> norah.davidson@fredericton.ca, mike.obrien@fredericton.ca, >>> bruce.grandy@fredericton.ca, dan.keenan@fredericton.ca, >>> jeff.mockler@gnb.ca, mrichard@lawsociety-barreau. >>> cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci. >>> scotta@parl.gc.ca, michael.bray@gnb.ca, jack.e.mackay@gnb.ca >>> http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new- >>> >>> http://www.canadaeast.com/ce2/ >>> >>> http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> http://maritimes.indymedia. >>> >>> Methinks your liberal pals just made a major faux pas N'est Pas? >>> Scroll down Frenchie and go down?. >>> >>> >>> Threat against Burke taken seriously >>> >>> By STEPHEN LLEWELLYN >>> dgleg@nb.aibn.com >>> Published Thursday May 24th, 2007 >>> Appeared on page A1 >>> An RCMP security detail has been guarding Justice Minister and >>> Attorney General T.J. Burke because of threats made against him >>> recently. >>> >>> Burke, the Liberal MLA for Fredericton-Fort Nashwaaksis, wouldn't >>> explain the nature of the threats. >>> >>> "I have had a particular individual or individuals who have made >>> specific overtures about causing harm towards me," he told reporters >>> Wednesday. >>> >>> "The RCMP has provided security to me recently by accompanying me to a >>> couple of public functions where the individual is known to reside or >>> have family members in the area," said Burke. "It is nice to have some >>> added protection and that added comfort." >>> >>> The RCMP provides protection to the premier and MLAs with its VIP >>> security >>> unit. >>> >>> Burke didn't say when the threat was made but it's believed to have >>> been in recent weeks. >>> >>> "When a threat is posed to you and it is a credible threat, you have >>> to be cautious about where you go and who you are around," he said. >>> "But again, I am more concerned about my family as opposed to my own >>> personal safety." >>> >>> Burke said he doesn't feel any differently and he has not changed his >>> pattern of activity. >>> >>> "It doesn't bother me one bit," he said. "It makes my wife feel awful >>> nervous." >>> >>> Burke served in an elite American military unit before becoming a >>> lawyer and going into politics in New Brunswick. >>> >>> "(I) have taken my own precautions and what I have to do to ensure my >>> family's safety," he said. "I am a very cautious person in general due >>> to my background and training. >>> >>> "I am comfortable with defending myself or my family if it ever had to >>> happen." >>> >>> Burke said it is not uncommon for politicians to have security concerns. >>> >>> "We do live unfortunately in an age and in a society now where threats >>> have to be taken pretty seriously," he said. >>> >>> Since the terrorism attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, >>> security in New Brunswick has been >>> beefed up. >>> >>> Metal detectors were recently installed in the legislature and all >>> visitors are screened. >>> >>> The position of attorney general is often referred to as the >>> province's "top cop." >>> >>> Burke said sometimes people do not differentiate between his role as >>> the manager of the justice system and the individual who actually >>> prosecutes them. >>> >>> "With the job sometimes comes threats," he said. "I have had numerous >>> threats since Day 1 in office." >>> >>> Burke said he hopes his First Nations heritage has nothing to do with >>> it. >>> >>> "I think it is more of an issue where people get fixated on a matter >>> and they believe you are personally responsible for assigning them >>> their punishment or their sanction," he said. >>> >>> Is the threat from someone who was recently incarcerated? >>> >>> "I probably shouldn't answer that," he replied. >>> >>> Reporters asked when the threat would be over. >>> >>> "I don't think a threat ever passes once it has been made," said >>> Burke. "You have to consider the credibility of the source." >>> >>> Bruce Fitch, former justice minister in the Conservative government, >>> said "every now and again there would be e-mails that were not >>> complimentary." >>> >>> "I did have a meeting with the RCMP who are in charge of the security >>> of the MLAs and ministers," said Fitch. >>> >>> "They look at each and every situation." >>> >>> Fitch said he never had bodyguards assigned to him although former >>> premier Bernard Lord and former health minister Elvy Robichaud did >>> have extra security staff assigned on occasion. >>> >>> He said if any MLA felt threatened, he or she would discuss it with the >>> RCMP. >>> >>> >>> http://www.archive.org/ >>> >>> Small World EH Chucky Leblanc? >>> >>> "Lafleur, Lou" lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca wrote: >>> >>> From: "Lafleur, Lou" lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca >>> To: "'motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com'" motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com, >>> "Lafleur, Lou" lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca >>> Subject: Fredericton Police Force >>> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:21:13 -0300 >>> >>> Dear Mr. Amos >>> >>> My Name is Lou LaFleur and I am a Detective with the Fredericton >>> Police Major Crime Unit. I would like to talk to you regarding files >>> that I am investigating and that you are alleged to have involvement >>> in. >>> >>> Please call me at your earliest convenience and leave a message and a >>> phone number on my secure and confidential line if I am not in my >>> office. >>> >>> yours truly, >>> Cpl. Lou LaFleur >>> Fredericton Police Force >>> 311 Queen St. >>> Fredericton, NB >>> 506-460-2332 >>> ______________________________ >>> This electronic mail, including any attachments, is confidential and >>> is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may be privileged. >>> Any unauthorized distribution, copying, disclosure or review is >>> prohibited. Neither communication over the Internet nor disclosure to >>> anyone other than the intended recipient constitutes waiver of >>> privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately >>> notify the sender and then delete this communication and any >>> attachments from your computer system and records without saving or >>> forwarding it. Thank you. >>> >> > | |
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