Thursday 2 March 2023

Foreign workers at N.B. seafood plants face threats, cramped quarters and racism, study finds

The Honourable Bernadette Jordan should say Hey for me to the Yankee Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey. their President and all the greedy corporate whales who support them

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/elizabeth-warren-atlantic-canada-seafood-industry-1.5367446


Why Atlantic Canada's lucrative seafood industry is concerned about
Elizabeth Warren

Senator wants proof Canada is doing as much as the U.S. to protect right whales
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gerald-butts-resigns-pmo-1.5024011

It's the environment, stupid

Butts's influence is felt in every area of government policy and
Trudeau would not make any big policy decisions without the input of
both Butts and Telford. But the area Butts holds dearest is the
environment. Environment policies were a central theme in McGuinty's
government during the Butts era, and again with the Trudeau Liberals.
In between the two governments, Butts was the CEO of the World
Wildlife Fund in Canada, a position he held until the Trudeau Liberal
leadership campaign came calling.

In his resignation statement Butts even made a pitch for action to
halt climate change: "Our kids and grandkids will judge us on one
issue above all others," he said. "That issue is climate change. I
hope the response to it becomes the collective, non-partisan, urgent
effort that science clearly says is required. I hope that happens
soon."

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Automatic reply: RE Cracks in political unity appear, but Higgs holds firm on temporary foreign worker ban and my call to Nat Richard

 

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Unclear whether N.B. employers will face consequences over alleged abuse of foreign workers

Industry rep says he hasn't seen abuse, responsibility of researchers to reveal names

Meanwhile an industry representative says the report does not reflect to his experience, and lays the responsibility on the researchers to produce names of offending employers.

On Wednesday, researchers from Dalhousie and St. Thomas universities released a report based on interviews with low-wage temporary foreign workers in New Brunswick in 2020 and 2021.

The report, funded by Cooper Institute and the Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre, includes first-person descriptions of cramped housing and verbal abuse.

Some workers said they were told "it's not a good idea to get sick," were reprimanded for calling an ambulance for a colleague, and felt they were not trained adequately to handle dangerous equipment.

 The Lobster Processors Association in New Brunswick disputes the accuracy of the the report. (Kayla Hounsell/CBC)

Carla Qualtrough, the federal minister of employment, workforce development and disability inclusion, said in a statement the study's findings are "disturbing."

"All allegations of this nature are reviewed and acted upon. If criminal activity is suspected, the information is forwarded to law enforcement agencies," she said.

Qualtrough's office did not confirm whether a specific investigation was triggered by the report. The report did not name any workplaces in order to protect the identity of the interviewees, some of whom still work in New Brunswick and fear reprisals.

In an interview Thursday, Nat Richard, executive director of the Lobster Processors Association in New Brunswick, said the report relies on the first-hand experiences of 14 people out of more than 2,000, and that makes it inaccurate.

"What is portrayed in that report is nowhere close to the reality of our industry," he said.

  Nat Richard of the Lobster Processors Association says the report does not match up with his experience of how temporary foreign workers are treated. (CBC)

The report said workers would only speak on conditions of strict anonymity, and few ever speak out against employers because they fear deportation or not being invited back to work next season.

"If that is true, I cannot condone that," Richard said.

When asked what role his association has in responding to the issues raised by the report, he said he would be happy to hear from the researchers directly.

"If they want to reach out to me and identify who these employers are, I will gladly put them in touch with the responsible federal authorities so these cases can be looked at more carefully," he said.

 A woman with long brown hair is smiling.Raluca Bejan, lead author of the report, said the names of the employers mentioned by some workers will not be revealed. (Dalhousie University)

The report's lead author Raluca Bejan, who is an assistant professor of social work at Dalhousie University, said researchers spent months trying to find workers willing to speak. 

She said a member of the team speaks Spanish, and that helped them gain the trust of the Mexican community. They were able to interview 15 people, she said, one of whom worked as a mushroom picker and the rest worked in seafood processing. She said researchers used all of the interviews they gathered to compile the report.

Research ethics and their policies dictate that they can't reveal identifying information of those who agreed to be interviewed, Bejan said.

"We cannot destroy people's livelihoods by doing that."

"We won't reveal the name of the employers and the locations because some people want to go back to the same workplaces."

She said even if the employers are identified, she believes the problem lies with the program itself. She said it does not have adequate protections, especially when it comes to housing standards.

A spokesperson for Qualtrough's office said threatening deportation, not adequately informing workers of health and safety regulation and not properly communicating healthcare insurance details are all considered to be contravening the temporary foreign worker program. 

She said investigations are triggered by direct complaints from workers, but also from advocacy groups or news reports.

Typically, specific employer names are needed to start an investigation, but that doesn't mean it won't take place. She said the 24/7 tip line is still operational, and workers can always go to advocacy groups and ask them to make complaints on their behalf.

The government has amended the program since researchers conducted the interviews to require employers to make certain the people they hire did not pay recruiters who charge thousands of dollars to help workers secure contracts. 

The government is also working on a national housing standards strategy for the low-wage stream of the program, alongside the provinces and territories.

'There's absolutely no obligation ... to return'

Richard said the fact that some workers come back year after year proves the report is not accurate.

"There's absolutely no obligation on the part of these workers to return to the same processing facility year after year, and the vast majority of them do," he said.

When asked whether that may be because some workers have no other option, Richard said working in seafood processing isn't easy, and employers pay several dollars more than the provincial minimum wage of $13.75.

"A lot of these workers tell me they make more in an hour in Canada than they would in their home countries over a whole day, assuming they can even find employment," he said. 

"We need these workers desperately in our industry … I think we need to have a little bit more of a reasonable debate about this, not tar everybody with the same brush. Understand that most employers do work very hard to provide decent and safe and welcoming workplaces."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hadeel Ibrahim is a reporter with CBC New Brunswick based in Saint John. She reports in English and Arabic. Email: hadeel.ibrahim@cbc.ca.

With files from Information Morning Saint John and Moncton

CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices

 

96 Comments
 
 
David Amos
The plot thickens
 
 
David Amos
Methinks NDP supporters attacking Liberal supporters is a pretty good sign that an election is in the wind. With all the revelations about China lately I would not be one bit surprised to see Trudeau the Younger take along walk in the snow like his Daddy did. If so then just like Mulroney he will give Canada another temporary Lady Prime Minister who will try to get folks to support her budget N'esy Pas?  
 
 
Robert Losier 
Reply to David Amos 
That is probably the comment of this section worthy of note.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to Robert Losier 
There was a lot more 
 
 
Don Corey
Reply to David Amos 
I like your thinking, but wonder if the junior Trudeau (not nearly as intelligent as the old man) has figured out yet that the winds of change are getting much much stronger. His comments today (after all day yesterday with his spin doctors) confirm that he's still not agreeing to the independent inquiry, because they've done all these great things to address the issue(s). Funny he didn't even mention it to Canadians until you know what blasted the fan. 
 
Would be interesting to see though what would happen to "her PM budget" and the winds of an election stronger than ever. Hope we find out.  
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to Don Corey
Methinks if the aforementioned little Lady ever becomes our PM perhaps Putin may bar all Canadians from entry into Russia N'esy Pas?  
 
 
Don Corey
Reply to David Amos  
Very quickly. And no doubt much more.... 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Amos
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Methinks I should ask if anybody had bothered to read the report N'esy Pas? 
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to David Amos  
Go Figure Why I Am Laughing at the Tempest in a Teapot

March 2023

ISBN: 978-1-7775973-1-3

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Blair Churchill
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He is hell bent on bringing people into the country, but like he does to Canadians, he doesnt care once you are here, as long as you give him money so he can invest it in other countries for his own benefit. I think we all know who this is without directly saying. Perhaps the comment gets past the audit here.


David Amos
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Reply to Blair Churchill
It has thus far but most of mine have gone "Poof"


David Amos
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Reply to Blair Churchill
Proof of the Pudding Going Poof






Michael Cain
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These are minimum wage jobs, not livable wage jobs; yet we bring them here to live and work because we won't do them?


David Amos
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Reply to Michael Cain
Cry me a river




Adderly Black
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Consequences are so judgemental. Can't we all just be friends and let bygones by bygones?


David Amos
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Reply to Adderly Black
Surely you jest


David Amos
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Reply to Adderly Black
Hmmmm
 
 
 
 
 
John Dale 
If there was ANY breaking of labour laws then charges should follow. We are supposedly a country of laws.  
 

 
 
Don Corey
I'm not sure what colour their stripes are, but there are a few skunks in the woodpile on this one.
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to Don Corey
Methinks the skunks have every stripe because greed crosses party lines and makes for very strange bedfellows N'esy Pas? 
 
 
Don Corey
Reply to David Amos
I concur.  
 
 
 
 
 
Don Corey  
Unless the whole story is completely false (which I highly doubt), then I find it hard to believe that Mr. Richard is not aware of the way these unfortunate people are being treated. Wonder if he ever actually visits these plants and communicates with these "essential workers" that they need to operate? Does government ever do the same, provincial or federal?.....Highly unlikely, or the story is incomplete. 
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to Don Corey  
This should answer your question

N.B. COVID-19 roundup: Return to new normal is 'not a race,' top doctor says

Province extends state of emergency, despite no new cases for 12 days

Elizabeth Fraser · CBC News · Posted: Apr 30, 2020 12:23 PM ADT

"Seafood processors have joined food and trucking industries, calling on the provincial government to reverse its decision to ban temporary foreign workers.

Higgs announced the ban earlier this week but several groups and organizations are still hoping to change his mind or secure exemptions.

"Two weeks ago, we described the situation in the seafood industry as a perfect storm," said Nat Richard, manager of corporate affairs for Downeast Cape Bald Packers in Cap-Pelé.

Richard learned about the decision Monday night and said he was stunned.

He already had a chartered plane en route to Mexico to pick up the temporary foreign workers for his plant and bring them to Canada.

"We had a number of Mexican workers that were supposed to come to New Brunswick … they'll be quarantined in Nova Scotia and redeployed to some of our sister plants in Nova Scotia."

Richard said the decision could have serious consequences for the seafood industry."

 
Don Corey
Reply to David Amos  
Hard to believe this was 3 years years ago. I remember it well, especially Higgs' "plan" for people on EI or CERB to go work in fish plants. Good try, but everyone knew that it wouldn't come close to working. Forgot though that the fish plants had a plane all ready to go get them.

The colours on the stripes are getting somewhat clearer for sure.

Thanks!

 
 
 
 
 
June Arnott 
Why are police involved in the investigation in Toronto but no RCMP assisting in NB? Are there different laws for doing police work in each province now too?  
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to June Arnott  
Good question  
 
 
 
 
 
June Arnott 
A single foreign worker blew the lid off a massive international trafficking ring north of Toronto, police say
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to June Arnott  
Yup
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jimmy Belafonte 
No pictures? Come on. Everyone has a phone. Something stinks, and it ain't the seafood
 
 
David Amos 
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Yup 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Noel Fowles 
same as it ever was down there 
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to Noel Fowles 
I concur 




 

Mike Barkman
Sometimes employers/bosses treat foreigners like they are subhuman, I have seen that personally. A lot of foreign workers don't say anything about the treatment because they need the work and don't want to draw unwanted attention.

David Amos 
Reply to Mike Barkman  
Methinks lots of local folks receive the same treatment for the same reasons N'esy Pas? 
 
 
Dan Lee
Reply to David Amos
 i agree........i know some that were screamed at for not processing fast enough......


 

 

Alison Jackson
"Nat Richard, executive director of the Lobster Processors Association in New Brunswick, said the report relies on the first-hand experiences of 14 people out of more than 2,000, and that makes it inaccurate."

No, lol. It IS accurate. 14 people is a lot of people and since this dude was not there, how the heck does he know??


David Amos
Reply to Alison Jackson
Does anyone?

 
Mack Leigh  
Reply to Alison Jackson 
It is in Nat Richard's best interest to side with the processing plants and since his is a biased opinion it should be discounted in its' entirety. 
 
 
MICHAEL O'DELL
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One person is too many  
 
 





Noel Fowles
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Why would they? Local companies have been doing it to locals for decades


David Amos
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Reply to Noel Fowles
I don't recall them giving the local folks a place to live


Mack Leigh
 
Reply to David Amos
 They don't " give " these TFW's a place to live either. Far, far from it... they charge exorbitant rent which usually includes nothing as far as heat, lights, internet, etc., etc.. These TFW's usually send the majority of their wages back to family in their home countries and do no more than sub exist while working in Canada. No medical, no dental, no benefits of any kind.

David Amos 
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Reply to Mack Leigh  
Why are you flagging me if you want a response 
 
 
 



wally corbin
another fake report, no names, no evidence just accussation


David Amos
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Reply to wally corbin
Bingo


Alison Jackson
Reply to wally corbin
"fake report" (Trump supporter alert!)

Little buddy here doesn't understand how privacy works. Reports have to be investigated. If there are any charges pending, the public will know in due time.


David Amos
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Reply to Alison Jackson
Methinks that will be on or about the 12th of Never N'esy Pas?


Winston Gray
Reply to wally corbin
Everything you disagree with, you say is fake. It's getting old, get a new schtick.


Ken Dwight
Reply to David Amos
Relax with the trademarks dude. It's really tiring and gets old pretty fast.


David Amos
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Reply to Ken Dwight
Naw I get a kick out of how my mix of Old English and Chiac upsets snobby Anglos

David Amos
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Reply to Ken Dwight
I respond and you flag me?







June Arnott
Deny deny deny. Small percentage report anything out of FEAR! Because of unscrupulous people we need more oversight.

David Amos
Reply to June Arnott
We have the oversight already The Feds just need to learn to do their jobs


Winston Gray
Reply to David Amos
The fact that you simplify them into "the feds" shows you don't really practice critical thinking at a level where you can understand the complexity business/government.


David Amos
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Reply to Winston Gray
Clearly you have no clue as to who I am

 
Don Corey
Reply to Winston Gray
I don't buy it. All businesses and governments have their bureaucracies, cultures, complexities, and barriers to getting things. However, they should NEVER be used as an excuse to not do "the proper thing". I could give you a course on critical thinking if you wish. 


 

 

 

Peter Cole 
If the accusations are true this is terrible. Too many "what if's", might have's", and "confidential statements" to make it entirely believable. In other words, the story leaves "reasonable doubt" in this readers mind. We used to work potato's as kids, hard work, dangerous machinery, longhairs. Put some money in my pocket to buy school clothes, as my parents had 4 other kids to feed. I'm not saying it was socially just, it was the way it was for people like us at the lower end of the socio economic scale. I didn't blame anyone, my problem-up to me to find a solution. Put a fire under me, went to University and bettered myself. It actually is possible to improve one's lot in life without the government holding your hand. But again, everyone has a right to be treated in a humane manner.  
 
 
David Amos
Reply to Peter Cole   
At the risk of being redundant these were my first words on this topic

"Methinks decent Canadians should not feel so Proud anymore if this report is true N'esy Pas?" 

 
Blair Churchill 
Reply to David Amos
This country has been flushed down the toilet, but they keep electing him.
 
 
Don Corey
Reply to David Amos
Totally agree! 

 

 
 
Donald Smith
They should


David Amos

Reply to Donald Smith
They do  
 
 
 

 

Bernie LeBlanc
Pretty much amounts to legal modern slavery, not surprising for NB fish plants. Remember the days when you could not work more than 10 weeks? Then unemployment insurance for 49 weeks, was called the 10-49 lottery then.

When taxpayer money is no longer available, you then resort to exploit foreigner from poor country. Having grown up in coastal NB, I'm ashamed at the continued abuse of people by the NB fishing industries and the fast food industry as well.

Wake up NB government and put the people first, but with Higgs there, won't happen.


David Amos

Reply to Bernie LeBlanc
Good luck with waking anybody up 
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to Bernie LeBlanc 
They're enabled by the Fed Liberals . You know that ! No businesses get more breaks than in the fishing industry here in NB ! All from their Liberal friends , especially Dom Le Blanc  
 
 
Don Corey
Reply to Bernie LeBlanc   
Some governments should be waking up for sure, but let's not put it all on HIggs. The feds (in this case Trudeau's pal Dom) are responsible for bringing in these workers. 
 
What happens than? If the province, feds and employers all quietly disappear, we should be thoroughly ashamed for allowing this to happen in a country that loves to preach human rights elsewhere......but just turn a blind eye at home. 
 
 
Don Corey
Reply to David Amos
Sad huh, and shameful.
 
 
Bernie LeBlanc 
Reply to Lou Bell
It's been going on for many years and many government but fisheries do get more breaks from the liberals, I agree.   
 
 
David Amos
Reply to Don Corey
Bigtime
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jack Bell
"an industry representative says the report does not reflect to his experience"

In much the same way as the CEO of a company doesn't complain about how cold their workspace is, while someone working in a warehouse will.


David Amos

Reply to Jack Bell
Check his creds He is a very professional spin doctor 
 
 
Don Corey
Reply to David Amos
His spin on this one leaves much to be desired. 


 
 
 
 
Randy Dumont
“No obligation to return”, poverty and starvation is a strong motivator. Another example of business preying on the poor to make a profit.


David Amos
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Reply to Randy Dumont
Its a dog eat dog world


David Amos
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Reply to Randy Dumont
Methinks whenever simple truths hurt the Powers That Be its never ready for Prime Time News N'esy Pas?  

 
 
 
 


Michael Cain
I doubt if very many commentors here even read the report. There is a link in the article if you care to take the time.


Marcel Belanger
Reply to Michael Cain
The links seem to just go to other CBC articles on this subject.


Michael Cain
Reply to Marcel Belanger
Choose th link "...researchers from Dalhousie and St. Thomas universities released a report based..." highlighted; they won't let me post it.


David Amos
Reply to Marcel Belanger
Nope I read it and blogged portions as well 
 
 
 

 
 

Errol Willis
If true, these businesses need to be shut down immediately, and the perpetrators prosecuted. However that is the key - "if true". To drop a story such as this without any ability to verify the claim, amounts to little more than sensationalist journalism.


Richard Doaks

Reply to Errol Willis
Pretty much impossible for the Provincial Ministry of Labour or Federal Ministry of Employment and Wordsalad to investigate without specifics: who, what, when, where. Hopefully the authors of this report are forthcoming to these ministries. There are many dozens of lobster processing sites across Atlantic Canada.


Louis Leger
Reply to Errol Willis
The story is reporting on the report, not on the veracity of the anecdotal accounts found therein.


David Amos
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Reply to Louis Leger
Do tell are you Higgy's former Chief of Staff?


David Amos
Reply to Errol Willis
"If True" is what I said out of the gate
 
 
 
 
 
 
Luc Matrix
Modern slavery!


David Amos
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Reply to Luc Matrix
I witnessed it personally in China Town while living close to Beantown USA and it was fully endorsed by the Justice System In fact they made a profit of it too 
 
 
 
 

 

Mack Leigh
 Have a dear friend that is one of these " foreign workers " and she has stated to me on numerous occasions that the working conditions are deplorable. Required to pay high rent ( usually to the people that own the plant ) and no money to live on when there is no product to process. Have to be on call for all hours of the day and night. Not paid overtime when working 12 or 14 hour days. Unsafe conditions, few breaks and they are afraid to speak out due to possible repercussions from their employer. These foreign workers are usually too afraid to complain or say a word to anyone about what is going on whether it be their working conditions or their living conditions. Suggest that someone go " under cover " to find out the real story. 
 
 
David Amos 
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Reply to Mack Leigh 
Does she have a name?
 
 
Mack Leigh  
Reply to David Amos
What an absolutely asinine question to ask. Have you absolutely nothing constructive to add to this conversation rather continuing on with your banal rhetoric. She. like the rest, are fearful of repercussions .
 
 
David Amos 
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Reply to Mack Leigh 
Methinks its High Time that I ask if you are using your real name N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jack Straw
Why would there be charges? The employers do not consider these people human do they ?


David Amos
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Reply to Jack Straw
So says a Straw Man?
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to David Amos
"Jack Straw was Foreign Secretary at the time of the alleged 'extreme rendition'

I remember those days very clearly because the Yankee tried to pull that nonsense on me 

 
Suzanne Tucker 
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Reply to Jack Straw
Because in Canada we have the Charter of Human Rights, not the Charter of Canadian rights.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to Suzanne Tucker   
Amen
 
 
David Amos 
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Reply to Jack Straw
Methinks I should write a Straw Man Report like they tried to do for me within the EUB N'esy Pas? 
 
 
 
 
 


G. Timothy Walton
Karnak the Magnificent was more opaque than whether anyone will be punished for this.


David Amos
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Reply to G. Timothy Walton
Methinks somebody should channel the Ghost of the late great Mr Carson and ask him what he thinks of your spelling N'esy Pas??
 

G. Timothy Walton 
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Reply to David Amos
Oh dear, it's always the spellings you don't check that trip you up.

[No idea who flagged you, Mr. Amos. The only reason I saw your comment was that I have email notifications on.]. 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to G. Timothy Walton
Perhaps we should talk
 
 
 
 
 
 Harvey Edwards 
 'the report does not reflect to his experience' This says allot about his experience.

He should be willing to exit that position and go back to getting experience 'on the job' so that he can recognize -how little is being paid, how little if any training is happening, are any medical schemes mentioned and paperwork provided, and also have to live within the housing provided, to help him analyze their situation to the fullest.


David Amos
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Reply to Harvey Edwards
Methinks many lawyers would agree that trying to analyze their situation would lead one down a rabbit hole to meet the Red Queen N'esy Pas?

 
David Amos
Reply to Harvey Edwards
Too Too Funny
 
 




Fred E. Turner

treat everyone nice, including those who are temporarily labourers in canada


David Amos
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Reply to Fred E. Turner
Methinks thats the Golden Rule we all should live by However when it comes to business the Golden Rule is "He With The Gold Makes The Rules" N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to Fred E. Turner
Oh My My
 
 




SarahRose Werner
It would be interesting to read the actual report and not just way it was presented in media articles. According to the researchers, the purpose of the study was to present the federal government with areas for improvement in the overall program. However, after reading the news coverage, most people seem to have gotten the impression that the purpose was to go after specific employers. How much of that impression comes from the report itself? How much comes from the way it's presented in the news coverage? Or is it just that going after specific employers seems more direct, easier to accomplish and perhaps even more emotionally satisfying compared to making changes in a federal program.


David Amos
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Reply to SarahRose Werner
Trust that I read it
 
 
Rusty Shackleford
Reply to SarahRose Werner 
Agreed. Report news and facts, not opinion. 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to SarahRose Werner
Hmmmm
 

Michael Cain
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Reply to SarahRose Werner 
Choose the link "...researchers from Dalhousie and St. Thomas universities released a report based..." where highlighted; they won't let me post it.




 
 
 
Lou Bell
The Fed Liberals won't like this being exposed . They are the bread and butter of these businesses , low wages , minimum weeks required for EI, and TFA's who are not protected . And the response from the Lobster Processors Association ? Don't fret , what's 15 outta 2000 !!


David Amos
Reply to Lou Bell
Say Hey to the Lobster Processors Association for me will ya?
 
 
Mack Leigh
Reply to Lou Bell
Have to remember that good ole D. LeBlanc is these processors best " friend ".





 
 
Marcel Belanger
No names, nada, nothing. Just a report from some researchers that makes all kinds of vicious claims. What the jeezus kinda outfit does stuff like that. Just make everyone who hires TFW’s look like monsters. That is not going to help anyone or make things better.


David Amos
Reply to Marcel Belanger
What else would should we expect from overpaid professional NDP supporters?
 
 
Winston Gray
Reply to Marcel Belanger 
Why won't anyone think of the wealthy business owners using modern day slaves so they can get their profit?



 
 
 
 
Winston Gray
 The ones who face repurcussions (if any) will just have a “mysterious” fire break out at their plant within a year or two. 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to Winston Gray 
That is one Hell of a statement I am surprised that it was permitted 
 
 
Winston Gray
Reply to David Amos
Why are you ignoring the fact that there has been many suspicious fires at these processing plants that give the owners hefty insurance payouts, so much so that the RCMP released statements? 
 
 
 
 



Ron harvey Harvey

Name those who have done these injustices or they are just rumors this is not credible reporting not saying there is not some problems but give the real names


Dee MacDonald
Reply to Ron harvey Harvey
They just reported the findings of the study. Lots of denial but I agree they need to look at both sides of the story. And have things changed because it appears this was during the pandemic when there were numerous things taking place that kept us all under wraps to stop outbreaks.


David Amos
Reply to Ron harvey Harvey
Methinks we all know why the Fake Left will never dare to name names N'esy Pas?
 
 
 



G. Timothy Walton

"It's important to know who has to hide evidence"


David Amos
Reply to G. Timothy Walton
What evidence?
 

G. Timothy Walton 
Reply to David Amos
Shhhh. The fun is in watching them believe they must have missed something even if there was nothing to miss. 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to G. Timothy Walton 
Trust that I am enjoying the circus



 
 
Jerry Dion
Simple, go in and expect the residency, speak with workers and if said employer did infact do these acts fined them heavily.


Michael Cain
Reply to Jerry Dion
Some of these allegations are criminal offences.


SarahRose Werner

Reply to Jerry Dion
Not so simple. The workers need these jobs and won't speak to the inspectors if they fear that speaking up will cost them their jobs.


David Amos

Reply to Jerry Dion
Dream on 
 
 
 
 

Foreign workers at N.B. seafood plants face threats, cramped quarters and racism, study finds

Report calls on governments to regulate housing, working conditions to protect 3,000 workers

They take a two-hour bus ride to work at a New Brunswick seafood plant, making several stops, when a straight drive would have taken 15 minutes.

At a lobster processing plant, they stand in one place for 10 hours, facing dangerous, finger-crushing machinery with little training and can only nod when a supervisor screams abuse at them.

According to a new report, the situation faced by temporary foreign workers in New Brunswick is precarious. 

Nat Richard, a spokesperson for lobster-processing plants, dismissed the report, saying it unfairly discredited the industry based on a small number of interviews with workers.

"New Brunswick processing plants are subject to extremely rigorous controls and inspections," he said Wednesday. 

Work the industry relies on

The workers' experience is compiled from interviews with 14 temporary foreign workers in the province's seafood industry, and one hired to be a mushroom picker.

The workers spoke under conditions of anonymity to researchers from Dalhousie University, St. Thomas University,  Cooper Institute and the Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre.

The report, released Wednesday, includes accounts of exploitation, racism, and threats of deportation, all affecting people paid $13 an hour to do work on which the industry relies.

"They pay us … the minimum wage, the lowest you can afford," one worker told the researchers.

 "Because we're doing the work that a lot of Canadians don't want to do, well, be fair with the payment. I will not say that they have to pay us the same as some Canadians, but well, come closer, right?"

At the end of their shifts, some workers suspect their supervisor of under-weighing the meat they processed to avoid paying them a bonus, said the report, which does not identify the plants or their locations.

And the workers need the bonus to pay back more than $1,000 a recruiter charged each of them to help with the paperwork that got them to New Brunswick.

No visitors allowed

Back in their rural housing, the workers line up again to wash the smell of seafood off. Some of them want to invite friends over, but don't, because they fear their boss will find out and scold them.

The boss is their landlord and forbids visitors. 

Raluca Bejan, the study's lead author and assistant professor of social work at Dalhousie University, said overall, working and living conditions in New Brunswick are "much more precarious," than what the researchers found in a similar study in Prince Edward Island.

"Here we have 10, 20 people living in one accommodation ... for the most part unsuitable," she said.

One worker lived in an unfurnished apartment and could not buy any furniture or appliances, except a second-hand microwave, the report said.

A person wearing gloves standing in front of a container of shellfish. The majority of New Brunswick's temporary foreign workers work in seafood processing. (CBC)

The worker slept "on the floor, just like that. [I] bought some blankets. A friend gave me a blanket and I bought another one, and that's how I stayed."

Most housing also had little hot water, low temperatures, and no internet access, Bejan said.

"Also housing tends to be very isolated. So workers have no way to go to a grocery store," she said.

The workers have to rely on their employers, some of whom dock paycheques for a van trip to the supermarket, Bejan said.

On these trips, they have one hour to shop, a worker said.

"Many times, you go out, and the van isn't there. They left you there. And you must get a taxi to your home."

Bejan said the researchers also found a lot more "verbal abuse and yelling" compared to P.E.I.

The workers were all interviewed after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared.

The report says the pandemic exacerbated problems that already existed, but the fear of foreign workers bringing in the virus made some issues worse, such as employers being unreasonably strict.

The report also says some workers felt they weren't equipped with enough personal protective equipment, and some had to buy their own cleaning supplies.

Several workers said they experienced racism and xenophobia, both from their employers as well as the wider community.

Some workers said they feel they're treated differently because they're foreign, and noticed preferential treatment to their Canadian counterparts. Some also recounted insults hurled from cars and being called "damn Mexicans," while trying to shop at a store.

One worker said they don't mind the long hours and difficult work, because it's the job, but it's all made almost impossible to manage because of the difficult living conditions.

Since the pandemic, the number of temporary workers has been growing "exponentially," Bejan said. In 2019, the province had around 1,600 temporary foreign workers.

At the end of 2022, there were around 3,600 temporary workers, 60 per cent of them coming from the low-wage stream and supplying the seafood industry.

What about government regulations?

Bejan said the researchers studied the low-wage stream of temporary foreign workers, mostly from Mexico and Philippines, which is the least regulated of the three streams.

Other streams, which bring in agricultural workers for example, have housing standards such as no more than two people per room. In this program, there is no such rule.

"There are a lot of things like that, which I think can be quickly remediated by introducing more regulations and guidelines," Bejan said.

The report asks the federal government to grant permanent residency to the workers, abolish employee-specific work permits that prevent workers from speaking up out of fear of deportation, establish minimum labour standards, ensure access to safe housing and create bilateral agreements with the countries that most of the workers come from.

The recommendations to the provincial government are similar, but include specifically strengthening the Employment Standards Act to protect workers from abuse, removing barriers to unionization, and providing health insurance and legal aid.

Carla Qualtrough, the federal minister of employment, workforce development and disability inclusion, declined a request for an interview Wednesday. 

The New Brunswick government said it is still reviewing the report but issued a statement saying anyone with concerns about their workplace should report them to the employment standards branch.

"Anytime we hear stories or reports of this nature it is troubling," said Paul Bradley, spokesperson for the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour. 

Bejan said that when it comes to employers, there's no disagreement that their primary aim is to make a profit.

"The state needs to jump in and put some regulations so the employers behave," she said.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hadeel Ibrahim is a reporter with CBC New Brunswick based in Saint John. She reports in English and Arabic. Email: hadeel.ibrahim@cbc.ca.

With files from Information Morning Moncton

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101 Comments
 
 
David Amos
Methinks decent Canadians should not feel so Proud anymore if this report is true N'esy Pas?


Don Corey
Reply to David Amos
Totally agree, if, as you say, the report is totally factual. That's why I'm wondering why there's nothing here on the "employer side" of the equation. 




Don Corey
It's not new to hear TFW's complain about everything from wages to worksafe safety and conditions, living accommodations, employer abuse, and the list goes on. Treating them like "slave labour" (if such is indeed the case) is despicable, and should be seriously addressed by employers and government. Forget studies and task forces.....just DO IT.

And, the TFW's should have representation/input in whatever action plans are developed.

There's one thing missing in this article though, and that's the "employer perspective".

It's hard to properly evaluate any issue without first getting all sides to the story.


Richard Cleveland

Reply to Don Corey
Employers seem to be unusually quiet


Don Corey
Reply to Richard Cleveland
Very true. Silence would imply that they know the facts of this story are indeed "the way it is".


Al Clark
Reply to Richard Cleveland
Why would employers complain when higgy looks after them so well?  
 



I have no doubt Al knows this dude

https://www.facebook.com/nat.richard.71/

Nat Richard A Liberal's best buddy

Executive Director at Lobster Processors Association
Worked at Cape Bald Packers Ltd
Worked at Canadian Embassy
Former Director of Corporate Communications at J.D. Irving, Limited
Worked at Westmorland Fisheries Ltd.
Studied at University of Ottawa
Studied Political science at University of Ottawa
Went to Louis J. Robichaud

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https://www.canada.ca/en/atlantic-canada-opportunities/news/2016/05/federal-and-provincial-governments-invest-in-westmorland-fisheries-ltd-to-expand-global-presence-and-increase-growth.html

 

Federal and Provincial Governments Invest in Westmorland Fisheries Ltd. to Expand Global Presence and Increase Growth

News Release

ACOA’s $4.3 million loan will help the company modernize and improve production

May 20, 2016 – Cap-Pelé, N.B. – Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Federal and provincial government officials were in Cap-Pelé today alongside company officials to announce a significant investment of more than $4.7 million for Westmorland Fisheries Ltd. (WFL) to modernize, improve efficiencies and position the firm as a world leader in lobster processing. The company’s privately financed contribution brings the total investment to over $10 million in 2016, the largest in its history.

On hand for the announcement were the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Member of Parliament for Beauséjour, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA); the Honourable Victor Boudreau, Minister of Health and Minister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation; Russel Jacob, President, Westmorland Fisheries and Nat Richard, Director, Corporate Affairs, Westmorland Fisheries.

The project involves a significant investment in new technology and equipment to produce new lobster products and improve productivity and efficiency. As part of this effort, WFL will adopt new technology to support its automation system, upgrade equipment throughout the facility and carry out significant enhancements to the plant.

Global demand for quality seafood products is continuing to grow and lobster remains Canada’s highest value fish and seafood export product, accounting for $1.5 billion in exports in 2014.  WFL is one of the largest lobster processors in Canada, purchasing lobster from hundreds of harvesters in the region. These investments will help to ensure that WFL is a modern and efficient processing facility and enhance its competitiveness in growth markets.

The Government of Canada, through ACOA’s Business Development Program, is providing a $4,321,000 loan towards the project, while the Province of New Brunswick is contributing $410,000 and WFL is investing $5,788,000 financed through the Business Development Bank of Canada.

Westmorland Fisheries Ltd. opened its doors in 1973 and has a workforce of more than 400 employees during peak production. The company operates mostly in the frozen food segment of the industry under the Rocky Point® brand. From its 78,000 sq. ft. plant in Cap-Pelé, raw product is processed into a broad range of products, such as lobster meat, whole lobster, and raw tails, for retail and foodservice customers throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

Quotes:

“Westmorland Fisheries Ltd. understands that in order to compete in the world it must be innovative, efficient and productive. Innovation and global competitiveness have never been more important than they are today.  I am pleased that the Government of Canada can contribute to WFL’s international growth and sustainability.”

The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Minister responsible for ACOA

“New Brunswick has abundant natural resources and our products are in demand around the world. Westmorland Fisheries Ltd. is a cornerstone of the lobster industry and an important employer in southeastern New Brunswick, I am pleased that the Government of Canada can support WFL to further build a solid foundation right here in Cap-Pelé.”

The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Member of Parliament for Beauséjour

“Supporting established New Brunswick companies to increase exports and competitiveness in global markets is key to creating and retaining jobs here at home.  New Brunswick’s fish and seafood products are in demand around the world and I am pleased that the province of New Brunswick can support Westmorland Fisheries Ltd. as it expands to meet that demand.”

- The Honourable Victor Boudreau, Minister of Health and Minister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation

“We are proud to support Westmorland Fisheries Ltd. as they seize this opportunity to build a more efficient, competitive and profitable business. As the only bank exclusively dedicated to entrepreneurs, the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) is committed to helping Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs grow and succeed at taking their business to the next level.”

Gina Gale, Senior Vice President, Financing and Consulting, BDC, Atlantic Canada

“This modernization program represents the largest investment in Westmorland Fisheries Ltd.’s history.  The expansion, plant enhancements and new equipment will result in a stronger, more efficient and more innovative Westmorland, better positioned to capitalize on growing demand for lobster products all around the world.”

Russel Jacob, President, Westmorland Fisheries Ltd.

 Associated Links:

• www.acoa-apeca.gc.ca
• www.westmorlandfisheries.ca/en/

Contacts:

Paul CJ LeBlanc
Senior Communications Officer
ACOA New Brunswick
506-452-3310

Nat Richard
Director of Corporate Affairs
Westmorland Fisheries Ltd.
506-961-6504

Valerie Kilfoil
Communications
Opportunities New Brunswick
506-453-8168

Maria Constantinescu
Business Development Bank of Canada
mediainfo@bdc.ca
1-844-625-8321

/R E P E A T -- Cavendish Farms Expands to Western Canada/


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Cavendish Farms

Dec 11, 2012, 06:00 ET

Company Acquires Frozen Potato Plant in Lethbridge, Alberta

DIEPPE, NB, Dec. 10, 2012 /CNW/ - Cavendish Farms announced today it had concluded an agreement to buy the assets of Maple Leaf Potatoes, the frozen potato business of Maple Leaf Foods Inc., including a 142,000 sq. ft. processing facility in Lethbridge, Alberta.  The transaction is expected to close by year-end 2012.

"Cavendish Farms is focused on growth opportunities that are a good fit for our existing business.  This announcement will result in a more competitive Cavendish with stronger capabilities to service our customers from coast to coast in North America.  It enhances our national distribution network in the foodservice and retail sectors in Canada and builds on our strong position in the United States," said Robert Irving, President of Cavendish Farms and Co-Chief Executive Officer of J.D. Irving, Limited.

The company expects to retain all employees currently working at the Lethbridge plant in addition to international employees.  "We are pleased to be able to offer continued employment to those employees and look forward to their contributions as members of the Cavendish Farms team," Mr. Irving said.  "The Lethbridge plant is a well-maintained facility whose 135 employees produce quality frozen potato products for customers in Canada, in the United States and in key export markets."

Mr. Irving said he also looked forward to meeting with potato growers, suppliers and local stakeholders:  "A plant of this size and scale is important to the local economy in the City of Lethbridge, providing sustainable jobs and an anchor to the growing community in Southern Alberta.  We want to build on those longstanding relationships and continue investing and growing the business into the future."

Cavendish Farms will continue to produce and market all products formerly offered by Maple Leaf Potatoes in the near term and will seek to retain all existing customer relationships.  The Lethbridge plant currently produces a variety of high-quality products, including frozen French fries and other specialty potato products.  "I personally want to assure existing customers of our commitment to uninterrupted supply, quality products and service, and, to ensuring a seamless and efficient transition to Cavendish Farms," concluded Mr. Irving.

The Lethbridge plant is strategically located in close proximity to Southern Alberta's prime agricultural region, renowned for its high yields of quality potatoes ideal for French fry production.   The plant operates to the highest quality and safety standards and has been HACCP-certified since 2001.

About Cavendish Farms - Cavendish Farms is a producer of frozen potato and appetizer products in the food industry.  It supplies North American and international customers for retail, restaurant and institutional use.   The company operates three state-of-the-art potato processing plants - two on Prince Edward Island and the other in Jamestown, North Dakota.  It also operates a fourth plant specializing in appetizer products in Wheatley, Ontario.  Cavendish Farms is an award-winning leader in food safety.  For more information, visit the company's website at www.cavendishfarms.com.

About J.D. Irving, Limited - J.D. Irving, Limited is a diverse, family-owned enterprise with 130 years of involvement in the New Brunswick business community.  Founded in 1882, J.D. Irving, Limited (JDI) has operations in Eastern Canada and the United States.  The company employs a dedicated team of approximately 15,000 employees who operate business units in Forestry & Forest Products; Road, Rail and Sea Transportation; Shipbuilding & Industrial Marine; Retail; Industrial Equipment, Construction Services & Building Materials; and Food and Consumer Products.  For more information, visit the company's website at www.jdirving.com.

Image with caption: "Cavendish Farms logo (CNW Group/Cavendish Farms)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20121211_C7907_PHOTO_EN_21797.jpg

Image with caption: "Cavendish Farms is acquiring a plant in Lethbridge, Alberta.The company already operates three state-of-the-art potato processing plants in North America, including the one shown here in New Annan, Prince Edward Island. (CNW Group/Cavendish Farms)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20121211_C7907_PHOTO_EN_21798.jpg

SOURCE: Cavendish Farms

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Lobster Processors Association of New Brunswick & Nova Scotia / Gerald Amirault, President

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Lobster Processors Association of New Brunswick & Nova Scotia
Responsible Officer Name: Gerald Amirault, President 
Initial registration start date: 2016-05-30
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 926983-357884

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The Council

The Lobster Council of Canada includes harvester organizations, buyers, dealers, processors, shippers, associates and First Nations from all regions of the industry in Atlantic Canada and Quebec. Membership is open to any organization involved in the Canadian lobster sector.

Become a Member

Executive Director

Geoff Irvine

Geoff has enjoyed 22 years in the international seafood industry with experience with live, raw, fresh, salted and frozen seafood products in retail, foodservice, raw material inspection, sales, marketing, international trading, communications, event, project, association and business management. Geoff has developed his knowledge of the seafood industry in small and large company settings, inshore and offshore focused, and has been Executive Director of the Lobster Council of Canada since inception in 2010. A proud Atlantic Canadian, he grew up in Digby, Nova Scotia and lives in Halifax with his partner Julie.

Board of Directors

Brian Guptill
President
Maritime SWNB
Allan McLean
Vice President
Louisbourg Fisheries
Pam Perrot
Treasurer
Beach Point Processing Company
Monty Way
Secretary
Newfoundland and Labrador
Catherine Boyd
Past President
Clearwater Seafoods
Ryan Tremere
By the Water Shellfish
Nat Richard
NS/NB Processors Assn.
Bernie Berry
Maritime SWNS
Peter Connors
Maritime East
Kevin Hardy
Newfoundland and Labrador
Daniel Matthews
Glooscap First Nation
Jean-Philippe Llorens
Groupe MDMP
Wally Allen
Gulf Nova Scotia
Curtis Falls
Acadia First Nation
Charlie McGeoghan
Gulf Prince Edward Island
Roger Sark
Maliseet Nation Conservation Council
Leo Muise
Nova Scotia Seafood Alliance
Jerry Gavin
PEI Seafood Processors Association
Luc LeBlanc
Gulf New Brunswick
Mike Barron
Maritime Cape Breton
Joanne Losier
Cape Bald Packers
Paul Van de Wiel
North Bay Fishermen's Co-op

Council Members

Alain Bossé Consulting

Aquahive Shellfish Hatchery Systems Ltd.

Alma Fishermen’s Association

Atlantic Aqua Farms

Annandale Fisheries Ltd.

Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs

Bakers Point Fisheries Ltd.

Bar Harbor Lobster Co. Inc.

Beach Point Processing Company

Brogan’s Fisheries Limited

By the Water Shellfish

Cabot Fishermen’s Co-op Ltd.

CMA-CGM Canada

Cambridge Global Payments

Cape Bald Packers Ltd.

Cape Breton Fish Harvesters Association

Captain Dan’s Seafoods

Ceilidh Fisherman’s Co-op Ltd

Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods

Chase’s Lobster

Clearwater Seafoods Ltd.

Coldwater Lobster Association

Conche Seafoods Ltd.

Curt Hussey Advisory Group

Deep Cove Aqua Farms Ltd.

Do Lobster

East Coast Seafood/Paturel International

Edwin McKie

Enterprise Shippagan

Eastern King’s Fishermen’s Association

Eastern Shore Fishermen’s Protective Association

Fish, Food and Allied Workers

Fisher King Seafoods

Fishermen’s Market International Inc.

Fundy Bay Seafood Ltd.

Fundy North Fishermen’s Association

Gidney Fisheries Ltd.

Glooscap Ventures

Gourmet Chef Packers Ltd.

Grand Manan Fishermen’s Association

Greater Moncton International Airport

Group MDMP

Gulf NS Fleet Planning Board

Guysborough County Inshore Fishermen’s Association

Hardy’s Channel Fishermen’s Co-op

Halifax International Airport Authority

Halifax Port Authority

Island Fishermen Cooperative Association Ltd.

Ito Seafoods Ltd.

Kaiser Marine Inc.

Kespuwick Resources Inc.

Kintetsu World Express Inc.

Lunenburg Fish Co.

Louisbourg Seafoods Limited

Love Me Fish and Lobster Inc.

Maliseet Nation Conservation Council

Maritime Fishermen’s Union

Maritime Fishermen’s Union – Local 9

Maritime Fishermen’s Union – Local 6

Mi’kmaq Confederacy of PEI

Midland Transport

Milligan’s Fisheries

Mime’j Seafoods Ltd.

Morse Fisheries Ltd.

North Bay Fishermen’s Co-op Ltd.

Nova Cold Storage

North Lake Fisheries

Ocean Choice International

Ocean Blue Fisheries Ltd.

Off the Beaten Palate

PC Forwarding Ltd

Lobster Fishers of PEI Marketing Board

Partner Seafood Inc.

Peter Boertien

Reiser Canada

R.I. Smith Co.

Royal Star Foods

Raymond O’Neill & Son Fisheries Ltd.

Saeplast Americas Inc.

Sea Star Seafoods

Sea Harvest Seafoods (2019) Ltd.

Seafood 2000 Ltd.

Seafoodia

SEDNA Technologies

Shediac Lobster Shop

Ships Lobster Pound Ltd.

Simply Fresh Seafood Inc.

Sogelco International Inc.

Tangier Lobster Company Ltd.

Terminix Canada

Trinav Fisheries Consulting Inc.

Vernon D’eon Lobster Plugs

Wedgeport Lobster Ltd.

Western Union Business Solutions

Whitecap international

Woods Harbour Lobster Co. Ltd.

World Link Food Distributors Inc.

Worldwide Perishables Canada Co.

Xsealent Seafood Co.

Lobster Council of Canada members are ready to work with you to ensure you receive the very best quality processed and live Canadian lobster products. To source the best lobster in the world, start here.

Check out our directory and contacts for processors, live shippers and retailers throughout our Eastern Canada region.

Acadian Supreme

https://www.acadiansupreme.com/

Phone: 902-854-2675

Email: info@acadiansupreme.com

Acadian Supreme Inc. is one of the largest processors of lobster on Prince Edward Island, offering a wide range of products to compliment our Lobster, such as, Scallops, Crab, and many Special Custom Packs.

Bakers Point Fisheries Ltd.

https://bakerspointfisheries.wordpress.com/

Phone: 902-845-2347

Email: bakersptjanette@accesscable.net

Bakers Point Fisheries Ltd. offers a wide variety of fish and seafood, including live lobster, distributing within Canada and internationally.

Beach Point Processing Company

http://www.beachpointprocessing.com/

Contact: http://www.beachpointprocessing.com/contact

Phone: 902-962-2030

Beach Point Processing Company is a purveyor and processor of wild caught lobster products based in Prince Edward Island.

By the Water Shellfish

https://bythewaterlobster.com/

By the Water Shellfish Inc. is a live lobster holding and shipping company located in Borden, Prince Edward Island, Canada and was founded by experienced fishing experts in 2003.

Cape Bald Packers Ltd.

https://www.capebaldpackers.com/

Phone: 506-577-4316

Email: info@capebaldpackers.com

Since 1948, Cape Bald Packers has expanded into a primary processor of Atlantic lobster, snow crab and PEI Mussels. Cape Bald Packers is located in Cap-Pele, New Brunswick as well as Portland, Maine.

Captain Dan's Seafoods

https://www.captaindans.com/

Phone: 506-872-7621

Email: info@captaindans.com

Captain Dan's Seafood has been producing top-quality seafood since 1994, selling products to large retailers, restaurant chains, cruise lines and regional distributors internationally. Family owned and managed, Captain Dan's is located in Dieppe, NB.

Chase's Lobster

https://chaseslobsterltd.ca/

Phone: 905-243-2408

Located in Nova Scotia, Chase's Lobsters sells and ships quality Lobster both locally and globally.

Clearwater Seafoods Ltd.

https://www.clearwater.ca/

Phone: 902-443-0550

Email: lobster@clearwater.ca

Clearwater is the largest holder of shellfish licenses in Canada and one of the world's leading seafood companies providing premium quality, sustainable seafood.

Deep Cove Aqua Farms Ltd.

Phone: 902-275-8575

Email: aschnare@deepcoveseafood.ca

Deep Cove Aqua Farms Ltd. is located in Nova Scotia and specializes in seafood product such as Lobster, Mackarel, Herring, Capelin, Cod, Scallops, Halibut, Turbot, Whelk, Eels and Bait.

Do Lobster

https://dolobster.com/

Phone: 902-407-9988

Email: info@dolobster.com

Do Lobster specializes in selling lobster and ships internationally, including to the Americas, Europe and Asia.

East Coast Seafood/Paturel International

https://www.eastcoastseafood.com/

Phone: 774-305-4948

Email: info@myseafood.com

East Coast Seafood Group and its subsidaries are a global leader in live lobster sales, ranked among the Top 25 North American Seafood Suppliers per Seafood Business.

Everich Import & Export Inc.

http://www.everichlobster.com

Phone: (902) 314-8168

Email: jipbright@gmail.com

Everich Import & Export Inc is an exporter specializing in the export of premium live hard shell Canadian lobster to China.

Fisher King Seafoods

https://www.fisherkingseafoods.com/

Phone: 902-450-1262

Email: sales@fisherkingseafoods.com

Located in Halifax, Fisher King Seafoods sells wild, chemical-free, frozen seafood caught directly from the waters of Atlantic Canada with sustainable management practices.

Fishermen's Market International Inc.

https://www.fishermansmarket.ca/

Phone: 905-443-3474

Email: retail@fishermansmarket.com

Fisherman's Market, located in Halifax, is a wholesaler, retailer and worldwide exporter or fresh, frozen, smoked and salted seafood, and live or frozen Atlantic lobster.

Fundy Bay Seafood Ltd.

Phone: 506-659-2890

Email: fundybayseafood@nb.aibn.com

Fundy Bar Seafood offers fresh seafood including Canadian Lobster to local restaurants across North America.

Gidney Fisheries Ltd.

https://gidneyfisheries.ca/

Phone: 902-834-2775

Email: info@gidneyfisheries.ca

Located on Digby Neck in Nova Scotia, Gidney Fisheries has been exporting lobster since 1892. They deliver premium live and HPP frozen lobster products to the foodservice and retail markets worldwide. Visit their website to learn more about the HPP process and its benefits.

Gourmet Chef Packers Ltd.

https://www.gcpackers.com/

Phone: 506-532-4497

Email: info@gcpackers.com

Located in New Brunswick, Gourmet Chef Packer's mission is to develop and market a High Quality value-added Seafood product. GCP processes lobster with the newest "UHP" High Pressure Technology.

Group MDMP

https://groupemdmp.com/

Phone: 418-657-4444

Email: info@groupemdmp.com

Groupe MDMP offers superior quality seafood that meets consumer needs with access to a wide variety of marine species, including Canadian lobster

Hardy's Channel Fishermen's Co-op

Phone: 902-831-3161

Hardy's Channel Fishermen's Co-op is a seafood wholesaler located in Prince Edward Island.

Island Fishermen Cooperative Association

https://www.acpi-ifca.com/en

Phone: 506-344-2204

Email: info@acpi-ifca.com

The Island Fisherman Cooperative Association, located in New Brunswick’s Acadian Peninsula, processes northern shrimp, several varieties of crab (including snow crab), lobster and herring. IFCA supports a sustainable fishery through full use of the resources required for processing.

Ito Seafoods Ltd.

https://itoseafoods.ca/

Phone: 902-422-8157

Email: info@itoseafoods.ca

Ito Seafoods is an exporter of Atlantic Canadian seafood including Canadian lobster. The company holds the MSC Chain of Custody certification for lobster and snow crab exports.

J.P.'s Shellfish

http://www.jpshellfish.com/lobsters/canadian-lobster/

Phone: 207-439-6018

Email: info@jpshellfish.com

Part of Atlantic Aqua Farms, J.P.'s Shellfish sources Canadian lobster from the Bay of Fundy and Nova Scotia.

Kaiser Marine Inc.

Phone: 902-364-2002

Email: kaisermarineinc@gmail.com

Kaiser Marine Inc., located in Nova Scotia, is a seller of fresh lobster, fresh crab and refrigerated freight within the Atlantic Provinces

Louisbourg Seafoods Limited

https://louisbourgseafoods.ca/

Phone: 902-733-2079

Email: jim.k@louisbourgseafoods.ca

Nova Scotia-based Louisbourg Seafoods Ltd., home of Mira Bay seafood products, is a family-operated seafood business, harvesting product with its own fleet of vessels. The company is commited to conservation and care of ocean species and habitat.

Love Me Fish and Lobster Inc.

Phone: 902-386-2981

Email: info@lovemefish.ca

Love Me Fish & Lobster is a Canadian-owned and operated supplier of fresh Atlantic live lobster, graded to your specification. Located in Nova Scotia.

Lunenburg Fish Co.

Phone: 902-634-3470

Email: kent@lunenburgfish.com

Founded in 1988, the Lunenburg Fish Company Limited's line of business includes the wholesale distribution of fresh, cured, or frozen fish and seafood.

Milligan's Fisheries

http://www.milligansfisheries.com/

Phone: 902-961-3218

Email: scott@milligansfisheries.com

Milligan's Fisheries is a third generation, family owned seafood broker dealing in lobster, rock and snow crab, mackerel, herring, tuna, and ground fish. They buy directly from local fishermen and seafood dealers.

Mime'j Seafoods Ltd.

http://ncns.ca/mimej-seafoods-limited/

Phone: 902-895-3600

Email: mimej@ncnsnetcomm.ns.ca

Mime’j Seafoods Limited is the NCNS Community’s Aboriginal communal commercial fisheries management enterprise, trading seafood including Canadian Lobster internationally.

North Bay Fishermen’s Co-op Ltd.

Phone: 902 863-4988

Email: nbfc@seasidehighspeed.com

North Bay Fisherman's Coop sells the highest quality lobster, mackerel, herring, tuna and halibut, purchased from its members. The Coop's members strive to supply the freshest and highest quality fish they can and the Coop in turn provides the highest quality to their customers.

North Lake Fisheries

https://northlakefisheries.ca/

Phone: 902-838-3908

Email: hr@northlakefisheries.com

North Lake Fisheries works to produce and supply an extensive range of high-quality, fresh and frozen seafood products to restaurants, distributors and retail outlets worldwide.

Ocean Blue Fisheries Ltd.

http://oceanbluefisheries.com/

Phone: 506-855-3474

Email: info@oceanbluefisheries.com

Ocean Blue Fisheries Ltd. is a family owned company from Atlantic Canada that has been in the import/export business of lobster, snow crab, whelks, mussels, capelin, mackerel and other seafood products for more than 20 years.

Ocean Choice International

https://oceanchoice.com/

Phone: 709-782-6244

Email: nasales@oceanchoice.com

Ocean Choice International (OCI) is a global seafood company delivering over 100 million pounds of finished product to more than 30 countries every year.

Partner Seafood Inc.

http://www.partner-seafood.com/

Phone: 506-386-3100

Email: info@partner-seafood.com

Partner Seafood delivers quality frozen seafood products to over 40 countries around the world.

R.I. Smith Co.

http://www.rismithlobster.ca/

Phone: 902-723-2380

Email: jonathan@rismithlobster.com

R.I.Smith is dedicated to providing the highest quality lobster. It is a family-owned, Nova Scotia seafood company in business through four generations.

Raymond O’Neill & Son Fisheries Ltd.

https://raymondoneill.ca/

Phone: 506-228-4794

Email: goneill@rofisheries.com

Raymond O’Neill & Son Fisheries Ltd. is a privately owned, family business operating seasonally, processing freshly frozen raw, cooked and live lobster products.

Royal Star Foods

https://royalstarfoods.com/

Phone: 902-882-2050

Email: sales@royalstarfoods.com

Royal Star Foods Ltd, a subsidiary of Tignish Fisheries Co-op Association Ltd., is the largest Atlantic lobster processor on Prince Edward Island. Its brand, Atlantic Star – Star of the Sea, is well respected and world renowned due to its consistency in high quality.

Sambro Fisheries Limited

http://sambrofisheries.com/

Phone: (902) 868-2140

Email: donny@sambrofisheries.com

Sambro Fisheries Ltd. specializes in offloading fishing boats, processing, packing and shipping fresh seafood.

Sea Harvest Seafoods (2019) Ltd.

https://www.seaharvestseafoods.com/

Phone: 902-209-5077

Email: chris@sea-harvest.ca

Sea Harvest Seafood Ltd. connects buyers with the sellers of the finest seafood in the world. They handpick their seafood suppliers and provide unrivalled product quality whether fresh or frozen.

Seafood 2000 Ltd.

https://seafood2000.ca/

Phone: 902-652-2316

Email: info@seafood2000.ca

Seafood 2000 Ltd provides the world with premiere Atlantic lobster products, including cooked and raw

Seafoodia

https://www.seafoodia.com/?lang=en

Phone: 418-806-5277

Email: contactus@fis.com

Seafoodia specializes in the distribution and sales of quality seafood products worldwide since 1996. It offers healthy and sustainable food products from both land and sea.

Shediac Lobster Shop

http://www.shediaclobster.ca/

Phone: 506-533-1431

Email: gilles@shediaclobstershop.ca

Shediac Lobster specializes in processing Cold Water Atlantic Lobster products and exports to Canadian, US, Asian, and European Markets, and are currently expanding into the Live Market.

Ships Lobster Pound Ltd.

https://www.shipslobster.com/

Phone: 902-723-2525

Email: shipslobster@shipslobster.com

Ship’s Lobster Pound Limited has been in the business of buying and selling lobsters since 1988. Started by three brothers – Kirk, Gregory and Joel Nickerson, the company is still family owned and operated.

Simply Fresh Seafood Inc.

https://www.simplyfreshseafoods.com/

Phone: 902-745-2222

Email: Peter@SimplyFreshSeafoods.com

Simply Fresh Seafood provides clients with only the freshest, top quality lobster sourced directly from the ice cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

Sogelco International Inc.

http://www.sogelco.com/

Phone: 514-849-2414

Email: sogelco@sogelco.com

Sogelco International has over 40 years of experience in the seafood industry. It represents leadership in the production and export of frozen seafood worldwide.

Tangier Lobster Company Ltd.

http://www.tangierlobster.com/

Phone: 902-772-2130

Email: stewart@tangierlobster.com

Tangier Lobster Company is a leading Canadian exporter of live lobster to the international marketplace.

Wedgeport Lobster Ltd.

Phone: 902-663-2551

Email: marcel@wedgeportlobsters.ca

Wedgeport Lobster Ltd is located in Nova Scotia and deals in wholesale live lobster.

Woods Harbour Lobster Co. Ltd.

https://www.woodsharbourlobster.com/

Phone: 902-723-2195

Email: Sararankin@hotmail.com

Quality product procured for markets all over the World

World Link Food Distributors Inc./Lobster Hub Inc.

https://lobsterhub.ca/en

Phone: (902) 423-0787

Email: sara@atlanticlobster.ca

World Link Food Distributors Inc is located near the Halifax International Airport in Nova Scotia and Lobster Hub Inc., the live holding and packing facility and frozen processing facility, is located in Meteghan, Nova Scotia. Together, they export over 8 million pounds of live and frozen lobster to 24 countries in North America, Europe and Asia.

Xsealent Seafood Co.

https://www.facebook.com/freshlobster/

Phone: 902-745-3899

Email: xscbrock@gmail.com

Buying, selling and processing live lobster and fresh fish.

https://www.novascotiaseafoodalliance.ca/directors-1

Our Executive Board

Our Board of Directors is a diverse group. They come from every region of Nova Scotia — new generations blending with the very experienced. These men and women are company owners, leaders and spokespeople.

Osborne Burke

PRESIDENT

Osborne is the General Manager of the Victoria Fisheries Co-Operative, a fisher-owned company located in Neil's Harbour, Cape Breton. The Cooperative represents over 100 harvesters on a direct and continuing basis, and markets their catch in a whole range of species throughout Canada & Internationally.

Osborne is active in the seafood sector as a leader and in his community as well. Most particularly, he is very enthusiastic about the growth and engagement of the Nova Scotia Seafood Alliance in the days ahead.

Allan Mac Lean

Vice President

Allan is the Senior Operations Manager at Louisbourg Seafoods. He brings to the Nova Scotia Seafood Alliance extensive knowledge and experience of the Snow Crab, Lobster and Ground Fish fisheries in the waters of Cape Breton. Allan began his career as a Fishery Officer for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and quickly rose through the management ranks by exhibiting his leadership skills as the National Director General of Conservation and Protection.

 

Sharon Williams

Treasurer

Sharon runs a family-owned seafood company, UGO Fisheries, purchasing fresh seafood from fishers in South West, Nova Scotia.  Sharon knows first hand how to maintain strong relationships with the fishers and ultimately her clients. Sharon brings these core strengths and many more to the Nova Scotia Seafood Alliance.

Stewart Lamont

Secretary

Stewart Lamont is the Managing Director of Tangier Lobster Company. He has exported live lobster to the international marketplace for over 4 decades. Stewart is one of the founding members and a ‘true believer’ in the Nova Scotia Seafood Alliance concept. He believes the world is a better place when small and medium sized land based seafood companies throughout Nova Scotia speak effectively with one voice.


Past President: Nathan Blades- Sable Fish Packers


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Leo Muise

Executive Director

Leo Muise is a lifelong Nova Scotian with a fisheries background in both the Federal & Provincial Government. He comes to our organization ironically from his last position as Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture. Leo has been on the wharves and been in the board rooms – he has a wealth of experience including helpfully in agriculture. He has the energy, the focus and the vision to help move our Alliance forward.

Leo’s mantra on a daily basis is that Working Together Works for everyone in our sector. We have adopted it in the Nova Scotia Seafood Alliance and we are indeed fortunate to have him as our Executive Director.

 

 


Nova Scotia SEAFOOD ALLIANCE
Administration Office

38 - B John Street Yarmouth, NS B5A 3H2
Phone: 902-742-6168
Fax: 902-742-8391

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Nova Scotia SEAFOOD ALLIANCE
Executive Director, Leo Muise
8 Bonita Drive
Dartmouth, NS B2X 2G9
Telephone: 902-229-1029
Email: leo@novascotiaseafoodalliance.ca

Our Directors.

Our Board of Directors provide a wealth of experience and guidance, and a lifelong commitment to Nova Scotia and its range of seafood products. We are grateful for their volunteer commitment and support of the Nova Scotia Seafood Alliance.
 

Phil LeBlanc- IMO Foods Limited

Sherman d'Eon- Cape Breeze Seafoods Ltd.

Brock Zinck- Xsealent Seafood Company

Cedric Robichaud- BMC Seafoods Ltd

Jonathan Sears- R. I. Smith Lobster Ltd.

Michael Pothier- Long Point Lobster

Kerry Cunningham- Sea Star Seafoods Ltd.

Monte Snow- Fisherman's Market International Inc.

Paul Richer- Fathom Fish

Shawn Sears- W Sears Seafoods ltd

 

https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/opinion/commentary-blaming-canadas-lobster-industry-for-north-atlantic-right-whales-plight-unfair-100776142/

COMMENTARY: Blaming Canada’s lobster industry for North Atlantic right whales’ plight unfair

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The federal government is implementing protection measures for North Atlantic right whales during the 2022 migration season.
The federal government implemented protection measures for North Atlantic right whales during the 2022 migration season. The Canadian lobster industry has worked hard to protect right whales and does not deserve recent criticism from Seafood Watch, writes Geoff Irvine, executive director of The Lobster Council of Canada, and Nat Richard, executive director of the Lobster Processors Association. - Contributed


GEOFF IRVINE and NAT RICHARD  • Guest Opinion

Geoff Irvine is executive director of The Lobster Council of Canada. Nat Richard is executive director of the Lobster Processors Association.

Since 2017, many of us in the Canadian lobster industry feel like we’ve been trapped in a South Park episode. There has been a steady drumbeat eager to blame Canada for the plight of North Atlantic right whales (NARWs). The recent unfair red-listing by Seafood Watch just adds fuel to the fire.

Right whales were rarely observed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence until recently.  Historically, they never ventured much beyond their northernmost habitats in the Bay of Fundy and the Roseway Basin area, in the offshore south of Nova Scotia, during summer and fall, before moving to their traditional winter calving grounds in the southeastern United States.

All that changed in 2017, when a large number unexpectedly moved to the Gulf. Tragically, we lost 17 right whales: 12 in Canadian waters and five in the United States. Two deaths out of 12 Canadian whale fatalities were found to be caused by crab gear entanglements. 

New protection measures the following year resulted in zero deaths in 2018. None of eight verified deaths in 2019 were linked to Canadian fisheries and no mortalities were recorded in 2020. There has been no NARW mortality — from any cause — since 2019.

NOAA’s data confirms that only two deaths out of 21 documented in Canadian waters since 2017 were linked to fishing gear — neither due to lobster gear.  Most of the mortality — when a cause could be determined — was linked to deadly ship strikes by ocean freighters and cruise ships.

It is a plain fact that there has never been a single, documented right whale death linked to Canadian lobster gear in recent history. There are several reasons why lobster fishing presents a lower risk in Canada. It’s an inshore fishery conducted mostly in shallow waters of less than 20 fathoms, where right whales are rarely observed.

Our lobster fisheries are also managed differently. One key difference is that Canada’s Gulf lobster season in May-June is fixed at 60 days. Therefore, there is limited overlap with times of year when NARWs are most concentrated in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, from July to September. Another crucial difference is that our harvesters have an average trap limit of 300 per boat, compared with 800 in New England.

Our American peers have made huge strides and sacrifices in recent years to protect right whales and we commend them for their efforts. Canada has also been leading the way with the most aggressive management measures in the world. They are adapted annually (and in-season) based on the best science and the evolving distribution of NARWs in our waters.

Dr. Moira Brown, a senior scientist at the Canadian Whale Institute who has studied right whales for almost 40 years, recently stated that Canadian right whale measures were “unmatched in eastern North America.”

Canada’s lobster fisheries continue to maintain its third-party Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification. It was renewed in February 2021 and includes a rigorous annual analysis of the impact of our fishery on marine mammals, including NARWs.

Canadian snow crab harvesters have stepped up in a major way since the 2017 crisis. In 2022, many are testing ropeless gear units under special permits to harvest in closed areas, in what is the largest R&D trial in North America.

Much has been said about NOAA’s decision to make a 950 square mile area of the Gulf of Maine essentially off-limits to fishing from October to January. Consider that in 2021, Canada closed more than 29,000 square miles, either temporarily or for the whole season based on actual sightings or detections of right whales. While disruptive and costly, these targeted and adaptive closure protocols, widely supported by our fishermen, have closed massive areas to fishing whenever NARWs are present.

Since its 2020 launch, our ghost gear program has removed 7,560 units of lost gear and 155 kilometres of rope, thereby reducing threats to marine mammals. Canada is also working with harvesters to implement low-breaking strength rope or links to facilitate whales’ self-release in the unlikely event that entanglements should occur.

Canada has spared no effort to protect right whales since 2017. We implemented a broad suite of measures, including comprehensive closure protocols, mandatory speed restrictions for fishing and large vessels, unprecedented de-icing resources to allow for early crab fishing before NARWs arrive, massive aerial and at-sea surveillance with cutting-edge detection technology, elimination of all floating horizontal lines, “trawling” up to reduce vertical lines, 100 per cent gear marking for all fixed gear fisheries, among others. The fact that not a single NARW mortality has occurred for the past three years speaks volumes about their effectiveness.

For more than 150 years, North America’s lobster fishery has proven itself to be one of the most sustainable wild fisheries on the planet. For all of us, on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, who care deeply about its future, the path forward is clear.

First, let’s remember that lobster in North America is a highly integrated, multibillion dollar industry. We are each other’s largest export market. Tens of thousands of fishing families, plant workers and hundreds of coastal communities depend on us setting the record straight and winning this fight.

Second, we need to stand up and push back on what Seafood Watch represents: activism masquerading as science. They lumped all fixed-gear fisheries into one basket, with blatant disregard of the facts and lacking peer-review validation. Canada and the United States have a proud record of global leadership on seafood sustainability. Cooler heads must prevail. We need more science, and less politics; more bi-national collaboration, less finger-pointing. Ensuring a sustainable future for the right whale — and addressing the threats facing them — knows no borders and needs to be addressed bi-nationally.

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Chinese Cultural Association of New Brunswick

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Filipino Association of New Brunswick

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Phone: (506) 260-6160 

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Filipino-Canadian CommUNITY of New Brunswick (FCNB) Inc.

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Address: 28 Saunders Street, Fredericton, NB, E3B 1N1

Phone: (506) 471-6380

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First Nations Education Initiative Incorporated

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Address: (Office) 503 Chapel Road, Kingsclear First Nation, NB, E3E 1L6

(Mailing)150 Greenview Drive, Hanwell, NB, E3C 0M7

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Joint Economic Development Initiative (JEDI) (Indigenous)

Website: jedinb.ca/main.html

Address: 150 Cliffe St, Fredericton, NB E3A 0A1

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Toll free: 888-884-9870 

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Latinos NB

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200 Parkside Drive, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5V7
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Maliseet Nation Conservation Council

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Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre

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Social Media: facebook.com/MikmaqWolastoqeyCentre

twitter.com/UNBF_MWC

instagram.com/unbmwc

Multicultural Association of Fredericton

Website: mcaf.nb.ca

mcaf.nb.ca/en/ethno-cultural-organizations

Address: 28 Saunders Street, Fredericton, NB, E3B 1N1

Phone: (506) 454-8292

Email: mcaf@mcaf.nb.ca

Social Media: facebook.com/Multicultural-Association-of-Fredericton-Inc

twitter.com/MCAF_AMCF

Nepali Cultural Association of NB

Website: ncanb.ca

Address: 28 Saunders Street, Fredericton, NB, E3B 1N1
98 Ridgeline Crescent, Fredericton, NB, E3C 0E9

Phone: (506) 461-9390

Email: contact@ncanb.ca

Social Media: facebook.com/NepaliInNB

New Brunswick Aboriginal Affairs

Website: gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/aboriginal_affairs/aboriginal_organizations.html

New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council

Website: nbapc.org/home

Address: 320 St. Mary’s Street, Fredericton, NB, E3A 2S4

Phone: (506) 458-8422

Toll free: 1-800-442-9789

Social Media: facebook.com/NBAPC

twitter.com/NBAPC2

linkedin.com/in/nbapc
 

New Brunswick African Association (NBAA)

Website: https://www.nbaa.ca/

Address: 28 Saunders Street, Fredericton, NB, E3B 1N1

Phone: (506) 304-8808

Email: newbrunswickafricanassociation@gmail.com

Social Media: facebook.com/New-Brunswick-African-Association
 

New Brunswick Black History Society

Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/599737016848171

Address: 165 Union Street, Suite 301, Saint John, NB E2L 5C7

Phone: (506) 634-3088

Email: info@nbblackhistorysociety.org

New Brunswick Human Rights Commission

Website: gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/nbhrc.html

gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/nbhrc/resources/guidelines.html

gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/hrccdp/PDF/SpecialPrograms-Guidelines.pdf

New Brunswick Multicultural Council

Website: nbmc-cmnb.ca

Address: 494 Queen Street, Suite 200, Fredericton, NB, E3B1B6

Phone: (506) 453-1091

Email: info@nb-mc.ca

Social Media: facebook.com/cmnb.nbmc

instagram.com/nbmc.cmnb

twitter.com/nbmc_cmnb

Union of New Brunswick Indians (Indigenous)

Website: unbi.org

Address: 75 Melissa Street, Unit 1, Richibucto Road, NB, E3A 6V9

Phone: (506) 458-9444

University of New Brunswick Indigenous Resources

Website: unbsu.ca/indigenous-resources

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Cracks in political unity appear, but Higgs holds firm on temporary
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Opposition MLAs say rushed decision shows need for the legislature to
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David Amos
Since 2004 I have talked to a lot of businessmen, farmers, truckers
and food processors and the various associations who speak for them to
no avail. However methinks my comment about my contact with Downeast
Cape Bald Packers yesterday made Higgy et al sit up and pay attention
N'esy Pas?

Deja Vu Anyone?

"Methinks Higgy et al probably already know that I enjoyed my
conversation Nat Richard (I truly hope his Grandfather calls me
sometime soon) If Mr Richard takes my advice I suspect Higgy will flip
flop in a heartbeat N'esy Pas?

"Two weeks ago, we described the situation in the seafood industry as
a perfect storm," said Nat Richard, manager of corporate affairs for
Downeast Cape Bald Packers in Cap-Pelé.

"That was before this decision."

Richard learned about the decision Monday night and said he was stunned."



David Amos
Methinks Higgy et all cannot deny that all my phone calls emails,
tweets blogs and comments are beginning to bear some fruit N'esy Pas?


David Amos
Methinks a lot of folks are listening to Higgy right now The most
interesting question for me that he responded to came from the
strawberry farmer about foreign labour N'esy Pas?




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On 4/29/20, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid-19-new-brunswick-temporary-foreign-workers-1.5548331
>
>
> New Brunswick bans temporary foreign workers to curb COVID-19 risk
> Blueberry farmer dismayed by decision, says it could ruin his business
>
>
> Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Apr 28, 2020 6:29 PM AT
>
>
>
>  "Joanna Baron, executive director of the Canadian Constitution
> Foundation, questions whether the province's decision to ban temporary
> foreign workers is unconstitutional. (Canadian Constitution
> Foundation)"
>
>
>
>
> 147 Comments
>
>
>
> David Amos
> Methinks Higgy and the Feds know how much I love this circus N'esy Pas?
>
>
> David Amos
> Reply to @David Amos: Out of the gate methinks I should remind Joanna
> Baron of my doings with her predecessor Howie Anglin and what a joke
> the Canadian Constitution Foundation is to me and Stevey Boy Harper
> N'esy Pas?
>
>
> David Amos
> Reply to @David Amos: Anyone can Google "Howie Anglin David Amos" Correct?
>
> Lou Bell
> Reply to @David Amos: I imagine you're the last thing on their minds !
>
>
>
>
>
>
> David Amos
> Methinks much to their former leader Dominic Cardy's chagrin Murray
> Tweedie should ask where is his fellow blueberry farmer Jean-Maurice
> Landry and the NDP in his time of need N'esy Pas?
>
> Most popular NDP candidate questions party's future after dismal election
> Jean-Maurice Landry said the party ignored his ideas to support
> northern New Brunswick
> Robert Jones · CBC News · Posted: Oct 06, 2018 8:00 AM AT
>
> "Landry, a blueberry grower and activist, put up a scrappy fight
> against Liberal cabinet minister and five-term MLA Denis Landry in
> Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore. He finished second with 30 per
> cent of the vote, eating deeply into Liberal support even as the
> provincial NDP was melting away around him."
>
>
>
>
> Marc Bourque
> Good call Mr Higgs,our health is way more important !
>
> David Amos
> Reply to @Marc Bourque: Yea Right Trust that Higgy's candidate in Fat
> Fred City during the last election knows that I can tell a little
> story about the Green Party Leader, blueberry farms and I before the
> writ was dropped. Methinks the former Speaker Chris Collins and
> everybody else involved in politicking in NB knows why whatever his
> French lieutenant the former SANB President says about anything is
> purely comical to me N'esy Pas?
>
> "Green Party MLA Kevin Arseneau denounced the decision, saying the
> province could have helped foreign workers self-quarantine by
> providing hotel rooms rather than leave farmers in the lurch."
>
>
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 11:23:31 -0700
> Subject: Re: Denis Lebel wants a matter about BEER to go before the
> Supreme Court? HMMM Methinks I may go there some day as well
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> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 17:53:56 -0700
> Subject: Notice: Change in Management Re: Yo Tom Flanagan I called you
> again today EH? Lets just say that Howard Anglin one Harper's little
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 1 May 2019 11:41:05 -0400
> Subject: Fwd YO Howie Anglin I sue lawyers too Remember?
> To: premier@gov.ab.ca, calgary.elbow@assembly.ab.ca,
> ministryofjustice@gov.ab.ca, JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca,
> jus.minister@gov.sk.ca, premier@gov.bc.ca, david.eby.mla@leg.bc.ca,
> premier@ontario.ca, attorneygeneral@ontario.ca, premier@gnb.ca,
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> David.Akin@globalnews.ca
> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com, Kevin.Jardine@gov.bc.ca,
> premier@gov.pe.ca, premier@gov.nl.ca, premier@leg.gov.mb.ca,
> PREMIER@gov.ns.ca, PREMIER@novascotia.ca, scott.moe@gov.sk.ca,
> premier@gov.nt.ca, premier@gov.yk.ca
>
> https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/05/kenney-and-cabinet-will-be-sworn-in-on.html
>
> Wednesday, 1 May 2019
>
> Kenney and cabinet will be sworn in on April 30
> https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies
>
>
>
> David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
> Replying to @DavidRayAmos @Kathryn98967631 and 47 others
> Methinks I should feel confident that Jason Kenney, Katy Merrifield
> and Howie Anglin have informed Doug Schweitzer of my litigation
> against the Crown N'esy Pas?
>
>
> https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/05/kenney-and-cabinet-will-be-sworn-in-on.html
>
>
> #nbpoli #cdnpoli
>
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-turn-off-the-taps-1.5117803
>
>
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-government-staff-contracts-1.5291641
>
>
> Contracts for Alberta government political staffers posted online
>
> List shows which staffers making more than cutoff of $111,395
> CBC News · Posted: Sep 20, 2019 12:30 PM MT | Last Updated: September 20,
> 2019
> Howard Anglin is the principal secretary to Premier Jason Kenney. (CBC)
>
> Howard Anglin, principal secretary to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney,
> earns $29,000 a year more than his predecessor in the former NDP
> government.
>
> Once deputy chief of staff to former prime minister Stephen Harper,
> Anglin makes $224,120 a year, according to contracts released to the
> public on Friday.
>
> Jim Rutkowksi, principal secretary to former Premier Rachel Notley,
> earned $195,000 annually.
>
> A spokesman for the premier's office said Anglin is "an accomplished
> lawyer who has a great deal of expertise in constitutional law."
>
> Anglin is paid the same amount as Kenney's chief of staff, Jamie
> Huckabay, whose salary is slightly less than the $225,000 paid to
> Nathan Rotman, Notley's former chief of staff.  John Heaney, who
> preceded Rotman as Notley's chief of staff, was paid $294,977.
>
> David Knight Legg, Kenney's principal advisor, earns $194,253.
>
> Matt Wolf, the executive director of issues management, is paid the
> same salary as Legg, $194,253 a year.
>
> All but two of the ministerial chiefs of staff under the NDP were paid
> $120,000 a year. (Energy chief of staff Matt Williamson earned
> $125,000. The contract for Heather Mack indicates she was paid
> $150,000 as infrastructure chief of staff).
>
> The UCP appears to have three bands for paying chiefs of staff. The
> highest band of $139,463 is paid to nine of the 22 chiefs of staff.
> They mostly head up the larger ministries such as health and
> education.
>
> Two chiefs of staff are paid in a middle range of $129,501 and the
> remaining 11 earn $119,540.
>
> The list discloses the contracts for senior political staff, including
> members of Kenney's office, chiefs of staff to ministers and senior
> communications staff.
>
> The NDP government posted the salaries of press secretaries to cabinet
> ministers, as well as office staffers who were political appointments.
>
> The UCP is following the Government of Alberta sunshine lists
> guidelines and is only posting the contracts of staffers making more
> than $111,395.
>
> NDP deputy leader Sarah Hoffman said that helps the government blur
> the lines on how much they are actually spending.
>
> "They're saying they're not spending as much on salaries but they're
> not even showing us all of their actual contracts," she said.
>
> Hoffman said any political staff member who was hired by the previous
> NDP government, regardless of how much they earned, was told their
> contracts would be posted online.
>
>
> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices|
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Howard Anglin <hanglin@theccf.ca>
> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 13:27:33 -0600
> Subject: Re: YO Howie Anglin I sue lawyers too Remember?
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> I have no idea what you are talking about. Please unsubscribe me from your
> wacko newsletter.
>
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 1:56 PM, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> However Google assisted me in putting your latest insult at the top of my
>> blog
>>
>> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/08/most-cra-
>> auditors-polled-say-canadas.html
>>
>>
>> Say Hey to Harper and Novak for me will ya? I am taking the weeknd off
>> before the writ is dropped in New Brunswick methinks I will talk about
>> the boys in short pants in Harper PMO much to your chagrin and that of
>> Blaine Higgs and his turncoat buddies Dominic Cardy and Kelly Lamrock
>> N'esy Pas?
>>
>
>
>
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>
>
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>
>         Title Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Prime Minister
>         Dates Employed Aug 2014 – Nov 2015
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>
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> Prime Minister
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>
>
>     Chief of Staff
>     Citizenship and Immigration Canada
>     Dates Employed Jan 2011 – May 2013
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>
>
>
>
> https://mailchi.mp/theccf/announcing-our-new-executive-director
>
>
> March 19, 2019 - Press Release:
> Announcing our new Executive Director
> The Canadian Constitution Foundation is thrilled to announce that
> Joanna Baron will be taking over from Howard Anglin as Executive
> Director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation as of April 13, 2019.
> Joanna has been the National Director of the Runnymede Society for the
> last three years, during which time she has grown the Runnymede
> Society from an ambitious idea into an influential and established
> voice in Canada’s law schools and in the broader legal and academic
> community.
>
> A native of Toronto, Joanna studied classical liberal arts at St.
> John’s College, MD, and earned civil and common law degrees at McGill
> University. She clerked for the justices of the Court of Appeal for
> Ontario and was called to the bar in Ontario in 2013. Following her
> clerkship, Joanna worked in barrister’s chambers in London, UK as a
> Harold G. Fox Scholar. Upon returning to Canada in 2014, Joanna
> practiced criminal defence law with the late Edward L. Greenspan,
> appearing at all levels of court in Ontario, including the Supreme
> Court of Canada. She was hired to launch the Runnymede Society in
> 2016.
>
> Anglin noted, “it has been a true privilege for me to lead the
> Canadian Constitution Foundation for almost three years. The work we
> have done to promote and defend constitutional rights and freedoms has
> made, and will continue to make, Canada a freer and better country and
> the work of the Runnymede Society is already changing the legal
> culture of Canada in positive ways that will be felt for decades.”
>
> With sound funding and a full roster of important cases defending the
> fundamental freedoms of Canadians, the Canadian Constitution
> Foundation is stronger and more influential than ever. Anglin thanks
> his exceptional colleagues at the CCF, our donors and supporters, and
> the Board of Directors for their consistent and invaluable support
> during a personally- and professionally-rewarding three years.
> The Canadian Constitution Foundation (“Freedom’s Defence Team”) is a
> registered charity, independent and non-partisan, whose mission is to
> defend the constitutional freedoms of Canadians through education,
> communication and litigation.
>
> - 30 -
>
> For further information, contact:
>
> Joanna Baron
> Executive Director
> Canadian Constitution Foundation
> Toll-free: 888-695-9105 x. 104
> jbaron@theccf.ca
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Howard Anglin <hanglin@theccf.ca>
> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 12:08:36 -0600
> Subject: Re: ATTN Edward Gillis I called again to try to speak to you
> about the CRA auditors, the CBC and the PIPSC but was directed to a Mr
> Campbell's voicemail
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Please remove me from this list. I have no idea who you are or what you are
> on about.
>
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 12:07 PM, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Message blocked
>> Your message to Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca has been blocked. See
>> technical details below for more information.
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>>
>>
>> On 8/17/18, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Need I say that Minister Diane Lebouthillier and Bill Morneau know
>> > that the greedy people within the CRA and the CBC can cry me river for
>> > all I care now?
>> >
>> > http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cra-tax-avoidance-evasion-1.4787781
>> >
>> > Most CRA auditors polled say Canada's tax system is skewed to protect
>> > the wealthy
>> >
>> >
>> > A new survey of more than 1,700 tax professionals at CRA suggests
>> > agency lacks tools to make the rich pay
>> > Dean Beeby · CBC News · Posted: Aug 17, 2018 4:00 AM ET
>> >
>> > Trust that I alread had a pit and chew with the greedy UTE dudes
>> >
>> > Your media people find this email published within my blog ASAP
>> >
>> > http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/08/most-cra-
>> auditors-polled-say-canadas.html
>> >
>> > Edward  Gillis
>> > Chief Operating Officer & Executive Secretary
>> > Telephone : (613)228-6310 / 1(800)267-0446 ext: 5005
>> > E-mail : egillis@pipsc.ca
>> > Ryan  Campbell Economist
>> > Telephone : (613)228-6310 / 1(800)267-0446 ext: 4732
>> > E-mail : rcampbell@pipsc.ca
>> >
>> > 250 Tremblay Road
>> > Ottawa, ON  K1G 3J8
>> >
>> >
>> >  Paul  Hartigan
>> > Manager, Atlantic Region
>> >
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>> > Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada  (AAFC)
>> > Canada Revenue Agency  (CRA)
>> > Correctional Service Canada  (CSC)
>> > Employment and Social Development Canada
>> > Library and Archives Canada  (LAC)
>> > National Energy Board  (NEB)
>> > National  Research Council
>> > New-Brunswick Groups: Agriculture  (AG) -  Engineering, Land Surveying
>> > and Architectures  (EN) - Veterinary (VS)
>> > Patented Medicine Prices Review Board  (PMPRB)
>> > Public Safety Canada  (PSC)
>> >
>> > Suite 200
>> > 1718 Argyle St
>> > Halifax, NS  B3J 3N6
>> >
>> > Telephone : (902)420-1519 / 1-800-565-0727 ext: 3522
>> > E-mail : phartigan@pipsc.ca
>> >
>> > https://www.ute-sei.org/en/about
>> >
>> > We’re the Union of Taxation Employees (UTE), representing more than
>> > 25,000 employees of Canada Revenue Agency.  We exist to maintain and
>> > advance the workplace rights of our members – a big task in today’s
>> > federal public service!
>> >
>> > It’s a job we take very seriously.  The UTE believes in fostering a
>> > constructive relationship with Agency management.  But, we’re
>> > aggressive in protecting our members’ interests – from the office
>> > floor to Parliament Hill.
>> >
>> > As a progressive, innovative union, our vision extends into the
>> > future.  At the same time, our roots go back more than half a century.
>> > In 1943, employees working for the then Taxation Department first
>> > organized themselves into the Dominion Income Tax Staff Association.
>> > Then, as now, federal workers recognized that unionizing is the best
>> > insurance policy against unfair and unreasonable employer actions.
>> >
>> > In 1966, with the advent of free collective bargaining in the federal
>> > public service, the UTE joined the Public Service Alliance of Canada
>> > (PSAC) as the “Taxation Component”.  Our 1987 convention voted to
>> > adopt our current name. With the passage of the CCRA Act, we moved
>> > from a department of the federal public service to an agency. This
>> > Agency was proclaimed on November 1, 1999. On December 12, 2003, the
>> > Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) became the Canada Revenue
>> > Agency (CRA).
>> >
>> > UTE members work in such areas as Taxpayer Services, Debt Management,
>> > Audit, Finance and Administration, Human Resources, Information
>> > Technology (IT), Compensation, Enforcement, Appeals, and the
>> > Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs Branch (LPRAB). They fall
>> > into either the SP or the MG Classifications.
>> >
>> > These groups are covered under one collective agreement (the Program
>> > and Administration Services agreement).
>> >
>> >
>> > Marc was elected National President for the Union of Taxation
>> > Employees at the July 2017 Triennial Convention in Ottawa.
>> > Union Involvement
>> >
>> > Since 2004, Marc has been actively involved with the union in various
>> > capacities. He was the Treasurer of Local 10028 in Laval from June
>> > 2004 until his election as President of the same Local in May 2007.
>> > Marc was reelected to this position by acclamation in 2009 and 2011.
>> > As of July 2011, he was also elected as the Alternate RVP for the
>> > Montreal Region. Marc was elected 1st National Vice-President for the
>> > Union of Taxation Employees in July 2012 and re-elected at the July
>> > 2014 Triennial Convention in Windsor.
>> >
>> > Email: marcbriere@ute-sei.org
>> > Telephone: (613) 235-6704 x228
>> > Cellphone: (613) 882-6287
>> >
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> > Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 12:25:18 -0400
>> > Subject: Methinks somebody should talk the CRA AGENTS Steve 0673ONT
>> > Colleen 204802PAC ASAP N'esy Pas?
>> > To: "Diane.Lebouthillier" <Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.gc.ca>,
>> > "Brenda.Lucki" <Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Pat.Kelly"
>> > <Pat.Kelly@parl.gc.ca>, "Murray.Rankin" <Murray.Rankin@parl.gc.ca>
>> > Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>> >
>> > https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-di-sano-06a31b44/
>> >
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> > Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 13:19:04 -0400
>> > Subject: Fwd: I called again to try to speak to the Tax Ombudsman Paul
>> > Dube and quickly was informed that he no longer works there and there
>> > is no replacement yet
>> > To: mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, Sherra.Profit@oto-boc.gc.ca,
>> > "andrew.scheer" <andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>,
>> > Claude.Dubois@oto-boc.gc.ca
>> > Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "Michael.Wernick"
>> > <Michael.Wernick@pco-bcp.gc.ca>, "Michael.Duheme"
>> > <Michael.Duheme@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>> >
>> > https://www.canada.ca/en/taxpayers-ombudsman/news/2018/02/the_taxpayers_
>> ombudsmanreleasesherofficesnewestsystemicexaminati.html
>> >
>> > Media relations - Office of the Taxpayers’ Ombudsman
>> > 613-946-2974
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> > Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 13:16:09 -0400
>> > Subject: Fwd: I called again to try to speak to the Tax Ombudsman Paul
>> > Dube and quickly was informed that he no longer works there and there
>> > is no replacement yet
>> > To: mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, Sherra.Profit@oto-boc.gc.ca
>> > Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> > Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:27:35 -0400
>> > Subject: Fwd: I called again to try to speak to the Tax Ombudsman Paul
>> > Dube and quickly was informed that he no longer works there and there
>> > is no replacement yet
>> > To: Sherra.Profit@oto-boc.gc.ca
>> > Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> > Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 12:16:15 -0700
>> > Subject: I called again to try to speak to the Tax Ombudsman Paul Dube
>> > and quickly was informed that he no longer works there and there is no
>> > replacement yet
>> > To: Linda.Desrochers@taxpayersrights.gc.ca,
>> > pierre.poilievre.a1@parl.gc.ca, shelly.glover.a1@parl.gc.ca,
>> > janet.campbell@pch.gc.ca, fraser.patricia@psic-ispc.gc.ca,
>> > pierre.poilievre@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca, "steven.blaney"
>> > <steven.blaney.a1@parl.gc.ca>, media@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca, "peter.mackay"
>> > <peter.mackay@justice.gc.ca>, Laurent.Marcoux@pco-bcp.gc.ca,
>> > Louise.Levonian@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca, "dan. bussieres"
>> > <dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>, "danny.copp" <danny.copp@fredericton.ca>,
>> > "roger.l.brown" <roger.l.brown@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>> > Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, media@pch.gc.ca, sean
>> > <sean@canadalandshow.com>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>,
>> > "macpherson.don" <macpherson.don@dailygleaner.com>
>> >
>> > http://www.oto-boc.gc.ca/cntct/gnrlnqrs-eng.html
>> >
>> > https://quinte.cioc.ca/record/OCR3226
>> >
>> > Linda Desrochers, Taxpayers' Ombudsman
>> >
>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >>>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>> >>>> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:15:12 -0400
>> >>>> Subject: I called again to try to speak to the tax Ombudsman Paul
>> >>>> Dube
>> >>>> and many others. Need I say that I was not surprised that nobody
>> >>>> called me back to talk to me?
>> >>>> To: pm@pm.gc.ca, Mackay.P@forces.gc.ca,
>> >>>> Paul.Dube@taxpayersrights.gc.ca,
>> >>>> roxanne.daoust@taxpayersrights.gc.ca,
>> >>>> blackj1b@parl.gc.ca, ministerofstate@acoa-aperca.gc.ca,
>> >>>> L.Cannon@international.gc.ca, Stockwell.Day@international.gc.ca,
>> >>>> jhii@lghc-lgcc.gc.ca, Minister@cic.gc.ca,
>> >>>> Peter.Kent@international.gc.ca, minister@acdi-cida.gc.ca,
>> >>>> Jim.Prentice@ec.gc.ca, Minister@ainc-inac.gc.ca,
>> >>>> gregory.thompson@vac-acc.gc.ca, KerrG1a@parl.gc.ca, ceo@cmha.ca,
>> >>>> Barry
>> >>>> Winters <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>, dean Ray <deanr0032@hotmail.com>
>> >>>> Cc: Washington-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca,
>> >>>> classactioncra@gmail.com, minfam@leg.gov.mb.ca,
>> >>>> kevin.lamoureux@leg.gov.mb.ca, premier@leg.gov.mb.ca,
>> >>>> jon.gerrard@leg.gov.mb.ca, mc.blais@pcnb.org, ndpnpd@nbnet.nb.ca,
>> >>>> communications@protectchildren.ca, chimo1@nb.aibn.com
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Gordon O'Conner who appointed a lawyer from New Brunswick to be the
>> >>>> Tax Ombudsmancan ask his former underlings such as legions of taxmen
>> >>>> or Keith Ashfield, Pat Lynch, Greg Thompson, Brent Babcock or better
>> >>>> the very evil lawyer Ward Elcock explain my troubles with corrupt
>> >>>> taxmen and their many cohorts to the shy Ombudsman before we meet
>> >>>> in a
>> >>>> Federal Court. Nobody should deny that the former Governor General
>> >>>> suggested that I take my concerns to court over five years ago.
>> >>>> Perhaps O'Conner's purported fellow exmilitary man "Barry Winters"
>> >>>> aka
>> >>>> baconfat53.blogspot.com will continue with his obvious malice in an
>> >>>> effort explain to the world why my concerns about lawsuits against
>> >>>> the
>> >>>> CROWN have no merit whatsoever. Cybersace has lots of room for many
>> >>>> agruments but the PMO and the PCO offices should agree that the
>> >>>> proper
>> >>>> veneue for important arguments involving taxation and the CRIOWN is
>> >>>> the Federal Court in Fredericton New Brunswick.  Whereas Paul Dube
>> >>>> and
>> >>>> his help wish to play dumb about the accountibilty of the CRA etc
>> >>>> since he moved to Ottawa with the rest of the federal boyz he can
>> >>>> send
>> >>>> lawyers to New Brunswick to argue me about my right to no false
>> >>>> imprisonment etc.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Need I repeat myself to explain why this Youtube channel of Dean
>> >>>> Roger
>> >>>> Ray  and the blog of his associate in Alberta "Barry Winters " in
>> >>>> particular offend my family the most and will cause the CROWN to
>> >>>> pagreat y out a deal of money in the form of releif for its willful
>> >>>> support of such obvious malice or my name ain't "Just Dave"?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2CZ5tJCVzM&feature=related
>> >>>>
>> >>>> http://baconfat53.blogspot.com/2009_11_01_archive.html
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Veritas Vincit
>> >>>> David Raymond Amos
>> >>>>
>> >
>> >
>> > On 2/20/15, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> The one pdf file hereto attached speaks volumes in only ONE Official
>> >> Language
>> >>
>> >> As you all know I am still a Canadian citizen who has every right to
>> >> file many lawsuits to seek relief and compensation. Even though I have
>> >> no SIN # or fixed address the RCMP and CSIS always know where to find
>> >> me in order to harass me
>> >> and the PMO and the PCO offices etc have had many of my documents for
>> >> manny many years Correct?
>> >>
>> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> >> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 10:12:45 -0700
>> >> Subject: Attn Jeffrey Brennan I just called and spoke to you as I said
>> >> I have had enough harassment by the RCMP and their cohorts If the
>> >> Canadian government wishes to settle with me outside of court now
>> >> would be the time
>> >> To: Jeffrey.Brennan@pmo.gc.ca
>> >> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "bob.paulson"
>> >> <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "peter.mackay"
>> >> <peter.mackay@justice.gc.ca>
>> >>
>> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >> From: Info <info@ndp.ca>
>> >> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 16:55:22 +0000
>> >> Subject: Automatic reply: Re Worldwide Public Corruption BTW Methinks
>> >> this is the real reason Johnny "Never Been Good" Baird suddenly bailed
>> >> on his boss Harper
>> >> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> >>
>> >> *Le français suit*
>> >>
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >> Thank you for sending your inquiry to Canada’s NDP.
>> >>
>> >> We will reply to your email as soon as possible. If you have
>> >> previously left a voicemail message – please be assured your call will
>> >> be addressed. We are working to respond to each message as quickly as
>> >> possible.
>> >>
>> >> Thank you for your patience during this busy – but exciting – time.
>> >>
>> >> Have a nice day,
>> >>
>> >> Canada’s New Democrats
>> >> _______________________________________________________
>> >>
>> >> 300-279 Laurier West/Ouest  Ottawa, ON  K1P 5J9
>> >> (TÉL) 866.525.2555 | (TÉLÉC/FAX) 613.230.9950
>> >> ndp.ca | npd.ca
>> >> Cope 225:js
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>
>> >> Bonjour/Bonsoir,
>> >>
>> >> Merci de votre courriel.
>> >>
>> >> Nous répondrons à votre courrier électronique dès que possible. Si
>> >> vous nous avez déjà laissé un message vocal, s'il vous plaît soyez
>> >> assuré que nous vous retournerons l’appel. Nous travaillons afin de
>> >> pouvoir répondre à chaque message vocal et courrier électronique aussi
>> >> vite que possible.
>> >>
>> >> Nous vous remercions de faire preuve de patience au cours de cette
>> >> période occupée mais fort passionnante.
>> >>
>> >> Bonne journée,
>> >>
>> >> Le NPD du Canada
>> >> _______________________________________________________
>> >>
>> >> 300-279 Laurier West/Ouest  Ottawa, ON  K1P 5J9
>> >> (TÉL) 866.525.2555 | (TÉLÉC/FAX) 613.230.9950
>> >> ndp.ca | npd.ca
>> >> Cope 225:js
>> >>
>> >> Just Dave
>> >> By Location  Visit Detail
>> >> Visit 21,977
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>> >> IP Address              198.103.111.# (Privy Council Office)
>> >> ISP             GTIS
>> >> Location
>> >> Continent        :      North America
>> >> Country  :      Canada  (Facts)
>> >> State/Region     :      Ontario
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>> >> Monitor
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>> >> Visit Entry Page                http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/
>> >> Visit Exit Page         http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/
>> >> Out Click
>> >> Time Zone               UTC-5:00
>> >> Visitor's Time          Feb 5 2015 12:12:14 pm
>> >> Visit Number            21,977
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> >> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 09:54:33 -0700
>> >> Subject: Re Worldwide Public Corruption BTW Methinks this is the real
>> >> reason Johnny "Never Been Good" Baird suddenly bailed on his boss
>> >> Harper
>> >> To: Daniel.Nadeau@priv.gc.ca, fraser.patricia@psic-ispc.gc.ca,
>> >> ian.fine@chrc-ccdp.ca, Craig.MacMillan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>> >> mdoucet@pco-bcp.gc.ca, sue.greaves@cse-cst.gc.ca,
>> >> bobby.matheson@ps-sp.gc.ca, Gregory.Gauthier@fin.gc.ca,
>> >> louis-philippe.rouillard@forces.gc.ca,
>> >> marie-josee.thivierge@justice.gc.ca,
>> >> Barbara.Carswell@international.gc.ca, james.gallo@ag.ny.gov, oig
>> >> <oig@sec.gov>, "dean.buzza" <dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
>> >> "joe.oliver.a1" <joe.oliver.a1@parl.gc.ca>,
>> >> NYAG.Pressoffice@ag.ny.gov, "ed.pilkington"
>> >> <ed.pilkington@guardian.co.uk>, jesse <jesse@jessebrown.ca>, Newsroom
>> >> <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, bbachrach <bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net>,
>> >> "Terry.Milewski" <Terry.Milewski@cbc.ca>, "paul.dewar.a1"
>> >> <paul.dewar.a1@parl.gc.ca>, coleen@coleenrowley.com, "Drew.Barnes"
>> >> <Drew.Barnes@assembly.ab.ca>, premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>, oig
>> >> <oig@ftc.gov>, bairdj <bairdj@parl.gc.ca>, "hugh.flemming"
>> >> <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "Wayne.Gallant"
>> >> <Wayne.Gallant@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "George.Soros"
>> >> <George.Soros@opensocietyfoundations.org>, "george.osborne.mp"
>> >> <george.osborne.mp@parliament.uk>, Karine Fortin <info@ndp.ca>
>> >> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, Raynald Lampron
>> >> <Lampron.Raynald@psic-ispc.gc.ca>, Joe Friday
>> >> <Friday.Joe@psic-ispc.gc.ca>, eric.schneiderman@ag.ny.gov,
>> >> public.integrity@ag.ny.gov, "justin.trudeau.a1"
>> >> <justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>, "thomas.mulcair.a1"
>> >> <thomas.mulcair.a1@parl.gc.ca>, "Thomas.Lawson"
>> >> <Thomas.Lawson@forces.gc.ca>, dnd_mdn <dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca>
>> >>
>> >> http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/ve/snrs1-eng.asp
>> >>
>> >> To put it simply too many people around the world read this blog
>> >> recently and started checking my work. Nobody dares to deny that the
>> >> PCO did acknowledge the email in 2013 and the various sitemeters tell
>> >> a very interesting tale to say the least Correct Daniel Nadeau?.
>> >>
>> >> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-
>> greenwald-and-brazilian.html
>> >>
>> >> That NOBODY should forget your boss" Mario Dion's last email to me
>> >> before he quit EH Raynald Lampron and Joe Friday?
>> >>
>> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >> From: Mario Dion <Dion.Mario@psic-ispc.gc.ca>
>> >> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 06:05:25 -0500
>> >> Subject: Re: Fwd: Yo Mario Dion it been over a year since your last
>> >> response and 7 years since I talked to the evil lawyer Manon Hardy so
>> >> tell me another one will ya?
>> >> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>,
>> >> "manon.hardy@chrc-ccdp.ca" <manon.hardy@chrc-ccdp.ca>,
>> >> "Clemet1@parl.gc.ca" <Clemet1@parl.gc.ca>,
>> >> "Errington.john@forces.gc.ca" <Errington.john@forces.gc.ca>,
>> >> "Christine.Salt@forces.gc.ca" <Christine.Salt@forces.gc.ca>,
>> >> "Mackap@parl.gc.ca" <Mackap@parl.gc.ca>, "bourdap@halifax.ca"
>> >> <bourdap@halifax.ca>, "Helen.Banulescu@crcc-ccetp.gc.ca"
>> >> <Helen.Banulescu@crcc-ccetp.gc.ca>, Edith Lachapelle
>> >> <Lachapelle.Edith@psic-ispc.gc.ca>, "peter.dauphinee@gmail.com"
>> >> <peter.dauphinee@gmail.com>, "upriverwatch@gmail.com"
>> >> <upriverwatch@gmail.com>, "donald.bowser@smu.ca"
>> >> <donald.bowser@smu.ca>, "kedgwickriver@gmail.com"
>> >> <kedgwickriver@gmail.com>, "oldmaison@yahoo.com"
>> >> <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, "COCMoncton@gmail.com" <COCMoncton@gmail.com>,
>> >> "Davidc.Coon@gmail.com" <Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>,
>> >> "stephen.horsman@nbliberal.ca" <stephen.horsman@nbliberal.ca>,
>> >> "forest@conservationcouncil.ca" <forest@conservationcouncil.ca>,
>> >> "water@ccnbaction.ca" <water@ccnbaction.ca>
>> >> Cc: "david.raymond.amos@gmail.com" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
>> >> Raynald Lampron <Lampron.Raynald@psic-ispc.gc.ca>, Joe Friday
>> >> <Friday.Joe@psic-ispc.gc.ca>
>> >>
>> >> I will ask my staff to verify your status and someone will get back to
>> >> you. I would appreciate it however if you could be a little bit more
>> >> polite when drafting emails adressed to me.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> >> Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 03:42:28 -0700
>> >> Subject: It appears that I must thank Ray Novak's computer for showing
>> >> a little INTEGRITY I have not had a response from Harper's office
>> >> since election time in 2005
>> >> To: Jeffrey.Brennan@pmo.gc.ca, ed.fast@parl.gc.ca, ed@edfast.ca,
>> >> rick.roth@international.gc.ca, gary.dyck@edmonton.ca, "Anne.Jarman"
>> >> <Anne.Jarman@edmonton.ca>, "don.marshall" <don.marshall@edmonton.ca>,
>> >> "don.iveson" <don.iveson@edmonton.ca>, "scott.mckeen"
>> >> <scott.mckeen@edmonton.ca>, "ben.henderson"
>> >> <ben.henderson@edmonton.ca>, "rod.knecht"
>> >> <rod.knecht@edmontonpolice.ca>, "Marianne.Ryan"
>> >> <Marianne.Ryan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>,
>> >> "David.Swann" <David.Swann@assembly.ab.ca>, "Laurie.Blakeman"
>> >> <Laurie.Blakeman@assembly.ab.ca>, michael.oshry@edmonton.ca,
>> >> g.smith@aupe.org, renouf <renouf@renouflaw.com>, campaign
>> >> <campaign@randyboissonnault.ca>, "graham.hicks"
>> >> <graham.hicks@hicksbiz.com>, "geoff.crowe"
>> >> <geoff.crowe@edmontonpolice.ca>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, oldmaison
>> >> <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, premier <premier@gov.bc.ca>, premier
>> >> <premier@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@leg.gov.mb.ca>, PREMIER
>> >> <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>, Karine Fortin <info@ndp.ca>, "info@pco-bcp.gc.ca"
>> >> <info@pco-bcp.gc.ca>, deepak.chopra@canadapost.ca,
>> >> bonnie.boretsky@canadapost.ca, jag.sumra@canadapost.ca,
>> >> dlemelin@cupw-sttp.org, NAT-PRES@psac-afpc.com,
>> >> NATEXEC-VP@psac-afpc.com, meranis@psac-afpc.com,
>> >> NH01FGIMA@mail.house.gov
>> >> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "victor.boudreau"
>> >> <victor.boudreau@gnb.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, bairdj
>> >> <bairdj@parl.gc.ca>, "Alan.Kessel" <Alan.Kessel@lnternational.gc.ca>,
>> >> "Rob.Merrifield" <Rob.Merrifield@gov.ab.ca>, "peter.mackay"
>> >> <peter.mackay@justice.gc.ca>, winston.fogarty@lnternational.gc.ca,
>> >> Ray.Novak@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, marjory.l.eBreton@sen.parl.gc.ca,
>> >> "Drew.Barnes" <Drew.Barnes@assembly.ab.ca>, kilgoursite@ca.inter.net,
>> >> sunrayzulu <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>, "joshua.skurnik"
>> >> <joshua.skurnik@hotmail.com>, lgunter <lgunter@shaw.ca>
>> >>
>> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >> From: "Novak, Ray" <Ray.Novak@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>
>> >> Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 05:34:45 -0500
>> >> Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: Methinks Mayor Iveson should have a
>> >> long talk with Ben Henderson His grumpy wifey Laurie.Blakeman, Jimmy
>> >> Prentice, Stevey Boy Harper, a few lawyers and cops should talk about
>> >> what they should have done about YOU long ago EH Mr Baconfat?
>> >> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> >>
>> >> Thank you for your email.
>> >>
>> >> If your matter is urgent, please contact Jeff Brennan at 613.992.4211
>> >> or Jeffrey.Brennan@pmo.gc.ca.
>> >>
>> >> Sincerely,
>> >>
>> >> Ray Novak
>> >> Office of the Prime Minister
>> >>
>> >> *****
>> >> Je vous remercie de votre courriel.
>> >>
>> >> S'il s'agit d'une urgence, veuillez communiquer avec Jeff Brennan, au
>> >> 613-992-4211 ou à l'adresse Jeffrey.Brennan@pmo.gc.ca.
>> >>
>> >> Sincères salutations,
>> >>
>> >> Ray Novak
>> >> Cabinet du Premier ministre
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
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The Honourable Bernadette Jordan should say Hey for me to the Yankee Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey. their President and all the greedy corporate whales who support them

 

David Amos

<motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 10:06 AM
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Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, "paul.withers" <paul.withers@cbc.ca>, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, "David.Akin" <David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, "David.Lametti" <David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca>

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/elizabeth-warren-atlantic-canada-seafood-industry-1.5367446


Why Atlantic Canada's lucrative seafood industry is concerned about
Elizabeth Warren

Senator wants proof Canada is doing as much as the U.S. to protect right whales
Paul Withers · CBC News · Posted: Nov 21, 2019 6:00 AM AT

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gerald-butts-resigns-pmo-1.5024011

It's the environment, stupid

Butts's influence is felt in every area of government policy and
Trudeau would not make any big policy decisions without the input of
both Butts and Telford. But the area Butts holds dearest is the
environment. Environment policies were a central theme in McGuinty's
government during the Butts era, and again with the Trudeau Liberals.
In between the two governments, Butts was the CEO of the World
Wildlife Fund in Canada, a position he held until the Trudeau Liberal
leadership campaign came calling.

In his resignation statement Butts even made a pitch for action to
halt climate change: "Our kids and grandkids will judge us on one
issue above all others," he said. "That issue is climate change. I
hope the response to it becomes the collective, non-partisan, urgent
effort that science clearly says is required. I hope that happens
soon."

---------- Forwarded 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@pm.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford" <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
"Ian.Shugart" <Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca>, djtjr <djtjr@trumporg.com>,
"Donald.J.Trump" <Donald.J.Trump@donaldtrump.com>,
JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca, "Frank.McKenna" <Frank.McKenna@td.com>,
barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Douglas.Johnson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, washington field
<washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, "Brenda.Lucki"
<Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, gov.press@state.ma.us,
bob.ross@state.ma.us, "Furey, John" <jfurey@nbpower.com>, jfetzer
<jfetzer@d.umn.edu>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, sfine
<sfine@globeandmail.com>, "Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>,
"steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, "David.Akin"
<David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, "Dale.Morgan"
<Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, news <news@kingscorecord.com>, news
<news@dailygleaner.com>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, jbosnitch
<jbosnitch@gmail.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, DJT
<DJT@trumporg.com>, wharrison <wharrison@nbpower.com>, "David.Lametti"
<David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>,
"Jody.Wilson-Raybould" <Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca>,
"hon.ralph.goodale" <hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>

>> 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.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-greenwald-and-braz
>>> ilian.html
>>>
>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/09/nsa-leak-guardian.html
>>>>
>>>> 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?v=vugUalUO8YY
>>>>
>>>> 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/ITriedToExplainItToAllMaritimersInEarly200
>>>> 6
>>>>
>>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/2006/05/wiretap-tapes-impeach-bush.html
>>>>
>>>> http://www.archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139
>>>>
>>>> http://archive.org/details/Part1WiretapTape143
>>>>
>>>> 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: Newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 17:09:31 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Perhpas your buddy Ralph Goodale should
cantact the Yankee Governor Charlie Baker and finally have the
warrants for my arrest erased EH Franky Boy McKenna?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:09:12 -0400
Subject: Perhpas your buddy Ralph Goodale should cantact the Yankee
Governor Charlie Baker and finally have the warrants for my arrest
erased EH Franky Boy McKenna?
To: "Frank.McKenna" <Frank.McKenna@td.com>,
barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Douglas.Johnson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, washington field
<washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, "Brenda.Lucki"
<Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, gov.press@state.ma.us,
bob.ross@state.ma.us, "Furey, John" <jfurey@nbpower.com>, jfetzer
<jfetzer@d.umn.edu>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, sfine
<sfine@globeandmail.com>, "Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>,
"steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, "David.Akin"
<David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, "Dale.Morgan"
<Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, news <news@kingscorecord.com>, news
<news@dailygleaner.com>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, jbosnitch
<jbosnitch@gmail.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, wharrison
<wharrison@nbpower.com>, "David.Lametti" <David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca>,
mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, "Jody.Wilson-Raybould"
<Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca>, "hon.ralph.goodale"
<hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>

Brendan Moss, Press Secretary, Governor's Office
 (617) 725-4025
 gov.press@state.ma.us


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Hon.Ralph.Goodale  (PS/SP)" <Hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:03:41 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Attn Barbara Massey I just called AGAIN
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Merci d'avoir ?crit ? l'honorable Ralph Goodale, ministre de la
S?curit? publique et de la Protection civile.
En raison d'une augmentation importante du volume de la correspondance
adress?e au ministre, veuillez prendre note qu'il pourrait y avoir un
retard dans le traitement de votre courriel. Soyez assur? que votre
message sera examin? avec attention.
Merci!
L'Unit? de la correspondance minist?rielle
S?curit? publique Canada
*********

Thank you for writing to the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
Due to the significant increase in the volume of correspondence
addressed to the Minister, please note there could be a delay in
processing your email. Rest assured that your message will be
carefully reviewed.
Thank you!
Ministerial Correspondence Unit
Public Safety Canada




On 6/26/19, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.goc411.ca/en/95200/Barbara-Massey
>
> Barbara Massey
> Barbara Massey works as Executive Director and Senior General Counsel
> for Justice Canada.
> Barbara can be reached at 613-843-6394
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Liliana (Legal Services) Longo" <Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:28:36 -0400
> Subject: Re: Attn Suzelle Bazinet.(613-995-5117) I just earlier
> Whereas I was not allowed to speak to you today its best that we
> confer in writng anyway (Away from the office/absente du bureau)
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> I will be away from the office June 26 to 28, 2017.  In my absence,
> Barbara Massey will be acting and she can be reached at  (613) 843-6394.
>
> Je serai absente du bureau du 26 au 28 juin 2017.  En mon absence,
> Barbara Massey sera interimaire et peut être rejointe au (613) 843-6394.
>
> Thank you / Merci
> Liliana
>
>
> Liliana Longo, Q.C., c.r.
> Senior General Counsel / Avocate générale principale
> RCMP Legal Services / Services juridiques GRC
> 73 Leikin Drive / 73 Promenade Leikin
> M8, 2nd Floor / M8, 2ième étage
> Mailstop #69 / Arrêt Postal #69
> Ottawa, Ontario
> K1A 0R2
> Tel: (613) 843-4451
> Fax: (613) 825-7489
> liliana.longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>
> Sandra Lofaro
> Executive Assistant /
> Adjointe exécutive
> (613)843-3540
> sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>
>>>> David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> 06/27/17 11:28 >>>
>
> Good Day
>
> Please view attachments
>
> Before I file my next lawsuit please explain why my documents which
> included a letter to you and an unsigned draft of a motion that you
> did not want me to file that I sent you in confidence as per your
> request were filed in the Public Record then argued by the Crown and
> even quoted from by Judges of the Federal Court of Appeal?
>
> Whereas the clerks of Federal Court are reluctant to file my brief
> and its exhibits Jan Jensen should at very least give his copy to his
> associate Paul Adams ASAP.EH?
>
> This is Canada Post's tracking history of my documents
>
> Tracking Number PG399580893CA
>
> FREDERICTON, NB
> HALIFAX, NS
> Accepted
>
> Out for delivery
> Date received 2017/06/26
> Current date 2017/06/27
> Expected delivery 2017/06/27
> Delivery details
>  ServiceXpresspost
>
> Expected delivery is 2017/06/27
>
> Perhaps somebody should start acting ethically before the lawyers Bill
> Pentney and John Laskin take a seat on the bench N'esy Pas Mr Prime
> Minister Trudeau "The Younger" ???? Better yet have your lawyers even
> bothered to read paragraph 83 of my first lawsuit yet?
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
> Elizabeth Caverly Director:
> Courts Administration Service
> 1720-1801 Hollis St.
> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3N4
> Phone: 902-426-9619
> Fax: 902-426-5514
> Email: elizabeth.caverly@cas-satj.gc.ca
>
>
> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All
>
> PROCEEDINGS QUERIES
> Recorded entry(ies) for A-48-16
>
> Court number information Court Number : A-48-16
> Style of Cause : DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
> Proceeding Category : Appeals Nature : Appeal (S.27 - Interloc.) -
> Others
> Type of Action : Non-Action
>
>
> 70 records found for court number A-48-16 Doc Date Filed Office
> Recorded Entry Summary
>
> - 2017-06-26 Fredericton Memorandum to file from Catharine M. Wilson
> dated 26-JUN-2017 On June 26, 2017, the Appellant/Respondent on
> Cross-Appeal submitted a post hearing brief per the direction of Webb,
> J.A., dated 08-JUN-2017, which is being sent to the FCA for direction
> as the document was submitted late and exceeds the number of pages.
> placed on file.
>
> - 2017-06-08 Ottawa Acknowledgment of Receipt received from both
> parties by email with respect to the Directions dated June 8, 2017
> placed on file on 08-JUN-2017
>
> - 2017-06-08 Ottawa Written directions of the Court: The Honourable
> Mr. Justice Webb dated 08-JUN-2017 directing "Please advise the
> parties that Mr. Amos has the right to submit a brief summary (not to
> exceed 5 pages) to explain the exact conflict that, in his view,
> arises in this matter with any of the judges assigned to this appeal
> and to submit any additional documents that are relevant to this
> issue. This summary and documents are to be submitted on or before
> June 23, 2017. [...]" received on 08-JUN-2017 Confirmed in writing to
> the party(ies)
>
> - 2017-05-26 Fredericton Letter from the respondent to Appellant,
> provided by Appellant (copy of the letter) dated 26-MAY-2017 The
> Respondent mentions they want communication from Appellant in written
> letters by mail only, from now on. received on 26-MAY-2017
>
> - 2017-05-24 Fredericton Request received from MR
> - 2017-05-24 Fredericton Request received from Appellant for CD audio
> of the hearing on 24-MAY-2017 for transcript. Tarriff: $15 paid placed
> on file on 24-MAY-2017
>
> - 2017-05-24 Fredericton This matter comes on for hearing on
> 24-MAY-2017 at Fredericton before The Honourable Mr. Justice Webb The
> Honourable Mr. Justice Near The Honourable Madam Justice Gleason
> Appearances: David Raymond Amos (self-litigant) 902-800-0369 for the
> appellant Jan Jensen 902-426-8177 for the respondent Language of
> Hearing: E Court Usher: Jason Kennedy Duration: on 24-MAY-2017 from
> 14:03 to 15:58 Courtroom : Courtroom No. 1 - Fredericton Court
> Registrar Michel Morneault Total duration: 1h55min Before the Court:
> Cross-appeal Result: reserved Comments: DARS Z005130 was used for the
> recording of the hearing Minutes of Hearing entered in Vol. 222
> page(s) 411 - 413 Abstract of Hearing placed on file
>
> 33 2017-04-24 Fredericton Affidavit of David Raymond Amos on behalf of
> Appellant/Respondent on cross-appeal sworn on 24-APR-2017 confirming
> service of doc.32 on Respondent/Appellant on cross-appeal by
> Xpresspost on 24-APR-2017 filed on 24-APR-2017
>
> 32 2017-04-24 Fredericton Book of Authorities with copy on DVD
> consisting of 1 volume(s) on behalf of Appellant/Respondent on
> cross-appeal Filed on 24-APR-2017 3 copy(ies) for the Court stored in
> Ottawa One copy placed in Annex
>
> 31 2017-04-20 Halifax Solicitor's certificate of service on behalf of
> Jan Jensen confirming service of doc #30 upon Appellant by courier on
> 20-APR-2017 filed on 20-APR-2017
>
> 30 2017-04-20 Halifax Book of Authorities consisting of 1 volume(s) on
> behalf of HMQ (cross-appeal) Filed on 20-APR-2017 3 copy(ies) for the
> Court stored in Ottawa
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Liliana (Legal Services) Longo" <Liliana.Longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 12:44:06 -0400
> Subject: Re: Yo Mr Jensen see attached file I see that you corrupt
> FEDS are on the attack bigtime as of May 24th N'esy Pas? (Away from
> the office/absente du bureau)
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> I will be away from the office until June 2, 2017.  In my absence,
> Barbara Massey will be acting and she can be reached at  (613)
> 843-6394.
>
> Je serai absente du bureau jusqu'au 2 juin 2017.  En mon absence,
> Barbara Massey sera interimaire et peut être rejointe au (613)
> 843-6394.
>
> Thank you / Merci
> Liliana
>
>
> Liliana Longo, Q.C., c.r.
> Senior General Counsel / Avocate générale principale
> RCMP Legal Services / Services juridiques GRC
> 73 Leikin Drive / 73 Promenade Leikin
> M8, 2nd Floor / M8, 2ième étage
> Mailstop #69 / Arrêt Postal #69
> Ottawa, Ontario
> K1A 0R2
> Tel: (613) 843-4451
> Fax: (613) 825-7489
> liliana.longo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>
> Sharon Dickson
> Executive Assistant /
> Adjointe exécutive
> (613)843-3540
> Sharon.Dickson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca


---------- 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




>>>
>>> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 10:48:58 -0400 (EDT)
>>> From: "David Raymond Amos" davidramos333@yahoo.ca
>>> Subject: I already know that you are as crooked as Hell Mr Leger. I am
>>> fishing for an honest cop not another corrupt bureaucrat. i am just
>>> proving that you know the truth Get it?
>>> To: Marc.Leger@gnb.ca
>>> CC: Day.S@parl.gc.ca, John.Foran@gnb.ca, pat.bonner@saintjohn.ca,
>>> lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca, infoam@fredericton.cbc.ca,
>>> infomorning@moncton.cbc.ca, infomorning@halifax.cbc.ca,
>>> webo@xplornet.com, Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>> alltrue@nl.rogers.com, samperrier@hotmail.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com,
>>> Scott.A@parl.gc.ca, amerrino@gmail.com, deanr0032@hotmail.com,
>>> wickedwanda3@adelphia.net, rfowlo@comcast.net, Harper.S@parl.gc.ca,
>>> bmulroney@ogilvyrenault.com, pcollin@cpa-acp.ca, Dion.S@parl.gc.ca,
>>> Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca, Layton.J@parl.gc.ca, Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca,
>>> Casey.B@parl.gc.ca, leader@greenparty.ca
>>>
>>> Subject: Mr. Amos
>>> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 11:41:22 -0300
>>> From: "Leger, Marc (DPS/MSP)" Marc.Leger@gnb.ca
>>> To: "David Raymond Amos" davidramos333@yahoo.ca
>>> David Amos,
>>>
>>> I am not able to address your concerns.
>>>
>>> Your calls and emails are not welcome and I would like you to stop
>>> communicating with me by phone and email
>>>
>>> Marc Léger
>>> Deputy Minister / Sous-ministre
>>> Public Safety / Sécurité publique
>>> (506) 453-7412 marc.leger@gnb.ca
>>> Working together to build a safer New Brunswick / Travaillons ensemble
>>> pour bâtir un Nouveau-Brunswick plus sûr
>>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Brian Gallant <briangallant10@gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 06:01:57 -0700
>> Subject: Merci / Thank you Re: Fwd: I just called Alan Roy again about
>> my right to health care, my missing 1965 Harley, the Yankee Wiretaps
>> tapes in its saddlebag and Federal Court and his assistant played dumb
>> as usual
>> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>
>> (Français à suivre)
>>
>> If your email is pertaining to the Government of New Brunswick, please
>> email me at brian.gallant@gnb.ca
>>
>> If your matter is urgent, please email Greg Byrne at greg.byrne@gnb.ca
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Si votre courriel s'addresse au Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick,
>> ‎svp m'envoyez un courriel à brian.gallant@gnb.ca
>>
>> Pour les urgences, veuillez contacter Greg Byrne à greg.byrne@gnb.ca
>>
>> Merci.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 10:42:09 -0400
>> Subject: Attn Marc Richard and John McNair I just called AGAIN Say hey
>> to my Brother in Law W. S. Reid CHEDORE and his brother of the law
>> David Lutz QC for me will ya?
>> To: MRichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca, John.McNair@snb.ca,
>> "serge.rousselle" <serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, Erin.Hardy@snb.ca,
>> David.Eidt@gnb.ca
>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.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.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
>>>
>>> These are digital recordings of  the last three hearings
>>>
>>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
>>>
>>> January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015
>>>
>>> April 3rd, 2017
>>>
>>> https://archive.org/details/April32017JusticeLeblancHearing
>>>
>>>
>>> This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal
>>>
>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All
>>>
>>>
>>> The only hearing thus far
>>>
>>> May 24th, 2017
>>>
>>> https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.blogspot.ca/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.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 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.blogspot.ca/2017/11/federal-court-of-appeal-finally-makes.html
>>
>>
>> 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.ca/fca-caf/decisions/en/item/236679/index.do
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
 
 
 
 
 

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