Monday 10 April 2023

A giant sandpiper sculpture has returned to an N.B. town — but its fate is uncertain

YO Higgy I wonder if Mr Holland will explain to the folks in my hometown why I am laughing at how a big Fake Bird can ruffle a lot of fancy feathers in snobby Sackville

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A giant sandpiper sculpture has returned to an N.B. town — but its
fate is uncertain



https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/shep-2-sandpiper-statue-returns-dorchester-1.6805965
 

A giant sandpiper sculpture has returned to an N.B. town — but its fate is uncertain

A beloved local landmark has returned to Dorchester, N.B.

Residents of Dorchester, N.B., said they're delighted to see the return of the statue, locally dubbed "Shep," in honour of nearby Shepody Bay. But officials with the municipality to which the village now belongs said Dorchester's avian avatar was reinstalled without permission, throwing its ultimate fate into question.

For now, however, former deputy mayor Kara Becker said residents are glad to have a refurbished version of the semipalmated sandpiper statue watching over the local landscape after three years away.

An eight-foot-tall statue of a sandpiper with a white body and brown wings stands in an artist's workshop surrounded by tools and building supplies.   Artist Robin Hanson spent two months building an eight foot tall semipalmated sandpiper. (Shane Fowler/CBC)

 "She looks so beautiful," Becker said of Shep in a telephone interview. "She does look different than the last version of it. She's a bit more colourful, but she is just plump and ready for what's coming."

Standing 2.4 metres high and weighing 135 kilograms, the original incarnation of Shep had a bird's-eye view of Dorchester for nearly 20 years. But when the wooden statue began to rot three years ago, the village council commissioned New Brunswick artist Robin Hanson to craft a more durable version made of steel, epoxy and
fibreglass.

Shep's journey home got bogged down in what Becker described as red tape when the village became part of a new municipality earlier this year. The region of Tantramar took shape on Jan. 1 when Dorchester merged with Sackville and Pointe de Bute, and efforts to pay Hanson fell off the new council's priority list.

A blond-haired woman sits on a green couch with wooden trim wearing a black jacket and shirt while smiling at the camera. Kara Becker, former deputy mayor, said residents are pleased that Shep is back. (Submitted by Kara Becker)

Becker said media reports about efforts to reclaim Shep prompted several organizations to cover the costs with donations, noting one such group ultimately helped secure the sculpture's return.

"The community support was really incredible," she said.

Becker said Hanson offered to drive the statue up on Wednesday, but others were eager to have it back sooner.

In the end, Shep rolled back into town in the back of a truck on Saturday. But the new municipal authorities don't appear to share local enthusiasm for the new sculpture.

"The municipality of Tantramar and its council did not commission this work to be done nor request or approve the installation of this statue on municipally owned land," reads an emailed statement from Mayor Andrew Black.

When asked if the statue will be removed, Black said the issue won't be discussed until municipal offices reopen on Tuesday.

Shep will have one ally on Tantramar's Council — Debbie Wiggins-Colwell, who previously served as Dorchester's mayor. She said the town worked hard to bring the statue back, adding it's in keeping with the village's bird-friendly image and its location by the ocean.

A large statue of a white shorebird with a black beak, black wings and black legs sits atop a pile of decorative rocks. There is a cement platform behind it with a black railing around it. The sandpiper statue that had sat in the community of Dorchester for years was an unofficial mascot of the community's annual summer sandpiper festival. (Submitted by Kara Feindel)

About $10,000 was spent on it but the big statue of the little bird props up the local economy and "brings in dollars that are many, many, many times over," she said.

Becker said she is afraid the statue might be relegated to a scrapyard or a storehouse.

"I'm so afraid they're going to try to remove her," she said.

Environmental advocates share her chagrin at the prospect, saying the statue could help raise awareness about a native species in decline.

Andrew Holland, spokesman for the Nature Conservancy of Canada, called semipalmated sandpipers a symbol of the upper Bay of Fundy.

About one-third of the world's semipalmated sandpiper population stops on the bay's mudflats for about three weeks toward the end of July where they get a break, rest and double their body weight before migrating to South America for the winter, he said.

The small birds, weighing about 20 grams, are listed as "near threatened" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's red list.

A tiny white and brown bird sits on a rocky beach. About 30 per cent of the world's semipalmated sandpipers will come to the Upper Bay of Fundy each year. (Jordan Myles)

"(The statue) serves as a reminder of the importance of the area. That these shore bird populations have been in decline in Canada, and all around the world," Holland said. "And this is a critical home for migratory shorebirds.

Nick Lund, a network manager for U.S.-based conservation group Maine Audubon, also feels the statue serves an important environmental purpose.

"These are small birds that don't often hang out very close to people, and so are hard to see," he said. "Many people, if they see shorebirds at all, see them only as tiny specks off on the mud. I think for a lot of people this sandpiper statue might be the first time they can actually see one up close."

Becker said Sandpipers are not just the subject of a local annual festival, but stand as an important symbol of resilience due to their ability to fly thousands of miles despite their diminutive size.

"We didn't intend to ruffle feathers," she said with a laugh. "We just think we need our bird back."

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78 Comments
 
 
 
David Amos 
I wonder if Mr Holland will explain to the folks in my hometown why I am laughing  
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to David Amos
I highly doubt he's given you any thought at all , even if he loses the 12 or so supporters you had the last time you ran for office 
 
 
 
 
David Amos  
 
Big Fake Birds aside I wonder if anyone recalls Donald the Celebrity cat in Sackville prompting debate and demands for animal bylaw changes not that long ago? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jack Russell  
Local Officials did't get their kick back so are now opposing it.  
 
 
David Amos 
 
Reply toJack Russell 
Have you seen Donald the celebrity cat lately? Perhaps the local officials got him kicked out  
 
 
David Amos 
 
Reply toJack Russell 
Celebrity cat in Sackville prompting debate and demands for animal bylaw changes

A cat named Donald has been the talk of the town ever since he was adopted this summer

Miriam Lafontaine · CBC News · Posted: Dec 16, 2021 8:00 AM A

 

 
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Kevin Archibald  
Sadly, this fake bird has more common sense than the town council. Leave the bird alone.  
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to Kevin Archibald 
Nobody cares 
 
 
Oscar Street 
Reply to Kevin Archibald 
Such are the ways when a council can't find real issues to spend their time working on. It seems like a council member has a personal dispute that's taking up public time now.  
 
 
Scott A. 
Reply to Kevin Archibald 
not the just the town 95% of the Human population ...  
 
 
 
 

 
 
Marcel Belanger  
Unbelievable... leave the bird where it is and please don't make a big thing of it just to satisfy big egos. 
 
 
David Amos 
 
Reply to Marcel Belanger
Too late The big egos already made it a big thing and now even little Lou is involved   
 
 
David Amos   

Reply to Marcel Belanger
Methinks the latest President of UMNB is feeling his oats N'esy Pas?  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Michael Cain  
Robin Hanson has created some great pieces of art unique to New Brunswick. One would have thought the commissioning of the work, the removal of the old and the subsequent installation of the work, approved by previous authorities, would be respected without fanfare. A little paperwork is all that's required.
 
 
David Amos 
 
Reply to Michael Cain 
Dream on 
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to Michael Cain
Trust that your hero Higgy knows my favourite is the R.B. Bennett statue 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lou Bell
It's been a part of the Community for years . Can't see why it shouldn't still be a part of the Community . Time to put egos aside and promote ALL communities in the Municipality . This obviously didn't cost the Municipality a cent and there's not one reason it should be taken down . Going forward though , members of the Council MUST remember there is a process to be followed and they're all there to represent the Municipality and everyone in it , and not just themselves and their friends . And if that's not viable , then just resign . It would be better for all . 


David Amos
 
Reply to Lou Bell 
Methinks you seem very confused today Best back away from the butter tarts and have a nap before you get a call from your boss N'esy Pas?  
 
 
Christopher Harborne 
Reply to Lou Bell  
They haven't said it will be taken down. The Mayor said it will be addressed now that they know it's happened, which could include having the installation verified so it's compliant with liability insurance requirements. A kid gets up on it and fall, you know what's gonna happen.

This is only a guess as well, but there were tables and chairs that belonged to now Tantramar that former Dorchester staff gave away without permission. I'm betting there might be some anger over "oh boy, not again".

I really don't see the municipality voting against a replacement Shep at all, the entire area benefits when tourists stop through when the sandpipers are here. 


David Amos 
 
Reply to Christopher Harborne
I just tried to call you 

 
Ben Wu 
Reply to Christopher Harborne  
Actually it was the Councillor for Dorchester who gave them away. The town showed up to give them away and they were gone 
 
 
Ben Wu 
Reply to Lou Bell
Actually it was the Councillor for Dorchester who gave them away. The town showed up to give them away and they were gone 
 
 
Christopher Harborne 
Reply to Ben Wu 
Yes, but they never told the town, who now owned the assets. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lou Bell
Appears to be a battle of who thinks they're more important than the other . This is after all the same area that thought keeping their hospital open and doctors available overnight to service 2 or 3 people should take precident over those where people were waiting 5 or 6 hours to be seen . 


David Amos
Reply to Lou Bell  
Clearly you do not know Dorchester very well  
 
 
Lou Bell 
Reply to David Amos
Clearly you do not know this area at all . Dorchester is a part of the Municipality that includes Sackville . You know , the same place whose residents demanded their Hospital remain open after hours to service 2 or 3 people an evening , while residents in many other places waited 5 and 6 hours to be looked after . So yeah , I do know the area very well .


David Amos
 
Reply to Lou Bell  
Even your hero Higgy knows I was born and raised there
 
 
Christopher Harborne 
Reply to Lou Bell 
As someone from this area, we know what happens when something is lost and we're left with a promise things will "be dealt with fairly". Federally, we lost the crime lab we had here, we lost the DFO office, and.... the last one is escaping me, but we were told that the cuts were necessary but that we'd see some benefits. Low and behold, the feds put all the jobs in Shediac, and nary a thought for this end of Beausejour. So yes, we will make a ruckus this time and garner as much attention and be the largest PITA we can be (legally), because that's the only way anyone pays attention to a small community. As for looking after the wait time, if it was servicing locals it wouldn't be 5 to 6 hours. It's because people from as far as Peticodiac will come to our ER to avoid the astronomical wait in Moncton. I don't begrudge them in the least, you do what's best for your health or your family. But don't turn this back on our community. 


G. Timothy Walton 
Reply to Lou Bell  
I can't remember the Sackville Hospital ER ever having only 2 or 3 people at a time, let alone of an evening.

As usual, reality is a slave Lou's politics.

 
David Amos 
Reply to G. Timothy Walton 
Oh So True  
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to G. Timothy Walton 
FYI I spent a month in a coma in that hospital
 
 
Scott A. 
 
Reply to
 
 
Scott A.  
Reply to Scott A.
just give a Community a Community Center and staff it, you want to Ego or Hyper-inflated sense of self importance ...

seems to create Classism or us vs them attitude, like almost instantly ... it is bizarre .. .

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Graeme Scott   
Do the newly created municipalities not inherit the liabilities of their component villages? Story says the previous council ordered the replacement statue. "But when the wooden statue began to rot three years ago, the village council commissioned New Brunswick artist Robin Hanson to craft a more durable version made of steel, epoxy and fibreglass."
 
 
David Amos
Reply to Graeme Scott  
"The municipality of Tantramar and its council did not commission this work to be done nor request or approve the installation of this statue on municipally owned land," reads an emailed statement from Mayor Andrew Black.

When asked if the statue will be removed, Black said the issue won't be discussed until municipal offices reopen on Tuesday." 

 
Lou Bell
Reply to David Amos
I'd expect the issue will be addressed at the next meeting of Council and not when the office opens Tuesday morning .  
 
 
Graeme Scott   
Reply to David Amos 
yes, but as the story says, the village of Dorchester did. I would assume the new municipality would be responsible for these obligations.  
 
 
David Amos
Reply to Graeme Scott  
A deal is a deal 
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to Graeme Scott  
Appears the new Mayor wants to show he's in charge and which apparently overides what's best for the Community in his mind ! 
 
 
Scott A. 
Reply to David Amos 
no no no, one can not make a deal with my goods and not my consent or representation ... that is like me selling your car, pocketing the money and saying a Deal is a deal ...

I think Canada's Oil is similar ... the Oil belongs to Canadians, it should not have been allowed to be sold to Private Corporations ...

kind of like the Canadian Governments making deals with WHO or WEF, it is not authorized ... they did not ask us if we mind a no-elected foreign body making policy for Canada and Canadians ... if it is not in the best interests of the people it is misrepresentations and, IMO, it should be Null and Void ...

 
Scott A. 
Reply to Lou Bell 
Government should not override what is best for the citizens ...

they could just say anything and do anything if that is the case and contrary to Justin Trudeau's behavior, that is not how it is supposed to work ...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alison Jackson
NB has the most perpetually offended people in Canada. So apologetic for this sitting government it's past the point of being amusing. 
 
 
David Amos 

Reply to Alison Jackson
Methinks you should try to enjoy the circus we are compelled to pay for N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to Alison Jackson  
Apparently so  
 
 
Lou Bell
Reply to Alison Jackson
The Municipal Government ? They're the only government involved in this you know .  
 
 
 
 
 
Louie Latour  
Looks great and glad to see it back where it belongs. Even more happy to see locals getting together to make something happen for their own benefit and satisfaction, rather than waiting for politicians to spend months wringing their hands, launching meaningless studies then having to issue a procurement process and pay overinflated costs to have the thing reinstalled. Kinda like paying $60K for rebranding...  
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to Louie Latour 
Amen





Ralston Cadman 
Mayor black is wonderful and totally correct on this matter.  
 
 
Graham McCormack
Reply to Ralston Cadman
Correct about what?  
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to Ralston Cadman
Surely you jest   
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to Graham McCormack  
The new Mayor is not correct  
 
 
Ralston Cadman 
Reply to Graham McCormack   
It was a joke comment as my previous 5 that stated that the mayor and 4 councillors from the Sackville ward are only going to look out for the former town of Sackville and could care less about the other 4 lsd areas. It started with the first meeting in which the mayor used his one vote to shut down a vote on deputy mayor. Was a 8-1 vote but needed to be unanimous now in new format. He’s going to do what is good for him,  
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to Ralston Cadman
Welcome to the circus 


Christopher Harborne
Reply to Ralston Cadman
Since when does a Mayor get a vote? They only get to vote to break a tie. And 8-0 would not have triggered that requirement 


David Amos 
Reply to Christopher Harborne 
True


Ralston Cadman
Reply to Christopher Harborne  
Incorrect. Now on some motions it needs to be unanimous and the mayor gets to vote on them too. Check the minutes of the very first meeting and you will see how he asks and then voted down the motion. 


David Amos 
Reply to Ralston Cadman
Interesting
 
 
Ralston Cadman 
Reply to David Amos
Yea it was. Nobody seemed to know this and he asks the clerk (Like he knew already) as the motion was for deputy mayor vote. He voted it down because he said he wanted the council to get to know one another better. But it’s known he wanted to make sure the councillor from Dorchester not get the position so he and his supporters from previous council got to position a nominee to challenge. Ironically it was a 5-4 vote on that vote when it eventually happened. Mayor to break tie. 
 
 
Christopher Harborne
Reply to Ralston Cadman 
The very first Council meeting on Jan 10 has no such record. Nor does the Feb minutes. March minutes are not available until they are presented at the April meeting I think? Anyway, no idea where you're getting this  
 
 
Ralston Cadman
Reply to Christopher Harborne
Maybe watch the meeting on YouTube. There was a motion to add it to the agenda and all 8 councillors voted yes to add it and then black voted against it with his reasoning. It has to be unanimous and he clearly knew that and voted against. I’m sure you like him but can’t defend against the truth.  
 
 
Ralston Cadman 
Reply to Ralston Cadman 
It’s right on first page of January 10th meeting. Motion by councillor wiggins-colwell and voted yea by all councillors and nay by mayor, motion defeated. Go check it out. 
 
 
David Amos 
 
Reply to Ralston Cadman 
I heard through the grapevine that the agenda of the closed door meeting tomorrow is an effort to cook Dorchester's goose  
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to Christopher Harborne 
The person who holds the key to resolving this nonsense is the new CAO and her buddy the Minister  
 
 
David Amos  
Reply to Ralston Cadman  
Do you know where to go to read all my comments? 


Christopher Harborne
Reply to Ralston Cadman 
I stand corrected, my apologies. I wasn't looking at agenda motions.  
 
 
David Amos  
Reply to David Amos
Tantramar Mayor Andrew Black blocks a vote on who will be his deputy

Posted on January 11, 2023 by brucewark

In a move that surprised many observers, Tantramar Mayor Andrew Black prevented council from electing a deputy mayor at its first meeting on Tuesday.

“We have just sat as the new council of the Town of Tantramar,” Black said.

“We have not had an opportunity to interact with one another. I would like us to be able to know each other and have an understanding of who we are as councillors and as council, before we make the decision of who would be the deputy mayor,” he added.

Black was responding to a motion from Councillor Debbie Wiggins-Colwell who sought to add the election of deputy mayor to Tuesday’s council agenda.

She pointed out that the bylaw governing council procedures requires it to elect a deputy mayor at its first meeting.

However, changing the agenda requires unanimous approval, and after all other councillors had voted to change it, Black asked clerk Donna Beal: “Do I vote as well?”

In the past, Sackville mayors have voted only to break council ties, but the new procedural bylaw imposed by the province allows the mayor to vote on every issue.

“I will vote nay,” Black declared defeating the motion to add the election of deputy mayor to council’s agenda.

 
David Amos 

Reply to Christopher Harborne 
Your apology speaks well of you Too bad you didn't pick up the phone today eh? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Graeme Scott   
Sounds like mayor Andrew Black is on a bit of an ego/power trip. Lighten up Mr Mayor. 
 
 
Ralston Cadman 
Reply to Graeme Scott  
Definitely!
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to Ralston Cadman
Ditto
 
 
 
 
 
Kyle Woodman  
I bet the Big Stop in Aulac would buy it if council wants to make some money back.  
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to Kyle Woodman 
Nobody has lost any money. I talked to the artist and he has been paid 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marc Andre 
Obviously Mr Black is incapable of sound reasoning, vote him out before he does any real damage.  
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to Marc Andre 
I don't think recall votes exist in Canada  
 
 
Marc Andre
Reply to David Amos
Poor choice of wording on my part. I meant simply to vote for a different ( more qualified) person next election. 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Matt Steele 
Not sure what the big issue is as there was a similar statue there , and it is not costing the taxpayers anything . Sounds like the new Mayor is a bit of a power tripper , and is against anything that he didn't personally approve . Give some of these people a little bit of power , and they want to control anything and everything .
 
 
Graeme Scott 
Reply to Matt Steele  
and the story indicates it was ordered by the previous council before amalgamation.  
 
 
David Amos
Reply to Graeme Scott  
Bingo
 
 
Christopher Harborne 
Reply to Graeme Scott 
The issue is, if the money wasn't spent under Dorchester, was this included in the new budget that the amalgamation manager built for Tantramar? If not, that's potentially part of the issue?  
 

David Amos
Reply to Christopher Harborne  
Higgy will fix it if the Greens apply the proper pressure 
 
 
 
 
Dianne MacPherson  
The Mayor and Council of Tantramar need to give

Dorchester an explanation for removing the Statue

other than "needed permission to set it up ".

This decision makes no sense.

 
David Amos 
Reply to Dianne MacPherson 
I agree 
 
 
 
 
 
Matthew Smith
No good deed shall go unpunished 
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to Matthew Smith
Oh So True The Feds have yet to do anything about this gift

R.B. Bennett statue on its way to Ottawa

Artist Robin Hanson created statue to honour only prime minister from New Brunswick

CBC News · Posted: Jul 31, 2015 10:51 AM ADT 

 
 
 
 
Greg Windsor  
Sackville, if you think you are going to come to Dorchester and remove a statue, you had better give it serious thought.....  
 
 
Mikjáll Gerrits 
Reply to Greg Windsor
You're going to have to get used to the new municipality governance because I doubt we're going to be able to change it any time soon. I'd rather we worked together to make something great instead of fighting with each other. There's enough of that crap going on between the provinces and within the country. 
 
  
David Amos 
Reply to Greg Windsor
I concur

 

 

 

Micheal Grey   
This is what politics is nonsense sometimes.

Bring back a well loved statue of a beautiful bird but because it was installed without permission it's awful. Humans suck.

 
David Amos 
 
Reply to Micheal Grey 
Methinks folks should wonder why I am laughing at the nonsense in my old stomping grounds today N'esy Pas?

Deja Vu Anyone?

Nature conservancy wants to help moose cross the Isthmus for Christmas

There are about 29,000 moose in New Brunswick, but only about 1,000 in mainland Nova Scotia

CBC News · Posted: Dec 23, 2015 8:45 AM AST

 
 
 
 
Mikjáll Gerrits
I feel as though someone is looking for controversy where there really is none.  
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to Mikjáll Gerrits
Somebody wants to be the big cheese tis all  
 
 

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>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>> From: "McGrath, Stephen T" <Stephen.McGrath@novascotia.ca>
>>> Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2018 12:40:22 +0000
>>> Subject: Automatic reply: Does anyone recall the email entitled "So
>>> Stephen McGrath if not you then just exactly who sent me this latest
>>> email from your office?"
>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Thanks for your message, however I am no longer at the Department of
>>> Justice, and this email account is not being monitored.
>>>
>>> Please contact Kim Fleming at Kim.Fleming@novascotia.ca (phone
>>> 902-424-4023), or Vicky Zinck at Victoria.Zinck@novascotia.ca (phone
>>> 902-424-4390). Kim and Vicky will be able to redirect you.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 15:16:38 -0400
>>> Subject: Attn Laura Lee Langley, Karen Hudson and Joanne Munro I just
>>> called all three of your offices to inform you of my next lawsuit
>>> against Nova Scotia
>>> To: LauraLee.Langley@novascotia.ca, Karen.Hudson@novascotia.ca,
>>> Joanne.Munro@novascotia.ca
>>> Cc: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>
>>> https://novascotia.ca/exec_council/NSDeputies.html
>>>
>>> https://novascotia.ca/exec_council/LLLangley-bio.html
>>>
>>> Laura Lee Langley
>>> 1700 Granville Street, 5th Floor
>>> One Government Place
>>> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1X5
>>> Phone: (902) 424-8940
>>> Fax: (902) 424-0667
>>> Email: LauraLee.Langley@novascotia.ca
>>>
>>> https://novascotia.ca/just/deputy.asp
>>>
>>> Karen Hudson Q.C.
>>> 1690 Hollis Street, 7th Floor
>>> Joseph Howe Building
>>> Halifax, NS B3J 3J9
>>> Phone: (902) 424-4223
>>> Fax: (902) 424-0510
>>> Email: Karen.Hudson@novascotia.ca
>>>
>>> https://novascotia.ca/sns/ceo.asp
>>>
>>> Joanne Munro:
>>> 1505 Barrington Street, 14-South
>>> Maritime Centre
>>> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3K5
>>> Phone: (902) 424-4089
>>> Fax: (902) 424-5510
>>> Email: Joanne.Munro@novascotia.ca
>>>
>>> If you don't wish to speak to me before I begin litigation then I
>>> suspect the Integrity Commissioner New Brunswick or the Federal Crown
>>> Counsel can explain the email below and the documents hereto attached
>>> to you and your Premier etc.
>>>
>>> Veritas Vincit
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>> 902 800 0369
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
>>> Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>>> To: coi@gnb.ca
>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>
>>> Good Day Sir
>>>
>>> After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
>>> to speak to one of your staff for the first time
>>>
>>> Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
>>> answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
>>> at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
>>> Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.
>>>
>>> These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
>>> suggested that you study closely.
>>>
>>> This is the docket in Federal Court
>>>
>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.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
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>>
>>> Vertias Vincit
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>> 902 800 0369
>>>
>>> P.S. Whereas this CBC article is about your opinion of the actions of
>>> the latest Minister Of Health trust that Mr Boudreau and the CBC have
>>> had my files for many years and the last thing they are is ethical.
>>> Ask his friends Mr Murphy and the RCMP if you don't believe me.
>>>
>>> Subject:
>>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
>>> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
>>> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>>
>>> January 30, 2007
>>>
>>> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>>>
>>> Mr. David Amos
>>>
>>> Dear Mr. Amos:
>>>
>>> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
>>> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>>>
>>> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
>>> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
>>> Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
>>> Minister of Health
>>>
>>> CM/cb
>>>
>>>
>>> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>>>
>>> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
>>> From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
>>> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
>>> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,John.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
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139
>>>
>>> http://www.archive.org/details/FedsUsTreasuryDeptRcmpEtc
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> Hon. Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.
>>> Integrity Commissioner
 
 
 

I called Tobias Paul (506) 295-3034 to talk about Donald He shut me down after wondering how I got his number So now I will talk about HIM

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Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 8:18 AM
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-----Original Message-----
From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2021 7:09 PM
To: barnyardbicycles@gmail.com; s.mesheau@sackville.com; bagtownbrewing@gmail.com; miriam.lafontaine@cbc.ca; bruce.wark@bellaliant.net; Mitton, Megan (LEG) <megan.mitton@gnb.ca>; steve.murphy <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>; sheilagunnreid <sheilagunnreid@gmail.com>; Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>; dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca; pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>; Katie.Telford <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>; Kevin.leahy <Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; Ian.Shugart <Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca>; info <info@gg.ca>; editor <editor@wikileaks.org>; station@chmafm.com; andrew <andrew@frankmagazine.ca>; NBEUB/CESPNB <General@nbeub.ca>; news-tips <news-tips@nytimes.com>; a.black@sackville.com; a.butcher@sackville.com; s.dietz@sackville.com; m.estabrooks@sackville.com; b.evans@sackville.com; k.hicks@sackville.com; b.phinney@sackville.com; m.tower@sackville.com
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>; blaine.higgs <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>; dominic.cardy@gnb.ca; Daniel.J.Allain <Daniel.J.Allain@gnb.ca>; hugh.flemming <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>; oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>; andrea.anderson-mason <andrea.anderson-mason@gnb.ca>
Subject: Re: I called Tobias Paul (506) 295-3034 to talk about Donald He shut me down after wondering how I got his number So now I will talk about HIM

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2021/12/celebrity-cat-in-sackville-prompting.html


Friday, 17 December 2021

Celebrity cat in Sackville prompting debate and demands for animal bylaw changes


---------- Orignal message ----------
From: Barnyard Bicycles <barnyardbicycles@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 17:27:44 -0400
Subject: Re: I called Tobias Paul (506) 295-3034 to talk about Donald He shut me down after wondering how I got his number So now I will talk about HIM
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

Hi David,

My cat is just fine thanks.

I hope you get the help you need,


Thanks,


Tobias Paul
Barnyard Bicycles
(506) 295 3034


---------- Original message ----------
From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 21:04:05 +0000
Subject: RE: I called Tobias Paul (506) 295-3034 to talk about Donald He shut me down after wondering how I got his number So now I will talk about HIM
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>


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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 17:02:17 -0400
Subject: I called Tobias Paul (506) 295-3034 to talk about Donald He
shut me down after wondering how I got his number So now I will talk
about HIM
To: barnyardbicycles@gmail.com, s.mesheau@sackville.com,
bagtownbrewing@gmail.com, miriam.lafontaine@cbc.ca,
bruce.wark@bellaliant.net, "Mitton, Megan (LEG)"
<megan.mitton@gnb.ca>, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
sheilagunnreid <sheilagunnreid@gmail.com>, Newsroom
<Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca, pm
<pm@pm.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford" <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
"Kevin.leahy" <Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Ian.Shugart"
<Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca>, info <info@gg.ca>, editor
<editor@wikileaks.org>, station@chmafm.com, andrew
<andrew@frankmagazine.ca>, NBEUB/CESPNB <general@nbeub.ca>, news-tips
<news-tips@nytimes.com>, a.black@sackville.com,
a.butcher@sackville.com, s.dietz@sackville.com,
m.estabrooks@sackville.com, b.evans@sackville.com,
k.hicks@sackville.com, b.phinney@sackville.com, m.tower@sackville.com
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "blaine.higgs"
<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, dominic.cardy@gnb.ca, "Daniel.J.Allain"
<Daniel.J.Allain@gnb.ca>, "hugh.flemming" <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>,
oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, "andrea.anderson-mason"
<andrea.anderson-mason@gnb.ca>

Need I say DUHHH??

Perhaps Tobias Paul should have listened to me then printed this file
in oe to protect his dumb cat

https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/Integrity-Yea-Right

Check out pages 1,  2, 13 and 14 Go figure why CBC continues to play dumb

https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/review-of-current-investigations-and-regulatory-actions-regarding-the-mutual-fund-industry

 The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a
series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and
Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.”

Witness Panel 1

    Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
    Director - Division of Enforcement
    Securities and Exchange Commission
          Cutler - November 20, 2003

    Mr. Robert Glauber
    Chairman and CEO
    National Association of Securities Dealers
          Glauber - November 20, 2003

    Eliot Spitzer
    Attorney General
    State of New York


Methinks the effect of Bill 82 on my old stomping grounds and the
doings in the local hospital (where I spent over a month in a comma
long before my cousin Madame Mitton was born) are far more newsworthy
than the actions of an old stray cat and the concerns of its nasty
owner N'esy Pas Mr Wark?


I have no doubt the Bagtown Brewing Company is enjoying the free
advertising financed by the the Canadian taxpayers

BTW Merry Xmass

Please enjoy watching the clowns performing in Higgy's circus today

https://legnb.ca/en/webcasts/689?audiolang=eng


60th Legislature | 1st Session | Daily Sitting #62
December 17, 2021
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/donald-the-cat-1.6287129

Celebrity cat in Sackville prompting debate and demands for animal bylaw changes

A cat named Donald has been the talk of the town ever since he was adopted this summer

 
 
 https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/contact-information?wbdisable=true

Refer to your local police for information about criminal record
checks. If the RCMP is your local police, use the RCMP locator to find
an RCMP detachment near you.

 
 

RCMP Sussex New Brunswick

46 subscribers
 
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139
>>>
>>> http://www.archive.org/details/FedsUsTreasuryDeptRcmpEtc
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>


For general information please contact:

Email: CCRTIS-SCICTR@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Phone: 613-998-6362 between 7:30 AM and 5:30 PM Eastern Time
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By Mail:
Director General
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By Courier:
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A copy of the new Tantramar organizational chart will be coming soon!
Chief Administrative Officer

Jennifer Borne
jborne@dorchester.com

Donna Beal, Clerk
d.beal@sackville.com

Becky Goodwin, Asst. Clerk
b.goodwin@sackville.com
Financial Services

Michael Beal, Treasurer
m.beal@sackville.com

Elizabeth Hartling, Asst. Treasurer
e.hartling@sackville.com
Corporate Projects

Kieran Miller, Sen. Manager
k.miller@sackville.com
Tourism & Business Development

Ron Kelly Spurles, Manager
r.kellyspurles@sackville.com
Recreation, Programs & Events

Matt Pryde, Manager
m.pryde@sackville.com

Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre,
Tel. (506) 364-4955, Fax (506) 364-4977

Todd Cole, Manager of Parks & Facilities
t.cole@sackville.com
Engineering and Public Works

101 Crescent St., Sackville Industrial Park
Tel. (506) 364-4960 [Call: (506) 364-4960] , Fax (506) 364-4978 [Call:
(506) 364-4978]

Jon Eppell, Town Engineer
j.eppell@sackville.com

Michelle Sherwood, Superintendent of Public Works
m.sherwood@sackville.com
Bylaw Enforcement

Corey Springer, By-Law Enforcement Officer
bylaw@sackville.com   (506) 364-4930 [Call: (506) 364-4988]

Jaime Spicer, Animal Control Officer
Tel. (506)536-7671 [Call: (506) 364-9199]
Sackville Fire & Rescue

31B Main St.
Emergency: 911

Craig Bowser, Fire Chief
c.bowser@sackville.com, (506) 364-4988 [Call: (506) 364-4988]

Mike Green, Deputy Fire Chief
m.green@sackville.com, (506) 364-4987
RCMP

RCMP Sergeant
Sgt. Eric Hanson
31A Main Street
Emergency: 911
Daytime non-emergency: (506) 533-5151
After Hours, Weekends and holidays non-emergency:
1-888-506-7267 (English)
1-888-506-1472 (French)

Crime Stoppers: 1-800-222-8477 (tips)
Text: CRIMES(274637) KEYWORD tip252
Crimestoppers.ca

Community Program Officer
Position currently vacant
31A Main Street
Email:  (community program inquiries only)

Plan 360
Tantramar District
131 H rue Main Street
Sackville, N-B,  E4L 4B2 Canada
(506) 364-4701 [Call: (506) 364-4701]
plan360.ca
 
 

Phil Handrahan resigns as Sackville’s Chief Administrative Officer

CAO Phil Handrahan chastises critics at Monday’s council meeting

After more than six years on the job, Phil Handrahan has submitted his resignation as the Town of Sackville’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO).

Mayor John Higham informed councillors in an e-mail yesterday that Handrahan’s resignation will take effect at the end of February.

Handrahan became Sackville’s CAO in May 2013 after a 30-year career with the city of Charlottetown where he had been serving as director of fiscal and development services.

Neither the mayor nor Handrahan himself have returned phone calls so the reasons for the CAO’s resignation are not clear.

Councillor Bill Evans, who serves on the town’s personnel committee, said that he’s personally not surprised at Handrahan’s departure.

“When he came here,” Evans said, “his plan was to be here for a term,” he added. “My understanding is that his intention was to be here for five years.”

Evans said he’s grateful that Handrahan, whom he described as “an experienced administrator,” actually stayed a bit longer.

“I’ve been really pleased with his professionalism and the professionalism he’s brought to the town,” Evans said, adding that Handrahan clarified the roles of town staff and council.

Evans said the personnel committee knew about Handrahan’s decision to resign well before Monday night’s council meeting when the CAO uncharacteristically chastised a member of the public and Councillor Shawn Mesheau for raising questions about how the town evaluates the events it sponsors.

Shelley Chase, owner of Garrison Hill Entertainment

During the public question period, Shelley Chase, owner of an entertainment booking agency, asked what measurement system the town uses to calculate benefits to residents versus expenditures.

She pointed out, for example, that the town spent $9,035.50 to stage a Joel Plaskett concert that attracted 180 people. Chase said revenues amounted to only $5,750 producing what she called a “net financial loss of $3,385.”

Mayor Higham objected to her use of the word “loss.”

“It’s not a loss of money, it’s an investment by the community to deliver a service that doesn’t make a profit,” Higham said. “It’s not a loss as you described it,” the mayor added. “We’ll describe that there’s a difference between the revenue and the amount of cost attached to it.”

Higham said that similar questions arise over the town’s subsidies for the rink at the Civic Centre.

CAO Handrahan then said that it’s up to council to decide on town spending for events and besides, the town is not a profit-making organization.

“It’s not whether or not we’re making money,” Handrahan said. “We don’t charge for roads, we don’t charge 100% for the arena, we don’t charge for sidewalks, we’re not trying to make a dollar on events.”

Councillor Shawn Mesheau

After Handrahan accused Chase of not understanding what the town does, Councillor Shawn Mesheau said it’s important to evaluate municipal services.

“As  a  councillor, I would hope to get the information so that when budget time comes, that an evaluation could be done to help a determination be made in regards to a line item in the budget,” Mesheau said.

Handrahan replied that all information is supplied during budget deliberations. “And you as a former member of council know that,” he said referring to Mesheau’s previous years on council.

Handrahan added that council votes on all expenditures. “So, you’re the evaluator. You ask us what to do. We’re doing what you’ve asked us to do,” he said, adding, “You ask more questions than anybody. We answer them as best as we can to try and give you the information. To make that statement suggests that we’re just going off willy nilly spending money without a care,” the CAO said to Mesheau. “That’s unfair.”

Mesheau replied that he hadn’t said that.

“You said ‘needs to be evaluated,’ you should listen to what you just said,” Handrahan replied. “You’re implying that we’re just spending money and we don’t care.”

“Wow,” Mesheau said.

“Wow is right,” Handrahan answered as their testy exchange ended.

 

As per my calls I trust that the Mayors of Norton, Sackville and Port Elgin should not deny my sending this email EH Higgy?

 

Charity McDonald

<charitymcd@gmail.com>
Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 9:58 PM
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the call last eve, the conversation was quite interesting.  Just wanted to let you know, I did get your email, am reading through it…will take some time, as there is a lot to read, and listen too, but will read as I get opportunity to do so.

Take care and have a great eve, will chat again,
Charity

David Amos

<david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 1:04 AM
To: walcorn54@gmail.com, cclark76@hotmail.ca, Randal_McKnight@yahoo.ca, johnurquart73@gmail.com, charitymcd@gmail.com, cbgillis@hotmail.com, stephenpmuir@outlook.com, jeffgaunce@villageofnorton.com, 1967asnyder@gmail.com, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, j.burke@sackville.com, info@villageofportelgin.com, lise.babineau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, "Mitton, Megan (LEG)" <megan.mitton@gnb.ca>, "Marco.Mendicino" <Marco.Mendicino@parl.gc.ca>, vnorton <vnorton@nbnet.nb.ca>, p.handrahan@sackville.com, j.higham@sackville.com, t.cole@sackville.com, alfwal@nbnet.nb.ca, "bruce.wark" <bruce.wark@bellaliant.net>, simon.serge@kanesatake.ca, "harjit.sajjan" <harjit.sajjan@parl.gc.ca>, "carolyn.bennett" <carolyn.bennett@parl.gc.ca>, jean-francois.leblanc@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "Ross.Wetmore" <Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca>, "Bill.Oliver" <Bill.Oliver@gnb.ca>, "Gary.Crossman" <Gary.Crossman@gnb.ca>, "John.Williamson" <John.Williamson@parl.gc.ca>, "rob.moore" <rob.moore@parl.gc.ca>


Wednesday, 2 November 2022

Local elections get enough candidates for functioning councils



---------- Original message ----------
From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:56:36 +0000
Subject: RE: Mr Handrahan I just called again tell your Mayor and his
friends in the RCMP to start lining up lawyers
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>

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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:54:45 -0300
Subject: Re: Mr Handrahan I just called again tell your Mayor and his
friends in the RCMP to start lining up lawyers
To: "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, j.burke@sackville.com,
info@villageofportelgin.com, lise.babineau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, "Mitton,
Megan (LEG)" <megan.mitton@gnb.ca>, "Marco.Mendicino"
<Marco.Mendicino@parl.gc.ca>, vnorton@nbnet.nb.ca
Cc: p.handrahan@sackville.com, j.higham@sackville.com,
t.cole@sackville.com, alfwal@nbnet.nb.ca, motomaniac333
<motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "bruce.wark" <bruce.wark@bellaliant.net>,
simon.serge@kanesatake.ca, "harjit.sajjan" <harjit.sajjan@parl.gc.ca>,
"carolyn.bennett" <carolyn.bennett@parl.gc.ca>,
jean-francois.leblanc@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

On 7/8/19, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote
 
 
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2019 14:54:57 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Mr Handrahan I just called again tell your Mayor and his
friends in the RCMP to start lining up lawyers
To: b.phinney@sackville.com, m.tower@sackville.com,
j.oneil@sackville.com, b.evans@sackville.com, a.butcher@sackville.com,
a.black@sackville.com, r.aiken@sackville.com
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, premier
<premier@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@ontario.ca>, Newsroom
<Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
"Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "David.Akin"
<David.Akin@globalnews.ca>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2019 14:11:16 -0400
Subject: Mr Handrahan I just called again tell your Mayor and his
friends in the RCMP to start lining up lawyers
To: p.handrahan@sackville.com, j.higham@sackville.com,
t.cole@sackville.com, alfwal@nbnet.nb.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, "bruce.wark"
<bruce.wark@bellaliant.net>, simon.serge@kanesatake.ca,
"harjit.sajjan" <harjit.sajjan@parl.gc.ca>, "carolyn.bennett"
<carolyn.bennett@parl.gc.ca>, jean-francois.leblanc@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

https://warktimes.com/2019/07/03/sackville-councillors-hear-pros-and-con-of-cougar-memorial-at-packed-town-hall-meeting/


https://warktimes.com/2017/08/09/sackville-councillors-asked-to-approve-impaired-driving-and-boating-signs/

Paul Gagne, RCMP Sergeant

31A Main Street
Emergency: 911
Local: 533-5151 (0800-1600 hours)
After Hours: 1-800-665-6663 [Call: 1-800-665-6663]
Crime Stoppers: 1-800-222-8477(tips)
Text: CRIMES(274637) KEYWORD tip252
Crimestoppers.ca

Jean-Francois LeBlanc, RCMP Community Program Officer

31A Main Street
Office Directly: 506-364-5107
Cell: 506-874-0010

Alf Walker 1st Vice President
RCL Branch 26
506 364 7766 cell
506 364 1093 fax
506 536 0304 home

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2019 22:34:13 -0400
Subject: Megan Mitton must know who Sally Cunliffe is by now
To: abordage@rogers.com, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre
<andre@jafaust.com>, lenorezannmla <lenorezannmla@bellaliant.com>,
"don.darling" <don.darling@saintjohn.ca>, "Dale.Morgan"
<Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Roger.Brown"
<Roger.Brown@fredericton.ca>, "martin.gaudet"
<martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca>, "mike.obrien"
<mike.obrien@fredericton.ca>, "dominic.leblanc.c1"
<dominic.leblanc.c1@parl.gc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, "Mitton, Megan
(LEG)" <megan.mitton@gnb.ca>, "Larry.Tremblay"
<Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Mark.Blakely"
<Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "warren.mcbeath"
<warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "hon.ralph.goodale"
<hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/06/controversial-political-party-greeted.html

Saturday, 29 June 2019

Controversial political party greeted by vocal protesters in Saint John


https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies

David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos @alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks everybody knows that the wacko Sally Cunliffe has to learn
some new tricks before the RCMP pull out a Section 10 document on her
or prosecute her under Section 300 N'esy Pas?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnTjXbbNn_w


 #cdnpoli #nbpoli


indiemediaeastcoastcanada.blogspot.com


METHINKS FOLKS SHOULD SCROLL DOWN IF THEY WISH TO READ THE ENTIRE
EMAIL N'ESY PAS?


---------- Orginal message ----------
From: "Mitton, Megan (LEG)" <Megan.Mitton@gnb.ca>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 17:44:52 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE Canadian Truths I would lay odds that
Megan Mitton knows Sally Cunliffe I know for a fact that Andre Faust
certainly does
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Thank you for your email. MLA Megan Mitton is out of the office and
will return the week of July 8th. We appreciate your patience, and
will read your email as soon as possible. If you require assistance
promptly, please email Alice Cotton, Constituency Coordinator
(alice.cotton@gnb.ca). For more urgent matters, you can also call the
office at (506) 378-1565. Merci pour votre courriel. La députée Megan
Mitton sera absente du bureau et reviendra la semaine du 8 juillet.
Nous apprécions votre patience, et nous lirons votre courriel dès que
possible. Si vous avez besoin d'aide plus rapidement, veuillez envoyer
un courriel à Alice Cotton, coordonnatrice de circonscription
(alice.cotton@gnb.ca). Pour des questions plus urgentes, vous pouvez
également appeler le bureau au (506) 378-1565.





Eastcoast Blogger
petitcodiac... check into werner bock .. a farmer there

David Amos
How stupid are you trolls?
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSY0nxkZIxM

David Amos
"did you ever meet charlie leblanc? he's a blogger downeast too.. not
a bright guy but apparently famous"
DUHHH????
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU3kcK6RdL8&t=124s

David Amos Yo Sally why did ya delete the link to your hero Chucky
Leblanc yapping about me in Federal Court?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU3kcK6RdL8&t=124s

Kata List Productions
You're confused... you keep repeating comments about deleted
comments.. why? No one is listening to your mad crazy shit Dave.

David Amos
@Kata List Productions I see you put the link to Chucky's bragging
back after you reminded the folks about you versus Chucky Leblanc and
his butt buddy Andre Faust of Occupy NB N'esy Pas Sally Baby?

Eastcoast Blogger
Occupy is full of commi.. but you are a class of something else.... a
troll with brain damage most likely.

David Amos
@Eastcoast Blogger Methinks mindless Trolls such as yourself must
resort to ad hominem insults when they run out of hot air and BS N'esy
Pas?

Kata List Productions
Werner Bock - farmer / rancher immigrant from Germany.. look into it Dave...

David Amos
@Kata List Productions Methinks everybody and his dog and particularly
your RCMP buddies in Petiticodiac know that I know your pal Werner
Bock very well N'esy Pas?






David Amos
Methinks the RCMP should go figure why I saved this video N'esy Pas Sally Baby?




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN-_1lUskYY



Town of Sackville - Facebook Censors
11 views

Eastcoast Blogger
Published on Jun 13, 2019
Censored and taking notes, described by the important people as: " low
class " - "unimportant " - a "troublemaker "..


  2 Comments


David Amos
Yo Sally Baby ask yourself why I saved this nonsense of yours?
Reply

Eastcoast Blogger
Because you're an obsessed lil dude?


David Amos
 "Comments are disabled for this video."

TOO LATE and TOO TOO FUNNY



CNP - Canadian Nationalist Party - Trav Patron


 https://youtu.be/8RQvA-Ox20s




Kata List Productions
Published on May 28, 2019

#travpatron #cnp #nationalist #canadiannationalistparty

http://nationalist.ca

The Canadian Nationalist Party (CNP) is a political party operating in
the federal jurisdiction of Canada. Our constituency advocates for a
constitutional monarchy within Canada, governed domestically rather
than through the British Crown. We advocate for an ethnocentric Canada
because we believe any political stance is rooted in identitarianism.
That is, the unifying factor of a nation is understood to be a common
tradition, lineage, and language. This is a movement based on the
principles of the Christian traditions inherent in the history of
Canada.

3 Comments

Kata List Productions  (edited)
CBC talked to Trav Patron in 2018 .. leader of CNP - Canadian Nationalist Party
Reply
David Amos
Say Hey to Trav and your buddies in the RCMP for me will ya?

David Amos
Eastcoast Blogger David Raymond Amos -- they won't answer your emails
about me .. gosh .. honey.. why do you think that could be old man?
hahaha! Reply David Amos @Eastcoast Blogger Now that is truly funny
because I am about to send them another email about YOU. FYI I just
talked to your buddy Travis Patron (306 700 2193) about the RCMP
Methinks you maybe the evil hate monger helping him on YouTube N'esy
Pas?

 http://tantramarlandownersassociation.blogspot.com/2019/07/cnp-canadian-nationalist-party-trav.html

Sunday, 7 July 2019

CNP - Canadian Nationalist Party - Trav Patron

 https://youtu.be/8RQvA-Ox20s

 #travpatron #cnp #nationalist #canadiannationalistparty

http://nationalist.ca The Canadian Nationalist Party (CNP) is a
political party operating in the federal jurisdiction of Canada. Our
constituency advocates for a constitutional monarchy within Canada,
governed domestically rather than through the British Crown. We
advocate for an ethnocentric Canada because we believe any political
stance is rooted in identitarianism. That is, the unifying factor of a
nation is understood to be a common tradition, lineage, and language.
This is a movement based on the principles of the Christian traditions
inherent in the history of Canada.


 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rcmp-hate-elections-canada-canadian-nationalist-party-1.5193358



RCMP launch hate crime probe of leader of nationalist group vying for
party status in federal election
Elections Canada gives Canadian Nationalist Party until mid-July to
meet requirements

Dave Seglins, Andreas Wesley, Carly Thomas · CBC News · Posted: Jun
28, 2019 4:00 AM ET



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:45:57 -0400
Subject: Fwd: So what does Premier Gallant and Minister Doucet et al
think of my lawsuit? How about David Coon and his blogging buddy
Chucky joking about being illegally barred from parliamentary property
To: j.higham@sackville.com

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 09:59:24 -0400
Subject: Fwd: So what does Premier Gallant and Minister Doucet et al
think of my lawsuit? How about David Coon and his blogging buddy
Chucky joking about being illegally barred from parliamentary property
To: Ernie.Steeves@gnb.ca, Sherry.Wilson@gnb.ca,
Keirstead.Brian@gnb.ca, "Ross.Wetmore" <Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca>,
Gary.Crossman@gnb.ca, Glen.Savoie@gnb.ca, Trevor.Holder@gnb.ca,
Dorothy.Shephard@gnb.ca, Ed.Doherty@gnb.ca, Bill.Oliver@gnb.ca,
John.Ames@gnb.ca, "michael.bray" <michael.bray@fosterandcompany.com>,
Jody.Carr@gnb.ca, Pam.Lynch@gnb.ca, Jeff.Carr@gnb.ca,
Carl.Urquhart@gnb.ca, Stewart.Fairgrieve@gnb.ca, Andrew.Harvey@gnb.ca,
Chuck.Chiasson@gnb.ca, Madeleine.Dube@gnb.ca, Francine.Landry@gnb.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "dan. bussieres"
<dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>, "brian.gallant" <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>,
"Dominic.Cardy" <Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, oldmaison
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, tj <tj@burkelaw.ca>,
"chris.collins" <chris.collins@gnb.ca>, "David.Coon"
<David.Coon@gnb.ca>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)" <Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 17:05:07 +0000
Subject: RE: So what does Premier Gallant and Minister Doucet et al
think of my lawsuit? How about David Coon and his blogging buddy
Chucky joking about being illegally barred from parliamentary property
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick.
Please be assured that your email has been received, will be reviewed,
and a response will be forthcoming.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to write.

Merci d'avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick.
Soyez assuré que votre courriel a bien été reçu, qu'il sera examiné
et qu'une réponse vous sera acheminée.
Merci encore d'avoir pris de temps de nous écrire.

Sincerely, / Sincèrement,
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 07:40:50 -0400
Subject: Fwd: So what does Premier Gallant and Minister Doucet et al
think of my lawsuit? How about David Coon and his blogging buddy
Chucky joking about being illegally barred from parliamentary property
To: Ernie.Steeves@gnb.ca, Sherry.Wilson@gnb.ca,
Keirstead.Brian@gnb.ca, "Ross.Wetmore" <Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca>,
Gary.Crossman@gnb.ca, Glen.Savoie@gnb.ca, Trevor.Holder@gnb.ca,
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Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, premier
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From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)" <Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 11:00:54 +0000
Subject: RE: So what does Premier Gallant and Minister Doucet et al
think of my lawsuit? How about David Coon and his blogging buddy
Chucky joking about being illegally barred from parliamentary property
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick.
Please be assured that your email has been received, will be reviewed,
and a response will be forthcoming.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to write.

Merci d'avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick.
Soyez assuré que votre courriel a bien été reçu, qu'il sera examiné
et qu'une réponse vous sera acheminée.
Merci encore d'avoir pris de temps de nous écrire.

Sincerely, / Sincèrement,
Mallory Fowler
Correspondence Manager / Gestionnaire de la correspondance
Office of the Premier / Cabinet du premier ministre



---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 07:00:35 -0400
Subject: So what does Premier Gallant and Minister Doucet et al think
of my lawsuit? How about David Coon and his blogging buddy Chucky
joking about being illegally barred from parliamentary property
To: Rick.Doucet@gnb.ca, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, briangallant10
<briangallant10@gmail.com>, "David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>,
"Davidc.Coon" <Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, oldmaison
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, "Bill.Fraser" <Bill.Fraser@gnb.ca>,
"Brian.kenny" <Brian.kenny@gnb.ca>, "serge.rousselle"
<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, "denis.landry2" <denis.landry2@gnb.ca>,
"Stephen.Horsman" <Stephen.Horsman@gnb.ca>, "victor.boudreau"
<victor.boudreau@gnb.ca>, nmoore <nmoore@bellmedia.ca>, "steve.murphy"
<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, "Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>,
"macpherson.don" <macpherson.don@dailygleaner.com>, "dan. bussieres"
<dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>, "leanne.murray"
<leanne.murray@mcinnescooper.com>, shutchison
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<bdysart@stewartmckelvey.com>, bdysart <bdysart@smss.com>,
"david.eidt" <david.eidt@gnb.ca>, "CRAIG.DALTON" <CRAIG.DALTON@gnb.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "brian.t.macdonald"
<brian.t.macdonald@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
"hugh.flemming" <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, "jake.stewart"
<jake.stewart@gnb.ca>, "bruce.northrup" <bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>,
"bruce.fitch" <bruce.fitch@gnb.ca>

New Brunswick Green Party Leader David Coon views on Brian Gallant
Cabinet Shuffle!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zykT1AHj4M


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Doucet, Rick (LEG)" <Rick.Doucet@gnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 01:07:58 +0000
Subject: RE: Final Docs
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Will get right on this.
Always look forward to your brilliant thoughts.
R


Hon.Rick Doucet
Legislative member for Charlotte-the isles
28 Mt.Pleasant Rd.
St.George, N.B. E5C 3K4

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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)" <Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 23:42:40 +0000
Subject: RE: You are welcome Premeir Gallant Say Hoka Hey to the evil
blogger Chucky Leblanc and all his Green Meanie Fake Left and Native
buddies for me will ya?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick.
Please be assured that your email has been received, will be reviewed,
and a response will be forthcoming.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to write.

Merci d'avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick.
Soyez assuré que votre courriel a bien été reçu, qu'il sera examiné
et qu'une réponse vous sera acheminée.
Merci encore d'avoir pris de temps de nous écrire.

Sincerely, / Sincèrement,
Mallory Fowler
Correspondence Manager / Gestionnaire de la correspondance
Office of the Premier / Cabinet du premier ministre


>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Póstur FOR <postur@for.is>
>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 22:05:47 +0000
>> Subject: Re: Hey Premier Gallant please inform the questionable
>> parliamentarian Birigtta Jonsdottir that although NB is a small "Have
>> Not" province at least we have twice the population of Iceland and
>> that not all of us are as dumb as she and her Prime Minister pretends
>> to be..
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið  / Your request has been received
>>
>> Kveðja / Best regards
>> Forsætisráðuneytið  / Prime Minister's Office
>>
>>
>> This is the docket
>>
>> 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 two hearings
>>
>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
>>
>> Jan 11th https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015
>>
>> This me running for a seat in Parliament again while CBC denies it again
>>
>> Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 - The Local
>> Campaign, Rogers TV
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276
>>
>> Veritas Vincit
>> David Raymond Amos
>> 902 800 0369
>>
>>

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
essential for the security and tranquility of the developed world. An
ISIS “caliphate,” in the Middle East, no matter how small, is a clear
and present danger to the entire world. This “occupied state,”
or“failed state” will prosecute an unending Islamic inspired war of
terror against not only the “western world,” but Arab states
“moderate” or not, as well. The security, safety, and tranquility of
Canada and Canadians are just at risk now with the emergence of an
ISIS“caliphate” no matter how large or small, as it was with the
Taliban and Al Quaeda “marriage” in Afghanistan.

One of the everlasting “legacies” of the “Trudeau the Elder’s dynasty
was Canada and successive Liberal governments cowering behind the
amerkan’s nuclear and conventional military shield, at the same time
denigrating, insulting them, opposing them, and at the same time
self-aggrandizing ourselves as “peace keepers,” and progenitors of
“world peace.” Canada failed. The United States of Amerka, NATO, the
G7 and or G20 will no longer permit that sort of sanctimonious
behavior from Canada or its government any longer. And Prime Minister
Stephen Harper, Foreign Minister John Baird , and Cabinet are fully
cognizant of that reality. Even if some editorial boards, and pundits
are not.

Justin, Trudeau “the younger” is reprising the time “honoured” liberal
mantra, and tradition of expecting the amerkans or the rest of the
world to do “the heavy lifting.” Justin Trudeau and his “butt buddy”
David Amos are telling Canadians that we can guarantee our security
and safety by expecting other nations to fight for us. That Canada can
and should attempt to guarantee Canadians safety by providing
“humanitarian aid” somewhere, and call a sitting US president a “war
criminal.” This morning Australia announced they too, were sending
tactical aircraft to eliminate the menace of an ISIS “caliphate.”

In one sense Prime Minister Harper is every bit the scoundrel Trudeau
“the elder” and Jean ‘the crook” Chretien was. Just As Trudeau, and
successive Liberal governments delighted in diminishing,
marginalizing, under funding Canadian Forces, and sending Canadian
military men and women to die with inadequate kit and modern
equipment; so too is Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Canada’s F-18s are
antiquated, poorly equipped, and ought to have been replaced five
years ago. But alas, there won’t be single RCAF fighter jock that
won’t go, or won’t want to go, to make Canada safe or safer.

My Grandfather served this country. My father served this country. My
Uncle served this country. And I have served this country. Justin
Trudeau has not served Canada in any way. Thomas Mulcair has not
served this country in any way. Liberals and so called social
democrats haven’t served this country in any way. David Amos, and
other drooling fools have not served this great nation in any way. Yet
these fools are more than prepared to ensure their, our safety to
other nations, and then criticize them for doing so.

Canada must again, now, “do our bit” to guarantee our own security,
and tranquility, but also that of the world. Canada has never before
shirked its responsibility to its citizens and that of the world.

Prime Minister Harper will not permit this country to do so now

From: dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 14:17:17 -0400
Subject: RE: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and
the War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still
alive
To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com

This is to confirm that the Minister of National Defence has received
your email and it will be reviewed in due course. Please do not reply
to this message: it is an automatic acknowledgement.

>>>>
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 13:55:30 -0300
Subject: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and the
War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still alive
To: DECPR@forces.gc.ca, Public.Affairs@socom.mil,
Raymonde.Cleroux@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca, john.adams@cse-cst.gc.ca,
william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, stoffp1 <stoffp1@parl.gc.ca>,
dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca, media@drdc-rddc.gc.ca, information@forces.gc.ca,
milner@unb.ca, charters@unb.ca, lwindsor@unb.ca,
sarah.weir@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca, birgir <birgir@althingi.is>, smari
<smari@immi.is>, greg.weston@cbc.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>,
susan@blueskystrategygroup.com, Don@blueskystrategygroup.com,
eugene@blueskystrategygroup.com, americas@aljazeera.net
Cc: "Edith. Cody-Rice" <Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca>, "terry.seguin"
<terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>, whistleblower
<whistleblower@ctv.ca>

I talked to Don Newman earlier this week before the beancounters David
Dodge and Don Drummond now of Queen's gave their spin about Canada's
Health Care system yesterday and Sheila Fraser yapped on and on on
CAPAC during her last days in office as if she were oh so ethical.. To
be fair to him I just called Greg Weston (613-288-6938) I suggested
that he should at least Google SOUCOM and David Amos It would be wise
if he check ALL of CBC's sources before he publishes something else
about the DND EH Don Newman? Lets just say that the fact  that  your
old CBC buddy, Tony Burman is now in charge of Al Jazeera English
never impressed me. The fact that he set up a Canadian office is
interesting though

http://www.blueskystrategygroup.com/index.php/team/don-newman/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/media/story/2010/05/04/al-jazeera-english-launch.html

Anyone can call me back and stress test my integrity after they read
this simple pdf file. BTW what you Blue Sky dudes pubished about
Potash Corp and BHP is truly funny. Perhaps Stevey Boy Harper or Brad
Wall will fill ya in if you are to shy to call mean old me.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/Integrity-Yea-Right

The Governor General, the PMO and the PCO offices know that I am not a
shy political animal

Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369

Enjoy Mr Weston
http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/news/story/2011/05/15/weston-iraq-invasion-wikileaks.html

"But Lang, defence minister McCallum's chief of staff, says military
brass were not entirely forthcoming on the issue. For instance, he
says, even McCallum initially didn't know those soldiers were helping
to plan the invasion of Iraq up to the highest levels of command,
including a Canadian general.

That general is Walt Natynczyk, now Canada's chief of defence staff,
who eight months after the invasion became deputy commander of 35,000
U.S. soldiers and other allied forces in Iraq. Lang says Natynczyk was
also part of the team of mainly senior U.S. military brass that helped
prepare for the invasion from a mobile command in Kuwait."

http://baconfat53.blogspot.com/2010/06/canada-and-united-states.html

"I remember years ago when the debate was on in Canada, about there
being weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Our American 'friends"
demanded that Canada join into "the Coalition of the Willing. American
"veterans" and sportscasters loudly denounced Canada for NOT buying
into the US policy.

At the time I was serving as a planner at NDHQ and with 24 other of my
colleagues we went to Tampa SOUCOM HQ to be involved in the planning
in the planning stages of the op....and to report to NDHQ, that would
report to the PMO upon the merits of the proposed operation. There was
never at anytime an existing target list of verified sites where there
were deployed WMD.

Coalition assets were more than sufficient for the initial strike and
invasion phase but even at that point in the planning, we were
concerned about the number of "boots on the ground" for the occupation
(and end game) stage of an operation in Iraq. We were also concerned
about the American plans for occupation plans of Iraq because they at
that stage included no contingency for a handing over of civil
authority to a vetted Iraqi government and bureaucracy.

There was no detailed plan for Iraq being "liberated" and returned to
its people...nor a thought to an eventual exit plan. This was contrary
to the lessons of Vietnam but also to current military thought, that
folks like Colin Powell and "Stuffy" Leighton and others elucidated
upon. "What's the mission" how long is the mission, what conditions
are to met before US troop can redeploy?  Prime Minister Jean Chretien
and the PMO were even at the very preliminary planning stages wary of
Canadian involvement in an Iraq operation....History would prove them
correct. The political pressure being applied on the PMO from the
George W Bush administration was onerous

American military assets were extremely overstretched, and Canadian
military assets even more so It was proposed by the PMO that Canadian
naval platforms would deploy to assist in naval quarantine operations
in the Gulf and that Canadian army assets would deploy in Afghanistan
thus permitting US army assets to redeploy for an Iraqi
operation....The PMO thought that "compromise would save Canadian
lives and liberal political capital.. and the priority of which
....not necessarily in that order. "

You can bet that I called these sneaky Yankees again today EH John
Adams? of the CSE within the DND?

http://www.socom.mil/SOCOMHome/Pages/ContactUSSOCOM.aspx
 
 
 

New CAO calls for ‘one community mindset’ at swearing in ceremony for new Tantramar council

A group of nine people (7 men and 2 women) pose for a photo.
Tantramar council as sworn in December 20, 2022. From left to right: Debbie Wiggins-Colwell, Barry Hicks, Matt Estabrooks, Josh Goguen, Andrew Black, Mike Tower, Greg Martin, Bruce Phinney, and CAO Jennifer Borne. Absent: Allison Butcher. Photo: Erica Butler
 
 
Erica Butler - CHMA - SackvilleNB | 21-12-2022

The mood was optimistic last night in Dorchester as about 75 people gathered to witness the swearing in of the first ever Mayor and Council for the new municipality of Tantramar.

“Welcome to such a historic evening,” said new Tantramar CAO Jennifer Borne as she began her first public address of the new council.

“It is both an honour and a privilege to stand before you as the first CAO of Tantramar and lead such an exceptional team of dedicated and talented employees,” Borne told the crowd. “While we gather on such a historic evening, we must acknowledge the history that came before us. We must commit to preserving local identities of individual areas that are coming together and continue to promote local interests as we move forward with a one community mindset.”

Sackville and newly-appointed Tantramar town clerk Donna Beal led the new mayor and councillors in a swearing in ceremony where one by one, they each pledged to “diligently, faithfully and impartially discharge to the best of [their] ability, the duties of office as may be imposed on [them] by law.”

First the mayor Andrew Black, then councillors Matt Estabrooks, Josh Goguen, Barry Hicks, Greg Martin, Bruce Phinney, Mike Tower and Debbie Wiggins Colwell were all sworn in. Allison Butcher was unable to be at the ceremony and will be sworn in at the first council meeting on January 10, 2023.

After the ceremony Black told reporters he was excited to begin his term. “It feels more real now, which is both kind of scary, but also really exciting,” said Black.

Former Dorchester mayor and Ward 1 Tantramar representative Debbie Wiggins-Colwell got an especially large cheer from her hometown crowd after she read her pledge. Like her colleagues, Wiggins-Colwell was all smiles after the ceremony. “I really feel the inclusion,” she said. “Such a happy event.”

Ward 5 councillor Greg Martin said he was looking forward to the future, and felt the crowd was filled with, “Tantramar people… people that want to see this whole area be a real success.”

Ward 3 councillor Josh Goguen said he was impressed with the turnout, and he had already started hearing from various people about their concerns, including people from the Dorchester Fire Department.

“I’m looking forward to what’s coming at us,” said Ward 3 councillor Michael Tower. “We have a good team to work with. And we can make it work.”

Tower said he was surprised by the new organizational structure announced this week, which organizes the new town into six new departments, and adds a number of new staff roles, including a human resources manager and a communications officer. “I was very happy to hear [about] the HR,” said Tower. “We’ve got to have that connection to help all [aspects] of our town, especially the fire department, they need some extra support.” The fire department was the subject of a workplace assessment in 2022 after complaints of bullying from various volunteers were brought to light by journalist Bruce Wark.

Mayor Andrew Black was also positive about the new organizational structure and new staff. “There’s a lot of stuff in there that we had spoken of at [Sackville] council for the last few years,” said Black, citing communications, compliance, and human resources. “I haven’t seen it all fleshed out entirely. But I’m pretty excited about that,” said Black.

Tantramar Council will hold its first regular meeting on January 10, 2023.

 
 

Allain dismisses Sackville council concerns and affirms appointment of Jennifer Borne as Tantramar CAO

 
A head shot of a man in a suit and tie smiling at camera.Minister of Local Government and MLA for Moncton East, Daniel Allain. Photo: pcnb.ca
 
 
Erica Butler - CHMA - SackvilleNB | 27-07-2022
 
Local Government Minister Daniel Allain has turned down Mayor Shawn Mesheau’s request for an independent review of the process behind hiring a new Tantramar CAO. In a letter to council this week, Allain said he was sticking with his appointment of Dorchester CAO Jennifer Borne to head up the staff for the new municipality of Tantramar. The only other candidate for the job was Sackville CAO Jamie Burke.

Mesheau wrote to Allain about two weeks ago after Sackville town council asked him to do so at their regular July meeting. Mesheau called the process which resulted in Borne’s appointment “fundamentally flawed”, and asked for a meeting with Allain and a review of the whole process by an independent HR consultant.

The minister and the mayor met last week, and this week, Allain sent his reply to all councillors expressing his “confidence in the recruitment process leading to [his] decision to appoint Jennifer Borne to the role.”

Allain’s letter mentioned the province’s contract with Jennifer Murray Consulting of Moncton, whom he said were “responsible for overseeing a biased free [sic] recruitment process leading to a fair and objective evaluation of candidates.”

The letter reads, “The position advertisement, essential qualifications, competencies, and candidate evaluation grid were based on an objective assessment of the position requirements and all candidates were assessed based on the established criteria.”

Allain then offered up a timeline of the process that took place.

On June 3, a small HR subcommittee was appointed by provincial appointee Chad Peters. That committee included Sackville Deputy Mayor Andrew Black, Dorchester Deputy Mayor Robert Corkerton, and appointed representative from the Sackville local service district Chris Milner.

Deputy Mayor Andrew Black chairing a meeting of council on July 12, 2022. Image: Youtube screencap

Black later explained to CHMA that he had concerns about the make-up of the committee early on, because it involved two people with existing working relationships to the candidates. Black had worked with Jamie Burke for years, and Robert Corkerton had likewise worked with Jennifer Borne. That would leave Chris Milner, appointed by the province, to break a likely tie vote.

Black says he voiced those concerns to Chad Peters before the process began, but was told the process was decided and the same process was being used province-wide.

Black would later resign, but not before a single round of candidate interviews were conducted on June 8th and 14th. According to Allain’s timeline, Black’s resignation comes on the July 15, a day after “the HR subcommittee finalized the evaluation of the candidates as well as their recommendation on the candidate most qualified for appointment.”

Black agrees that he participated in both interviews and that the committee had essentially finished its work when he resigned, but he says he did not sign off on a recommendation.

Jennifer Borne has been CAO of Dorchester for nearly five years, managing a staff complement of three full time employees and two casual workers. Burke was hired as CAO of Sackville in April 2020, and as of this month manages about 37 permanent employees as well a temporary and summer contracts.

Reactions from Sackville town council

Mayor Shawn Mesheau is out of town and unavailable for comment this week, so CHMA reached out to Sackville town councillors to get their reactions to Allain’s refusal to review the hiring process.

Councillor Bruce Phinney wasn’t at the meeting where council unanimously asked the Mayor to express their concerns to Allain, and may not have supported the motion. Phinney has long been critical of Jamie Burke and was the lone vote against hiring Burke in 2020. Earlier in July, Phinney responded positively to the news that Jennifer Borne would be appointed Tantramar CAO. Phinney told CHMA via email that he felt the hiring committee had “hired the right person for the CAO position,” and that he wished Jamie Burke all the best.

Deputy Mayor Andrew Black had previously shared his concerns about the hiring process, but declined to comment on Allain’s response.

Councillor Sabine Dietz, who made the motion calling for the letter to Allain, replied by email that she was “not surprised” considering that the provincial government has “not given an inch” on any requests from Sackville town council throughout the local government reform process. Dietz said although she wasn’t surprised, the situation remains “frustrating and infuriating.”

Councillor Bill Evans speaking at Sackville town council. Image: Youtube screen capture

Councillor Bill Evans, who has been a vocal opponent of the forced amalgamation process all along, was willing to share his thoughts in a phone interview Tuesday evening.

Here’s that interview, editied for length:

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Evans says he was not pleased but also not surprised at the answer from Allain, which he characterizes thus: “The guy who created the flawed process has assured us that it wasn’t flawed.”

Evans says he can’t prove it, but he suspects Minister Allain of punishing Sackville for being outspoken about the local government reform process.

When the plan for forced amalgamations first came to light, Evans recalls, “some people advised us that pushing back would get the Minister mad at us, and we might suffer consequences. And I thought, oh my god, this is like a mafia protection racket. We cannot call out wrongdoing, lest we be punished.”

Evans says he feels the process was flawed in part due to the membership of the HR committee that made the final recommendation to Allain. “One of them was the facilitator [Chad Peters] appointed by the Minister, one was a person [Chris Milner] appointed by the facilitator, and one represented Dorchester [Robert Corkerton],” says Evans. “And they pick the Dorchester CAO.”

Evans also believes that based on Borne’s work experience managing the village of Dorchester and working for the town of Amherst, she would not have made the shortlist in an external hiring process such as the one used to hire Jamie Burke in 2020. “With that CV, she would not have got an interview,” says Evans.

“This is not anything personal against [Borne],” says Evans. “But a group of people picked somebody who, in my opinion, is the inferior candidate.”

Evans was one of seven town councillors who voted in favour of hiring Jamie Burke in 2020. “We have someone who has done the job well, and has the support of the existing council, representing whatever it is, two thirds of the population of the new entity,” says Evans. “And the minister imposed his will and picked someone else. And it’s my opinion that he did it out of spite.”

CHMA has reached out to Jennifer Borne for an interview, but she was not available at this time. We hope to bring you that interview in the near future.

 
 
 
 
 

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Nature conservancy wants to help moose cross the Isthmus for Christmas

There are about 29,000 moose in New Brunswick, but only about 1,000 in mainland Nova Scotia

The Nature Conservancy of Canada is on the campaign trail in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia for the fourth year in a row as it raises money to buy parcels of land in both provinces to allow free passage of endangered animals.

The goal of the campaign, says spokesperson Andrew Holland, is to educate about the importance of the Chignecto Isthmus Focal Area, also known as the moose sex corridor

This marks the 4th annual Help the Moose Cross the Isthmus for Christmas Campaign. 

"This is trying to get moose to move over into Nova Scotia to boost the gene pool. They need it," Holland told CBC Halifax's Information Morning. 

The corridor is intended for moose, bobcat, bear, endangered Canada lynx. There are about 29,000 moose in New Brunswick, but only about 1,000 in mainland Nova Scotia, which are a different sub-species than the plentiful Cape Breton moose, Holland says. 

"They use this crucial area. That's how they get around." 

'We're trying to act now'

Over the last four years, the Nature Conservancy has been piecing together about 1090 hectares, protected on the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick side of the Chignecto Isthmus area. 

This Christmas campaign involves 77 hectares on the Nova Scotia side, two land purchases north of Amherst. On the New Brunswick side, they have 104 hectares of land near Shediac and another project close to Route 16 in New Brunswick that's 32 hectares. They're trying to raise $28,000 to finalize these purchases. 

Holland jokes the project can help interprovincial relations.

"The Nature Conservancy of Canada has chosen this area because of fragmentation," he said. "Wetlands being taken out of commission, so to speak, and also forested areas. We're trying to act now and save the best of what's left." 

Even if this year's fundraising campaign is successful, they still have a way's to go to reach their goal: a single and continuous tract of land for the corridor. 

"These are key pieces of the puzzle and that's what this is all about — working with private land owners who wants to sell or donate their lands to us so we can make a wilderness corridor and it's  showing progress." 

"For the population to have some potential to bounce back, we really need to improve the gene pool on the Nova Scotia side," he said.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada has been working in Nova Scotia since 1971. 

 
 
 
 
 
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Its April 10th, 2023

Methinks folks should wonder why I am laughing at the nonsense in my old stomping grounds today N'esy Pas?

 
 
 
 
 

Dorchester residents pitch the return of Shep the Sandpiper to village square

   This platform for viewers was built by the village of Dorchester in 2021. All that’s missing: one giant sandpiper. Image: contributed

Every year, tens of thousands of tiny sandpipers arrive in the Bay of Fundy mudflats at Johnsons Mills after having left their breeding grounds in the Arctic. When they arrive they weigh about as much as a strawberry, and proceed to feast in the Fundy mudflats until they’ve doubled their weight and can make the rest of their journey down to South America.

But there’s one sandpiper that doesn’t make the trip. Or at least there was. For about 20 years, a wooden statue of Shep the Sandpiper—the world’s biggest, they say—stood in Dorchester Village square, an homage to the natural wonder the birds create, and an attraction to passersby. But in recent years Shep has been missing, having fallen victim to wood rot and been taken down for repair.

A group of residents from the village are determined to bring Shep back to Dorchester, and they presented to Tantramar Council on Tuesday to make their case.

“As the undisputed world’s largest Sandpiper, Shep has always received a lot of attention,” Kara Becker told council, noting that Shep is still featured on the Tourism New Brunswick website and tripadvisor.com. “Unfortunately, this has turned to disappointment when visitors go to see her,” said Becker, quoting from a Trip Advisor review that rated the attraction just one out of five. “Shep the Sandpiper is missing,” reads the review. “We got there on May 19, 2022, and Shep was not there, only the stand and rocks.”

While the village of Dorchester managed to get a new platform for Step built in 2021, it remains empty, as the project to repair the wooden bird has been beleaguered with setbacks.

  The original Shep in his spot in Dorchester village square about 4 years ago. Photo: Susan McDonald

The original artist who carved Shep more than 20 years ago had taken on the repair work for the statue by 2021, but the conditions of the wood were worse than originally suspected. Then in October 2021, someone broke into Monty MacMillan’s workshop in Maugerville and cleaned out all his tools. It was enough to get the 80-year-old MacMillan to throw in the towel.

More than six months later (coincidentally a few days before the disappointed tourist from the Trip Advisor review) Dorchester village councillors got the bad news that MacMillan couldn’t complete the work. According to village council minutes, new options would have to be explored that would take the project into 2023, and into a newly amalgamated municipality.

One of those options appears to have been Robin Hanson, a painter, sculptor, and owner of the Hanson Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden outside Oromocto. Hanson made a local social media splash recently when he posted pictures of a completed Shep in fiberglass and epoxy finish, designed to survive a few decades in the village square. That post has since been taken down, but CHMA called up Hanson to find out about his experience building a new Shep, after being approached by former Dorchester mayor Debbie Wiggins-Colwell.

Hansen says it was Monty MacMillan who referred Wiggins-Colwell to him. “She was on the mission to see if she could get Shep replaced with a new Shep,” recalls Hanson. “[MacMillan] had just decided that he’s not going to do [carving] anymore, and so he recommended that Debbie talk to me, and so she did. She came out, and she brought the legs out, and the beak.”

Wiggins-Colwell told CHMA she was originally part of a community effort to revive the statue, but has stepped away because of her position as Tantramar councillor.

Hanson says the cost of his version of Shep costs $9300 before taxes, and paying for it is what brought Kara Becker, Mike Gillespie, and Maxc MacNichol to council on Tuesday. The trio are asking that the town of Tantramar chip in to help get the new Shep created by Hanson installed in the village square in time for this year’s Sandpiper Festival, some time around late July or August, when the birds come to feed.

    Artist Robin Hanson stands beside his recreation of Shep the Sandpiper. Photo: contributed.

“We understand that during the transition, the budget allocated by the previous council to bring back Shep may have been cut,” said Becker. “This means a further delay in completing this project that has already been invested in by taxpayers.”

According to Dorchester Village minutes, up to $15,000 was allotted for the construction of the new viewing platform, which was completed in 2021. Though Dorchester village originally budgeted between $2000 and $2500 towards the Shep replacement, there is no money specifically for Shep allotted in the Tantramar budget this year. Tantramar and former Dorchester CAO Jennifer Borne says that a budget request for $60,000 was submitted by the village council to the provincial consultant who created Tantramar’s budget, but the item didn’t make it in.

But Borne has also talked about the flexibility inherent in this year’s Tantramar budget thanks to a lack of detail coming from the province, so it will be up to the new Tantramar council to determine how much support the town can provide to help Shep the Sandpiper makes her return migration to Dorchester this year. Becker says the group will help raise funds to cover any budget shortfall if necessary.

“There is certainly a curious void at the village centre,” said Becker. “The goal is that we work together and finally bring back Shep.”

For Robin Hanson’s part, Shep is ready to go. “She could be in Dorchester this afternoon,” said Hanson on Wednesday. The artist is also enthusiastic about helping with fundraising for the project, and even more so about a trip to Dorchester. “I just can’t wait to see the migration come,” said Hanson. “It’s very exciting. [We are] very, very fortunate to have such a migration go right through New Brunswick.”

 
 
 
 
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Bird sculpture drama!
 

Giant sandpiper statue returns to its roost in tiny New Brunswick village

FREDERICTON — A giant bird sculpture that once presided over a small New Brunswick village is back on its perch, and the former deputy mayor says the avian avatar looks happy to be home.

FREDERICTON — A giant bird sculpture that once presided over a small New Brunswick village is back on its perch, and the former deputy mayor says the avian avatar looks happy to be home. 

The sculpture of the semipalmated sandpiper dubbed Shep was the pride of Dorchester for nearly two decades before the original wooden statue started to rot three years ago.

Local officials commissioned a New Brunswick artist to build a replacement made of more durable materials, but struggled to bring it to town after the village was absorbed into a new municipality and payment was stalled.

Dorchester's former deputy mayor Kara Becker now says the new sculpture is in place after an organization came forward to pay the artist his nearly $10,000 fee.

A troop of three tied the new version of Shep to the back of a white truck and brought the big bird home on Saturday afternoon.

Becker says she thinks the bird looks colourful, plump and ready for the village's annual Sandpiper Festival this July. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 9, 2023.

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Fly Away Home: fate uncertain for newly returned bird sculpture in Dorchester, N.B.


A giant sculpture of a bird that long ruled the roost in a small New Brunswick village has been restored to its rightful perch, but it’s not receiving a universally warm welcome home.

Residents of Dorchester, N.B., said they’re delighted to see the return of the statue locally dubbed Shep in honour of nearby Shepody Bay. But officials with the municipality to which the village now belongs said Dorchester’s avian avatar was reinstalled without permission, throwing its ultimate fate into question.

For now, however, former deputy mayor Kara Becker said residents are glad to have a refurbished version of the semipalmated sandpiper statue watching over the local landscape once again after three years away.

“She looks so beautiful,” Becker said of Shep in a telephone interview. “She does look different than the last version of it. She’s a bit more colourful, but she is just plump and ready for what’s coming.”

Standing 2.4 metres high and weighing 135 kilograms, the original incarnation of Shep kept a bird’s-eye view over Dorchester for nearly 20 years. But when the wooden statue began to rot three years ago, the village council commissioned New Brunswick artist Robin Hanson to craft a more durable version made of steel, epoxy and fibreglass.

Shep’s journey home got bogged down in what Becker described as red tape when the village became part of a new municipality earlier this year. The region of Tantramar took shape on Jan. 1 when Dorchester merged with Sackville and Pointe de Bute, and efforts to pay Hanson fell down the new council’s priority list.

Becker said media reports about efforts to reclaim Shep prompted several organizations to cover the costs with donations, noting one such group ultimately helped secure the sculpture’s return.

“The community support was really incredible,” she said.

Becker said Hanson offered to drive the statue up on Wednesday, but others were eager to have it back sooner. In the end, Shep rolled back into town in the back of a truck on Saturday.

But the new municipal authorities don’t appear to share local enthusiasm for the new sculpture.

“The municipality of Tantramar and its council did not commission this work to be done nor request or approve the installation of this statue on municipally owned land,” reads an emailed statement from Mayor Andrew Black.

When asked if the statue will be removed, Black said the issue won’t be discussed until municipal offices reopen on Tuesday.

Shep will have one ally on Tantramar’s Council — Debbie Wiggins-Colwell, who previously served as Dorchester’s mayor.

She said the town worked hard to bring the statue back, adding it’s in keeping with the village’s bird-friendly image and its location by the ocean.

About $10,000 was spent on it but the big statue of the little bird props up the local economy and “brings in dollars that are many, many, many times over,” she said.

Becker said she is afraid the statue might be relegated to a scrapyard or a storehouse.

“I’m so afraid they’re going to try to remove her,” she said.

Environmental advocates share her chagrin at the prospect, saying the statue could help raise awareness about a native species in decline.

Andrew Holland, spokesman for the Nature Conservancy of Canada, called semipalmated sandpipers a symbol of the upper Bay of Fundy.

About one-third of the world’s semipalmated sandpiper population stops on the bay’s mudflats for about three weeks toward the end of July where they get a break, rest and double their body weight before migrating to South America for the winter, he said.

The small birds, weighing about 20 grams, are listed as “near threatened” on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s red list.

“(The statue) serves as a reminder of the importance of the area. That these shore bird populations have been in decline in Canada, and all around the world,” Holland said. “And this is a critical home for migratory shorebirds.”

Nick Lund, a network manager for U.S.-based conservation group Maine Audubon, also feels the statue serves an important environmental purpose.

“These are small birds that don’t often hang out very close to people, and so are hard to see,” he said.

“Many people, if they see shorebirds at all, see them only as tiny specks off on the mud. I think for a lot of people this sandpiper statue might be the first time they can actually see one up close.”

Becker said Sandpipers are not just the subject of a local annual festival, but stand as an important symbol of resilience due to their ability to fly thousands of miles despite their diminutive size.

“We didn’t intend to ruffle feathers,” she said with a laugh.

“We just think we need our bird back.”

This report from The Canadian Press was first published April 9, 2023.

 
 



 
 

R.B. Bennett statue on its way to Ottawa

Artist Robin Hanson created statue to honour only prime minister from New Brunswick

That's the image local artist Robin Hanson wanted to depict when he crafted the statue R.B. Bennett, who was Canada's eleventh prime minister.

"He was a great orator, so here he is standing in the House of Commons hammering that point home," said Hanson. 

Hanson and a handful of private sponsors took on the task of creating a statue of Bennett as a passion project. Now, the eight foot tall bronze statue s on its way to Ottawa with the hope that it will stand among the bronze statues of other Canadian leaders.

The idea was pioneered by retired Senator Noel Kinsella who felt so strongly that Bennett be represented on Parliament Hill he brought it up in his retirement speech. 
 
R.B. Bennett was prime minister from 1930 to 1935. (National Archives of Canada/Canadian Press)

Kinsella was pleased to see his idea come to life. 

"I was amazed by the details. If you look at the buttons on his jacket and the crease in his trousers, it's incredible how an artist can do this, and do this in bronze," said Kinsella.

Bennett served one term as prime minister from 1930-1935 while Canada was in the depths of the Great Depression. Voters blamed him for not doing enough to stop the bad economic times. He lost the 1935 election in a landslide and a generation of Canadians would associate him with the worst of times.

Hanson wanted to depict Bennett as a visionary leader, contrary to the image some hold of the man who failed to stabilize the nation at the time. 
 
This statue of R.B. Bennett is being shipped to Ottawa, in the hopes that it will take its place among the statues of Canada's leaders. (CBC News)

"He was Prime minister in the Dirty '30s. You couldn't have picked a worse time. Every leader of every nation was the thumbs down," said Hanson. 

Hanson depicted him in a tuxedo. Despite a rocky term in the Depression, it is said Bennett always dressed impeccably. Bennett was the founder of Canadian institutions such as the CBC and the Bank of Canada.

He's off to a temporary storage facility in Ottawa until it can be decided upon which plot he'll be standing. There has been no word on how long that process will take, but Kinsella hopes he'll be facing eastward, toward New Brunswick.

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Its April 10th, 2023 I called the artist Robin Hanson today and he confirmed that the Feds have done nothing with the statue yet 
 
 

Province stands by decision to appoint Jennifer Borne, not Jamie Burke, as Tantramar CAO

Local Government Minister Daniel Allain

New Brunswick’s minister of local government reform has rejected an appeal for an independent review of the hiring process for the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) in the new, amalgamated Town of Tantramar.

In a letter to Sackville Town Council released today, Daniel Allain writes that he stands by his decision to appoint Dorchester CAO Jennifer Borne to the position.

“I trust that you will support this decision and will continue to positively support the implementation of local governance reform,” Allain writes.

He was responding to a July 13th letter from Sackville Mayor Shawn Mesheau, writing on behalf of town council, urging Allain not to appoint Borne until an independent review had been conducted.

Mesheau’s letter suggested that the hiring process may not have been fair, objective and reasonable and asked Allain to meet with town council to discuss it.

Instead, Allain met with Mayor Mesheau alone on July 18 where Deputy Minister Ryan Donaghy reviewed the hiring process in a bid to show it was fair.

Today’s letter to town council from Allain outlines the hiring timeline, but with less detail than Donaghy provided to Mesheau:

    1. May 26: both Dorchester CAO Jennifer Borne and Sackville CAO Jamie Burke were asked to confirm their interest in the CAO position for the Town of Tantramar.
    2. June 3: a hiring committee was appointed which included Sackville Deputy Mayor Andrew Black, Dorchester Deputy Mayor Robert Corkerton, Chris Milner, an appointed representative for the Sackville local service district (LSD) and Chad Peters, the provincial facilitator for local governance reform in Entity 40, now known as the Town of Tantramar.
    3. June 8: The hiring committee interviewed Jamie Burke and completed what is known as a “scoring matrix.”
    4. June 14: The committee interviewed Jennifer Borne and completed her “scoring matrix” and according to Allain’s letter, the hiring committee “finalized the evaluation of the candidates as well as their recommendation on the candidate most qualified for appointment” to the CAO position.
    5. June 15: Andrew Black resigned from the hiring committee.
    6. June 22: Jennifer Murray Consulting (JMC), an independent HR firm, which had been involved in the process from the beginning, provided information on reference checks to facilitator Chad Peters and the hiring committee’s recommendation was sent to Allain who then appointed Jennifer Borne.

Allain’s decision to reject Sackville’s request for an independent review is the latest in a series of defeats for town council since it wrote to the minister last December urging him to abide by his promise not to force the town into an unwelcome marriage with Dorchester, Point de Bute and surrounding LSDs.

 

Looks like Sackville residents will have little say over their new local government

Deputy Mayor Andrew Black

Residents of Sackville, Dorchester and their surrounding communities will have little or no say in the composition of their new municipal council if the province sticks to its timeline for local government reform.

Plans call for initial decisions on the size of the new council, how its members will be elected and whether it will be incorporated as a town, to be made by Friday, February 11, in just over a week.

Decisions on outer boundaries are to be made even earlier, on February 4th.

“We’ve had an e-mail pushing those dates fairly hard,” Sackville Deputy Mayor Andrew Black told council’s committee on municipal reform during its first meeting last night.

Black, who is serving along with Mayor Mesheau on a provincial advisory committee which will hold its first closed-door meeting on February 8th, said that does not leave much time for consultation with members of the public.

“I get the feeling, based on history, that there is a certain way that the government and the minister’s department want the reform process to go and they don’t want to veer from that,” Black said. A timeline that appears on Sackville’s website shows that the initial decision about the name of the new municipality will also be made by February 11th, but Black says the province’s latest e-mail says nothing about a deadline for the new name.

The term “council composition” refers to the number of councillors and whether they will be elected at large (representing the whole municipality) or whether they will represent smaller wards.

Moncton uses a mixed system with two councillors elected at large and eight representing the city’s four wards.

No public consultation

Councillor Sabine Dietz said the 10-day timeline before decisions are made on February 11 shows that town council’s influence on the reform process is “extremely limited.”

“On top of that, our understanding was that there was some intent to engage the community, but that seems to have fallen by the wayside,” she added.

“I’m still hoping that there will be input possible, but we have to be very realistic that the end result is not ours, it’s not our decision,” Dietz concluded.

Councillor Allison Butcher

Councillor Allison Butcher agreed.

“I really, really believe in community consultation and I also really, really believe that it doesn’t matter how much consultation we do,” Butcher said.

“I think this is going to happen the way the province wants it to happen.”

Councillor Bruce Phinney echoed that thought.

“This is going ahead whether we like or not,” Phinney said. “We don’t have any say.”

Councillor Michael Tower compared the provincial reform process to getting on a bus.

“You’re hoping to get off in Moncton and they say, ‘Oh no, you can’t get off here, we’re going to Halifax.’

“‘Well how about stopping?’

“‘No, we can’t stop until we’re done.'”

Councillor Bill Evans

Councillor Bill Evans called the province’s reforms “sleazy” and “undemocratic.”

“I think when you find yourself in a situation like this when you’re relatively powerless, you speak up and you call them out for what they’ve done,” he said.

“And you inform people about the likely consequence and you rally support.

“What you don’t do is provide cover for the people who are assaulting our rights and you certainly don’t actively assist them.”

 
 

Meet Chad Peters, the Tory PR guru hired to amalgamate Sackville, Dorchester & LSDs

Chad Peters. Facebook photo

A Moncton business consultant, who is a longtime Progressive Conservative, has been hired to create the new municipality that will include Sackville, Dorchester and surrounding communities such as Wood Point, Westcock and Pointe de Bute.

Chad Peters is president and CEO of Lynwood Strategies, a communications agency that helps its corporate clients protect and enhance their reputations partly by using social and traditional media and partly by aligning their “goals with those of government.”

in 2007, Peters ran unsuccessfully in a provincial by-election as the Conservative candidate in Moncton East. The Moncton Times & Transcript described him then as “a former businessman who works in Fredericton managing a team of policy and research analysts for the Tories.”

Peters has also served as manager of exploration at SWN Resources, the Canadian subsidiary of a Texas oil and gas company that was drilling test wells for shale gas in New Brunswick. The company ran into trouble in 2013 when resistors from the Elsipogtog First Nation blocked its trucks and occupied the land, actions that led to a violent confrontation with the RCMP.

In 2016, more than a year after a newly elected Liberal government imposed a moratorium on fracking, Peters was laid off when SWN Resources pulled out of New Brunswick. That was the year that he founded Lynwood Strategies.

Peters, who was in Sackville Wednesday for a closed-door meeting with town council, declined to be interviewed for this story

“All media requests need to be directed to the Department of Local Government and Local Governance Reform,” he wrote in an e-mail response to my phone messages.

Secret meeting

“He may be a nice guy, but he’s doing a bad job in the sense that he’s been hired to do a bad job,” Councillor Bill Evans told CHMA news after Wednesday’s meeting with Peters.

“He seems like a nice guy,” Evans added. “But if someone comes into your house with a gun and he’s polite, does he get credit for that?

“I mean that’s how I feel about this, this is like a hostile takeover,” Evans said referring to the forced amalgamation.

Councillor Sabine Dietz

Councillor Sabine Dietz agreed with Evans about Peters’ role in the process.

“Just remember that he has absolute power over decision-making,” she said, adding that although two advisory committees are being established, Peters doesn’t have to listen to anything they say.

“The little bit of influence that the advisory committee can have, it’s only pretending in this process because there are very clear power dynamics.”

Dietz said that Peters’ title of facilitator is misleading because under the new local governance reform act, he’s hired to act as a representative to implement what the provincial government wants.

“When you’re a real facilitator, you are supporting a process, you are not the decision-maker; you have the power of guiding a process,” Dietz added. “But he has absolute power, what he decides, goes.”

Mesheau more upbeat

Mayor Shawn Mesheau sounded more hopeful after Wednesday’s meeting with Peters.

“We’ve been dealt a hand of cards here that maybe we’re not happy with, but we have to play those cards and move it forward,” he said.

Mesheau explained that one of the advisory committees would consist of elected and appointed representatives and the other of municipal staff.

Mayor Mesheau

He said that although initially Sackville was given only one representative on the first advisory committee, Peters seemed receptive to the idea of allowing the town to have two and that he’s hoping that both he and Deputy Mayor Andrew Black will serve on it.

That committee would make recommendations on such issues as the name for the new municipality, how many councillors it would have and which areas they would represent.

The other committee of municipal staff would make recommendations on municipal operations.

Mesheau says that the amalgamation process is designed to build a foundation for the new, amalgamated municipality.

“We’re being grouped with other communities,” he adds. “Ultimately, when it comes to building that foundation, we do have to have consensus within that group…I’m hoping that we can find consensus to build that foundation to move things forward.”

Note: (1) During Wednesday’s meeting, Chad Peters gave permission for the release of his power point presentation. To view it click here.
(2) According to the government website, Peters is overseeing four other municipal units: amalgamation of the Village of Salisbury & surrounding LSDs; amalgamation of the Village of Port Elgin & surrounding LSDs; amalgamation of the villages and LSDs around Alma and whatever changes they’re making to the Village of Petitcodiac.

 
 

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