Dr.
John Dornan, 63, told CBC he was fired as president and CEO of Horizon
during a phone call that lasted less than a minute, while on his way to
the Fredericton news conference where his termination was announced. (Lawson Creamer)
The
New Brunswick government wants a court to quash a labour adjudicator's
decision awarding $2 million to the former head of Horizon Health
Network after he was publicly fired by Premier Blaine Higgs.
The
province, represented by the Department of Health and Horizon, has filed
a notice of application with the Court of King's Bench in Saint
John, requesting a judicial review of Dr. John Dornan's unjust dismissal
decision.
In
its application for a review, the province says the adjudicator didn't
even have jurisdiction to hear the grievance. He wasn't appointed by the
New Brunswick Labour and Employment Board, as required by the Public
Service Labour Relations Act, the province says.
Both parties agreed to have George Filliter hear the case, according to the court documents.
But "To
my knowledge, adjudicator Filliter was never appointed by the New
Brunswick Labour and Employment Board," the province's lawyer Keith
Mullin wrote in a sworn affidavit.
Labour and Employment Board CEO
Lise Landry confirmed to CBC News on Friday that no form asking the
board to appoint an adjudicator was filed in the case.
Dismissal done in 'disingenuous and callous manner'
Higgs,
who also replaced the health minister and removed the boards of both
Horizon and Vitalité, cited a growing health-care crisis that included
the "traumatizing" death of a patient July 12 in the waiting room of the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital's emergency department.
"If we don't get better management results in our hospitals, we won't get better health care," Higgs said at the time.
Premier
Blaine Higgs came under fire over the adjudicator's decision, with
opposition leaders saying his lack of appreciation for the consequences
of his actions cost taxpayers $2 million they cuuldn't afford. (CBC)
The
adjudicator awarded Dornan special damages of about $1.8 million,
representing the value of lost salary, pension contributions and health
benefits, plus $200,000 in aggravated damages for "breach of the
employer's implied obligation to act in good faith when dismissing him."
Filliter accepted Dornan's position that his dismissal "was done in a 'public, disingenuous and callous manner.'"
No punitive damages or costs were awarded.
'Erred in fact and law'
In
addition to challenging Filliter's jurisdiction to hear the case, the
province argues he "erred in fact and law and made an unreasonable
decision" in finding that Dornan's written employment contract was
unenforceable, according to the court documents.
The province also
argues Filliter failed to meet the "standard of natural justice and
procedural fairness" by considering Dornan's claim to aggravated
damages. The application says Dornan's lawyers didn't notify the
province of their intention to claim aggravated damages until closing
arguments.
Filliter further erred in assessing the amount, the province alleges.
It wants Filliter's decision quashed, or, in the alternative, Dornan's grievance "remitted to a different arbitrator."
The province is also seeking costs and any other relief the court deems just.
'Extraordinarily hard test'
Dornan has not yet filed a response, according to the court records.
He
declined to comment Friday, directing inquiries to his Saint John-based
lawyer. Kelly VanBuskirk did not respond to a request for comment.
Dornan's lawyer Kelly VanBuskirk did not respond to a request for comment Friday. (Submitted by Kelly VanBuskirk)
"The test
for judicial review [is] you have to show no reasonable adjudicator
could have come to this decision," Levitt had said. "It's an
extraordinarily hard test."
Department of Health spokesperson Sean Hatchard declined to comment Friday, citing the case being before the courts.
The Premier's Office and Horizon did not respond to a request for comment.
Parties agreed on Filliter via email, but no form filed
According
to the court documents, Dornan filed his grievance on Aug. 8 and
VanBuskirk emailed the province's lawyer on Oct. 24, asking if the
province would agree to Filliter hearing the case.
"That same day,
I advised Mr. VanBuskirk that the province did not object to the matter
being heard before adjudicator Filliter," Mullin states in the sworn
affidavit.
In a Nov. 3 email, copied to Mullin,
VanBuskirk advised Filliter the parties had agreed to his appointment,
and Filliter later replied, accepting.
Mullin says the labour
board's CEO was copied on that email, but he never received any
correspondence from her, or anyone else at the board.
"Normally,
when a non-bargaining employee … wants to file a grievance following an
alleged discharge, suspension or financial penalty, they file a
grievance with their employer and if they are not satisfied with the
response, they can file a form with the board asking the board to
appoint an adjudicator," CEO Landry said in an email to CBC.
"The
board will typically ask the parties to consult to try to agree on the
name of an adjudicator, and if they do, the board will appoint that
person to hear the matter (if they agree to be appointed)," she said.
"Or, if the parties do not agree, the board will choose a person to act
as adjudicator, appoint them, and advise the parties.
"I cannot speak to exactly what occurred in this matter, as no form was filed with the board per the usual process."
If this greedy nonsense is not disgusting to you then you are not paying attention
David Amos
Reply to David Amos
Deja Vu?
Province appeals decision to allow inquiry into Margaret-Ann Blaney's dismissal
Blaney was dismissed in 2014 as CEO of now-defunct Energy Efficiency N.B.
CBC News · Posted: Apr 26, 2023 7:34 PM ADT
"On Wednesday, lawyer Keith Mullin presented the
province's appeal of Christie's decision before Court of Appeal Judge
Kathleen Quigg, Judge Lucie LaVigne and Judge Charles LeBlond."
David Amos
Deja Vu Anyone?
Impatient Blaine Higgs drops health minister, Horizon CEO
Bruce Fitch becomes health minister, Dorothy Shephard moves to Social Development
"Higgs's announcement was met with swift criticism from Jeff McAloon, the Horizon board chair until Friday.
"I am disappointed and disheartened by Premier Higgs's
unilateral decision to remove Dr. John Dornan as CEO of Horizon Health
Network," McAloon said in an email statement.
"I believe in Dr. Dornan's experience and ability to
affect real and positive change in the provincial health system."
During the news conference, Higgs sidestepped a question
about what it was Dornan failed to do in his role as CEO."
David Amos
Reply to David Amos
Higgy and all the lawyers cannot deny that I talked to McAloon immediately
Sam Smithers
Had he been doing his job properly he would
still be working. Shame on those people backing him based on petty
politics. The initiatives announced in healthcare before and after he
was released speak for themselves.
G. Timothy Walton
Reply to Sam Smithers
He was in the job for a few months when, and
this is the important part, everyone at or near his level was fired via
press conference. His performance did not matter in his firing.
David Amos
Reply to G. Timothy Walton
People who were elected got fired too. Why didn't they sue?
G. Timothy Walton
Reply to David Amos
Perhaps because they weren't under contract?
Michael Cain
Reply to G. Timothy Walton
There were elected representatives who only got
compensation when they sat, about 5 times I believe. Others were
appointed. Board was suspended temporarily.
David Amos
Reply to G. Timothy Walton
They had a contract with the folks that voted them into their positions
11 June 2021
FREDERICTON (GNB) – The board members of the province’s
two regional health authorities were announced today by Health Minister
Dorothy Shephard.
“I am excited to see New Brunswickers wanting to work
together to tackle current health-care challenges,” said Shephard.
“These individuals will help us build a safe and sustainable health-care
system that responds to the needs of all New Brunswickers by
participating in the regional authority boards.”
Each board is comprised of 15 members, eight of which
are elected and seven of which are appointed. The board members of the
two health authorities are as follows:
Bill Smith
CBC...why do you not pursue interviewing the
elected fired health board members? They won provincial elections,
Communist Higgs dissolved the boards over a person dying? Why, because
the board had a patient safety committee, chaired by a board member.
Someone dies, now, no patient safety committee or discussion at the
board level? You never report this CBC? Do some homework for a change!
The public is waiting.
I honestly do not think you know the meaning of
communist because Higgs is no where near becoming or being a
communist ever in this life time or the next
Dianne MacPherson
Dr. Dornan is not lily- white in this issue.
A good airing of his dismissal and why
should be made Public.
And NO ......."no disclosure Policy" used.
We have way too much of that in Gov't. today !!
Michael Cain
Reply to Dianne MacPherson
Pretty sure Higgs does not want a public airing of his incompetence.
David Amos
Reply to Dianne MacPherson
Politics got him hired and politics got him fired just like Blaney
Province appeals decision to allow inquiry into Margaret-Ann Blaney's dismissal
Blaney was dismissed in 2014 as CEO of now-defunct Energy Efficiency N.B.
CBC News ·
Margaret-Ann
Blaney was appointed as president and CEO of Energy Efficiency New
Brunswick in 2012 by the Conservative government of David Alward. (CBC)
Nearly
a decade after the New Brunswick government fired Margaret-Ann Blaney
from her position as head of the now-defunct Energy Efficiency N.B.,
lawyers for Blaney and for the province continue to argue — this time in
provincial appeals court — over whether an inquiry into her dismissal
should be allowed.
In January, Court of King's Bench Justice
Thomas Christie quashed the province's application to stop the New
Brunswick Labour and Employment Board from launching an inquiry into
Blaney's 2014 dismissal.
He ruled that the province's Human Rights
Commission was within its authority to refer Blaney's complaint to the
labour board for an inquiry, even though the province had enacted
legislation blocking "any court or administrative body" from hearing a
challenge to the firing, effectively barring her from taking any legal
recourse.
On Wednesday, lawyer Keith Mullin presented the
province's appeal of Christie's decision before Court of Appeal Judge
Kathleen Quigg, Judge Lucie LaVigne and Judge Charles LeBlond.
Lawyer
Christopher Isnor represented Blaney and said the decision to block the
government’s application to stop the inquiry was appropriately reached
and should stand. (Aidan Cox/CBC)
Mullin
said the complaint is not within the jurisdiction of the N.B. Human
Rights Commission because the actions are legislative and not covered by
the Human Rights Act.
Lawyer Christopher Isnor,
representing Blaney, said Christie's decision to block the government's
application to stop the inquiry was appropriately reached and should
stand.
Both lawyers referred to legal precedents they said supported their cases.
Case dates back to 2012
Blaney,
a former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister, was appointed as
president and CEO of Energy Efficiency New Brunswick in 2012 by the PC
government of David Alward. But when the Liberals came into power under
Brian Gallant in 2014, the former Crown agency was made part of N.B.
Power and Blaney was dismissed.
The New Brunswick Court of Appeal judges have not yet released their ruling on the appeal. (CBC)
The
newly created Act to Dissolve the Energy Efficiency and Conservation
Agency of New Brunswick also blocked any challenges to the CEO's
dismissal or dissolution of the agency.
After being fired, Blaney
filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission, arguing the Liberal
government got rid of the organization and her job because of her PC
affiliation.
The province applied to stop the commission from
investigating the case, however a judge ruled in March 2021 that it
could continue its investigation.
In September 2021, the Human
Rights Commission referred Blaney's complaint to the Labour and
Employment Board for an inquiry by the quasi-judicial tribunal.
In December 2021, the province filed its latest application, arguing Blaney's firing wasn't in the commission's jurisdiction.
According
to Justice Christie's decision outlined in January, the commission had
found sufficient evidence to "support an arguable case of discrimination
based on the prohibited ground of political activity and belief."
The New Brunswick Court of Appeal judges have not yet released their ruling on the appeal.
Linda
Forestell, an elected member of Horizon Health's board, questions the
premier's contention the board was part of any "bureaucratic stalemate"
in implementing health-care strategies. (Horizon Health)
A
member of the Horizon Health board fired in a shakeup of health-system
leadership is pushing back against Premier Blaine Higgs's argument that
the board was creating bureaucratic barriers to reform.
Linda
Forestell, who had been an elected member of the Horizon Health Network
board of directors for 10 years, says the premier's removal of all
voting members last Friday came as a total surprise.
"We collaborated in as many ways as we possibly could," said Forestell.
"We
tried over and over again to respond with lightning speed to requests
from the Department of Health, only to have them stall at that level or
be delayed, deferred or refused."
On Friday, after a man died in a Fredericton emergency room while waiting for care, Higgs replaced the minister of health, fired the Horizon CEO, and replaced the 15 voting members of the Horizon and Vitalité boards with a single trustee each.
Higgs
said the dissolution of the boards would remove a "bureaucratic
stalemate" and make the system more efficient, but he did not explain
how.
"I completely disagree with that," Forestell said Wednesday.
"Our
people, at Horizon, participated in the development of the provincial
health plan, we helped craft it, we worked together with the task force,
we were implementing it. … We incorporated the recommendations of the
provincial health plan into Horizon's strategic plan.
"So no, I don't support that at all."
A public firing
Forestell
said she got the news she was being removed from the board through a
colleague, who was watching the news conference Higgs called to announce
the move.
The colleague's text said: "I really enjoyed working with you."
"My
phone started to ring from fellow board members," Forestell said. "So I
called [chair] Jeff McAloon and said, 'What's going on?' He said,
'We've been ... revoked.'
"I don't know why. I really and truly
don't ... other than there was that unfortunate death in the ER. at the
Chalmers Hospital."
John McGarry, a former board member and
Horizon CEO who was fired by Shephard last year, agreed that
HIggs's decision does not make sense.
McGarry said he doesn't know
"whether it was just a knee-jerk reaction to somebody screaming 'Do
something, do anything,' and this was the first thing that came to
mind."
Former Horizon Health Network president John McGarry called the sudden, public firing of board members 'bad management.' (CBC)
He
wondered why, when other players involved in running the health system
are appointed by government, Higgs focused on getting rid of people at
the regional health networks.
The switch in cabinet ministers,
shuffling cabinet minister Bruce Fitch into Health and Dorothy
Shephard into Social Development, was a "lateral move," and the
bureaucrats at the top are "being protected," McGarry said.
"It's kind of the easy way out," he said.
And making the changes out of the blue, without warning to those affected, is "not a sign of good management."
McGarry also said that when he was fired by Shephard, it happened the same way.
"I
consider that a drive-by shooting, that's not fair to say those things
in a press conference or in public without giving the organization an
opportunity to address it," he said.
Forestell said
that over the years, the Horizon board made recommendations that were
rejected. One was to centralize certain procedures at certain regional
hospitals, which, before Friday, seemed to finally be on the way to
being implemented for hip and knee surgeries.
Another
recommendation the province wouldn't take up called for a greater focus
on building nursing homes to free up acute-care beds in hospitals.
During her 10-year term, Forestell saw three governments, four chairs of the boards, and five CEOs.
"You
can see that changes at the top are predictably not necessarily the
best result for the delivery of the health-care system or health
services in the province," she said.
One person voting more 'nimble' than 15
On
Wednesday, the new health minister, Fitch, repeated Higgs's notion that
the boards posed bureaucratic barriers to getting things done.
"There
seems to be an ability — with less bureaucracy, without big boards — to
drill down and make some changes that need to be changed without
getting caught up in the bureaucracy," he told Information Morning in the Summer.
Fitch had no specific examples of the bureaucratic tangles he was blaming the boards for.
Each
board of directors has three non-voting members and 15 voting members.
Of the 15, seven are appointed by the minister of health and eight are
elected by the public.
In making this decision, Fitch effectively replaced all 15 people with one trustee, said constitutional lawyer Lyle Skinner.
Lawyer Lyle Skinner says the Horizon and Vitalité boards of directors still exist, but now they have only one voting member. (Submitted by Lyle Skinner)
This
means only one person would be voting about how to advise the health
network, what recommendations to make and give directions to the next
CEO.
"It's always been reported that the board has been dissolved
and that's technically incorrect," Skinner said. "It's just that the
board, the voting members have ceased to hold office. A board exists
that just has a voting member of one person."
The people chosen as
trustees for the two health authorities are Gérald Richard for Vitalité
and Suzanne Johnston for Horizon. They are also co-chairs of the health
plan implementation task force, in charge of figuring out how to
implement the province's a health-system overhaul in a timely manner.
Fitch said this change would mean the province can "be nimble, be quick to react using the best practices."
Board acted with caution, former director says
McGarry
said change can happen faster when people are taken out of the system,
leaving "a direct line to the premier or the minister."
But he said not having diverse opinions can lead to bad decisions.
Forestell said the Horizon board did not stop trying to make quick decisions, but the directors tried to be cautious too.
"You don't just measure once or measure twice before you cut," she said. "You measure 15 times before you cut."
Skinner
said the trustees do have one single vote in deciding what advice and
recommendations to give the health authority, but they would still be
making decisions with the help of the three non-voting board members who
remain.
"There's still the CEO … and the two chairs of the
professional and medical advisory committees," he said. "It's not that
the trustee is just having a meeting by themselves."
Can the CBC ask for specific examples of this
stalemate when the boards never met together in the same room. One
meeting on zoom. Higgs is not telling the truth. The truth is he fired
the rights of voters out the window. He is going to be sued for
defaming these elected officials.
Attn Jeff McAloon (506 343 5087) Here is a little proof of what I was trying to tell you is true
David Amos
<david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 5:37 PM
To: jeff.mcaloon@horizonnb.ca, jeff_mcaloon@yahoo.ca, info@smart-energy.ca, jeff@smart-energy.ca
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2022 05:25:36 +0000
Subject: Réseau de santé Vitalité Health Network
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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2022 02:55:53 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: CBC makes a splash about Brody McGee's
health care issues and his troubles go away fast So much for ethics EH
Higgy??
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14 people come forward in lawsuit against UNB, psychiatrist accused of
sexual assault
One victim wants to be representative for students allegedly sexually
assaulted by psychiatrist
Hadeel Ibrahim · CBC News · Posted: Jul 07, 2022 4:52 PM AT
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2022 12:06:21 -0300
Subject: Fwd: Re The coverup of the the actions of the Fredericton
Police Force, the RCMP and Manoj Bhargava against me
To: mike@valentlegal.ca
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Valent Legal has commenced a class action lawsuit against the
University of New Brunswick and Dr. Manoj Bhargava on behalf of a
group of students who accessed mental health services through the UNB
Student Health Centre and allege to have been subjected to sexual
assault perpetrated by Dr. Bhargava.
The Class Action alleges the University of New Brunswick, and its
employees, were negligent by failing to properly protect the students
accessing their health care services. The Class Action further alleges
Dr. Bhargava was medically negligent by subjecting the student class
members to sexual assault.
Valent Legal is working on this Class Action in collaboration with New
Brunswick law firm, Moss Hachey Law. To speak with a representative
from Moss Hachey Law, please contact Erika Baker at 506-449-7544.
Documents
Erika R. Hachey
Called to the bar: 2013 (NB) erika.hachey@mosshacheylaw.com,
Andrew C.W. Moss
Called to the bar: 2015 (NB)
Email: andrew.moss@mosshacheylaw.com
Moss Hachey Law
90 Woodside Lane, Suite 103
Fredericton, New Brunswick E3C 2R9
Phone: 506-449-7544
Fax: 506-300-2072
Schollenberg said the college involved the police recently, after
suspending Bhargava.
"It became apparent that there may be more to this," he said.
He said the college asked some of the 18 complainants if they were
interested in speaking to the police and passed on their information
to the Fredericton Police Force if they said yes.
Fredericton psychiatrist suspended by College of Physicians and Surgeons
Alycia Bartlette, spokesperson for the Fredericton Police Force, would
not confirm whether the police are investigating Bhargava.
"In general, we would not confirm whether a specific individual was
the subject of a police investigation until such time as charges are
laid in court, or there are operational reasons otherwise," she said
in an email."
>>> From: "Ross, Ken (DH/MS)" <ken.ross@gnb.ca>
>>> Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 08:43:31 -0300
>>> Subject: Re: Hey Ken Who is Mental Health's and the Hospital in
>>> Fredericton's lawyers?
>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>
>>> Got your messages Dave. I am in Toronto for meetings and will be back
>>> in the office Friday. I will ask Barb Whitenect to follow up with you
>>> in the interim. Yes Herby picked up ypur bike a while back.
>>>
>>> Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Wed, 7/9/08, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Hey Ken Who is Mental Health's and the Hospital in
>>> Fredericton's lawyers?
>>> To: ken.ross@gnb.ca, Barbara.Whitenect@gnb.ca, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
>>> Cc: rosaire.santerre@gnb.ca, Marc.Pitre@gnb.ca, David.Eidt@gnb.ca,
>>> oldmaison@yahoo.com, Judy.Cyr@gnb.ca, t.j.burke@gnb.ca,
>>> police@fredericton.ca, Carrie.Levesque@gnb.ca, anne.elgee@gnb.ca,
>>> danny.copp@fredericton.ca, jacques.boucher@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>> Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 3:03 AM
>>>
>>> KENNETH ROSS, Assistant Deputy Minister
>>> Addictions and Mental Health Services / Health
>>> Contact Information
>>> Phone: (506) 457-4800
>>> Fax: (506) 453-5243
>>>
>>> BARBARA WHITENECT, Director
>>> Addictions and Mental Health Services / Health
>>> Contact Information
>>> Phone: (506) 444-4442
>>> Fax: (506) 453-8711
>>> EMail Address: Barbara.Whitenect@gnb.ca
>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry to involve you but lets just say that I am really really pissed
>>> off for very justifiable reasons.
>>>
>>> This should prove to some folks that at least I know how to read.
>>>
>>> http://www.ahsc.health.nb.ca/Programs/MentalHealth/rights.shtml
>>>
>>> I have no doubt whatsoever that you would more pissed than I am if
>>> the malicious bullshit that happened to me last weekend had happened
>>> to you.
>>>
>>> I will try to call you in business hours but I suspect in the end I
>>> will wind up arguing this dude in court in short order. (On a lighter
>>> note did Herby pick up my bike?)
>>>
>>> David Eidt
>>> Legal Services
>>> Office of the Attorney General
>>> Tel: (506) 453-3964
>>> Fax: (506) 453-3275
>>> david.eidt@gnb.ca
>>>
>>> Best Regards
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>> These emails and the bullshit from the news last year should to all
>>> that I am as serious as a heart attack and far from mentally unstabe
>>> but the cops have proven themselves to be monumental liars many times
>>>
>>> Subject:
>>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
>>> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
>>> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>>
>>>
>>> January 30, 2007
>>>
>>>
>>> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>>>
>>> Mr. David Amos
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Mr. Amos:
>>>
>>> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
>>> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>>>
>>> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
>>> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
>>> Graham of the RCMP "J" Division in Fredericton.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
>>> Minister of Health
>>>
>>> CM/cb
>>>
>>> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>>>
>>> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
>>> From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
>>> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
>>> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,
>>> John.Foran@gnb.ca, Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,
>>> "Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>> "Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
>>> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have n
>>>
>>> Dear Mr. Amos,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off over
>>> the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I was not
>>> ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>>>
>>> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
>>> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
>>> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
>>> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
>>> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
>>> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>>>
>>> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
>>> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear that
>>> Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada and the
>>> US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment policing in
>>> Petitcodiac, NB.
>>>
>>> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
>>> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
>>> GRC Caledonia RCMP
>>> Traffic Services NCO
>>> Ph: (506) 387-2222
>>> Fax: (506) 387-4622
>>> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>
>>> charles leblanc oldmaison@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>
>>> Where are ya living now???? Since the media seem to ignore ya? I'll
>>> sit down for a debate with a recorder for the blog...Now? Don't get
>>> all exicted and send this all over the world.....lol
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: David Amos motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>> To: brad.woodside@fredericton.ca; whalen@fredericton.ca;
>>> david.kelly@fredericton.ca; cathy.maclaggan@fredericton.ca;
>>> stephen.kelly@fredericton.ca; tom.jellinek@fredericton.ca;
>>> scott.mcconaghy@fredericton.ca; marilyn.kerton@fredericton.ca;
>>> walter.brown@fredericton.ca; norah.davidson@fredericton.ca;
>>> mike.obrien@fredericton.ca; bruce.grandy@fredericton.ca;
>>> dan.keenan@fredericton.ca; jeff.mockler@gnb.ca;
>>> mrichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca; cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci.gc.ca;
>>> jlmockler@mpor.ca; scotta@parl.gc.ca; michael.bray@gnb.ca;
>>> jack.e.mackay@gnb.ca
>>> Cc: news@dailygleaner.com; kcarmichael@bloomberg.net;
>>> oldmaison@yahoo.com; advocacycollective@yahoo.com;
>>> Easter.W@parl.gc.ca; Comartin.J@parl.gc.ca; cityadmin@fredericton.ca;
>>> info@gg.ca; bmosher@mosherchedore.ca; rchedore@mosherchedore.ca;
>>> police@fredericton.ca; chebert@thestar.ca; Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca;
>>> Stronach.B@parl.gc.ca; Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca; alltrue@nl.rogers.com;
>>> Harper.S@parl.gc.ca; Layton.J@parl.gc.ca; Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca;
>>> Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:37:04 PM
>>> Subject: I promised one of the Fat Fred City cop Randy Reilly that I
>>> would try to make him famous
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=davidraymondamos&search=Search
>>>
>>> A man is only as good as his word EH? To bad priests, bankers,
>>> politicians, lawyers and cops can't claim the same N'est Pas
>>>
>>> http://actionlyme.org/FBI_WIRETAPE_TAPES.htm
>>>
>>> FEDERAL EXPRESS 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.com/.
>>>
>>> Paulette Delaney-Smith Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>>> David,
>>>
>>> I received your voice mail, I have been transferred to another unit
>>> and I am unaware of who is dealing with your complaints at this time.
>>>
>>> Paulette Delaney-Smith, Cpl.
>>> RCMPolice "J" DIvision HQ
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://gypsy-blog.blogspot.com/2008/03/media-restrains-itself-inexplicably.html
>>>
>>> Threat against Burke taken seriously
>>>
>>> By STEPHEN LLEWELLYN
>>> dgleg@nb.aibn.com
>>> Published Thursday May 24th, 2007
>>> Appeared on page A1
>>> An RCMP security detail has been guarding Justice Minister and
>>> Attorney General T.J. Burke because of threats made against him
>>> recently.
>>>
>>> Burke, the Liberal MLA for Fredericton-Fort Nashwaaksis, wouldn't
>>> explain the nature of the threats.
>>>
>>> "I have had a particular individual or individuals who have made
>>> specific overtures about causing harm towards me," he told reporters
>>> Wednesday.
>>>
>>> "The RCMP has provided security to me recently by accompanying me to a
>>> couple of public functions where the individual is known to reside or
>>> have family members in the area," said Burke. "It is nice to have
>>> some
>>> added protection and that added comfort."
>>>
>>> The RCMP provides protection to the premier and MLAs with its VIP
>>> security
>>> unit.
>>>
>>> Burke didn't say when the threat was made but it's believed to have
>>> been in recent weeks.
>>>
>>> "When a threat is posed to you and it is a credible threat, you have
>>> to be cautious about where you go and who you are around," he said.
>>> "But again, I am more concerned about my family as opposed to my own
>>> personal safety."
>>>
>>> Burke said he doesn't feel any differently and he has not changed his
>>> pattern of activity.
>>>
>>> "It doesn't bother me one bit," he said. "It makes my wife
>>> feel awful nervous."
>>>
>>> Burke served in an elite American military unit before becoming a
>>> lawyer and going into politics in New Brunswick.
>>>
>>> "(I) have taken my own precautions and what I have to do to ensure my
>>> family's safety," he said. "I am a very cautious person in
>>> general due
>>> to my background and training.
>>>
>>> "I am comfortable with defending myself or my family if it ever had to
>>> happen."
>>>
>>> Burke said it is not uncommon for politicians to have security concerns.
>>>
>>> "We do live unfortunately in an age and in a society now where threats
>>> have to be taken pretty seriously," he said.
>>>
>>> Since the terrorism attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001,
>>> security in New Brunswick has been
>>> beefed up.
>>>
>>> Metal detectors were recently installed in the legislature and all
>>> visitors are screened.
>>>
>>> The position of attorney general is often referred to as the
>>> province's "top cop."
>>>
>>> Burke said sometimes people do not differentiate between his role as
>>> the manager of the justice system and the individual who actually
>>> prosecutes them.
>>>
>>> "With the job sometimes comes threats," he said. "I have had
>>> numerous
>>> threats since Day 1 in office."
>>>
>>> Burke said he hopes his First Nations heritage has nothing to do with
>>> it.
>>>
>>> "I think it is more of an issue where people get fixated on a matter
>>> and they believe you are personally responsible for assigning them
>>> their punishment or their sanction," he said.
>>>
>>> Is the threat from someone who was recently incarcerated?
>>>
>>> "I probably shouldn't answer that," he replied.
>>>
>>> Reporters asked when the threat would be over.
>>>
>>> "I don't think a threat ever passes once it has been made," said
>>> Burke. "You have to consider the credibility of the source."
>>>
>>> Bruce Fitch, former justice minister in the Conservative government,
>>> said "every now and again there would be e-mails that were not
>>> complimentary."
>>>
>>> "I did have a meeting with the RCMP who are in charge of the security
>>> of the MLAs and ministers," said Fitch.
>>>
>>> "They look at each and every situation."
>>>
>>> Fitch said he never had bodyguards assigned to him although former
>>> premier Bernard Lord and former health minister Elvy Robichaud did
>>> have extra security staff assigned on occasion.
>>>
>>> He said if any MLA felt threatened, he or she would discuss it with the
>>> RCMP.
>>
·
Allegations that Bhargava has mistreated patients at the Student
Health Centre were shared on Instagram and Facebook late last week.
Fredericton psychiatrist suspended by College of Physicians and Surgeons cbc.ca
Fredericton psychiatrist suspended by College of Physicians and Surgeons
Reports that Dr. Manoj Bhargava mistreated patients at the Student
Health Centre came to light on Instagram and Facebook late last week.
23 Comments
Mike Archibald
THis came out of nowhere on media but its not 'new', on 'ratemydoctor'
these criticisms have been there for some time.
Josanne Landry
Mike Archibald - Unfortunately the College can't act on online ratings
until a verified patient contacts them with an official complaint.
Mike Archibald
I suspect it would probably take more than one 'official complaint'.
But I was more referring to CBC and other media that can certainly
look at online sources like that for story ideas.
David Raymond Amos
Mike Archibald Remember me and the Not So Good Doctor in 2008???
·
Allegations that Bhargava has mistreated patients at the Student
Health Centre were shared on Instagram and Facebook late last week.
Fredericton psychiatrist suspended by College of Physicians and Surgeons cbc.ca
Fredericton psychiatrist suspended by College of Physicians and Surgeons
Reports that Dr. Manoj Bhargava mistreated patients at the Student
Health Centre came to light on Instagram and Facebook late last week.
23 Comments
Mike Archibald
THis came out of nowhere on media but its not 'new', on 'ratemydoctor'
these criticisms have been there for some time.
Josanne Landry
Mike Archibald - Unfortunately the College can't act on online ratings
until a verified patient contacts them with an official complaint.
Mike Archibald
I suspect it would probably take more than one 'official complaint'.
But I was more referring to CBC and other media that can certainly
look at online sources like that for story ideas.
David Raymond Amos
Mike Archibald Remember me and the Not So Good Doctor in 2008???
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tim Ross <tross@nbms.nb.ca>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 17:21:39 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Atttn John Maher and Tim Ross Why didn't
your boss Anthony Knight or several former Ministers of Health answer
me in writing years ago?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Thank you for your email.
I will be out of office November 16 - 17, 2017. I will have
intermittant access to my email, and will try to respond to your email
as soon as possible.
Je serai hors du bureau 16 - 17 novembre, 2017. Je vais avoir accès
intermittent à mon email , et je vais essayer de répondre à votre
e-mail dès que possible .
Cordialement,
Tim Ross
Manager, Economics & Negotiations | Gérant, Questions économiques
In-House Counsel | Avocat Général
New Brunswick Medical Society |Société Médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick
21 Alison Boulevard, Fredericton NB E3C 2N5
Tel/tél: (506) 458-8860 ext. 674
1-800-661-2001
Email: tross@nbms.nb.ca<mailto:tross@nbms.nb.ca> www.nbms.nb.ca<http://www.nbms.nb.ca/>
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On 11/16/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
> John Maher
> Director, Economics & Negotiations
> (506) 462-4622
> jmaher@nbms.nb.ca
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nurse-practitioners-doctors-1.4404747
>
> Province doesn't let nurse practitioners fill health-care gaps, group says
> At least 20,000 residents of New Brunswick are without a health-care
> provider
> By Elizabeth Fraser, CBC News Posted: Nov 16, 2017 11:14 AM AT
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Amos" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> To: <jimparrottmla@bellaliant.com>; <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>;
> "jeff.mockler" <jeff.mockler@gnb.ca>; <pascal.hache@gnb.ca>;
> <victor.boudreau@gnb.ca>; <janet.mcneil@gnb.ca>;
> <Rick.Howe@rci.rogers.com>; <brian.t.macdonald@gnb.ca>;
> "Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>; <mmallory@nbms.nb.ca>;
> <aknight@nbms.nb.ca>; "execdirgen" <execdirgen@nbliberal.ca>;
> "Davidc.Coon" <Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>; "Wayne.Lang"
> <Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; "brent.blackmore"
> <brent.blackmore@fredericton.ca>
> Cc: "oldmaison" <oldmaison@yahoo.com>; "Margot" <Margot@nbu.ca>;
> "kennedyc" <kennedyc@nbnet.nb.ca>; <news919@rogers.com>;
> "briangallant10" <briangallant10@gmail.com>; <sandenn87@me.com>;
> <dale.graham@gnb.ca>; <denis.caissie@gnb.ca>; <shawn.graham2@gnb.ca>;
> <pcmemb@gnb.ca>; "David Amos" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>;
> <claude.landry@gnb.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 2:28 AM
> Subject: Who should I sue the "Independent" Dr Jim Parrot and his
> greedy doctor pals or the evil lawyers Anytime Flemming, Mr
> "Unethical" EX Minister of Health Mikey Murphy???
>
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/04/24/nb-doctors-lawsuit-medicare-cuts.html
>
> Anthony Knight
> Chief Executive Officer
> (506) 458-8860 ext. 670
> aknight@nbms.nb.ca
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYtvhy9GaQY
>
> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2008/07/feds-institutionalize-determined-nb.html
>
> When I look on the web and see that Chucky Baby and the new MLA the ex
> cop from Fat Fred City Carl Urquart crossed paths in Harvey and are
> now great pals, I see Red and wanna call Wally Stiles again.
>
> For the record it was Carl Urquart and his buddy Greggy Baby Thompson
> the MP and Minister (they share and office a couple hundred yards from
> where I was staying for the past year just outside of Fat fred City)
> that made the false allegatiions that allowed the RCMP to get me
> locked up in the looney bin for a bit. The doctors who got sucked in
> by the RCMP bullshit about me were.
>
> Manoj Bhargava
> Community Mental Health
> 65 Brunswick Street
> Fredericton NB E3B 5G6
> Psy 04-02883
> Guadalajara 1987
> (506)-453-2132
>
> Zlatko Banic
> 69 Bliss Carman Drive Fredericton NB E3B 9P2
> Psy 03-02785
> Novi Sad 1981
> (506)-460-1905
>
> Dr.Jane V. Findlater
> Everett Chalmers Hospital
> PO Box 9000 Fredericton
> NB E3B 5N5 EmM 75-01333
> Dal 1974 (
> 506)-452-5058
> (506)-452-5645
>
>
>
> The New Brunswick Medical Society will launch a legal challenge
> against the Alward government’s decision to cut the amount doctors can
> bill medicare for services.
>
> The medical society announced its decision to fight the budgetary
> decision in court during a news conference in Fredericton on
> Wednesday.
>
> The organization, which represents the province’s doctors, said it
> believes the provincial government’s decision to cut medicare billing
> funds goes against a signed agreement it has with the government.
>
> Officials say they will file their challenge "imminently.”
>
> Dr. Robert Desjardins, the president of the New Brunswick Medical
> Society, said the board’s decision was unanimous.
>
> “The decision that we have unfortunately taken to go to court to have
> our agreement respected is unanimous among the representatives on our
> board, which again represents everyone in the province, and without
> any dissension,” he said.
>
>
> 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
>
> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>
> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
> From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,
> John.Foran@gnb.ca, Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,
> "Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> "Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have n
>
> Dear Mr. Amos,
>
> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off over
> the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I was not
> ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>
> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>
> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear that
> Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada and the
> US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment policing in
> Petitcodiac, NB.
>
> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
> GRC Caledonia RCMP
> Traffic Services NCO
> Ph: (506) 387-2222
> Fax: (506) 387-4622
> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Cleary, Dr. Eilish (DH/MS)" <Dr.Eilish.Cleary@gnb.ca>
> Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 12:31:56 -0300
> Subject: Re: Attn Dr Eilesh Cleary I called you weeks ago and you have
> not responded yet. Howcome?
> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Apologies for not responding to your earlier email. I did receive it
> thank you. I struggle sometimes to keep up with the volume of emails I
> get so I don't get to respond to each and every one, although I
> certainly appreciate when people take the time to write
> Eilish Cleary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 09:57 PM Atlantic Standard Time
> To: Cleary, Dr. Eilish (DH/MS)
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Subject: Attn Dr Eilesh Cleary I called you weeks ago and you have not
> responded yet. Howcome?
>
> I am not surprised but rather disappointed anyway. I thought that
> maybe just maybe you were ethical and gave you the benefit of my
> doubts
>
> However when I read the news today I just shook my head and was mad at
> myself because I know better than to trust a a high paid bureaucrat
> such as your evil former underling Van Buynder or even my friend Ken
> Ross.
>
> Its kinda obvious that you governement are just playing words games
> and that the greasy gasy oily guys will get what they want for nothing
> just like they always do.
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/05/10/nb-cleary-reax-blueprint.html
>
> Be they Doctoer or lawyer or Indian Chief the personal wealth of a
> bureaucrat is far more important to them than the health or wealth of
> the people they purportedly serve.
>
> If you wish to dispute me have the sand to call me back or respond to
> a simple email
>
> Forget trying to lock me up in your looney bin aggain. That nonsens
> did not work out to well for ya the last time Van Buynder and the
> corrupt RCMP tried that trick on me in 2010 and it appears that you
> were his boss the whole time Correct?
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <myson333@yahoo.com>
> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:51:21 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Dr Eilesh Cleary I am very impressed with your Integrity and
> gumption
> To: Eilish.Cleary@gnb.ca
> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, motomaniac333@gmail.com
>
> Dr Elish Cleary
> Chief Medical Officer
> HSBC Place
> Floor: 5
> P. O. Box 5100
> Fredericton, NB E3B 5G8
> Phone : (506) 444-2112
> Eilish.Cleary@gnb.ca
>
> If you ever need help dealing with the :Powers that Be in this Place
> trust that is lots I can do but for now less is more Please use our
> resources to print this pdf file an stow it away for a rainy day.
>
> http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2526023-DAMOSIntegrity-yea-right.-txt.pdf
>
>
> Then if push comes to shove someday merely mention my name and watch
> their eyes. The email below and the link to a Youtube should prove you
> I can put the Heath Minister over a barrel in a New York minute (Its
> always about the money) .
>
> If the smiling bastards still won't change their tune with you even
> after you show them the letters within the pdf file above, email me or
> give me a call and leave a message if I don't pick up. I will do my
> best to assist you ASAP.
>
> Best Regards and Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
The New Brunswick legislature in Fredericton. (Image: Brad Perry)
The president and CEO of NB Power is once again the highest-paid civil servant in New Brunswick.
Keith Cronkhite earned between $400,000 and $424,999 in 2020,
according to the unaudited list of employee salaries recently released
by the province.
Making between $325,000 and $349,000 was NB Power vice-president
Darren Murphy and former Vitalité Health president and CEO Gilles
Lanteigne.
Four other NB Power employees earned between $300,000 and $324,999:
Lori Clark, Mark Power, Robert Stears, and James Christopher Wilson.
Also in that salary bracket is Dr. Jennifer Russell, the province’s
chief medical officer of health, current Vitalité president and CEO
France Desrosiers, and former Horizon Health president and CEO Karen
McGrath.
Patrick Parent, the former president and CEO of NB Liquor, is one of
11 employees who earned between $275,000 and $299,999. Also in that
salary bracket is Judge Jolène Richard, the former chief judge of the
provincial court.
A total of 30 current and former provincial court judges earned
between $250,000 and $274,999, along with former NB Power president and
CEO Gaëtan Thomas, who retired in May 2020.
Among those who earned between $200,000 and $224,999 were former
deputy minister Cheryl Hansen — who is now the province’s top civil
servant — and former deputy minister Kelly Cain.
More than 3,300 employees earned more than $100,000 in 2020, including nearly 150 who received more than $200,000.
The full list can be found here on the Government of New Brunswick’s website.
Horizon CEO Karen McGrath named one of Atlantic Canada’s Top 50 CEOs
(FREDERICTON) – Horizon Health Network (Horizon) is proud to announce
that Karen McGrath, President and CEO, has been honoured as one of
Atlantic Canada’s Top 50 CEOs for 2021.
Last night (May 6, 2021), McGrath was recognized, with 49 other
inspiring leaders, at the Atlantic Business Magazine’s 2021 Virtual
Awards Gala. She is one of 14 New Brunswick distinguished leaders who
were honoured and will be profiled in the May/June print issue being
distributed across the Atlantic region.
McGrath’s leadership of New Brunswick’s largest regional health
authority includes balancing an annual budget of approximately $1.2
billion and overseeing its 12 hospitals, more than 100 medical
facilities, clinics and offices.
With more than 13,000 employees and 1,100 physicians, McGrath leads the most employees of all 2021 award winners.
“I’m honoured to be recognized among a list of high-caliber leaders,”
said Karen McGrath, President and CEO of Horizon. “I am extremely
fortunate to be surrounded by a dynamic and passionate team at Horizon.
We are all leaders, yet work as a team, so this recognition is a
demonstration of their dedication and the value we bring to our New
Brunswick communities.”
In her time as CEO, McGrath has advanced several important
initiatives for Horizon to improve health care for New Brunswickers,
particularly in innovation and research.
Horizon secured millions of dollars in grant funding through various
sources over the last number of years, helping realize important
clinical research in many areas of study. As a result, Horizon was named
one of Canada’s ‘Top 40 Research Hospitals’ last year, solidifying its
status among the country’s top health research institutions.
She has also advocated for health care professionals to work to their
full scopes of practice and led the development and implementation of
Horizon’s new strategic plan in 2021 to improve the way health care is
provided to New Brunswickers over the next five years.
“Many of us have experienced firsthand how she empowers her
employees, values our opinions, and respects the integral role every
person plays in providing safe and quality care,” said Dr. Édouard
Hendriks, Vice President Medical, Academic and Research Affairs.
“She values engaging with staff, physicians and community members,
and is admired for her honesty and transparency,” added Jean Daigle,
Horizon’s Vice President Community.
McGrath stepped into the role in 2017and continues to successfully
steer her organization through the COVID-19 pandemic. She announced in
March 2021 that she will be retiring in January 2022.
REVISED / New regional health authority board members named
11 June 2021
FREDERICTON
(GNB) – The board members of the province’s two regional health
authorities were announced today by Health Minister Dorothy Shephard.
“I am excited to see New Brunswickers wanting to work together to
tackle current health-care challenges,” said Shephard. “These
individuals will help us build a safe and sustainable health-care system
that responds to the needs of all New Brunswickers by participating in
the regional authority boards.”
Each board is comprised of 15 members, eight of which are elected and
seven of which are appointed. The board members of the two health
authorities are as follows:
Dr. Suzanne Johnston is an accomplished and visionary leader,
recently retired from her role as President of Niagara Health. Retiring
back home in New Brunswick in 2021, Suzanne continues to be committed to
shaping health care in Canada. She brings a distinctly people-focused
approach to creating caring cultures and improving engagement among the
community, employees, and physicians. Suzanne calls for an unwavering
commitment on the part of every leader to dig deep and lead with
presence and the belief in people’s desire to do the right thing.
Suzanne obtained both her undergraduate and graduate degrees in
nursing from the University of New Brunswick (UNB), and completed her
PhD in Nursing at the University of Arizona in Tucson. She completed
executive education at the Wharton School of Business, University of
Pennsylvania.
Suzanne’s interests include a love of people, community engagement,
and large scale system transformation leadership. On any given day you
will find her connecting with people in places of work and neighbourhood
or you might find her behind her camera on a woodsy trail. Suzanne
cares about making the world a better place, is driven by a passion for
the natural world and the potential of future generations.
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David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos @alllibertynews and 49 others
Methinks Higgy et al are well aware of why I would like to talk to Mr
Alpaugh ASAP particularly after my receiving a very egregious letter
from one of my doctors N'esy Pas?
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Before writs were dropped in BC and NS The VERY UNETHICAL "Journalist"
David Akin scores a new job as CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT Global
News???
Methinks that by now mindless David Akin would have figured out that
just like one of my favourite artists Gordy Lightfoot I am still alive
and kicking. However if you scroll to the bottom of this blog you will
see byway of his Tweets Davey Boy continues to ignore my emails even
after I talk to his lawyer and send them both a Hell of an email. Go
figure why I am not surprised. EH Commissioner Bobby Paulson of the
RCMP?
Do tell does the CBC or the CRTC or CTV or Roger TV or even CPAC or
anyone else recall back in 2015 when I stress tested the ethics of
David Boy Akin and his gal pal Kady Baby O'Malley about voting etc
during and after the election of the 42nd Parliament? I did that years
after I talked to Akin the first in in 2004 when he worked for CTV and
about 2 years or so after Kady had blocked me within Twitter when she
and her snobby buddies such as Jesse Brown, Jian Ghomeshi, Greg Weston
and Evan Solomon used to work for CBC too.
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may typically run in primary elections for a party's nomination and
lose repeatedly. Numerous perennial candidates, although not all, run
with the full knowledge of their inability to win elections and
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Doctor shortage forces overnight closure at Sackville ER
More er closures are possible before hours are permanently reduced on March 11
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David Amos
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Go Figure These are obviously not my Tweets but I did run against the lady
Chisholm Pothier
@chisholmp
·
Feb 10
The plan hasn’t even been announced yet and it’s already being
condemned. We know one thing for sure - we cannot keep delivering
Health the way we have. It isn’t sustainable with an aging population
and needs have changed with demographic change anyway. #nbpoli /1
Quote Tweet
Alaina Lockhart
@AlainaLockhart
· Feb 9
Premier @BlaineHiggs you can’t grow NB by reducing services in rural
areas. NB needs strong rural comms to thrive. The @townofsussex is key
to the region. You need to start thinking about the people impacted in
your quest to improve the bottom line. https://twitter.com/nsteinbach_rc/
David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: Chisholm Pothier no longer speaks for the
government Correct?
David Amos
Need I say I got a few calls after supper last night and the people
who called could tell I was pretty cranky about something? Trust that
what I heard on CBC this morning did not help my mood any..
David Amos
Methinks the real problem is that Higgy and Flemming can't get enough
bilingual folks who want to work within our Health Care System N'esy
Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Methinks everybody knows since the time of
Trudeau The Elder New Brunswick has been a great place to grow up and
get an education but to find work most of our young ones must head
west somewhere on the far side of Quebec. If the truth hurts so be it
N'esy Pas?
David Amos
On CBC this morning I heard our mindless Health Minister direct folks
to the emergency room in another province. Methinks we have not heard
that last about that N'esy Pas??
Jim Cyr
The people of New Brunswick are some of the silliest people in the
world. It’s been hilarious to see almost all of them completely turn
off their brains and freak out over Higgs’ emergency rooms plan. The
people will now vote out the PCs, of course......just as their silly
media masters tell them to do. And so the NB medical/fiscal/poverty
situation will just get worse and worse and worse than it already is..
You can’t make this kind of stuff up, folks!! Amazing to see.
Mind-numbingly predictable and monotonous. It’s like kubuki theater at
this point.. BAD kubuki theater.....lol
David Amos
Reply to @Jim Cyr: Methinks you may be cluing in as to why I call this
a circus If you can't find fun in the madness then you will go crazy
like they claim I am. Yea I'm crazy alright. Some say I'm crazy like a
fox others say I am just another narcissistic fool Hard telling not
knowing for sure but one thing is for certain I am having fun laughing
at all the people who laughed at me N'esy Pas?
However I can be as crazy as i want to be Higgy should ask the shinks
in the loonie bin of the DECH what they did with the wiretap tape of
the mob that I gave them in 2008 that the RCMP refuse to investigate.
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Jim Cyr:
Silly? It's just plain "goofy". And once the CONServatives are gone,
having been exchanged for the Liberals, the process will repeat
itself, over and over.
Not one among us able to figure out the only end result is our pocket
remain empty.
Michael Durant
We need to begin serious talks with Doctors Without Boarders
David Amos
Reply to @Michael durant: Try again That one went over like a lead balloon
Ben Haroldson
Reply to @Michael durant: borders
Yves Savoie
Get your popcorn ready!!! The circus has begun....
David Amos
Reply to @Yves Savoie: Wanna trade some of your popcorn for peanuts?
Methinks Trump and everybody knows I have been enjoying the circuses
on both sides of the 49th for many years from the peanut galley.
Trump's minions know that just before July 4th, 2002 within a
statement of Claim against an incredible number of Yankee lawyers I
promised that I would run in the next Election in Canada. I have
remained true to my word and have run 7 times thus far. I joined the
clowns in the centre ring no only to to add my two bits worth and but
to witness the high diving acts up close and personal. Trust that
Harper and Higgy et al know that i dearly love the splash just my kids
and I did at Sea World a long long time ago N'esy Pas?
Ben Haroldson
Reply to @David Amos: Kudos to that, and if you were in my riding you
would get my vote, fed or prov.
Lou Bell
Reply to @Ben Haroldson: That would give him 14 votes
Lou Bell
Reply to @David Amos: " Methinks trumps and everybody knows I have
been enjoy.. .... ...... " !!! You really think trump knows who you
are ?? Seriously ???????????
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Do you want his lawyers cell number?
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Better yet do you want me to give them yours so
you can say hey to your Yankee heroes who locked me up in 2004?
David Amos
Reply to @Ben Haroldson: Thanks for the vote of confidence
Ben Haroldson
The Doctors are just helping to move things along. No sense waffling
if things are that dire.
David Amos
Reply to @Ben Haroldson: So you say
Terry Tibbs
What do you *think*? Coincidence, or not?
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks we all know the wicked game by now N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: BTW I was born in the Sackville Hospital in 1952
and it saved my butt 3 years later when I went into a coma for a
month. Methinks for that reason alone I should raise hell to defend
it. Methinks it should be rather obvious that I quite simply don't
care what my cousin Megan Mitton and all her Green Party pals say or
do about it N'esy Pas?
Holly Mossing
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Not coincidence: ERs and Labour and Delivery
units have been randomly closing for years due to staffing issues.
That’s part of the problem, and this move will be part of the
solution. Government being responsible by listening to the health
authorities.
SarahRose Werner
How is the pool of doctors who provide nighttime ER coverage supplied?
Are these doctors who also work day jobs? Does staffing the ER
overnight make doctors less accessible to patients who seek service
during the day?
Elaine MacDonald
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Overnight Doctors come from the family
practice doctors; so while some work the ER during the day, those who
work nights will also work office hours during the day before their
night shift starts. After midnight, the ER is emergencies only, so you
will be triaged by a nurse, then depending on the triage, you may or
may not see a doctor.
This Friday, from how it seems, there will be no doctor at all; I'm
not sure if a tirage nurse will assess people however.
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Elaine MacDonald: Apparently not, because the ER will be
closed entirely. Which makes sense because triage is a sorting
procedure, not a treatment procedure. The word "triage" comes from the
process of sorting battlefield patients into three levels: those will
recover even without treatment, those who will even if treated and
those for whom treatment will make a difference. If there's no one
available to provide treatment, there's no point doing triage.
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Elaine MacDonald: "Overnight Doctors come from the family
practice doctors; so while some work the ER during the day, those who
work nights will also work office hours during the day before their
night shift starts." - I'm not surprised that doctors who've already
worked during the day are averse to taking overnight shifts as well.
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @SarahRose Werner:
Why would they be "adverse"? If the "stories" told to us are true,
after supper the family practice doctor heads out to the ER for 7pm,
taking paperwork, or reading material, to catch up on.
Right around maybe 10, or 11pm they pull up a bed and have a snooze,
because there "might" be only 5 patients overnight, (this is "the
claim") maybe only one needing his/her attention, so the nurse can
wake him/her up as required. 7am the shift ends, doctor leaves fully
rested,12 hours pay richer.
In some cases, if the doctor lives real close, they go home, coming in
only if needed.
Holly Mossing
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Yes, it does, which is part of the
problem. These are great shifts for doctors to pick up (quiet and pay
very well), but don’t help the health of local people overall because
the doc may see 5 urgent patients overnight but not be able to work at
see *25* the next day. That’s a big capacity issue.
David Amos
Reply to @Elaine MacDonald: Its a pity that nobody in Sackville would
listen to me this week
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: However I will disclose that the Office of the
CEO of one of our Health Care systems called me a few days before
Flemming's big announcement in order to reach an understanding as to
why I am going to file a lawsuitin order to get my Medicare Card and
other things. I have heard nothing but crickets since. Methinks they
think I am bluffing Others know I am not N'esy Pas?
Ian Scott
It would help if the management would outline what it takes to have an
ER open 24/7. I do not think a lot of the public has a clue as to what
it means to open an ER to all comers and the staff then needed to
cover all reasonable issues. You cannot confuse the public and
ambulances etc where to go each night if staffing gets short. It makes
it worse. If you staff with general practice then they must have
extended training in ER issues. Otherwise the next thing is the
complaint that things were not done . Then comes the standard
equipment needed for stroke trauma etc, like CT scanners etc. Even
appendectomy becomes an issue without ultrasound or CT. Its really a
standard of practice and it requires a service level that is very
difficult to reach in small centers. Otherwise you just end up
shipping people out again and delaying diagnostics and the right
treatment, some of which are time related. Would you want surgery for
something that is not needed? Or have blood thinners given when you
actually have a brain bleed etc.
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Ian Scott: One thing I've been reading in comments on
stories on this issue is that people mention being "stabilized" in a
smaller centre before being shipped out to a larger one. Not being a
medical professional, I don't know what resources and skills are
required to "stabilize" patients. Is this something that could be
achieved in some other way, for example, by expanded and improved
paramedic service?
Ian Scott
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: That is the care in bigger centers, well
trained paramedics to stabilize at site and transport. Still most
stroke issues need CT before treatment. Heart issues may be
"stabilized" with drugs etc but transfer really is key for assessment
. Trauma , (major) , needs a trauma center. I am not sure how many
paramedics can intubate in the field at this point in NB but even an
acute asthma or allergic issue might need it. Its what has been
suggested. The numbers are small in many of these towns.Even having
those staff may prove difficult down the road. Helicopter Air
ambulance is another issue, complex and expensive but out there.
Freddy is a trauma center for a certain level , but even it only has a
snowfield for landing.
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Ian Scott: Okay, so if someone has a heart attack, acute
allergic attack, stroke, etc. in Sussex in the middle of the night and
that person needs some sort of immediate treatment to tide them over
until they get to the Saint John Regional, how is that provided? To
me, that's the crux of the issue here. I agree that 24/7 ER service in
all locations is not the answer. What are other possible answers?
Elaine MacDonald
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: In that situation, the patient will be
sent on to Saint John/Moncton (not sure which hospital in regards to
Sussex) regardless if they are stable or not.
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Elaine MacDonald: Are there increased to the patient if
they're sent on without stabilization? What are those? What will be
done to ameliorate those risks?
Holly Mossing
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: There is a great study on this that showed
that cardiac patients who were “stabilized” at a small center then
transferred had worse outcomes and a higher death rate than patients
who bypassed their local ER and were brought directly to where they
could receive specialized care, for example. ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/28615177/ ). Advanced care
paramedics need to be normalized in New Brunswick and supported to
make health care as safe as possible. I’ve never voted Conservative
but in this case Higgs’ government is doing absolutely the responsible
thing. We need to make sure they follow through with increased daytime
services.
David Amos
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Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Methinks you must have read some of my
comments N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Hmmmm
Donald Smith
There has to be a reason, or reasons why NB Cannot attract them ???????
Mack Leigh
Reply to @Donald Smith: There definitely is however no one is allowed
to talk about the " Elephant " in the room.
Ian Scott
Reply to @Mack Leigh: Major centers are not really having that issue
except for OR constraints for time for some specialists and no beds
because of acute care bed blockers. Bathurst has excellent docs as
does Edmonston and they are better at language issues than the south.
Freddy and SJ and the Moncton centers also attract excellent staff.
Its in between that is the issue , and medicine has changed , as have
expectations and the standard of care. An ER is just that , all
comers, not a clinic. One has to meet rigid standards of care. And
those are hard to meet in 4k population or less towns and villages.
Aging issues are one of the biggest issues and its being met poorly.
Billing numbers are a thing of the past so not in the question. There
could certainly be some concern I suppose of young docs worried about
potential language issues but low.
Elaine MacDonald
Reply to @Ian Scott: What people seem to forget is that Sackville,
while a population of 5000 including Mt. Allison students, also
services Dorchester, Memramcook, Port Elgin, Murry Corner as well as
we get patients from the Cape like Cocagne, Cap Pele, Shediac. We've
had people from Moncton and surrounding area come to our hospital in
increasing numbers over the past two years, even as far as Anagance,
AND we get people from NS as well like River Hebert and Amherst. It
isn't just NB, but NS we serve too.
So no, we don't have a 4K or less patient possibility, we have much
more than that.
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Elaine MacDonald: Then maybe NS would like to contribute
some money to pay for overnight service at the ER.
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @SarahRose Werner:
Don't you believe for a moment they don't.
Show an out of province medicare card at a NB hospital and the eyes
light up like a one armed bandit hitting a jackpot.
David Amos
Reply to @Donald Smith: Everybody knows the reasons
David Amos
Reply to @Mack Leigh: I do
Brian Robertson
This is just the logical next step in the deterioration of healthcare
under the thumb of a government administered monopoly.
When you have no money and no Doctors and costs are still increasing
because all your workers are members of public service unions that can
hold the public hostage; what else can happen?
The viability of single payer healthcare is based on the metering of
services in order to control costs.
Public needs and individual abilities to pay simply do not factor into
the equation.
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Brian Robertson:
Hold the phone, Just STOP, and *think* for a moment, you have been
misdirected just like you are supposed to be.
EVERY other province, or territory, has "evil" union belonging health
professionals, this is not a NB only "thing".
We are supposed to be short of 100, maybe 200, health professionals
needed per capita (a different number pops out whenever those in
charge are asked).
We know the pay and benefits in NB are "short" hence the shortage of
health professionals.
Yet the cost of healthcare is higher (per capita) than every other
province, or territory.
So, either EVERYONE in NB is constantly sick, or the extra cost is
somewhere else other than with the health professionals.
I respectfully *think* you should be looking elsewhere.
Brian Robertson
Reply to @Terry Tibbs:
All Provincial healthcare systems are following the same pattern
decline; except possibly Quebec who enjoys a lucrative infusion of
Federal transfer payments annually. New Brunswick just seems to be
ahead of the curve in terms of declining services and wait times.
There is more than enough blame to go around for this spiral trip
around the drain. Yes, and that includes your healthcare
professionals.
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks he knows you are correct Quebec is a
UNILINGUAL Province Hence its costs are less N'esy Pas?
John Pokiok
There you have it no Doctor wants to live in rural setting it's a hard
core fact.
Ian Scott
Reply to @John Pokiok: Thats not really true. Being an ER doc is a
different fish from a GP office setting. It requires an extension of
training.If you open an ER then you have every issue from Intubation
to trauma to poisoning, heart attack stroke, delivery etc. ER trained
docs are a separate entity . You are asking a GP to be everything and
have little backup and extended hours and then have a practice in the
community. It takes a serious block of staff to do this around the
clock. And to have surgical backups for obstetrics etc.And to then
live in communities with 4K people is not easy.
David Amos
Reply to @John Pokiok: Many do when they retire
Elaine MacDonald
Reply to @John Pokiok: And yet we just had *2* doctors from US
background move to Sackville to practice. It's not a matter of no
doctors wanting to move to rural areas.
David Amos
Reply to @Elaine MacDonald: Maybe they are willing to cover the midnight shift
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> 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
>
>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
>> Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>> To: coi@gnb.ca
>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>
>> Good Day Sir
>>
>> After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
>> to speak to one of your staff for the first time
>>
>> Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
>> answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
>> at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
>> Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.
>>
>> These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
>> suggested that you study closely.
>>
>> This is the docket in Federal Court
>>
>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
>>
>> These are digital recordings of the last three hearings
>>
>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
>>
>> January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015
>>
>> April 3rd, 2017
>>
>> https://archive.org/details/April32017JusticeLeblancHearing
>>
>>
>> This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal
>>
>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All
>>
>>
>> The only hearing thus far
>>
>> May 24th, 2017
>>
>> https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
>>
>>
>> This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity
>>
>> Date: 20151223
>>
>> Docket: T-1557-15
>>
>> Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015
>>
>> PRESENT: The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell
>>
>> BETWEEN:
>>
>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>>
>> Plaintiff
>>
>> and
>>
>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>
>> Defendant
>>
>> ORDER
>>
>> (Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on
>> December 14, 2015)
>>
>> The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant to
>> the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on November
>> 12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of Claim
>> in its entirety.
>>
>> At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my attention a
>> letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then
>> capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian
>> Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen Quigg,
>> (now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal). In that letter
>> he stated:
>>
>> As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check the
>> work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including you.
>> You are your brother’s keeper.
>>
>> Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former
>> colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition to
>> expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a number of
>> people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be witnesses
>> or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known to
>> me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime
>> Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former
>> Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court of
>> Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore;
>> former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; former
>> Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former Staff
>> Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick Court
>> of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, retired
>> Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted
>> Police.
>>
>> In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my
>> personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many
>> potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I am
>> of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias should I
>> hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in
>> Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et al,
>> [1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding
>> allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party has
>> requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so.
>>
>>
>> AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the Administrator of
>> the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion. There
>> is no order as to costs.
>>
>> “B. Richard Bell”
>> Judge
>>
>>
>> Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one comment
>> already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had sent
>> to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006.
>>
>> I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the the Court
>> Martial Appeal Court of Canada Perhaps you should scroll to the
>> bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83 of my
>> lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada?
>>
>> "FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the
>> most
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca
>> Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:18 PM
>> Subject: Réponse automatique : RE My complaint against the CROWN in
>> Federal Court Attn David Hansen and Peter MacKay If you planning to
>> submit a motion for a publication ban on my complaint trust that you
>> dudes are way past too late
>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>
>> Veuillez noter que j'ai changé de courriel. Vous pouvez me rejoindre à
>> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>>
>> Pour rejoindre le bureau de M. Trudeau veuillez envoyer un courriel à
>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>>
>> Please note that I changed email address, you can reach me at
>> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>>
>> To reach the office of Mr. Trudeau please send an email to
>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Merci ,
>>
>>
>> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html
>>
>>
>> 83. The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
>> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
>> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
>> five years after he began his bragging:
>>
>> January 13, 2015
>> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
>>
>> December 8, 2014
>> Why Canada Stood Tall!
>>
>> Friday, October 3, 2014
>> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
>> Stupid Justin Trudeau
>>
>> Canada’s and Canadians free ride is over. Canada can no longer hide
>> behind Amerka’s and NATO’s skirts.
>>
>> When I was still in Canadian Forces then Prime Minister Jean Chretien
>> actually committed the Canadian Army to deploy in the second campaign
>> in Iraq, the Coalition of the Willing. This was against or contrary to
>> the wisdom or advice of those of us Canadian officers that were
>> involved in the initial planning phases of that operation. There were
>> significant concern in our planning cell, and NDHQ about of the dearth
>> of concern for operational guidance, direction, and forces for
>> operations after the initial occupation of Iraq. At the “last minute”
>> Prime Minister Chretien and the Liberal government changed its mind.
>> The Canadian government told our amerkan cousins that we would not
>> deploy combat troops for the Iraq campaign, but would deploy a
>> Canadian Battle Group to Afghanistan, enabling our amerkan cousins to
>> redeploy troops from there to Iraq. The PMO’s thinking that it was
>> less costly to deploy Canadian Forces to Afghanistan than Iraq. But
>> alas no one seems to remind the Liberals of Prime Minister Chretien’s
>> then grossly incorrect assumption. Notwithstanding Jean Chretien’s
>> incompetence and stupidity, the Canadian Army was heroic,
>> professional, punched well above it’s weight, and the PPCLI Battle
>> Group, is credited with “saving Afghanistan” during the Panjway
>> campaign of 2006.
>>
>> What Justin Trudeau and the Liberals don’t tell you now, is that then
>> Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien committed, and deployed the
>> Canadian army to Canada’s longest “war” without the advice, consent,
>> support, or vote of the Canadian Parliament.
>>
>> What David Amos and the rest of the ignorant, uneducated, and babbling
>> chattering classes are too addled to understand is the deployment of
>> less than 75 special operations troops, and what is known by planners
>> as a “six pac cell” of fighter aircraft is NOT the same as a
>> deployment of a Battle Group, nor a “war” make.
>>
>> The Canadian Government or The Crown unlike our amerkan cousins have
>> the “constitutional authority” to commit the Canadian nation to war.
>> That has been recently clearly articulated to the Canadian public by
>> constitutional scholar Phillippe Legasse. What Parliament can do is
>> remove “confidence” in The Crown’s Government in a “vote of
>> non-confidence.” That could not happen to the Chretien Government
>> regarding deployment to Afghanistan, and it won’t happen in this
>> instance with the conservative majority in The Commons regarding a
>> limited Canadian deployment to the Middle East.
>>
>> President George Bush was quite correct after 911 and the terror
>> attacks in New York; that the Taliban “occupied” and “failed state”
>> Afghanistan was the source of logistical support, command and control,
>> and training for the Al Quaeda war of terror against the world. The
>> initial defeat, and removal from control of Afghanistan was vital and
>>
>> P.S. Whereas this CBC article is about your opinion of the actions of
>> the latest Minister Of Health trust that Mr Boudreau and the CBC have
>> had my files for many years and the last thing they are is ethical.
>> Ask his friends Mr Murphy and the RCMP if you don't believe me.
>>
>> Subject:
>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
>> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
>> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>
>> January 30, 2007
>>
>> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>>
>> Mr. David Amos
>>
>> Dear Mr. Amos:
>>
>> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
>> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>>
>> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
>> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
>> Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
>> Minister of Health
>>
>> CM/cb
>>
>>
>> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>>
>> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
>> From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
>> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
>> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,John.Foran@gnb.ca,
>> Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,"Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>> "Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
>> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have not
>>
>> Dear Mr. Amos,
>>
>> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off
>> over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I
>> was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>>
>> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
>> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
>> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
>> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
>> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
>> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>>
>> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
>> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
>> that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada
>> the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
>> and policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
>>
>> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
>> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
>> GRC Caledonia RCMP
>> Traffic Services NCO
>> Ph: (506) 387-2222
>> Fax: (506) 387-4622
>> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>
>>
>>
>> Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>> Office of the Integrity Commissioner
>> Edgecombe House, 736 King Street
>> Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3B 5H1
>> tel.: 506-457-7890
>> fax: 506-444-5224
>> e-mail:coi@gnb.ca
>>
>
>
> On 8/3/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If want something very serious to download and laugh at as well Please
>> Enjoy and share real wiretap tapes of the mob
>>
>> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-greenwald-and-braz
>> ilian.html
>>
>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/09/nsa-leak-guardian.html
>>>
>>> As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I must
>>> ask them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING????
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugUalUO8YY
>>>
>>> What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon the
>>> USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament baseball
>>> cards?
>>>
>>> http://archive.org/details/ITriedToExplainItToAllMaritimersInEarly200
>>> 6
>>>
>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/2006/05/wiretap-tapes-impeach-bush.html
>>>
>>> http://www.archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139
>>>
>>> http://archive.org/details/Part1WiretapTape143
>>>
>>> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
>>> Senator Arlen Specter
>>> United States Senate
>>> Committee on the Judiciary
>>> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
>>> Washington, DC 20510
>>>
>>> Dear Mr. Specter:
>>>
>>> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
>>> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
>>> raised in the attached letter.
>>>
>>> Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire tap
>>> tapes.
>>>
>>> I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this previously.
>>>
>>> Very truly yours,
>>> Barry A. Bachrach
>>> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
>>> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
>>> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>>>
>>
>
> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/11/federal-court-of-appeal-finally-makes.html
>
>
> Sunday, 19 November 2017
> Federal Court of Appeal Finally Makes The BIG Decision And Publishes
> It Now The Crooks Cannot Take Back Ticket To Try Put My Matter Before
> The Supreme Court
>
> https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fca-caf/decisions/en/item/236679/index.do
>
>
> Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
>
> Amos v. Canada
> Court (s) Database
>
> Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
> Date
>
> 2017-10-30
> Neutral citation
>
> 2017 FCA 213
> File numbers
>
> A-48-16
> Date: 20171030
>
> Docket: A-48-16
> Citation: 2017 FCA 213
> CORAM:
>
> WEBB J.A.
> NEAR J.A.
> GLEASON J.A.
>
>
> BETWEEN:
> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
> Respondent on the cross-appeal
> (and formally Appellant)
> and
> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
> Appellant on the cross-appeal
> (and formerly Respondent)
> Heard at Fredericton, New Brunswick, on May 24, 2017.
> Judgment delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on October 30, 2017.
> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:
>
> THE COURT
>
>
>
> Date: 20171030
>
> Docket: A-48-16
> Citation: 2017 FCA 213
> CORAM:
>
> WEBB J.A.
> NEAR J.A.
> GLEASON J.A.
>
>
> BETWEEN:
> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
> Respondent on the cross-appeal
> (and formally Appellant)
> and
> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
> Appellant on the cross-appeal
> (and formerly Respondent)
> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY THE COURT
>
> I. Introduction
>
> [1] On September 16, 2015, David Raymond Amos (Mr. Amos)
> filed a 53-page Statement of Claim (the Claim) in Federal Court
> against Her Majesty the Queen (the Crown). Mr. Amos claims $11 million
> in damages and a public apology from the Prime Minister and Provincial
> Premiers for being illegally barred from accessing parliamentary
> properties and seeks a declaration from the Minister of Public Safety
> that the Canadian Government will no longer allow the Royal Canadian
> Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canadian Forces to harass him and his clan
> (Claim at para. 96).
>
> [2] On November 12, 2015 (Docket T-1557-15), by way of a
> motion brought by the Crown, a prothonotary of the Federal Court (the
> Prothonotary) struck the Claim in its entirety, without leave to
> amend, on the basis that it was plain and obvious that the Claim
> disclosed no reasonable claim, the Claim was fundamentally vexatious,
> and the Claim could not be salvaged by way of further amendment (the
> Prothontary’s Order).
>
>
> [3] On January 25, 2016 (2016 FC 93), by way of Mr.
> Amos’ appeal from the Prothonotary’s Order, a judge of the Federal
> Court (the Judge), reviewing the matter de novo, struck all of Mr.
> Amos’ claims for relief with the exception of the claim for damages
> for being barred by the RCMP from the New Brunswick legislature in
> 2004 (the Federal Court Judgment).
>
>
> [4] Mr. Amos appealed and the Crown cross-appealed the
> Federal Court Judgment. Further to the issuance of a Notice of Status
> Review, Mr. Amos’ appeal was dismissed for delay on December 19, 2016.
> As such, the only matter before this Court is the Crown’s
> cross-appeal.
>
>
> II. Preliminary Matter
>
> [5] Mr. Amos, in his memorandum of fact and law in
> relation to the cross-appeal that was filed with this Court on March
> 6, 2017, indicated that several judges of this Court, including two of
> the judges of this panel, had a conflict of interest in this appeal.
> This was the first time that he identified the judges whom he believed
> had a conflict of interest in a document that was filed with this
> Court. In his notice of appeal he had alluded to a conflict with
> several judges but did not name those judges.
>
> [6] Mr. Amos was of the view that he did not have to
> identify the judges in any document filed with this Court because he
> had identified the judges in various documents that had been filed
> with the Federal Court. In his view the Federal Court and the Federal
> Court of Appeal are the same court and therefore any document filed in
> the Federal Court would be filed in this Court. This view is based on
> subsections 5(4) and 5.1(4) of the Federal Courts Act, R.S.C., 1985,
> c. F-7:
>
>
> 5(4) Every judge of the Federal Court is, by virtue of his or her
> office, a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal and has all the
> jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court of
> Appeal.
> […]
>
> 5(4) Les juges de la Cour fédérale sont d’office juges de la Cour
> d’appel fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que
> les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale.
> […]
> 5.1(4) Every judge of the Federal Court of Appeal is, by virtue of
> that office, a judge of the Federal Court and has all the
> jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court.
>
> 5.1(4) Les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale sont d’office juges de la
> Cour fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que les
> juges de la Cour fédérale.
>
>
> [7] However, these subsections only provide that the
> judges of the Federal Court are also judges of this Court (and vice
> versa). It does not mean that there is only one court. If the Federal
> Court and this Court were one Court, there would be no need for this
> section.
> [8] Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act provide that:
> 3 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
> — Appeal Division is continued under the name “Federal Court of
> Appeal” in English and “Cour d’appel fédérale” in French. It is
> continued as an additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and
> for Canada, for the better administration of the laws of Canada and as
> a superior court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.
>
> 3 La Section d’appel, aussi appelée la Cour d’appel ou la Cour d’appel
> fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée « Cour d’appel fédérale » en
> français et « Federal Court of Appeal » en anglais. Elle est maintenue
> à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et d’amirauté du
> Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit canadien, et
> continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant compétence en
> matière civile et pénale.
> 4 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
> — Trial Division is continued under the name “Federal Court” in
> English and “Cour fédérale” in French. It is continued as an
> additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and for Canada, for
> the better administration of the laws of Canada and as a superior
> court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.
>
> 4 La section de la Cour fédérale du Canada, appelée la Section de
> première instance de la Cour fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée «
> Cour fédérale » en français et « Federal Court » en anglais. Elle est
> maintenue à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et
> d’amirauté du Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit
> canadien, et continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant
> compétence en matière civile et pénale.
>
>
> [9] Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act create
> two separate courts – this Court (section 3) and the Federal Court
> (section 4). If, as Mr. Amos suggests, documents filed in the Federal
> Court were automatically also filed in this Court, then there would no
> need for the parties to prepare and file appeal books as required by
> Rules 343 to 345 of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106 in relation
> to any appeal from a decision of the Federal Court. The requirement to
> file an appeal book with this Court in relation to an appeal from a
> decision of the Federal Court makes it clear that the only documents
> that will be before this Court are the documents that are part of that
> appeal book.
>
>
> [10] Therefore, the memorandum of fact and law filed on
> March 6, 2017 is the first document, filed with this Court, in which
> Mr. Amos identified the particular judges that he submits have a
> conflict in any matter related to him.
>
>
> [11] On April 3, 2017, Mr. Amos attempted to bring a motion
> before the Federal Court seeking an order “affirming or denying the
> conflict of interest he has” with a number of judges of the Federal
> Court. A judge of the Federal Court issued a direction noting that if
> Mr. Amos was seeking this order in relation to judges of the Federal
> Court of Appeal, it was beyond the jurisdiction of the Federal Court.
> Mr. Amos raised the Federal Court motion at the hearing of this
> cross-appeal. The Federal Court motion is not a motion before this
> Court and, as such, the submissions filed before the Federal Court
> will not be entertained. As well, since this was a motion brought
> before the Federal Court (and not this Court), any documents filed in
> relation to that motion are not part of the record of this Court.
>
>
> [12] During the hearing of the appeal Mr. Amos alleged that
> the third member of this panel also had a conflict of interest and
> submitted some documents that, in his view, supported his claim of a
> conflict. Mr. Amos, following the hearing of his appeal, was also
> afforded the opportunity to provide a brief summary of the conflict
> that he was alleging and to file additional documents that, in his
> view, supported his allegations. Mr. Amos submitted several pages of
> documents in relation to the alleged conflicts. He organized the
> documents by submitting a copy of the biography of the particular
> judge and then, immediately following that biography, by including
> copies of the documents that, in his view, supported his claim that
> such judge had a conflict.
>
>
> [13] The nature of the alleged conflict of Justice Webb is
> that before he was appointed as a Judge of the Tax Court of Canada in
> 2006, he was a partner with the law firm Patterson Law, and before
> that with Patterson Palmer in Nova Scotia. Mr. Amos submitted that he
> had a number of disputes with Patterson Palmer and Patterson Law and
> therefore Justice Webb has a conflict simply because he was a partner
> of these firms. Mr. Amos is not alleging that Justice Webb was
> personally involved in or had any knowledge of any matter in which Mr.
> Amos was involved with Justice Webb’s former law firm – only that he
> was a member of such firm.
>
>
> [14] During his oral submissions at the hearing of his
> appeal Mr. Amos, in relation to the alleged conflict for Justice Webb,
> focused on dealings between himself and a particular lawyer at
> Patterson Law. However, none of the documents submitted by Mr. Amos at
> the hearing or subsequently related to any dealings with this
> particular lawyer nor is it clear when Mr. Amos was dealing with this
> lawyer. In particular, it is far from clear whether such dealings were
> after the time that Justice Webb was appointed as a Judge of the Tax
> Court of Canada over 10 years ago.
>
>
> [15] The documents that he submitted in relation to the
> alleged conflict for Justice Webb largely relate to dealings between
> Byron Prior and the St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador office of
> Patterson Palmer, which is not in the same province where Justice Webb
> practiced law. The only document that indicates any dealing between
> Mr. Amos and Patterson Palmer is a copy of an affidavit of Stephen May
> who was a partner in the St. John’s NL office of Patterson Palmer. The
> affidavit is dated January 24, 2005 and refers to a number of e-mails
> that were sent by Mr. Amos to Stephen May. Mr. Amos also included a
> letter that is addressed to four individuals, one of whom is John
> Crosbie who was counsel to the St. John’s NL office of Patterson
> Palmer. The letter is dated September 2, 2004 and is addressed to
> “John Crosbie, c/o Greg G. Byrne, Suite 502, 570 Queen Street,
> Fredericton, NB E3B 5E3”. In this letter Mr. Amos alludes to a
> possible lawsuit against Patterson Palmer.
> [16] Mr. Amos’ position is that simply because Justice Webb
> was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer, he now has a conflict. In Wewaykum
> Indian Band v. Her Majesty the Queen, 2003 SCC 45, [2003] 2 S.C.R.
> 259, the Supreme Court of Canada noted that disqualification of a
> judge is to be determined based on whether there is a reasonable
> apprehension of bias:
> 60 In Canadian law, one standard has now emerged as the
> criterion for disqualification. The criterion, as expressed by de
> Grandpré J. in Committee for Justice and Liberty v. National Energy
> Board, …[[1978] 1 S.C.R. 369, 68 D.L.R. (3d) 716], at p. 394, is the
> reasonable apprehension of bias:
> … the apprehension of bias must be a reasonable one, held by
> reasonable and right minded persons, applying themselves to the
> question and obtaining thereon the required information. In the words
> of the Court of Appeal, that test is "what would an informed person,
> viewing the matter realistically and practically -- and having thought
> the matter through -- conclude. Would he think that it is more likely
> than not that [the decision-maker], whether consciously or
> unconsciously, would not decide fairly."
>
> [17] The issue to be determined is whether an informed
> person, viewing the matter realistically and practically, and having
> thought the matter through, would conclude that Mr. Amos’ allegations
> give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias. As this Court has
> previously remarked, “there is a strong presumption that judges will
> administer justice impartially” and this presumption will not be
> rebutted in the absence of “convincing evidence” of bias (Collins v.
> Canada, 2011 FCA 140 at para. 7, [2011] 4 C.T.C. 157 [Collins]. See
> also R. v. S. (R.D.), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484 at para. 32, 151 D.L.R.
> (4th) 193).
>
> [18] The Ontario Court of Appeal in Rando Drugs Ltd. v.
> Scott, 2007 ONCA 553, 86 O.R. (3d) 653 (leave to appeal to the Supreme
> Court of Canada refused, 32285 (August 1, 2007)), addressed the
> particular issue of whether a judge is disqualified from hearing a
> case simply because he had been a member of a law firm that was
> involved in the litigation that was now before that judge. The Ontario
> Court of Appeal determined that the judge was not disqualified if the
> judge had no involvement with the person or the matter when he was a
> lawyer. The Ontario Court of Appeal also explained that the rules for
> determining whether a judge is disqualified are different from the
> rules to determine whether a lawyer has a conflict:
> 27 Thus, disqualification is not the natural corollary to a
> finding that a trial judge has had some involvement in a case over
> which he or she is now presiding. Where the judge had no involvement,
> as here, it cannot be said that the judge is disqualified.
>
>
> 28 The point can rightly be made that had Mr. Patterson been
> asked to represent the appellant as counsel before his appointment to
> the bench, the conflict rules would likely have prevented him from
> taking the case because his firm had formerly represented one of the
> defendants in the case. Thus, it is argued how is it that as a trial
> judge Patterson J. can hear the case? This issue was considered by the
> Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in Locabail (U.K.) Ltd. v. Bayfield
> Properties Ltd., [2000] Q.B. 451. The court held, at para. 58, that
> there is no inflexible rule governing the disqualification of a judge
> and that, "[e]verything depends on the circumstances."
>
>
> 29 It seems to me that what appears at first sight to be an
> inconsistency in application of rules can be explained by the
> different contexts and in particular, the strong presumption of
> judicial impartiality that applies in the context of disqualification
> of a judge. There is no such presumption in cases of allegations of
> conflict of interest against a lawyer because of a firm's previous
> involvement in the case. To the contrary, as explained by Sopinka J.
> in MacDonald Estate v. Martin (1990), 77 D.L.R. (4th) 249 (S.C.C.),
> for sound policy reasons there is a presumption of a disqualifying
> interest that can rarely be overcome. In particular, a conclusory
> statement from the lawyer that he or she had no confidential
> information about the case will never be sufficient. The case is the
> opposite where the allegation of bias is made against a trial judge.
> His or her statement that he or she knew nothing about the case and
> had no involvement in it will ordinarily be accepted at face value
> unless there is good reason to doubt it: see Locabail, at para. 19.
>
>
> 30 That brings me then to consider the particular circumstances
> of this case and whether there are serious grounds to find a
> disqualifying conflict of interest in this case. In my view, there are
> two significant factors that justify the trial judge's decision not to
> recuse himself. The first is his statement, which all parties accept,
> that he knew nothing of the case when it was in his former firm and
> that he had nothing to do with it. The second is the long passage of
> time. As was said in Wewaykum, at para. 85:
> To us, one significant factor stands out, and must inform
> the perspective of the reasonable person assessing the impact of this
> involvement on Binnie J.'s impartiality in the appeals. That factor is
> the passage of time. Most arguments for disqualification rest on
> circumstances that are either contemporaneous to the decision-making,
> or that occurred within a short time prior to the decision-making.
> 31 There are other factors that inform the issue. The Wilson
> Walker firm no longer acted for any of the parties by the time of
> trial. More importantly, at the time of the motion, Patterson J. had
> been a judge for six years and thus had not had a relationship with
> his former firm for a considerable period of time.
>
>
> 32 In my view, a reasonable person, viewing the matter
> realistically would conclude that the trial judge could deal fairly
> and impartially with this case. I take this view principally because
> of the long passage of time and the trial judge's lack of involvement
> in or knowledge of the case when the Wilson Walker firm had carriage.
> In these circumstances it cannot be reasonably contended that the
> trial judge could not remain impartial in the case. The mere fact that
> his name appears on the letterhead of some correspondence from over a
> decade ago would not lead a reasonable person to believe that he would
> either consciously or unconsciously favour his former firm's former
> client. It is simply not realistic to think that a judge would throw
> off his mantle of impartiality, ignore his oath of office and favour a
> client - about whom he knew nothing - of a firm that he left six years
> earlier and that no longer acts for the client, in a case involving
> events from over a decade ago.
> (emphasis added)
>
> [19] Justice Webb had no involvement with any matter
> involving Mr. Amos while he was a member of Patterson Palmer or
> Patterson Law, nor does Mr. Amos suggest that he did. Mr. Amos made it
> clear during the hearing of this matter that the only reason for the
> alleged conflict for Justice Webb was that he was a member of
> Patterson Law and Patterson Palmer. This is simply not enough for
> Justice Webb to be disqualified. Any involvement of Mr. Amos with
> Patterson Law while Justice Webb was a member of that firm would have
> had to occur over 10 years ago and even longer for the time when he
> was a member of Patterson Palmer. In addition to the lack of any
> involvement on his part with any matter or dispute that Mr. Amos had
> with Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer (which in and of itself is
> sufficient to dispose of this matter), the length of time since
> Justice Webb was a member of Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer would
> also result in the same finding – that there is no conflict in Justice
> Webb hearing this appeal.
>
> [20] Similarly in R. v. Bagot, 2000 MBCA 30, 145 Man. R.
> (2d) 260, the Manitoba Court of Appeal found that there was no
> reasonable apprehension of bias when a judge, who had been a member of
> the law firm that had been retained by the accused, had no involvement
> with the accused while he was a lawyer with that firm.
>
> [21] In Del Zotto v. Minister of National Revenue, [2000] 4
> F.C. 321, 257 N.R. 96, this court did find that there would be a
> reasonable apprehension of bias where a judge, who while he was a
> lawyer, had recorded time on a matter involving the same person who
> was before that judge. However, this case can be distinguished as
> Justice Webb did not have any time recorded on any files involving Mr.
> Amos while he was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer or Patterson Law.
>
> [22] Mr. Amos also included with his submissions a CD. He
> stated in his affidavit dated June 26, 2017 that there is a “true copy
> of an American police surveillance wiretap entitled 139” on this CD.
> He has also indicated that he has “provided a true copy of the CD
> entitled 139 to many American and Canadian law enforcement authorities
> and not one of the police forces or officers of the court are willing
> to investigate it”. Since he has indicated that this is an “American
> police surveillance wiretap”, this is a matter for the American law
> enforcement authorities and cannot create, as Mr. Amos suggests, a
> conflict of interest for any judge to whom he provides a copy.
>
> [23] As a result, there is no conflict or reasonable
> apprehension of bias for Justice Webb and therefore, no reason for him
> to recuse himself.
>
> [24] Mr. Amos alleged that Justice Near’s past professional
> experience with the government created a “quasi-conflict” in deciding
> the cross-appeal. Mr. Amos provided no details and Justice Near
> confirmed that he had no prior knowledge of the matters alleged in the
> Claim. Justice Near sees no reason to recuse himself.
>
> [25] Insofar as it is possible to glean the basis for Mr.
> Amos’ allegations against Justice Gleason, it appears that he alleges
> that she is incapable of hearing this appeal because he says he wrote
> a letter to Brian Mulroney and Jean Chrétien in 2004. At that time,
> both Justice Gleason and Mr. Mulroney were partners in the law firm
> Ogilvy Renault, LLP. The letter in question, which is rude and angry,
> begins with “Hey you two Evil Old Smiling Bastards” and “Re: me suing
> you and your little dogs too”. There is no indication that the letter
> was ever responded to or that a law suit was ever commenced by Mr.
> Amos against Mr. Mulroney. In the circumstances, there is no reason
> for Justice Gleason to recuse herself as the letter in question does
> not give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias.
>
>
> III. Issue
>
> [26] The issue on the cross-appeal is as follows: Did the
> Judge err in setting aside the Prothonotary’s Order striking the Claim
> in its entirety without leave to amend and in determining that Mr.
> Amos’ allegation that the RCMP barred him from the New Brunswick
> legislature in 2004 was capable of supporting a cause of action?
>
> IV. Analysis
>
> A. Standard of Review
>
> [27] Following the Judge’s decision to set aside the
> Prothonotary’s Order, this Court revisited the standard of review to
> be applied to discretionary decisions of prothonotaries and decisions
> made by judges on appeals of prothonotaries’ decisions in Hospira
> Healthcare Corp. v. Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, 2016 FCA 215,
> 402 D.L.R. (4th) 497 [Hospira]. In Hospira, a five-member panel of
> this Court replaced the Aqua-Gem standard of review with that
> articulated in Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235
> [Housen]. As a result, it is no longer appropriate for the Federal
> Court to conduct a de novo review of a discretionary order made by a
> prothonotary in regard to questions vital to the final issue of the
> case. Rather, a Federal Court judge can only intervene on appeal if
> the prothonotary made an error of law or a palpable and overriding
> error in determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and
> law (Hospira at para. 79). Further, this Court can only interfere with
> a Federal Court judge’s review of a prothonotary’s discretionary order
> if the judge made an error of law or palpable and overriding error in
> determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and law
> (Hospira at paras. 82-83).
>
> [28] In the case at bar, the Judge substituted his own
> assessment of Mr. Amos’ Claim for that of the Prothonotary. This Court
> must look to the Prothonotary’s Order to determine whether the Judge
> erred in law or made a palpable and overriding error in choosing to
> interfere.
>
>
> B. Did the Judge err in interfering with the
> Prothonotary’s Order?
>
> [29] The Prothontoary’s Order accepted the following
> paragraphs from the Crown’s submissions as the basis for striking the
> Claim in its entirety without leave to amend:
>
> 17. Within the 96 paragraph Statement of Claim, the Plaintiff
> addresses his complaint in paragraphs 14-24, inclusive. All but four
> of those paragraphs are dedicated to an incident that occurred in 2006
> in and around the legislature in New Brunswick. The jurisdiction of
> the Federal Court does not extend to Her Majesty the Queen in right of
> the Provinces. In any event, the Plaintiff hasn’t named the Province
> or provincial actors as parties to this action. The incident alleged
> does not give rise to a justiciable cause of action in this Court.
> (…)
>
>
> 21. The few paragraphs that directly address the Defendant
> provide no details as to the individuals involved or the location of
> the alleged incidents or other details sufficient to allow the
> Defendant to respond. As a result, it is difficult or impossible to
> determine the causes of action the Plaintiff is attempting to advance.
> A generous reading of the Statement of Claim allows the Defendant to
> only speculate as to the true and/or intended cause of action. At
> best, the Plaintiff’s action may possibly be summarized as: he
> suspects he is barred from the House of Commons.
> [footnotes omitted].
>
>
> [30] The Judge determined that he could not strike the Claim
> on the same jurisdictional basis as the Prothonotary. The Judge noted
> that the Federal Court has jurisdiction over claims based on the
> liability of Federal Crown servants like the RCMP and that the actors
> who barred Mr. Amos from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004
> included the RCMP (Federal Court Judgment at para. 23). In considering
> the viability of these allegations de novo, the Judge identified
> paragraph 14 of the Claim as containing “some precision” as it
> identifies the date of the event and a RCMP officer acting as
> Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor (Federal Court Judgment at
> para. 27).
>
>
> [31] The Judge noted that the 2004 event could support a
> cause of action in the tort of misfeasance in public office and
> identified the elements of the tort as excerpted from Meigs v. Canada,
> 2013 FC 389, 431 F.T.R. 111:
>
>
> [13] As in both the cases of Odhavji Estate v Woodhouse, 2003 SCC
> 69 [Odhavji] and Lewis v Canada, 2012 FC 1514 [Lewis], I must
> determine whether the plaintiffs’ statement of claim pleads each
> element of the alleged tort of misfeasance in public office:
>
> a) The public officer must have engaged in deliberate and unlawful
> conduct in his or her capacity as public officer;
>
> b) The public officer must have been aware both that his or her
> conduct was unlawful and that it was likely to harm the plaintiff; and
>
> c) There must be an element of bad faith or dishonesty by the public
> officer and knowledge of harm alone is insufficient to conclude that a
> public officer acted in bad faith or dishonestly.
> Odhavji, above, at paras 23, 24 and 28
> (Federal Court Judgment at para. 28).
>
> [32] The Judge determined that Mr. Amos disclosed sufficient
> material facts to meet the elements of the tort of misfeasance in
> public office because the actors, who barred him from the New
> Brunswick legislature in 2004, including the RCMP, did so for
> “political reasons” (Federal Court Judgment at para. 29).
>
> [33] This Court’s discussion of the sufficiency of pleadings
> in Merchant Law Group v. Canada (Revenue Agency), 2010 FCA 184, 321
> D.L.R (4th) 301 is particularly apt:
>
> …When pleading bad faith or abuse of power, it is not enough to
> assert, baldly, conclusory phrases such as “deliberately or
> negligently,” “callous disregard,” or “by fraud and theft did steal”.
> “The bare assertion of a conclusion upon which the court is called
> upon to pronounce is not an allegation of material fact”. Making bald,
> conclusory allegations without any evidentiary foundation is an abuse
> of process…
>
> To this, I would add that the tort of misfeasance in public office
> requires a particular state of mind of a public officer in carrying
> out the impunged action, i.e., deliberate conduct which the public
> officer knows to be inconsistent with the obligations of his or her
> office. For this tort, particularization of the allegations is
> mandatory. Rule 181 specifically requires particularization of
> allegations of “breach of trust,” “wilful default,” “state of mind of
> a person,” “malice” or “fraudulent intention.”
> (at paras. 34-35, citations omitted).
>
> [34] Applying the Housen standard of review to the
> Prothonotary’s Order, we are of the view that the Judge interfered
> absent a legal or palpable and overriding error.
>
> [35] The Prothonotary determined that Mr. Amos’ Claim
> disclosed no reasonable claim and was fundamentally vexatious on the
> basis of jurisdictional concerns and the absence of material facts to
> ground a cause of action. Paragraph 14 of the Claim, which addresses
> the 2004 event, pleads no material facts as to how the RCMP officer
> engaged in deliberate and unlawful conduct, knew that his or her
> conduct was unlawful and likely to harm Mr. Amos, and acted in bad
> faith. While the Claim alleges elsewhere that Mr. Amos was barred from
> the New Brunswick legislature for political and/or malicious reasons,
> these allegations are not particularized and are directed against
> non-federal actors, such as the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Legislative
> Assembly of New Brunswick and the Fredericton Police Force. As such,
> the Judge erred in determining that Mr. Amos’ allegation that the RCMP
> barred him from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004 was capable of
> supporting a cause of action.
>
> [36] In our view, the Claim is made up entirely of bare
> allegations, devoid of any detail, such that it discloses no
> reasonable cause of action within the jurisdiction of the Federal
> Courts. Therefore, the Judge erred in interfering to set aside the
> Prothonotary’s Order striking the claim in its entirety. Further, we
> find that the Prothonotary made no error in denying leave to amend.
> The deficiencies in Mr. Amos’ pleadings are so extensive such that
> amendment could not cure them (see Collins at para. 26).
>
> V. Conclusion
> [37] For the foregoing reasons, we would allow the Crown’s
> cross-appeal, with costs, setting aside the Federal Court Judgment,
> dated January 25, 2016 and restoring the Prothonotary’s Order, dated
> November 12, 2015, which struck Mr. Amos’ Claim in its entirety
> without leave to amend.
> "Wyman W. Webb"
> J.A.
> "David G. Near"
> J.A.
> "Mary J.L. Gleason"
> J.A.
>
>
>
> FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
> NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
>
> A CROSS-APPEAL FROM AN ORDER OF THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE SOUTHCOTT DATED
> JANUARY 25, 2016; DOCKET NUMBER T-1557-15.
> DOCKET:
>
> A-48-16
>
>
>
> STYLE OF CAUSE:
>
> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>
>
>
> PLACE OF HEARING:
>
> Fredericton,
> New Brunswick
>
> DATE OF HEARING:
>
> May 24, 2017
>
> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:
>
> WEBB J.A.
> NEAR J.A.
> GLEASON J.A.
>
> DATED:
>
> October 30, 2017
>
> APPEARANCES:
> David Raymond Amos
>
>
> For The Appellant / respondent on cross-appeal
> (on his own behalf)
>
> Jan Jensen
>
>
> For The Respondent / appELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL
>
> SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
> Nathalie G. Drouin
> Deputy Attorney General of Canada
>
> For The Respondent / APPELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL
>
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