https://home.solari.com/#popmake-106027
| | Catherine Austin Fitts | Ottawa Day 1 | National Citizens Inquiry |
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:55:46 -0600
Subject: Your information
To: David.Raymond.Amos@gmail.com
Send away. Why not try reposting on the blog?
--
Catherine Austin Fitts
Solari, Inc.
PO Box 157
Hickory Valley, TN 38042, USA
off: 731.764.2515
fax: 731.764.2232
web: solari.com
e-mail: catherine@solari.com
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:13:37 -0400
Subject: Attn Michel Chossudovsky if you are sincere perhaps we should
talk ASAP eh?
To: crgeditor@yahoo.com, "flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca"
< flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca>, "Brison. S" <Brison.S@parl.gc.ca>, "Casey. B"
< Casey.B@parl.gc.ca>
Cc: online@welt.de, profiles@whorunsgov.com
http://globalresearch.ca/
http://davidamos.blogspot.com/
http://solari.com/blog/?p=2009
Anyone can see byway of reading the Wall Street Journal's law blog
that the trancripts and webcast of these imporatnt hearing have
dissappeared.
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/
to-counts-of-conspiracy/
http://banking.senate.gov/
earingID=102e41a1-f540-4ce5-
Cutler along with Spitzer certainly testified at this hearing.
http://banking.senate.gov/
earingID=90f8e691-9065-4f8c-
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
And clearly I have my copy of the transcript of the hearing taht the
US Senate Banking committee has lost. EH?
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
Here was the last commet I put in THe Beast
http://www.thedailybeast.com/
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:30:27 -0400
Subject: Joanne Sewell Legal Counsel at Merrill Lynch Canada Inc
To: nancy_clancy@ml.com, Joanne_Sewell@ml.com, Michael_Northcott@ml.com
Cc: "fbinhct@leo.gov" <fbinhct@leo.gov>
These emails should be enough to meet the demands of your associates
Michael J Northcott in Boston and Nanacy Clancy in Toronto before I
sue your company Correct?
http://www.totalmerrill.com/
Nancy Clancy
Brookfield Place, 181 Bay Street
Suite 400
Toronto ON M5J 2V8
(416) 369-7400
www.gmi.ml.com/canada
nancy_clancy@ml.com
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:16:08 -0400
Subject: While researching you it appears that I figured out that
Power Corp owns La Presse perhaps you will return phone calls and
answer emails now EH Mr Julious Grey?
To: julius.grey@sympatico.ca, juliushgrey@bellnet.ca,
djohnston@thegazette.canwest.
communication@cyberpresse.ca, michael1@midcoast.com,
cjamet@lapresse.ca
Cc: "Robert. Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, "Jack - M.P. Layton"
< Layton.J@parl.gc.ca>, "Duceppe. G" <Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca>
http://www.tolerance.ca/
http://www.cba.org/cba/cle/
JULIUS H. GREY
3410 Peel Street
Suite 2102
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 1W8
Tel: 514-288-6180
Fax: 514-288-8908
http://blog.fagstein.com/tag/
http://www.google.com/search?
Attention News Editors: Power corp was right but then so was I EH ?
Surprise Surprise
Barack Obama an easy victor if the rest of the world could vote,
according to a poll by eight international newspapers
MONTREAL, Oct. 17 /CNW Telbec/ - Barack Obama would score a crushing
victory if the rest of the planet could vote. That's according to the results
of a major worldwide poll conducted by eight international newspapers in which
residents of Canada, France, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Switzerland, Great Britain
and Belgium answered a series of questions on the November 4th election and on
their perception of the United States.
In each of the eight countries polled, Obama would win hands down,
beginning with Switzerland, where the senator from Illinois picks up
83 percent of support as against only 7 percent for John McCain.
Canada is the second of the eight countries where Obama can count on the
biggest number of fans: 70 percent of Canadians would vote for the Democratic
candidate in the presidential election. His Republican rival would have to
settle for 14 percent. The country in which McCain is most popular is Poland,
which supported George W. Bush's war in Iraq. But even there, Obama's lead is
virtually insurmountable at 17 percentage points.
And the majority of respondents hoped to see the withdrawal of American
troops from Iraq in the coming year ahead. Mexicans are the most impatient,
with 68 percent in favour of an accelerated exit from Iraq, followed by the
French (63 percent), the Poles (58 percent), the Swiss (57 percent) and the
Canadians (53 percent).
Moreover, perceptibly put off by the adventure in Iraq, a large number of
inhabitants of the countries surveyed feel that the U.S. president elected in
November must exclude the possibility of a military intervention in Iran.
Complete results are available online at www.cyberpresse.ca/week-end.
About La Presse
Canada's leading French-language national newspaper, La Presse serves a
readership of 815,900. Based in Montreal, La Presse has correspondents in New
York, Los Angeles and Paris. La Presse is owned by Gesca, a subsidiary of
Power Corporation of Canada (TSX: POW).
For further information: To obtain an interview about the surveys and
the results: Caroline Jamet, Vice-président, Communications, (514) 285-7119,
Mobile: (514) 236-7119, cjamet@lapresse.ca
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:16:16 -0400
Subject: Hey Chucky Leblanc Re Me, you the CBC and Existing blogs and
the fact that EVERYTHING is Political
To: "oldmaison@yahoo.com" <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, editor
< editor@thismagazine.ca>, "william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.
< william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
< injusticecoalition@hotmail.com
Need I say Bullshit to you once again?
http://www.thismagazine.ca/
http://
http://www.thismagazine.ca/
Most folks have heard of the name of the lawyer who became Judge
Gomery but not many know who Gilles Moreau of the RCMP was that said I
have not been able to get past French speaking Quebecers palying dumb
to find out for certain if he is the same cop mentioned in the
articale in This Magazine years ago about killer cops.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:36:34 -0400
Subject: Re Me you the CBC and Existing blogs
To: q@cbc.ca, info@theprintedblog.com
Cc: blog@fagstein.com, "oldmaison@yahoo.com" <oldmaison@yahoo.com>,
Dan Fitzgerald <danf@danf.net>, gypsy-blog <gypsy-blog@hotmail.com>,
Richard Harris <injusticecoalition@hotmail.
"spinks08@hotmail.com" <spinks08@hotmail.com>, "jack. keir"
< jack.keir@gnb.ca>, "t.j.burke@gnb.ca" <t.j.burke@gnb.ca>, tim4nm
< tim4nm@gmail.com>
http://solari.com/blog/?p=2009
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:09:04 -0400
Subject: So Derek Burney you yap on CBC with Rex Murphy before Obama
comes up to see us but you don't call or write me Howcome?
To: prourke@ccs.carleton.ca, monique_moreau@carleton.ca,
dburney@ogilvyrenault.com, checkup <checkup@cbc.ca>
Cc: "Harper.S@parl.gc.ca" <Harper.S@parl.gc.ca>, "Ignatieff. M"
< Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca>, "Duceppe. G" <Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca>, "Jack -
M.P. Layton" <Layton.J@parl.gc.ca>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:31:18 -0400
Subject: RE Stephen M. Cutler Executive VP, General Counsel and head
your company's Legal and Compliance activities worldwide
To: jacqueline.meere@jpmorgan.com, JPMCinvestorrelations@
joseph.evangelisti@jpmchase.
lauren.m.francis@jpmorgan.com, brian.j.marchiony@jpmorgan.com
stephen.m.cutler@jpmorgan.com
Cc: "flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca" <flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca>
http://investor.shareholder.
http://investor.shareholder.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:38:32 -0400
Subject: Anyone can check the pdf files hereto attached and call me
back to stress test my ethics just like I am yours 506 756 8687
To: paulknox@ryerson.ca, susanne_reber@cbc.ca, jdrmcc@hotmail.com,
secretary@journalism.ryerson.
mark_bulgutch@cbc.ca, rcribb@thestar.ca, jtravers
< jtravers@thestar.ca>
Cc: "warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
"william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.
"wally.stiles@gnb.ca" <wally.stiles@gnb.ca>, "Harper.S@parl.gc.ca"
< Harper.S@parl.gc.ca>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:27:53 -0400
Subject: I just called both of you fellas. say hey to your buddy
Chucky Leblanc, the RCMP and your Minister for me will ya?
To: aaron.kennedy@gnb.ca, Bob.Livingstone@gnb.ca, "Gilles. Blinn"
< Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, Robert.Duguay@gnb.ca,
Tyson.flinn@gnb.ca, Tom.HENDERSON@gnb.ca
Cc: "oldmaison@yahoo.com" <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, mary.schryer@gnb.ca
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:21:04 -0400
Subject: It is not I who is infortunate Ms. Mason
To: Kathy.Mason@naa.org
Cc: Jim.Conaghan@naa.org, Jennifer.Hall@naa.org, Lori.Hoffman@naa.org
http://www.naa.org/AboutNAA/
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:26:31 -0400
Subject: Fwd: IF AbitibiBowater Inc. or you were ethical then you
dudes would return phone calls and answer emals Correct Mr Heyer?
To: kim.fry@greenpeace.org
https://solariscreens.com/about-us/
Solari Investment Screens, LLC is based in a farming community in the cotton fields of Tennessee, approximately an hour from the great Mississippi River. Our offices are across the town commons from one of the oldest operating small cotton gins in the United States. The planting and harvest seasons remind us to look through stock and bond indices to see the price of food, energy and rainfall levels.
We manage two equity investment screens: Solari World and Solari Space. Interested investors can access our screens through Parvin Asset Management and its affiliates, Parvin is a registered investment advisor based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Catherine Austin Fitts is the founder and managing member.
Our address is:
Solari Investment Screens, LLC
P.O. Box 136
Hickory Valley, TN 38042
Our phone number is 731.764.2515.
I left a voicemail with these dudes too
https://parvinam.com/wordpress4/about-us/
Since January 2001, Parvin (formerly SWAN Asset Management) has been offering its portfolio management strategies to address the investment requirements of the individuals and families we serve.
Our objective is to preserve capital and to provide higher risk-adjusted returns than the market. To accomplish this goal, we concentrate on the fundamental importance of value and profitability.
Equity portfolios are constructed with focused positions since we view too much diversification as lowering the opportunity for higher returns without reducing risk. As a result, we build portfolios with stocks that are typically spread among 20 equal-weighted positions. In general, we look for stock holdings that are usually characterized by:
- high returns on capital;
- steady earnings growth;
- reasonable valuation;
- substantial income, as appropriate; and
- diversification across six, or more, economic sectors.
PARVIN TEAM
Our team averages over 30 years of financial services experience, reflecting a combination of portfolio management, investment banking, marketing and capital markets expertise.
J. Steven Smith, CFA®
Managing Director, Portfolio Manager
Steve is the founder of Parvin Asset Management and lead manager for all strategies. Including his present role, Steve has compiled more than 40 years of experience in banking, securities analysis, corporate valuation and portfolio management as an investment committee member at Nuveen in Radnor, PA; investment banker at Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers; and Treasurer of Harman International.
Steve received his BA in Economics from Williams College and earned an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Todd H. Keating
Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer
Todd oversees business operations, investment modeling and compliance reporting. He joined Parvin in 2022 with over 25 years of experience in investment management and business analytics. He is a member of Parvin’s Investment Team and contributes to building client portfolios and analyzing risk characteristics versus return potential, for both equities and options.
Todd earned a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University and an MBA in Finance from Drexel University. Prior to Parvin, he worked at Nuveen Investments for 16 years and Citizens Financial Group for 10 years. Personally, he enjoys travelling with his daughter who is an elementary school teacher.
Richard P. Preston
Director, Capital Markets
Rick has responsibility for marketing the firm’s investment services and assisting with portfolio management efforts. He has been involved in the securities industry for more than 30 years, most recently as First Vice President at Wells Fargo Advisors and as Manager of the First Union Securities office in Augusta, GA. He continues to serve as a FINRA Registered Arbitrator.
Rick is a lifelong tennis player. He won an SEC doubles title at the University of Tennessee and was recently U.S. champion in the National Court Tennis Association 60-year-old age group. From 2004 to 2014, he served as President of the Aiken Tennis Club.
Brian M. Smith
Vice President, Research and Operations
Brian is a research analyst who joined Parvin in 2019 to handle the data and research requirements of the portfolio management team. He has 11 years of experience with financial markets and databases and also contributes to back-office operations and external consultant relations efforts to ensure all metrics are accurate and available in the major databases.
Brian holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University, where he also developed relevant computer, internet and gaming skills. In addition to his primary responsibilities, he is also a key resource for any client needs in cryptocurrency, banking and credit cards (including his dedicated YouTube channel for utilizing rewards and benefits).
Randi B. Bowe
Director, Communications
Randi is responsible for communications and client service efforts at Parvin. She manages internal marketing and sales initiatives along with new accounts. Previously, Randi worked in marketing and communication roles for Lord Abbett, an equity and fixed income investment management firm, and for Dow Jones, a publishing and financial information firm – parent company of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.
Randi received her BA in Business Marketing from Brock University in Ontario, Canada and earned a Certificate in Graphic Design and Advertising from the Parsons School of Design in New York.
Wanda M. Stewart
Office Manager
Wanda manages portfolio accounting operations, quarterly client reports, books and records, and other administrative functions, and also serves as liaison with the Firm’s portfolio accounting consultants and regulatory compliance advisors. Previously, she managed bookkeeping for St. Mary’s Episcopal Church and worked in the accounts receivable department at the Worcester County, MD Treasurer’s Office.
Wanda is a native of Pocomoke City, MD. Active in the community, she contributes her time as a board member of the Mar-Va Theatre Performing Arts Center and as Treasurer of the Remson United Methodist Church Ladies Aide Society.
Parvin Asset Management
401 E. 8th Street, Suite 213A
Sioux Falls, SD 57103
PHONE 610-806-9001
FAX 866-670-0972
EMAIL info@parvinam.com
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Subject: RE Stephen M. Cutler General Counsel of JPMorgan Chase and the reurn call from Ida in his office.(212 270 3260)
To: jacqueline.meere@jpmorgan.com, JPMCinvestorrelations@
Cc: Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca, jacques_poitras <jacques_poitras@cbc.ca>, "Robert. Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, "roger. gillies" <Roger.Gillies@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Hey Ida
I do thank you for the return call but now it is the end of the day
and nobody from your office followed up. Their silence for five years
and the actions of your boss gives me every right to not have any
faith in the Integrity of the "Powers that Be" in your bank. If they
were even remotely ethical they would have obeyed their own rules of
Ethical Conduct for a publically held corporation and definitely not
sued my wife years ago. Eh?
FYI to support that thinking I must repete that I did not remove any
of the attachments from my fowarded emails I sent to your to your
office earlier that you promised to print and show them to whomever.
In fact I sent the emails to myself and friends as a doublecheck on
the Integrity of your Bank. However this time I will send you some
links to the pdf files and sound files that did not come to you as
attachments.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://www.archive.org/
http://www.archive.org/
http://www.archive.org/
http://www.archive.org/
For the record your bank did receive my documents years ago.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
Cutler did receive this correspondence and my documents within his
former office in the SEC years ago.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
Furthermore I have no doubt whatsoever he was involved in getting his
fellow lawyers within the SEC to try to talk to me before they made a
quick settlement with Putnam Investments that spawned the following US
Senate Banking commiteee Hearings.
http://www.archive.org/
Anyone can see byway of reading the Wall Street Journal's law blog
that the trancripts and webcast of these imporatnt hearing have
dissappeared.
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/
http://banking.senate.gov/
Cutler along with Spitzer certainly testified at this hearing.
http://banking.senate.gov/
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 1:06 PM
Subject: Perhaps Rodger Lawson of Fidelity Investments should pick up the god damned phone now EH?
To: FidelityCorporateAffairs@fmr.
Cc: info@norfolksheriffma.org
Just Dave
By Location Visit Detail
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IP Address 192.223.226.# (Fidelity Investments)
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Earlier I sent this email Correct?
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:15:29 -0400
Subject: So what is it that BARRETT & COMPANY and their associates in
Fidelity would like to know or not know about Angela K. Troccoli and
I?
To: FidelityCorporateAffairs@fmr.
Cc: info <info@norfolksheriffma.org>
Say hello to the nasty idiots on the phone Katlyn Smith and Michael
Kramer then check out what one of you local heroes Norfolk County
Deputy Sheriff Robert. F. O'Meara said about me after I posted on the
the internet the proof that you people we studying my words. You
already know wher to go Correct? (My best bet is some boy friend or
family member of his lawyer Angela K. Troccoli is worried about the
shit their girlfriend is in CORRECT Yankees?
http://www.barrett-co.com/
Thank you for choosing Barrett & Company as your investment firm. It is
our intention to provide you with a full service, personalized
relationship that will serve all of your investment needs. This was a
promise from which my father co-founded Barrett & Company in 1928 and
we strive to fulfill his vision every single day.
We have formed strategic partnerships within the financial industry to
be able to provide you the latest services, products and technologies
to make your relationship with us as successful as possible.
Technology changes almost daily and requires constant investment. What
does not change, however, is our belief of investing wisely for the
future and providing the highest level of service to our clients.
Thank you again for your trust and welcome to Barrett & Company.
Sincerely,
W. Lincoln Mossop, Jr.
42 Weybosset Street
Providence, RI 02903
Tel: 401-351-1000 Fax: (401) 331-6311
E-mail: info@barrettandcompany.com
Barrett & Company is a full service investment firm and NASDAQ Market
Maker. Member FINRA* (www.finra.org), SIPC and BSE. The firm was
founded in New England in 1928 and continues today to be managed by
the same founding family.
The firm offers a full spectrum of financial products and advice,
traditional or fee based accounts as well as internet and wireless
account access. Barrett & Company has formed a strategic partnership
with National Financial Service Corporation (NFSC) to provide clearing
and custody services. Accounts are carried by NFSC, member NYSE/SIPC,
a Fidelity Investments Company.
http://personal.fidelity.com/
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, Member NYSE, SIPC
300 Puritan Way, Marlborough, MA 01752
1-800-854-4772.
Canada 800-544-6666 Number can be dialed directly
Fidelity reorganization is its biggest ever
Moves to link units will increase power of Abigail Johnson
By Ross Kerber, Globe Staff | September 27, 2007
Fidelity Investments' new president, Rodger Lawson,
etc etc
Keep reading Mr lawson this is differnt stuff.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:07:26 -0400
Subject: Hey Arthur in the Yankee Governor's office and the lady in
Hawn's office in alberta. We just talked so are you still laughing at
me?
To: hawnl1@parl.gc.ca, integrity.taskforce@massmail.
Cc: robin reid <zorroboy@live.com>
Constituency Office
11156 - 142nd Street
Edmonton, Alberta
T5M 4G5
Ph: 780-442-1888
Fax: 780-442-1891
hawnl1@parl.gc.ca
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:31:18 -0400
Subject: RE Stephen M. Cutler Executive VP, General Counsel and head
your company's Legal and Compliance activities worldwide
To: jacqueline.meere@jpmorgan.com, JPMCinvestorrelations@
joseph.evangelisti@jpmchase.
lauren.m.francis@jpmorgan.com, brian.j.marchiony@jpmorgan.com
stephen.m.cutler@jpmorgan.com
Cc: "flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca" <flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca>
http://investor.shareholder.
http://investor.shareholder.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:38:32 -0400
Subject: Anyone can check the pdf files hereto attached and call me
back to stress test my ethics just like I am yours 506 756 8687
To: paulknox@ryerson.ca, susanne_reber@cbc.ca, jdrmcc@hotmail.com,
secretary@journalism.ryerson.
mark_bulgutch@cbc.ca, rcribb@thestar.ca, jtravers
< jtravers@thestar.ca>
Cc: "warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
"william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.
"wally.stiles@gnb.ca" <wally.stiles@gnb.ca>, "Harper.S@parl.gc.ca"
< Harper.S@parl.gc.ca>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:27:53 -0400
Subject: I just called both of you fellas. say hey to your buddy
Chucky Leblanc, the RCMP and your Minister for me will ya?
To: aaron.kennedy@gnb.ca, Bob.Livingstone@gnb.ca, "Gilles. Blinn"
< Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, Robert.Duguay@gnb.ca,
Tyson.flinn@gnb.ca, Tom.HENDERSON@gnb.ca
Cc: "oldmaison@yahoo.com" <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, mary.schryer@gnb.ca
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:21:04 -0400
Subject: It is not I who is infortunate Ms. Mason
To: Kathy.Mason@naa.org
Cc: Jim.Conaghan@naa.org, Jennifer.Hall@naa.org, Lori.Hoffman@naa.org
http://www.naa.org/AboutNAA/
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:26:31 -0400
Subject: Fwd: IF AbitibiBowater Inc. or you were ethical then you
dudes would return phone calls and answer emals Correct Mr Heyer?
To: kim.fry@greenpeace.org
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:57:26 -0400
Subject: Fwd: IF AbitibiBowater Inc. or you were ethical then you
dudes would return phone calls and answer emals Correct Mr Heyer?
To: david.paterson@abitibibowater.
Cc: "Jeannot.VOLPE@gnb.ca" <Jeannot.VOLPE@gnb.ca>,
"David.ALWARD@gnb.ca" <David.ALWARD@gnb.ca>, "johnw. betts"
< Johnw.BETTS@gnb.ca>, "bev.harrison@gnb.ca" <bev.harrison@gnb.ca>,
"bruce.northrup@gnb.ca" <bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:37:07 -0400
Subject: IF AbitibiBowater Inc. or you were ethical then you dudes
would return phone calls and answer emals Correct Mr Heyer?
To: ir@abitibibowater.com
Cc: ken.heyer@usdoj.gov, "Nicholson. R" <Nicholson.R@parl.gc.ca>,
donburrage@gov.nl.ca, pamelagoulding@gov.nl.ca
I saw you dudes checking me out on the web. Now who should I talk to about you?
Veritas Vincit
David Rayomond Amos
506 756 8687
Just Dave
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:35:39 -0400
Subject: I just talked to the Mayor prehaps he should have his lawyer
call me now EH? tell him to say hey to your hero Danny Williams for
me.
To: reception@dalhousie.nb.com, ggiffin@mckennalong.com
Cc: premier <premier@gov.nl.ca>
Gordon D. Giffin
Senior Partner with the law firm McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP. Mr.
Giffin served as U.S. Ambassador to Canada from August 1997 to April
2001. He is a member of the boards of directors of Canadian Imperial
Bank of Commerce, Canadian National Railway Company, Canadian Natural
Resources Limited, TransAlta Corporation and Ontario Energy Savings
Ltd. He is also on the Board of Advisors for Kissinger McLarty
Associates. Mr. Giffin serves on AbitibiBowater's Audit, and
Environment, Health and Safety board committees.
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:09:31 -0400
Subject: We just talked didn't we Arsehole?
To: nicholas.hill@usdoj.gov
Cc: "wally.stiles@gnb.ca" <wally.stiles@gnb.ca>
http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:38:08 -0400
Subject: I am certain that all the liberal lawyers such as Allan Rock,
Stephen Owen and Stephen Toope remember me EH Stockwell Day?
To: "day. s" <day.s@parl.gc.ca>, stoffp1 <stoffp1@parl.gc.ca>
Cc: radamson@sfu.ca, stephen.owen@ubc.ca, president@uottawa.ca,
patricia.stevens@ubc.ca, peter.dauvergne@ubc.ca, basil.waugh@ubc.ca,
.bmiazga@uottawa.ca
Clearly some students and their teachers know where to look to get a
hell of an education.about the economy from a dumb Maritimer EH?
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:23:33 -0400
Subject: RE: Federal Financial Oversight in Canada? Tell me another
Mr. Davies right after you talk to the RCMP, INTERPOL and T.J. Burke.
To: h.davies@lse.ac.uk, "George. Bentley" <George.Bentley@fin.gc.ca>,
desautels@telfer.uottawa.ca, phogg@osgoode.yorku.ca,
joan.monahan@fin.gc.ca, g.tree@lse.ac.uk, info@telfer.uottawa.ca,
adam.dodek@uottawa.ca, mbehiel@uottawa.ca, mjackman@uottawa.ca,
president@uottawa.ca, bmiazga@uottawa.ca, dawn.russell@dal.ca,
DAmirault@bankofcanada.ca, MCarney@bankofcanada.ca,
tsalman@salmanpartners.com, ZLalani@bankofcanada.ca
Cc: "t.j.burke@gnb.ca" <t.j.burke@gnb.ca>, "flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca"
< flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca>, "victor. boudreau2" <victor.boudreau2@gnb.ca>
Now that the economy is a tailspin for reasons that are largely YOUR
cohorts' fault. What I would like to know is why the Dept of a
Foreign Affairs and the Bank of Canada allowed the Americans to
falsely imprison me in 2004 and why the RCMP did the same four god
damend years later?
http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/
http://www.expertpanel.ca/eng/
http://www.lse.ac.uk/
http://www.lse.ac.uk/
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:52:53 -0400
Subject: I heard you joking on CBC Ms. Francis and the lawyer Bill
Rice bitching about the lawyer John Coffee and Tom Hockin bragging
while I was calling Mr Bentley of a questionable panel.
To: dfrancis@nationalpost.com, sbigelow@yorku.ca, media@asc.ca,
inquiries@asc.ca, jlanin@law.columbia.edu, jcoffee@law.columbia.edu,
lawrence_schwartz@ca.telus.com
Cc: "flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca" <flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca>, "martine.
turcotte" <martine.turcotte@bell.ca>
From: Edith Cody-Rice <Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:53:07 -0500
Subject: Calls and E-mails to CBC
To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Cc: Rob Renaud <Rob.Renaud@cbc.ca>
Dear Mr. Amos:
CBC personnel have contacted me concerning your calls and e-mails to
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:20:19 -0400
Subject: RE: the Brennan Center for Justice
To: jejohnsn@debevoise.com, susan.lehman@nyu.edu, brennancenter@nyu.edu
Cc: webo <webo@xplornet.com>
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:41:52 -0400
Subject: We just talked Mr. Vickery
To: paul.vickery@iustice.gc.ca
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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:06:57 -0400
Subject: we are talking
To: ministre@justice.gouv.qc.ca
Cc: rdeubelbeiss@justice.gouv.qc.
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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:41:18 -0400
Subject: what planet do Jean St-Gelais people from
To: sylvain.theberge@lautorite.qc.
denise.houde@lautorite.qc.ca, pasquale.dibiasio@lautorite.
pierre.cantin@lautorite.qc.ca
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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:07:02 -0400
Subject: Fwd: You fellas at PARADIGMcalled me back EH Seth Moskowitz?
(506 756 8687)
To: slachapelle@ific.ca, consultation-en-cours@
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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:30:12 -0400
Subject: You fellas at PARADIGMcalled me back EH Seth Moskowitz? (506 756 8687"
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Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:42:45 -0400
Subject: Perhaps you fellas should finally call me back now EH? 506 756 8687
To: navmajid@nb.sympatico.ca, htmouftah@yahoo.com,
cic@canadianislamiccongress.
shaheedkhan@hotmail.com
Cc: geg@unb.ca
http://www.fianb.com/
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Friday, 14 April 2023
Citizen-led inquiry into Canada's pandemic response makes stop in Winnipeg
Anyone ever tried to speak to the NCI spokesperson, Michelle Leduc Catlin?
David Amos<david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> | Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 12:14 PM |
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Friday, 14 April 2023 Citizen-led inquiry into Canada's pandemic response makes stop in Winnipeg | |
Citizen-led inquiry into Canada's pandemic response makes stop in Winnipeg
Public officials have been summoned to testify at hearings being held across the country, organizers say
"This is a unique inquiry in many ways. It is citizen run, it is citizen funded," said Michelle Leduc Catlin, a spokesperson for the National Citizens Inquiry into Canada's Response to COVID-19.
"There is no one funder. This is done through people in Canada who want to hear what Canadians have experienced."
Hearings held so far have included testimony from expert witnesses and members of the public on pandemic policies. The inquiry started in Truro, N.S., before moving to Toronto and now to Winnipeg, where the first of three days of hearings took place at the Holiday Inn Airport West Hotel on Thursday.
Witnesses questioned the decision-making and science behind public health measures such as vaccine mandates, restrictions on in-person gatherings and school closures.
National Citizens Inquiry spokesperson Michelle Leduc Catlin says the citizen-led inquiry is unique. (Randall McKenzie/CBC)
They also spoke out about concerns around allegations of media censorship of scientists and experts.
The inquiry was originally launched by former Reform Party leader Preston Manning, who organizers said has since stepped aside as spokesperson.
Four inquiry commissioners listened and asked questions of witnesses participating both remotely via video and in person.
During one exchange, commissioner Ken Drysdale asked Stanford University health policy Prof. Jay Bhattacharya whether risk assessments on implementing policies such as remote learning gave enough consideration to the consequences.
"You would think about a whole wide range of outcomes from a policy, not just simply the putative benefits of a policy before you adopt it," said Bhattacharya, a critic of lockdown measures in the U.S. and a co-author of the controversial Great Barrington Declaration. It suggested building up herd immunity by allowing the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 to spread naturally, and encouraged focused protection of people at higher risk of dying from the illness.
"I think so many of those principles were thrown aside in the decision-making around COVID and COVID policy," said Bhattacharya, who also testified as a witness during a 2021 court challenge against Manitoba's COVID-19 restrictions launched by seven Manitoba churches.
A justice with what was then Court of Queen's Bench rejected their argument that the restrictions violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ruling they were necessary to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Stefanson, Roussin summoned
The inquiry's website says public officials, including Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson and Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin, were summoned to testify.
In a statement to CBC, the province said Roussin receives a number of invitations and declined this one.
Decisions on COVID-19 restrictions "were made based on the best available medical advice," the province said in an email.
Patrick Allard, a vocal opponent of Manitoba's public health measures who was fined nearly $35,000 last year for violating those measures, signed up to testify about the impact on him and his family.
Patrick Allard is a vocal opponent of public health measures who signed
up to participate in the National Citizens Inquiry. (Randall
McKenzie/CBC)
"My ticketing during COVID protests, my arrests … I'm going to be bringing that up, I'm going to be bringing up the harms that I saw with my eyes among my own family from lockdown measures," Allard said, noting he's particularly concerned about the isolation his great-grandmother experienced in a nursing home.
Rick Dyck, a People's Party of Canada riding director in Winnipeg, said he attended because he disagreed with public health measures such as mask mandates in grocery stores.
"There was a time I went to [a grocery store] on St. James, and there was an officer there and he denied me the ability to buy food just because I wasn't wearing a mask," Dyck said.
"I'm glad this inquiry is happening so that we can get some accountability and to stop this from ever happening again."
Four
inquiry commissioners listened and asked questions of witnesses who
participated both remotely via video and in person on Thursday. (Randall McKenzie/CBC)
The hearings in Winnipeg are set to wrap up Saturday evening. The inquiry next stops in Saskatoon and is scheduled to end in Ottawa May 19.
Organizers said at the end of it all, the commissioners will put together a report with recommendations and share it publicly.
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Thank you for reaching out. The National Citizens Inquiry will be conducting hearings across the country over the next few months. If you would like to participate, then please go to our website for more information. Take care,
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Former N.L. PC leader Ches Crosbie donated money to support the Freedom Convoy
Crosbie donated $800 to protest prolonged states of emergency and travel restrictions
Ches Crosbie told CBC News he's chosen to support the protesters in Ottawa with an $800 donation through an online crowdfunding platform, which he paid on Feb. 8.
"Indefinite states of emergency, such as we are under in most of Canada, are a dangerous thing, a very dangerous thing," Crosbie told CBC News on Monday.
"I support the right of peaceful protest and I see the Freedom Convoy as a peaceful protest."
The federal government invoked the Emergencies Act on Monday to disperse blockades clogging main arteries in the nation's capital, with officials in Ottawa decrying damage to the Canadian economy.
"It is now clear that there are serious challenges to law enforcement's ability to effectively enforce the law," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters at a news conference Monday afternoon.
"It is no longer a lawful protest at a disagreement over government policy. It is now an illegal occupation. It's time for people to go home."
A
protester who arrived to support convoy participants blocked by local
residents in a counter-protest argues with police officers in Ottawa on
Sunday. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
Crosbie, however, said he sees it differently.
"You have to get your information from whatever sources are available, and what I've been reading is that the vast majority of what you call the protesters are law-abiding people who could well be your neighbours," he said.
"As far as I can tell, what's going on is, by and large, lawful."
Ottawa police have reported safety concerns and "aggressive, illegal behaviour" from the protesters.
Mandates 'unconstitutional'
Longtime lawyer Crosbie also said he believes requiring vaccination against COVID-19 for travel within the country is unconstitutional.
"I think the mandates and the states of emergency should be terminated immediately. I think something very important is at stake, and that's our constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms," he said.
"Governments have taken a very cavalier attitude as to whether what they are doing is legal or not."
Crosbie said he agrees with former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Brian Peckford, also an outspoken supporter of the protest.
Donation list
CBC News has reviewed information that appears to identify tens of thousands of Freedom Convoy donors to the Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo.
The data, hacked and released briefly on its front page, includes names, locations, dollar amounts, personal email addresses and even the credit card companies used for each transaction.
In total, the database shows donations from more than 190 people who used Newfoundland and Labrador postal codes, but CBC cannot verify whether those individuals actually live in the province.
Convoy organizers have raised millions of dollars, initially through the GoFundMe crowdfunding site. When GoFundMe shut the fundraising campaign down, organizers pivoted to GiveSendGo.
National Citizens Inquiry
Hon. Ches Crosbie shares his powerful closing remarks May 19th
Former PC leader Ches Crosbie bankrolled the party last year with $300K in donations
Political scientist says lack of restrictions on massive donation is 'highly concerning and unprecedented'
Despite this large injection of cash from its leader, Newfoundland and Labrador's PCs dropped from 15 to 13 seats in the House of Assembly, and the Liberals under Premier Andrew Furey won a slim majority with 22 seats.
Crosbie lost his own seat in the district of Windsor Lake, and quit politics a few days after the results were announced.
When asked why he gave so much of his own money, Crosbie said he wanted to level the playing field with the incumbent Liberals, and that he believed strongly in his party's strategy to bring jobs and prosperity to the province.
You could say I put my money where my mouth is.
- Ches Crosbie
"There was nothing I was going to get out of the financial contribution I made except give the PC Party the chance of coming into office and implementing that program," he said.
"You could say I put my money where my mouth is."
'Highly concerning'
A political scientist, however, says Crosbie's donation is further proof that Newfoundland and Labrador's elections rules are in need of an overhaul.
"I think that is highly concerning and unprecedented," said Russell Williams, a professor at Memorial University.
Williams says he believes it would be hard to find a similarly large donation by an individual to a political party in modern Canadian history.
Russell
Williams, a professor in the political science department at Memorial
University, says the fact that former PC leader Ches Crosbie can donate
$300,000 to the party is 'highly concerning and unprecedented.' (Terry Roberts/CBC)
That's because the federal government and most other provinces have limits on the amount of donations that individuals, corporations and unions can make, he said.
That's not the case in Newfoundland and Labrador.
"Essentially, their election campaign was financed by one donor, by and large, and that's really alarming for the state of our democratic institutions and a really sad comment on the state of our campaign finance laws here in Newfoundland and Labrador that that's allowed," said Williams.
The 2021 audited financial statements of the PC Party available on Elections N.L.'s website show that contributions totalled just over $721,000.
The party spent roughly $670,000 during the campaign.
The documents also includes a list of those who donated $100 or more to the party.
Two donations stand out from the rest: one for $50,000 and a second for $250,000. Both were from Crosbie, a retired lawyer and member of one of the province's best-known business and political families.
CBC News spoke with a handful of longtime political insiders who say they've never heard of such large donations by an individual in a single year.
The next largest single donation, at $15,000, was from Fortis Inc., while there were eight different donations of $10,000.
No rules were broken
Williams said the political optics of Crosbie's donations may be mitigated by the fact he was party leader. He also didn't break any rules.
However, said Williams, "I still think it's highly problematic because it says that people who have large sums of money have, essentially, extra power or extra influence over how our democratic institutions work."
David Brazil is the interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. (Terry Roberts/CBC)
The vote was scheduled for Feb. 13, 2021, but the election was thrown into turmoil following a surge in COVID-19 cases in the week leading up to voting day, and strict new public health measures were invoked on the night before the scheduled vote.
In-person voting was cancelled, mail-in ballots were distributed and the results were ultimately not known until March 27, making it the longest campaign on record.
Fallout from the controversial election continues, with three legal challenges against the results still before the courts, and speculation swirling about a secret report that alleges harassment and bullying at Elections N.L.
In the lead-up to the campaign, the PCs announced they would limit their fundraising efforts in order to reduce the risk of spreading the virus.
Crosbie said it's already difficult for opposition parties to attract donations "because they'd rather give their money to the party in power in hopes of getting some kind of favour or preferment."
So Crosbie said he felt the need to open his own wallet.
"We probably wouldn't have done as well," Crosbie said when asked if his money made a difference.
"You don't run a political party on fumes. So if I didn't make that personal contribution, we would have had a much reduced opportunity to get our message out."
Crosbie's successor, interim PC Leader David Brazil, said he was aware that Crosbie made a significant contribution to the party last year. But he didn't know the specifics until Elections N.L. published the audited statements.
"We were fortunate enough that we had a leader who was committed to this party, but more importantly, committed to the people of this province, that he was able to put his own money up to ensure there was an alternative to the Liberal party and that we could get across this province and get our message out to people and hear from [voters] about what kind of government they wanted," said Brazil.
Following the election, there were loud cries for election reform in the province, and the Liberals have established an all-party committee with a mandate to modernize the Elections Act.
Crosbie agrees that changes are needed and says the process is taking too long.
As for his own future, Crosbie, 69, is not ruling out a return to politics, despite two unsuccessful provincial elections.
"I'm just going to say that I like to see a job finished that I started," he said.
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