PC candidate Twila Grosse wins Preston byelection
PCs take riding near Halifax held by Liberals for two decades
Twila Grosse of the PC Party will be the next MLA for Preston, taking a riding held by the Nova Scotia Liberal Party for the past 20 years.
"This feels awesome," Grosse told reporters, following a hero's welcome in a community room filled with her family, friends, campaign team and members of the Tory caucus.
"It's a good feeling because … I do believe honestly that I am the right choice and I can be their voice for this riding."
Grosse had a resounding win, taking 45.2 per cent of the vote, according to the Elections Nova Scotia website.
- PC Party: Twila Grosse - 1,950 votes.
- NDP: Colter Simmonds - 1,145 votes.
- Liberal Party: Carlo Simmons - 1,021 votes.
- Green: Anthony Edmonds - 101 votes.
- Nova Scotians United: Charles Bobby Taylor - 95 votes.
Voter turnout was just under 39 per cent.
Grosse said the result suggests voters believe in the work the government is doing and wanted an MLA to be a part of Premier Tim Houston's team. She said her focus as MLA will be on improving health care for people in the district and affordability.
"That was a huge issue at the door."
The campaign was perhaps most notable for the ongoing back and forth between the Tories and Liberals for the parties' respective campaign advertising.
The Liberals complained to Elections Nova Scotia at the beginning of the campaign for taxpayer-funded radio and web ads the Tories were running about the federal government's carbon tax. Those ads were ruled out of order and the Tories were told to stop them.
Colter
Simmonds says he’ll try again to win the Preston seat in the next
general election. He finished second, an improvement from his third
place finish in 2021. (Jean Laroche/CBC)
Then the Tories complained about signs and flyers the Liberals were distributing that suggested the Tory government supported a potential construction and demolition waste site in Lake Echo because they were unwilling to take a position on it.
The chief electoral officer ruled those materials were misleading and violated the Elections Act and ordered the Liberals to take them down. When the party refused, Elections Nova Scotia called in the RCMP.
Meanwhile, the Liberals also complained about Tory campaign signs encouraging people to vote against the Liberal carbon tax, signs the provincial Liberals said are misleading because they confuse the federal and provincial levels of the Liberal Party.
Elections Nova Scotia ruled there wasn't enough time left in the campaign to pursue that matter.
Tuesday's result could be seen as a stinging rebuke for the Liberals after the party defended the seat two years ago in convincing fashion even when other seats were falling to the Tories. Party members have said the byelection campaign faced challenges on the doorstep from people unhappy with the federal government, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the carbon tax.
Liberal
candidate Carlo Simmons shakes hands with a former MLA for Preston,
Keith Colwell, as Liberal Leader Zach Churchill looks on. (Jean Laroche/CBC)
But Liberal Leader Zach Churchill said it is notable that the Tories decided to focus on that during the campaign rather than what they have or have not done since forming government two years ago.
"They ran a campaign not built around defending their own record in governing our province," he said.
"They ran a campaign built around a protest vote toward the federal government."
NDP Leader Claudia Chender said the Tories' campaign message might have been successful during the byelection, but it could backfire as people realize the provincial government has no control over the federal government's policy.
"If people think that they're voting for the Progressive Conservatives because it's a vote against the Liberal carbon tax, I think they're gonna be mistaken and I think it certainly could come back to haunt them."
Both Simmonds and Simmons said they intend to run again for the respective parties in the next general election, which is scheduled for 2025.
The byelection was required following the resignation of former Liberal MLA Angela Simmonds in April. Simmonds, who left politics for the private sector, was first elected in 2021.
With files from The Canadian Press and Jean Laroche
YO Premier Houston I heard CBC talking about Preston byelection again today and laughed at the nonsense of it all
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https://davidraymondamos3. Sunday, 9 July 2023 Premier Tim Houston calls Preston byelection https://www.cbc.ca/news/ PC candidate Twila Grosse wins Preston byelection PCs take riding near Halifax held by Liberals for two decades Michael Gorman · CBC News · Posted: Aug 08, 2023 9:37 PM ADT | |
YO Premier Houston I heard CBC talking about Preston byelection again today and laughed at the nonsense of it all
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https://www.carlosimmons.ca/ info@votecarlo.ca 902.444.0557 https://www.pcpartyns.ca/ Aug 01 2023 Liberal Campaign ordered to remove misleading signs and material in Preston HALIFAX, NS - The Liberal campaign in the Preston by-election has been ordered to remove misleading campaign signs and literature deemed to be not “properly representing the facts” by Elections Nova Scotia. On July 28, the PC Party alerted Elections Nova Scotia to misleading flyers as well as signs that the Liberal campaign constructed in Lake Echo, a community in the Preston constituency. The signs, and accompanying print flyers, suggested a dump was being proposed for the community that the Houston Government was not doing anything to stop. The flyers also suggested the Minister of Environment and Climate Change ignored the Liberal candidate’s letter on the issue. The reality is there was no application to the provincial government for a dump in the Lake Echo area, and the Minister of Environment and Climate Change ensured a response was provided by the Department to the Liberal candidate’s letter on this matter. Elections Nova Scotia has instructed the Liberal campaign to remove all misleading signs by 12 AM Thursday, August 3, and cease the use of related campaign materials immediately. Failing to do so would be deemed in breach of section 307 of the Elections Act. “This is the worst kind of politics. It’s incredibly disappointing the Liberal campaign in Preston would resort to blatant fear mongering for political gain,” said Barbara Adams, Campaign Chair for the PC Campaign in Preston. “We knew the Liberals were misleading the public on this issue and are pleased Elections Nova Scotia has ordered them to be removed.” “The Liberals are clearly anxious to hold onto this seat that they have held for 20 years and are willing to do anything, including mislead the voters of the Preston riding, in an attempt to keep it,” said Adams. Election day in the Preston by-election is scheduled for Tuesday, August 8. | |
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Preston Liberal candidate won't take down sign deemed misleading by N.S. elections watchdog
Party says the Elections Nova Scotia order "infringes political speech"
The Nova Scotia Liberal Party says Carlo Simmons, its candidate running in the Preston byelection, won't back down from signs and flyers that imply the Houston government supports a construction and demolition disposal site in the riding.
The province's top election official has ordered removal of the signs for being misleading.
In a letter to Dorothy Rice shared with CBC News, the party said Elections Nova Scotia is "not in a position to label the Campaign Materials as false simply on the basis there is no active application for approval of a waste management facility or by opining that a particular letter constitutes an appropriate response."
The party said the Elections Nova Scotia order infringes on "political speech."
"Dump the dump," reads the flyer that was being distributed by Simmons during his door-to-door canvassing.
"Houston's Conservatives have done nothing to stop this dump. We must stop them. Vote Carlo Simmons."
In the letter to Rice, the Liberal Party said Simmons regards the waste management facility issue as "one of high importance to the local community he is seeking to represent, and an active issue of discussion in the election."
They said it's "simply not practical given the short duration of the writ period" to order the removal of the signs and flyers because they are "the only methods" through which Simmons can "reach out to an important subset of the electorate."
PC Party complaint
The PC Party wrote to the province's chief electoral officer to complain about the materials. In a letter dated Aug. 1, Rice noted that after a review of the material and evidence supplied by the Liberals to back up their claim, "I do not feel they are properly representing the facts of this matter."
Rice's letter went on to say, "[The Liberal campaign team] have been instructed to remove all signs, by 12:00 AM Thursday, August 3, 2023, and cease use of related door knockers/flyers immediately."
No permit applications, says PC executive
In her letter to Rice, PC Party executive director Penny Morash wrote that the Liberal campaign material refers to a potential construction and demolition (C&D) disposal site in the constituency. Morash noted that the minister of environment and climate change has confirmed that no permit applications have been submitted to the department with respect to such a site.
"We understand from the Minister of Environment that there is no active application to consider and therefore no current scenario in which the PC Party or government can address an issue related to this dump," wrote Morash.
Rice's reply indicates that if the Liberals do not remove the campaign material in question, the party will be in breach of section 307 of the Elections Act.
That section of the law states: "Every person is guilty of an offence who, during an election, knowingly makes, distributes or publishes a false statement of fact about a candidate's character or conduct for the purpose of influencing the election."
Nova
Scotia's chief electoral officer has ordered the Liberal campaign in
Preston to take down ads that she has judged to be misleading about the
PC government's involvement in a proposed dump in the riding. (PC Party of Nova Scotia)
Jordan Croucher, the PC campaign communications manager for the byelection in Preston, called it "sad that the Liberal campaign has to resort to fear-mongering" to try to win a seat it has held previously for 20 years.
"I can't imagine it's going that well if they need to resort to not telling the truth," he said.
Liberal Leader Zach Churchill thinks the material is "fair" and "accurate."
Election material defended
"Our candidate Carlo Simmons is standing up for the people in Lake Echo who don't want a dump in their backyard," Churchill told CBC Tuesday. "Tim Houston is trying to silence our candidate and the community on this issue during a byelection.
"We don't agree with the chief electoral officer, although we do respect that office, but we're evaluating what our options are right now because this is a big issue for people."
Churchill said the premier should say whether he supports the dump, regardless of whether the proponents have asked for provincial approval for one.
Nova Scotia's top elections official wants the Liberal Party to take down this ad. (PC Party of Nova Scotia)
"Tim Houston has done this before other applications have come in for development," said Churchill. "He did it in Mabou, related to the golf course.… They did not wait for an application to say no, in that particular case."
Churchill suggested Houston could do the same now to alleviate the stress of those who oppose the dump in the Preston riding.
At the beginning of the campaign, the chief electoral officer ordered the Nova Scotia government to end an ad campaign critical of the federal Liberal government and its carbon tax because she felt the ads were "partisan."
The Houston government complied and ended the online component early. The radio ads had already run their course by the time the Liberals complained about that campaign.
The byelection is set for Aug. 8.
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To: Adam@boudrotrodgers.com, "lyle.howe" <lyle.howe@eastlink.ca> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> https://boudrotrodgers.com/ Adam Rodgers was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 2005. Prior to joining Boudrot Rodgers, Adam completed his articles with a major Atlantic Canadian law firm in Halifax, before returning to Guysborough to practice in his home area. Adam practices Commercial and Personal Injury Litigation, Municipal Law, Criminal Defense, Divorce & Family Law, as well as Real Estate and Corporate Commercial. Adam is active in sports, having played competitive fastpitch softball on a local and national level. He volunteers as President of the Strait Pirates Jr. B Hockey team, and is Past-President of the Strait Area Chamber of Commerce. Adam is a past executive member of the Board of Directors of the Mulgrave Road Theatre in Guysborough. Adam is the President of the Strait Area Barristers’ Society, and a member of the Atlantic Provinces Trial Lawyers Association (APTLA) and the American Association for Justice. You can follow Adam on Twitter @adamrodgersNS ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400 Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C., To: coi@gnb.ca Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com Good Day Sir After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed to speak to one of your staff for the first time Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document. These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I suggested that you study closely. This is the docket in Federal Court http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj. These are digital recordings of the last three hearings Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/ January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/ April 3rd, 2017 https://archive.org/details/ This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj. The only hearing thus far May 24th, 2017 https://archive.org/details/ This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity Date: 20151223 Docket: T-1557-15 Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015 PRESENT: The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell BETWEEN: DAVID RAYMOND AMOS Plaintiff and HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN Defendant ORDER (Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on December 14, 2015) The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant to the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on November 12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of Claim in its entirety. At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my attention a letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen Quigg, (now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal). In that letter he stated: As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check the work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including you. You are your brother’s keeper. Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition to expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a number of people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be witnesses or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known to me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore; former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; former Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former Staff Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick Court of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, retired Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I am of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias should I hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et al, [1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party has requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so. AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the Administrator of the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion. There is no order as to costs. “B. Richard Bell” Judge Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one comment already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had sent to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006. I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada Perhaps you should scroll to the bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83 of my lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada? "FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the most http://davidraymondamos3. 83 The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over five years after he began his bragging: January 13, 2015 This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate December 8, 2014 Why Canada Stood Tall! Friday, October 3, 2014 Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And Stupid Justin Trudeau? Vertias Vincit David Raymond Amos 902 800 0369 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Kulik, John" <john.kulik@mcinnescooper.com> Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 17:37:49 +0000 Subject: McInnes Cooper To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "david.raymond.amos@gmail.com" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> Dear Mr. Amos: I am General Counsel for McInnes Cooper. If you need to communicate with our firm, please do so through me. Thank you. John Kulik [McInnes Cooper]<http://www. John Kulik Q.C. Partner & General Counsel McInnes Cooper tel +1 (902) 444 8571 | fax +1 (902) 425 6350 1969 Upper Water Street Suite 1300 Purdy's Wharf Tower II Halifax, NS, B3J 2V1 asst Cathy Ohlhausen | +1 (902) 455 8215 Notice This communication, including any attachments, is confidential and may be protected by solicitor/client privilege. It is intended only for the person or persons to whom it is addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by e-mail or telephone at McInnes Cooper's expense. Avis Les informations contenues dans ce courriel, y compris toute(s) pièce(s) jointe(s), sont confidentielles et peuvent faire l'objet d'un privilège avocat-client. Les informations sont dirigées au(x) destinataire(s) seulement. Si vous avez reçu ce courriel par erreur, veuillez en aviser l'expéditeur par courriel ou par téléphone, aux frais de McInnes Cooper. On 8/3/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote: > If want something very serious to download and laugh at as well Please > Enjoy and share real wiretap tapes of the mob > > http://thedavidamosrant. > ilian.html > >> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ >> >> As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I must >> ask them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING???? >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch? >> >> What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon the >> USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament baseball >> cards? >> >> http://archive.org/details/ >> 6 >> >> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/ >> >> http://www.archive.org/ >> >> http://archive.org/details/ >> >> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006 >> Senator Arlen Specter >> United States Senate >> Committee on the Judiciary >> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building >> Washington, DC 20510 >> >> Dear Mr. Specter: >> >> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man >> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters >> raised in the attached letter. >> >> Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes. >> >> I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this previously. >> >> Very truly yours, >> Barry A. Bachrach >> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403 >> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003 >> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com >> > https://www.youtube.com/watch? Desmond Inquiry Final Report Delayed Again Black Nova Scotia News 67 subscribers 48 views Jul 7, 2023 Raymond Sheppard talks to The Todd Veinotte Show on News 95.7FM in Halifax - July 7th, 2023 [https://halifax.citynews.ca/ "The Nova Scotia government has dismissed the judge presiding over an inquiry that has spent much of the past five years investigating why Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond killed three family members and himself in 2017. Brad Johns, Nova Scotia’s attorney general, confirmed Tuesday he has asked the chief judge of the provincial court to assign a new judge to finish the work started by provincial court Judge Warren Zimmer, saying the province has waited long enough for Zimmer’s final report." [ https://halifax.citynews.ca/ 1 Comment @davidamos7114 @davidamos7114 Hmmm https://www.halifaxexaminer. Premier Tim Houston calls Preston byelection A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo by Zane Woodford July 7, 2023 Three headshots are compiled in one photo: a Black woman with short hair wearing glasses, a bald Black man with a thin moustache, and a bald Black man with glasses and a thin grey goatee. The candidates for the Preston byelection: Twila Grosse, running for the PCs, Colter Simmonds for the NDP, and Carlo Simmons for the Liberals. Credit: Contributed Voters in Preston will head to the polls on Aug. 8. The seat in the Nova Scotia legislature has been vacant since April 1, when Liberal MLA Angela Simmonds stepped down. Premier Tim Houston had six months to call the byelection, with a deadline of Oct. 1 and a latest possible election date of Nov. 14. Summer elections tend to have lower voter turnout. Houston said last month he expected a new MLA to be sworn in before the fall sitting of the legislature. An electoral map shows the areas included in the riding, including East and North Preston, Cherry Brook, Westphal, and Montague Mines. A map of the Preston riding. The three major parties have each announced candidates: Twila Grosse will run for the governing PCs; Colter Simmonds for the NDP; and Carlo Simmons for the Liberals. Grosse was an accountant for the Halifax International Airport Authority for 36 years before retiring in 2020. Simmonds is a basketball coach and community youth advocate who ran in the same riding in the 2021 provincial election. Simmons is the chief operating officer of his family’s paving company. Elections Nova Scotia announced in April that it would use a new e-balloting system for early voting. That system will allow people to go into a polling station and use an electronic voting machine for 20 days leading up to Election Day. Elections Nova Scotia will use paper ballots on Election Day. Related A Black woman with short dark hair, glasses, and wearing a long blue and white tweed jacket stands at a podium with a microphone. The sky is blue with a few clouds, just like the sky in the opening for the show the Simpsons. Twila Grosse running for PCs in Preston byelection A young Black man in a grey jacket with an orange, white, and blue print shirt underneath it stands at a podium speaking into a microphone. A banner in front of the podium says NS NDP and a banner behind him has several logos that say Nova Scotia NDP Colter Simmonds to run as NDP candidate in Preston byelection A white hand approaches a tablet with a list of names on it. E-balloting system to be used for early voting in Preston byelection A young white man with a dark beard, looking seriously at the viewer in a black and white photo Zane Woodford Zane Woodford is the Halifax Examiner’s municipal reporter. He covers Halifax City Hall and contributes to our ongoing PRICED OUT housing series. Twitter @zwoodford More by Zane Woodford https://www.halifaxexaminer. Angela Simmonds resigns as Preston MLA, deputy Speaker https://www.halifaxexaminer. by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter January 25, 2023 Black lady in dark blazer Angela Simmonds. Photo: Angela Simmonds / Facebook. Angela Simmonds, the Liberal MLA for Preston, will be stepping down as a member of the provincial legislature. Her last day will be on April 1. Simmonds made the announcement Wednesday afternoon in an open letter to her constituents. “There are many different reasons people get into politics. For me, it has always been about the people. I wanted to help others believe in change and feel inspired to find the courage to make those changes a lasting part of our community. I wanted people to look at me and see opportunity within themselves,” Simmonds wrote in the letter. “For me, this decision is necessary to stretch out the legacy of changemakers, lifting up new voices while also preserving my own. This experience has taught me a great deal, and I’m ready to take that knowledge into our community, create opportunities and make change — now.” Simmonds was elected to the legislature in the August 2021 election. In her riding, she beat out Conservative party candidate Archy Beals and NDP candidate Colter Simmonds in what is believed to be the first race in Atlantic Canada where a provincial riding was contested by all Black candidates. After being elected, Simmonds was appointed as the Liberal critic for justice, seniors and long-term care, and African Nova Scotian Affairs. She also serves as the first Deputy Speaker of African descent in the Nova Scotia legislature. She will also be stepping down from that role April 1. Simmonds is also the first African Nova Scotian to run for the leadership of the provincial Liberal party.* In July 2022, Simmonds was unsuccessful in her candidacy to lead the provincial Liberals against current Liberal leader, Zach Churchill. Prior to being elected, Simmonds graduated from law school at Dalhousie University. She also served as the executive director of the Land Titles Initiative for the Office of Equity and Anti-Racism. “April 1st will certainly not be the last day you hear my voice. I will continue to listen, advocate, and make certain my abilities and experience are used to continue working towards anti-racism, equity, diversity, and inclusion. Doing this now will look a little different. It won’t be adversarial, it will be how I want to lead and advocate — with empathy, and integrity,” Simmonds wrote. See also: For the first time in Nova Scotia election history, all the candidates in one riding are Black Angela Simmonds named deputy Speaker ‘Life has prepared me for this moment’: Angela Simmonds on her bid for the Nova Scotia Liberal leadership ‘She stuck true to her principles’ Liberal leader Zach Churchill shared a message about Simmonds on his social media accounts: Since being elected, Angela has been a valued member of our caucus. Throughout her time as an MLA and leadership candidate, she stuck true to her principles and values while bringing new members to the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. I have immense respect for her as a colleague and friend, and I look forward to continuing to work with her over the next few months. I know she will do great things in her future to better her community and all of Nova Scotia. In July 2021, just prior to being approached to run for the Liberals, Simmonds and her husband, Halifax Regional Police Supt. Dean Simmonds, who is Black, had their vehicle pulled over by members of the Cole Harbour RCMP in relation to a call about gunshots in nearby North Preston where the couple lives. In a claim that was later denied by the RCMP, the couple said they had carbine rifles pointed at them and accused the officers of racial discrimination. The couple filed a complaint and released a joint statement where they said the interaction was “yet another example of the way Black people continue to be subjected to inhumane treatment and are regarded as dangerous, dishonest, guilty, criminals.” It was later revealed that Jeremie Landry, who at the time was the acting chief officer of Halifax-district RCMP, sent letters to select members of Halifax regional council whose districts are served by the RCMP, and denied the Simmonds’ claims surrounding the details of the traffic stop. “There’s so much wrong with that,” Coun. Waye Mason told the Examiner in September 2021 after it was revealed he wrote to the Board of Police Commissioners to complain about the letter. “There’s an active investigation that’s so sensitive that the RCMP and the clerks have decided that it needs to be entirely redacted, but the acting commander chose to communicate to political elected officials about an active investigation, and to only do so to the people [who] are served by RCMP in Halifax. None of that is right.” In February 2022, shortly after announcing her bid for the Liberal leadership, Simmonds told the Examiner she was “disappointed” when she heard about Landry’s letter where he essentially said she and her husband had lied. “I don’t know him and I’ve never met him. And if I did in passing, I didn’t know it was him.” In October 2021, Simmonds had a meeting with then Liberal leader Iain Rankin and Premier Tim Houston where Simmonds said Houston informed her of “racist, inappropriate, derogatory comments” made about her on social media by a party staffer who had attended meetings with Simmonds. Houston fired the staffer and MLAs expressed support for Simmonds in the legislature. See also: Halifax RCMP sent ‘problematic’ email to councillors after Mounties stopped Black officer at gunpoint RCMP release redacted email to councillors about traffic stop involving Halifax cop Firing a staff member for racist comments is a start, but… “I may have been the first African Nova Scotian Deputy Speaker, the first African Nova Scotian woman to be elected to the Liberal party as the MLA for Preston, and the first African Nova Scotian woman to run for the Leadership of the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia but I will not be the last. I hope to support whoever may follow my path, and I welcome questions from those interested,” Simmonds said in her letter Wednesday. “In the meantime, you can reach me in all our usual ways leading up to my final date. I will continue to be here for you.” “Thank you for your understanding and continued support.” Correction: An earlier version of this story stated Angela Simmonds was the first African Nova Scotian to run for the leadership of a major provincial political party. Yvonne Atwell was the first African Nova Scotia to run for the leadership of a major provincial party in 1996 when she ran for the NDP against Robert Chisholm. A graphic that says Funded by Canada Related A young Black man in a grey jacket with an orange, white, and blue print shirt underneath it stands at a podium speaking into a microphone. A banner in front of the podium says NS NDP and a banner behind him has several logos that say Nova Scotia NDP Colter Simmonds to run as NDP candidate in Preston byelection Three headshots are compiled in one photo: a Black woman with short hair wearing glasses, a bald Black man with a thin moustache, and a bald Black man with glasses and a thin grey goatee. Premier Tim Houston calls Preston byelection Black lady in dark blazer smiles for the camera. Angela Simmonds running for leadership of Nova Scotia Liberal Party A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter Matthew Byard writes news, profiles, and stories of the Black Nova Scotia community. His reporting is funded by the Canadian government through its Local Journalism Initiative. More by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter https://www.pentictonherald. Inclusion discussion, performances, gala all part of Africa society Black History Month events Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Halifax Examiner Feb 4, 2023 Seven months after holding its largest Africa Festival of Culture and Arts on the Halifax waterfront, the Africa Festival of Arts and Culture Society is hosting a series of Black History Month activities. The activities include a panel discussion on inclusion and diversity in the workplace, a series of elementary school presentations throughout Truro, Dartmouth, and Halifax, and an annual dinner and dance gala at Mount Saint Vincent University. The events run from Feb. 7 to 11. The panel discussion is titled, “Experiencing Inclusion and Diversity in the Workplace: Challenges and Solutions." “The first time we had [the panel discussion] was last year and it was virtual because of the pandemic. But this time it’s going to be in person,” said George Mbamalu, founder and chair of the Africa Festival of Arts and Culture Society in an interview with the Halifax Examiner. “We have a serious problem of inclusion and diversity in the workplace because the work is not fully inclusive, so that’s why we’re targeting the workplace. So, every year we will try to discuss the same topic but with different people and backgrounds.” The panel will be moderated by Dr. Theresa Rajack-Talley, the inaugural vice-provost for equity and inclusiveness at Dalhousie University. Rajack-Talley will be joined by four panelists, including: Barb Hamilton-Hinch, assistant vice-provost of equity and inclusion and an associate professor in the School of Health and Human Performance at Dalhousie; Pemberton Cyrus, head of the department of industrial engineering and president of Imhotep's Legacy Academy at Dalhousie University; April Howe, deputy minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture and former senior advisor to the deputy minister of the Department of Justice; and Tiwa Ogundipe, a lawyer from Nigeria, who is currently a senior policy analyst with Department of Justice. The panel takes place on Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in room 303 at the Dalhousie Student Union Building at 6136 University Ave. At 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Amadou Kienou and the Djeli Sira Band will kick off a series of elementary school presentations and musical performances at the Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education in Truro. Based out of Toronto, Kienou is a master drummer from Burkina Faso. The members of the Djeli Sira Band are from Burkina Faso and Guinea and perform with djembe drums and various other African instruments. “They’ll be doing some introductions and talking about Black History Month and then they will do performances for them,” said Mbamalu. On Wednesday, the group will perform at Shannon Park Elementary School in Dartmouth and at LeMarchant St. Thomas School in Halifax. On Thursday, they perform at Ecole Saint Catherine School in Halifax then at Portland Estates Elementary School in Dartmouth. Then on Friday, they perform at Fairview Heights Elementary School in Halifax. Amadou Kienou and the Djeli Sira Band will also perform along with other artists Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Africa Festival of Arts and Culture Society’s Black History Month dinner and dance in the Rosaria Hall at Mount Saint Vincent University. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the event is scheduled from 6:30 p.m. to midnight. “We start with welcoming people and talking about Black History Month and accomplishments of Black people in Nova Scotia and Canada,” said Mbamalu. Mbamalu said the performance by Kienou and the Djeli Sira Band will include African drumming, dancing, and song prior to the full course dinner. Performances later in the evening will include Advocates of Truth, a group of young African musicians; Eritrean dance from members of the Eritrean community, a performance by Rush Culture, a Bahamian group, and a spoken word performance by Dr. El Jones. A live DJ will then host a dance for the remainder of the evening. Mbamalu said that of the 300 tickets for the dinner and dance over half are already sold. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased at Eventbrite or by phone by calling either 902-210-0447 or 902-292-2973. The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. | |
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Colter Simmonds to carry NDP banner in Preston byelection
Well-known community advocate, basketball coach ran for the party in 2021
The Nova Scotia NDP is turning to a familiar face in its quest to win the upcoming Preston byelection.
Colter Simmonds, who ran for the party in the last provincial election, was announced as the NDP candidate at an event Wednesday evening.
"I'm not a quitter," Simmonds said in an interview. "I just want another chance to serve my community and the constituents within the riding."
Simmonds pulled 28 per cent of the vote in 2021, just behind the Tory candidate Archy Beals's 29 per cent. Liberal candidate Angela Simmonds won the seat. She resigned in April, creating the need for the byelection.
A well-known community advocate and basketball coach, Colter Simmonds said key issues in the district include the need for more mental health services, cost-of-living pressures and gun violence. Even after the last election people were coming to him with community concerns, something Simmonds said encouraged him to run again.
"I just realized that I have a strong voice and the community looks to me and I have their respect. I don't run from a challenge, so here I am again trying to do it this time and win this time."
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NDP Leader Claudia Chender said Simmonds is a recognized mentor for young people and represents a generation of people in Preston who are tired of the status quo.
"I think Colter is a candidate who understands those issues and is connected to them and in any political contest, that's what you want," Chender said in an interview.
"You want somebody who is connected to their community, who can speak for them and with them, and who is respected. And so we are really pleased that we found a candidate who fits that bill."
Simmonds said he sees the role of MLA as an extension of the advocacy work he's done through the years.
"I'm known for it, it's what I've been doing and I want to continue it with an actual seat at the table to make some decisions and apply pressure to provide more for the Preston riding."
A date has yet to be set for the byelection. Premier Tim Houston must call the byelection by Oct. 1.
The Liberals announced Carlo Simmins as their candidate last month. The Tories have yet to name a candidate for the byelection.
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Twila Grosse to run for PC Party in upcoming Preston byelection
Grosse worked for 36 years at Halifax Stanfield International Airport
Twila Grosse says she was "born ready."
On Tuesday, Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservatives announced that the 61-year-old will be their candidate in the upcoming Preston byelection.
Grosse worked at Halifax Stanfield International Airport for 36 years and has a background in finance.
"Honestly, I never thought I would be doing this," she said. "But now I really do feel I'm ready for it, and I want to make an impact and help the people in my community and the riding of Preston."
Grosse said she was approached to run for the party 10 years ago but she was working at that time. A lifelong community advocate and Cherry Brook resident, she has been active in the riding for many years and has served on numerous boards, including the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia.
"I just see so much potential in my area," she said. "I just want to be a change-maker."
The byelection became necessary following the resignation of Angela Simmonds in April. Simmonds ran against Zach Churchill for the Liberal leadership last year and lost. A lawyer by training, she has since taken a job with a Halifax-based law firm.
Liberal Angela Simmonds stepped down as the MLA for Preston in April. (Paul Palmeter/CBC )
Grosse will be up against business owner Carlo Simmons, who is running for the Liberal party, which has held the seat since 2003. Colter Simmonds, a community advocate and local basketball coach, is running again for the NDP. Simmonds took 28 per cent of the vote in 2021, just behind the Tory candidate Archy Beals's 29 per cent.
Premier Tim Houston, who was touring Preston on Tuesday with Grosse, called her "the right candidate at the right time for this constituency."
"She cares about the community, is passionate about the community, understands the community and she'll represent the community in an awesome way as part of our PC majority government," he said in an interview.
Houston said the focus right now is on earning the trust of voters, but he hinted that Grosse could join his cabinet if she wins the byelection.
"She's an incredibly impressive person — great resume, passionate, smart — definitely cabinet material. But we're not looking that far ahead."
Houston has until Oct. 1 to call the byelection. Although he would not provide more exact details than that on Tuesday, the premier said Preston would have a new MLA in time for the fall sitting of the legislature.
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Friday, 18 September 2015
David Raymond Amos Versus The Crown T-1557-15
Court File No. T-1557-15
FEDERAL
COURT
BETWEEN:
DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
Plaintiff
and
HER
MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Defendant
STATEMENT OF CLAIM
The Parties
1. HER
MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crown)
is Elizabeth II, the Queen of England, the Protector of the Faith of the Church
of England, the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom and one of the
wealthiest persons in the world. Canada pays homage to the Queen because she
remained the Head of State and the Chief Executive Officer of Canada after the Canada
Act 1982 (U.K.) 1982, c. 11 came
into force on April 17, 1982. The standing of the Queen in Canada was explained
within the 2002 Annual Report FORM 18-K filed by Canada with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It states as follows:
“The
executive power of the federal Government is vested in the Queen, represented
by the Governor General, whose powers are exercised on the advice of the
federal Cabinet, which is responsible to the House of Commons. The legislative
branch at the federal level, Parliament, consists of the Crown, the Senate and
the House of Commons.”
“The
executive power in each province is vested in the Lieutenant Governor,
appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the federal Cabinet.
The Lieutenant Governor’s powers are exercised on the advice of the
provincial cabinet, which is responsible to the legislative assembly. Each
provincial legislature is composed of a Lieutenant Governor and a legislative assembly
made up of members elected for a period of five years.”
2. Her
Majesty the Queen is the named defendant pursuant to sections 23(1) and 36 of the
Crown Liability and Proceedings Act. Some of the state actors whose duties and actions are at issue in this
action are the Prime Minister, Premiers, Governor General, Lieutenant
Governors, members of the Canadian Forces (CF), and Royal Canadian Mounted
Police (RCMP), federal and provincial Ministers of Public Safety, Ministers of
Justice, Ministers of Finance, Speakers, Clerks, Sergeants-at-Arms and any
other person acting as Aide-de-Camp providing security within and around the
House of Commons, the legislative assemblies or acting as security for other federal,
provincial and municipal properties.
3. Her
Majesty the Queen’s servants the RCMP
whose mandate is to serve and protect Canadian citizens and assist in the
security of parliamentary properties and the protection of public officials
should not deny a correspondence from a former Deputy Prime Minister who was
appointed to be Canada’s first Minister of Public Safety in order to oversee
the RCMP and their cohorts. The letter that
helped to raise the ire of a fellow Canadian citizen who had never voted in his
life to run for public office four times thus far is quoted as follows:
“Mr. David R. Amos Jan 3rd, 2004
153Alvin Avenue
Milton, MA U.S.A. 02186
Dear Mr. Amos
Thank you for your letter of November 19th,
2003, addressed to
my predecessor, the Honourble
Wayne Easter, regarding your safety.
I apologize for the delay in
responding.
If you have any concerns about your
personal safety, I can only
suggest that you contact the
police of local jurisdiction. In addition, any
evidence of criminal activity
should be brought to their attention since the
police are in the best position
to evaluate the information and take action
as deemed appropriate.
I trust that this information is
satisfactory.
Yours sincerely
A. Anne McLellan”
4. DAVID RAYMOND AMOS (Plaintiff),
a Canadian Citizen and the first Chief of the Amos Clan, was born in Sackville, New
Brunswick (NB) on July 17th, 1952.
5. The Plaintiff claims
standing in this action as a citizen whose human rights and democratic
interests are to be protected by due performance of the obligations of Canada’s
public officials who are either elected or appointed and all servants of the
Crown whose mandate is to secure the public safety, protect public interests
and to uphold and enforce the rule of law. The Crown affirms his right to seek
relief for offences to his rights under section 24(1) of the Canadian
Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter).
Paragraphs 6 to
13 explain the delay in bringing this action before Federal Court and
paragraphs 25 to 88 explain this matter.
6. The Plaintiff states that
pursuant to the democratic rights found in Section 3 of the Charter he was a
candidate in the elections of the membership of the 38th and 39th
Parliaments in the House of Commons and a candidate in the elections of the
memberships of the legislative assemblies in Nova Scotia (NS) and NB in 2006.
7. The Plaintiff states that if
he is successful in finding a Chartered Accountant to audit his records as per
the rules of Elections Canada, he will attempt to become a candidate in the
election of the membership of the 42nd Parliament.
8. The Plaintiff states that beginning
in January of 2002, he made many members of the RCMP and many members of the
corporate media including employees of a Crown Corporation, the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation (CBC) well aware of the reason why he planned to return to Canada
and become a candidate in the next federal election. In May of 2004, all
members seated in the 37th Parliament before the writ was dropped
for the election of the 38th Parliament and several members of the
legislative assemblies of NB and Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) knew the reason
is the ongoing rampant public corruption. Evidence of the Plaintiff’s concerns
can be found within his documents that the Office of the Governor General acknowledged were in
its possession ten years ago before the Speech from the Throne in 2004. The
Governor General’s letter is as follows:
“September 11th,
2004
Dear Mr. Amos,
On behalf of Her Excellency the
Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson,
I acknowledge receipt of two sets of
documents and CD regarding corruption,
one
received from you directly, and the other forwarded to us by the Office of
the
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.
I regret to inform you that the Governor
General cannot intervene in
matters that are the responsibility of
elected officials and courts of Justice of
Canada. You already contacted the various
provincial authorities regarding
your concerns, and these were the appropriate
steps to take.
Yours sincerely.
Renee Blanchet
Office of the Secretary
to the Governor General”
9. The
Plaintiff states that the documents contain proof that the Crown by way of the
RCMP and the Minister of Public Safety/Deputy Prime Minister knew that he was
the whistleblower offering his assistance to Maher Arar and his lawyers in the
USA. The Governor General acknowledged his concerns about the subject of this
complaint and affirmed that the proper provincial authorities were contacted
but ignored the Plaintiff’s faxes and email to the RCMP and the Solicitor
General in November of 2003 and his tracked US Mail to the Solicitor General
and the Commissioner of the RCMP by way of the Department of Foreign Affairs
and International Trade (DFAIT) in December of 2003 and the response he
received from the Minister of Public Safety/Deputy Prime Minister in early
2004. One document was irrefutable proof that there was no need whatsoever to
create a Commission of Inquiry into Maher Arar concerns at about the same point
in time. That document is a letter from the US Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) Office Inspector General (OIG complaint no. C04-01448) admitting contact
with his office on November 21, 2003 within days of the Plaintiff talking to
the office of Canada’s Solicitor General while he met with the US Attorney
General and one day after the former Attorney General of New York (NY) and the
former General Counsel of the SEC testified at a public hearing before the US
Senate Banking Committee about investigations of the mutual fund industry.
10. The
Plaintiff states that another document that the Plaintiff received during the
election of the 39th Parliament further supported the fact he was a
whistleblower about financial crimes. In December of 2006 a member of the RCMP was
ethical enough to admit that he understood the Plaintiff’s concerns and
forwarded his response to the acting Commissioner of the RCMP and others
including a NB Cabinet Minister Michael B. Murphy QC. The Crown is well
aware that any member sitting in the last days of the 37th
Parliament through to the end of the 41st Parliament could have
stood in the House of Commons and asked the Speaker if the Crown was aware of
the Plaintiff’s actions. All parliamentarians should have wondered why his
concerns and that of Mr. Arar’s were not heard by a committee within the House
of Commons in early 2004. Instead, the Crown created an expensive Commission to
delay the Arar matter while he sued the governments of Canada and the USA and
his wife ran in the election of the 38th Parliament. In 2007, Arar received a $10-million settlement from
the Crown and the Prime Minister gave him an official apology yet the US
government has never admitted fault. A month after the writ was dropped for the
election of the 42nd Parliament and CBC is reporting Syrian concerns
constantly, Mr. Arar’s lawyer announced that the RCMP will
attempt to extradite a Syrian intelligence officer because it had laid a charge in absentia and a Canada-wide
warrant and Interpol notice were issued. The Plaintiff considers such news
to be politicking practiced by the Minister of Public Safety. He noticed the
usually outspoken Mr. Arar made no comment but his politically active wife had
lots to say on CBC. Meanwhile, the RCMP continues
to bar a fellow citizen from parliamentary properties because he exercised the
same democratic rights after he had offered his support to Arar by way of his
American lawyers. The aforementioned letter about financial crimes was from the
Inspector General for Tax Administration in the US Department of the Treasury. Mr
Arar’s lawyers, the RCMP, the Canadian Revenue Agency and the US Internal
Revenue Service still refuse to even admit TIGTA complaint no. 071-0512-0055-C
exists. However, the Commissioner of Federal Court, the Queen’s Privy Council
Office and other agencies were made well aware of it before the Speech from the
Throne in 2006.
11. The
Plaintiff states that from June 24, 2004 until the day he signed this complaint
he has diligently tried to resolve the breach of his rights under the Charter
that are the subject of this complaint with any public official in Canada whom
he believed had the mandate or the ability to request that the Crown
investigate and correct the malicious actions and inactions of the RCMP,
Sergeants-at-Arms and Aides-de-Camp in all jurisdictions. Until June 16, 2006
the Plaintiff did not have irrefutable proof to support this complaint. Time
did not permit him to address it immediately in Federal Court in 2006 because
his slate was full. For instance on June 16, 2006 while dealing with deeply
troubling private family matters, he was running against the Attorney General
for his seat in the NS provincial election while arguing members of the RCMP
about strange calls he got from someone in Ottawa who claimed the Department of
Public Safety as her client, dealing with many liberal party members who were
about to witness in Moncton NB the first debate of all those who wished to
become their new leader, assisting a farmer in his attempt to get some authority
to properly investigate the demise of his cattle and discussing with members of
the Saint John NB City Council the actions of a sergeant in the Saint John
Police Force who was calling friends of the Plaintiff and claiming that he was
drug dealing member of a bike gang that they should stay away from while he was
preparing to intervene in pipeline matter that was about to heard by the
National Energy Board in Saint John .
12. The
Plaintiff states that in April of 2007 he wrote a complaint about this matter
and returned to the Capital District of NB in order to file it and argue the Crown
before the Federal Court if it did not wish to settle. A clerk of this court
informed him that his complaint was not composed correctly, so he began to
rewrite this complaint. However, as soon as it was known what the Plaintiff was
about to file he was subject to further police harassment and his family began
to suffer from constant slander, sexual harassment and death threats on the
Internet and on the telephone that continues to this very day while the RCMP,
the FBI and many other law enforcement authorities continue to ignored the
obvious evidence of cybercrime practiced against many people including his
minor children.
13. The
Plaintiff states that the Crown’s only response has been further harassment by
the RCMP including false arrest and imprisonment and theft of his property by
the Fredericton Police Force supported by other law enforcement authorities in
Canada and the USA. The Governor General has had the Plaintiff’s documents for
over ten years to study. The Crown now has one of the complaints that the RCMP
has been delaying since 2003. It is as follows:
The Complaint
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https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/elections/premier-tim-houston-calls-preston-byelection/
Premier Tim Houston calls Preston byelection
Voters in Preston will head to the polls on Aug. 8.
The seat in the Nova Scotia legislature has been vacant since April 1, when Liberal MLA Angela Simmonds stepped down. Premier Tim Houston had six months to call the byelection, with a deadline of Oct. 1 and a latest possible election date of Nov. 14.
Summer elections tend to have lower voter turnout. Houston said last month he expected a new MLA to be sworn in before the fall sitting of the legislature.
A map of the Preston riding.
The three major parties have each announced candidates: Twila Grosse will run for the governing PCs; Colter Simmonds for the NDP; and Carlo Simmons for the Liberals.
Grosse was an accountant for the Halifax International Airport Authority for 36 years before retiring in 2020.
Simmonds is a basketball coach and community youth advocate who ran in the same riding in the 2021 provincial election.
Simmons is the chief operating officer of his family’s paving company.
Elections Nova Scotia announced in April that it would use a new e-balloting system for early voting. That system will allow people to go into a polling station and use an electronic voting machine for 20 days leading up to Election Day. Elections Nova Scotia will use paper ballots on Election Day.
Angela Simmonds resigns as Preston MLA, deputy Speaker
Angela Simmonds, the Liberal MLA for Preston, will be stepping down as a member of the provincial legislature. Her last day will be on April 1.
Simmonds made the announcement Wednesday afternoon in an open letter to her constituents.
“There are many different reasons people get into politics. For me, it has always been about the people. I wanted to help others believe in change and feel inspired to find the courage to make those changes a lasting part of our community. I wanted people to look at me and see opportunity within themselves,” Simmonds wrote in the letter.
“For me, this decision is necessary to stretch out the legacy of changemakers, lifting up new voices while also preserving my own. This experience has taught me a great deal, and I’m ready to take that knowledge into our community, create opportunities and make change — now.”
Simmonds was elected to the legislature in the August 2021 election. In her riding, she beat out Conservative party candidate Archy Beals and NDP candidate Colter Simmonds in what is believed to be the first race in Atlantic Canada where a provincial riding was contested by all Black candidates.
After being elected, Simmonds was appointed as the Liberal critic for justice, seniors and long-term care, and African Nova Scotian Affairs.
She also serves as the first Deputy Speaker of African descent in the Nova Scotia legislature. She will also be stepping down from that role April 1.
Simmonds is also the first African Nova Scotian to run for the leadership of the provincial Liberal party.* In July 2022, Simmonds was unsuccessful in her candidacy to lead the provincial Liberals against current Liberal leader, Zach Churchill.
Prior to being elected, Simmonds graduated from law school at Dalhousie University. She also served as the executive director of the Land Titles Initiative for the Office of Equity and Anti-Racism.
“April 1st will certainly not be the last day you hear my voice. I will continue to listen, advocate, and make certain my abilities and experience are used to continue working towards anti-racism, equity, diversity, and inclusion. Doing this now will look a little different. It won’t be adversarial, it will be how I want to lead and advocate — with empathy, and integrity,” Simmonds wrote.
See also:
- For the first time in Nova Scotia election history, all the candidates in one riding are Black
- Angela Simmonds named deputy Speaker
- ‘Life has prepared me for this moment’: Angela Simmonds on her bid for the Nova Scotia Liberal leadership
‘She stuck true to her principles’
Liberal leader Zach Churchill shared a message about Simmonds on his social media accounts:
Since being elected, Angela has been a valued member of our caucus. Throughout her time as an MLA and leadership candidate, she stuck true to her principles and values while bringing new members to the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. I have immense respect for her as a colleague and friend, and I look forward to continuing to work with her over the next few months. I know she will do great things in her future to better her community and all of Nova Scotia.
In July 2021, just prior to being approached to run for the Liberals, Simmonds and her husband, Halifax Regional Police Supt. Dean Simmonds, who is Black, had their vehicle pulled over by members of the Cole Harbour RCMP in relation to a call about gunshots in nearby North Preston where the couple lives.
In a claim that was later denied by the RCMP, the couple said they had carbine rifles pointed at them and accused the officers of racial discrimination.
The couple filed a complaint and released a joint statement where they said the interaction was “yet another example of the way Black people continue to be subjected to inhumane treatment and are regarded as dangerous, dishonest, guilty, criminals.”
It was later revealed that Jeremie Landry, who at the time was the acting chief officer of Halifax-district RCMP, sent letters to select members of Halifax regional council whose districts are served by the RCMP, and denied the Simmonds’ claims surrounding the details of the traffic stop.
“There’s so much wrong with that,” Coun. Waye Mason told the Examiner in September 2021 after it was revealed he wrote to the Board of Police Commissioners to complain about the letter.
“There’s an active investigation that’s so sensitive that the RCMP and the clerks have decided that it needs to be entirely redacted, but the acting commander chose to communicate to political elected officials about an active investigation, and to only do so to the people [who] are served by RCMP in Halifax. None of that is right.”
In February 2022, shortly after announcing her bid for the Liberal leadership, Simmonds told the Examiner she was “disappointed” when she heard about Landry’s letter where he essentially said she and her husband had lied.
“I don’t know him and I’ve never met him. And if I did in passing, I didn’t know it was him.”
In October 2021, Simmonds had a meeting with then Liberal leader Iain Rankin and Premier Tim Houston where Simmonds said Houston informed her of “racist, inappropriate, derogatory comments” made about her on social media by a party staffer who had attended meetings with Simmonds.
Houston fired the staffer and MLAs expressed support for Simmonds in the legislature.
See also:
- Halifax RCMP sent ‘problematic’ email to councillors after Mounties stopped Black officer at gunpoint
- RCMP release redacted email to councillors about traffic stop involving Halifax cop
- Firing a staff member for racist comments is a start, but…
“I may have been the first African Nova Scotian Deputy Speaker, the first African Nova Scotian woman to be elected to the Liberal party as the MLA for Preston, and the first African Nova Scotian woman to run for the Leadership of the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia but I will not be the last. I hope to support whoever may follow my path, and I welcome questions from those interested,” Simmonds said in her letter Wednesday.
“In the meantime, you can reach me in all our usual ways leading up to my final date. I will continue to be here for you.”
“Thank you for your understanding and continued support.”
Correction: An earlier version of this story stated Angela Simmonds was the first African Nova Scotian to run for the leadership of a major provincial political party.
Yvonne Atwell was the first African Nova Scotia to run for the leadership of a major provincial party in 1996 when she ran for the NDP against Robert Chisholm.
Matthew Byard writes news, profiles, and stories of the Black Nova Scotia community. His reporting is funded by the Canadian government through its Local Journalism Initiative. More by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter
https://www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/article_aab9d1b1-0f67-5523-af7b-14db6bc88eb0.html
Inclusion discussion, performances, gala all part of Africa society Black History Month events
The panel discussion is titled, “Experiencing Inclusion and Diversity in the Workplace: Challenges and Solutions."
“The first time we had [the panel discussion] was last year and it was virtual because of the pandemic. But this time it’s going to be in person,” said George Mbamalu, founder and chair of the Africa Festival of Arts and Culture Society in an interview with the Halifax Examiner.
“We have a serious problem of inclusion and diversity in the workplace because the work is not fully inclusive, so that’s why we’re targeting the workplace. So, every year we will try to discuss the same topic but with different people and backgrounds.”
The panel will be moderated by Dr. Theresa Rajack-Talley, the inaugural vice-provost for equity and inclusiveness at Dalhousie University.
Rajack-Talley will be joined by four panelists, including: Barb Hamilton-Hinch, assistant vice-provost of equity and inclusion and an associate professor in the School of Health and Human Performance at Dalhousie; Pemberton Cyrus, head of the department of industrial engineering and president of Imhotep's Legacy Academy at Dalhousie University; April Howe, deputy minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture and former senior advisor to the deputy minister of the Department of Justice; and Tiwa Ogundipe, a lawyer from Nigeria, who is currently a senior policy analyst with Department of Justice.
The panel takes place on Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in room 303 at the Dalhousie Student Union Building at 6136 University Ave.
At 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Amadou Kienou and the Djeli Sira Band will kick off a series of elementary school presentations and musical performances at the Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education in Truro.
Based out of Toronto, Kienou is a master drummer from Burkina Faso. The members of the Djeli Sira Band are from Burkina Faso and Guinea and perform with djembe drums and various other African instruments.
“They’ll be doing some introductions and talking about Black History Month and then they will do performances for them,” said Mbamalu.
On Wednesday, the group will perform at Shannon Park Elementary School in Dartmouth and at LeMarchant St. Thomas School in Halifax.
On Thursday, they perform at Ecole Saint Catherine School in Halifax then at Portland Estates Elementary School in Dartmouth.
Then on Friday, they perform at Fairview Heights Elementary School in Halifax.
Amadou Kienou and the Djeli Sira Band will also perform along with other artists Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Africa Festival of Arts and Culture Society’s Black History Month dinner and dance in the Rosaria Hall at Mount Saint Vincent University. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the event is scheduled from 6:30 p.m. to midnight.
“We start with welcoming people and talking about Black History Month and accomplishments of Black people in Nova Scotia and Canada,” said Mbamalu.
Mbamalu said the performance by Kienou and the Djeli Sira Band will include African drumming, dancing, and song prior to the full course dinner.
Performances later in the evening will include Advocates of Truth, a group of young African musicians; Eritrean dance from members of the Eritrean community, a performance by Rush Culture, a Bahamian group, and a spoken word performance by Dr. El Jones.
A live DJ will then host a dance for the remainder of the evening.
Mbamalu said that of the 300 tickets for the dinner and dance over half are already sold. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased at Eventbrite or by phone by calling either 902-210-0447 or 902-292-2973.
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I called again Correct Tom Taggart and Brad Johns???
Tom Taggart<tom.taggartmla@gmail.com> | Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 3:27 PM |
| To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com | |
Thank
you for contacting us at the office of MLA Tom Taggart. This email is
being monitored by my Constituency Assistant Andrea Johnson, who will
get back to you as soon as possible. If your inquiry is urgent, please
feel free to call the Constituency Office @ 902-641-2335 Our Office is located @ 10653 Hwy 2 Masstown, Nova Scotia, right next door to the Petro- Canada. Our Office hours are Monday- Friday 8:30am - 3:30pm or by appointment. We are closed on Holidays. My office has the COVID RAPID TEST KITS if you need one please stop in a pick one up. -- Tom Taggart, MLA | |
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Brad Johns, MLA Sackville - Uniacke" <mlabradjohns@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:27:16 -0800 Subject: Thank you for your email. Re: I called again Correct Tom Taggart and Brad Johns??? To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Hello, This is an automated response to confirm that your email has been received by MLA Brad Johns. In order to help answer your concern in a timely manner please forward your concern, with address, to mlabradjohns.assistant@gmail. Any correspondence for the Attorney General of Nova Scotia or the Minister of Justice should be sent to justmin@novascotia.ca In order to ensure constituent email is addressed in the most timely manner, if you are a resident and you require follow up, make sure that you have included your residential address and contact phone number. This will allow someone from our office to better sort, respond or directly contact you about your concern much faster. Please accept my apologizes in advance and thank you for your co-operation. Brad -- Brad Johns Member of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly Sackville - Uniacke (902) 865-6467 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "kelly@kellyregan.ca" <kelly@kellyregan.ca> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 20:27:13 +0100 Subject: Auto Reply To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail. [This is an auto reply] Thank you for contacting the constituency office of the Hon. Kelly Regan, MLA for Bedford Basin. This office is here to assist residents of the Bedford community. In order to ensure a proper and timely response to your matter, please include all necessary contact information in your correspondence, including your name, address, phone number/e-mail, and the nature of your matter. This constituency office is a respectful workplace. Please be advised that we are unable to respond to communications involving profanity, personal attacks, racism, homophobia, or other forms of discrimination. Thank you and have a great day. Traci Sullivan Constituency Assistant Office of the Honourable Kelly Regan | MLA, Bedford Basin 902-407-3777 | 902-407-3779 | www.kellyregan.ca | 1550 Bedford Highway | Suite 555 | Bedford, NS B4A 1E6 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lisa Lachance <lisalachancemla@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:27:17 -0800 Subject: Thank you for contacting MLA Lisa Lachance Re: I called again Correct Tom Taggart and Brad Johns??? To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail. La version française suit Thank you for reaching out to the office of Lisa Lachance, MLA for Halifax Citadel–Sable Island. Lisa is thrilled to have been elected to work with and for the people of Halifax Citadel–Sable Island! This office is here to help residents navigate provincial programs and services and advocate for constituents within those structures. We also make referrals to other government and community agencies that may be helpful. If you are in an emergency, please call 9-1-1. As MLA, Lisa is able to bring the concerns and ideas of Halifax Citadel–Sable Island to the provincial legislature and fight for the issues that are important to you. We acknowledge that our constituency is located in Kjipuktuk, within Mi'kma'ki, the unceded territory of the L'nu people. We will get back to you as soon as we are able. Thank you. Sign up for our newsletter! --- Merci d'avoir contacté le bureau de Lisa Lachance, député pour la circonscription de Halifax Citadel–Sable Island. Ce bureau est ici pour aider les résidents de Halifax Citadel–Sable Island qui naviguent des programmes et services provinciaux et advoquer pour ceux et celles dans ces structures; on fait aussi référence à autres agences gouvernementales et communautaires qui peuvent vous aider. S'il s'agit d'une urgence, SVP faire appeler le 9-1-1. On reconnait que notre circonscription se situe à Kjipuktuk, en Mi'kma'ki, la territoire incédée du peuple L'nu. On vous répondra dès que ça soit possible. -- Marius van Leeuwen Constituency Assistant to Lisa Lachance, MLA Halifax Citadel-Sable Island any pronouns P (902) 220-3021 E LisaLachanceMLA@gmail.com Sport Nova Scotia Building 5516 Spring Garden Rd. Suite #304 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1G5 lisalachance.ca [image: facebook icon] [image: twitter icon] [image: instagram icon] Sign up for our newsletter! The contents of this message come from the constituency office of Lisa Lachance, MLA for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island and should be treated as confidential unless otherwise indicated. If you believe you are receiving this message in error, please let us know and delete the message, including all attachments. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Suzy Hansen <suzyhalifaxneedham@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:27:17 -0800 Subject: Thank you for your email. Re: I called again Correct Tom Taggart and Brad Johns??? To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Thank you for reaching out to the office of Suzy Hansen, MLA for Halifax Needham. I am so thankful to be elected to work with and for the people of Halifax Needham. The office is here to help residents of Halifax Needham navigate provincial programs and services and advocate for constituents within those structures. We also make referrals to other government and community agencies that may be helpful. As an MLA, I am able to bring the concerns and ideas of Halifax Needham to the provincial Legislature, and fight for the issues that are important to you. I will get back to you as soon as I am able. Take care and stay safe Suzy Hansen MLA Halifax Needham -- Aisha Hum Constituency Assistant for Suzy Hansen, MLA Halifax Needham (902)455-7300 6080 Young Street, Suite 1000 Halifax, NS B3K 5L2 Stay in touch. Sign up for my newsletter: Newsletter ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Susan Leblanc <susanleblancMLA@bellaliant. Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 15:31:18 -0400 Subject: RE: I called again Correct Tom Taggart and Brad Johns??? To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Thank-you for reaching out to the constituency office for Susan Leblanc, MLA for Dartmouth North. We have moved to 192 Wyse Road, Unit 1A (the second door on the front of the building, after the main lobby). The new office is located across the parking lot from the Sobeys on Wyse Road. If you are looking for COVID-19 rapid tests, they are in our entry way. This office is here to help residents of Dartmouth North navigate provincial programs and services and advocate for constituents within those structures. We also make referrals to other government and community agencies that may be helpful. As an MLA Susan is able to bring the concerns and ideas of Dartmouth North to the provincial legislature and fight for the issues that are important to you. Many of the phone numbers and forms that we give out can be found on Sue's website here https://www.susanleblanc.ca/ you want us to talk to other government departments or agencies about your issue) is here www.susanleblanc.ca/contact- <http://www.susanleblanc.ca/ We will get back to you as soon as we are able, Rebecca Rose She/her Constituency Coordinator Susan Leblanc MLA Dartmouth North NDP Caucus Chair *We have moved to 192 Wyse Road, Unit 1A on April 29th! Sign up for Susan's e-newsletter <https://facebook.us17.list- &id=c2a805a1c7> here! _________________ Constituency Office 260 Wyse Rd Suite 102 Dartmouth, NS B3A 1N3 902-463-6670 WEB PAGE: https://www.susanleblanc.ca/ Rebecca Rose She/her Constituency Coordinator Susan Leblanc MLA Dartmouth North NDP House Leader *We have moved to 192 Wyse Road. (The second door, right after the main lobby, ground floor.) Sign up for Susan's e-newsletter here <https://facebook.us17.list- &id=c2a805a1c7> ! _________________ Constituency Office 192 Wyse Road, Unit 1A (second door after the main lobby, ground floor) Dartmouth, NS B3A 1N3 902-463-6670 WEB PAGE: https://www.susanleblanc.ca/ Deja Vu Anyone???? Yo Premier Iain Rankin Methinks somebody should tell your buddy Timmy Boy Houston he picked a bad day not to come to the phone N'esy Pas? David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. To: BOB! B-O-B <coachwhitford1@gmail.com> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com> JD is just another piece of chickenshit Feel Free to tell him I said so On 8/6/21, BOB! B-O-B <coachwhitford1@gmail.com> wrote: > I listened to the court recordings, quite the difference in the sound of > Justice Bell's (I think his name is) when he came back from recess. Very > low voice and at times choking on his own words. Also the other justice, > Leblanc was it? He started off forcefully telling you "not to speak when I > am speaking", then after you patiently waited your turn and unloaded a few > of your facts his demeanor did a complete 180. Things that make you go > hmmmmm. Interesting stuff you sent. > > So what's JD's story? Is he a stand up guy or what? > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 2:01 AM David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > wrote: > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. >> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 18:02:43 -0300 >> Subject: Fwd: Yo Premier Iain Rankin Methinks somebody should tell >> your buddy Timmy Boy Houston he picked a bad day not to come to the >> phone N'esy Pas? >> To: brianwongpc2021@gmail.com, votemarni@gmail.com, >> anthony.edmonds@greenpartyns. >> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, >> "Bill.Blair" <Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca>, pathealey@gmail.com >> >> >> https://thelaker.ca/election- >> >> ELECTION 21 WFRBB: Atlantica Party candidate Shawn Whitford >> By The Laker -July 30, 2021 >> >> Shawn Whitford has lived in Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank for over >> 20 years, served as a volunteer for more than 10 years and I feel it’s >> time to take this next step to serve and represent our community. >> >> Liberal, Conservative, Liberal, Conservative, Liberal, Conservative, >> NDP, Liberal …. see the pattern? Has anything really changed? I fail >> to see any progress. I hear lots of talk but no real solutions. >> >> If we truly want to tackle issues such as affordable housing and >> inequality then we must face the root cause, GOVERNMENT! >> >> Who/what is the Atlantica Party you ask? A party that believes in the >> people. A party that believes in the entrepreneurial spirit. A party >> that will lead with common sense, bringing the Legislature back to its >> roots, to where it belongs, the people of Nova Scotia! >> >> It most certainly doesn’t hurt to have a viable option when it comes >> to politics these days. We need change for the better in this province >> and the same old, same old does not and will never represent change. >> >> Before we can talk about solutions to the many issues facing this >> province we first must deal with the root cause, the Legislature. >> >> We need to return to transparency, oversight and a Legislature that >> works for the will of the people. >> >> I’m looking forward to a busy and exciting August! >> >> >> Social Media: >> >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ >> >> Party FB page: https://www.facebook.com/ >> >> >> https://thelaker.ca/burrill- >> >> >> https://thelaker.ca/ >> >> https://thelaker.ca/ >> >> @ReprtrPatHealey·30 Jul >> VIDEO: @IainTRankin arrives to canvass in #FallRiverNS then #EnfieldNS >> #HantsEast @MarniTuttle >> >> News tips, events or if you wish to advertise online please contact: >> >> Pat Healey, Reporter/Marketing >> >> 79 John Murray Dr. Apt. 2 >> >> Enfield, N.S. B2T 1C9 >> >> Email: reporter.pathealey@gmail.com >> >> Cell: 902-817-8054 >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. >> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 16:07:54 -0300 >> Subject: Fwd: Yo Premier Iain Rankin Methinks somebody should tell >> your buddy Timmy Boy Houston he picked a bad day not to come to the >> phone N'esy Pas? >> To: mark.robertson@atlanticaparty. >> alan.nightingale@ >> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Justice Minister <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca> >> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 18:42:37 +0000 >> Subject: Automatic reply: YO Donald Trump Jr. At least I know for >> certain that the one corrupt ex cop remembers me because I called you >> again today N'esy Pas Pierre-Yves Bourduas? >> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. >> >> Thank you for your email to the Minister of Justice. Please be assured >> that it has been received by the Department. Your email will be >> reviewed and addressed accordingly. Thank you. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Premier <PREMIER@novascotia.ca> >> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 19:03:37 +0000 >> Subject: Thank you for your email to Premier Rankin >> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. >> >> Thank you for your email to Premier Rankin. This is an automatic >> confirmation your message has been received. >> >> We recognize that many Nova Scotians have concerns about COVID-19. If >> you are looking for the most up-to-date information, we encourage you >> to visit: novascotia.ca/coronavirus<http >> or canada.ca/coronavirus<https:// >> call the toll-free information line at 1-833-784-4397. >> >> If you are experiencing symptoms, please visit >> https://811.novascotia.ca<http >> COVID-19 online self-assessment tool, which will help you determine if >> you need to get tested. If you don’t have internet access, call 811. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. >> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 14:54:52 -0300 >> Subject: Fwd: Yo Premier Iain Rankin Methinks somebody should tell >> your buddy Timmy Boy Houston he picked a bad day not to come to the >> phone N'esy Pas? >> To: sheilagrichardson@gmail.com, fairviewclaytonparkndp@gmail. >> info@nicolemosher.ca, scottellisneedham2021@gmail. >> suzyhalifaxneedham@gmail.com, robin.smith@nsndp.ca, >> colton4argyle@gmail.com, votepc2021@gmail.com, >> cheryl.burbidge@nsndp.ca >> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "Dominic.Cardy" >> <Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, "Michael.Gorman" <Michael.Gorman@cbc.ca>, >> nobyrne@unb.ca, Jenica.Atwin@parl.gc.ca, "Mitton, Megan (LEG)" >> <megan.mitton@gnb.ca>, "kris.austin" <kris.austin@gnb.ca>, >> kingpatrick278 <kingpatrick278@gmail.com>, Jim Karahalios >> <jim@jimkarahalios.com>, "martin.gaudet" >> <martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca> >> <Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "michelle.conroy" >> <michelle.conroy@gnb.ca>, ministryofjustice >> <ministryofjustice@gov.ab.ca>, "freedomreport.ca" >> <freedomreport.ca@gmail.com>, derekstorie85 <derekstorie85@gmail.com>, >> "stefanos.karatopis" <stefanos.karatopis@gmail.com> >> <Kaycee.Madu@gov.ab.ca>, kedgwickriver <kedgwickriver@gmail.com>, >> "Arseneau, Kevin (LEG)" <kevin.a.arseneau@gnb.ca> >> >> Deja Vu or what? >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch? >> >> Me, Myself and I >> 342 views >> Apr 2, 2013 >> David Amos >> >> >> >> https://www.cbc.ca/news/ >> >> Meet the father and son running in Nova Scotia's election >> >> Kai Trappenberg, 18, is the son of Green Party Leader Thomas Trappenberg >> Richard Woodbury · CBC News · Posted: May 26, 2017 7:00 AM AT >> >> Kai Trappenberg (left) is running for the Green Party in >> Timberlea-Prospect and his dad, Green Party Leader Thomas Trappenberg >> (right), is running in Clayton Park West. (Submitted by Thomas >> Trappenberg) >> >> Yet CBC always illegaly ignored their non partison mandate and never >> mentioned yours truly during 7 elections except ust once in 2005 as >> they bragged of their world traveling NDP/PC hero Dominic Cardy >> >> Go Figure >> >> >> https://www.cbc.ca/news/ >> >> Fundy Royal campaign targets middle class with focus on jobs >> >> Fundy Royal voters have elected Conservatives all but 1 time in 28 >> elections over 101 years >> CBC News · Posted: Oct 17, 2015 6:00 AM AT >> >> Four candidats are running in the federal riding of Fundy-Royal. Green >> candidate Stephanie Coburn, NDP candidate Jennifer McKenzie, Liberal >> candidate Alaina Lockhart and Conservative candidate Rob Moore. >> (Courtesy of Stephanie Coburn, Jennifer McKenzie/Facebook, Alaina >> Lockhart/Facebook, CBC) >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch? >> >> Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 - The Local >> Campaign, Rogers TV >> 9,133 views >> Oct 2, 2015 >> Rogers tv >> 72.7K subscribers >> Federal debate in Fundy Royal, New Brunswick riding featuring >> candidates Rob Moore, Stephanie Coburn, Alaina Lockhart, Jennifer >> McKenzie and David Amos. >> >> >> https://www.cbc.ca/news/ >> >> NDP gets help from democracy expert >> >> CBC News · Posted: Jan 09, 2006 4:23 PM AT >> >> An international expert on democracy has flown all the way from Egypt >> to help NDP candidate John Carty campaign in Fredericton. >> >> Dominic Cardy is with a group called The National Democratic >> Institute. Its members include such people as former U.S. President >> Jimmy Carter. The group's mission is to teach democratic values and >> spread democracy around the world. >> >> Cardy has taught about democracy in Algeria, Bangladesh, and Cambodia >> during the past few years. When he heard his friend John Carty was >> running for office back in his home town of Fredericton, he hopped on >> a plane. >> >> "It was a strange experience," Cardy said. "One evening I was watching >> the sun go down over the pyramids, and the next evening watched it go >> down over Fredericton airport as I came into land." >> >> Cardy is no relation to the NDP candidate. But he loves elections and >> loves getting people pumped up about democracy. >> >> Carty the candidate is running against federal Indian Affairs Minister >> Andy Scott, Conservative Pat Lynch, Green candidate Philip Duchastel >> and independent David Amos. The riding has sent Scott to Ottawa for >> the last four elections, despite the best efforts of the other >> parties. >> >> Cardy says he doesn't care how tough the race his – he just wants >> people to participate in the process. "People have forgotten how >> incredibly precious these gifts that our ancestors fought for are and >> were just giving them away. It makes me furious when I talk to people >> and people just say 'ah there's no point in voting.'" >> >> After election day, Dominic Cardy is flying back home to his wife in >> Kathmandu, Nepal. He hopes to leave behind a new Member of Parliament >> for Fredericton, his friend John Carty for the NDP. >> >> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices >> >> https://www1.gnb.ca/legis/ >> >> Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick >> MLA Bios - 60th Legislature >> Home | Français >> Dominic Cardy >> Hon. Dominic Cardy >> Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development >> >> Dominic Cardy was born in the UK in 1970; his family moved to >> Fredericton in 1971. >> >> Mr. Cardy was elected as the Progressive Conservative MLA for the >> constituency of Fredericton West-Hanwell on September 24, 2018 and >> sworn in as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development on >> November 9, 2018. He was re-elected on September 14, 2020 and >> re-appointed as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development >> on September 29, 2020. >> >> He has a B.A. in Political Science from Dalhousie University. >> >> Mr. Cardy worked for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs on the >> campaign to ban landmines, for the Washington-based National >> Democratic Institute for International Affairs in increasingly senior >> managerial roles, living and working in countries across Asia and >> Africa, and then served as Asia-Pacific Director for the Ottawa-based >> Forum of Federations. >> >> He was leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party from 2011-2016 >> and served as Chief of Staff to the Leader of the Opposition from >> 2017-2018. >> >> He is a member of the editorial board of Inroads, a Canadian policy >> journal, and has been a flying instructor since 1994. >> Last updated : 10/15/2020 >> >> However Higgy et al forgot to mention how much Cardy loves butter tarts >> >> >> http://davidraymondamos3. >> >> >> Friday, 12 January 2018 >> YO Dominic Cardy how can you Conservatives brag of buying Butter Tarts >> when CBC tells me you dudes have to sell your HQ? Yet you wackos want >> control of our provincial economy? >> >> http://davidraymondamos3. >> >> Tuesday, 10 October 2017 >> Methinks if Blaine Higgs had two clues between his ears he would not >> have hired the Arsehole Dominic Cardy in the first place >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Justice Minister <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca> >> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:34:59 +0000 >> Subject: Automatic reply: F Yo Premier Iain Rankin Methinks somebody >> should tell your buddy Timmy Boy Houston he picked a bad day not to >> come to the phone N'esy Pas? >> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. >> >> Thank you for your email to the Minister of Justice. Please be assured >> that it has been received by the Department. Your email will be >> reviewed and addressed accordingly. Thank you. >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. >> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:34:34 -0300 >> Subject: F Yo Premier Iain Rankin Methinks somebody should tell your >> buddy Timmy Boy Houston he picked a bad day not to come to the phone >> N'esy Pas? >> To: Premier <PREMIER@novascotia.ca>, Jane.Taber@novascotia.ca, >> Chad.Lucas@novascotia.ca, Tamar.Brown@novascotia.ca, >> JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca, info@nsbs.org, pictoueastcamp2021@gmail.com, >> archy4preston@gmail.com, premier <premier@ontario.ca>, Office of the >> Premier <scott.moe@gov.sk.ca>, premier <premier@leg.gov.mb.ca>, >> premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, >> colter.simmonds@nsndp.ca >> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "steve.murphy" >> <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, >> wtvmedia@gmail.com, "Brenda.Lucki" <Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, >> "Bill.Blair" <Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca>, "barbara.massey" >> <barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >> >> Deja Vu Anyone??? >> >> >> http://davidraymondamos3. >> >> Wednesday, 29 July 2020 >> Federal and provincial governments to hold public inquiry into Nova >> Scotia mass shootings >> >> https://twitter.com/ >> >> David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos >> Replying to @DavidRayAmos >> Methinks lots of folks may enjoy what Peter Mac Issac and his cohorts >> said while the RCMP and a lot of LIEbranos were stuttering and >> doubletalking bigtime N'esy Pas? >> >> >> https://novascotia.ca/news/ >> >> >> Land Titles Initiative >> >> The Land Titles Initiative helps residents in the communities of North >> Preston, East Preston, Cherry Brook/Lake Loon, Lincolnville and >> Sunnyville get clear title to their land at no cost. >> Background >> >> For more than 200 years, many African Nova Scotians have been living >> on land passed down by their ancestors without clear land title. >> Without clear title, they can’t get a mortgage, bequeath or sell their >> land, or access housing grants. >> >> Clarifying land title can be an expensive legal process. Under the >> Land Titles Initiative, all fees will be covered at no cost. >> >> Media Contacts: >> >> Jane Taber >> Premier’s Office >> Cell: 902-237-0182 >> Email: Jane.Taber@novascotia.ca >> >> Chad Lucas >> Communications Nova Scotia >> Cell: 902-478-7302 >> Email: Chad.Lucas@novascotia.ca >> >> >> >> >> >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/ >> >> Angela Simmonds >> Executive Director, Land Titles and Strategic Special Initiatives. >> Office of Equity and Anti-Racism >> >> https://www.facebook.com/ >> >> WTV Media >> JtalnnusfoaorSpmyons niornedc2t8 · >> Angela Simmonds is a lawyer and community advocate. Her research >> brought the scale of the land title problem to light in 2015. She says >> while some progress has been made since the funding announcement in >> 2017, some North Preston residents have died waiting for land title. >> https://www.northprestonland. >> >> WTV Media is a multi-platform, multimedia source for Arts, Culture, >> News, Sports, and Life, directly connected to the heartbeat of our >> city, our young people! >> WTV Media got its start as Waterfront TV, a weekly television show >> produced by the Radio and Television Arts Students at NSCC's >> Waterfront Campus. >> Waterfront TV still airs on Eastlink TV in the Fall and Spring, but >> we've evolved into much more! >> Our team is made up of people like you. Our aim is to tell the stories >> that matter to you. >> http://www.waterfronttv.org/ >> >> 80 Mawiomi Place >> Dartmouth, NS, >> Canada B2Y0A5 >> >> (902) 491-1061 >> wtvmedia@gmail.com >> >> >> https://www.theglobeandmail. >> >> >> N.S. police officer, wife launch complaint against RCMP for ‘driving >> while Black’ >> Michael Tutton >> HALIFAX >> The Canadian Press >> Published July 16, 2021 >> >> A Halifax police superintendent and his wife, a lawyer, said Friday >> they were launching a complaint alleging the RCMP stopped their >> vehicle and ordered the officer out at gunpoint based on racial >> profiling. >> >> The RCMP, however, issued a statement later in the day saying the >> couple’s car matched the description of a suspect in a shooting >> incident, and they said the officers “ensured a safe outcome to a very >> stressful situation.” >> >> Dean Simmonds, a 20-year-veteran of the Halifax police, and Angela >> Simmonds, a lawyer who was acclaimed this week as the provincial >> Liberal candidate for Preston, say the incident of “driving while >> Black” occurred as they were on their way to buy groceries in their >> community of Preston at about 12:30 p.m. on July 4. >> >> Angela Simmonds, reached by telephone Friday, declined further comment >> but said she and her husband stand by the details they provided in a >> news release issued by the African Nova Scotian Decade for People of >> African Descent Coalition. >> >> The coalition quotes the couple as saying that when they were stopped, >> one of the Mounties ordered the 45-year-old police superintendent, who >> was wearing plain clothes, out of the vehicle with his hands up, while >> the other officer pointed a carbine rifle in his direction. >> >> It was only after several minutes, once Dean Simmonds managed to >> explain who he was, that the two officers told the couple there had >> been a report of shots fired in the area. The officers “did not >> explain if Dean and Angela fit a description of the alleged >> perpetrators,” the release says. “The experience was traumatic for the >> couple, who feared for their lives.” >> >> Angela Simmonds is quoted saying the case was an example of the way >> Black people continue “to be subjected to inhumane treatment and are >> regarded as dangerous, dishonest, guilty criminals.” The release calls >> the incident “another brutal reminder of the broader problem of >> systemic racism within the RCMP, and it further erodes the trust >> between police and Black communities in Nova Scotia.” >> >> The couple say they intend to file a complaint with the Civilian >> Review and Complaints Commission “and want a full investigation into >> the incident.” >> >> Cpl. Lisa Croteau, a spokeswoman for the RCMP, said in an e-mail >> Friday that the suspect vehicle fleeing the scene was reported to be a >> white SUV, with an out of province licence plate and tinted windows, >> which she said matched the Simmonds’ vehicle. >> >> “The high-risk traffic stop involved a vehicle that matched the >> suspect vehicle description, with an out of province licence plate, >> that was coming from the direction of the nearby community,” Croteau >> said. >> >> “Halifax District Operations Officers have examined the traffic stop >> and the actions of our members. From the information we have gathered, >> the traffic stop and the tactics employed by our members were in line >> with RCMP policy and training. Additionally, our members ensured a >> safe outcome to a very stressful situation, through a professional and >> measured response.” >> >> The RCMP, she added, have received a complaint related to the traffic >> stop, which they “take very seriously.” >> >> “The complaint has been provided to our professional responsibilities >> unit and a public complaint file has been opened for thorough >> investigation. Should new information come to light through this >> investigation, we will take any and all appropriate actions.” >> >> Dean Simmonds says in the release he has been dedicated to addressing >> the mistrust between the Black community and police. “I truly believed >> that my core values, leadership and respect for my community, my job >> and fellow officers would contribute to positive changes within >> community policing,” he said. >> >> Heather Fairbairn, spokesperson for Nova Scotia Justice Minister Randy >> Delorey, issued an e-mail statement Friday on behalf of the minister. >> “The allegations are certainly concerning,” Delorey said. “I >> understand a complaint is being filed, so it is important that I allow >> that process to unfold. As this relates to an ongoing police >> investigation it would be inappropriate for me to comment further.” >> >> Improper policing of Black Nova Scotians has an extensive history, >> said Vanessa Fells, director of operations at the coalition. She said >> that for two years the coalition has been calling on the RCMP to >> collaborate with the group to establish an African Nova Scotian >> policing strategy. >> >> “We have had absolutely no traction with it,” she said. “They seem not >> interested. We need to stop what is currently happening and what has >> been happening for decades and generations. It causes trauma to our >> community.” >> >> The RCMP, which polices the suburbs of Halifax, was part of a study by >> criminologist Scot Wortley released in March 2019 that condemned the >> practice of street checks as creating a “disproportionate and >> negative” impact on the Black community. The study found Black >> citizens in the Halifax region were five times more likely to be >> street-checked than white citizens. Street checks are the police >> practice of randomly stopping people, collecting personal information >> and storing it. >> >> On Nov. 29, 2019, Halifax police Chief Dan Kinsella issued an apology >> before several hundred members of the Black community, but the RCMP >> has yet to issue a similar apology on the street checks issue. >> Kinsella said in a release Friday that the superintendent had the >> right to pursue a complaint as a private citizen, adding that it would >> be inappropriate for him to comment further. >> >> The phrase “driving while Black” became well known in the province >> after a 2003 decision of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission in >> the case of boxer Kirk Johnson, who was repeatedly pulled over by >> police and once had his car seized. Johnson was pursued and his car >> was towed after the officer wasn’t satisfied by the documents offered. >> A board of inquiry ruled in 2003 that Johnson’s treatment was a >> violation of his human rights. >> >> >> Black police officer and Liberal candidate pulled over at gunpoint by >> RCMP >> >> HRP superintendent Dean Simmonds and Preston candidate Angela Simmonds >> file formal complaint against RCMP after terrifying ride to the >> grocery store. >> >> By Gabrielle Drolet >> >> Read more at: >> https://www.thecoast.ca/ >> >> >> >> https://www.cbc.ca/news/ >> >> Preston riding has all-Black slate of candidates >> >> One of Canada's oldest and largest Black communities has been >> represented by a white MLA since 1999 >> Brooklyn Currie · CBC News · Posted: Jul 25, 2021 1:10 PM AT >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Justice Minister <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca> >> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2021 00:31:10 +0000 >> Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Premier Iain Rankin tell your buddy Big >> Bad Billy Casey to check out my old Chevy in the photo hereto attached >> Trust that it is is still registered in Nova Scotia along with my >> Harleys etc >> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. | |
Yo Premier Iain Rankin Methinks somebody should tell your buddy Timmy Boy Houston he picked a bad day not to come to the phone N'esy Pas?
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Deja Vu Anyone??? http://davidraymondamos3. Wednesday, 29 July 2020 Federal and provincial governments to hold public inquiry into Nova Scotia mass shootings https://twitter.com/ David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos Replying to @DavidRayAmos Methinks lots of folks may enjoy what Peter Mac Issac and his cohorts said while the RCMP and a lot of LIEbranos were stuttering and doubletalking bigtime N'esy Pas? https://novascotia.ca/news/ Land Titles Initiative The Land Titles Initiative helps residents in the communities of North Preston, East Preston, Cherry Brook/Lake Loon, Lincolnville and Sunnyville get clear title to their land at no cost. Background For more than 200 years, many African Nova Scotians have been living on land passed down by their ancestors without clear land title. Without clear title, they can’t get a mortgage, bequeath or sell their land, or access housing grants. Clarifying land title can be an expensive legal process. Under the Land Titles Initiative, all fees will be covered at no cost. Media Contacts: Jane Taber Premier’s Office Cell: 902-237-0182 Email: Jane.Taber@novascotia.ca Chad Lucas Communications Nova Scotia Cell: 902-478-7302 Email: Chad.Lucas@novascotia.ca https://www.linkedin.com/in/ Angela Simmonds Executive Director, Land Titles and Strategic Special Initiatives. Office of Equity and Anti-Racism https://www.facebook.com/ WTV Media JtalnnusfoaorSpmyons niornedc2t8 · Angela Simmonds is a lawyer and community advocate. Her research brought the scale of the land title problem to light in 2015. She says while some progress has been made since the funding announcement in 2017, some North Preston residents have died waiting for land title. https://www.northprestonland. WTV Media is a multi-platform, multimedia source for Arts, Culture, News, Sports, and Life, directly connected to the heartbeat of our city, our young people! WTV Media got its start as Waterfront TV, a weekly television show produced by the Radio and Television Arts Students at NSCC's Waterfront Campus. Waterfront TV still airs on Eastlink TV in the Fall and Spring, but we've evolved into much more! Our team is made up of people like you. Our aim is to tell the stories that matter to you. http://www.waterfronttv.org/ 80 Mawiomi Place Dartmouth, NS, Canada B2Y0A5 (902) 491-1061 wtvmedia@gmail.com https://www.theglobeandmail. N.S. police officer, wife launch complaint against RCMP for ‘driving while Black’ Michael Tutton HALIFAX The Canadian Press Published July 16, 2021 A Halifax police superintendent and his wife, a lawyer, said Friday they were launching a complaint alleging the RCMP stopped their vehicle and ordered the officer out at gunpoint based on racial profiling. The RCMP, however, issued a statement later in the day saying the couple’s car matched the description of a suspect in a shooting incident, and they said the officers “ensured a safe outcome to a very stressful situation.” Dean Simmonds, a 20-year-veteran of the Halifax police, and Angela Simmonds, a lawyer who was acclaimed this week as the provincial Liberal candidate for Preston, say the incident of “driving while Black” occurred as they were on their way to buy groceries in their community of Preston at about 12:30 p.m. on July 4. Angela Simmonds, reached by telephone Friday, declined further comment but said she and her husband stand by the details they provided in a news release issued by the African Nova Scotian Decade for People of African Descent Coalition. The coalition quotes the couple as saying that when they were stopped, one of the Mounties ordered the 45-year-old police superintendent, who was wearing plain clothes, out of the vehicle with his hands up, while the other officer pointed a carbine rifle in his direction. It was only after several minutes, once Dean Simmonds managed to explain who he was, that the two officers told the couple there had been a report of shots fired in the area. The officers “did not explain if Dean and Angela fit a description of the alleged perpetrators,” the release says. “The experience was traumatic for the couple, who feared for their lives.” Angela Simmonds is quoted saying the case was an example of the way Black people continue “to be subjected to inhumane treatment and are regarded as dangerous, dishonest, guilty criminals.” The release calls the incident “another brutal reminder of the broader problem of systemic racism within the RCMP, and it further erodes the trust between police and Black communities in Nova Scotia.” The couple say they intend to file a complaint with the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission “and want a full investigation into the incident.” Cpl. Lisa Croteau, a spokeswoman for the RCMP, said in an e-mail Friday that the suspect vehicle fleeing the scene was reported to be a white SUV, with an out of province licence plate and tinted windows, which she said matched the Simmonds’ vehicle. “The high-risk traffic stop involved a vehicle that matched the suspect vehicle description, with an out of province licence plate, that was coming from the direction of the nearby community,” Croteau said. “Halifax District Operations Officers have examined the traffic stop and the actions of our members. From the information we have gathered, the traffic stop and the tactics employed by our members were in line with RCMP policy and training. Additionally, our members ensured a safe outcome to a very stressful situation, through a professional and measured response.” The RCMP, she added, have received a complaint related to the traffic stop, which they “take very seriously.” “The complaint has been provided to our professional responsibilities unit and a public complaint file has been opened for thorough investigation. Should new information come to light through this investigation, we will take any and all appropriate actions.” Dean Simmonds says in the release he has been dedicated to addressing the mistrust between the Black community and police. “I truly believed that my core values, leadership and respect for my community, my job and fellow officers would contribute to positive changes within community policing,” he said. Heather Fairbairn, spokesperson for Nova Scotia Justice Minister Randy Delorey, issued an e-mail statement Friday on behalf of the minister. “The allegations are certainly concerning,” Delorey said. “I understand a complaint is being filed, so it is important that I allow that process to unfold. As this relates to an ongoing police investigation it would be inappropriate for me to comment further.” Improper policing of Black Nova Scotians has an extensive history, said Vanessa Fells, director of operations at the coalition. She said that for two years the coalition has been calling on the RCMP to collaborate with the group to establish an African Nova Scotian policing strategy. “We have had absolutely no traction with it,” she said. “They seem not interested. We need to stop what is currently happening and what has been happening for decades and generations. It causes trauma to our community.” The RCMP, which polices the suburbs of Halifax, was part of a study by criminologist Scot Wortley released in March 2019 that condemned the practice of street checks as creating a “disproportionate and negative” impact on the Black community. The study found Black citizens in the Halifax region were five times more likely to be street-checked than white citizens. Street checks are the police practice of randomly stopping people, collecting personal information and storing it. On Nov. 29, 2019, Halifax police Chief Dan Kinsella issued an apology before several hundred members of the Black community, but the RCMP has yet to issue a similar apology on the street checks issue. Kinsella said in a release Friday that the superintendent had the right to pursue a complaint as a private citizen, adding that it would be inappropriate for him to comment further. The phrase “driving while Black” became well known in the province after a 2003 decision of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission in the case of boxer Kirk Johnson, who was repeatedly pulled over by police and once had his car seized. Johnson was pursued and his car was towed after the officer wasn’t satisfied by the documents offered. A board of inquiry ruled in 2003 that Johnson’s treatment was a violation of his human rights. Black police officer and Liberal candidate pulled over at gunpoint by RCMP HRP superintendent Dean Simmonds and Preston candidate Angela Simmonds file formal complaint against RCMP after terrifying ride to the grocery store. By Gabrielle Drolet Read more at: https://www.thecoast.ca/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/ Preston riding has all-Black slate of candidates One of Canada's oldest and largest Black communities has been represented by a white MLA since 1999 Brooklyn Currie · CBC News · Posted: Jul 25, 2021 1:10 PM AT ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Justice Minister <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2021 00:31:10 +0000 Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Premier Iain Rankin tell your buddy Big Bad Billy Casey to check out my old Chevy in the photo hereto attached Trust that it is is still registered in Nova Scotia along with my Harleys etc To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Thank you for your email to the Minister of Justice. Please be assured that it has been received by the Department. Your email will be reviewed and addressed accordingly. Thank you. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2021 00:30:55 +0000 Subject: RE: Yo Premier Iain Rankin tell your buddy Big Bad Billy Casey to check out my old Chevy in the photo hereto attached Trust that it is is still registered in Nova Scotia along with my Harleys etc To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Hello, Thank you for taking the time to write. Due to the volume of incoming messages, this is an automated response to let you know that your email has been received and will be reviewed at the earliest opportunity. If your inquiry more appropriately falls within the mandate of a Ministry or other area of government, staff will refer your email for review and consideration. Merci d'avoir pris le temps de nous écrire. En raison du volume des messages reçus, cette réponse automatique vous informe que votre courriel a été reçu et sera examiné dans les meilleurs délais. 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If you are looking for the most up-to-date information, we encourage you to visit: novascotia.ca/coronavirus<http or canada.ca/coronavirus<https:// call the toll-free information line at 1-833-784-4397. If you are experiencing symptoms, please visit https://811.novascotia.ca<http COVID-19 online self-assessment tool, which will help you determine if you need to get tested. If you don’t have internet access, call 811. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ministerial Correspondence Unit - Justice Canada <mcu@justice.gc.ca> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2021 00:30:53 +0000 Subject: Automatic Reply To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Thank you for writing to the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. Due to the volume of correspondence addressed to the Minister, please note that there may be a delay in processing your email. Rest assured that your message will be carefully reviewed. We do not respond to correspondence that contains offensive language. ------------------- Merci d'avoir écrit à l'honorable David Lametti, ministre de la Justice et procureur général du Canada. En raison du volume de correspondance adressée au ministre, veuillez prendre note qu'il pourrait y avoir un retard dans le traitement de votre courriel. Nous tenons à vous assurer que votre message sera lu avec soin. Nous ne répondons pas à la correspondance contenant un langage offensant. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 21:30:48 -0300 Subject: Yo Premier Iain Rankin tell your buddy Big Bad Billy Casey to check out my old Chevy in the photo hereto attached Trust that it is is still registered in Nova Scotia along with my Harleys etc To: PREMIER <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca, Naomi.Shelton@novascotia.ca, gary.burrill@nsndp.ca, larry.duchesne@nsndp.ca, lauren.skabar@nsndp.ca, feedback@nsndp.ca, campaign.manager@greenpartyns. provincial.admin@greenpartyns. <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford" <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "Ian.Shugart" <Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca>, "Kevin.leahy" <Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Michael.Gorman" <Michael.Gorman@cbc.ca>, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, electivandrouin@gmail.com, trainorgreenpartyns@gmail.com, anthony.edmonds@greenpartyns. krista.grear@greenpartyns.ca Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, office@liberal.ns.ca Deja Vu Anyone? https://www.youtube.com/watch? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Premier <PREMIER@novascotia.ca> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 23:59:54 +0000 Subject: Thank you for your email to Premier Rankin To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Thank you for your email to Premier Rankin. This is an automatic confirmation your message has been received. We recognize that many Nova Scotians have concerns about COVID-19. If you are looking for the most up-to-date information, we encourage you to visit: novascotia.ca/coronavirus<http or canada.ca/coronavirus<https:// call the toll-free information line at 1-833-784-4397. If you are experiencing symptoms, please visit https://811.novascotia.ca<http COVID-19 online self-assessment tool, which will help you determine if you need to get tested. If you don’t have internet access, call 811 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Justice Minister <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 23:59:59 +0000 Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Premier Iain Rankin and his buddy Big Bad Billy Casey who uses an old Chevy just like mine to promote himself should sit up and pay attention N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau The Younger? To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Thank you for your email to the Minister of Justice. Please be assured that it has been received by the Department. Your email will be reviewed and addressed accordingly. Thank you. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ministerial Correspondence Unit - Justice Canada <mcu@justice.gc.ca> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 23:59:42 +0000 Subject: Automatic Reply To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Thank you for writing to the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. Due to the volume of correspondence addressed to the Minister, please note that there may be a delay in processing your email. Rest assured that your message will be carefully reviewed. We do not respond to correspondence that contains offensive language. ------------------- Merci d'avoir écrit à l'honorable David Lametti, ministre de la Justice et procureur général du Canada. 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On 7/23/21, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > Nova Scotia Liberal Party > P.O. Box 723 > 5151 George Street, Suite 1400 > Halifax, Nova Scotia > Canada B3J 1M5 > > Tel: (902) 429-1993 > Fax: (902) 423-1624 > > Email: office@liberal.ns.ca > > https://www.cbc.ca/news/ > > Rankin promises to nix Cobequid tolls, gets cool reception in Amherst > > Liberals made the same promise in 2017 election but didn't follow through > Michael Gorman · CBC News · Posted: Jul 20, 2021 3:16 PM AT > > Liberal Leader Iain Rankin speaks in Amherst, N.S., on Tuesday, July > 20, 2021, with protesters standing behind him. (Robert Short/CBC) > > The welcome mat wasn't exactly rolled out for Nova Scotia Liberal > Leader Iain Rankin as he arrived Tuesday in Amherst, N.S., for a > campaign stop. > > Rankin was in town to announce plans to remove tolls from the Cobequid > Pass for passenger vehicles with Nova Scotia plates by Oct. 1, if his > party is re-elected. > > But a group of about 15 protesters angry over public health > restrictions made it challenging for Rankin to announce his plan. > > The protesters say restrictions put in place because of the COVID-19 > pandemic have cut them off from the rest of the province and > neighbouring communities in New Brunswick. > > Some of them waved signs in support of Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin, the > Independent candidate for Cumberland North. She was kicked out of the > Tory caucus for her part in protests that shut down Highway 104 last > month. > > Supporters of Independent candidate Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin > protested a Liberal party campaign event Tuesday in Amherst. Thomas > Everett, in sunglasses, holds a sign reading, 'Elizabeth for Premier.' > (Robert Short/CBC) > > Thomas Everett, an Amherst resident who attended the protest, said > removing the tolls now won't be enough to sway voters. > > "Cumberland County only matters when it comes to votes," he said. > > "When all the [COVID] cases were going on in Halifax and there were no > cases in Amherst, we were locked down just the same way Halifax was, > to appease Halifax residents." > Locals already avoid the tolls > > Everett said locals who don't want to pay the tolls already drive > through the Wentworth Valley on the old highway to avoid them. > > While the tolls will come off for passenger vehicles with Nova Scotia > plates, they'll remain in place for commercial vehicles and cars from > out of province. > > Rankin said that's to help pay for continued maintenance of the > highway and to construct new rest stops and maintenance sheds along > the Cobequid Pass. > > The Liberals also promised to remove the tolls during the 2017 > election. Rankin said the promise was to do so once the bonds were > paid off, something he said would happen this September. Previously, > the Liberals suggested the tolls would be gone by as soon as 2019, but > that did not happen. > > For every toll paid at the Cobequid Pass, private lenders have pocketed > half > > The Liberal leader, who moved indoors to take questions from > reporters, said he wasn't surprised by his reception outside a local > hotel next to Highway 104, where people hollered and waved signs > behind him as he made his announcement. > > "Lives were disrupted in the pandemic and I think in Cumberland more > so than any other region of the province," he said. > > "So I appreciate the frustration. At the same time, I hope that they > can recognize that we were really trying to look out for the safety of > all Nova Scotians, including themselves, and we had to make tough > decisions. That's what managing a crisis like a pandemic is all > about." > > Rankin campaigned Tuesday with local candidate Bill Casey, a longtime > member of Parliament who came out of retirement to run in this > election. > > Casey, the Liberal candidate for Cumberland North, stands in front of > a campaign-branded vintage truck in his riding. (Robert Short/CBC) > > Casey said there are people in Cumberland County who are frustrated > and feel like a political afterthought, but he wasn't sure some of the > protesters who greeted him and Rankin were representative of the > region. > > "I understand them but I don't think they're well founded in some ways > and in some ways I do," he told reporters. > > "Cumberland County was affected by the closures of the border more > than any other county. We're the only county in Nova Scotia that > borders on another province and every day we're affected by New > Brunswick regulations and Nova Scotia regulations. We're the only > county that has to deal with that." > > Casey said it shouldn't be forgotten that Nova Scotia's response to > the COVID-19 pandemic was among the best in the world. > Tories, NDP respond > > The leaders of the Tories and NDP, meanwhile, criticized the Liberals > for trying to make the same promise two elections in a row. > > Tory Leader Tim Houston, whose party is still searching for a > candidate, said his party would remove all tolls from the Cobequid > Pass right away if they form government. > > NDP Leader Gary Burrill said his party would remove all tolls from the > highway as soon as the debt is paid off. > > > ABOUT THE AUTHOR > Michael Gorman > > Reporter > > Michael Gorman is a reporter in Nova Scotia whose coverage areas > include Province House, rural communities, and health care. Contact > him with story ideas at michael.gorman@cbc.ca > > CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices > > > > https://electionsnovascotia. > > Writs of election have been issued for the 41st Provincial General > Election in Nova Scotia. Election day will be Tuesday, August 17, > 2021. > > Elections Nova Scotia is an independent, non-partisan agency that is > responsible for the administration of the Elections Act. Its mandate > is to conduct Provincial General Elections and by-elections; ensure > compliance with the provincial electoral law including the political > financing regime; establish and maintain election-related information > including the Nova Scotia Register of Electors; seek advice and > conduct studies related to electoral processes; and, conduct electoral > education processes. > > Naomi Shelton > Director, Policy and Communications > Elections Nova Scotia > 202 Brownlow Ave, Ste 505, > Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, > B3B 1T5, Canada > 902-424-3275 > Naomi.Shelton@novascotia.ca > > https://twitter.com/ > > In Nova Scotia, we currently have five registered political parties. These > are: > > Atlantica Party Association of Nova Scotia > Website: www.atlanticaparty.ca/ > > Green Party of Nova Scotia > Website: www.greenpartyns.ca > > Nova Scotia Liberal Party > Website: www.liberal.ns.ca > > Nova Scotia New Democratic Party > Website: www.nsndp.ca > > Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia > Website: www.pcparty.ns.ca > > https://www.atlanticaparty.ca/ > > Jonathan Dean Returns as Leader of NS Atlantica Party > Atlantica > 11/20/2020 > Announcements > > The Atlantica Party is returning to Nova Scotia’s political landscape > with former leader Jonathan Dean at the helm. Dean, who co-founded the > Atlantica Party in 2006, resigned as leader two years ago after > growing discord within the Party executive over Atlantica’s direction, > prompting him to step away entirely. > > “I was not going to lead a boring party,” said Dean, a long-time > investment researcher who opened his own consulting practice after > leaving the Party. > > “I’ve always believed the Atlantica Party should stay true to its > transformative core vision of smaller, more transparent and more > democratic government with greater accountability to citizens,” he > said. “From the very beginning, all of our policies were guided by > those principles.” > > With a new executive in place, the Party conducted a membership survey > in June. Dean said many Nova Scotians value the Party’s direction, but > have been disappointed by the sense that “government commitments begin > and end with election campaigns.” > > “Right now, we have a provincial government that campaigned on > transparency then effectively shut down any democratic accountability > by cancelling legislature committee meetings for six months during a > global pandemic,” he said. “To say some voters are disillusioned with > politicians right now is an understatement.” > > Dean said they are working to build on the momentum from the last > provincial election when the Party had the best results in its > history. He said the goal is to present Nova Scotians with “a common > sense alternative” the next time they go to the polls. This includes a > pro-market approach to business, and a greater emphasis on democracy > and good decision-making. > > Party president Darryl Skeard said there is a lot of excitement around > Dean’s return, and that plans are underway for a virtual annual > general meeting designed to unite both new and long-time party > members. > > “It’s a new era, but with Jonathan returning as leader, it’s also a > re-commitment to our roots,” said Skeard. “Jonathan has the vision, > experience and solid integrity we need.” > > To arrange an interview with Jonathan Dean, please contact: > > info@atlanticaparty.ca > For more information on the Atlantica Party, policy briefs, or to get > involved, visit atlanticaparty.ca, facebook.com/AtlanticaPartyNS/ and > twitter.com/AtlanticaParty. > > > https://greenpartyns.ca/ > > Thomas Trappenberg Stepping Down as Leader of NS Green Party > > 2021-04-30 By Krista Grear Leave a Comment > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > Halifax 04/26/2021 > > (Halifax)Dr. Thomas Trappenberg has announced that he is stepping down > as leader of the Green Party of Nova Scotia. He has been leader of the > GPNS since 2016 and has run several times as a Green Party candidate > both provincially and federally since 2006. > > Dr. Trappenberg took on the leadership of GPNS, with Deputy Leader > Jessica Alexander at a time when the party was at risk of dissolving. > Since that time the party has stabilized and grown significantly. “I > feel the party now has a firm foundation. I am proud of the successes > we have had over the past five years. We have been a strong voice for > the environment, standing up for our forests, our oceans and social > justice,” he said. > > “We are a grassroots party and our members have indicated that they > are ready for new leadership,” he added. As part of the Annual General > Meeting of the GPNS held on April 25, the majority of members voted in > favour of holding a leadership contest. > > This recommendation will now go to the GPNS Executive for decisions on > next steps. Deputy Leader, Jessica Alexander, will be acting Interim > Leader until that time. > > The Past President of the GPNS, Ashley Morton said, “The Green Party > of Nova Scotia thanks Dr. Trappenberg for his leadership and thousands > of hours of labour for the party. He is unquestionably leaving it in > better shape upon his departure than when he took on the leadership > role.” > > For more information contact: > > Ashley Morton, 902-999-7017 > > > Election to be called today – Open call for Candidates > > 2021-07-17 By Matthew Piggott Leave a Comment > > It’s time for a provincial election! It is widely expected that an > election will be called today (July 17th) with an anticipated election > day of August 17th, 2021. > > The Green Party of Nova Scotia aims to give every Nova Scotian the > opportunity to vote for the candidate of their choice. If you are > excited for change, want to take on a new challenge, or simply provide > a new choice for you and your community then this may be the > opportunity for you. > > All interested candidates who have been a resident of Nova Scotia for > at least 6 months are encouraged to apply here: Green Party of Nova > Scotia Candidate Application Form > > If you are approved the deadline to register with Elections Nova > Scotia could be as early as July 28th, 2021 at 2pm. > > The Green Party will be offering an exciting team of candidates and > will be announcing those candidates in their confirmed ridings soon. > At this time we are searching for additional candidates on Cape Breton > Island and on the South Shore between Digby and Queens Counties. > > For more information please contact campaign.manager@greenpartyns. > or provincial.admin@greenpartyns. > > https://www.greenparty.ca/en/ > > Matthew Piggott > Federal Council - Nova Scotia > matthew.piggott@greenparty.ca > > I first got involved with the Green Party in 2003. This is my > political home. Whether we agree or disagree, all who have worked with > me know I'm here for Green values and building long term > relationships. > > Over the last 18 years I've held countless volunteer roles, mostly at > the local EDA and campaign level, and with many provincial Green > parties. I have twice held staff roles with the GPC. > > These values guide my involvement: Safe spaces are a non-negotiable > requirement. Kindness and being reasonable should guide decisions. > Commitment to diversity and anti-oppression are not up for debate and > will help grow the party. Accountability should be aligned with > influence. On doit etre une partie billangue pour etre une vraie > partie national. Providing space for emotional safety goes a long way > towards doing the grueling work of building a national political > party. And most importantly, political parties must run on trust (or > else they don't work). > > This next federal council needs to get back to basics. It is > impossible to run a national party without functioning processes and > party institutions. If something is missing we need to build it, and > it's the role of Council to set the policy/procedures and then let the > work be done. I'm stepping up at this moment to do that work. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Justice Minister <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca> > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:38:42 +0000 > Subject: Automatic reply: MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement > (Case Ref: ES3077) Methinks Premier Iain Rankin is far more than > merely welcome N'esy Pas Higgy? > To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > > Thank you for your email to the Minister of Justice. Please be assured > that it has been received by the Department. Your email will be > reviewed and addressed accordingly. Thank you. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 14:38:10 -0300 > Subject: Re: MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement (Case Ref: > ES3077) Methinks Premier Iain Rankin is far more than merely welcome > N'esy Pas Higgy? > To: mla@esmithmccrossinmla.com, "Mike.Comeau" <Mike.Comeau@gnb.ca>, > "Mitton, Megan (LEG)" <megan.mitton@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs" > <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@ontario.ca>, Office of the > Premier <scott.moe@gov.sk.ca>, PREMIER <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>, > michelle.stevens@novascotia.ca > elizabeth.macdonald@ > dkogon@amherst.ca, jmacdonald@amherst.ca, darrell.cole@amherstnews.ca, > lifestyle@thecoast.ca, tmccoag@amherst.ca, Newsroom > <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, > dpike@amherst.ca, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, > DJT@trumporg.com, David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, > Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc. > pm@pm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca, > djtjr@trumporg.com, Donald.J.Trump@donaldtrump.com > JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca, Frank.McKenna@td.com > Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, JUSTMIN > <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki" <Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, > "barbara.massey" <barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca > <barb.whitenect@gnb.ca>, "Boston.Mail" <Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>, > washington field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, "Bill.Blair" > <Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Justice Minister <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca> > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:19:07 +0000 > Subject: Automatic reply: MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement > (Case Ref: ES3077) Methinks Iain Rankin and Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin > cannot read but I certainly can N'esy Pas Higgy? > To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > > Thank you for your email to the Minister of Justice. Please be assured > that it has been received by the Department. Your email will be > reviewed and addressed accordingly. Thank you. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Premier <PREMIER@novascotia.ca> > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:19:03 +0000 > Subject: Thank you for your email to Premier Rankin > To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > > Thank you for your email to Premier Rankin. This is an automatic > confirmation your message has been received. > > We recognize that many Nova Scotians have concerns about COVID-19. If > you are looking for the most up-to-date information, we encourage you > to visit: novascotia.ca/coronavirus<http > or canada.ca/coronavirus<https:// > call the toll-free information line at 1-833-784-4397. > > If you are experiencing symptoms, please visit > https://811.novascotia.ca<http > COVID-19 online self-assessment tool, which will help you determine if > you need to get tested. If you don’t have internet access, call 811. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca> > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:21:14 +0000 > Subject: RE: MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement (Case Ref: > ES3077) Methinks Iain Rankin and Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin cannot read > but I certainly can N'esy Pas Higgy? > To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > > Hello, > > Thank you for taking the time to write. > > Due to the volume of incoming messages, this is an automated response > to let you know that your email has been received and will be reviewed > at the earliest opportunity. > > If your inquiry more appropriately falls within the mandate of a > Ministry or other area of government, staff will refer your email for > review and consideration. > > Merci d'avoir pris le temps de nous écrire. > > En raison du volume des messages reçus, cette réponse automatique vous > informe que votre courriel a été reçu et sera examiné dans les > meilleurs délais. > > Si votre demande relève plutôt du mandat d'un ministère ou d'un autre > secteur du gouvernement, le personnel vous renverra votre courriel > pour examen et considération. > > If this is a Media Request, please contact the Premier’s office at > (506) 453-2144 or by email > media-medias@gnb.ca<mailto:med > > S’il s’agit d’une demande des médias, veuillez communiquer avec le > Cabinet du premier ministre au 506-453-2144. > > > Office of the Premier/Cabinet du premier ministre > P.O Box/C. P. 6000 Fredericton New-Brunswick/Nouveau- > Canada > Tel./Tel. : (506) 453-2144 > Email/Courriel: > premier@gnb.ca/premier. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Premier of Ontario | Premier ministre de l’Ontario > <Premier@ontario.ca> > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:18:56 +0000 > Subject: Automatic reply: MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement > (Case Ref: ES3077) Methinks Iain Rankin and Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin > cannot read but I certainly can N'esy Pas Higgy? > To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > > Thank you for your email. Your thoughts, comments and input are greatly > valued. > > You can be assured that all emails and letters are carefully read, > reviewed and taken into consideration. > > There may be occasions when, given the issues you have raised and the > need to address them effectively, we will forward a copy of your > correspondence to the appropriate government official. Accordingly, a > response may take several business days. > > Thanks again for your email. > ______ > > Merci pour votre courriel. Nous vous sommes très reconnaissants de > nous avoir fait part de vos idées, commentaires et observations. > > Nous tenons à vous assurer que nous lisons attentivement et prenons en > considération tous les courriels et lettres que nous recevons. > > Dans certains cas, nous transmettrons votre message au ministère > responsable afin que les questions soulevées puissent être traitées de > la manière la plus efficace possible. En conséquence, plusieurs jours > ouvrables pourraient s’écouler avant que nous puissions vous répondre. > > Merci encore pour votre courriel. > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ministerial Correspondence Unit - Justice Canada <mcu@justice.gc.ca> > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:18:59 +0000 > Subject: Automatic Reply > To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > > Thank you for writing to the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of > Justice and Attorney General of Canada. > > Due to the volume of correspondence addressed to the Minister, please > note that there may be a delay in processing your email. Rest assured > that your message will be carefully reviewed. > > We do not respond to correspondence that contains offensive language. > > ------------------- > > Merci d'avoir écrit à l'honorable David Lametti, ministre de la > Justice et procureur général du Canada. > > En raison du volume de correspondance adressée au ministre, veuillez > prendre note qu'il pourrait y avoir un retard dans le traitement de > votre courriel. Nous tenons à vous assurer que votre message sera lu > avec soin. > > Nous ne répondons pas à la correspondance contenant un langage offensant. > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Office of the Premier <scott.moe@gov.sk.ca> > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:18:53 +0000 > Subject: Thank you for your email > To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > > > This is to acknowledge that your email has been received by the Office > of the Premier. > > We appreciate the time you have taken to write. > > > NOTICE: This e-mail was intended for a specific person. If it has > reached you by mistake, please delete it and advise me by return > e-mail. Any privilege associated with this information is not waived. > Thank you for your cooperation and assistance. > > Avis: Ce message est confidentiel, peut être protégé par le secret > professionnel et est à l'usage exclusif de son destinataire. Il est > strictement interdit à toute autre personne de le diffuser, le > distribuer ou le reproduire. Si le destinataire ne peut être joint ou > vous est inconnu, veuillez informer l'expéditeur par courrier > électronique immédiatement et effacer ce message et en détruire toute > copie. Merci de votre cooperation. > > > > ---------- Original message ---------- > From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 14:52:40 -0300 > Subject: Re MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement (Case Ref: > ES3077) I just called again > To: PREMIER <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca> > Cc: assistant <assistant@esmithmccrossinmla. > <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > > > Media Contact: > > Matt Hefler > Office of the Premier > Cell: 902-220-6048 > Email: Matt.Hefler@novascotia.ca > > > Contact Elizabeth > PHONE (902) 661-2288 > EMAIL assistant@esmithmccrossinmla. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: mla@esmithmccrossinmla.com > Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2021 16:31:17 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: MLA Weekly Update and Decision Announcement (Case Ref: ES3077) > To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > > > Dear David Amos > > MLA Weekly Update > > Date Tuesday July 6th, 2021 > > My Mission as MLA for Cumberland North > > Serve the people > Build Unity & Trust > Influence Legislation & public policy > For the greater good. > Educate and Build Capacity > Promote the people and area, > Build a world-class health care system > And improve population health. > > I have some news to share to start the week. > > I don’t know when Iain Rankin is going to call the next election. > > But I do know this. > > When Iain Rankin calls the election, I will be running as an > Independent candidate for re-election as MLA for Cumberland North. > > You, the good people of Cumberland North know me. > > You know I will always put your priorities first. > > I will always fight for you. > > No apologies. > > Running as an Independent outside of party politics isn’t easy. > > If the people of Cumberland North continue to stand by me, I will > continue to fight for you. > > For better health care. > > For regional co-operation to keep our borders open. > > For getting rid of the Cobequid Pass tolls. > > For supporting local food and the farmers who make it happen. > > I’m the only candidate in Cumberland North who doesn’t > have to answer to a party leader in Halifax. > > I’m not a career politician. I& > nurse. I have owned and operated my own > businesses. I have put people to work and met a payroll. > > Above all, I’m a fighter who doesn’t back down. > > With your support, let’s put the people of Cumberland North > first. > > I learned at a young age to stand my ground and I am not about to > change now. > > > Last Week in Politics > > Last week my staff and I worked with constituents on many matters of > importance such as lack of family physicians, housing, roads, Covid > rules and restrictions, NS NB Border, addictions and mental health and > more. > > I continue to work with Municipal partners on various projects > throughout Cumberland North, > > > This Week In Politics > > Local > This week I will be meeting with constituents to continue to work on > ongoing projects for family physician recruitment and addictions and > mental illness recovery projects. > > National > The Borders are opening between Canada and US this week for fully > vaccinated persons. > We also see the toll of the wild fires in British Colombia. > Heartbreaking to see the devastation and deaths from the deadly > fires. > > > Pandemic Update > > Vaccine > > Vaccination for the Covid-19 virus continues to be the main tool we > have to prevent illness and death. If you require assistance to book > your Covid19 vaccine please call my office and my staff can provide > you with some help. Our office phone number is 902-661-2288. > > NS has only 26.1 % of the population with 2nd doses of vaccine while > NB has 39.6% of the population vaccinated with 2nd doses. NB also > vaccinates persons with medical conditions that deems them high risk > but our NS government refuses. > > Nova Scotia > > NS has 53 active cases of Covid19 as of Monday morning with 3 new > cases being identified on Sunday. No one in ICU in the entire province > and only 3 people in hospital. > > https://novascotia.ca/ > > > New Brunswick > > NB has 21 active cases of Covid-19 as of Monday morning with only 1 > new case identified on Sunday. NB has no one in ICU and 4 persons on > hospital with Covid infections. > > https://experience.arcgis.com/ > > > > Birthdays > > Monday Ashleigh Coffin and Sheila Rushton > Tuesday Laura Wells > Wednesday Mal MacDonald > Thursday Kittee Baxter and Carl LeBlanc > Friday Chuck MacInnis > Saturday Krista Cormier and Adrian VanVulpen > > Obituaries > > Hermina "Mini" Porter > > https://www. > > > Margaret Ann Myles > > https://www.arbormemorial.ca/ > > Nova Scotia Starts Here ~ Cumberland > > Several months ago I started this campaign emphasizing the importance > of Cumberland County. Nova Scotia does start in Cumberland. Cumberland > is the Gateway for the Atlantic Cooridor and on average 50 million > dollars worth of goods travel through our Gateway. We may only have 3% > of the population of NS but we provide critical infrastructure for NS, > the Maritimes, Canada and the entire Eastern Seaboard. > > Never underestimate your value as citizens of Cumberland. We are > important and we will stand for our area of the province. It’s > time for Cumberland to receive the respect we deserve and we will grow > and become all that we are meant to be. > > Have a great week, take care of yourselves and take care of one > another. > > Take care, > Elizabeth > > > Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin MBA, BScN > Cumberland North MLA > > Live everyday to the fullest and love as much as humanly possible. > > > >>>>> >>>>>> ---------- Original message ---------- >>>>>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >>>>>> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:15:59 -0400 >>>>>> Subject: Hey Ralph Goodale perhaps you and the RCMP should call the >>>>>> Yankees Governor Charlie Baker, his lawyer Bob Ross, Rachael Rollins >>>>>> and this cop Robert Ridge (857 259 9083) ASAP EH Mr Primme Minister >>>>>> Trudeau the Younger and Donald Trump Jr? >>>>>> To: pm@pm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, >>>>>> Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca, djtjr@trumporg.com, >>>>>> Donald.J.Trump@donaldtrump.com >>>>>> Frank.McKenna@td.com, barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, >>>>>> Douglas.Johnson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >>>>>> washington.field@ic.fbi.gov, Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, >>>>>> gov.press@state.ma.us, bob.ross@state.ma.us, jfurey@nbpower.com, >>>>>> jfetzer@d.umn.edu, Newsroom@globeandmail.com, sfine@globeandmail.com, >>>>>> .Poitras@cbc.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca, David.Akin@globalnews.ca, >>>>>> Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, news@kingscorecord.com, >>>>>> news@dailygleaner.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com, jbosnitch@gmail.com, >>>>>> andre@jafaust.com> >>>>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail. >>>>>> wharrison@nbpower.com, David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca, >>>>>> Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc. >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>>>> From: "Murray, Charles (Ombud)" <Charles.Murray@gnb.ca> >>>>>>> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:16:15 +0000 >>>>>>> Subject: You wished to speak with me >>>>>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have the advantage, sir, of having read many of your emails over >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> years. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As such, I do not think a phone conversation between us, and >>>>>>> specifically one which you might mistakenly assume was in response >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> your threat of legal action against me, is likely to prove a >>>>>>> productive use of either of our time. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If there is some specific matter about which you wish to communicate >>>>>>> with me, feel free to email me with the full details and it will be >>>>>>> given due consideration. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sincerely, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Charles Murray >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ombud NB >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Acting Integrity Commissioner >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> From: Justice Website <JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca> >>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:21:11 +0000 >>>>>>>> Subject: Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova >>>>>>>> Scotia >>>>>>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Mr. Amos, >>>>>>>> We acknowledge receipt of your recent emails to the Deputy Minister >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> Justice and lawyers within the Legal Services Division of the >>>>>>>> Department of Justice respecting a possible claim against the >>>>>>>> Province >>>>>>>> of Nova Scotia. Service of any documents respecting a legal claim >>>>>>>> against the Province of Nova Scotia may be served on the Attorney >>>>>>>> General at 1690 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS. Please note that we >>>>>>>> will >>>>>>>> not be responding to further emails on this matter. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Department of Justice >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 8/3/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If want something very serious to download and laugh at as well >>>>>>>>> Please >>>>>>>>> Enjoy and share real wiretap tapes of the mob >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://thedavidamosrant. >>>>>>>>> ilian.html >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I >>>>>>>>>> must >>>>>>>>>> ask them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING???? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon >>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>> USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament >>>>>>>>>> baseball >>>>>>>>>> cards? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> http://archive.org/details/ >>>>>>>>>> 6 >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/ >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> http://www.archive.org/ >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> http://archive.org/details/ >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006 >>>>>>>>>> Senator Arlen Specter >>>>>>>>>> United States Senate >>>>>>>>>> Committee on the Judiciary >>>>>>>>>> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building >>>>>>>>>> Washington, DC 20510 >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Dear Mr. Specter: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man >>>>>>>>>> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the >>>>>>>>>> matters >>>>>>>>>> raised in the attached letter. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire >>>>>>>>>> tap >>>>>>>>>> tapes. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this >>>>>>>>>> previously. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Very truly yours, >>>>>>>>>> Barry A. Bachrach >>>>>>>>>> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403 >>>>>>>>>> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003 >>>>>>>>>> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>>>>>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com >>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400 >>>>>>>>> Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C., >>>>>>>>> To: coi@gnb.ca >>>>>>>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Good Day Sir >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and >>>>>>>>> managed >>>>>>>>> to speak to one of your staff for the first time >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady >>>>>>>>> who >>>>>>>>> answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the >>>>>>>>> Sgt >>>>>>>>> at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker >>>>>>>>> Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I >>>>>>>>> suggested that you study closely. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This is the docket in Federal Court >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> These are digital recordings of the last three hearings >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> April 3rd, 2017 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> https://archive.org/details/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The only hearing thus far >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> May 24th, 2017 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> https://archive.org/details/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Date: 20151223 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Docket: T-1557-15 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> PRESENT: The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> BETWEEN: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Plaintiff >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Defendant >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ORDER >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> (Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on >>>>>>>>> December 14, 2015) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant >>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>> the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on >>>>>>>>> November >>>>>>>>> 12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of >>>>>>>>> Claim >>>>>>>>> in its entirety. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my >>>>>>>>> attention >>>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>>> letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then >>>>>>>>> capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the >>>>>>>>> Canadian >>>>>>>>> Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen >>>>>>>>> Quigg, >>>>>>>>> (now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal). In that >>>>>>>>> letter >>>>>>>>> he stated: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including >>>>>>>>> you. >>>>>>>>> You are your brother’s keeper. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former >>>>>>>>> colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition >>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>> expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a >>>>>>>>> number >>>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>>> people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be >>>>>>>>> witnesses >>>>>>>>> or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known >>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>> me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime >>>>>>>>> Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former >>>>>>>>> Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court >>>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>>> Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore; >>>>>>>>> former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; >>>>>>>>> former >>>>>>>>> Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former >>>>>>>>> Staff >>>>>>>>> Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick >>>>>>>>> Court >>>>>>>>> of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, >>>>>>>>> retired >>>>>>>>> Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted >>>>>>>>> Police. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my >>>>>>>>> personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many >>>>>>>>> potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I >>>>>>>>> am >>>>>>>>> of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias >>>>>>>>> should >>>>>>>>> I >>>>>>>>> hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in >>>>>>>>> Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et >>>>>>>>> al, >>>>>>>>> [1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding >>>>>>>>> allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party >>>>>>>>> has >>>>>>>>> requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the >>>>>>>>> Administrator >>>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>>> the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion. >>>>>>>>> There >>>>>>>>> is no order as to costs. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> “B. Richard Bell” >>>>>>>>> Judge >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one >>>>>>>>> comment >>>>>>>>> already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had >>>>>>>>> sent >>>>>>>>> to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the the >>>>>>>>> Court >>>>>>>>> Martial Appeal Court of Canada Perhaps you should scroll to the >>>>>>>>> bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83 of my >>>>>>>>> lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> "FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> most >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ---------- Original message ---------- >>>>>>>>> From: justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca >>>>>>>>> Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:18 PM >>>>>>>>> Subject: Réponse automatique : RE My complaint against the CROWN >>>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>>> Federal Court Attn David Hansen and Peter MacKay If you planning >>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>> submit a motion for a publication ban on my complaint trust that >>>>>>>>> you >>>>>>>>> dudes are way past too late >>>>>>>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Veuillez noter que j'ai changé de courriel. Vous pouvez me >>>>>>>>> rejoindre >>>>>>>>> à >>>>>>>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Pour rejoindre le bureau de M. Trudeau veuillez envoyer un >>>>>>>>> courriel >>>>>>>>> à >>>>>>>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Please note that I changed email address, you can reach me at >>>>>>>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> To reach the office of Mr. Trudeau please send an email to >>>>>>>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thank you, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Merci , >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://davidraymondamos3. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 83. The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more >>>>>>>>> war >>>>>>>>> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation >>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times >>>>>>>>> over >>>>>>>>> five years after he began his bragging: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> January 13, 2015 >>>>>>>>> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> December 8, 2014 >>>>>>>>> Why Canada Stood Tall! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Friday, October 3, 2014 >>>>>>>>> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And >>>>>>>>> Stupid Justin Trudeau >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Canada’s and Canadians free ride is over. Canada can no longer >>>>>>>>> hide >>>>>>>>> behind Amerka’s and NATO’s skirts. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> When I was still in Canadian Forces then Prime Minister Jean >>>>>>>>> Chretien >>>>>>>>> actually committed the Canadian Army to deploy in the second >>>>>>>>> campaign >>>>>>>>> in Iraq, the Coalition of the Willing. This was against or >>>>>>>>> contrary >>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>> the wisdom or advice of those of us Canadian officers that were >>>>>>>>> involved in the initial planning phases of that operation. There >>>>>>>>> were >>>>>>>>> significant concern in our planning cell, and NDHQ about of the >>>>>>>>> dearth >>>>>>>>> of concern for operational guidance, direction, and forces for >>>>>>>>> operations after the initial occupation of Iraq. At the “last >>>>>>>>> minute” >>>>>>>>> Prime Minister Chretien and the Liberal government changed its >>>>>>>>> mind. >>>>>>>>> The Canadian government told our amerkan cousins that we would not >>>>>>>>> deploy combat troops for the Iraq campaign, but would deploy a >>>>>>>>> Canadian Battle Group to Afghanistan, enabling our amerkan cousins >>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>> redeploy troops from there to Iraq. The PMO’s thinking that it was >>>>>>>>> less costly to deploy Canadian Forces to Afghanistan than Iraq. >>>>>>>>> But >>>>>>>>> alas no one seems to remind the Liberals of Prime Minister >>>>>>>>> Chretien’s >>>>>>>>> then grossly incorrect assumption. Notwithstanding Jean Chretien’s >>>>>>>>> incompetence and stupidity, the Canadian Army was heroic, >>>>>>>>> professional, punched well above it’s weight, and the PPCLI Battle >>>>>>>>> Group, is credited with “saving Afghanistan” during the Panjway >>>>>>>>> campaign of 2006. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> What Justin Trudeau and the Liberals don’t tell you now, is that >>>>>>>>> then >>>>>>>>> Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien committed, and deployed the >>>>>>>>> Canadian army to Canada’s longest “war” without the advice, >>>>>>>>> consent, >>>>>>>>> support, or vote of the Canadian Parliament. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> What David Amos and the rest of the ignorant, uneducated, and >>>>>>>>> babbling >>>>>>>>> chattering classes are too addled to understand is the deployment >>>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>>> less than 75 special operations troops, and what is known by >>>>>>>>> planners >>>>>>>>> as a “six pac cell” of fighter aircraft is NOT the same as a >>>>>>>>> deployment of a Battle Group, nor a “war” make. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The Canadian Government or The Crown unlike our amerkan cousins >>>>>>>>> have >>>>>>>>> the “constitutional authority” to commit the Canadian nation to >>>>>>>>> war. >>>>>>>>> That has been recently clearly articulated to the Canadian public >>>>>>>>> by >>>>>>>>> constitutional scholar Phillippe Legasse. What Parliament can do >>>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>>> remove “confidence” in The Crown’s Government in a “vote of >>>>>>>>> non-confidence.” That could not happen to the Chretien Government >>>>>>>>> regarding deployment to Afghanistan, and it won’t happen in this >>>>>>>>> instance with the conservative majority in The Commons regarding a >>>>>>>>> limited Canadian deployment to the Middle East. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> President George Bush was quite correct after 911 and the terror >>>>>>>>> attacks in New York; that the Taliban “occupied” and “failed >>>>>>>>> state” >>>>>>>>> Afghanistan was the source of logistical support, command and >>>>>>>>> control, >>>>>>>>> and training for the Al Quaeda war of terror against the world. >>>>>>>>> The >>>>>>>>> initial defeat, and removal from control of Afghanistan was vital >>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> P.S. Whereas this CBC article is about your opinion of the actions >>>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>>> the latest Minister Of Health trust that Mr Boudreau and the CBC >>>>>>>>> have >>>>>>>>> had my files for many years and the last thing they are is >>>>>>>>> ethical. >>>>>>>>> Ask his friends Mr Murphy and the RCMP if you don't believe me. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Subject: >>>>>>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400 >>>>>>>>> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca >>>>>>>>> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> January 30, 2007 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> WITHOUT PREJUDICE >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Mr. David Amos >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Dear Mr. Amos: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December >>>>>>>>> 29, >>>>>>>>> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I >>>>>>>>> have >>>>>>>>> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner >>>>>>>>> Steve >>>>>>>>> Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Sincerely, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Honourable Michael B. Murphy >>>>>>>>> Minister of Health >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> CM/cb >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500 >>>>>>>>> From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >>>>>>>>> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca, >>>>>>>>> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net, >>>>>>>>> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com >>>>>>>>> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, >>>>>>>>> riding@chuckstrahl.com,John. >>>>>>>>> Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,"Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, >>>>>>>>> "Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has >>>>>>>>> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have not >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Dear Mr. Amos, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off >>>>>>>>> over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured >>>>>>>>> I >>>>>>>>> was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our >>>>>>>>> position >>>>>>>>> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process >>>>>>>>> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these >>>>>>>>> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this >>>>>>>>> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false >>>>>>>>> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear >>>>>>>>> that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada >>>>>>>>> the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment >>>>>>>>> and policing in Petitcodiac, NB. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had >>>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>>> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future >>>>>>>>> endeavors. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Sincerely, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Warren McBeath, Cpl. >>>>>>>>> GRC Caledonia RCMP >>>>>>>>> Traffic Services NCO >>>>>>>>> Ph: (506) 387-2222 >>>>>>>>> Fax: (506) 387-4622 >>>>>>>>> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C., >>>>>>>>> Office of the Integrity Commissioner >>>>>>>>> Edgecombe House, 736 King Street >>>>>>>>> Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3B 5H1 >>>>>>>>> tel.: 506-457-7890 >>>>>>>>> fax: 506-444-5224 >>>>>>>>> e-mail:coi@gnb.ca >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://davidraymondamos3. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sunday, 19 November 2017 >>>>>>>> Federal Court of Appeal Finally Makes The BIG Decision And >>>>>>>> Publishes >>>>>>>> It Now The Crooks Cannot Take Back Ticket To Try Put My Matter >>>>>>>> Before >>>>>>>> The Supreme Court >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://decisions.fct-cf.gc. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Federal Court of Appeal Decisions >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Amos v. Canada >>>>>>>> Court (s) Database >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Federal Court of Appeal Decisions >>>>>>>> Date >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 2017-10-30 >>>>>>>> Neutral citation >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 2017 FCA 213 >>>>>>>> File numbers >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> A-48-16 >>>>>>>> Date: 20171030 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Docket: A-48-16 >>>>>>>> Citation: 2017 FCA 213 >>>>>>>> CORAM: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> WEBB J.A. >>>>>>>> NEAR J.A. >>>>>>>> GLEASON J.A. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> BETWEEN: >>>>>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS >>>>>>>> Respondent on the cross-appeal >>>>>>>> (and formally Appellant) >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN >>>>>>>> Appellant on the cross-appeal >>>>>>>> (and formerly Respondent) >>>>>>>> Heard at Fredericton, New Brunswick, on May 24, 2017. >>>>>>>> Judgment delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on October 30, 2017. >>>>>>>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> THE COURT >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Date: 20171030 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Docket: A-48-16 >>>>>>>> Citation: 2017 FCA 213 >>>>>>>> CORAM: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> WEBB J.A. >>>>>>>> NEAR J.A. >>>>>>>> GLEASON J.A. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> BETWEEN: >>>>>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS >>>>>>>> Respondent on the cross-appeal >>>>>>>> (and formally Appellant) >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN >>>>>>>> Appellant on the cross-appeal >>>>>>>> (and formerly Respondent) >>>>>>>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY THE COURT >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I. Introduction >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [1] On September 16, 2015, David Raymond Amos (Mr. >>>>>>>> Amos) >>>>>>>> filed a 53-page Statement of Claim (the Claim) in Federal Court >>>>>>>> against Her Majesty the Queen (the Crown). Mr. Amos claims $11 >>>>>>>> million >>>>>>>> in damages and a public apology from the Prime Minister and >>>>>>>> Provincial >>>>>>>> Premiers for being illegally barred from accessing parliamentary >>>>>>>> properties and seeks a declaration from the Minister of Public >>>>>>>> Safety >>>>>>>> that the Canadian Government will no longer allow the Royal >>>>>>>> Canadian >>>>>>>> Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canadian Forces to harass him and his >>>>>>>> clan >>>>>>>> (Claim at para. 96). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [2] On November 12, 2015 (Docket T-1557-15), by way >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> motion brought by the Crown, a prothonotary of the Federal Court >>>>>>>> (the >>>>>>>> Prothonotary) struck the Claim in its entirety, without leave to >>>>>>>> amend, on the basis that it was plain and obvious that the Claim >>>>>>>> disclosed no reasonable claim, the Claim was fundamentally >>>>>>>> vexatious, >>>>>>>> and the Claim could not be salvaged by way of further amendment >>>>>>>> (the >>>>>>>> Prothontary’s Order). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [3] On January 25, 2016 (2016 FC 93), by way of Mr. >>>>>>>> Amos’ appeal from the Prothonotary’s Order, a judge of the Federal >>>>>>>> Court (the Judge), reviewing the matter de novo, struck all of Mr. >>>>>>>> Amos’ claims for relief with the exception of the claim for damages >>>>>>>> for being barred by the RCMP from the New Brunswick legislature in >>>>>>>> 2004 (the Federal Court Judgment). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [4] Mr. Amos appealed and the Crown cross-appealed >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> Federal Court Judgment. Further to the issuance of a Notice of >>>>>>>> Status >>>>>>>> Review, Mr. Amos’ appeal was dismissed for delay on December 19, >>>>>>>> 2016. >>>>>>>> As such, the only matter before this Court is the Crown’s >>>>>>>> cross-appeal. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> II. Preliminary Matter >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [5] Mr. Amos, in his memorandum of fact and law in >>>>>>>> relation to the cross-appeal that was filed with this Court on >>>>>>>> March >>>>>>>> 6, 2017, indicated that several judges of this Court, including two >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> the judges of this panel, had a conflict of interest in this >>>>>>>> appeal. >>>>>>>> This was the first time that he identified the judges whom he >>>>>>>> believed >>>>>>>> had a conflict of interest in a document that was filed with this >>>>>>>> Court. In his notice of appeal he had alluded to a conflict with >>>>>>>> several judges but did not name those judges. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [6] Mr. Amos was of the view that he did not have to >>>>>>>> identify the judges in any document filed with this Court because >>>>>>>> he >>>>>>>> had identified the judges in various documents that had been filed >>>>>>>> with the Federal Court. In his view the Federal Court and the >>>>>>>> Federal >>>>>>>> Court of Appeal are the same court and therefore any document filed >>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>> the Federal Court would be filed in this Court. This view is based >>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>> subsections 5(4) and 5.1(4) of the Federal Courts Act, R.S.C., >>>>>>>> 1985, >>>>>>>> c. F-7: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 5(4) Every judge of the Federal Court is, by virtue of his or her >>>>>>>> office, a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal and has all the >>>>>>>> jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> Appeal. >>>>>>>> […] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 5(4) Les juges de la Cour fédérale sont d’office juges de la Cour >>>>>>>> d’appel fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs >>>>>>>> que >>>>>>>> les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale. >>>>>>>> […] >>>>>>>> 5.1(4) Every judge of the Federal Court of Appeal is, by virtue of >>>>>>>> that office, a judge of the Federal Court and has all the >>>>>>>> jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 5.1(4) Les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale sont d’office juges de >>>>>>>> la >>>>>>>> Cour fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que >>>>>>>> les >>>>>>>> juges de la Cour fédérale. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [7] However, these subsections only provide that the >>>>>>>> judges of the Federal Court are also judges of this Court (and vice >>>>>>>> versa). It does not mean that there is only one court. If the >>>>>>>> Federal >>>>>>>> Court and this Court were one Court, there would be no need for >>>>>>>> this >>>>>>>> section. >>>>>>>> [8] Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act >>>>>>>> provide >>>>>>>> that: >>>>>>>> 3 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal >>>>>>>> Court >>>>>>>> — Appeal Division is continued under the name “Federal Court of >>>>>>>> Appeal” in English and “Cour d’appel fédérale” in French. It is >>>>>>>> continued as an additional court of law, equity and admiralty in >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> for Canada, for the better administration of the laws of Canada and >>>>>>>> as >>>>>>>> a superior court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 3 La Section d’appel, aussi appelée la Cour d’appel ou la Cour >>>>>>>> d’appel >>>>>>>> fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée « Cour d’appel fédérale » en >>>>>>>> français et « Federal Court of Appeal » en anglais. Elle est >>>>>>>> maintenue >>>>>>>> à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et d’amirauté du >>>>>>>> Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit canadien, et >>>>>>>> continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant compétence en >>>>>>>> matière civile et pénale. >>>>>>>> 4 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal >>>>>>>> Court >>>>>>>> — Trial Division is continued under the name “Federal Court” in >>>>>>>> English and “Cour fédérale” in French. It is continued as an >>>>>>>> additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and for Canada, >>>>>>>> for >>>>>>>> the better administration of the laws of Canada and as a superior >>>>>>>> court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 4 La section de la Cour fédérale du Canada, appelée la Section de >>>>>>>> première instance de la Cour fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée « >>>>>>>> Cour fédérale » en français et « Federal Court » en anglais. Elle >>>>>>>> est >>>>>>>> maintenue à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et >>>>>>>> d’amirauté du Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit >>>>>>>> canadien, et continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant >>>>>>>> compétence en matière civile et pénale. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [9] Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act create >>>>>>>> two separate courts – this Court (section 3) and the Federal Court >>>>>>>> (section 4). If, as Mr. Amos suggests, documents filed in the >>>>>>>> Federal >>>>>>>> Court were automatically also filed in this Court, then there would >>>>>>>> no >>>>>>>> need for the parties to prepare and file appeal books as required >>>>>>>> by >>>>>>>> Rules 343 to 345 of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106 in >>>>>>>> relation >>>>>>>> to any appeal from a decision of the Federal Court. The requirement >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> file an appeal book with this Court in relation to an appeal from a >>>>>>>> decision of the Federal Court makes it clear that the only >>>>>>>> documents >>>>>>>> that will be before this Court are the documents that are part of >>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>> appeal book. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [10] Therefore, the memorandum of fact and law filed on >>>>>>>> March 6, 2017 is the first document, filed with this Court, in >>>>>>>> which >>>>>>>> Mr. Amos identified the particular judges that he submits have a >>>>>>>> conflict in any matter related to him. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [11] On April 3, 2017, Mr. Amos attempted to bring a >>>>>>>> motion >>>>>>>> before the Federal Court seeking an order “affirming or denying the >>>>>>>> conflict of interest he has” with a number of judges of the Federal >>>>>>>> Court. A judge of the Federal Court issued a direction noting that >>>>>>>> if >>>>>>>> Mr. Amos was seeking this order in relation to judges of the >>>>>>>> Federal >>>>>>>> Court of Appeal, it was beyond the jurisdiction of the Federal >>>>>>>> Court. >>>>>>>> Mr. Amos raised the Federal Court motion at the hearing of this >>>>>>>> cross-appeal. The Federal Court motion is not a motion before this >>>>>>>> Court and, as such, the submissions filed before the Federal Court >>>>>>>> will not be entertained. As well, since this was a motion brought >>>>>>>> before the Federal Court (and not this Court), any documents filed >>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>> relation to that motion are not part of the record of this Court. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [12] During the hearing of the appeal Mr. Amos alleged >>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>> the third member of this panel also had a conflict of interest and >>>>>>>> submitted some documents that, in his view, supported his claim of >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> conflict. Mr. Amos, following the hearing of his appeal, was also >>>>>>>> afforded the opportunity to provide a brief summary of the conflict >>>>>>>> that he was alleging and to file additional documents that, in his >>>>>>>> view, supported his allegations. Mr. Amos submitted several pages >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> documents in relation to the alleged conflicts. He organized the >>>>>>>> documents by submitting a copy of the biography of the particular >>>>>>>> judge and then, immediately following that biography, by including >>>>>>>> copies of the documents that, in his view, supported his claim that >>>>>>>> such judge had a conflict. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [13] The nature of the alleged conflict of Justice Webb >>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>> that before he was appointed as a Judge of the Tax Court of Canada >>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>> 2006, he was a partner with the law firm Patterson Law, and before >>>>>>>> that with Patterson Palmer in Nova Scotia. Mr. Amos submitted that >>>>>>>> he >>>>>>>> had a number of disputes with Patterson Palmer and Patterson Law >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> therefore Justice Webb has a conflict simply because he was a >>>>>>>> partner >>>>>>>> of these firms. Mr. Amos is not alleging that Justice Webb was >>>>>>>> personally involved in or had any knowledge of any matter in which >>>>>>>> Mr. >>>>>>>> Amos was involved with Justice Webb’s former law firm – only that >>>>>>>> he >>>>>>>> was a member of such firm. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [14] During his oral submissions at the hearing of his >>>>>>>> appeal Mr. Amos, in relation to the alleged conflict for Justice >>>>>>>> Webb, >>>>>>>> focused on dealings between himself and a particular lawyer at >>>>>>>> Patterson Law. However, none of the documents submitted by Mr. Amos >>>>>>>> at >>>>>>>> the hearing or subsequently related to any dealings with this >>>>>>>> particular lawyer nor is it clear when Mr. Amos was dealing with >>>>>>>> this >>>>>>>> lawyer. In particular, it is far from clear whether such dealings >>>>>>>> were >>>>>>>> after the time that Justice Webb was appointed as a Judge of the >>>>>>>> Tax >>>>>>>> Court of Canada over 10 years ago. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [15] The documents that he submitted in relation to the >>>>>>>> alleged conflict for Justice Webb largely relate to dealings >>>>>>>> between >>>>>>>> Byron Prior and the St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador office of >>>>>>>> Patterson Palmer, which is not in the same province where Justice >>>>>>>> Webb >>>>>>>> practiced law. The only document that indicates any dealing between >>>>>>>> Mr. Amos and Patterson Palmer is a copy of an affidavit of Stephen >>>>>>>> May >>>>>>>> who was a partner in the St. John’s NL office of Patterson Palmer. >>>>>>>> The >>>>>>>> affidavit is dated January 24, 2005 and refers to a number of >>>>>>>> e-mails >>>>>>>> that were sent by Mr. Amos to Stephen May. Mr. Amos also included a >>>>>>>> letter that is addressed to four individuals, one of whom is John >>>>>>>> Crosbie who was counsel to the St. John’s NL office of Patterson >>>>>>>> Palmer. The letter is dated September 2, 2004 and is addressed to >>>>>>>> “John Crosbie, c/o Greg G. Byrne, Suite 502, 570 Queen Street, >>>>>>>> Fredericton, NB E3B 5E3”. In this letter Mr. Amos alludes to a >>>>>>>> possible lawsuit against Patterson Palmer. >>>>>>>> [16] Mr. Amos’ position is that simply because Justice >>>>>>>> Webb >>>>>>>> was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer, he now has a conflict. In >>>>>>>> Wewaykum >>>>>>>> Indian Band v. Her Majesty the Queen, 2003 SCC 45, [2003] 2 S.C.R. >>>>>>>> 259, the Supreme Court of Canada noted that disqualification of a >>>>>>>> judge is to be determined based on whether there is a reasonable >>>>>>>> apprehension of bias: >>>>>>>> 60 In Canadian law, one standard has now emerged as the >>>>>>>> criterion for disqualification. The criterion, as expressed by de >>>>>>>> Grandpré J. in Committee for Justice and Liberty v. National Energy >>>>>>>> Board, …[[1978] 1 S.C.R. 369, 68 D.L.R. (3d) 716], at p. 394, is >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> reasonable apprehension of bias: >>>>>>>> … the apprehension of bias must be a reasonable one, held by >>>>>>>> reasonable and right minded persons, applying themselves to the >>>>>>>> question and obtaining thereon the required information. In the >>>>>>>> words >>>>>>>> of the Court of Appeal, that test is "what would an informed >>>>>>>> person, >>>>>>>> viewing the matter realistically and practically -- and having >>>>>>>> thought >>>>>>>> the matter through -- conclude. Would he think that it is more >>>>>>>> likely >>>>>>>> than not that [the decision-maker], whether consciously or >>>>>>>> unconsciously, would not decide fairly." >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [17] The issue to be determined is whether an informed >>>>>>>> person, viewing the matter realistically and practically, and >>>>>>>> having >>>>>>>> thought the matter through, would conclude that Mr. Amos’ >>>>>>>> allegations >>>>>>>> give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias. As this Court has >>>>>>>> previously remarked, “there is a strong presumption that judges >>>>>>>> will >>>>>>>> administer justice impartially” and this presumption will not be >>>>>>>> rebutted in the absence of “convincing evidence” of bias (Collins >>>>>>>> v. >>>>>>>> Canada, 2011 FCA 140 at para. 7, [2011] 4 C.T.C. 157 [Collins]. See >>>>>>>> also R. v. S. (R.D.), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484 at para. 32, 151 D.L.R. >>>>>>>> (4th) 193). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [18] The Ontario Court of Appeal in Rando Drugs Ltd. v. >>>>>>>> Scott, 2007 ONCA 553, 86 O.R. (3d) 653 (leave to appeal to the >>>>>>>> Supreme >>>>>>>> Court of Canada refused, 32285 (August 1, 2007)), addressed the >>>>>>>> particular issue of whether a judge is disqualified from hearing a >>>>>>>> case simply because he had been a member of a law firm that was >>>>>>>> involved in the litigation that was now before that judge. The >>>>>>>> Ontario >>>>>>>> Court of Appeal determined that the judge was not disqualified if >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> judge had no involvement with the person or the matter when he was >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> lawyer. The Ontario Court of Appeal also explained that the rules >>>>>>>> for >>>>>>>> determining whether a judge is disqualified are different from the >>>>>>>> rules to determine whether a lawyer has a conflict: >>>>>>>> 27 Thus, disqualification is not the natural corollary to a >>>>>>>> finding that a trial judge has had some involvement in a case over >>>>>>>> which he or she is now presiding. Where the judge had no >>>>>>>> involvement, >>>>>>>> as here, it cannot be said that the judge is disqualified. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 28 The point can rightly be made that had Mr. Patterson been >>>>>>>> asked to represent the appellant as counsel before his appointment >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> the bench, the conflict rules would likely have prevented him from >>>>>>>> taking the case because his firm had formerly represented one of >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> defendants in the case. Thus, it is argued how is it that as a >>>>>>>> trial >>>>>>>> judge Patterson J. can hear the case? This issue was considered by >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in Locabail (U.K.) Ltd. v. >>>>>>>> Bayfield >>>>>>>> Properties Ltd., [2000] Q.B. 451. The court held, at para. 58, that >>>>>>>> there is no inflexible rule governing the disqualification of a >>>>>>>> judge >>>>>>>> and that, "[e]verything depends on the circumstances." >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 29 It seems to me that what appears at first sight to be an >>>>>>>> inconsistency in application of rules can be explained by the >>>>>>>> different contexts and in particular, the strong presumption of >>>>>>>> judicial impartiality that applies in the context of >>>>>>>> disqualification >>>>>>>> of a judge. There is no such presumption in cases of allegations of >>>>>>>> conflict of interest against a lawyer because of a firm's previous >>>>>>>> involvement in the case. To the contrary, as explained by Sopinka >>>>>>>> J. >>>>>>>> in MacDonald Estate v. Martin (1990), 77 D.L.R. (4th) 249 (S.C.C.), >>>>>>>> for sound policy reasons there is a presumption of a disqualifying >>>>>>>> interest that can rarely be overcome. In particular, a conclusory >>>>>>>> statement from the lawyer that he or she had no confidential >>>>>>>> information about the case will never be sufficient. The case is >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> opposite where the allegation of bias is made against a trial >>>>>>>> judge. >>>>>>>> His or her statement that he or she knew nothing about the case and >>>>>>>> had no involvement in it will ordinarily be accepted at face value >>>>>>>> unless there is good reason to doubt it: see Locabail, at para. 19. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 30 That brings me then to consider the particular >>>>>>>> circumstances >>>>>>>> of this case and whether there are serious grounds to find a >>>>>>>> disqualifying conflict of interest in this case. In my view, there >>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>> two significant factors that justify the trial judge's decision not >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> recuse himself. The first is his statement, which all parties >>>>>>>> accept, >>>>>>>> that he knew nothing of the case when it was in his former firm and >>>>>>>> that he had nothing to do with it. The second is the long passage >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> time. As was said in Wewaykum, at para. 85: >>>>>>>> To us, one significant factor stands out, and must >>>>>>>> inform >>>>>>>> the perspective of the reasonable person assessing the impact of >>>>>>>> this >>>>>>>> involvement on Binnie J.'s impartiality in the appeals. That factor >>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>> the passage of time. Most arguments for disqualification rest on >>>>>>>> circumstances that are either contemporaneous to the >>>>>>>> decision-making, >>>>>>>> or that occurred within a short time prior to the decision-making. >>>>>>>> 31 There are other factors that inform the issue. The Wilson >>>>>>>> Walker firm no longer acted for any of the parties by the time of >>>>>>>> trial. More importantly, at the time of the motion, Patterson J. >>>>>>>> had >>>>>>>> been a judge for six years and thus had not had a relationship with >>>>>>>> his former firm for a considerable period of time. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 32 In my view, a reasonable person, viewing the matter >>>>>>>> realistically would conclude that the trial judge could deal fairly >>>>>>>> and impartially with this case. I take this view principally >>>>>>>> because >>>>>>>> of the long passage of time and the trial judge's lack of >>>>>>>> involvement >>>>>>>> in or knowledge of the case when the Wilson Walker firm had >>>>>>>> carriage. >>>>>>>> In these circumstances it cannot be reasonably contended that the >>>>>>>> trial judge could not remain impartial in the case. The mere fact >>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>> his name appears on the letterhead of some correspondence from over >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> decade ago would not lead a reasonable person to believe that he >>>>>>>> would >>>>>>>> either consciously or unconsciously favour his former firm's former >>>>>>>> client. It is simply not realistic to think that a judge would >>>>>>>> throw >>>>>>>> off his mantle of impartiality, ignore his oath of office and >>>>>>>> favour >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> client - about whom he knew nothing - of a firm that he left six >>>>>>>> years >>>>>>>> earlier and that no longer acts for the client, in a case involving >>>>>>>> events from over a decade ago. >>>>>>>> (emphasis added) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [19] Justice Webb had no involvement with any matter >>>>>>>> involving Mr. Amos while he was a member of Patterson Palmer or >>>>>>>> Patterson Law, nor does Mr. Amos suggest that he did. Mr. Amos made >>>>>>>> it >>>>>>>> clear during the hearing of this matter that the only reason for >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> alleged conflict for Justice Webb was that he was a member of >>>>>>>> Patterson Law and Patterson Palmer. This is simply not enough for >>>>>>>> Justice Webb to be disqualified. Any involvement of Mr. Amos with >>>>>>>> Patterson Law while Justice Webb was a member of that firm would >>>>>>>> have >>>>>>>> had to occur over 10 years ago and even longer for the time when he >>>>>>>> was a member of Patterson Palmer. In addition to the lack of any >>>>>>>> involvement on his part with any matter or dispute that Mr. Amos >>>>>>>> had >>>>>>>> with Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer (which in and of itself is >>>>>>>> sufficient to dispose of this matter), the length of time since >>>>>>>> Justice Webb was a member of Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer >>>>>>>> would >>>>>>>> also result in the same finding – that there is no conflict in >>>>>>>> Justice >>>>>>>> Webb hearing this appeal. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [20] Similarly in R. v. Bagot, 2000 MBCA 30, 145 Man. R. >>>>>>>> (2d) 260, the Manitoba Court of Appeal found that there was no >>>>>>>> reasonable apprehension of bias when a judge, who had been a member >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> the law firm that had been retained by the accused, had no >>>>>>>> involvement >>>>>>>> with the accused while he was a lawyer with that firm. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [21] In Del Zotto v. Minister of National Revenue, [2000] >>>>>>>> 4 >>>>>>>> F.C. 321, 257 N.R. 96, this court did find that there would be a >>>>>>>> reasonable apprehension of bias where a judge, who while he was a >>>>>>>> lawyer, had recorded time on a matter involving the same person who >>>>>>>> was before that judge. However, this case can be distinguished as >>>>>>>> Justice Webb did not have any time recorded on any files involving >>>>>>>> Mr. >>>>>>>> Amos while he was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer or Patterson Law. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [22] Mr. Amos also included with his submissions a CD. He >>>>>>>> stated in his affidavit dated June 26, 2017 that there is a “true >>>>>>>> copy >>>>>>>> of an American police surveillance wiretap entitled 139” on this >>>>>>>> CD. >>>>>>>> He has also indicated that he has “provided a true copy of the CD >>>>>>>> entitled 139 to many American and Canadian law enforcement >>>>>>>> authorities >>>>>>>> and not one of the police forces or officers of the court are >>>>>>>> willing >>>>>>>> to investigate it”. Since he has indicated that this is an >>>>>>>> “American >>>>>>>> police surveillance wiretap”, this is a matter for the American law >>>>>>>> enforcement authorities and cannot create, as Mr. Amos suggests, a >>>>>>>> conflict of interest for any judge to whom he provides a copy. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [23] As a result, there is no conflict or reasonable >>>>>>>> apprehension of bias for Justice Webb and therefore, no reason for >>>>>>>> him >>>>>>>> to recuse himself. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [24] Mr. Amos alleged that Justice Near’s past >>>>>>>> professional >>>>>>>> experience with the government created a “quasi-conflict” in >>>>>>>> deciding >>>>>>>> the cross-appeal. Mr. Amos provided no details and Justice Near >>>>>>>> confirmed that he had no prior knowledge of the matters alleged in >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> Claim. Justice Near sees no reason to recuse himself. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [25] Insofar as it is possible to glean the basis for Mr. >>>>>>>> Amos’ allegations against Justice Gleason, it appears that he >>>>>>>> alleges >>>>>>>> that she is incapable of hearing this appeal because he says he >>>>>>>> wrote >>>>>>>> a letter to Brian Mulroney and Jean Chrétien in 2004. At that time, >>>>>>>> both Justice Gleason and Mr. Mulroney were partners in the law firm >>>>>>>> Ogilvy Renault, LLP. The letter in question, which is rude and >>>>>>>> angry, >>>>>>>> begins with “Hey you two Evil Old Smiling Bastards” and “Re: me >>>>>>>> suing >>>>>>>> you and your little dogs too”. There is no indication that the >>>>>>>> letter >>>>>>>> was ever responded to or that a law suit was ever commenced by Mr. >>>>>>>> Amos against Mr. Mulroney. In the circumstances, there is no reason >>>>>>>> for Justice Gleason to recuse herself as the letter in question >>>>>>>> does >>>>>>>> not give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> III. Issue >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [26] The issue on the cross-appeal is as follows: Did the >>>>>>>> Judge err in setting aside the Prothonotary’s Order striking the >>>>>>>> Claim >>>>>>>> in its entirety without leave to amend and in determining that Mr. >>>>>>>> Amos’ allegation that the RCMP barred him from the New Brunswick >>>>>>>> legislature in 2004 was capable of supporting a cause of action? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> IV. Analysis >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> A. Standard of Review >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [27] Following the Judge’s decision to set aside the >>>>>>>> Prothonotary’s Order, this Court revisited the standard of review >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> be applied to discretionary decisions of prothonotaries and >>>>>>>> decisions >>>>>>>> made by judges on appeals of prothonotaries’ decisions in Hospira >>>>>>>> Healthcare Corp. v. Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, 2016 FCA >>>>>>>> 215, >>>>>>>> 402 D.L.R. (4th) 497 [Hospira]. In Hospira, a five-member panel of >>>>>>>> this Court replaced the Aqua-Gem standard of review with that >>>>>>>> articulated in Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. >>>>>>>> 235 >>>>>>>> [Housen]. As a result, it is no longer appropriate for the Federal >>>>>>>> Court to conduct a de novo review of a discretionary order made by >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> prothonotary in regard to questions vital to the final issue of the >>>>>>>> case. Rather, a Federal Court judge can only intervene on appeal if >>>>>>>> the prothonotary made an error of law or a palpable and overriding >>>>>>>> error in determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> law (Hospira at para. 79). Further, this Court can only interfere >>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>> a Federal Court judge’s review of a prothonotary’s discretionary >>>>>>>> order >>>>>>>> if the judge made an error of law or palpable and overriding error >>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>> determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and law >>>>>>>> (Hospira at paras. 82-83). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [28] In the case at bar, the Judge substituted his own >>>>>>>> assessment of Mr. Amos’ Claim for that of the Prothonotary. This >>>>>>>> Court >>>>>>>> must look to the Prothonotary’s Order to determine whether the >>>>>>>> Judge >>>>>>>> erred in law or made a palpable and overriding error in choosing to >>>>>>>> interfere. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> B. Did the Judge err in interfering with the >>>>>>>> Prothonotary’s Order? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [29] The Prothontoary’s Order accepted the following >>>>>>>> paragraphs from the Crown’s submissions as the basis for striking >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> Claim in its entirety without leave to amend: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 17. Within the 96 paragraph Statement of Claim, the Plaintiff >>>>>>>> addresses his complaint in paragraphs 14-24, inclusive. All but >>>>>>>> four >>>>>>>> of those paragraphs are dedicated to an incident that occurred in >>>>>>>> 2006 >>>>>>>> in and around the legislature in New Brunswick. The jurisdiction of >>>>>>>> the Federal Court does not extend to Her Majesty the Queen in right >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> the Provinces. In any event, the Plaintiff hasn’t named the >>>>>>>> Province >>>>>>>> or provincial actors as parties to this action. The incident >>>>>>>> alleged >>>>>>>> does not give rise to a justiciable cause of action in this Court. >>>>>>>> (…) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 21. The few paragraphs that directly address the Defendant >>>>>>>> provide no details as to the individuals involved or the location >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> the alleged incidents or other details sufficient to allow the >>>>>>>> Defendant to respond. As a result, it is difficult or impossible to >>>>>>>> determine the causes of action the Plaintiff is attempting to >>>>>>>> advance. >>>>>>>> A generous reading of the Statement of Claim allows the Defendant >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> only speculate as to the true and/or intended cause of action. At >>>>>>>> best, the Plaintiff’s action may possibly be summarized as: he >>>>>>>> suspects he is barred from the House of Commons. >>>>>>>> [footnotes omitted]. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [30] The Judge determined that he could not strike the >>>>>>>> Claim >>>>>>>> on the same jurisdictional basis as the Prothonotary. The Judge >>>>>>>> noted >>>>>>>> that the Federal Court has jurisdiction over claims based on the >>>>>>>> liability of Federal Crown servants like the RCMP and that the >>>>>>>> actors >>>>>>>> who barred Mr. Amos from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004 >>>>>>>> included the RCMP (Federal Court Judgment at para. 23). In >>>>>>>> considering >>>>>>>> the viability of these allegations de novo, the Judge identified >>>>>>>> paragraph 14 of the Claim as containing “some precision” as it >>>>>>>> identifies the date of the event and a RCMP officer acting as >>>>>>>> Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor (Federal Court Judgment at >>>>>>>> para. 27). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [31] The Judge noted that the 2004 event could support a >>>>>>>> cause of action in the tort of misfeasance in public office and >>>>>>>> identified the elements of the tort as excerpted from Meigs v. >>>>>>>> Canada, >>>>>>>> 2013 FC 389, 431 F.T.R. 111: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [13] As in both the cases of Odhavji Estate v Woodhouse, 2003 >>>>>>>> SCC >>>>>>>> 69 [Odhavji] and Lewis v Canada, 2012 FC 1514 [Lewis], I must >>>>>>>> determine whether the plaintiffs’ statement of claim pleads each >>>>>>>> element of the alleged tort of misfeasance in public office: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> a) The public officer must have engaged in deliberate and unlawful >>>>>>>> conduct in his or her capacity as public officer; >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> b) The public officer must have been aware both that his or her >>>>>>>> conduct was unlawful and that it was likely to harm the plaintiff; >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> c) There must be an element of bad faith or dishonesty by the >>>>>>>> public >>>>>>>> officer and knowledge of harm alone is insufficient to conclude >>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> public officer acted in bad faith or dishonestly. >>>>>>>> Odhavji, above, at paras 23, 24 and 28 >>>>>>>> (Federal Court Judgment at para. 28). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [32] The Judge determined that Mr. Amos disclosed >>>>>>>> sufficient >>>>>>>> material facts to meet the elements of the tort of misfeasance in >>>>>>>> public office because the actors, who barred him from the New >>>>>>>> Brunswick legislature in 2004, including the RCMP, did so for >>>>>>>> “political reasons” (Federal Court Judgment at para. 29). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [33] This Court’s discussion of the sufficiency of >>>>>>>> pleadings >>>>>>>> in Merchant Law Group v. Canada (Revenue Agency), 2010 FCA 184, 321 >>>>>>>> D.L.R (4th) 301 is particularly apt: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> …When pleading bad faith or abuse of power, it is not enough to >>>>>>>> assert, baldly, conclusory phrases such as “deliberately or >>>>>>>> negligently,” “callous disregard,” or “by fraud and theft did >>>>>>>> steal”. >>>>>>>> “The bare assertion of a conclusion upon which the court is called >>>>>>>> upon to pronounce is not an allegation of material fact”. Making >>>>>>>> bald, >>>>>>>> conclusory allegations without any evidentiary foundation is an >>>>>>>> abuse >>>>>>>> of process… >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> To this, I would add that the tort of misfeasance in public office >>>>>>>> requires a particular state of mind of a public officer in carrying >>>>>>>> out the impunged action, i.e., deliberate conduct which the public >>>>>>>> officer knows to be inconsistent with the obligations of his or her >>>>>>>> office. For this tort, particularization of the allegations is >>>>>>>> mandatory. Rule 181 specifically requires particularization of >>>>>>>> allegations of “breach of trust,” “wilful default,” “state of mind >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> a person,” “malice” or “fraudulent intention.” >>>>>>>> (at paras. 34-35, citations omitted). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [34] Applying the Housen standard of review to the >>>>>>>> Prothonotary’s Order, we are of the view that the Judge interfered >>>>>>>> absent a legal or palpable and overriding error. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [35] The Prothonotary determined that Mr. Amos’ Claim >>>>>>>> disclosed no reasonable claim and was fundamentally vexatious on >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> basis of jurisdictional concerns and the absence of material facts >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> ground a cause of action. Paragraph 14 of the Claim, which >>>>>>>> addresses >>>>>>>> the 2004 event, pleads no material facts as to how the RCMP officer >>>>>>>> engaged in deliberate and unlawful conduct, knew that his or her >>>>>>>> conduct was unlawful and likely to harm Mr. Amos, and acted in bad >>>>>>>> faith. While the Claim alleges elsewhere that Mr. Amos was barred >>>>>>>> from >>>>>>>> the New Brunswick legislature for political and/or malicious >>>>>>>> reasons, >>>>>>>> these allegations are not particularized and are directed against >>>>>>>> non-federal actors, such as the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Legislative >>>>>>>> Assembly of New Brunswick and the Fredericton Police Force. As >>>>>>>> such, >>>>>>>> the Judge erred in determining that Mr. Amos’ allegation that the >>>>>>>> RCMP >>>>>>>> barred him from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004 was capable >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> supporting a cause of action. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [36] In our view, the Claim is made up entirely of bare >>>>>>>> allegations, devoid of any detail, such that it discloses no >>>>>>>> reasonable cause of action within the jurisdiction of the Federal >>>>>>>> Courts. Therefore, the Judge erred in interfering to set aside the >>>>>>>> Prothonotary’s Order striking the claim in its entirety. Further, >>>>>>>> we >>>>>>>> find that the Prothonotary made no error in denying leave to amend. >>>>>>>> The deficiencies in Mr. Amos’ pleadings are so extensive such that >>>>>>>> amendment could not cure them (see Collins at para. 26). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> V. Conclusion >>>>>>>> [37] For the foregoing reasons, we would allow the >>>>>>>> Crown’s >>>>>>>> cross-appeal, with costs, setting aside the Federal Court Judgment, >>>>>>>> dated January 25, 2016 and restoring the Prothonotary’s Order, >>>>>>>> dated >>>>>>>> November 12, 2015, which struck Mr. Amos’ Claim in its entirety >>>>>>>> without leave to amend. >>>>>>>> "Wyman W. Webb" >>>>>>>> J.A. >>>>>>>> "David G. Near" >>>>>>>> J.A. >>>>>>>> "Mary J.L. Gleason" >>>>>>>> J.A. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL >>>>>>>> NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> A CROSS-APPEAL FROM AN ORDER OF THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE SOUTHCOTT >>>>>>>> DATED >>>>>>>> JANUARY 25, 2016; DOCKET NUMBER T-1557-15. >>>>>>>> DOCKET: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> A-48-16 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> STYLE OF CAUSE: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> PLACE OF HEARING: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Fredericton, >>>>>>>> New Brunswick >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> DATE OF HEARING: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> May 24, 2017 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> WEBB J.A. >>>>>>>> NEAR J.A. >>>>>>>> GLEASON J.A. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> DATED: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> October 30, 2017 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> APPEARANCES: >>>>>>>> David Raymond Amos >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For The Appellant / respondent on cross-appeal >>>>>>>> (on his own behalf) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jan Jensen >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For The Respondent / appELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> SOLICITORS OF RECORD: >>>>>>>> Nathalie G. Drouin >>>>>>>> Deputy Attorney General of Canada >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For The Respondent / APPELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Original message ---------- >>>>> Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 19:01:11 -0700 (PDT) >>>>> From: "David Amos" motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com >>>>> Subject: Now everybody and his dog knows TJ Burke and his cop buddies >>>>> allegations against me are false and you had the proof all along EH >>>>> Chucky? >>>>> To: oldmaison@yahoo.com, nbombud@gnb.ca, dan.bussieres@gnb.ca, >>>>> jacques_poitras@cbc.ca, news@dailygleaner.com, >>>>> kcarmichael@bloomberg.net, advocacycollective@yahoo.com, >>>>> Easter.W@parl.gc.ca, Comartin.J@parl.gc.ca, cityadmin@fredericton.ca, >>>>> info@gg.ca, bmosher@mosherchedore.ca, rchedore@mosherchedore.ca, >>>>> police@fredericton.ca, chebert@thestar.ca, Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca, >>>>> Stronach.B@parl.gc.ca, Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca, alltrue@nl.rogers.com, >>>>> Harper.S@parl.gc.ca, Layton.J@parl.gc.ca, Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca, >>>>> Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca >>>>> CC: dgleg@nb.aibn.com, brad.woodside@fredericton.ca, >>>>> whalen@fredericton.ca, david.kelly@fredericton.ca, >>>>> cathy.maclaggan@fredericton.ca >>>>> tom.jellinek@fredericton.ca, scott.mcconaghy@fredericton.ca >>>>> marilyn.kerton@fredericton.ca, walter.brown@fredericton.ca, >>>>> norah.davidson@fredericton.ca, mike.obrien@fredericton.ca, >>>>> bruce.grandy@fredericton.ca, dan.keenan@fredericton.ca, >>>>> jeff.mockler@gnb.ca, mrichard@lawsociety-barreau. >>>>> cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci. >>>>> scotta@parl.gc.ca, michael.bray@gnb.ca, jack.e.mackay@gnb.ca >>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new- >>>>> >>>>> http://www.canadaeast.com/ce2/ >>>>> >>>>> http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/ >>>>> >>>>> http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/ >>>>> >>>>> http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/ >>>>> >>>>> http://maritimes.indymedia. >>>>> >>>>> Methinks your liberal pals just made a major faux pas N'est Pas? >>>>> Scroll down Frenchie and go down?. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Threat against Burke taken seriously >>>>> >>>>> By STEPHEN LLEWELLYN >>>>> dgleg@nb.aibn.com >>>>> Published Thursday May 24th, 2007 >>>>> Appeared on page A1 >>>>> An RCMP security detail has been guarding Justice Minister and >>>>> Attorney General T.J. Burke because of threats made against him >>>>> recently. >>>>> >>>>> Burke, the Liberal MLA for Fredericton-Fort Nashwaaksis, wouldn't >>>>> explain the nature of the threats. >>>>> >>>>> "I have had a particular individual or individuals who have made >>>>> specific overtures about causing harm towards me," he told reporters >>>>> Wednesday. >>>>> >>>>> "The RCMP has provided security to me recently by accompanying me to a >>>>> couple of public functions where the individual is known to reside or >>>>> have family members in the area," said Burke. "It is nice to have some >>>>> added protection and that added comfort." >>>>> >>>>> The RCMP provides protection to the premier and MLAs with its VIP >>>>> security >>>>> unit. >>>>> >>>>> Burke didn't say when the threat was made but it's believed to have >>>>> been in recent weeks. >>>>> >>>>> "When a threat is posed to you and it is a credible threat, you have >>>>> to be cautious about where you go and who you are around," he said. >>>>> "But again, I am more concerned about my family as opposed to my own >>>>> personal safety." >>>>> >>>>> Burke said he doesn't feel any differently and he has not changed his >>>>> pattern of activity. >>>>> >>>>> "It doesn't bother me one bit," he said. "It makes my wife feel awful >>>>> nervous." >>>>> >>>>> Burke served in an elite American military unit before becoming a >>>>> lawyer and going into politics in New Brunswick. >>>>> >>>>> "(I) have taken my own precautions and what I have to do to ensure my >>>>> family's safety," he said. "I am a very cautious person in general due >>>>> to my background and training. >>>>> >>>>> "I am comfortable with defending myself or my family if it ever had to >>>>> happen." >>>>> >>>>> Burke said it is not uncommon for politicians to have security >>>>> concerns. >>>>> >>>>> "We do live unfortunately in an age and in a society now where threats >>>>> have to be taken pretty seriously," he said. >>>>> >>>>> Since the terrorism attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, >>>>> security in New Brunswick has been >>>>> beefed up. >>>>> >>>>> Metal detectors were recently installed in the legislature and all >>>>> visitors are screened. >>>>> >>>>> The position of attorney general is often referred to as the >>>>> province's "top cop." >>>>> >>>>> Burke said sometimes people do not differentiate between his role as >>>>> the manager of the justice system and the individual who actually >>>>> prosecutes them. >>>>> >>>>> "With the job sometimes comes threats," he said. "I have had numerous >>>>> threats since Day 1 in office." >>>>> >>>>> Burke said he hopes his First Nations heritage has nothing to do with >>>>> it. >>>>> >>>>> "I think it is more of an issue where people get fixated on a matter >>>>> and they believe you are personally responsible for assigning them >>>>> their punishment or their sanction," he said. >>>>> >>>>> Is the threat from someone who was recently incarcerated? >>>>> >>>>> "I probably shouldn't answer that," he replied. >>>>> >>>>> Reporters asked when the threat would be over. >>>>> >>>>> "I don't think a threat ever passes once it has been made," said >>>>> Burke. "You have to consider the credibility of the source." >>>>> >>>>> Bruce Fitch, former justice minister in the Conservative government, >>>>> said "every now and again there would be e-mails that were not >>>>> complimentary." >>>>> >>>>> "I did have a meeting with the RCMP who are in charge of the security >>>>> of the MLAs and ministers," said Fitch. >>>>> >>>>> "They look at each and every situation." >>>>> >>>>> Fitch said he never had bodyguards assigned to him although former >>>>> premier Bernard Lord and former health minister Elvy Robichaud did >>>>> have extra security staff assigned on occasion. >>>>> >>>>> He said if any MLA felt threatened, he or she would discuss it with >>>>> the >>>>> RCMP. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://www.archive.org/ >>>>> >>>>> Small World EH Chucky Leblanc? >>>>> >>>>> "Lafleur, Lou" lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca wrote: >>>>> >>>>> From: "Lafleur, Lou" lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca >>>>> To: "'motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com'" motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com, >>>>> "Lafleur, Lou" lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca >>>>> Subject: Fredericton Police Force >>>>> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:21:13 -0300 >>>>> >>>>> Dear Mr. Amos >>>>> >>>>> My Name is Lou LaFleur and I am a Detective with the Fredericton >>>>> Police Major Crime Unit. I would like to talk to you regarding files >>>>> that I am investigating and that you are alleged to have involvement >>>>> in. >>>>> >>>>> Please call me at your earliest convenience and leave a message and a >>>>> phone number on my secure and confidential line if I am not in my >>>>> office. >>>>> >>>>> yours truly, >>>>> Cpl. Lou LaFleur >>>>> Fredericton Police Force >>>>> 311 Queen St. >>>>> Fredericton, NB >>>>> 506-460-2332 >>>>> ______________________________ >>>>> This electronic mail, including any attachments, is confidential and >>>>> is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may be privileged. >>>>> Any unauthorized distribution, copying, disclosure or review is >>>>> prohibited. Neither communication over the Internet nor disclosure to >>>>> anyone other than the intended recipient constitutes waiver of >>>>> privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately >>>>> notify the sender and then delete this communication and any >>>>> attachments from your computer system and records without saving or >>>>> forwarding it. Thank you. >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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