Judge reserves decision in province's bid to quash $2M payout for fired Horizon CEO
Department of Health lawyers argue labour adjudicator erred in grievance of Dr. John Dornan
A judge has reserved decision in an application by the province to have a $2 million payout to the fired head of Horizon Health Network quashed.
Lawyers for the province argued Wednesday in the Court of King's Bench of Saint John that either the labour arbitrator's decision in the case of Dr. John Dornan should be thrown out or the grievance should be sent to another arbitrator.
Dornan served as president and CEO of Horizon for only four months of his five-year contract when Premier Blaine Higgs announced his firing during a news conference July 15, 2022, in a major shakeup of New Brunswick's health-care leadership.
Higgs, who also replaced the health minister and removed the boards of both Horizon and Vitalité, cited a growing health-care crisis that included the "traumatizing" death of a patient on July 12 in the waiting room of the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital's emergency department.
Dornan filed for unjust dismissal under the Public Service Labour Relations Act.
Record-breaking award
In February, adjudicator George Filliter awarded Dornan special damages of about $1.8 million, representing the value of lost salary, pension contributions and health benefits, plus $200,000 in aggravated damages for "breach of the employer's implied obligation to act in good faith when dismissing him."
It was the largest employment compensation award in the province's history, according to Dornan's lawyers.
Filliter ruled Dornan was entitled to the amount he would have earned over the remainder of his five-year contract. He also ruled that the 12-month cap on severance added to his written contract after an employment agreement was already reached was unenforceable "due to a lack of consideration," meaning no additional benefit in exchange for signing the modified agreement, and that Dornan did not have a duty to mitigate his losses by attempting to find a new job, as "duty to mitigate" does not apply to fixed-term contracts.
'Unreasonable decision'
But Jamie Eddy, representing the Department of Health and Horizon, argued Filliter "erred in fact and law and made an unreasonable decision."
His "fatal error," Eddy told Justice Kathryn Gregory, was he ignored long-standing, binding precedent from the New Brunswick Court of Appeal on the issues of consideration and mitigation, relying instead on Ontario Court of Appeal decisions.
"You as a trial judge can't deviate from binding Court of Appeal precedent unless there is a very, very significant reason to do so," Eddy said.
"Certainly an adjudicator under the Public Service Labour Relations Act can't deviate from a binding precedent from this province, even if he likes the rationale from the Ontario Court of Appeal better."
Jamie
Eddy, a lawyer for the province, presented his arguments to Court of
King's Bench Justice Kathryn Gregory in Saint John Wednesday morning. (Roger Cosman/CBC)
Filliter also failed to consider that Dornan agreed to, and later acquiesced to, the mutual termination clause of his contract, Eddy said.
Dornan "had a number of options that were available to him." He could have refused to sign the contract, or signed under protest, or quit and then sued for constructive dismissal and got his full five-year term, he said, as Dornan looked on from the front row of the courtroom.
Contrary to procedural fairness
The province's other lawyer, Jessica Bungay, further argued Filliter should not have awarded aggravated damages because Dornan's lawyers didn't raise the issue until closing arguments, after both parties had already finished presenting evidence.
This was "contrary to the rules natural justice and procedural fairness," said Bungay. "It amounted to trial by ambush."
Jessica
Bungay, a lawyer for the province, argued Dornan's appointment as
interim CEO and permanent CEO were both publicly announced, as was his
firing. He held the most senior role within Horizon Health and the
public have a right to know when there's been a change in that, she
said. (Roger Cosman/CBC)
Bungay also argued that aggravated damages are "an exceptional remedy," not meant "for the normal distress and hurt feelings that arise from a termination."
They are compensation for the injury suffered by the employee as a result of the employer's breach duty of good faith and fair dealing in the manner of dismissal, and must reflect the actual damages, she said, describing the amount awarded to Dornan as "exorbitant."
In addition, Bungay argued Filliter did not have jurisdiction to even hear Dornan's grievance. Although both parties had agreed to have Filliter serve as adjudicator, the Public Service Labour Relations Act stipulates an adjudicator must be appointed by the New Brunswick Labour and Employment Board in the case of non-unionized employees, she said.
This, Bungay suggested, was "fatal."
"Jurisdiction is fundamental to administrative law," she said.
'Ruinous' to reputation
Dornan's lawyer, Toronto-based Howard Levitt, countered that Dornan was in a "vulnerable" position when he signed the written contract. He had already arranged to have his previous positions as an endocrinologist and chief of staff filled on a permanent basis, and he required the security of a five-year term to take him through to retirement, said Levitt.
"He spoke to his wife and … they decided he had nowhere else to go back to if he didn't take the job."
Although the province argued Dornan was actually fired during a private phone call with the health minister, not during the premier's press conference, Levitt maintained he was terminated in a "public, disingenuous and callous way."
The unmistakable inference, he said, was that Dornan was responsible for the ER patient's death.
"They simply threw him under the bus," said Levitt.
"I simply don't understand how [the province] could argue these findings of fact don't amount to award aggravated damages.
"What could be more ruinous for a doctor's reputation than killing a patient? What could be more ruinous to a hospital administrator's reputation than being so negligent that a patient died in the emergency room?"
Kelly
VanBuskirk, a lawyer for Dornan, said the parties were in agreement
with appointment of George Filliter as adjudicator. Filliter accepted
the appointment and copied the CEO of the Labour and Employment Board on
correspondence to 'keep her posted.' (Pierre Fournier/CBC)
Dornan's other lawyer, Saint John-based Kelly VanBuskirk, addressed the jurisdiction issue, arguing that if Filliter didn't have it, he "acquired it" through the province acknowledging his jurisdiction in correspondence and arguments.
He also submitted the province wouldn't be questioning Filliter's jurisdiction if Dornan's case had been dismissed.
'Interesting and complicated issues'
The judge thanked the lawyers for their "excellent arguments" and reserved decision to an undetermined date. She said there are "a lot of very interesting and complicated issues" to consider.
Each lawyer had numerous binders stacked beside them, containing hundreds of pages of documents related to the case and relevant case law.
Kathryn
Gregory, pictured here when she was a senior New Brunswick Crown
prosecutor prior to being appointed a judge in 2020, heard about five
hours of arguments in Dornan's case Wednesday. (Supreme Court of Canada)
In the meantime, both parties will submit briefs on a request by Dornan's lawyers to have several paragraphs from an affidavit filed by a lawyer from the province struck. They contend only evidence that was before the adjudicator is admissible in court, and that "the attempt to introduce evidence in a judicial review application is improper."
The province's lawyers said they had no notice of the motion and weren't in a position to fully respond.
Gregory gave Dornan's lawyers until Nov. 22 to file their written submissions and the province's lawyers must file their response by Dec. 6.
94 Comments
David Amos
Don Corey
Reply to David Amos
I repeat, I would hope that your issue will soon be resolved, and
you will be refunded the money owing. It's time for Mr. Higgs and his
bureaucrats to do the right thing and restore your rights as a Canadian
citizen.
Good luck on this one Mr. Amos.
Trust that Higgy knows that I have crossed with
Justice Kathryn Gregory and every one of these law firms in the past
and can easily prove it
Harvey York
Reply to David Amos
prove it.
David Amos
Reply to Harvey York
I just off the phone with Howard Levitt's office Why not ask them what we talked about?
Harvey York
Reply to David Amos
They likely hung up on you
David Amos
Reply to Harvey York
Nope
David Amos
Reply to Harvey York BTW Kelly VanBuskirk did not pick up his phone so I left a message with his assistant
Stanley Beemish
That and a buck twenty five will get you a Snickers at the dollar store.
David Amos
Reply to Stanley Beemish You forgot the tax Anyway why not take up the
price of snickers with Jessica Bungay? I spoke to her personally before
Higgy's lawyer suddenly had to go to a meeting
David Amos
Whereas Dornan's lawyers believe his beef with Higgy is worth so much I wonder what they think my complaint would be worth?
David Amos
I wonder if Higgy would ask these lawyers a few things to me that the Health Care System has been ignoring for way past too long
I have no doubt that Dornan is entitled to a settlement, given the information we've been provided re his termination, but the $2 Million figure that adjudicator Filliter dreamed up is nothing less than ludicrous.
The judge will come up with a number that is much less, consistent with Canadian employment law and the actual details of the firing.
Thomas Mesheau
Wow, Higgs is a very expensive liability at
this point. Is this where we want our tax dollars being spent? Bailing
this guy out?
Ronald Milller
Reply to Thomas Mesheau
And it's getting worse.
Kyle Woodman
Reply to Thomas Mesheau
Tip of the iceberg.
David Amos
Reply to Kyle Woodman
Do ya think Higgy will ever make his minions
refund the money I was forced to spend on Heath Care because they
denied my right to free health care
Mathieu Laperriere
Reply to David Amos
We're you a Canadian resident at the time or living in the states?
David Amos
Reply to Mathieu Laperriere I have been home since August of 2005
Don Corey
Reply to David Amos
I would hope that your issue will soon be resolved, and
you will be refunded the money owing. It's time for Mr. Higgs and his
bureaucrats to do the right thing and restore your rights as a Canadian
citizen.
Good luck on this one Mr. Amos.
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada announces judicial appointments in the province of New Brunswick Français
Department of Justice Canada
19 Nov, 2020, 13:30 ET
OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 19, 2020 /CNW/ - The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointments under the judicial application process established in 2016. This process emphasizes transparency, merit, and the diversity of the Canadian population, and will continue to ensure the appointment of jurists who meet the highest standards of excellence and integrity.
Michelle Boudreau-Dumas, Family Solicitor at the New Brunswick Legal Aid Services Commission in Campbellton, is appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick, Family Division. Madam Justice Boudreau-Dumas replaces Mr. Justice M.A. Robichaud (Bathurst), who elected to become a supernumerary judge effective November 19, 2019.
Kathryn Gregory, Q.C., Crown Prosecutor for the Office of the Attorney General of New Brunswick in Fredericton, is appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick, Trial Division. Madam Justice Gregory replaces Madam Justice J.L. Clendening (Fredericton), who elected to become a supernumerary judge effective May 15, 2020. The Chief Justice has transferred Mr. Justice T.C. Christie (Saint John) into this vacancy, therefore the vacancy is located in Saint John.
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"I wish Justices Boudreau-Dumas and Gregory continued success as they take on their new roles. I am confident they will serve New Brunswickers well as members of the Court of Queen's Bench."
- The Hon. David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Biographies
Justice Michelle Boudreau-Dumas is from Cocagne, New Brunswick. She received her LL.B. from Université de Moncton in 1991 and was called to the Law Society of New Brunswick in 1992.
Madam Justice Boudreau-Dumas is fluently bilingual and practised law with the New Brunswick Legal Aid Services Commission since 2001 as a family law attorney. Prior to holding this position, she was in private practice, working in the areas of family law, real estate law, and estate law. She lives in Balmoral, where she established her practice with her husband from 1996 to 2001 in the law firm of Guy Dumas. She also has training in mediation and collaborative law.
Justice Boudreau-Dumas has served as a speaker at information sessions for the public and her colleagues at the Commission. She has served on the CBA New Brunswick Family Law Advisory Committee and Professional Development Committee. She also actively participated in the working group on access to family justice established by the New Brunswick Minister of Justice in 2009. She has been deeply involved in combatting domestic violence in the Restigouche region and has been an advisor to and executive director of the boards of directors for Notre-Dame House and Restigouche Family Services.
The proud mother of three children, Justice Boudreau-Dumas has been a member and chair of the parents' committee of Domaine des copains school.
Justice Kathryn Gregory, Q.C., was born and raised in Fredericton, New Brunswick. She attended the University of New Brunswick, obtaining her Bachelor of Arts degree, with Honours. She also earned a Master of Arts in legal philosophy at Queen's University in Kingston and a Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall in Toronto.
Madam Justice Gregory began her legal career in private practice in Fredericton at the boutique firm of Athey, Gregory & Dickson. She had a general practice for six years until 2003, when she became a Crown prosecutor with New Brunswick Public Prosecution Services. Her years in private practice and in prosecutions have given her extensive experience in civil and criminal litigation, including family, contract, employment, tort, and insurance law. Since 2014, Justice Gregory has worked as the Appeals and Education Crown counsel handling all criminal appeals to the New Brunswick Court of Appeal, with numerous appearances at the Supreme Court of Canada. In 2017, she was appointed Queen's Counsel.
Justice Gregory has been an adjunct professor at the University of New Brunswick Law School. She has also lectured at St. Thomas University, served as a panelist for the National Judicial Institute, and been a frequent guest speaker for a variety of organizations. She is a member of the Complaints Committee of the New Brunswick Law Society and a board member of Jobs Unlimited, which assists those with intellectual disadvantages. She is an avid volunteer and player of the game of cricket in New Brunswick.
Justice Gregory lives in Fredericton with her partner, Mark Outar, and is mother to Alexa and step-mother to Sebastien and Jayda.
Quick Facts
- At the Superior Court level, more than 415 judges have been appointed since November 2015. These exceptional jurists represent the diversity that strengthens Canada. Of these judges, more than half are women, and appointments reflect an increased representation of visible minorities, Indigenous, LGBTQ2S, and those who self-identify as having a disability.
- The Government of Canada is committed to promoting access to justice for all Canadians. To improve outcomes for Canadian families, Budget 2018 provides funding of $77.2 million over four years to support the expansion of unified family courts, beginning in 2019-2020. This investment in the family justice system will create 39 new judicial positions in Alberta, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Federal judicial appointments are made by the Governor General, acting on the advice of the federal Cabinet and recommendations from the Minister of Justice.
- The Judicial Advisory Committees across Canada play a key role in evaluating judicial applications. There are 17 Judicial Advisory Committees, with each province and territory represented.
- Significant reforms to the role and structure of the Judicial Advisory Committees, aimed at enhancing the independence and transparency of the process, were announced on October 20, 2016.
SOURCE Department of Justice Canada
For further information: For more information, media may contact: Rachel Rappaport, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Justice, 613-992-6568, rachel.rappaport@justice.gc.ca; Media Relations, Department of Justice Canada, 613-957-4207, media@justice.gc.ca
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/ Gary Miller quits Dennis Oland's legal team as murder retrial begins Prominent Fredericton lawyer, who is being replaced by Michael Lacy of Toronto, cites benefit of fresh eyes Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon · CBC News · Posted: Oct 15, 2018 12:00 PM AT https://btzlaw.ca/team/ The CBC and Gary Miller no doubt recall Chucky Leblanc's 12 year old blog quite well N'esy Pas Andre Faust and David Coon? http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/ August 24th, 2004 Gary A. Miller 371 Queen St. Suite 400, Fredericton, NB E3B 4Y9 George A. McAllister 212 Queen St. Fredericton, NB E3B 1A8 RE: Corruption Sirs, Please find enclosed exactly the same material served upon New Brunswick’s Lieutenant-Governor Hermenegilde Chiasson and many others. The copy of wiretap tape numbered 139 is served upon you in confidence as officers of the court in order that it may be properly investigated. Months ago I contacted you, Mr. McAllister by phone and informed you that I wholeheartedly agreed with your standing that Insurance companies were making the consumers cover their losses in the stock market. Brad Green and Premier Lord played Ms. Weir and the Commission like a fiddle and were merely doing their part to assist the interests of the Insurance Companies at the expense of the public trust. Although you were happy to hear that your opinions had been read and understood, you definitely did not want my evidence supporting your claims. Pursuant to my last statement to you, Mr. McAllister I have now proved to you that I am a man of my word and I now expect you to obey the Code of Conduct that you must obey in order to practice law for a fee. Mr. Miller, the same holds true for you. Within these documents you will find the name of a lawyer you know very well, David Lutz. I find this man to be a very poor example of an officer of the court and I don’t mind telling the world my opinion of him. Please read my letter to him and let me know as to whether or not you stand with him and against me. If anyone were to ask me, Mr. Lutz is a man in need of legal aid and has no right to charge others for his malicious assistance. Will you spring to his defence when I file a complaint against him? Whether you fellas like it or not I have now made you witnesses to my sad complaints before I returned to the USA. If I survive the malicious prosecution that I am looking forward to in Boston next month, I will return to litigate in New Brunswick. There is no middle ground for any lawyer to stand on in this battle within two corrupt justice systems. All that I have demanded from any lawyer is simple ethical conduct. Why is that too much to ask for? I have read your various spit and chews with Brad Green and I must admit I find them to be quite comical from my position as a layman in the catbird seat. Rest assured that I will endeavour to make my opinions widely known. Sue me if you wish. In fact I double dog dare ya to. Bring this material to court so that the jury can have something to read while we argue truth, justice and the Maritimes kowtowing to the American Way. Cya’ll in Court :) David R, Amos 153 Alvin Ave. Milton, MA. 02186 http://davidraymondamos3. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)" <Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 16:08:46 +0000 Subject: RE: The BC Ont.and AB Attorney Generals and the Criminal Lawyers' Association cannot deny that I called all your offices before Justice Drapeau made the news bigtime and the lawyer Alan Gold started yapping to Chucky Leblanc CORRECT? To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick. Please be assured that your email has been received, will be reviewed, and a response will be forthcoming. Once again, thank you for taking the time to write. Merci d'avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré que votre courriel a bien été reçu, qu'il sera examiné et qu'une réponse vous sera acheminée. Merci encore d'avoir pris le temps de nous écrire. Sincerely, / Sincèrement, Correspondence Manager / Gestionnaire de la correspondance Office of the Premier / Cabinet du premier ministre ---------- Original message ---------- From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:07:02 -0400 Subject: The BC Ont.and AB Attorney Generals and the Criminal Lawyers' Association cannot deny that I called all your offices before Justice Drapeau made the news bigtime and the lawyer Alan Gold started yapping to Chucky Leblanc CORRECT? To: etai@alandgoldlaw.com, melanie@alandgoldlaw.com, adgold@on.aibn.com, mfmajor@supremeadvocacy.ca, kathryn.gregory@gnb.ca, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, lynne.watt@gowlingwlg.com, rhouston@burkerobertson.com, john.gordon@gov.bc.ca, premier <premier@gov.bc.ca>, schapman@upfhlaw.ca, mlacy@btzlaw.ca, menchynski@presserlaw.ca, leslie.paine@ontario.ca, Gavin.MacDonald@ontario.ca, premier <premier@ontario.ca>, christine.rideout@gov.ab.ca, premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>, "Gilles.Blinn" <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> MulcaT <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, "maxime.bernier" <maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>, "Gerald.Butts" <Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "Michael.Wernick" <Michael.Wernick@pco-bcp.gc.ca <Bobbi-Jean.MacKinnon@cbc.ca>, "Robert. Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, "bill.pentney" <bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, "Baumberg, Andrew" <Andrew.Baumberg@cas-satj.gc. <Norman.Sabourin@cjc-ccm.gc.ca http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ Dennis Oland to travel to Ottawa for Supreme Court bail appeal Oland was released from prison Tuesday after N.B. Court of Appeal overturned conviction in father's murder By Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, CBC News Posted: Oct 27, 2016 6:00 AM AT This should be an interesting decision considering the obvious fact that most of the Judges now sitting on the bench in the Surpeme Court of Canada were politically vetted by the law and order right wing wacko whom I enjoy call ing Stevey Boy Harper N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger" and Mr Wannabe Neo Con Leader Maxime Bernier? http://www.scc-csc.ca/case- Alan D. Gold Called to the bar: 1973 (ON) adgold@on.aibn.com, Melanie J. Webb Called to the bar: 2008 (ON) Email: melanie@alandgoldlaw.com Etai Hilzenrat Called to the bar: 2014 (ON) Email: etai@alandgoldlaw.com Gold, Alan D., Professional Corporation Ste. 210 20 Adelaide St. E. Toronto, Ontario M5C 2T6 Phone: 416-368-1726 Fax: 416-368-6811 info@alandgoldlaw.com The lawyer Alan Gold told Chucky Leblanc last week that he was looking forward to appearing before the Supreme Court next week ME TOO I have no idea whatsoever if the snobby lawyer from Toronto sent anyone across the street to pull my docket in Federal Court in Fat Fred City. However I did call and talk to Gold's assistant again today. She told me that Gold was well aware of my email last week and I was welcome to send another one today. ENJOY because as i said Methinks it is High time for me to sue Gold and his cohorts. After all ALL officers of the court should know that murder is acapital crime and there is no statute of limitations CORRECT? What concerned me last week with Gold's actions last week was his client's freedom ASAP. Once that was attained I was satisfied for now in that some rules of law had been upheld by a very corrupt court. I presumed that once Oland's bail was determined, the upcoming hearing in the Supreme Court would be a waste of that court's precious time and the matter would be set aside. Even though Gold had said nay not so within Chucky's video last week, who would trust the words of a lawyer to a mindless blogger and his very corrupt media cohorts when the same lawyer and his cohorts did not have the balls to return phone calls or answer emails since last February? So I did not bother to send the email i had promised all the other lawyers I had contacted last week until I knew the score for sure. http:// Monday, 24 October 2016 Oland's defence lawyer Alan Gold face the Media and Blogger!!! https://youtu.be/i1UHRH58rkU Posted by Charles Leblanc at 12:45 pm I don't know if Oland's lawyers are aware of what Chucky's published above but they cannot deny that I made them aware that I published my email to them last week only AFTER Drapeau and cohorts made their big decision in their client's favour. The email below can be found within this blog.This email will bee published within the same blog in short order. http://davidraymondamos3. At least the very corrupt Crown Corp commonly known as the CBC did me the service of affirming Gold's opinion today. So you now have my email that I had promised to send to many of you when I called last week. Enjoy your Halloween in the Supreme Court I will be very busy practicing hard ball politciking with Trump and Hillary on the same day. Veritas Vincit David Raymond Amos 902 800 0369 P.S. Perhaps I should remind the very evil lawyer evil lawyer Norman Sabourin and Chief Justice the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin that the cover letter that I sent along to them along with a huge pile of documents and a CD,had been published within My blog, Chucky Leblanc's blog and that of a former friend of his for many years and still can be viewed to this very day http://oldmaison.blogspot.ca/ http://qslspolitics.blogspot. http://thedavidamosrant. http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/ At least the RCMP/GRC should not deny that the RCMP, many other Canadian Feds etc. many Yankees and their FBI and even quite a few Russians amongst other interesting countries have been checking my work alot lately EH Gilles Blinn of the RCMP, sneaky Gerry Butts of the PMO and your nasty butt buddy Mean Mikey Wernick of the PCO?. BTW if gold has two clues between his ears he should know that the same CD and many of the same documenst are now in the docket of Federal Court. The RCMP and everybody else knows the lawyer Shirley Heafey and her many minions and their replacements answered me long ago. This year Norman Saborin and his cohorts merely told me to make another complaint CORRECT? http://davidraymondamos3. The aforesaid letter is as follows July 31st, 2005 Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, C/o Norman Sabourin Andrew Grant and Renée Maria Tremblay Canadian Judicial Council Ottawa, 150 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0W8 Shirley Heafey Chair of CommissionGeneral Counsel and for Public Complaints against the RCMP P.O. Box 3423 Station "D" Ottawa, ON K1P 6L4 RE: Rampant Public Corruption Hey, Pursuant to my recent phone calls to Norman Sabourin and various underlings of Shirley Heafey within the Commission for Public Complaints against the RCMP over the years plus my many faxes and emails please find enclosed exactly the same material received by every Attorney General in Canada over the past year. The CD which is a copy of a police surveillance wiretap tape # 139 is served upon you as officers of the court in order that it may be properly investigated. As you can see I have enclosed a copy of a letter sent to the latest Attorney General Mr. Wally Opal in BC. Perhaps he should take a little trip to Surrey and ask your office some hard questions. Perhaps the ghost of my fellow Independent politician, Chuck Cadman may wish to answer few questions now as well. Hard telling not knowing. I will not bother you with the details of what I am sending to you byway of the certified US Mail because I will be serving identical material to many other Canadian Authorities in hand and tell them I gave this stuff to you first and enclose a copy of this letter. All that is important to me right now is that I secure proof that this mail was sent before I make my way back home to the Maritimes. However I will say I am also enclosing a great deal more material than what Allan Rock had received in the UN. Some of it is in fact the same material the two maritime lawyers, Rob Moore and Franky Boy McKenna in particular received, while I was up home running for Parliament last year. Things have changed greatly in the past year so I have also included a few recent items to spice thing up for you. I am tired of trying to convince people employed in law enforcement to uphold the law. So all I will say for now is deal will your own conscience and be careful how you respond to this letter. If you do not respond. Rest assured I will do my best to sue you some day. Ignorance is no excuse to the law or me. Veritas Vincit David R. 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To: alison.crawford@cbc.ca, garyamiller.gampc@gmail.com, fifth@cbc.ca, info@alandgoldlaw.com, "ralph.goodale.a1" <ralph.goodale.a1@parl.gc.ca>, "roger.l.brown" <roger.l.brown@rcmp-grc.gc.ca> "Bill.Casey" <Bill.Casey@parl.gc.ca>, "jan.jensen" <jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>, wteed <wteed@coxandpalmer.com>, "serge.rousselle" <serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "Robert. Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> <gopublic@cbc.ca>, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, nmoore <nmoore@bellmedia.ca>, "macpherson.don" <macpherson.don@dailygleaner. andre <andre@jafaust.com> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ Drapeau abruptly says he's not suggesting defence should have made motion for directed verdict. Called for recess. 10:06 AM - 19 Oct 2016 Retweets On 2/20/16, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan D. Gold > Called to the bar: 1973 (ON) > Gold, Alan D., Professional Corporation > Ste. 210 > 20 Adelaide St. E. > Toronto, Ontario M5C 2T6 > Phone: 416-368-1726 > Fax: 416-368-6811 > Email: info@alandgoldlaw.com > > > etc etc etc  Jamie Eddy, KC
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Over the past 42 years, Howard has lectured at seminars across Canada, appearing at over 400 employment law conferences.
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Attn Kathryn Marshall I called and left a a voicemail about Patricia Jaggernauth's concerns with Bell Media Correct?
David Amos<david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> | Sat, Oct 8, 2022 at 3:51 PM |
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---------- Original message ---------- From: "Garcia, Patricia" <Patricia.Garcia@bellmedia.ca> Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2022 18:32:04 +0000 Subject: Automatic reply: [EXT]RE My replies to Patricia Jaggernauth's Tweet about the CBC news of her concerns with Bell Media To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. -- OUT OF OFFICE ALERT -- Thank you for your email. I'm out of office, returning Friday Oct. 14. Please contact jason.laszlo@bell.ca if you require immediate assistance. Thank you, Patricia ---------- Original message ---------- From: Postmaster@bbc.co.uk Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2022 19:35:36 +0100 Subject: Undeliverable: Fwd: Thanks for reaching out Re: RE My replies to Patricia Jaggernauth's Tweet about the CBC news of her concerns with Bell Media To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups: newsonline@bbc.co.uk<mailto:ne The recipient won't be able to receive this message because it's too large. The maximum message size that's allowed is 1 KB. This message is 6 KB. ---------- Original message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2022 15:35:33 -0300 Subject: Fwd: Thanks for reaching out Re: RE My replies to Patricia Jaggernauth's Tweet about the CBC news of her concerns with Bell Media To: newsonline@bbc.co.uk Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com> https://davidraymondamos3. Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups: newsonline (newsonline@bbc.co.uk) The recipient won't be able to receive this message because it's too large. The maximum message size that's allowed is 1 KB. This message is 23 KB . ---------- Original message ---------- From: Canadaland Editorial Team <editor@canadaland.com> Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2022 11:32:25 -0700 Subject: Thanks for reaching out Re: RE My replies to Patricia Jaggernauth's Tweet about the CBC news of her concerns with Bell Media To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Hi! Thanks for getting in touch with Canadaland! It's always nice to hear from people (except, perhaps, the enthusiastic conspiracy theorists who insist on sending us regular bulletins). If this is a news tip, we will for sure read it. We sadly can't respond to everything, but if it's something we decide to pursue, we'll be in touch. If this is a pitch for a freelance written or audio piece you'd like to contribute, we'll endeavour to get back to you shortly. If this is a request for a correction or clarification, we'll have a look and consider it asap. If this is something else — general feedback, a patron-related inquiry, a communication from your own auto-responder such that this is just two robots talking to each other — we'll make sure it gets seen by the right person. In any event: Thank you! Your support, participation, and/or concern for accuracy means a lot. The Editorial team at Canadaland ---------- Original message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2022 15:31:56 -0300 Subject: RE My replies to Patricia Jaggernauth's Tweet about the CBC news of her concerns with Bell Media To: shanifa.nasser@cbc.ca, "silas.brown" <silas.brown@globalnews.ca>, "macpherson.don" <macpherson.don@brunswicknews. <macklamoureux@gmail.com>, "huras.adam" <huras.adam@brunswicknews.com> <newsonline@bbc.co.uk>, newstips <newstips@cnn.com>, news-tips <news-tips@nytimes.com>, jesse <jesse@canadalandshow.com>, "Jessica.ng" <Jessica.ng@bellmedia.ca>, jesse <jesse@jessebrown.ca>, info@mediasmarts.ca, media@newslit.org, jackson.weaver@cbc.ca, Omar.Sachedina@ctv.ca, Muriel.Draaisma@cbc.ca, Talia.Ricci@cbc.ca, editor@canadaland.com, rob.duffy@bellmedia.ca, Karine.Moses@bellmedia.ca, mark.langton@bell.ca, thane.fotopoulos@bell.ca, patricia.garcia@bellmedia.ca, rfife <rfife@globeandmail.com>, marie-eve.bergeron@bellmedia. david.chamberlain@ctv.ca, onthego@cbc.ca, Michael.Melling@bellmedia.ca, Michael.Melling@ctv.ca Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, sheilagunnreid <sheilagunnreid@gmail.com>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, nsinvestigators <nsinvestigators@gmail.com>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, paulpalango <paulpalango@protonmail.com>, NightTimePodcast <NightTimePodcast@gmail.com>, "michael.macdonald" <michael.macdonald@ https://davidraymondamos3. Saturday, 8 October 2022 CP24 personality alleges 'systemic pattern' of discrimination in human rights claim against Bell Media https://twitter.com/ 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀 𝐉𝐀𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇 @Patricia_J · I am relieved to be telling my story. ⠀⠀⠀⠀ Link to read in my profile and here: https://cbc.ca/news/canada/ instagram.com 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀 𝐉𝐀𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇 (@patricia_j) • Instagram photo David Raymond Amos @DavidRaymondAm1 Replying to @Patricia_J Perhaps we should talk 12:02 PM · Oct 8, 2022 David Raymond Amos @DavidRaymondAm1 Replying to DavidRaymondAm1 and @Patricia_J FYI You some info byway of your website Please enjoy patriciajtv.com I also called and left your lawyer a voicemail before sending her and @CBCNews @CTVNews @globalnews @globeandmail @postmedianet the same info and publishing it in my blog https://davidraymondamos3. www.patriciajtv.com patriciajtv.com www.patriciajtv.com PATRICIA JAGGERNAUTH 2:53 PM · Oct 8, 2022 https://www.cbc.ca/news/ CP24 personality alleges 'systemic pattern' of discrimination in human rights claim against Bell Media Bell Media says it takes allegations of discrimination ‘very seriously’ Shanifa Nasser · CBC News · Posted: Oct 07, 2022 3:22 PM ET In a complaint filed with the Canadian Human Rights Commission on Wednesday, Patricia Jaggernauth, a weather specialist, remote reporter and co-host for the Bell-owned news channel CP24, describes being repeatedly passed over for promotions and earning less than a living wage. (Robert Krbavac/CBC) A well-known Toronto television personality has filed a human rights complaint against Bell Media, alleging "a systemic pattern" of racism, sexism and discrimination, adding that during her 11 years with the company, she was "treated as a token and a commodity." In a complaint filed with the Canadian Human Rights Commission on Wednesday, Patricia Jaggernauth, a weather specialist, remote reporter and co-host for the Bell-owned news channel CP24, describes being repeatedly passed over for promotions and earning less than a living wage. Jaggernauth says she watched as white colleagues, often newer ones, made it higher up the corporate ladder, while she wasn't even offered a contract — something she attributes to the fact that she is a racialized woman. Part Guyanese and part Jamaican, Jaggernauth claims she was denied full-time stable employment and was instead forced to work weeks straight without a day off — an experience she says landed her in hospital with pneumonia because she felt she had no choice but to put work ahead of her health. "I almost died doing what I loved because a freelancer can't say no. Every hour is bread, every hour is rent, every hour is that tank of gas," said Jaggernauth, who resigned from Bell Media last Tuesday. In an email to CBC News, a Bell Media spokesperson said, "We do not comment on matters involving current or former staff members, but can confirm that Bell Media takes allegations of any potential discrimination very seriously, and are committed to a safe, inclusive, and respectful work environment where employees can thrive. "If a matter is brought to our attention where an employee did not feel adequately supported, a process is triggered to review and address when required." 'Good enough to fill in but never ... to invest in' In an exclusive interview with CBC News, Jaggernauth broke her silence about her time at Bell. At first, she said, landing a job there felt like "a dream." WATCH | Patricia Jaggernauth speaks about working for years without a contract at Bell: 'How come I was never enough?' 21 hours ago Duration 0:41 Journalist Patricia Jaggernauth alleges she was repeatedly passed up for job opportunities at CP24, leaving her struggling with her mental health. "I'm the girl living in metro housing that got out. I'm the one that was never supposed to succeed," she said. "I knew that I loved people, I loved community, I loved conversation ... And where I was working provided that — but not ever on a contractual basis, always as a fill-in. "How come I'm always good enough to fill in but never good enough to invest in?" Jaggernauth says she was guaranteed just two days of work each week, and called at random to fill in for hosts who were off sick or away. With no certainty as to what her weeks would look like, she says she relied on the ability to take on other jobs to supplement her income — something she had done throughout her time there. This past summer, management moved to limit that ability, blocking her from performing any paid activities outside of the company without management approval, according to her formal complaint. The rule was originally created in 2019 when Bell employees unionized, but was never enforced until this year, she says. "Bell has done this while at the same time denying Ms. Jaggernauth promotions she has earned and is qualified for, and while refusing to provide her with full-time work," the complaint reads. "At Bell, people of colour are cynically used as tokens," it adds. Long days, short turnarounds led to breakdown: complaint Jaggernauth's complaint comes on the heels of Bell Media's recent dismissal of celebrated chief anchor Lisa LaFlamme, who said she was "blindsided" when the company ended her contract at CTV National after more than 30 years as part of a "business decision." The move caused an uproar and in the days that followed, CTV News executive Michael Melling went on leave from the company. In 2019, Jaggernauth says she contracted a virus and was hospitalized after "years of long days, short turnarounds, lengthy work stretches and being told to work for weeks upon weeks, non-stop." Lisa LaFlamme 'blindsided' by cancellation of contract with CTV CTV exec goes on leave after Lisa LaFlamme controversy After a three-month unpaid sick leave, she says she pleaded with Bell for more stability. What she was offered, she says, was a part-time contract formalizing her two days of work per week and giving her access to medical and dental benefits — with no additional shifts, no change to her wage and no ability to continue freelancing outside of Bell. The complaint says the treatment Jaggernauth faced led her to suffer "a breakdown" during the most recent Bell Let's Talk Day while live on the air. In the segment, later posted to YouTube by CP24, five hosts open up about their mental health. The last host to share is Jaggernauth, who speaks candidly about her personal and professional struggles, including the toll of working weekends for 11 years. "I'm going to cry. Oh my God," says in the segment, tearing up. "In this industry what I've found is you get to be in the bright lights, you know, here you have this amazing career and people think you're a multi-millionaire, you're so lucky, but do you want to put my shoes on guys?" Jaggernauth alleges none of her supervisors reached out at the time. The complaint says the treatment Jaggernauth faced led her to suffer 'a breakdown' during Bell Let's Talk Day while live on the air. In the segment, posted to YouTube by CP24, five hosts open up about their mental health. (CP24/YouTube) 'I'm walking away and I will persevere' It wasn't until two weeks later when she reached out to her manager for help that a therapist was offered, she says. Ineligible for therapy through a benefits plan, Jaggernauth says she was finally offered a Bell-recommended therapist, but ultimately says she didn't feel safe with the arrangement and declined the help. The complaint says Jaggernauth had repeated conversations with management about her concerns at Bell — concerns she says were not taken seriously. Among those she spoke to were Melling and the company's president, "however her complaints were sidelined," according to the complaint. Firing of Lisa LaFlamme sends discouraging message to young journalists, experts say Bell Media employees are part of a union, however given settlements between employers and unions are often kept secret through non-disclosure agreements, Jaggernauth says she felt a human rights complaint was the best way forward. A complaint at the commission can not only result in payment of denied wages but also monetary damages for alleged discrimination. It can also force policy changes such as pay equity, says Jaggernauth's lawyer Kathryn Marshall of the firm Levitt Sheikh. Jaggernauth says for her, the complaint goes beyond money — it's also about demanding change for women who look like her in the industry and for women overall. As for her next steps, she says, "I came from hardship. I persevered. I started this career with hardship and I persevered, and I'm walking away and I will persevere." ABOUT THE AUTHOR Shanifa Nasser Reporter-Editor Shanifa Nasser is a Toronto-based reporter with CBC News interested in religion, race, national security, the justice system and stories with a heartbeat. She holds an MA in the Study of Religion from the University of Toronto. Her reporting has led to two investigative documentaries by The Fifth Estate. Reach her at: shanifa.nasser@cbc.ca Follow Shanifa Nasser on Twitter With files from Angelina King CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices https://patriciajtv.com/ PATRICIA JAGGERNAUTH is a media JUGGERNAUT! More about Patricia, the media juggernaut: With a career of more than 20 years as a professional television host & media heavy weight, Patricia Jaggernauth is an EMMY Award Winning & Canadian award winning personality who is celebrated across North America as an exuberant storyteller of LIVE television. Most notably seen on CP24, Toronto’s Breaking News, working with Toronto #1 news team and #1 morning show across Canada, on CP24 Breakfast as a beloved co-host, LIVE EYE/remote host, weather specialist & special presentation host (lead host of the star studded Caribbean Carnival for 9 Years, St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Pride Parade) broadcasting to millions across the region. Patricia also frequents CTV's Your Morning as Co-Host & Weather Presenter broadcasting nationally across Canada as well as CTV Toronto as Weather Specialist broacasting to millions of Canadians. Patricia also adds E! News and NBC to her resume having co-hosted the daytime talk show “E! Daily POP” LIVE from Los Angeles, California. Patricia has also appeared on BBC WORLD NEWS & PBS NEWS to an audience of more than 110 million, LIVE! Patricia is the host & executive producer of “The Patricia J Show” seen across Canada on demand on Bell Fibe TV1 and internationally online. Patricia invites celebrities, professional athletes and social icons to share stories of struggle, inspiration and special moments. Her trending hashtag #REALTALKREALCONVERSATION is the essence of her brand and has brought all conversation back to being REAL! As the most followed & recognized television personality at CP24, CTV (Canada’s #1 Network) and Bell Media studios, Patricia has now become one of the most followed television personalities in Canadian television with more than 500 thousand accumulated social media followers across all social media platforms – 381 thousand on Instagram alone! Patricia frequents the stage as a highly requested LIVE event host, hosting a plethora of events across North America of all genres to crowds in the thousands. Patricia hosts close to 25 live events per year! Patricia's IG talk series: "LIVE WITH PJ" is available *exclusively* on Patricia's IGTV and IG LIVE. With "REAL TALK, REAL CONVERSATION", the platform was created during COVID-19 and the BLM movement to provide a space to have powerful and uplifting conversations. The show has seen hundreds of thousands of viewers thus far, both LIVE and on IGTV, with interviews from highly notable guests including political heavyweights, advocates, notable television personalities, business moguls, Grammy Award Winning musicians, world class photographers and celebrities, ALL of which are friends and supporters of Patricia! This show is a true HIT and fan favourite! She is also the CEO & Creative Director of www.PJGLAMGIRL.com, an online glam fashion boutique created by Patricia Jaggernauth herself. As national spokesperson for arrive alive DRIVE SOBER for more than 8 years strong with a clear mission to eliminate impaired driving in Ontario and across the nation, she currently can been seen and heard singing her national 30 second tv + radio public service announcement which plays on high rotation. Her original song: "Arrive Alive” was produced by Universal Music Canada. Patricia is the President & CEO of PJ11 ENTERTAINMENT LTD. producing talk shows, web series, reality tv, social media campaigns and events across North America. Patricia has her O-1B USA WORK VISA and is available for immediate hire in both the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, EUROPE & CANADA. *Contact Patricia* Bookings, Inquiries & Personal Messages RE My reply to your Tweet David Raymond Amos @DavidRaymondAm1 Replying to @Patricia_J Perhaps we should talk 12:02 PM · Oct 8, 2022 Here is a scoop for a Freelance Journalist Ask yourself why Lisa LaFlamme et al are still playing dumb after two months https://davidraymondamos3. Monday, 15 August 2022 Lisa LaFlamme 'blindsided' by cancellation of contract with CTV ---------- Original message ---------- From: "Sachedina, Omar" <Omar.Sachedina@bellmedia.ca> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 20:36:08 +0000 Subject: Automatic reply: [EXT]Perhaps Lisa LaFlamme and I should talk EH Katie??? To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Thank you for your message. I am away until November 1st with intermittent access to email. If your matter is urgent, please call the CTV National News Assignment Desk at 416-384-7400. Better yet ask yourself why the News Anchor in the Maritimes had no clue what I was talking about even though his corporate lawyers took over 3 days to print my documents after I ran for a seat in Parliament the first time which was over 2 years after W5 asked me for more info about my lawsuits in the USA in 2002 https://www.youtube.com/watch? Me,Myself and I 393 views Apr 2, 2013 45 subscribers ----- Original Message ----- From: martine.turcotte@bell.ca To: motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com Cc: bcecomms@bce.ca ; W-Five@ctv.ca Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:28 AM Subject: RE: I am curious Mr. Amos, I confirm that I have received your documentation. There is no need to send us a hard copy. As you have said yourself, the documentation is very voluminous and after 3 days, we are still in the process of printing it. I have asked one of my lawyers to review it in my absence and report back to me upon my return in the office. We will then provide you with a reply. 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"Horizon has a thorough quality review process in place which ensures concerns expressed by a patient about the care they receive in our facilities are followed up on." Need I say that one was PURE D BS??? https://davidraymondamos3. Tuesday, 2 August 2022 After more hospital complaints, Higgs gets involved in health-care system — again Round 4 https://www.cbc.ca/news/ Fredericton ER death compounds grief for mother who lost baby Aimee Dunn says Chalmers Hospital promised more compassionate care Rachel Cave · CBC News · Posted: Aug 05, 2022 6:00 AM AT Aimee Dunn and her partner, Mitchell Waite, four days before Dunn was admitted to the emergency department of a Fredericton hospital, where she lost her baby. (Submitted by Aimee Dunn) When Aimee Dunn heard that a patient died alone in the waiting room of a Fredericton emergency department less than four months after she lost her infant in the same ER, she felt grief and rage all over again. "My baby looked perfect," said Dunn, who had to be delivered of a stillborn girl by C-section on March 23 at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital. "They promised to do better. Now someone else is dead." At the heart of Dunn's pain is why it took 12 hours for anyone to check on the health of her baby. WATCH | Fredericton couple still in grief after losing child in ER Woman who lost baby in Fredericton ER says hospital promised to do better 4 hours ago Duration 4:54 Aimee Dunn says hospital vowed to make changes, but then she heard a man died in the ER waiting room Dunn, who was 35 weeks pregnant, says her medical history should have prompted her pregnancy to be a top concern. At 30, Dunn had already had one miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy. A diabetic from childhood, she came into the hospital wearing her insulin pump. A plaster cast of Reia Dunn’s feet and hands, given to Dunn and Waite by staff at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital. (Submitted by Aimee Dunn) And her records showed she'd had lupus, an autoimmune disease that can raise the risk of pregnancy complications. She said she'd been in the care of Dr. Erica Holloway, a maternal fetal specialist. Dunn believed the maternity ward would take good care of her. She knew its corners and its crannies, working there nights in housekeeping. Her tasks include taking out the garbage, disinfecting equipment and cleaning up after women give birth in the labour and delivery unit. "It can take up to an hour," Dunn said. "But none of this bothers me. I'm happy to do it. " Something went wrong On March 22, when Dunn was still excited that her day was coming — that soon she'd be a mother herself in labour and delivery, holding the baby girl she'd already decided to name Reia — she started feeling pain. She began vomiting and heaving uncontrollably. Her partner, Mitchell Waite, said he called labour and delivery and was told to bring Dunn in. But when they got to the unit, they were turned away and instructed to go to the emergency department instead. Dunn was admitted immediately at 5:43 p.m., according to the autopsy report. Already, she symptoms of preeclampsia, a known risk factor in maternal death and fetal death. But Dr. Stephen Cashman in the ER seemed preoccupied with her cannabis use, Dunn said. She had been diagnosed early in her pregnancy with hyperemesis, or severe nausea and vomiting. A cannabis user since age 15, she decided to keep using it during her pregnancy against the advice of her physicians. She said it helped reduce the nausea, but more important, it gave her an appetite. Dunn says she’s getting by with support from her friends and family. From left are Aimee’s grandmother Albina Stuckless, Aimee, best friend Anita Mihailescu and Aimee’s mother Joanne Dunn. (Rachel Cave/CBC) In the ER, both Dunn and Waite felt dismissed by nursing staff and Cashman. "He really didn't want to do anything else with us," Waite said. "He won't even talk to me, and I don't even smoke weed. "Both him and the nurse were treating us just like poor people who were potheads." Dunn's medical records indicate Cashman was planning to discharge Dunn, but she was reluctant to go and insisted on staying overnight. She doesn't remember Waite leaving the hospital around 10 o'clock that night. "I thought everything was handled at this point," Waite said. "She's in good hands. She's in a good place. She's going to get the care she needs. "That wasn't the case at all." No fetal heartbeat According to an emergency room report written by Dr. Anthony Sarkisian, Cashman managed Dunn's care until she was handed over to Dr. Yogi Seghal, who then handed her over to Sarkisian at 1 a.m. At that time, Dunn was described as stable with normal blood pressure. According to Sarkisian's report, Seghal had reported Dunn was assessed by labour and delivery, which felt her symptoms were not related to her pregnancy so directed her to the ER. Dunn insists she wasn't seen in labour and delivery. Just before 6 a m., Sarkisian wrote, it was brought to his attention for the first time that Dunn had elevated blood pressure. He reviewed her vitals and labs and realized she had consistently had high blood pressure since presenting to the ER. Aimee Dunn and Mitchell Waite after their March 5 baby shower. (Submitted by Aimee Dunn) "It was clear to me at that time that the patient was suffering from preeclampsia," he wrote. He also noted that attempts were made to reach Dr. Sheri-Lee Samson, the obstetrician on call, but she and another doctor had been in the operating rooms, performing emergency caesarean sections. He noted that Dunn was in diabetic ketoacidosis. Soon thereafter, she had a seizure and was rushed to acute care for resuscitation. When "obstetrics" saw Dunn at 6:30 a.m. on March 23, no fetal heartbeat could be identified, the autopsy report said. 'Doesn't sound good' Waite, a mechanic, said he was getting ready for work when he got the call to come back to the hospital. "They said I had to go to L and D [labour and delivery] right away, and I was like, OK, this doesn't sound good," said Waite. "So I'm in L and D and they're explaining what's going on, and they told me about the seizures. They weren't upfront about Reia dying. "They're like, 'It's possible she may have passed away.' So I was left there, not quite understanding the whole concept." Dr. Erica Schollenberg, with the department of pathology at the IWK Hospital in Halifax, wrote in her autopsy report that the fetus was anatomically normal and likely died in the overnight hours. "Specific mechanism of fetal demise in maternal eclampsia is not well understood but is likely asphyxial due to acute insufficiency of vascular supply from the uterus to the placenta," she wrote. By the time Dunn had her seizure, Schollenberg said, she had laboratory features of both eclampsia and diabetic ketoacidosis. Hospital's apology Dunn said it took her a while to find the strength to ask for her medical records. When she got them, she felt sick all over again. She wrote a detailed complaint describing what happened to Horizon patient representative Gillian Gillies, who set a meeting for May 31. Also present were Nicole Tupper, the hospital's executive director, Dr. Erica Frecker, head of obstetrics, and Dr. Krishna Pulchan, head of emergency medicine. "They basically apologized for what happened," Waite said. Dunn said she was touched by Pulchan's kindness. "He was a really quiet man ,and when he ended up having his turn, he spoke very softly," she recalled. Dunn and Waite decorated a child's room in whites and pinks ahead of Dunn’s due date of April 27. (Submitted by Aimee Dunn) She said Pulchan offered his deepest condolences and told her tears had come to his eyes when he read the complaint. "He couldn't believe how out of all that happened that night, if one person would have given any type of compassion that this result could have possibly been changed," Dunn said. "Yeah that was the problem," Waite said. "Nobody really cared enough that night." Neither Dunn nor Waite took notes of what was said in the meeting. They said they were told there were not enough emergency specialists to staff the ER, so family doctors were filling the gap. They also said the hospital was working on plans to add critical triage care to the labour and delivery unit. The emergency department would be making changes to better monitor patients in the ER waiting room. Horizon's statement CBC News requested interviews with any of the physicians who were present at the May 31 meeting and a copy of any action plan that resulted from the review. No interviews or details were provided. Instead, Horizon forwarded a written statement from Margaret Melanson, the interim president and CEO. "Horizon has a thorough quality review process in place which ensures concerns expressed by a patient about the care they receive in our facilities are followed up on. Results — as well as any recommendations or mitigating actions — that may come from the review are shared openly and transparently with the patient and their loved ones," wrote Melanson. Complaint filed with college Dunn said she filed a complaint with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick. The college did confirm it's reviewing her complaint filed against Dr. Stephen Cashman of Vancouver. Outgoing president Dr. Ed Schollenberg said Cashman will be given an opportunity to respond before the college decides next steps. The college could decide to conduct a disciplinary hearing. Schollenberg said it all takes time and he wondered if this case would end up under the scrutiny of a coroner's inquest. "I would think this would be eligible," he said. Dunn and Waite are still grieving the loss of their first child. The hospital let Dunn hold Reia for a while. She was also given a plaster cast of Reia's tiny feet and hands and a handprint. Dunn said what she really wants, since she'll never get her baby back, is to have the hospital follow through on what it promised. Another death in ER On July 12, a man described as a senior sitting in a wheelchair died alone while waiting to be seen in the Chalmers ER. Dunn was shocked. She'd been told staff would get "compassion training" and improvements were already in the works. "They said they had a new plan to make sure that patients in the waiting room would be seen by someone and would get some kind of treatment while they were waiting. Even if it's just Gravol for nausea." She doesn't want to hear about people not getting proper care in the emergency room. "At this point we're determined to keep fighting for change," Dunn said. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rachel Cave Rachel Cave is a CBC reporter based in Saint John, New Brunswick. CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices https://www.cbc.ca/news/ Ousted Horizon CEO pushed for COVID 'red phase' in hospitals ‘Seventh COVID wave is amongst us,’ Dornan said in email days before firing Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Aug 04, 2022 7:00 AM AT Dr. John Dornan, former president and CEO, Horizon Health Network (Horizon Health Network) The former CEO of Horizon Health wanted to move the province's hospitals back to the "red phase" of COVID-19 measures just days before he was fired from the job. Dr. John Dornan said in an email on July 11 that "a seventh COVID wave is amongst us," with hospitalizations and staff outbreaks increasing. A Horizon infectious disease and infection protection control committee was "recommending moving to Hospital Red phase next week if numbers continue to deteriorate," Dornan wrote in the email obtained by CBC News. Dornan wrote that officials "could make that call collectively on Monday or Tuesday next week," referring to July 18 and 19. The red phase move never happened, even though the numbers did continue to deteriorate. The following Tuesday, the two health authorities reported an increase in weekly COVID-19 admissions, active hospitalizations, hospital outbreaks and staff infections between July 10-16. Dornan was fired July 15. A major element of red phase protocols would be a ban on routine visitors seeing patients in hospitals. In his email, the then-CEO said moving to the red phase was "contingent" on Vitalité and Public Health agreeing to it. But Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Jennifer Russell said Wednesday she had no insight into why there was no move to red. "I don't want to speak for the RHAs. They are the decision-makers in this case, so they're the authority on what happens in their own operations," she said. Dornan said in the July 11 email it was "probable" Horizon would communicate the possibility of a move to the red phase "publicly this week as a heads up. It is good to be transparent." That never happened. At the time of Dornan's firing, Premier Blaine Higgs said a change in leadership was needed to break a "bureaucratic stalemate" in the health system and push forward reforms to address long wait lists and clogged emergency departments. Higgs made the changes after the death of a patient who was waiting for care in the emergency department at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton. Dr. John Dornan was fired from his position as CEO of Horizon Health. (Jacques Poitras/CBC) Vitalité vice-president of medical services Natalie Banville replied to Dornan's July 11 email that she had spoken to CEO France Desrosiers, and officials at the health authority wanted to "analyze the situation more closely." She said cases were increasing but only two of Vitalité's 17 admissions were "COVID related." "We need to look more closely at the epidemiology and zone situation before moving to red phase," Banville wrote, saying Vitalité's leadership would meet July 12 and respond with a recommendation. Dornan thanked her and said Horizon would "strive to be on the same page." It's not clear what Vitalité ended up recommending the next day or why Dornan's replacement, interim CEO Margaret Melanson, didn't follow through with his plan. Unlike Dornan, Desrosiers remains in her position as CEO of Vitalité. Dornan turned down an interview request from CBC News about his email. "I have no comments," he said Wednesday. In a statement to CBC News, Melanson said Horizon has "gained more knowledge of the virus" during the pandemic and can now adopt "more targeted and flexible" measures while maintaining important services and allowing visitors. The statement did not address why Dornan felt differently and favoured a full move to red phase less than four weeks ago. Three days after his email, and one day before his firing as CEO, Dornan encouraged Horizon staff in an internal memo to "consider showing an example" by masking in indoor public spaces due to "escalating" COVID-19 transmission. A spokesperson for the Department of Health said on July 18 Dornan's firing was "not related" to that memo. In staff memo day before he was fired, Horizon CEO urged community masking against COVID Horizon and Vitalité moved to the red phase Dec. 31 during a surge of Omicron cases. They returned to the orange phase on June 20. Dornan's July 11 email referred to a "seventh wave" arriving, even though the province's public health officials have been reluctant to use the term. Russell told Brunswick News July 12 she might not define future increases in cases as waves. "I don't want to call it a wave in a sense that everybody defines that differently. I'm saying it's an increased number of cases," she told the newspapers. "Whether it's a wave or not a wave, we're seeing an increased activity level in COVID cases." Between July 10 and 16, the same week Dornan wrote the email and was fired, 30 people were newly admitted to hospitals because of COVID-19, up from 15 the previous week. That number jumped again to 40 people between July 17 and 23. The two health authorities had 209 staff out sick between July 10 and 16. That increased to 229 the week of July 17-23. As of July 16, Horizon and Vitalité had 84 active hospitalized COVID-19 patients. It increased to 90 a week later. The number of weekly new cases dropped last week for the first time in weeks. Those numbers tracked infections from July 17-23 and officials said that could indicate that hospitalisation numbers, which lag behind cases by a week or two, would soon peak and start to come down as well. In new numbers released Wednesday for July 24-30, the number of weekly new cases dropped again and the number of hospital admissions and active hospitalizations for COVID-19 decreased slightly. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jacques Poitras Provincial Affairs reporter Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. He grew up in Moncton and covered Parliament in Ottawa for the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. He has reported on every New Brunswick election since 1995 and won awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association, the National Newspaper Awards and Amnesty International. He is also the author of five non-fiction books about New Brunswick politics and history. With files from Mia Urquhart CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices 142 Comments Commenting is now closed for this story. Fred Brewer So if Higgs fired Dr. Dornan who had only been CEO for less than 4 months, will he also fire his Trustees that he put in place to run the health boards in 4 months time if they have not fixed the ER problems? Michael Cain Reply to @Fred Brewer: Higgs is running the joint now; the trustees are just for show Fred Brewer Reply to @Michael Cain: IMHO Higgs should be smoking a joint not running one. Donald LeBlanc Reply to @Fred Brewer: Those two Trustees have already been working almost a year, supposedly implementing a Health Plan. How well has that gone, yet now they're replacing two Boards, many of whom were duly elected. Nonsensical. And how did the CEO of Vitality survive the purge after big problems in their ERs, loosing four Oncologists and having been there about two years? ---------- Original message ---------- From: "Scott-Wallace, Tammy Hon. (THC/TCP-WEB/EDF)" <Tammy.Scott-Wallace@gnb.ca> Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2022 20:10:51 +0000 Subject: Automatic reply: RE CBC's latest spin about why we should pity the Poor Immigrants while Higgy et al continue to deny my right to Free Health Care To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Thank you for your email. Your thoughts, comments and input are important to me. Please be assured that all emails and letters are carefully read, reviewed, and taken into consideration. A response will be sent as soon as possible. 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To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Je suis à l'extérieur du bureau jusqu'au 10 juillet. Pour toute urgence, veuillez contacter M. Stépahen Legacy jusqu'au 7 juillet, puis, Dre Natalie Banville. I'm away from the office until July 10th. For any emergency, please contact M. Stephane Legacy until July 7th than, Dre Natalie Banville. https://www.cbc.ca/news/ Newcomers waiting up to 9 months for N.B. medicare card N.B. Multicultural Council president Moncef Lakouas said government needs to make sure it has enough resources Jordan Gill · CBC News · Posted: Aug 04, 2022 3:16 PM AT Newcomers moving to New Brunswick from outside Canada are eligible for Medicare on Day 1 of their arrival according to the province, as long as they meet the eligibility requirements. (Shutterstock) While wait times for medical treatments are increasing for many New Brunswickers, some newcomers are struggling to even get a medicare card. New Brunswick Multicultural Council president Moncef Lakouas says he's hearing about cases where newcomers are waiting up to nine months to get one — and said it's having a snowball effect. "If they're sick, they can't access work, and if they can't access work, they cannot afford to pay rent and they can't provide for their families, which is very, very dangerous and very serious," he said. Looking to province Newcomers moving to New Brunswick from outside Canada are eligible for medicare on Day 1 of their arrival, according to the province, as long as they "meet the eligibility requirements and are deemed … to have established a permanent residence in New Brunswick." In a statement to CBC News, the province said the medicare team is currently hiring more staff to reduce waits times. The province said it currently takes about 15 weeks to process an application, but those waiting for a medicare card should not avoid or delay medical care. "Individuals awaiting a medicare card should know that if they are approved the effective date for the card can be backdated to their arrival in New Brunswick or the effective date of their valid Immigration, Refugee Citizenship Canada status in Canada document, whichever is latest," said Michaela Power, a spokesperson for the Department of Health. The province said there is a process for those who require immediate medical attention and do not yet have a physical medicare card. "These cases are identified, and their files are subsequently prioritized for processing," she said. Lakouas says if the province wants to attract more newcomers, they need to make sure they have access to health care. New Brunswick Multicultural Council president Moncef Lakouas said he’s hearing about cases where newcomers are waiting up to nine months to get a medicare card. (CBC/Radio-Canada) He says the system set up for dealing with requests in the past doesn't fit today's need — or numbers. "What we used to welcome back then in terms of the number of immigrants, which [was] a couple thousand a year, is not the case anymore," said Lakouas. "We're welcoming more than 6,000 immigrants a year. We have the intention to increase that amount to 8,000 to 10,000 immigrants a year. We need to make sure that they're provided with their medicare and medical attention as soon as possible." Problems and solutions Lakouas says there's no financial help for newcomers without a medicare card, so many of them have to pay out of pocket for treatment. He says this can be difficult for people who just moved to Canada. "Just getting access to … emergency rooms just for consultation could cost a little fortune for someone who just arrived here, who doesn't need to disperse this money for something that they're supposed to get for free," said Lakouas. Lakouas said some newcomers have had to pay out of pocket for treatment, which is expensive. (Zoom) Lakouas says they need a solution. "It could be a process as simple as just getting access to your social insurance numbers, you get that number right away," said Lakouas. "When immigrants are coming to the province, they could get that number right away, which allows them to get the medical attention that they need." With files from Information Morning Summer Edition CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices ---------- Original message ---------- From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 23:46:54 -0300 Subject: Fwd: CBC's latest spin and malicious control of the narative on "New Brunswick Coalition for Pay Equity" and "Immigrants left in limbo as permit processing takes months" and "COVID-19" To: David.Zaslowsky@bakermckenzie. William.Devaney@bakermckenzie. info@ecaair.org, achilds@mikmawconservation.ca, admin@acic-caci.org, info@equite-equity.com, moncef.lakouas@bgcmoncton.com, minister-ministre@swc-cfc.gc. 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Merci encore pour votre courriel. https://twitter.com/ David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos Replying to @DavidRayAmos @alllibertynews and 49 others Methinks everybody in CBC knows that Tammy Scott-Wallace the minister responsible for women's equality should also review the emails she requested of me 5 years before she was elected Nesy Pas? https://davidraymondamos3. #cdnpoli #nbpoli https://www.cbc.ca/news/ Care workers suffer pay gap of up to $10 an hour, says coalition New Brunswick Coalition for Pay Equity says workers in women dominated industry paid less than they should be CBC News · Posted: Oct 29, 2020 2:43 PM AT 23 Comments Commenting is now closed for this story. David Amos "In a statement to CBC News Tammy Scott-Wallace, the minister responsible for women's equality, said she appreciates the work that has gone into the report and will review it." Methinks Scott-Wallace should also review the emails she requested of me 5 years before she was elected Nesy Pas? David Amos If anyone bothered to follow the crumbs offered within this article a course Political Science is not required to understand that everything political is always about the money and that governments always use our taxpayer funds to court support for one political party or the other for their benefit not ours. Methinks many ladies would agree that making things a gender issue is just plain dumb N'esy Pas? Group gets $335,000 federal grant to study pay for caregivers Ottawa gives New Brunswick Coalition for Pay Equality money to study pay inequity and educate workers Tori Weldon · CBC News · Posted: Nov 13, 2018 5:52 PM AT https://www.cbc.ca/news/ https://twitter.com/ David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos Replying to @DavidRayAmos @alllibertynews and 49 others Methinks whereas I am very tired of her constant bullshit about me perhaps Higgy et al should explain real slow my status as an American resident to Lou their evil and very mindless spin doctor N'esy Pas? https://davidraymondamos3. #cdnpoli #nbpoli https://www.cbc.ca/news/ Immigrants left in limbo as permit processing takes months Lauren Bird · CBC News · Posted: Oct 30, 2020 7:00 AM AT 18 Comments David Amos Content disabled Methinks whereas I am very tired of her constant bs about me perhaps Higgy et al should explain to their spin doctor little Lou real slow my status as an American resident N'esy Pas? David Amos Content disabled Methinks whereas I am a Canadian Citizen born and raised who ran for public office 7 times thus far and even sued the Queen while Higgy et al keeps a "Stay" on my right to have Medicare card Alex LeBlanc should mention my name to somebody ASAP N'esy Pas? Lou Bell Content disabled Reply to @David Amos: You claimed you were a dual citizen . Did trump revoke your Obamacare ? David Amos Content disabled Reply to @Lou Bell: Everybody knows I am no such thing Lauren Fisher @Jack Rodnies-Or how about you leave and make room for them who are clearly better people. Jack Rodnies Reply to @Lauren Fisher: how about no i was born here and have no doctor or heathcare mysrlf David Amos Reply to @Jack Rodnies: At least you have a medicare card https://twitter.com/ David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos Replying to @DavidRayAmos @alllibertynews and 49 others Methinks there would be very different twist on things today if a few members of Higgy's Police State had won some seats in up in the Campbellton area N'esy Pas? https://davidraymondamos3. #cdnpoli #nbpoli https://www.cbc.ca/news/ N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 4 new cases, outbreak at special care home in Balmoral New isolation rules for travelling workers CBC News · Posted: Oct 29, 2020 1:15 PM AT 203 Comments Commenting is now closed for this story. PHIL INNIS Content disabled The only isolation should be for people who are worried about getting it. 99% survival rate BuT WhAt aBoUt YoUr GrAnDpArEnts ?.............they had a good run. Stay inside or die from fear Nicholas Rioux Content disabled Reply to @PHIL INNIS: Did you know that 20% of seniors live in households containing non seniors? And that 25% of households have someone with a disability? Granted not all disabilities will mean someone at risk but then none of this includes people with chronic conditions that ARE at risk but don't count as disabled. So that's very likely half or more households containing elderly and other at risk people with those of little risk. Can you tell us how you would isolate all those folk who are at risk but sharing the same homes as the others? David Amos Content disabled Reply to @PHIL INNIS: I would leave it up for the old folks such I to decide whether they wish to live in fear or not PHIL INNIS Content disabled Reply to @Nicholas Rioux: I wouldn't isolate them at all and have a family discussion about the pitfalls of life. Instead of THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE being out of work and having children starve, we use logic and let nature run its course. Its crass I know but its more than fair. PHIL INNIS Content disabled Reply to @David Amos: exactly Les Cooper So is this proof that masks are not working? I dont know why province doesnt set up Covid testing at the airports . Would save a lot of covid issues. Make it mandatory to leave airport when arriving David Amos Reply to @Les Cooper: Methinks a virus doesn't follow Higgy's orders the passenger may leave as ordered however the pesky little thing may stay if it wishes N'esy Pas? Bill Henry Reply to @Les Cooper: they aren’t sick when they are flying in. Just have the virus in the easy bake oven. That is why the spread is happening. It gets shedding days later, and then they say, oh, I guess I brought the virus back with me from my travels. Mary Smith Reply to @Bill Henry: That's why we need multiple tests - along with isolation - so that cases can be identified asap so contact tracing can jump ahead and we can ensure the virus is contained. People are traveling among the Atlantic Bubble on planes with people who are going to quarantine once they land. This is a big risk. If you fly, it should be mandatory for testing to occur multiple times to catch cases asap. Maybe this would be a good use for the rapid testing, for those who are traveling. Testing should not release you from work-isolating or from quarantine too early - because that isn't the most important thing - it should be used to identify cases sooner so contact tracing can happen in a timely manner to get ahead of the virus to break the chains. The sooner this can happen, the smaller the cluster, the less likely it will spread via community transmission. If you can link all cases to travel, we all are better off. Once you can't track the source of infection, it does not bode well and you cannot predict where the virus is heading and you're left fighting blind, with the only option to assume the entire community has it - because they could - and we all have to be still. It's better to be proactive, than reactive. If you have multiple tests within x amount of days, it could be shown that most cases are identifiable within 10 days, rather than the full 14 days it could take for symptoms to show. It's hard to say. This article is really good and explains how doing anything for these exemptions would be infinitely better than what we were doing. There's still risk there, but it's much, much better than what we were doing, which was simply not enough. https://www.cbc.ca/news/ Les Cooper Reply to @Bill Henry: so we get tested right away anyway Brian Robertson Campbelltown, Campbelltown. Why is it always around Campbelltown? Oh yes. That's where they opened the bubble to a part of Quebec; an area over which we had NO control. Who thought that was a good idea? SarahRose Werner Reply to @Brian Robertson: It's always around Campbellton because that''s the zone that's had the most cases and the most death - despite not having anywhere near as many residents as some other zones. Now as to why that would be, that's still an open question. The bubble with Avignon is certainly one of the possibilities. But the bubble also included Zone 4 (Edmundston) and Temiscouata. So why didn't the bubble cause a similar rise in cases in Zone 4? Luke Caissy Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Why zone 5 and not zone 4? The best theory is because Campbellton sits 40 minutes away from Carleton QC. Carleton is the Gateway to the Gaspe and is a favorite vacation spot for Quebec City, Montreal and the Eastern Townships. With travel restrictions this summer and fall, Carleton was overflowing with Quebec Tourists. Carleton is also frequented by NB residents and was open for day passes all summer. When this is all over you should really visit the area. Great beaches with friendly bilingual service. Wayne Wright Reply to @Brian Robertson: C-a-m-p-b-e-l-l-T-O-N. Bob Smith Reply to @Luke Caissy: It's also an area where government rules and regulations are given lip service, at best, by many residents. SarahRose Werner Reply to @Luke Caissy: That makes more sense than any other theory I've heard to date. Any skiing tourism, or can we expect a drop in tourists come the winter? Wayne Wright Reply to @Luke Caissy: if one likes rocky beaches vs the nice sand beaches of southern NB or PE. But there is 'nude' bathing at Carleton not far from Bleu Heron restaurant. SarahRose Werner Reply to @Bob Smith: Is that true of the Campbellton area more so than the Edmundston area? SarahRose Werner Reply to @Wayne Wright: Well, that would certainly be a draw for some! David Amos Reply to @Wayne Wright: Cry me a river The folks up in Campbellton have done nothing wrong at all. Methinks there would be very different twist on things today if a few members of Higgy's Police State had won some seats in the region recently N'esy Pas? Bob Smith Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Campbellton area. Terms like "squatters", "bootleggers" and other terms are still heard in areas like Robinsonville and such. Luke Caissy Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Snowmobiling is huge on the Gaspe, but the main draw for Carleton is the water. SarahRose Werner "they will be able to access: necessities of life and supporting services, health care, goods and services required for work, banking and financial services, transportation, child care, animal care, and funeral or visitation services for members of their immediate family." - Maybe if the government had listed what people *can't* access during modified self-isolation, it might be a shorter list? Emery Hyslop-Margison Reply to @SarahRose Werner: it’s a global pandemic. New Brunswick has done remarkably well. Hang in there girl a few more months. SarahRose Werner Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: Agreed that NB has done remarkably well. Let's keep doing well! :-) I think it's going to be more than a *few* more months, however. I'd love to be wrong. Emery Hyslop-Margison Reply to @SarahRose Werner: You will be wrong - we’re at peak and numbers will start to decline as the death rate has already done so. You’re okay Sarah! SarahRose Werner Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: We might be at the peak of the second wave. But until we have vaccines and/or treatments that are safe, effective and widely available, there's nothing to stop us from having successive waves. Pragmatism has always stood me in good stead. :-) David Amos Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Yea Right Bruce Sanders Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Who would ever take a vaccine for a virus which is clearly not that contagious, less than 0.6% across Canada have tested positive, nor deadly; = 3.5% of all deaths in 2019. For this, we destroy peoples lives for generations to come. Donald Gallant Perhaps not a good idea to hire across zones might be a thought. Les Cooper Reply to @Donald Gallant: there are doctors at the Fredericton Hospital that commute back and forth from Montreal etc. Will they be quarantined?? David Amos Reply to @Les Cooper: Good question Fred Dee Reply to @Les Cooper: who?? Les Cooper Reply to @Fred Dee: several. No names. They are bilingual and get paid ton to rent in Freddy. 3 in my neighborhood. Bill Henry What does it mean when you have a blue circle by your post. PHIL INNIS Reply to @Bill Henry: bill gates is going to give you covid David Amos Reply to @PHIL INNIS: Oh My My Dave Cudmore Reply to @Bill Henry: You're in danger of becoming a conservative. Fred Brewer Reply to @Dave Cudmore: ROTFL Roy Kirk Do the new rules apply to people travelling on charter/private aircraft. If so, how are they keeping track? David Amos Reply to @Roy Kirk Go figure Bill Henry Geez Lou, you’re posts were the only sensible ones on here. Now you sunk down to the rest of us David Amos Reply to @Bill Henry: Methinks folks must make allowances for conservative spin doctors not playing with a full deck However they really should mind their mouth and quit putting their foot in it after stepping in their own BS or they may wind up awful ill and not from a pesky virus N'esy Pas? Marie Buckley Time to get our " Guy Lafleurs " up North under control.o David Amos Reply to @Marie Buckley: ??? Bill Henry Will be like the us. People will start taking government to court to prove they cannot restrict Canadians to their houses. David Amos Reply to @Bill Henry: Yup Bob Smith Reply to @Bill Henry: A bit of an exaggeration, isn't it? Bill Henry Reply to @Bob Smith: I think Higgs is reaching outside his powers. May take a judge to tell him SarahRose Werner Reply to @Bill Henry: Every province across the country is restricting people to their houses under specific circumstances and has been doing so since March. It's not just Higgs. Bruce Sanders Reply to @Bill Henry: Who is going to take the time to do this? Be dragged through the mud, chastized for challenging the government? I'd have to stay in NB for longer than I care at this time, so it's not me. I'd rather go home, get stuff sorted out and then leave a few days later. forced confinement for just a few days every 4 months or so. Bruce Sanders Reply to @SarahRose Werner: So that makes it ok then, sure. Al Clark Reply to @Bill Henry: No doubt your legal training at DRA Gandalf's law school mentioned emergency powers??? Bill Henry Terry Tibbs or Amos, do these changes help your cause? David Amos Reply to @Bill Henry: What cause? Terry Tibbs Reply to @Bill Henry: What changes? Nothing specific has been said and we both know what a politician's promise is worth? Bill Henry Reply to @Terry Tibbs: ok, I’m reading the same. Nothing has changed. What is a modified self isolation. Terry Tibbs Reply to @Bill Henry: Exactly what is supposed to exist, but doesn't. It's a shell and pea game. Randy McNally Reply to @Bill Henry: I'm still trying to figure out what a modified bubble is Bill Henry So no change then. What a joke. David Amos Reply to @Bill Henry: Figured it out have ya? Nick Papagorgio It's absurd to have stricter isolation rules for people traveling outside the bubble for work. Does the government not care about the economy and mental health? These restrictions should only come into effect when the hospitals are at capacity. People are losing their jobs and businesses because of the restrictions put forth by the government. A perfect example is WestJet cancelling all routes in and out of NB - the bubble is to blame. That's only some of the jobs that were lost, I can't imagine how many more there are. Bill Henry Reply to @Nick Papagorgio: there is absolutely no change David Amos Reply to @Bill Henry: Methinks plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose N'esy Pas? Les Cooper Reply to @Nick Papagorgio: Air Canada will be next. Then essential workers will be unemployed and collecting EI cheques from NB. Lol Mary Smith Reply to @Nick Papagorgio: NS and PEI have similar policies in place for weeks or months now. The idea is that the exemptions to the quarantines are the weak links. If the virus is not here in the Atlantic Bubble then that means that not all people coming in will bring it in, but that it MUST be brought in from outside the Atlantic Bubble. It is better to be proactive in a pandemic than reactive. It is better for work, the economy, hospitals, mental health, etc if we focus on the weak links .. Wayne Wright Reply to @Nick Papagorgio: "...come into affect when hospitals are at capacity..." A large reason for the the plan is to keep the system by waiting until at capacity when it would be hell. Fred Brewer Reply to @Nick Papagorgio: So Nick, where do you travel for work? Bruce Sanders Reply to @Nick Papagorgio: Nope, they do not care about people, and they do not understand the science either. But, the majority of the voters wanted this, so there you are. I wonder how many of these workers voted for Higgs? Stephan Sommers The two of them are going to restrict NB into poverty. But hey it’s in the name of health right. Terry Tibbs Reply to @Stephan Sommers: How so? Lou Bell Content disabled Reply to @Stephan Sommers: Oh, just let in the diseased is the best policy ? Let's take a vote on who's got / made the best decisions , you , or the 2 you refer to ! You lose 100 times outta 100 Stephan Sommers Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Where is westjet or via rail or tourism at these days? What else is NB’ers willing to give up in the name of health. By the time this is over the east coast will be in a real bad spot. I hope I’m wrong because I love living here. David Amos Reply to @Terry Tibbs: You don't know? Stephan Sommers Reply to @Lou Bell: we could just test people two day prior and again when they have been here for 24 h then all is well. Look at Bermuda, they do that with all foreign workers and tourist. Nice try. Lou Bell Reply to @Stephan Sommers: Better than letting the positive tested in . But you can get out if you'd prefer , nothings holding you from leaving, other than if other places let you in . But go ahead , we sure won't hold you back ! Terry Tibbs Reply to @Stephan Sommers: Westjet and Via are just pandering for government money. Tourism is, for the most part, poorly paid, benefit free, seasonal work, no great loss. Hopefully those folks find real jobs and the operators go under. Clearly you didn't get the memo? Immigrants are going to save us. Stephan Sommers Reply to @Lou Bell: So you got nothing right on. Stephan Sommers Reply to @Lou Bell: I think my NB employees would prefer I keep business here. That being said I also have a rental in ON and FL. Wayne Wright Reply to @Stephan Sommers: VIA Rail hasn't served anywhere east of Quebec City are from beginning & won't for immediate future. For that VIA I don't know why they put on service from C'ton to Halifax since the bubble began. Bruce Sanders Reply to @Stephan Sommers: It's not even in the name of health now. Jake Quinlan "Because the vast majority of the province's cases originate outside the Atlantic bubble" No, in the Atlantic provinces, they all do, ultimately. We (the 4 provinces) "got to zero" multiple times. We never had "embers of virus" burning all summer long like other provinces. Now (last several weeks) of course, we can say not all cases originate from outside bubble - we have community spread in places. Lou Bell Reply to @Jake Quinlan: If you want to get technical , ALL cases in the world , except for the country of origin of the 1st cases are travel related cases ! Does that make you feel better ? David Amos Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks you must feel better now that you got that off you chest N'esy Pas? Jake Quinlan Reply to @Lou Bell: Don't feel better (or worse) as I already had figured out that all cases outside China are "travel related". Ian Scott Took a while but finally learned that having contract workers come and go from hots zones not a good idea. Public has been saying it for 2 weeks. Yes we realize that they are needed , maybe.But not when going into publics spaces with close contact quarters or LTC's. You could see it coming. Now 6 dead and positives continue. Wonder about all the airline folks that came in with Freddy and Moncton dudes. Terry Tibbs Reply to @Ian Scott: When you make your living telling tall tales you tend to discount everything anyone else says. David Amos Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Oh So True Nicholas Rioux Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Telling tales? You're the one that said they had stopped making references to cases being travel related when all that happened was having all that mass testing to deal with and the next day's report they used travel related again. Terry Tibbs Reply to @Nicholas Rioux: It isn't me "playing hard and fast" with the truth in this province. David Amos Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Nor I Nicholas Rioux Reply to @Terry Tibbs: But you said something that was disproven the very next day. Face it, you thought "conspiracy" when it was just a delay. Terry Tibbs Reply to @Nicholas Rioux: There are several active conspiracies around covid 19, you should start paying attention, they can't even keep their stories straight from day to day. Lou Bell Reply to @Ian Scott: Who brought in the cases and who did they infect ? Most of us don't know , but it appears you know it all ! Please entice us with all you know , oh great one . Lou Bell Reply to @Terry Tibbs: You should know if anyone here would . But we 've come to recognize your frailties Lou Bell Content disabled Reply to @Terry Tibbs: There's one big conspiracy , and it's yours Fred Sanford It`ll be interesting to see how they make the "modified" isolation work. NB has a lot of people that work in other provinces and return home for 1 week on a 3 or 4 week rotation. Even if they restrict themselves to their home (unlikely), they can still theoretically pass any infection along to their family members who are not isolating. Lots of holes here. Terry Tibbs Reply to @Fred Sanford: Of course, they are the same holes that have been there all along, with the increase in cases elsewhere it is only natural that more is being brought home for supper. They attempted to plug these holes by making us all wear masks, which of course, was never going to fix anything. David Amos Reply to @Terry Tibbs: I concur Les Cooper Reply to @Fred Sanford: I plan to do lots of overtime to avoid flying to NB. If the out of province workers not flying to NB which are the ones helping keep airports and flights going in NB then I can see flights getting canceled. Toby Tolly jacques got the last question in on this video conference totally unrelated but stirring the language issue David Amos Reply to @Toby Tolly: Welcome back to the circus Lou Bell Reply to @Toby Tolly: Jacques took the election loss really hard ! Like most Liberals , they've never recovered . They're still wired in the " what about me " mode ! Joseph Carrier Balmoral is 40 km from Campbellton BTW... Dave Shimla Reply to @Joseph Carrier: 24 kms according to googly earth David Amos Reply to @Dave Shimla: Survey says? Dave Shimla Reply to @David Amos: 27 if you take the long way lol Ian Scott Tough place to be. Dr. Russel handles things well. Her French capabilities are also extraordinary. A premier in making.? Ian Scott Reply to @Ian Scott: But so much for simultaneous translation ,so half of conference useless for most given questions. SarahRose Werner Reply to @Ian Scott: Not sure she can or would want to deal with all the game-playing that goes on in politics. James Edward Reply to @Ian Scott: I hope not. Toby Tolly Reply to @Ian Scott: the simultaneous translation is usually horrible anyway as they miss the start of every language switch. Michel Forgeron Reply to @Ian Scott: Her French is quite good really, but I would not call it extraordinary - she has to grasp for words sometimes. certainly her effort is extraordinary. Justin Gunther Reply to @Toby Tolly: I really wish they'd release complete transcripts in both languages in a simple plain text format so pains like me can quickly search through it. David Amos Reply to @Michel Forgeron: Who cares? James Edward The Joose isn't worth the Squeeze David Amos Reply to @James Edward: C'est vrai James Edward the game is still going? hmmm I don't know anyone who's died or been hospitalized...I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but it's not worth shutting everything down for. Renee Garry Reply to @James Edward: well I'm not starving, neither is my familly. Famine is a hoax June Arnott Reply to @James Edward: you are lucky then You think it’s a conspiracy? June Arnott Reply to @Renee Garry: good one, hope he gets it James Edward Reply to @Renee Garry: did i say famine? no. We are going thru a global social and financial reset. It won't end well for most of us. David Amos Reply to @James Edward: True Justin Gunther Reply to @June Arnott: Hope he gets what exactly? Fred Brewer Reply to @June Arnott: "good one, hope he gets it" Nope, he missed it completely. James Edward Reply to @June Arnott: good one, hope She gets it Ian Scott It would be nice to know if these outbreaks were related to work travel. And if so how the policy is to be changed to prevent it happening over and over. Then the rest of us could relax again instead of wondering if the dude that flew in yesterday from TO is out wandering about with covid (about to become active) with his kids and out for Halloween. SarahRose Werner Reply to @Ian Scott: Agreed. We need fewer exemptions from the self-isolation rule and better enforcement of that rule. Terry Tibbs Reply to @SarahRose Werner: For starts: how about 100% fewer exemptions? Otherwise, all we have to look forward to is another episode of Groundhog Day "a la Higgs". Dale MacFarlane Reply to @Ian Scott: How many travellers from Quebec? SarahRose Werner Reply to @Dale MacFarlane: Quebec isn't the source of all COVID cases. Dale MacFarlane Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Agreed but i have a relative in NB and he says there are quebec plates everywhere....me, being in ontario we have spiked in cases. SarahRose Werner Reply to @Dale MacFarlane: It depends on what part of NB you're in. I'm in southwestern NB and no, we don't have Quebec plates everywhere. Up north, where people commute back and forth daily over the Quebec/NB border to do essential work? Yes, there's almost certainly more Quebec plates. That said, according the grapevine the recent outbreak in the Moncton health zone (#1) was caused by someone visiting from Ontario who failed to self-isolate as required. Also, we have two health zones (#4 and #5) that border Quebec. Zone 4's had very few cases, Zone 5's had more than any other zone. So it's not as simple as Quebec border = lots of cases, because that's just not true. Some people would like it to be that simple, but it's not. Dave Shimla Reply to @SarahRose Werner: southeastern NB/Dieppe is full of quebec plates, and most are not rentals, unless rental companies started pimping up their cars Amajor Hall Reply to @SarahRose Werner: It essentially doesn't matter, there are NOT a lot of cases anyways no matter travel or otherwise...and they are decreasing as we speak...15 new cases in the last week, but 65 recoveries in the same period... David Amos Reply to @Terry Tibbs: I am fond of Groundhog Days Dan Lee Reply to @David Amos: Somehow it doesnt surprise me............ David Amos Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks the Irving Clan would love to know that during Groundhog Day Gale in 1976 my number man and I were betting on which letter of the huge Irving sign across the road from my bike shop was gonna come down next Most Maritimers in my neck of the woods would agree that was quite a storm N'esy Pas? Terry Tibbs Reply to @David Amos: This Groundhog day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ David Amos Reply to @Terry Tibbs: I know what you implied but thats Yankee fiction what i said really happened in the Maritimes Randy McNally Reply to @David Amos:I recall that It warmed up to around 65 degrees F in the afternoon, the sun was melting the snow in the fields, water was running everywhere,. Then it blew in a rain on a warm south westerly wind that quickly shifted to a brisk north wind as the rain switched to snow. The wind continued to blow gusting over 70 mph through the night, as Atlantic Canada and Northern New England plunged into a deep freeze of minus 25 and change. By morning everything was frozen solid and wind damage everywhere. I think it may ahve taken out the pier at Old Orchard Beach in southern Maine. Randy McNally Reply to @David Amos: I remember it well. https://www.cbc.ca/news/ New Brunswick reports one new case of COVID-19 Potential public exposure at Moncton gym, people asked to self-monitor CBC News · Posted: Oct 30, 2020 1:32 PM AT 46 Comments David Amos Content disabled Methinks we are all waiting with bated breath for Al Clark and his buddies little Lou, Tiny Tim Harvey Baby, Johnny "Never Been Good" Jacobs and of course the all knowing shill Mr Oliver to make an appearance and begin offering their two bits worth about their hero Higgy's circus today N'esy Pas Mr Tibbs??? Ben Haroldson Content disabled Reply to @David Amos:(He said something twice but it was gone by the time I rebooted my computer) Ray Oliver Content disabled Reply to @David Amos: cool nicknames. Did you put that together during a group visit with the rest of your "friends" at the restigouche hospital? David Amos Content disabled Reply to @Ray Oliver: Cool nicknames?? Yea right Methinks turnabout is fair play hence you should enjoy a little Deja Vu from earlier today N'esy Pas? Al Clark Reply to @Bill Henry: No doubt your legal training at DRA Gandalf's law school mentioned emergency powers??? Harvey York Content disabled Reply to @Ray Oliver: it's like a 6 year old unloved boy trapped in an old man's body Lou Bell Content disabled Reply to @David Amos: Surprise ! Surprise ! Surprise ! Diana Austin Those loudly protesting against Covid restrictions and touting instead letting the virus run rampant to achieve herd immunity overall in societies have often taken their lead from Sweden’s relaxed approach to Covid and their guiding epidemiologist, Dr Anders Tegnell. Of course, as others have pointed out, Sweden has had a much higher death rate than its Scandinavian neighbours, and recent economic reviews have shown their economy has not fared much better, either. But the latest comments by Dr Anders Tegnell in a recent interview with Die Zeit, a German newspaper (also repeated in the London Times), suggest that even he has been learning on the job, so to speak. He now says that the pandemic is approaching a “critical juncture” in Sweden after the number of daily cases rose by 70 per cent in a week. He does still defend aspects of his early approach, but to the surprise of many, he is also now recommending some “mini-lockdowns” in specific areas. Even more surprisingly, Tegnell has now also said that it would be both futile and immoral for a state to deliberately pursue herd immunity: “Throughout history there has up to now been no infectious disease whose transmission was fully halted by herd immunity without a vaccine.” So it seems that doctors everywhere are still learning how much is still left to learn about how this new virus operates and how societies might best respond Emery Hyslop-Margison Reply to @Diana Austin: yawn Lou Bell Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: Very informative Diana ! Of course for the ignorant naysayers , not mentioning any names , this is the last thing they wanr to hear . True , informative information by health professionals debunking all the BS we see spread by the uninformed who get their information from the false narratives of the conspiracy theorists off social media !!!!!!!!! Emery Hyslop-Margison Content disabled Reply to @Lou Bell: hard at it Lou? I guess you’re not dead yet? David Amos Reply to @Lou Bell: Surprise ! Surprise ! Surprise ! David Amos Content disabled Reply to @David Amos: Methinks whereas I am very tired of her constant bs about me perhaps Higgy et al should explain to their spin doctor little Lou real slow my status as an American resident N'esy Pas? David Amos Content disabled Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks I should remind the RCMP of this comment of your pal's from yesterday N'esy Pas? Al Clark Reply to @David Amos: Well well well! Surprise surprise surprise! I was convinced that your short list of broken record responses were produced by pressing a function key. Colour me flabbergasted, like a chinese mill owner finding a shredded panhead at the bottom of the boat ;-) https://www.cbc.ca/news/ Holt's 'fresh' message woos Liberals, but is it a winning pitch? Susan Holt in four-way race to take over as N.B.'s Liberal leader Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Aug 03, 2022 6:00 AM AT Susan Holt is one of four candidates running in the New Brunswick Liberal Party's 2022 leadership race. (Jacques Poitras/ CBC) New Brunswick Liberal leadership candidate Susan Holt has been pitching herself as the "change" candidate in the party race that draws to a conclusion this weekend. But it won't be clear until Saturday's result how real — or ephemeral — that support will be. Holt is relentlessly promoting social media posts on Twitter by New Brunswickers who describe her as a fresh face, different from conventional politicians. "I can't say I've even put much thought into why I have this feeling, but she's giving me hope for politicians in general and for government in the province," said Jamie Nason, a resident of Tracy, a rural community outside Fredericton. Nason is a self-described progressive voter, as is Douglas Mullin, a longtime NDP candidate and volunteer who recently bought a Liberal membership to vote for Holt. "For the Liberal Party, what she's presenting is definitely fresh," he said. J.P. Lewis, a political scientist at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, said the Holt groundswell on social media doesn't necessarily reflect reality but "these are our best cues to what's going on. … It can be the only information that we can clearly see." J.P. Lewis, a political scientist at the University of New Brunswick Saint John, said Holt's support on social media doesn't necessarily reflect reality but could be 'our best cues to what's going on.' (Graham Thompson/CBC) 'New' is a common theme All four candidates in the leadership race are promoting themselves as new in one way or another. Former MP T.J. Harvey is posting messages of support on his Facebook page from ordinary New Brunswickers. Liberal MLA Robert Gauvin's history as a former Progressive Conservative underscores his own unique form of newness. Even former Liberal cabinet minister and MLA Donald Arseneault is arguing he purposely built a campaign team made up of people from outside the party's old guard. But Arseneault is warning that the temptation to choose a brand-new leader has caused the Liberals grief in the last two provincial elections. Holt is "definitely a strong candidate. She does have a lot of qualities that would make her a great leader," Arseneault said. But "we went with fresh faces in the past. The last two [leaders], we went through fresh faces, and look where we are now." Former premier Brian Gallant, left, and former Liberal leader Kevin Vickers. (James West/The Canadian Press (left) and Mike Heenan/CBC (right)) He was referring to former premier Brian Gallant, who failed to win a second majority in 2018 and lost power, and to Kevin Vickers, a political newcomer who failed to unseat the Progressive Conservatives in 2020. Nason couldn't identify a specific policy or issue that Holt has raised that won her over. "It's the fact that she's acknowledging that people have concerns at all," she said. "I can't even say that there's any specific issue that she's come out on where I've said 'That thing really needs taking care of.' It's more general than that — that she's talking about people at all. … It feels different, at the very least." Leap of faith Mullin said he knows NDP-leaning voters have been persuaded to cast strategic votes for Liberals in the past, only to be disappointed. But he said he's known Holt for more than a decade, so he's taking a leap of faith she'll live up to what she's promising. "I believe what's she saying in the moment. So in the moment I'm putting my trust in that." We know she's definitely not the first politician to say they're going to bring a fresh approach to politics - J.P. Lewis But the new interim leader of the New Brunswick NDP, Alex White, said it's unlikely Holt would really break the mould. "Regardless of the leadership of the Liberal Party … the policies have very rarely changed or brought improvements to the lives of everyday Canadians," White said. Lewis called Holt's message "pretty abstract, and we know she's definitely not the first politician to say they're going to bring a fresh approach to politics." Nason said she doesn't personally know people who are as excited as she is by Holt, though she sees a lot of them online, especially on Twitter. "Maybe it's just because she's been smart enough to have a heavy social media presence," Nason said. "It's worked before. Social media stardom has taken politicians where they wanted to go. Maybe that's all it is. But it feels different. … It feels like she is what I want a politician to be." Lewis said the wavelet of enthusiasm for Holt can't be ignored, even if it may dissipate between now and the next election in 2024 — and that's assuming Holt wins at all. If Holt doesn't win, it's not clear the people she has attracted to the party will want to stick around for a different leader. Mullin said he hasn't decided what he'll do if that happens. Arseneault said while "new blood" is important for a political party, long-time party supporters can't be taken for granted. "We can't just shove them aside," said the former cabinet minister, who argues election campaigns are major efforts that are complicated to organize. "It takes people with experience as well." Holt has also been endorsed by a large number of old-guard Liberals, including former cabinet ministers Aldéa Landry, Bernard Thériault, Bernard Richard, Roly MacIntyre and Mary Schryer. She also worked in former premier Brian Gallant's government. Still, Lewis said the buzz about Holt from non-Liberals is a positive sign for a party that hasn't enjoyed much good electoral news since 2014. "The New Brunswick Liberal Party needs any excitement it can get," Lewis said. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jacques Poitras Provincial Affairs reporter Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. He grew up in Moncton and covered Parliament in Ottawa for the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. He has reported on every New Brunswick election since 1995 and won awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association, the National Newspaper Awards and Amnesty International. He is also the author of five non-fiction books about New Brunswick politics and history. CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices| 66 Comments Simply Crazy Marijuana, abortions, and renaming everything they can. Susan will have NB looking like downtown Vancouver before we can blink. Meanwhile most NBers just want someone to let us live our lives without too much government taxing and spending and without completely changing our province forever. Bob Smith So the Liberal back room powers want to anoint Holt as the next leader. Given her history of advising Gallant during that tenure, folks should know what they're getting if she gets to be premier. Simply Crazy Reply to @Bob Smith: His big economic plan for NB was marijuana! That’s says it all! Lorelei Stott doesn't matter for me ... can you say EMA.... just for that I will never vote liberal as long as I am breathing ---------- Original message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2022 19:08:48 -0300 Subject: Attn Susan Holt I just called and left a voicemail after you made another splash in CBC Now why not ask Higgy et al about my right to Health Care??? To: info@susanholt.ca, hannah.rudderham@cbc.ca, susan@susanholt.ca, "Robert. Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, info@donaldarseneault.ca, info@tjharvey.ca, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, andrew <andrew@frankmagazine.ca> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, briangallant10 <briangallant10@gmail.com>, "bruce.fitch" <bruce.fitch@gnb.ca>, "robert.mckee" <robert.mckee@gnb.ca>, "robert.gauvin" <robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>, "kris.austin" <kris.austin@gnb.ca>, david.coon@gnb.ca, "Roger.L.Melanson" <roger.l.melanson@gnb.ca>, "benoit.bourque" <benoit.bourque@gnb.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford" <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "Arseneau, Kevin (LEG)" <kevin.a.arseneau@gnb.ca>, "Mitton, Megan (LEG)" <megan.mitton@gnb.ca> ---------- Original message ---------- From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca> Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 20:51:13 +0000 Subject: RE: Attn NORMAN J. BOSSÉ Q.C. RE My right to Health Care I got a call yesterday at about 4 PM from private number claiming to speak for YOU True or False?? 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- Brunswick E3B 5H1 Canada Tel./Tel. : (506) 453-2144 Email/Courriel: premier@gnb.ca/premier. https://www.facebook.com/ Susan Holt for NB Liberal leader Susan Holt - candidate à la chefferie libérale Page · Political Candidate New Brunswick (506) 238-0583 info@susanholt.ca susanholt.ca Susan Holt for NB Liberal Leadership/candidate à la chefferie libérale August 2nd · I'm excited to be on CBC New Brunswick Info AM Fredericton this morning to talk politics and leadership with Colleen Kitts-Goguen. Tune in around 7:35 am! Susan Holt for NB Liberal Leadership/candidate à la chefferie libérale July 31st SERGE ROUSSELLE: As a Tracadie-Sheila deputy and minister, I had the opportunity to be beside an intelligent, authentic and dynamic woman who has continued to impress me with her understanding of the important issues of our province and her voice constantly eager to find innovative solutions. This is why I’m excited to support Susan Holt for the leadership of the New Brunswick Liberal Party and encourage you to do the same. - - - - - - - - - - - May be an image of 1 person and text that says 'SERGE ROUSSELLE IS WITH SOUTIENT H HOLT SUSAN' As MLA for Tracadie-Sheila and Minister, I had the opportunity to work alongside an intelligent, authentic and dynamic woman who never ceased to impress me with her understanding of the important issues facing our province and her constant desire to find innovative solutions. That is why I am pleased to support Susan Holt as the leader of the Liberal Party of New Brunswick and I encourage you to do the same. 1 Comment David Raymond Amos Hmmm · https://www.cbc.ca/news/ Susan Holt emphasizes health care in Liberal leadership campaign Susan Holt is the first woman to seek leadership of New Brunswick Liberal Party Hannah Rudderham · CBC News · Posted: Aug 02, 2022 4:42 PM AT Susan Holt, candidate for New Brunswick Liberal Party leadership, said she’s not sure where she’d run if she became leader. (Joe McDonald/CBC) The first in a series of stories this week on the four New Brunswick Liberal leadership candidates Liberal leadership candidate Susan Holt says one way to attract and hold onto doctors in New Brunswick would be to eliminate mandatory hospital rounds. Holt said the amount of time family doctors in the province must spend at local hospitals takes them away from their practices. She said this system is slowly being replaced with another model, in which physicians known as hospitalists work solely in the hospital. But Holt said she's spoken to new physicians who find the hospital rounds that are still required are a deterrent. Tech executive, former adviser to Brian Gallant running for Liberal leadership Kevin Vickers to step aside as Liberal leader Holt has made health care a key part of her campaign for the leadership, which the party will decide this coming Saturday. She said recruitment of doctors and other health-care workers is only part of the solution to the shortages in the New Brunswick system. Medical professionals also need to be able to practise using all of their skills, she said in an interview on Information Morning in the Summer. "It's not just a recruitment solution because if we're recruiting people in, but they're exiting on the back end, we have to fix the culture and the reasons why people are leaving the system," said Holt. Advised Brian Gallant Holt was a top adviser to Brian Gallant, who was premier for four years until Blaine Higgs and the Progressive Conservatives took power in 2018. "I think I bring a fresh perspective and energy and a real focus on transparency and accountability [and] that is what the people in New Brunswick are saying that they want from government," she said. But Holt said she doesn't think she would reverse Higgs's decision last month to fire Horizon Health Network's CEO and dissolve both health authority boards. She said she'll be watching the impact of those decisions over the next few years. Favours role for public "I don't love our knee-jerk reaction to just reverse what previous parties or governments have done, so it's something I think that would take careful thought," she said. "But I do think having great leaders in the health-care system is important. But I also think having the public's participation in those elected roles on boards is important." Impatient Blaine Higgs drops health minister, Horizon CEO Systemic change, support required to revive N.B. health-care system, says medical community In addition to health care, another challenge "near and dear" to Holt's heart is New Brunswick's carbon footprint. She said the climate crisis has been looming, changing the world in the process. But the government can do a few things to help, Holt said, such as going green with its own operations, including transportation, government buildings and procurement. 4 seeking top job The other candidates in the leadership race are MP T.J. Harvey, former MLA Donald Arseneault and current MLA Robert Gauvin. Roger Melanson, MLA for Dieppe, has been serving as interim party leader since shortly after the 2020 provincial election, which the Liberals lost under the leadership of Kevin Vickers. Vickers resigned on election night after the party won only 17 of 49 seats in the legislature. Holt is the first woman to run for the provincial Liberal leadership, though Saint John Liberal MLA Shirley Dysart was interim leader of the party in 1985. Holt ran for the Liberals in Fredericton South in the 2018 election but came second to Green Party Leader David Coon. She said an ideal situation if she won the leadership race would be to have a byelection and be elected to lead the party from a position in the legislative assembly. She said she's not sure yet where she'd run in 2024 if she became leader, or whether she'd run for a seat if she didn't win. Former MP seeks N.B. Liberal leadership Holt said she's been drawn to politics for many years, so she doesn't think that feeling will go away, but she also said the decision to run for leadership was a big one for her family. "I can't quite predict where the five of us will be in two years and whether my husband will be on board for going through this again," she said. "I really believe that this is the time for a change in politics and government. We need to do things differently at a personal level." ABOUT THE AUTHOR Hannah Rudderham Journalist Hannah Rudderham is a journalist with CBC New Brunswick. She grew up in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and moved to Fredericton to go to St. Thomas University in 2018. She recently graduated with a bachelor of arts in journalism. You can send story tips to hannah.rudderham@cbc.ca. With files from Information Morning in the Summer CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices 15 Comments William Henry Lord help us if thats the best idea she has. There are so many more systemic issues wrong with the healthcare system than this itsy bitsy tiny one. I can see now why we are in such horrible shape. Ive got about 20 ideas that would make a bigger impact than that gem of an idea. Buford Wilson Unfortunately the seeds of today’s problems were sown on Brian’s watch. Reply to @Buford Wilson: They were sown LONG before that. And each successive government has ignored the issues. danny rugg Reply to @Buford Wilson: At least Premier Gallant could walk and chew gum at the same time. Dianne MacPherson Reply to @danny rugg: Not saying much about Gallant !! I was surprised Ms. Holt was a " top advisor" to Brian Gallant !! It's true....he only took advice from Ottawa !! Jim Lake Reply to @Dianne MacPherson: And you know this how? It seems to me that the squeaky wheel gets the grease EH Mr Jones? https://www.cbc.ca/news/ Family demands answers after Fredericton ER sends man home hours after he broke neck Motorcycle crash left John Barnet with broken neck vertebra, broken sternum Aidan Cox · CBC News · Posted: Jul 29, 2022 4:09 PM AT A man lies in a hospital bed with a neck brace. John Barnet was told he broke the C7 vertebra in his neck and broke his sternum in a motorcycle crash in Fredericton on Tuesday. (Submitted by Taylor Grandy) John Barnet received six hours of hospital care for a broken neck and sternum before being told he had to leave. Now his family is demanding answers as to why the 41-year-old man was discharged from the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton hours after crashing his motorcycle, and with little in the way of followup care for injuries that could have long-term effects. "It's unacceptable," Taylor Grandy, his wife, said in an interview Friday. "He should still be in the hospital. He really should be, you know, at least for a week or more." Barnet recently purchased a motorcycle and went out for a ride with a friend on Tuesday afternoon, Grandy said. Horizon review underway after patient dies in Fredericton ER waiting room Impatient Blaine Higgs drops health minister, Horizon CEO Shortly after crossing the Princess Margaret Bridge on Route 8, Grandy said, her husband hit some gravel, lost control of his bike and hit the highway median. Paramedics took him to the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital around 8 p.m., where he was treated for a broken C7 vertebra in his neck, a broken sternum, a broken nose, a split tongue and broken teeth. Grandy said she rushed to the hospital fearing the worst. A man and a woman sit next to each other.Taylor Grandy has been taking care of her husband since he was discharged from hospital in the early hours of Wednesday. (Submitted by Taylor Grandy) When she got there, a nurse warned her of the severity of Barnet's injuries before wheeling him back into the emergency room on a stretcher following his CT scan. "He was in so much pain. So much pain. He said, 'Taylor, I think my back's broken,' and it was just a mess." Grandy said once the results of the CT scan confirmed the broken vertebra in his neck, staff started giving her instructions for maintaining the brace her husband had around his neck. Then without explanation, they informed the couple Barnet would be discharged from the hospital later that evening. "They wanted to sit him up in the bed … to kind of get him up moving, and they were like, 'You can go home tonight'. "And even John couldn't believe it." A family sit in their living room.John Barnet and Taylor Grandy live in Fredericton with their five children. He's pictured before the accident. (Submitted by Taylor Grandy) Grandy said she called Barnet's sister at around 1 a.m. to help get him up and out of the hospital. After a 90-minute struggle to move him without hurting him, they had him loaded into the family minivan with their five children and were on their way back to their home in Fredericton. Staff sent Barnet home with a few Tylenol tablets, prescriptions for naproxen and morphine, and a referral to a neurosurgeon in Saint John, Grandy said. It's a decision that, even two days later, still has her perplexed considering the severity of his injuries. "And the doctor did tell me that if he moves a certain way or if he takes the [brace] off or anything like that, he could be paralyzed." Grandy also said she's called the neurosurgeon Barnet was referred to the day after, only to find out he's away from work for the next week and a half. In a statement to CBC News, Horizon Health Network said Barnet's discharge wasn't related to bed availability or staff shortages. "This patient was medically discharged from our ED after the physician completed their assessment using clinical judgment and consulting with peers," wrote Margaret Melanson, Horizon's interim president and CEO. Both patient representative services and the hospital have been in contact with the family about their concerns, Melanson said, and a specialist is following up with the patient for further medical assessments. "Horizon apologizes for any part of the care experience that did not meet their expectation," Melanson said. "We look forward to continuing to provide care to this patient as they recover." Grandy is the second person this month to publicly criticize the Chalmers hospital. John Staples said he witnessed an older man die while waiting to receive care in the hospital's waiting room in the early morning hours of July 12. It prompted Horizon to launch a review into what happened, and later prompted Premier Blaine Higgs to fire Horizon CEO John Dornan, and replace the board of directors for both Horizon and Vitalité with individual trustees. Seeking action from premier Aside from his wife, Barnet's parents are also demanding answers and action in light of the decision to discharge him hours after arriving at the hospital. A man and a woman sit next to each other.Dave and Nancy Barnet, parents of John Barnet, are calling on Premier Blaine Higgs to look into why their son was discharged from hospital. (Submitted by Dave Barnet) "The action of the hospital leaves us with disgust and anger," Dave and Nancy Barnet said in a letter they sent to Higgs on Thursday. "Why was our son not kept for observation for at least 24 to 48 hours after being told he could be paralyzed? Why was he sent home in his condition after six hours?" In an interview Friday, Dave Barnet said he hadn't heard back from Higgs, adding he's not just looking for an explanation, but action to improve the care offered at the hospital. "I'm hoping to hear that some kind of statement or news comes out, that they're going to find more money or allocate resources or transfer money and get more nurses and or doctors in the [Chalmers] to resolve this critical situation," Barnet said. In an email statement to CBC News, Higgs said he has received the Barnets' letter and will be contacting them to learn more about their experience. "It's not something I will comment further on in the media as I would prefer to speak with them directly," he said. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Aidan Cox Web reporter/editor Aidan Cox is a web writer for the CBC based in Fredericton. He can be reached at aidan.cox@cbc.ca and followed on Twitter @Aidan4jrn. CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices 1119 Comments Commenting is now closed for this story. Jonathan Symthe We were promised that health care would be universally accessible. Apparently we were never promised that the care would be of good quality. https://www.cbc.ca/news/ After more hospital complaints, Higgs gets involved in health-care system — again Nancy Barnet says Higgs, Horizon Health CEO both called after complaints about son's treatment at hospital Aidan Cox · CBC News · Posted: Aug 02, 2022 4:46 PM AT A man lies in a hospital bed with a neck brace. John Barnet broke the C7 vertebrae in his neck and broke his sternum in a motorcycle crash in Fredericton on July 26. (Submitted by Taylor Grandy) For the second time in just over two weeks, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has personally involved himself in a high-profile incident in the province's health-care system — again after it was made public in media reports. Dave and Nancy Barnet had demanded answers last week about why their son John was discharged from the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton just hours after breaking his neck in a motorcycle crash. Following their public complaints, Nancy Barnet said the premier called her and her husband at their home in Pictou, N.S. She said Margaret Melanson, interim president and CEO of Horizon Health Network, also called and arranged to have a doctor examine John at home. He was later taken by ambulance to a hospital in Saint John. John Barnet broke the C7 vertebra in his neck as well as his sternum, but was sent home after six hours of care in Fredericton. His parents wanted to know why he wasn't kept for at least 24 hours for observation of injuries that could have left him paralyzed. Nancy Barnet said Higgs called twice over the weekend — first on Saturday and again on Sunday — and left voice messages, as she and her husband weren't home to answer the phone. A man and a woman sit next to each other.Dave and Nancy Barnet, John's parents, received two calls from New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs after they sent him a letter asking him to look into how their son was treated at the hospital in Fredericton. (Submitted by Dave Barnet) Not up to Higgs to run health authorities The move comes after a July 15 news conference during which Higgs, responding to the death of a man in the emergency department waiting room of the same hospital, said it wasn't up to him to run the health authorities but it was up to him "to ensure that the right people are in the positions to do so." That incident prompted Higgs to fire the former president and CEO of Horizon Health and to replace its board of directors with a single trustee. He also replaced the province's health minister. Horizon Health didn't answer questions about whether Higgs played a role in the followup care provided to Barnet. In an emailed statement, Melanson said she felt it was important to personally follow up with Barnet to determine how he and his family were faring, and whether there was anything she could do to help. Meanwhile, Nancy Barnet said they appreciate whatever the premier did. "As a matter of fact, I'm planning to give [Higgs] a call myself today to thank him," she said. "I do believe that without his support, things may not have moved as quickly as they did." Barnet declined to share what Higgs said in his voice messages. John Barnet's parents received two missed phone calls from Higgs after they wrote him a letter complaining about the treatment he received at a Fredericton hospital. (Pat Richard/CBC) Impatient Blaine Higgs drops health minister, Horizon CEO She said her son has since been discharged from hospital in Saint John and is back home in Fredericton — in pain, but recovering. CBC News requested an interview with Higgs about his involvement in the case and is waiting for a response. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Aidan Cox Web reporter/editor Aidan Cox is a web writer for the CBC based in Fredericton. He can be reached at aidan.cox@cbc.ca and followed on Twitter @Aidan4jrn. CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices 33 Comments Mike May Funny how they only care when it gives them negative press! | |
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