Robert Moreau sues UNI Financial over firing during summer troubles
Moreau alleges he was wrongfully fired and blamed for problems with new online platform
Four months after he was fired by UNI Financial Cooperation, former CEO Robert Moreau is filing a lawsuit claiming wrongful dismissal.
Moreau alleges UNI blamed him for last summer's controversial transition to a new online banking platform that left thousands of members of the credit union without the ability to pay bills, transfer money or receive paycheque deposits.
In a notice of suit filed this week in the Court of King's Bench in Bathurst, Moreau says that he was fired in a "humiliating manner," and that UNI destroyed his reputation.
Moreau is asking for damages and interest equal to the amount he would have received had he been fired without cause, as well as punitive and other damages.
After transition to a new online platform in the summer, thousands of UNI Financial Cooperation customers were unable to access their bank accounts online, pay bills, get paid or transfer money. (Patrick-Lacelle/Radio-Canada)
None of Moreau's allegations have been tested in court.
Moreau and his lawyer, Joël Michaud, declined a request by Radio-Canada for comment. UNI also declined to comment.
Moreau's statement of claim says that after weeks of turmoil, Louis Léger, Premier Blaine Higgs's former chief of staff, invited him to a meeting on Aug. 15 with a few days' notice.
Disputes details of transition
At the meeting, Léger handed Moreau a letter informing him that UNI was terminating his employment for cause.
The claim says the letter was signed by Pierre-Marcel Desjardins on behalf of the UNI board of directors.
Moreau was then replaced by former UNI CEO Camille Thériault, who had led the credit union for 12 years at an earlier stage in its history.
"The letter criticizes Mr. Moreau, among other things, for having launched the transition hastily, while in reality the launch of the project had already been delayed due to technical problems at the request of UNI's partners," says the notice of suit. "The launch on July 6, 2023 enjoyed the approval of the council chaired by Mr. Desjardins."
Moreau says his employment contract allowed the UNI board of directors to replace him as CEO, but he alleges UNI "violated the contract by dismissing him with cause when no just and sufficient cause existed."
Moreau says the manner of his firing has damaged his reputation. (Zoom/CBC)
He says that by doing so, the institution damaged his reputation by leading the public to believe he was solely responsible for the chaotic transition to the new platform.
Moreau also says that by choosing to terminate his employment on National Acadian Day, "the board of directors acted in an implacable and humiliating manner."
Moreau remains adamant he was not solely responsible for the planning of the transition to the new technology
He says UNI made the decisions a few years ago to change technology suppliers and distance itself from the Desjardins Group.
Preparations began in June 2020, led by a steering committee and several subcommittees, including "very senior" employees, external consultants and representatives of service providers.
Moreau says the UNI board of directors would regularly receive and adopt reports on the progress of the transition project.
He was only notified of major technical issues related to the project after it launched on July 10, his notice says.
With files from Radio-Canada
"Moreau's statement of claim says that after weeks of turmoil, Louis Léger, Premier Blaine Higgs's former chief of staff, invited him to a meeting on Aug. 15 with a few days' notice.
At the meeting, Léger handed Moreau a letter informing him that UNI was terminating his employment for cause.
The claim says the letter was signed by Pierre-Marcel Desjardins on behalf of the UNI board of directors"
Hmmm Methinks Camille Thériault has had lots to say about everything else N'esy Pas?
good old Higgs and his ways.............. again
YO Jamie Baby Everybody knows I already talked to your Union's lawyer EH Higgy???
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---------- Original message ---------- From: Jamie Agnew <963prez@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 09:45:13 -0400 Subject: Re: Behold another VERY SNEAKY STINKY BILL My My You are big on pulling fast ones these days EH Higgy??? To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. I don’t know who the fuck you are so don’t call me and don’t email me Jamie https://www.cbc.ca/news/ Schools to reopen Monday after province, CUPE reach tentative agreement Schools moved to online learning on Nov. 1 after province locked out striking education workers Miriam Lafontaine · CBC News · Posted: Nov 14, 2021 12:08 PM AT CUPE workers are shown striking in Fredericton on Oct. 31. New Brunswick reached a tentative deal with the union on Saturday; students are expected to return to classrooms in the coming days. (Mrinali Anchan/CBC) Schools in New Brunswick will reopen on Monday after the provincial government reached a tentative agreement with the Canadian Union of Public Employees late Saturday. "I know that the last couple of weeks have been challenging for students and parents," Premier Blaine Higgs said in a press conference Sunday. "There's no replacement for in-classroom learning." More than 22,000 public sector workers are now expected to return to work after being on strike for more than two weeks. Tentative agreements were reached Saturday night with seven of the union's locals, Higgs said. Schools closed on Oct. 29 and moved to online learning after about 3,000 workers that included custodians, bus drivers, school library assistants and administrative support went on strike. Community colleges, where CUPE workers are also employed, are expected to reopen to students on Tuesday. N.B. government locks out 3,000 CUPE workers as strike enters Day 3 "I'm optimistic," Higgs added. "I really believe people want to get back to work." Higgs declined to comment on contract terms. CUPE New Brunswick president Steve Drost said negotiations over the past few days have been painful and tedious, but he's excited to present it to workers after everything they went through. "Both sides were able to make compromises in the best interest of the province," he said. The new wage offer will allow workers to keep up with cost of living in the province, he said. The 10 locals involved in strike action will be voting this week, with votes expected to wrap up by Friday. Steve Drost, the president of CUPE New Brunswick, at a press conference last weekend. He described the negotiations as 'painful and tedious.' (CBC) "I think that we've been able to achieve labour peace for New Brunswick. I'm very confident that we've made some historic gains here for workers," Drost said. "I couldn't be prouder of the workers." Both parties have also reached an agreement regarding pension plans that were being offered to locals 2745 and 1253, Drost said. Striking health-care workers back to work in N.B. after province invokes emergency order CUPE takes province to court over back-to-work emergency order Previously the premier had been demanding the locals convert their pension plans into the shared-risk system already in place for most other provincial employees, a major sticking point in the labour dispute. "We were able to achieve language in terms of a memorandum of understanding on that, whereby it's not necessarily a conversion to shared risk," Drost said. A union led court challenge regarding the back to work order that forced more than 2,000 health-care workers back to work on Nov. 6 scheduled for Monday is still going ahead, he said. The premier has since confirmed the order has been revoked. "We have to ensure that people's rights weren't violated," Drost said. N.B. Liquor stores staying open A tentative agreement between the province and the local representing workers with N.B. Liquor was also reached Saturday evening, its president said. The workers previously were set to take strike action by Tuesday if a deal couldn't be reached over the weekend, which would have shuttered stores. Jamie Agnew, the president of Local 963, at a press conference last Tuesday, said the negotiating team is 'very happy' to have reached a tentative agreement for N.B Liquor workers. (Ed Hunter/CBC) "The negotiating team is very happy. We're glad to have this done," said Jamie Agnew, the president of Local 963. He wants the public to know there's no need to panic buy. Provincewide sales reached $2 million on the Wednesday before Remembrance Day, he said, well over projections of around $500,000. N.B. Liquor employees poised to strike a week from now if deal not reached A prior tentative agreement had been reached between the union and management a year ago. "We thought we had a tentative agreement in November of 2020, but that was squashed by Mr. Higgs, so we had to go through this process again, and ended up taking a strike vote," Agnew said. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Miriam Lafontaine Miriam Lafontaine is a reporter with CBC New Brunswick based in Fredericton. She's originally from Montreal, and can be reached at miriam.lafontaine@cbc.ca. CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices |
CUPE waiting for ratification to decide whether to continue lawsuit against province
Emergency hearing scheduled for Monday cancelled in light of tentative contract agreement
The Canadian Union of Public Employees is not abandoning its court challenge of the province's use of emergency legislation to force striking health-care staff back to work.
CUPE had asked for an emergency hearing Monday to put a pause on the emergency order while its legality was decided.
But because staff went back to work after negotiators reached a tentative agreement over the weekend, the emergency hearing was adjourned.
Union lawyer Joël Michaud said that while the emergency hearing is cancelled, the legal challenge is still on.
"It's certainly on, at least until ratification," he said. "If the hospital-sector's members don't ratify, then we're right back to square one."
On Sunday, CUPE and the province separately announced a temporary end to the two-week strike by 22,000 public-sector employees, including school bus drivers, educational support staff and workers in transportation, corrections and the community college system.
The employees will vote on a tentative agreement with the government this week and decide Friday if the strike is over or if they will go back on the picket lines.
Health-care workers out for a shorter time
Some support staff in the health-care sector were part of the strike for a week but were ordered back to work by the province on Nov. 7.
Attorney General Ted Flemming imposed an emergency order that said if any of them continued to strike, they could face thousands of dollars in fines. And the "employee organization" they're a member of would be fined a minimum of $100,000, with no maximum limit, for each day they don't comply.
In its challenge, CUPE alleged the order contravened the workers' right to freedom of association and to belong to a certain organization. They also alleged the fines exceeded what's allowed through the Emergency Measures Act, and constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment," which also contravenes the Charter or Rights.
Michaud said that even if the agreement is accepted, the union may continue the challenge to get clarity on whether using the province's Emergency Measures Act to stop a strike is legal in general.
"There may be, you know, long-term utility in having a decision for all parties involved, frankly, for government as well," Michaud said. "There could be … a pretty clear statement of the court as to whether or not acting this way was legal.
Or the union could abandon the challenge, Michaud said. The union has yet to decide what to do.
Even if CUPE wants to go ahead, Michaud said, the court could decide that the issue is moot if the order is permanently lifted.
"Moreau and his lawyer, Joël Michaud, declined a request by Radio-Canada for comment. UNI also declined to comment."
Methinks Camille Thériault has had lots to say about everything else N'esy Pas?
Higg's cause is the mandate the voters gave him to govern, He did what we elected him to do. Better luck next time. Thanks for playing.
He may have had the mandate to govern but the polls are suggesting the people do not like the way he is doing it.
Illegal or not is up to Lawyers to determine.
CUPE leaders are to blame for any issues you may have.
Set your alarm clocks. Back to work like the rest of us.
Behold another VERY SNEAKY STINKY BILL My My You are big on pulling fast ones these days EH Higgy???
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I don’t know who the fuck you are so don’t call me and don’t email me Jamie |
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But the legislation is full of exemptions and procedures that often slow down or prevent release of what's being sought. Steeves said the amendment is there to clarify the process for departments and other public bodies and speed up release, not to further restrict information. "It's not like the minister can take the information and say 'No, you can't do this,'" he said. The province's chief information officer, Liz Byrne-Zwicker, said the minister doesn't have the legal authority to provide guidance or directives under the existing law. But some other public bodies covered by the act, like municipalities, can benefit from that help. "We would be responding to what they tell us is going to make sense and work best for them," she said. "The intention here is to bring consistency to interpretation and the way things are done as much as possible." For example, that could include clarifying what is meant by a duplicate document under the act, she said. Under the amendments, duplicate copies of the same document no longer have to be released. No protection from abuse Beeby said there's no long-term guarantee future ministers won't use the new section of the act to slow the release of controversial information. "With all the goodwill in the world, maybe this minister will not abuse that power, but there are future governments that may have a different view." Murray said a more efficient right-to-information system is not an end in itself. "The most efficient right to information system possible would be one that gave people no right to information," he said. 'Have you heard anything from Andy C?' Hidden name in government emails about Irving Oil revealed Analysis Access delayed, access denied: Here's why P.E.I's information system is broken This MLA obtained 1,150 pages about N.B.'s airport study. All but 100 were blacked out "So we have to recognize that efficiency isn't the only value here." And he said the risk in giving a minister more discretion is that the public will lose trust in the government when information is held back. "Public trust, we are finding out in this pandemic, is one of the key determinants of how effective your anti-pandemic measures will be. If you're not trusted, the measures won't be accepted by the populace and they won't be effective." The bill received second reading in the legislature on Nov. 12 and was sent to a committee for more debate. Charles Murray, New Brunswick’s ombud and information and privacy commissioner, says the change creates the risk that the minister could make arbitrary decisions on right-to-information requests. (Nicolas Steinbach/Radio-Canada) Murray said in the past, a bill like this would have gone to the law amendments committee for public hearings where witnesses like him could appear. But the government opted to send the bill to the economic policy committee instead, the clearing-house for most government legislation with no public hearings and witnesses. During the second reading debate last week, Opposition MLAs said the bill was the latest effort to erode the public's right to information. "Every government since I can recall, since the introduction of our right-to-information legislation, has chipped away at this act and diminished people's right to information," said Green Party Leader David Coon, who's been using the act for almost four decades. Liberal MLAs pointed out that one of their members, Bathurst West-Beresford's René Legacy, received 1,150 pages of documents on a provincial airport study but 1,050 of those pages were redacted. "It's a wonder if there are any black markers left in the department," said Liberal Treasury Board critic Rob McKee. Green Party Leader David Coon, who has been making right-to-information requests for decades, says successive governments have chipped away at the act over the years. (Ed Hunter/CBC) Other elements of the bill appear to be benign attempts to make the process work better, such as clarifying that a department no longer has to send multiple copies of the same document. If someone makes a request to the wrong department, that department will now have the legal authority to transfer it to the appropriate department rather than telling the requestor to start over themselves. But other sections will let the government extend or suspend the normal 30-day time limit for responding to a request when a third party has to be consulted on releasing information about them. Byrne-Zwicker said third parties, such as private companies communicating with the province, have rights under the act and the new provisions will help protect those rights. Beeby said long delays lead to information being released long after it's timely or relevant. "There's a tendency to drag these things out as long as possible," he said. "We don't want to hear about problems two governments down the line. We need to hear about them now, while they can still be corrected." ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jacques Poitras Provincial Affairs reporter Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. Raised in Moncton, he also produces the CBC political podcast Spin Reduxit. CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices| ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: NBEUB/CESPNB <General@nbeub.ca> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:45:59 +0000 Subject: RE: "NB Power will operate like a business, free from political interference, but nothing could be further from the truth," said Green party leader David Coon To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Thank you for your email to the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board. 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Saturday, 13 November 2021 MIKEY HOLLAND'S VERY SNEAKY STINKY BILL 77 An Act to Amend the Electricity Act Read first time: November 10, 2021 https://www.greenpartynb.ca/ Bill 39 Keeps the Politics in NB Power Posted by Merredith Brewer 341sc on May 22, 2013 22 MAY 2013 Bill 39, the proposed new Electricity Act, was debated yesterday in the Legislature during second reading. The Green Party says the debate overlooked the key problem with Bill 39. It fails to keep the politics out of NB Power. "Energy Minister Craig Leonard claims that Bill 39 will ensure that NB Power will operate like a business, free from political interference, but nothing could be further from the truth," said Green party leader David Coon. "The dirty little secret is that Cabinet will still be in the driver's seat when it comes to determining the most important costs associated with running the electrical utility, and the costs determine the price of electricity," said Coon. Unlike provinces such as Nova Scotia, Bill 39 requires NB Power to have its business plan, the Integrated Resource Plan, reviewed and approved by the provincial cabinet every three years rather than by the Energy and Utilities Board (EUB). Furthermore, while proposals for costly refurbishments or new power plants will be reviewed by the EUB, Cabinet retains the authority to make the final decision. "Bill 39 gives Cabinet a direct role in approving NB Power expenditures, which determine the price the utility must charge for its electricity," said Coon. "Bill 39 keeps the politics in NB Power which is why the Green Party has been demanding it be sent to committee for public hearings," said the Green Party leader. > Dear Ms. Mitchell, > > In relation to the Public Interest Hearing scheduled for Monday, November 15, 2021, please find attached correspondence on behalf of NB Power. > > For convenience, the link referred to in my correspondence is reproduced below: > > https://www.gnb.ca/legis/bill/ > <https://www.gnb.ca/legis/ > > Regards, > > John > > > > John Furey > Counsel > McInnes Cooper > > tel +1 (506) 458 1628 | fax +1 (506) 458 9903 | mobile +1 (506) 282 > 0380 > > Barker House, Suite 600 > 570 Queen Street > PO Box 610 Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A6 > > asst Nanette Phillips | +1 (506) 458 1629 > 1st Session, 60th Legislature New Brunswick 69-70 Elizabeth II, 2020-2021 BILL 77 An Act to Amend the Electricity Act Read first time: November 10, 2021 Read second time: Committee: Read third time: HON. MIKE HOLLAND Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows: 1. Section 1 of the Electricity Act, chapter 7 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 2013, is amended PART 1.1 HOLDING CORPORATION Establishment, board of directors, officers and employees 2.1(1) There is established a corporation with share capital under the name New Brunswick Power Holding Corporation consisting of those persons who compose the board of directors. TRANSITIONAL AND COMMENCEMENT DISPOSITIONS No filing of strategic, financial and capital investment plan 42 Despite subsection 101(1) of the Electricity Act, as that subsection existed on September 1, 2021, the New Brunswick Power Corporation shall not file a strategic, financial and capital investment plan covering the period of 10 fiscal years commencing on April 1, 2022, and ending on March 31, 2032. No application for rate approval 43 Despite subsection 103(1) of the Electricity Act, as that subsection existed on September 1, 2021, the New Brunswick Power Corporation shall not make an application to the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board for approval of the New Brunswick Power Corporation’s schedules of rates it proposes to charge for its services referred to in section 102 of that Act for the fiscal year which commences on April 1, 2022. Rates – 2022-2023 fiscal year 44(1) For the fiscal year which commences on April 1, 2022, the New Brunswick Power Corporation may impose, across all rate classes, a uniform increase of not more than 2% in the rates it charges for the services referred to in section 102 of the Electricity Act without making an application to the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board for approval of the increase. 44(2) The New Brunswick Power Corporation shall file new schedules of rates for its services referred to in section 102 of the Electricity Act with the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board within 30 days before any increase in the rates is made under subsection (1). 44(3) When filing new schedules with the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board in relation to any increase in the rates under subsection (1), the New Brunswick Power Corporation shall include in the schedules the date the authorization was given by the board of directors of the New Brunswick Power Corporation to increase the rates. 44(4) For the purposes of the Electricity Act, an increase in rates made under subsection (1) shall be deemed to be approved by the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board under Division B of Part 6 of that Act. 45(1) Paragraphs 1(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g) and 32(e) and sections 2 to 29, 34, 37, 40 and 41 of this Act come into force on April 1, 2022. 45(2) Sections 42, 43 and 44 of this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on September 1, 2021. ---------- Original message ---------- From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 02:32:12 +0000 Subject: RE: RE NB Power and EUB Matter 503 Methinks David Coon and the LIEbranos should remind Higgy and the mindless Mr Furey that the Fat Lady aint sung about the dubious Bill 77 yet N'esy Pas??? 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Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. jason.humphrey2@gnb.ca, "Furey, John" <jfurey@nbpower.com>, wharrison <wharrison@nbpower.com> ---------- Original message ---------- From: Newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.com> Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 08:17:44 +0000 Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks whereas the EUB transcripts can't be trusted perhaps the Brattle Group should have some of their people attend the EUB hearing next week To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Thank you for contacting The Globe and Mail. If your matter pertains to newspaper delivery or you require technical support, please contact our Customer Service department at 1-800-387-5400 or send an email to customerservice@globeandmail. If you are reporting a factual error please forward your email to publiceditor@globeandmail.com< Letters to the Editor can be sent to letters@globeandmail.com This is the correct email address for requests for news coverage and press releases. ---------- Original message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 04:17:36 -0400 Subject: Methinks whereas the EUB transcripts can't be trusted perhaps the Brattle Group should have some of their people attend the EUB hearing next week To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, Michael.Cragg@brattle.com, James.Reitzes@brattle.com, Lynda.Borucki@brattle.com, Andy.Harington@brattle.com Cc: "Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "Robert. Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, "David.Akin" <David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, gthomas@nbpower.com, jfurey@nbpower.com, bplummer@nbpower.com, Marc.Belliveau@gnb.ca, "Dominic.Cardy" <Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, tj <tj@burkelaw.ca>, kelly <kelly@lamrockslaw.com>, "Holland, Mike (LEG)" <mike.holland@gnb.ca>, "robert.mckee" <robert.mckee@gnb.ca>, "robert.gauvin" <robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>, "kris.austin" <kris.austin@gnb.ca>, "rick.desaulniers" <rick.desaulniers@gnb.ca>, "michelle.conroy" <michelle.conroy@gnb.ca>, "David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "Arseneau, Kevin (LEG)" <Kevin.A.Arseneau@gnb.ca>, "Mitton, Megan (LEG)" <megan.mitton@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "brian.gallant" <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, "denis.landry2" <denis.landry2@gnb.ca>, "greg.byrne" <greg.byrne@gnb.ca>, "Jack.Keir" <Jack.Keir@gnb.ca>, "jeff.carr" <jeff.carr@gnb.ca>, "hugh.flemming" <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford" <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, "andrew.scheer" <andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>, "maxime.bernier" <maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>, "elizabeth.may" <elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca> Obviously the Henneberry Reporting Service forgot to mention that Mr. Beaulieu attended the hearing and it was held in Delta Hotel, Fredericton N.B, it should be easy to understand why I stongly disagreed with their trancript of the public session I spoke at in 2018 N'esy Pas? New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board Commission de L’Energie et des Services Publics N.-B. Matter 430 IN THE MATTER OF an application by New Brunswick Power Corporation for approval of the schedules of the rates for the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2019, and other relief as outlined in NB Power’s application Held at the Delta Hotel, Saint John, N.B., on May 9th 2019. BEFORE: Raymond P Gorman, Q.C. - Chair John Patrick Herron - Panel Member Michael Costello - Panel Member Patrick Ervin - Panel Member NB Energy and Utilities Board - Counsel - Ms. Ellen Desmond, Q.C. - Staff - David Young John Lawton Michael Dickie Chief Clerk - Kathleen Mitchell CHAIRMAN: Good afternoon, everyone. Bonjour. Before we get started with today’s session, I want to point out that translation devices are available at the back of the room so if anybody needs one, please take this opportunity to secure one. All right. Welcome to today’s special session of the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board. All members of the Energy and Utilities Board are present today, including Vice-Chair, Francois Beaulieu, and Members, Michael Costello, Patrick Ervin and John Herron. Today’s public session will deal with Matter 430, which is NB Power’s 2019-2020 General Rate Application. In that application, NB Power is seeking Board approval for, amongst other things, an average increase in rates of 2.5 percent with some customers receiving an increase as high as 2.9 percent. This session of the rate hearing won’t follow the same format as we typically use at the formal hearing which will commence in about 10 days. Today’s session is intended to be much less formal so despite the fact that we are sitting here on the dais and in the front of the room and everybody seems to have a jacket and tie on, you shouldn’t take that to mean that we are requiring any formality today. And the reason that I wanted to emphasize that informality is that we really want to encourage members of the general public to come to the session and provide their views on these rate applications. Many people don’t have the time or the resources to present evidence before the Board but still have important contributions to make to the process. I want to assure you that your comments are taken seriously by the Board. I want to also point out that NB Power is represented here today over in the right-hand side of the room and although they will not be making a presentation today, they will be available to hear your concerns and to discuss them further following the conclusion of the presentations. Our Public Intervener, Heather Black, is also present and will be available to discuss any public interest concerns that you may have following today’s presentations. In addition, we have several members from the Energy and Utilities Board Staff who are also available to discuss matters with you. Each presenter today has been allocated 15 minutes to make his or her presentation and before we start with the presentations, I am going to invite Mr. Beaulieu to say a few words in French. CHAIRMAN: Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Mr. Shaw. I think that is all the presenters that we had for this afternoon. So we will conclude for this afternoon and we will be back at 6:00 p.m. Thank you. (Recess - 4:25 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.) CHAIRMAN: Good evening, everyone. Bonjour. This session is a continuation of our annual public session related to the general rate application by NB Power. And we had three excellent presentations earlier today. Before we get started with the presentations this evening, I want to point out that there are translation devices available at the back of the room. So if anybody feels that they may need that translation device, please take this opportunity to get one. All right. And I just want to -- for those who perhaps haven’t appeared before the Board in the past, I want to point out that the full Board is present here tonight, including to my left our Vice-Chair, Francois Beaulieu, Patrick Ervin to my far left, next to me Michael Costello and Mr. Ervin. Did I call him Mr. Ervin? Mr. Herron is down there. There, I have got them mixed up. All right. So would you say a few words in French? VICE-CHAIRMAN: Bon soir à tous. C’est un continuation de la séance public que nous avons débuter cette après-midi. Comme M. le président l’a indiqué, nous avons reçu trois bonnes présentations cet après-midi. Et puis avant de commencer, nous tenons à souligner que les dispositifs a l’arrière pour l’écoute en française si vous voulez, et puis cette un séance extraordinaire, un session extraordinaire de la Commission. Pis comme vous pouvez le voir, toute le monde est présent aujourd’hui, Monsieur le président, M. Gorman, et puis à ma gauche, puis M. Herron, at puis M. Costello, puis M. Ervin. CHAIRMAN: All right. So just before we get started, I should indicate as well that we have allocated 15 minutes for each of the presenters this evening. So we will start with David Amos. Mr. Amos, I think you can either take that table or the podium. Either one there is a microphone at both so whatever you are most comfortable with. MR. AMOS: Good evening. I presume I can speak for 15 minutes uninterrupted? CHAIRMAN: Yes. You are allocated 15 minutes, that’s correct, Mr. Amos. MR. AMOS: First I guess I should thank you for your signature, sir. I am probably the only man that wanted to intervene that you barred twice thus far. At least this time I have your signature, that and Mr. Herron’s and Mr. Costello. Everybody knows I ran against Mr. Herron in the election of the 38th parliament. And his lawyer, another Queen’s Counsel, David Lutz never answered me. So I filed the very same documents that I served upon Mr. Herron and David Lutz in 2004. That said, at that time, I believe you were the lawyer for the Saint John utilities. Anyway, Mr. Furey of NB Power, in his opposition to my intervening this time, didn’t think my whistle blowing efforts against KPMG amounted to anything, even though I gave you the proof I was conferring with Diane Lebouthiller, the Commissioner of Revenue Canada. Well if you don’t think a whistle blower who understands the malice of a law firm and an accounting firm has the right to intervene, who also owns property here and is a ratepayer, I don’t know who is. If you had said such things of Stephen Harper, he would consider it libel. So do I. The other two fellows that signed, Mr. Herron and Mr. Costello are not lawyers. But Mr. Costello and Mr. Ewing both worked for Bell Aliant. If you looked at the documents I sent, I even had a request for information from their former lawyer for Bell back in 2004. It took them four days to print my files. Anyway, when I first intervened in the 357 Matter, and you asked me why I intervened, I introduced myself. And I said every lawyer in the room knows who I am. And you do. And you did not stop me from intervening in the 357 Matter and I thank you for that. I am still an intervener in that Matter. The next hearing they take -- or Mr. Furey takes documents from the 357 Matter, takes out certain documents, uses them against me and you barred me without one word in writing. I opposed you delaying the 357 Matter with a proper motion and you never answered that motion. When you barred me just before you were done, you never put anything in writing. So the last time I said, fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. Now Mr. Furey filed a bunch of documents and then accused me of things I did not say from a transcript where I was never given a recording of it. I never threatened to kill anyone. Who are you people to say any different. That said, the last thing I said to you, Mr. Gorman, is do you understand the documents that are already on file. You wouldn’t answer me. Mr. Herron, who I have debated in several debates, looked like a deer in the headlights. He wouldn’t say one word the whole time we were there. As I explained to you, this is a rate increase hearing. When -- the last meeting we had at the 357 Matter, none of you guys knew what to do because Mr. Gallant wanted to be Premier again. His people appointed you to be Chair again. David Coon, the -- who had lots to say about NB Power when he was just a guy, was now opposing Mr. Gallant’s promise to freeze rates for at least three years. Well Mr. Gallant isn’t Premier. However, a Cabinet Minister’s wife, you allowed to intervene halfway through a hearing. Interesting. Then as soon as Mr. Higgs becomes Premier, NB Power all of a sudden wants a rate increase. Ain’t that interesting. Where is the Green Party. Now when I first intervened in the 357 Matter, you didn’t want my friend Gerald Bourque to intervene because he is a leader of a fledgling political party. He is still intervening. Gerald Bourque, my friend Roger Richard who I will back up till the cows come home and I all ran in the last provincial election. My friend Roger Richard clearly stated his issues were Smart Meters. You should still not allow Smart Meters until the 357 Matter is heard. I am still an intervener there. I will address your libel against me in the proper venue. In my opinion that’s federal court. You are a Queen’s Counsel, you are probably aware that New Brunswick does not have a constitution. I filed the documents that proved that I was involved in a National Energy Board matter in Saint John while you were a counsellor for the Utilities. Mr. Morrison, who is hearing a trial of a friend of mine’s murder, Dick Oland, was NB Power’s lawyer at the National Energy Board hearing. Did not surprise me when Mr. Furey took out his boss’ documents from those days. He used to work for Brad Green. And yet inserts a judgment by Mr. Morrison of Patterson & Palmer about barring some woman to speak because she is frivolous and vexatious. I don’t know why you think because some woman is frivolous and vexatious that I am too. I am no less a man than you. Now as far as these people in New Brunswick goes, I do speak on behalf of my fellow New Brunswicker. The average income, from what I read in CBC, of a New Brunswicker is about 31,000. I bet you there is not one soul in this room that makes over double that. From these -- most folks to make a salary of 31,000, it is comprised of a lot of people that make a lot less than 31,000 and then a lot of people that make a lot more, like the people in this room. But a lot of people are like me, seniors getting by on old Age pensions and Canada Pension or people working at Tim Hortons and trying to raise a couple of kids. And a lot of folks have to balance their heat bill versus their grocery bill or their pharma bill. And yet NB Power has got all kinds of money for their highest paid employee, a Yankee who makes like $750,000 to invest in mini nucs and try to peddle them around the world. Well the last thing I know about NB Power, its mandate, is to provide my fellow New Brunswickers reliable energy at a reasonable price. You make lots of electricity now, in fact, you sell it to other jurisdictions. I used to be in business. I would like to have $1.7 billion in sales, owed 5 billion. I think I would get out of debt pretty quick. You are supposed to have 20 percent equity before you invest in Mactaquac. Just from what I look at the books, what KPMG says we have for assets I think is what, 6.7 billion, book value nearly 5 billion. Well the difference between book value and what the assets are, you are already over 20 percent equity. There is no need for a price increase. There is no need to borrow money to invest in mini nucs for the benefit of a bunch of Yankees. I find all of this very aggravating. The reason that you bar me is because I sue lawyers and love to argue. Mr. Gorman, you and I will meet in another court. In my humble opinion, you need a lawyer. Good evening. CHAIRMAN: Thank you, Mr. Amos. All right. 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Mike Holland Ministre Député, Albert https://www.cbc.ca/news/ NB Power behind on plan to pay down $1 billion in debt The utility would need to increase rates by 22.3% to pay down its debt on schedule Robert Jones · CBC News · Posted: Feb 05, 2019 6:30 AM AT 185 Comments David Amos Methinks the folks who offer their opinions on NB Power's debt and rate hikes should consider attending the first day of the public EUB hearing of the 430 Matter today at 9.30 AM in the Delta Hotel in Saint John N'esy Pas? David Amos Methinks tomorrow should prove to be an interesting day at the EUB hearing o the 430 Matter byway of all the documents that the NB Power lawyers served on me at the last minute Anyone can download them from the EUB website if they truly cared N'esy Pas? Mark (Junkman) George Here is "the deal". It serves no one's purpose to run NB Hydro efficiently. The politicians don't care and see it only as a source to provide patronage positions. The folks running it have no desire to operate it efficiently, otherwise they would have no excuse for rate hikes, and big budgets indexed to their bonuses. I *guess*, on many levels, privatization is an answer of sorts, but does not assure efficient operation and/or decent competitive energy pricing. I *suppose* the best thing to do is remove all political control along with all the middle managers. Roger Richard @Mark (Junkman) George You may be right, we should be able to find a solution. But I wonder where integrity when? David Amos @Roger Richard Methinks you know as well as I that I will have another chance to teach NB Power, the EUB and many lawyers a lesson about Integrity tomorrow morning at 9.30 in the Delta Hotel in Saint John N'esy Pas mon cher ami??? |
Mr Richard pehaps Elizabeth MacPherson the lady lawyer I was just talking to will teach Higgy and his lawyers a lesson about Integrity
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Talks resume in Aliant strike
CBC News · Posted: Aug 30, 2004 11:02 AM ET
Representatives from Atlantic Canada's largest telecommunications
company and its 4,300 striking employees returned to the negotiating
table Monday, restarting talks to end the four-month-old strike.
Union and management representatives of Aliant met with federal
mediator Elizabeth MacPherson at an undisclosed location in Halifax.
It's their first face-to-face meeting since talks broke off after just
two days of negotiations in mid-July.
The meeting started at 10 a.m. and ended in the late afternoon, with
plans to resume talks Tuesday.
Federal Labour Minister Joe Fontana called the two sides back to the
table on Friday.
Union representative Dean MacDonald said he's optimistic going into
another round of talks with Aliant.
"Maybe with a bunch of different faces at the table, a new set of ears
and a new set of eyes – may come up with something different," he
said.
About 2,200 managers have been doing the work of the striking employees.
Aliant is majority-owned by Bell Canada and provides phone, internet
and other communications services to about two million residential
customers and 80,000 businesses in Atlantic Canada. It owns the major
telecom providers in all four Atlantic provinces.
Employees are in dispute with the company over job security, pay,
hours of work and benefits. They also want better health-care and
pension benefits as well as limits on contracting out.
FROM JULY 6, 2004: Aliant using outside workers: strikers
Last month, Jay Forbes, the president of Aliant, said the strike had
already cost the company $13 million.
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Fundy Royal campaign targets middle class with focus on jobs
Fundy Royal voters have elected Conservatives all but 1 time in 28
elections over 101 years
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I must Say I am rather impressed at CBC's sudden fit of Integrity to
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Rest assured that I have been saving digital snapshots just in case
they delete and block me as usual :)
In return here is an old scoop about CTV that CBC and everybody else
and his dog has been ignoring for 11 very long years after I ran in
the election of the 38th Parliament against the aptly named lawyer Rob
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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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N.B. government behind financial problems of CUPE pensions, ruling suggests
Province ordered to fix $69.2 million funding shortfall
Robert Jones · CBC News · Posted: Nov 09, 2021 6:30 AM AT
CUPE Local 1253 represents about 1,900 New Brunswick school
custodians, maintenance workers and school bus drivers. Its pension
plan has a $69.2 million deficit that an arbitrator blamed on the
province and ordered it to fix. (Camille LaCroix/Radio-Canada)
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has made the poor financial
condition of two CUPE pension plans that serve school board workers a
central issue in a strike by public-sector unions, even though it was
the province that drove the pension plans into financial trouble in
the first place, according to a labour arbitration case.
In a decision issued June 28, experienced national labour arbitrator
Elizabeth MacPherson found the province failed to meet its obligation
to fully fund the pension of CUPE Local 1253, representing about 1,900
New Brunswick school custodians, maintenance workers and school bus
drivers, over several years.
That helped drive it into a $69.2 million deficit as of Jan. 1, 2018,
its last full actuarial evaluation.
CUPE president Stephen Drost says members of locals 2745 and 1253 have
made all of their required pension contributions and are not
responsible for their poor financial condition. (Jacques Poitras/CBC
News)
In her ruling, MacPherson ordered the government to begin paying $5.5
million per year as part of a 15-year plan to fix a deterioration in
the pension that years of underfunding caused.
"I find that by failing to make the contributions to the Plan
necessary to fund the going concern deficit identified by the
Actuaries, the Employer has breached the collective agreement," wrote
MacPherson, the former chair of the Canada Industrial Relations Board,
first appointed in 2007 by the former government of Stephen Harper.
"As remedy for the breach, the Employer is directed to commence making
regular contributions to the Plan in accordance with the 2018
Actuarial Valuation in amounts sufficient to eliminate the going
concern deficit within 15 years."
MacPherson noted the figure of $5.5 million per year was an estimate
from 2018 of what is required to fix the pension shortfall and may
have to be updated when a 2021 actuarial valuation of the deficit is
made available.
She is in private practice now in Ontario and was jointly picked by
the province and CUPE to rule on the dispute, which came forward as a
union grievance in 2018
Higgs wants striking employees to be willing to discuss pension changes
Another grievance to be heard
A second nearly identical grievance filed by CUPE Local 2745, the
union representing school administrative staff, also alleges
government wrongly starved its pension plan of millions of dollars in
required contributions.
That grievance is scheduled to be heard next year.
Higgs has been criticizing the financial condition of both pensions,
which are two of only three defined benefit plans left among New
Brunswick government employees. The third plan belongs to provincial
court judges.
Pension reforms have union support, Higgs says
CUPE wants to intervene in public service pension lawsuit
Defined benefit plans guarantee employees agreed-upon amounts of
retirement income and benefits. Although employees and the employer
both contribute to a pension fund to pay those costs, any unexpected
shortfall is a financial responsibility of the employer alone.
Most New Brunswick government unions were moved from defined benefit
to "targeted benefit" pension plans in 2014, but the two CUPE locals
had special wording in their collective agreements that blocked the
province from switching them over.
Workers are among lowest paid
The two plans serve employees who are among the lowest paid in government.
According to the province's latest financial statements, members of
the two unions make an average of just under $36,000 per year with
retired members of CUPE Local 2745 earning average annual pensions of
$8,724. Average pensions of former CUPE Local 1253 members are
$11,979.
"They are no way a gold-plated pension plan," said Theresa McAllister,
president of Local 2745.
The pension plans have been depicted as financial wrecks in government
messaging as part of an effort to pressure the two unions to give them
up for cheaper retirement plans with benefits the province does not
have to guarantee.
Theresa McAllister (in pink sweater) is president of CUPE Local 2745,
whose members, she says, earn under $36,000 on average, with retirees
collecting average annual pensions under $9,000. (CBC)
In government news releases, the plans are described as being
unsustainable and in financial "jeopardy" and last week Higgs told the
legislature that winning changes to the two plans was a key government
goal in its current labour fight with multiple CUPE unions
"That is one of the stalemates in the CUPE discussion," he said
Largely government's doing
Both pension funds are in a serious deficit position, but according to
MacPherson's account of what happened to the CUPE 1253 pension, this
is largely government's doing for unilaterally failing to make regular
"special payments" to keep the plans fully funded as it is required to
do.
MacPherson said special payments are typical in defined benefit plans.
CUPE official backs pension reforms despite protests
Iris Lloyd is President of Local 1253 and said evidence gathered by
the union and presented to MacPherson showed that as a deficit
appeared in the plan following the financial crash of 2008, regular
special payments from the province began but then suddenly stopped in
2013.
Higgs was minister of finance at the time and the end of special
payments triggered a downward spiral in the pension's financial
position from which it has not recovered.
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says a decision from a labour
arbitrator that the province owes CUPE 1253's pension plan $69.2
million is not why he's pushing for the plan to be changed.
(Government of New Brunswick)
The former government of Brian Gallant did make a $10.1 million
retroactive payment in 2018 to try to shore up the plan but it remains
in a significant hole.
"Premier Higgs back in 2013 decided to stop making payments into our
pension plan and therefore we were able to prove that he purposely
underfunded our pension plan by that $69.2 million," Lloyd said in an
interview.
"You really have to talk to Premier Higgs about why these plans are in
the shape they are in."
In her decision, MacPherson said the province was wrong to withhold
special payments from the plan that were needed for it to remain
financially healthy.
"Because this is a collectively bargained pension plan, the Employer
is not free to simply ignore or amend the provisions of the Plan text
or otherwise act unilaterally, as it has been able to do with pension
plans applicable to other bargaining units that are solely controlled
by the Employer," MacPherson wrote.
"Any changes to this Plan, including the parties' respective
obligations under the Plan, must be negotiated by the Employer and the
Union."
Future of arbitration case
The province has filed for a judicial review of MacPherson's decision.
Asked Monday about MacPherson's ruling, Higgs said it is unclear who
is to blame for the two pensions' poor financial position.
"We can all have our different views on whether it was funded properly
or not, but I'm not an actuary," said Higgs.
He also denied his goal in changing the pension plans is to escape the
expense of MacPherson's funding order.
"Absolutely not." he said
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Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 17:50:56 -0400
Subject: Re: Oh My My I read the news about Erin O'Toole et al in CBC
again today Deja Vu Anyone???
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Mr. Amos,
Please explain very slowly this: "This Judge understnds the meaning of
the word Integrity ». What the word integrity means now a day?
Thanks,
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Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 19:44:33 +0000
Subject: RE: Oh My My I read the news about Erin O'Toole et al in CBC
again today Deja Vu Anyone???
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> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 19:41:29 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Oh My My I read the news about Erin O'Toole
> et al in CBC again today Deja Vu Anyone???
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 15:40:53 -0400
> Subject: Oh My My I read the news about Erin O'Toole et al in CBC
> again today Deja Vu Anyone???
> To: Melanie.Joly@parl.gc.ca, David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca,
> Pablo.Rodriguez@parl.gc.ca, francis.scarpaleggia@parl.gc.
> Steven.MacKinnon@parl.gc.ca, Marc.Miller@parl.gc.ca,
> Yves.Robillard@parl.gc.ca, Angelo.Iacono@parl.gc.ca,
> Annie.Koutrakis@parl.gc.ca, Emmanuella.Lambropoulos@parl.
> Patricia.Lattanzio@parl.gc.ca, Stephane.Lauzon@parl.gc.ca,
> Joel.Lightbound@parl.gc.ca, Soraya.MartinezFerrada@parl.
> Sherry.Romanado@parl.gc.ca, Peter.Schiefke@parl.gc.ca,
> Brenda.Shanahan@parl.gc.ca, Sameer.Zuberi@parl.gc.ca,
> Michelle.Rempel@parl.gc.ca, Tim.Uppal@parl.gc.ca,
> mike.lake@parl.gc.ca, Ron.Liepert@parl.gc.ca,
> chris.warkentin@parl.gc.ca, Len.Webber@parl.gc.ca,
> Arnold.Viersen@parl.gc.ca, Martin.Shields@parl.gc.ca,
> blake.richards@parl.gc.ca, blaine.calkins@parl.gc.ca,
> Shannon.Stubbs@parl.gc.ca, Gerald.Soroka@parl.gc.ca
> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
> <Michelle.Boutin@rcmp-grc.gc.
> fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@
> <pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca>, Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca,
> jagmeet.singh@parl.gc.ca, erin.otoole@parl.gc.ca, john.tasker@cbc.ca
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>
>
> O'Toole leaves MPs who questioned vaccine policy out of his shadow cabinet
>
> Poilievre appointed finance critic, Rempel Garner out at health in
> Conservative shadow-cabinet shuffle
> John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted: Nov 09, 2021 9:07 AM ET | Last
> Updated: 16 minutes ago
>
> Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole holds a news conference on Parliament
> Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian
> Press)
>
> Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole announced his shadow cabinet today —
> the critics who will stare down Liberal ministers in the House of
> Commons and press for answers on key files.
>
> Notably absent from the critics' list are MPs who have voiced
> opposition to COVID-19 vaccine policies.
>
> Newly elected MP and former Conservative leadership contender Leslyn
> Lewis, long-time MP Marilyn Gladu and Saskatchewan MP Rosemarie Falk
> have been left on the Conservative backbench without a prominent role
> in the next Parliament.
>
> Lewis has criticized COVID-19 vaccinations for children. Gladu
> recently took on a role with a new "civil liberties" working group of
> parliamentarians concerned about vaccinate mandates. Falk has
> expressed opposition to what she has called "mandatory vaccinations."
>
> Gladu and Falk served previously in O'Toole's pre-election shadow
> cabinet as critics for the Queen's Privy Council and seniors
> respectively. Gladu, who made waves recently by comparing COVID-19 to
> polio, also served previously as the party's health critic under
> former leader Andrew Scheer.
>
> O'Toole concedes some Conservative MPs have caused 'confusion' over vaccines
>
> B.C. MP Mark Strahl, who said last month in a social media post that
> vaccine mandates are "discriminatory, coercive and must be opposed,"
> has lost his job as the party's shadow minister for labour.
>
> Ontario MP Dean Allison, the host of an online show that has featured
> vaccine skeptics as guests, has been left out of the shadow cabinet,
> although he didn't have a role on O'Toole's team before the September
> federal election.
>
> Asked what he would do about MPs who have questioned public health
> guidance or government directives on vaccines, O'Toole said his
> choices for the shadow cabinet reflect how he feels about the issue.
>
> "We selected experienced MPs who are prepared to fight inflation,
> prepared to fight the Liberal-NDP coalition and also to address
> vaccine hesitancy. It's very important for leaders in our shadow
> cabinet to play that role and that's why I made choices like the ones
> I just announced," O'Toole said in French.
> Former leadership candidates on backbench
>
> Lewis, who has strong support from the social conservative wing of the
> party, ran a close third place in last year's leadership race.
> Newly elected Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis adjusts her mask as she
> arrives for a caucus meeting. Lewis was left out of Conservative
> Leader Erin O'Toole's shadow cabinet. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
>
> One of the few people of colour elected under the Conservative banner,
> Lewis has said Canadian children are being "used as shields for
> adults" and has vowed to stand against the deployment of COVID-19
> shots in kids. Most health experts say vaccine coverage in this
> younger cohort will help Canada achieve some form of herd immunity
> against the virus.
>
> O'Toole attacks Trudeau's 'inexperienced' cabinet as a threat to
> national unity
>
> Gladu also ran for the party's leadership but failed to gain enough
> early support to get her name on the final ballot.
>
> She is a member of a group of Conservative parliamentarians who
> recently formed what they call a "civil liberties" working group to
> advocate for the unvaccinated. While promoting the group's work during
> an appearance on CTV, Gladu suggested that polio — a disease largely
> eradicated in Canada through vaccinations — posed more of a threat
> than COVID-19.
>
> Gladu also said "multiple sources of data" must be reviewed to
> determine if vaccine mandates actually work to curb the spread of the
> virus. She said asking people to disclose their vaccination status is
> a slippery slope that could lead to "discrimination" against people
> with other health conditions.
>
> WATCH | Conservative MPs form 'mini-caucus' to talk about
> vaccine-related issues:
> Conservative MPs forming ‘mini-caucus’ to talk about vaccine-related issues
> 4 days ago
> 11:20
>
> Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu, who is spearheading the initiative,
> joins Power & Politics to discuss how some Conservatives are forming a
> team within caucus to tackle what they're calling civil liberties
> issues related to vaccination. 11:20
>
> After the shadow cabinet positions were announced today, Gladu issued
> a statement to the media retracting her comments.
>
> "I would like to apologize for my inappropriate comments about
> COVID-19 vaccines during a recent CTV interview. Upon reflection, I
> recognize how dangerous it is to share misinformation about the
> severity of COVID-19 and the safety and efficacy of vaccines. I
> retract these comments in full," Gladu said.
>
> "I apologize unreservedly to Canadians. I also apologize to my caucus
> colleagues and Leader for the distraction my comments have created."
> Experienced MPs take on top critic roles
>
> Ontario MP Pierre Poilievre is back as the party's finance critic.
> Known as a hard-charging parliamentarian, Poilievre was swapped out of
> that role by O'Toole before the last election.
>
> He's back now, O'Toole said, because the Conservatives are intent on
> holding the government's feet to the fire over its perceived
> mishandling of inflation. The pandemic, massive government spending
> and constrained supply chains have caused prices to spike, a
> phenomenon that makes the cost of living higher for everyone.
> Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre will serve as the party's finance
> critic. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
>
> "As you know, Pierre is one of our strongest communicators. He's tough
> in the House. I see Liberals quiver when he rises to his feet, whether
> it's on the WE Charity scandal or other issues," O'Toole said.
>
> "The big risk facing our country is inflation — the highest rate in 20
> years. So, I want Mr. Trudeau and Ms. Freeland worried about their
> complacency, their overspending and that NDP coalition," O'Toole said,
> citing media reports suggesting the Liberals and NDP are in talks over
> some sort of cooperation agreement ahead of Parliament's return on
> Nov. 22. "They can buy Jagmeet Singh's silence. They cannot buy ours
> or Pierre's."
>
> Poilievre's replacement as finance critic, B.C. MP Ed Fast, will serve
> as the party's industry, innovation and science critic. O'Toole said
> the job change was not a criticism of Fast personally. "I'm a big fan
> of Ed Fast," O'Toole said.
>
> Erin O'Toole says he has enough Conservative caucus support to
> stay on as leader
>
> Alberta MP Michelle Rempel Garner, who was a sharp critic of the
> government's pandemic response, has been shuffled out of her role as
> health critic and into the natural resources portfolio.
>
> A skilled communicator, Rempel Garner will take on Environment
> Minister Steven Guilbeault and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan
> Wilkinson, two Liberal ministers who have been tasked with reshaping
> Canada's climate policy as the country strives to dramatically slash
> greenhouse gas emissions by some 40 to 45 per cent by the end of the
> decade.
>
> Last week at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Prime Minister
> Justin Trudeau promised to put a cap on emissions from the oil and gas
> sector, which could have long-term consequences for jobs and growth in
> Alberta's oil patch.
>
> "We actually want the country to succeed. We want to reduce emissions
> but not by shutting down an entire sector of the economy when we need
> them the most," O'Toole said.
>
> "So, you're going to see a mixture of experienced, talented and new
> voices proposing an economic future that I think Canadians will be
> desperate for by the time the next election comes."
>
> Alberta MP Shannon Stubbs, who voiced concerns about O'Toole's
> leadership after the September election, is also out as the party's
> shadow minister for public safety.
>
> Stubbs told reporters ahead of the first post-election caucus meeting
> that she was concerned about the party's shift to the centre under
> O'Toole, criticizing his election flip-flop on firearms in particular.
>
> ABOUT THE AUTHOR
> John Paul Tasker
>
> Parliamentary Bureau
>
> J.P. Tasker is a senior writer in the CBC's parliamentary bureau in
> Ottawa. He can be reached at john.tasker@cbc.ca.
>
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 22:04:55 -0400
> Subject: Fwd: Anybody know who the Governor General is these days???
> Methinks if Trudeau the Younger wants a writ dropped somebody has to
> do the dirty deed N'esy Pas?
> To: Melanie.Joly@parl.gc.ca, David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca,
> Pablo.Rodriguez@parl.gc.ca, francis.scarpaleggia@parl.gc.
> Steven.MacKinnon@parl.gc.ca, Marc.Miller@parl.gc.ca,
> Yves.Robillard@parl.gc.ca, Angelo.Iacono@parl.gc.ca,
> Annie.Koutrakis@parl.gc.ca, Emmanuella.Lambropoulos@parl.
> Patricia.Lattanzio@parl.gc.ca, Stephane.Lauzon@parl.gc.ca,
> Joel.Lightbound@parl.gc.ca, Soraya.MartinezFerrada@parl.
> Sherry.Romanado@parl.gc.ca, Peter.Schiefke@parl.gc.ca,
> Brenda.Shanahan@parl.gc.ca, Sameer.Zuberi@parl.gc.ca
> Cc: Michelle.Rempel@parl.gc.ca, Tim.Uppal@parl.gc.ca,
> mike.lake@parl.gc.ca, motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>,
> Ron.Liepert@parl.gc.ca, chris.warkentin@parl.gc.ca,
> Len.Webber@parl.gc.ca, Arnold.Viersen@parl.gc.ca,
> Martin.Shields@parl.gc.ca, blake.richards@parl.gc.ca,
> blaine.calkins@parl.gc.ca, Shannon.Stubbs@parl.gc.ca,
> Gerald.Soroka@parl.gc.ca
>
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> On 3/11/21, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: Art.McDonald@forces.gc.ca
>> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:08:24 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: YO JONATHAN.VANCE You have been ducKing e
>> since 2015 when I was running iN the election of the 42nd Parliament
>> and suing the Queen in Federal Court Methinks it is YOU who should
>> finally call me back N'esy Pas?
>> To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>
>> The Acting Chief of the Defence Staff is LGen Wayne Eyre, he may be
>> reached at wayne.eyre@forces.gc.ca.
>>
>> Le Chef d'état-major de la Défense par intérim est le LGen Wayne Eyre.
>> Il peut être rejoint au wayne.eyre@forces.gc.ca.
>>
>> Art McD
>> He/Him // Il/Lui
>> Admiral/amiral Art McDonald
>>
>> Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS)
>> Canadian Armed Forces
>> art.mcdonald@forces.gc.ca<
>> 613-992-5054
>>
>> Chef d’état-major de la Defense (CÉMD)
>> Forces armées canadiennes
>> art.mcdonald@forces.gc.ca<
>> 613-992-5054
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:08:16 -0400
>> Subject: YO JONATHAN.VANCE You have been ducKing e since 2015 when I
>> was running iN the election of the 42nd Parliament and suing the Queen
>> in Federal Court Methinks it is YOU who should finally call me back
>> N'esy Pas?
>> To: art.mcdonald@forces.gc.ca, richard.jolette@forces.gc.ca,
>> JONATHAN.VANCE@forces.gc.ca, Tammy.Harris@forces.gc.ca,
>> Jill.Chisholm@justice.gc.ca, Cedric.Aspirault@forces.gc.ca,
>> Derek.Sloan@parl.gc.ca, Hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca,
>> Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>> clare.barry@justice.gc.ca, elder.marques@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
>> michael.mcnair@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, David.Akin@globalnews.ca,
>> dale.drummond@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
>> fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@
>> Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.
>> <andrea.anderson-mason@gnb.ca>
>> Marwan.Tabbara@parl.gc.ca, Yasmin.Ratansi@parl.gc.ca,
>> Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca, "Bill.Blair" <Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca>
>> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>,
>> Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, news-tips
>> <news-tips@nytimes.com>, mcu@justice.gc.ca,
>> ombudsman-communications@
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: JONATHAN.VANCE@forces.gc.ca
>> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:01:09 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: YO JONATHAN.VANCE I trust that MASON
>> STALKER, all the NATO dudes and YOU know that I don't send Spam
>> To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>
>> Admiral Art McDonald is now the Chief of the Defence Staff, he may be
>> reached at art.mcdonald@forces.gc.ca. I will continue to monitor this
>> account periodically until my retirement from the Canadian Armed
>> Forces. Please reach out to EA CDS, LCol Richard Jolette at
>> richard.jolette@forces.gc.ca if you require to get a hold of me.
>>
>> L'amiral Art McDonald est maintenant le Chef d'état-major de la
>> Défense, on peut le joindre au art.mcdonald@forces.gc.ca. Je
>> continuerai de surveiller ce compte périodiquement jusqu'à ma retraite
>> des Forces armées canadiennes. Veuillez contacter CdeC CEMD, Lcol
>> Richard Jolette au richard.jolette@forces.gc.ca si vous avez besoin de
>> me contacter.
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
>> <fin.minfinance-financemin.
>> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:01:23 +0000
>> Subject: RE: YO JONATHAN.VANCE I trust that MASON STALKER, all the
>> NATO dudes and YOU know that I don't send Spam
>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>
>> The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
>> correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
>> comments.
>> Due to the evolving COVID-19 situation, we apologize in advance for
>> any delay in responding to your enquiry. In the meantime, information
>> on Canada's COVID-19 Economic Response Plan is available on the
>> Government of Canada website at
>> www.canada.ca/coronavirus<http
>> calling 1-800 O Canada (1-800-622-6232) or 1-833-784-4397.
>>
>> Le ministère des Finances Canada accuse réception de votre courriel.
>> Nous vous assurons que vos commentaires sont les bienvenus.
>> En raison de la fluidité de la crise de la COVID-19, il est possible
>> que nous retardions à vous répondre et nous nous en excusons.
>> Entre-temps, les informations au sujet du Plan d'intervention
>> économique du Canada pour répondre à la COVID-19 sont disponibles dans
>> le site Web du gouvernement du Canada au
>> www.canada.ca/coronavirus<http
>> composant le
>> 1-800 O Canada (1-800-622-6232) ou le 1-833-784-4397.
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
>> <fin.minfinance-financemin.
>> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:08:27 +0000
>> Subject: RE: YO JONATHAN.VANCE You have been ducKing e since 2015 when
>> I was running iN the election of the 42nd Parliament and suing the
>> Queen in Federal Court Methinks it is YOU who should finally call me
>> back N'esy Pas?
>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>
>> The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
>> correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
>> comments.
>> Due to the evolving COVID-19 situation, we apologize in advance for
>> any delay in responding to your enquiry. In the meantime, information
>> on Canada's COVID-19 Economic Response Plan is available on the
>> Government of Canada website at
>> www.canada.ca/coronavirus<http
>> calling 1-800 O Canada (1-800-622-6232) or 1-833-784-4397.
>>
>> Le ministère des Finances Canada accuse réception de votre courriel.
>> Nous vous assurons que vos commentaires sont les bienvenus.
>> En raison de la fluidité de la crise de la COVID-19, il est possible
>> que nous retardions à vous répondre et nous nous en excusons.
>> Entre-temps, les informations au sujet du Plan d'intervention
>> économique du Canada pour répondre à la COVID-19 sont disponibles dans
>> le site Web du gouvernement du Canada au
>> www.canada.ca/coronavirus<http
>> composant le
>> 1-800 O Canada (1-800-622-6232) ou le 1-833-784-4397.
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>
>> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:08:22 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: YO JONATHAN.VANCE You have been ducKing e
>> since 2015 when I was running iN the election of the 42nd Parliament
>> and suing the Queen in Federal Court Methinks it is YOU who should
>> finally call me back N'esy Pas?
>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>
>> Thank you for taking the time to write to us.
>>
>> Due to the high volume of emails that we receive daily, please note
>> that there may be a delay in our response. Thank you for your
>> understanding.
>>
>> If you are looking for current information on Coronavirus, please
>> visit www.gnb.ca/coronavirus<http://
>>
>> If this is a Media Request, please contact the Premier’s office at
>> (506) 453-2144.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>> Bonjour,
>>
>> Nous vous remercions d’avoir pris le temps de nous écrire.
>>
>> Tenant compte du volume élevé de courriels que nous recevons
>> quotidiennement, il se peut qu’il y ait un délai dans notre réponse.
>> Nous vous remercions de votre compréhension.
>>
>> Si vous recherchez des informations à jour sur le coronavirus,
>> veuillez visiter
>> www.gnb.ca/coronavirus<http://
>>
>> S’il s’agit d’une demande des médias, veuillez communiquer avec le
>> Cabinet du premier ministre au 506-453-2144.
>>
>> Merci.
>>
>>
>> Office of the Premier/Cabinet du premier ministre
>> P.O Box/C. P. 6000
>> Fredericton, New-Brunswick/Nouveau-
>> E3B 5H1
>> Canada
>> Tel./Tel. : (506) 453-2144
>> Email/Courriel:
>> premier@gnb.ca/
>>
>>
>> On 3/11/21, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 12:35:27 -0400
>>> Subject: Re: YO JONATHAN.VANCE I trust that MASON STALKER, all the
>>> NATO dudes and YOU know that I don't send Spam
>>> To: Michel.Drapeau@mdlo.ca, "Gilles.Moreau" <Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>
>>> Cc: mlo-blm@forces.gc.ca, "erin.otoole" <erin.otoole@parl.gc.ca>,
>>> "Katie.Telford" <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "jagmeet.singh"
>>> <jagmeet.singh@parl.gc.ca>, "Robert. Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>,
>>> "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>
>>>
>>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>>
>>>
>>> Prosecuting high-ranking officers a 'significant challenge'
>>>
>>> "Retired colonel and lawyer Michel Drapeau, who is a leading expert in
>>> military justice, said he wonders how a court martial could hear a
>>> case involving Vance or McDonald when no one in the military,
>>> including judges, would outrank them."
>>>
>>> PERHAPS I SHOULD SUE THEM EH???
>>>
>>> On 9/23/19, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>> Byrne Furlong
>>>> Press Secretary
>>>> Office of the Minister of National Defence
>>>> 613-996-3100
>>>>
>>>> Media Relations
>>>> Department of National Defence
>>>> 613-996-2353
>>>> mlo-blm@forces.gc.ca
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:14:23 -0300
>>>> Subject: Fwd: YO JONATHAN.VANCE I trust that MASON STALKER, all the
>>>> NATO dudes and YOU know that I don't send Spam
>>>> To: Michel.Drapeau@mdlo.ca, Walter.Semianiw@mdlo.ca, Newsroom
>>>> <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>
>>>> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> Peter Stoffer
>>>> STRATEGIC ADVISOR
>>>>
>>>> (613) 236-2657 x200
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mr. Stoffer served as a Member of Parliament for the riding of
>>>> Sackville-Eastern Shore from 1997 to 2015. During 2011-2015, he served
>>>> as the Official Opposition Critic for Veterans Affairs.
>>>>
>>>> During this time, Mr. Stoffer was honoured with a variety of awards
>>>> from the environmental, military, provincial and federal communities.
>>>> He was named Canada’s Parliamentarian of the year 2013, and he
>>>> received the Veterans Ombudsman award. Mr Stoffer has been knighted
>>>> into the Order of St. George and has also been knighted by the King of
>>>> the Netherlands into the Order of Orange Nassau.
>>>>
>>>> He is currently volunteering for a variety of veteran organizations.
>>>> He is also host to a radio show called “Hour of Heroes in Nova Scotia”
>>>> on Community Radio, Radio Station 97-5 CIOE-FM, the Voice of the East
>>>> Coast Music.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Colonel-Maître® Michel William Drapeau
>>>> SENIOR COUNSEL
>>>> (613) 236-2657 x200
>>>> Michel.Drapeau@mdlo.ca
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:43:40 -0300
>>>> Subject: YO JONATHAN.VANCE I trust that MASON STALKER, all the NATO
>>>> dudes and YOU know that I don't send Spam
>>>> To: JONATHAN.VANCE@forces.gc.ca, "Gilles.Moreau"
>>>> <Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>, stalker.mason@hq.nato.int
>>>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>> <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, ombudsman-communications@
>>>> "Paul.Shuttle" <Paul.Shuttle@pco-bcp.gc.ca>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: MASON.STALKER@forces.gc.ca
>>>> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 16:38:01 +0000
>>>> Subject: Automatic reply: [SUSPECTED SPAM / SPAM SUSPECT] A little
>>>> Deja Vu for JONATHAN.VANCE et al
>>>> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> Good day,
>>>>
>>>> Please note that I do not have regular access to DWAN and your email
>>>> has not been forwarded.
>>>>
>>>> Please forward your email to: stalker.mason@hq.nato.int
>>>>
>>>> Thank you in advance,
>>>>
>>>> MJS
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 9/23/19, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: MASON.STALKER@forces.gc.ca
>>>>> Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 12:04:41 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks its obvious why the Crown would
>>>>> drop the charges after Mark Norman's lawyers hit Trudeau and his buddy
>>>>> Butts with subpoenas N'esy Pas/
>>>>> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Good day,
>>>>>
>>>>> Please note that I do not have regular access to DWAN and your email
>>>>> has not been forwarded.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: JONATHAN.VANCE@forces.gc.ca
>>>>> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 18:26:35 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Automatic reply: I see that the the evil blogger in Alberta
>>>>> Barry Winters aka Mr Baconfat is still practising libel and hate
>>>>> speech contrary to Sections 300 and 319 0f the Canadian Criminal Code
>>>>> N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger" ???
>>>>> To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> I will be out of the office until 23 February 2016. I am unable to
>>>>> monitor my e-mail during this time. For urgent matters, please contact
>>>>> my Chief of Staff, BGen Tammy Harris (Tammy.Harris@forces.gc.ca), or
>>>>> my EA, Maj Cedric Aspirault (Cedric.Aspirault@forces.gc.ca
>>>>> whom can contact me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Je serai hors du bureau jusqu'au 23 février 2016. Il ne me sera pas
>>>>> possible de vérifier mes couriels pendant cette période. En cas
>>>>> d'urgence, veuillez contacter ma chef d'état major, Bgén Tammy Harris
>>>>> (Tammy.Harris@forces.gc.ca), ou mon CdC, le maj Cédric Aspirault
>>>>> (Cedric.Aspirault@forces.gc.ca
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: "Chisholm, Jill" <Jill.Chisholm@justice.gc.ca>
>>>>> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 18:26:34 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Automatic reply: I see that the the evil blogger in Alberta
>>>>> Barry Winters aka Mr Baconfat is still practising libel and hate
>>>>> speech contrary to Sections 300 and 319 0f the Canadian Criminal Code
>>>>> N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger" ???
>>>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your message. I will be away from the office until
>>>>> Friday, February 26, 2016 and will not be accessing email frequently
>>>>> during this time. Should you require assistance please contact
>>>>> Jacqueline Fenton at (902) 426-6996. Otherwise I will be pleased to
>>>>> respond to your message upon my return.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: Ministerial Correspondence Unit - Justice Canada
>>>>> <mcu@justice.gc.ca>
>>>>> Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 16:46:28 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Automatic reply: YOr Ralph Goodale Methinks this should
>>>>> stress the Integrity of the Globe and Mail and your minions in the
>>>>> RCMP N'esy Pas?
>>>>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for writing to the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of
>>>>> Justice and Attorney General of Canada.
>>>>> Please be assured that your email has been received and will be read
>>>>> with
>>>>> care.
>>>>> However, in light of the federal elections being held on October 21,
>>>>> there may be a delay in processing your email.
>>>>>
>>>>> ______________________________
>>>>>
>>>>> Merci d'avoir écrit à l'honorable David Lametti, ministre de la
>>>>> Justice et procureur général du Canada.
>>>>> Soyez assuré que votre courriel a bien été reçu et que celui-ci sera
>>>>> lu avec soin.
>>>>> Cependant, compte tenu des élections fédérales du 21 octobre prochain,
>>>>> veuillez prendre note qu'il pourrait y avoir un retard dans le
>>>>> traitement de votre courriel.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Oreiginal message ----------
>>>>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>>> Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 13:02:10 -0300
>>>>> Subject: A little Deja Vu for Ralph Goodale and the RCMP before I file
>>>>> my next lawsuit as promised
>>>>> To: Hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca, pm@pm.gc.ca,
>>>>> Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
>>>>> Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>>>> elder.marques@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, michael.mcnair@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
>>>>> Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca, "clare.barry"
>>>>> clare.barry@justice.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca,
>>>>> alaina@alainalockhart.ca, info@ginettepetitpastaylor.ca,
>>>>> oldmaison@yahoo.com, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca, daniel.mchardie@cbc.ca,
>>>>> info@waynelong.ca, matt@mattdecourcey.ca, info@sergecormier.ca,
>>>>> pat@patfinnigan.ca, David.Coon@gnb.ca, tj@tjharvey.ca,
>>>>> karen.ludwig.nb@gmail.com, votejohnw@gmail.com,
>>>>> PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie.com
>>>>> postur@fjr.stjr.is, Paul.Lynch@edmontonpolice.ca,
>>>>> Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>>>> David.Akin@globalnews.ca, dale.drummond@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>>>> Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Dave.Young@nbeub.ca, jfurey@nbpower.com,
>>>>> jfetzer@d.umn.edu, postur@irr.is, birgittajoy@gmail.com,
>>>>> birgitta@this.is>, Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca, Kevin.Vickers@gnb.ca,
>>>>> blaine.higgs@gnb.ca, kris.austin@gnb.ca, greg.byrne@gnb.ca,
>>>>> carl.urquhart@gnb.ca, Michael.Duheme@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>>>> Michel.Carrier@gnb.ca, Yves.Cote@elections.ca, Greg.Bonnar@gnb.ca
>>>>> Cc: motomaniac333@gmail.com, Newsroom@globeandmail.com,
>>>>> fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: "Telford, Katie" <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>
>>>>> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 13:14:20 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Automatic reply: YO Mr Butts Here are some more comments
>>>>> published within CBC that the RCMP and their boss Ralph Goodale should
>>>>> review ASAP N'esy Pas?
>>>>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> I am out of the office until Tuesday, October 22nd without access to
>>>>> this
>>>>> email.
>>>>> In my absence, you may contact Mike McNair
>>>>> (michael.mcnair@pmo-cpm.gc.ca<
>>>>> Elder Marques
>>>>> (elder.marques@pmo-cpm.gc.ca<
>>>>> Warm regards,
>>>>> Katie
>>>>> ______
>>>>> Bonjour,
>>>>> Je suis absente du bureau jusqu'au mardi 22 octobre sans accès à mes
>>>>> courriels.
>>>>> Durant mon absence, veuillez communiquer avec Mike McNair
>>>>> (michael.mcnair@pmo-cpm.gc.ca<
>>>>> Elder Marques
>>>>> (elder.marques@pmo-cpm.gc.ca<
>>>>> Cordialement,
>>>>> Katie
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: "Butts, Gerald" <Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>
>>>>> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 06:33:26 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Automatic reply: So Much for the Strong Ethics of the Strong
>>>>> Organization commonnly knows as the RCMP/GRC N'esy Pas?
>>>>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your email. I am out of the office with limited access
>>>>> to email. For assistance, please email Laura D'Angelo at
>>>>> laura.d'angelo@pmo-cpm.gc.ca.
>>>>>
>>>>> Merci pour votre message. Je suis absent du bureau avec un accèss
>>>>> limité aux courriels. Si vous avez besoin d'assistance, veuillez
>>>>> communiquer avec Laura D'Angelo à l'adresse
>>>>> laura.d'angelo@pmo-cpm.gc.ca
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.
>>>>> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 06:30:48 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Automatic reply: So Much for the Strong Ethics of the Strong
>>>>> Organization commonnly knows as the RCMP/GRC N'esy Pas?
>>>>> To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for writing to the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Member
>>>>> of Parliament for Vancouver Granville.
>>>>>
>>>>> This message is to acknowledge that we are in receipt of your email.
>>>>> Due to the significant increase in the volume of correspondence, there
>>>>> may be a delay in processing your email. Rest assured that your
>>>>> message will be carefully reviewed.
>>>>>
>>>>> To help us address your concerns more quickly, please include within
>>>>> the body of your email your full name, address, and postal code.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please note that your message will be forwarded to the Department of
>>>>> Justice if it concerns topics pertaining to the member's role as the
>>>>> Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. For all future
>>>>> correspondence addressed to the Minister of Justice, please write
>>>>> directly to the Department of Justice at
>>>>> mcu@justice.gc.ca<mailto:mcu@
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>
>>>>> -------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> Merci d'?crire ? l'honorable Jody Wilson-Raybould, d?put?e de
>>>>> Vancouver Granville.
>>>>>
>>>>> Le pr?sent message vise ? vous informer que nous avons re?u votre
>>>>> courriel. En raison d'une augmentation importante du volume de
>>>>> correspondance, il pourrait y avoir un retard dans le traitement de
>>>>> votre courriel. Sachez que votre message sera examin? attentivement.
>>>>>
>>>>> Pour nous aider ? r?pondre ? vos pr?occupations plus rapidement,
>>>>> veuillez inclure dans le corps de votre courriel votre nom complet,
>>>>> votre adresse et votre code postal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Veuillez prendre note que votre message sera transmis au minist?re de
>>>>> la Justice s'il porte sur des sujets qui rel?vent du r?le de la
>>>>> d?put?e en tant que ministre de la Justice et procureure g?n?rale du
>>>>> Canada. Pour toute correspondance future adress?e ? la ministre de la
>>>>> Justice, veuillez ?crire directement au minist?re de la Justice ?
>>>>> mcu@justice.gc.ca ou appelez au 613-957-4222.
>>>>>
>>>>> Merci
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>>> From: "Hon.Ralph.Goodale (PS/SP)" <Hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>
>>>>> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:53:15 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Automatic reply: Re Emails to Department of Justice and
>>>>> Province of Nova Scotia
>>>>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>>>
>>>>> Merci d'avoir ?crit ? l'honorable Ralph Goodale, ministre de la
>>>>> S?curit? publique et de la Protection civile.
>>>>> En raison d'une augmentation importante du volume de la correspondance
>>>>> adress?e au ministre, veuillez prendre note qu'il pourrait y avoir un
>>>>> retard dans le traitement de votre courriel. Soyez assur? que votre
>>>>> message sera examin? avec attention.
>>>>> Merci!
>>>>> L'Unit? de la correspondance minist?rielle
>>>>> S?curit? publique Canada
>>>>> *********
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for writing to the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of
>>>>> Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
>>>>> Due to the significant increase in the volume of correspondence
>>>>> addressed to the Minister, please note there could be a delay in
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>>>>> carefully reviewed.
>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>> Ministerial Correspondence Unit
>>>>> Public Safety Canada
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>>> From: Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.
>>>>> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:53:11 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Automatic reply: Re Emails to Department of Justice and
>>>>> Province of Nova Scotia
>>>>> To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for writing to the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Member
>>>>> of Parliament for Vancouver Granville.
>>>>>
>>>>> This message is to acknowledge that we are in receipt of your email.
>>>>> Due to the significant increase in the volume of correspondence, there
>>>>> may be a delay in processing your email. Rest assured that your
>>>>> message will be carefully reviewed.
>>>>>
>>>>> To help us address your concerns more quickly, please include within
>>>>> the body of your email your full name, address, and postal code.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please note that your message will be forwarded to the Department of
>>>>> Justice if it concerns topics pertaining to the member's role as the
>>>>> Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. For all future
>>>>> correspondence addressed to the Minister of Justice, please write
>>>>> directly to the Department of Justice at
>>>>> mcu@justice.gc.ca<mailto:mcu@
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>
>>>>> -------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> Merci d'?crire ? l'honorable Jody Wilson-Raybould, d?put?e de
>>>>> Vancouver Granville.
>>>>>
>>>>> Le pr?sent message vise ? vous informer que nous avons re?u votre
>>>>> courriel. En raison d'une augmentation importante du volume de
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>>>>>
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>>>>> veuillez inclure dans le corps de votre courriel votre nom complet,
>>>>> votre adresse et votre code postal.
>>>>>
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>>>>> la Justice s'il porte sur des sujets qui rel?vent du r?le de la
>>>>> d?put?e en tant que ministre de la Justice et procureure g?n?rale du
>>>>> Canada. Pour toute correspondance future adress?e ? la ministre de la
>>>>> Justice, veuillez ?crire directement au minist?re de la Justice ?
>>>>> mcu@justice.gc.ca ou appelez au 613-957-4222.
>>>>>
>>>>> Merci
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>>> From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
>>>>> <fin.minfinance-financemin.
>>>>> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:53:17 +0000
>>>>> Subject: RE: Re Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova
>>>>> Scotia
>>>>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
>>>>> correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
>>>>> comments.
>>>>>
>>>>> Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
>>>>> électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
>>>>> commentaires.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>>> From: Newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.com>
>>>>> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:53:16 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Automatic reply: Re Emails to Department of Justice and
>>>>> Province of Nova Scotia
>>>>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for contacting The Globe and Mail.
>>>>>
>>>>> If your matter pertains to newspaper delivery or you require technical
>>>>> support, please contact our Customer Service department at
>>>>> 1-800-387-5400 or send an email to customerservice@globeandmail.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are reporting a factual error please forward your email to
>>>>> publiceditor@globeandmail.com<
>>>>>
>>>>> Letters to the Editor can be sent to letters@globeandmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the correct email address for requests for news coverage and
>>>>> press releases.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>>>> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:53:03 -0400
>>>>> Subject: Re Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova Scotia
>>>>> To: wrscott@nbpower.com, "brian.gallant" <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>,
>>>>> "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "David.Coon"
>>>>> <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, krisaustin <krisaustin@peoplesalliance.ca
>>>>> "rick.doucet" <rick.doucet@gnb.ca>, "Sollows, David (ERD/DER)"
>>>>> <david.sollows@gnb.ca>, "Robert. Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>,
>>>>> "robert.gauvin" <robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>, kevin.a.arseneau@gnb.ca,
>>>>> "Bill.Fraser" <Bill.Fraser@gnb.ca>, "John.Ames" <John.Ames@gnb.ca>,
>>>>> gerry.lowe@gnb.ca, "hugh.flemming" <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>,
>>>>> michelle.conroy@gnb.ca, "art.odonnell" <art.odonnell@nb.aibn.com>,
>>>>> "jake.stewart" <jake.stewart@gnb.ca>, mike.holland@gnb.ca, votejohnw
>>>>> <votejohnw@gmail.com>, andrea.anderson-mason@gnb.ca,
>>>>> greg.thompson2@gnb.ca, jean-claude.d'amours@gnb.ca,
>>>>> jacques.j.leblanc@gnb.ca, megan.mitton@gnb.ca, keith.chiasson@gnb.ca,
>>>>> "serge.rousselle" <serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, robert.mckee@gnb.ca,
>>>>> rick.desaulniers@gnb.ca, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "Dominic.Cardy"
>>>>> <Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, gphlaw@nb.aibn.com, wharrison
>>>>> <wharrison@nbpower.com>, "Furey, John" <jfurey@nbpower.com>,
>>>>> "Jody.Wilson-Raybould" <Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.
>>>>> "clare.barry" <clare.barry@justice.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>,
>>>>> "hon.ralph.goodale" <hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>,
>>>>> "Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc" <Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca
>>>>> <Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>, PREMIER <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>,
>>>>> JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca, LauraLee.Langley@novascotia.ca
>>>>> Karen.Hudson@novascotia.ca, Joanne.Munro@novascotia.ca, Newsroom
>>>>> <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, news <news@kingscorecord.com>, news
>>>>> <news@dailygleaner.com>
>>>>> Cc: "David.Raymond.Amos" <David.Raymond.Amos@gmail.com>
>>>>> <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, Victoria.Zinck@novascotia.ca,
>>>>> Kim.Fleming@novascotia.ca
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>>> From: "McGrath, Stephen T" <Stephen.McGrath@novascotia.ca
>>>>> Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2018 12:40:22 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Automatic reply: Does anyone recall the email entitled "So
>>>>> Stephen McGrath if not you then just exactly who sent me this latest
>>>>> email from your office?"
>>>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your message, however I am no longer at the Department of
>>>>> Justice, and this email account is not being monitored.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please contact Kim Fleming at Kim.Fleming@novascotia.ca (phone
>>>>> 902-424-4023), or Vicky Zinck at Victoria.Zinck@novascotia.ca (phone
>>>>> 902-424-4390). Kim and Vicky will be able to redirect you.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>>> From: Justice Website <JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca>
>>>>> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:21:11 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova Scotia
>>>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mr. Amos,
>>>>> We acknowledge receipt of your recent emails to the Deputy Minister of
>>>>> Justice and lawyers within the Legal Services Division of the
>>>>> Department of Justice respecting a possible claim against the Province
>>>>> of Nova Scotia. Service of any documents respecting a legal claim
>>>>> against the Province of Nova Scotia may be served on the Attorney
>>>>> General at 1690 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS. Please note that we will
>>>>> not be responding to further emails on this matter.
>>>>>
>>>>> Department of Justice
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>>>> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 15:16:38 -0400
>>>>> Subject: Attn Laura Lee Langley, Karen Hudson and Joanne Munro I just
>>>>> called all three of your offices to inform you of my next lawsuit
>>>>> against Nova Scotia
>>>>> To: LauraLee.Langley@novascotia.ca
>>>>> Joanne.Munro@novascotia.ca
>>>>> Cc: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> https://novascotia.ca/exec_
>>>>>
>>>>> https://novascotia.ca/exec_
>>>>>
>>>>> Laura Lee Langley
>>>>> 1700 Granville Street, 5th Floor
>>>>> One Government Place
>>>>> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1X5
>>>>> Phone: (902) 424-8940
>>>>> Fax: (902) 424-0667
>>>>> Email: LauraLee.Langley@novascotia.ca
>>>>>
>>>>> https://novascotia.ca/just/
>>>>>
>>>>> Karen Hudson Q.C.
>>>>> 1690 Hollis Street, 7th Floor
>>>>> Joseph Howe Building
>>>>> Halifax, NS B3J 3J9
>>>>> Phone: (902) 424-4223
>>>>> Fax: (902) 424-0510
>>>>> Email: Karen.Hudson@novascotia.ca
>>>>>
>>>>> https://novascotia.ca/sns/ceo.
>>>>>
>>>>> Joanne Munro:
>>>>> 1505 Barrington Street, 14-South
>>>>> Maritime Centre
>>>>> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3K5
>>>>> Phone: (902) 424-4089
>>>>> Fax: (902) 424-5510
>>>>> Email: Joanne.Munro@novascotia.ca
>>>>>
>>>>> If you don't wish to speak to me before I begin litigation then I
>>>>> suspect the Integrity Commissioner New Brunswick or the Federal Crown
>>>>> Counsel can explain the email below and the documents hereto attached
>>>>> to you and your Premier etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Veritas Vincit
>>>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>>> 902 800 0369
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>>>> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
>>>>> Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>>>>> To: coi@gnb.ca
>>>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Good Day Sir
>>>>>
>>>>> After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
>>>>> to speak to one of your staff for the first time
>>>>>
>>>>> Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
>>>>> answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
>>>>> at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
>>>>> Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.
>>>>>
>>>>> These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
>>>>> suggested that you study closely.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the docket in Federal Court
>>>>>
>>>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>>>>>
>>>>> These are digital recordings of the last three hearings
>>>>>
>>>>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/
>>>>>
>>>>> January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/
>>>>>
>>>>> April 3rd, 2017
>>>>>
>>>>> https://archive.org/details/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal
>>>>>
>>>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The only hearing thus far
>>>>>
>>>>> May 24th, 2017
>>>>>
>>>>> https://archive.org/details/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity
>>>>>
>>>>> Date: 20151223
>>>>>
>>>>> Docket: T-1557-15
>>>>>
>>>>> Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015
>>>>>
>>>>> PRESENT: The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell
>>>>>
>>>>> BETWEEN:
>>>>>
>>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>>>>>
>>>>> Plaintiff
>>>>>
>>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>>>>
>>>>> Defendant
>>>>>
>>>>> ORDER
>>>>>
>>>>> (Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on
>>>>> December 14, 2015)
>>>>>
>>>>> The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant to
>>>>> the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on November
>>>>> 12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of Claim
>>>>> in its entirety.
>>>>>
>>>>> At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my attention a
>>>>> letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then
>>>>> capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian
>>>>> Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen Quigg,
>>>>> (now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal). In that letter
>>>>> he stated:
>>>>>
>>>>> As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check the
>>>>> work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including you.
>>>>> You are your brother’s keeper.
>>>>>
>>>>> Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former
>>>>> colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition to
>>>>> expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a number of
>>>>> people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be witnesses
>>>>> or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known to
>>>>> me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime
>>>>> Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former
>>>>> Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court of
>>>>> Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore;
>>>>> former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; former
>>>>> Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former Staff
>>>>> Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick Court
>>>>> of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, retired
>>>>> Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted
>>>>> Police.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my
>>>>> personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many
>>>>> potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I am
>>>>> of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias should I
>>>>> hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in
>>>>> Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et al,
>>>>> [1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding
>>>>> allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party has
>>>>> requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the Administrator of
>>>>> the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion. There
>>>>> is no order as to costs.
>>>>>
>>>>> “B. Richard Bell”
>>>>> Judge
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one comment
>>>>> already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had sent
>>>>> to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006.
>>>>>
>>>>> I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the the Court
>>>>> Martial Appeal Court of Canada Perhaps you should scroll to the
>>>>> bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83 of my
>>>>> lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada?
>>>>>
>>>>> "FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the
>>>>> most
>>>>>
>>>>> http://davidraymondamos3.
>>>>>
>>>>> 83 The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
>>>>> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
>>>>> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
>>>>> five years after he began his bragging:
>>>>>
>>>>> January 13, 2015
>>>>> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
>>>>>
>>>>> December 8, 2014
>>>>> Why Canada Stood Tall!
>>>>>
>>>>> Friday, October 3, 2014
>>>>> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
>>>>> Stupid Justin Trudeau?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Vertias Vincit
>>>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>>> 902 800 0369
>>>>>
>>>>> P.S. Whereas this CBC article is about your opinion of the actions of
>>>>> the latest Minister Of Health trust that Mr Boudreau and the CBC have
>>>>> had my files for many years and the last thing they are is ethical.
>>>>> Ask his friends Mr Murphy and the RCMP if you don't believe me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Subject:
>>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
>>>>> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
>>>>> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>>>>
>>>>> January 30, 2007
>>>>>
>>>>> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>>>>>
>>>>> Mr. David Amos
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Mr. Amos:
>>>>>
>>>>> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
>>>>> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>>>>>
>>>>> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
>>>>> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
>>>>> Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>
>>>>> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
>>>>> Minister of Health
>>>>>
>>>>> CM/cb
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
>>>>> From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>>> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
>>>>> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
>>>>> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>>>> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,John.
>>>>> Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,"Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>>>> "Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>>> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
>>>>> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have not
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Mr. Amos,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off
>>>>> over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I
>>>>> was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>>>>>
>>>>> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
>>>>> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
>>>>> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
>>>>> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
>>>>> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
>>>>> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>>>>>
>>>>> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
>>>>> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
>>>>> that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada
>>>>> the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
>>>>> and policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
>>>>>
>>>>> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
>>>>> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>
>>>>> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
>>>>> GRC Caledonia RCMP
>>>>> Traffic Services NCO
>>>>> Ph: (506) 387-2222
>>>>> Fax: (506) 387-4622
>>>>> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.archive.org/
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.archive.org/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
>>>>> Senator Arlen Specter
>>>>> United States Senate
>>>>> Committee on the Judiciary
>>>>> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
>>>>> Washington, DC 20510
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Mr. Specter:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
>>>>> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
>>>>> raised in the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that
>>>>> these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in
>>>>> contact
>>>>> with you about this previously.
>>>>>
>>>>> Very truly yours,
>>>>> Barry A. Bachrach
>>>>> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
>>>>> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
>>>>> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>>>>> Office of the Integrity Commissioner
>>>>> Edgecombe House, 736 King Street
>>>>> Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3B 5H1
>>>>> tel.: 506-457-7890
>>>>> fax: 506-444-5224
>>>>> e-mail:coi@gnb.ca
>>>>>
>>>>> Hon. Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.
>>>>> Integrity Commissioner
>>>>>
>>>>> Hon. Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C., who resides in Bathurst, N.B., is a
>>>>> native of Kedgwick, N.B., and is married to Huguette (Savoie)
>>>>> Deschênes. They have two sons.
>>>>>
>>>>> He studied at Saint-Joseph University (now Université de Moncton) from
>>>>> 1960 to 1962, University of Ottawa from 1962-1965 (B.A.), and
>>>>> University of New Brunswick (LL.B., 1968). He was admitted to the Law
>>>>> Society of New Brunswick in 1968. He was legal counsel to the
>>>>> Department of Justice in Fredericton from 1968 to 1971. He was in
>>>>> private practice from 1972 to 1982 and specialized in civil litigation
>>>>> as a partner in the law firm of Michaud, Leblanc, Robichaud, and
>>>>> Deschênes. While residing in Shediac, N.B., he served on town council
>>>>> and became the first president of the South East Economic Commission.
>>>>> He is a past president of the Richelieu Club in Shediac.
>>>>>
>>>>> In 1982, he was appointed a judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of New
>>>>> Brunswick and of the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick in 2000.
>>>>>
>>>>> On July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the Court Martial Appeal Court of
>>>>> Canada.
>>>>>
>>>>> While on the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, he was appointed
>>>>> President of the provincial Judicial Council and in 2012 Chairperson
>>>>> of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of New
>>>>> Brunswick for the 2015 federal election.
>>>>>
>>>>> He was appointed Conflict of Interest Commissioner in December 2016
>>>>> and became New Brunswick’s first Integrity Commissioner on December
>>>>> 16, 2016 with responsibilities for conflict of interest issues related
>>>>> to Members of the Legislative Assembly. As of April 1, 2017 he
>>>>> supervises lobbyists of public office holders under the Lobbyists’
>>>>> Registration Act.
>>>>>
>>>>> As of September 1, 2017, he will be assuming the functions presently
>>>>> held by the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>>> From: Póstur FOR <postur@for.is>
>>>>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 22:05:47 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Re: Hey Premier Gallant please inform the questionable
>>>>> parliamentarian Birigtta Jonsdottir that although NB is a small "Have
>>>>> Not" province at least we have twice the population of Iceland and
>>>>> that not all of us are as dumb as she and her Prime Minister pretends
>>>>> to be..
>>>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received
>>>>>
>>>>> Kveðja / Best regards
>>>>> Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>>> From: Póstur IRR <postur@irr.is>
>>>>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 22:05:47 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Re: Hey Premier Gallant please inform the questionable
>>>>> parliamentarian Birigtta Jonsdottir that although NB is a small "Have
>>>>> Not" province at least we have twice the population of Iceland and
>>>>> that not all of us are as dumb as she and her Prime Minister pretends
>>>>> to be..
>>>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið. / Your request has been received.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kveðja / Best regards
>>>>> Innanríkisráðuneytið / Ministry of the Interior
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)" <Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
>>>>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 21:39:17 +0000
>>>>> Subject: RE: After crossing paths with them bigtime in 2004 Davey Baby
>>>>> Coon and his many Green Meanie and Fake Left cohorts know why I won't
>>>>> hold my breath waiting for them to act with any semblance of integrity
>>>>> now N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc??
>>>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick.
>>>>> Please be assured that your email has been received, will be reviewed,
>>>>> and a response will be forthcoming.
>>>>> Once again, thank you for taking the time to write.
>>>>>
>>>>> Merci d'avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick.
>>>>> Soyez assuré que votre courriel a bien été reçu, qu'il sera examiné
>>>>> et qu'une réponse vous sera acheminée.
>>>>> Merci encore d'avoir pris de temps de nous écrire.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely, / Sincèrement,
>>>>> Mallory Fowler
>>>>> Corespondence Manager / Gestionnaire de la correspondance
>>>>> Office of the Premier / Cabinet du premier ministre
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: Póstur FOR <postur@for.is>
>>>>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 21:43:50 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Re: After crossing paths with them bigtime in 2004 Davey Baby
>>>>> Coon and his many Green Meanie and Fake Left cohorts know why I won't
>>>>> hold my breath waiting for them to act with any semblance of integrity
>>>>> now N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc??
>>>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received
>>>>>
>>>>> Kveðja / Best regards
>>>>> Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: Póstur IRR <postur@irr.is>
>>>>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 21:43:50 +0000
>>>>> Subject: Re: After crossing paths with them bigtime in 2004 Davey Baby
>>>>> Coon and his many Green Meanie and Fake Left cohorts know why I won't
>>>>> hold my breath waiting for them to act with any semblance of integrity
>>>>> now N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc??
>>>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið. / Your request has been received.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kveðja / Best regards
>>>>> Innanríkisráðuneytið / Ministry of the Interior
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> For the public record I knew Birgitta was no better than the people
>>>>> she bitches about when she refused to discuss the QSLS blog with me
>>>>> while she was in Canada making her rounds in the Canadain media in
>>>>> January of 2011.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the docket
>>>>>
>>>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>>>>>
>>>>> These are digital recordings of the last two hearings
>>>>>
>>>>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/
>>>>>
>>>>> Jan 11th https://archive.org/details/
>>>>>
>>>>> This me running for a seat in Parliament again while CBC denies it
>>>>> again
>>>>>
>>>>> Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 - The Local
>>>>> Campaign, Rogers TV
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>>>>>
>>>>> Veritas Vincit
>>>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>>> 902 800 0369
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 09:20:29 -0400
>>>>> Subject: Hey before you Red Coats swear an Oath to the Queen and the
>>>>> 42nd Parliament begins perhaps the turncoat Big Bad Billy Casey the
>>>>> Yankee carpetbagger David Lutz or some Boyz from NB should explain
>>>>> this lawsuit to you real slow.
>>>>> To: alaina@alainalockhart.ca, david <david@lutz.nb.ca>,
>>>>> "daniel.mchardie" <daniel.mchardie@cbc.ca>, info@waynelong.ca,
>>>>> info@ginettepetitpastaylor.ca, rarseno@nbnet.nb.ca,
>>>>> matt@mattdecourcey.ca, info@sergecormier.ca, pat@patfinnigan.ca,
>>>>> tj@tjharvey.ca, karen.ludwig.nb@gmail.com
>>>>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>>>>> <Frank.McKenna@td.com>, info@votezsteve.ca, info@billcasey.ca,
>>>>> "justin.trudeau.a1" <justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>
>>>>> "dominic.leblanc.a1" <dominic.leblanc.a1@parl.gc.ca
>>>>> <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, jacques_poitras <jacques_poitras@cbc.ca>,
>>>>> "Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "peter.mackay"
>>>>> <peter.mackay@justice.gc.ca>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the
>>>>> most
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://davidraymondamos3.
>>>>>
>>>>> 83 The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
>>>>> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
>>>>> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
>>>>> five years after he began his bragging:
>>>>>
>>>>> January 13, 2015
>>>>> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
>>>>>
>>>>> December 8, 2014
>>>>> Why Canada Stood Tall!
>>>>>
>>>>> Friday, October 3, 2014
>>>>> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
>>>>> Stupid Justin Trudeau
>>>>>
>>>>> Canada’s and Canadians free ride is over. Canada can no longer hide
>>>>> behind Amerka’s and NATO’s skirts.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I was still in Canadian Forces then Prime Minister Jean Chretien
>>>>> actually committed the Canadian Army to deploy in the second campaign
>>>>> in Iraq, the Coalition of the Willing. This was against or contrary to
>>>>> the wisdom or advice of those of us Canadian officers that were
>>>>> involved in the initial planning phases of that operation. There were
>>>>> significant concern in our planning cell, and NDHQ about of the dearth
>>>>> of concern for operational guidance, direction, and forces for
>>>>> operations after the initial occupation of Iraq. At the “last minute”
>>>>> Prime Minister Chretien and the Liberal government changed its mind.
>>>>> The Canadian government told our amerkan cousins that we would not
>>>>> deploy combat troops for the Iraq campaign, but would deploy a
>>>>> Canadian Battle Group to Afghanistan, enabling our amerkan cousins to
>>>>> redeploy troops from there to Iraq. The PMO’s thinking that it was
>>>>> less costly to deploy Canadian Forces to Afghanistan than Iraq. But
>>>>> alas no one seems to remind the Liberals of Prime Minister Chretien’s
>>>>> then grossly incorrect assumption. Notwithstanding Jean Chretien’s
>>>>> incompetence and stupidity, the Canadian Army was heroic,
>>>>> professional, punched well above it’s weight, and the PPCLI Battle
>>>>> Group, is credited with “saving Afghanistan” during the Panjway
>>>>> campaign of 2006.
>>>>>
>>>>> What Justin Trudeau and the Liberals don’t tell you now, is that then
>>>>> Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien committed, and deployed the
>>>>> Canadian army to Canada’s longest “war” without the advice, consent,
>>>>> support, or vote of the Canadian Parliament.
>>>>>
>>>>> What David Amos and the rest of the ignorant, uneducated, and babbling
>>>>> chattering classes are too addled to understand is the deployment of
>>>>> less than 75 special operations troops, and what is known by planners
>>>>> as a “six pac cell” of fighter aircraft is NOT the same as a
>>>>> deployment of a Battle Group, nor a “war” make.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Canadian Government or The Crown unlike our amerkan cousins have
>>>>> the “constitutional authority” to commit the Canadian nation to war.
>>>>> That has been recently clearly articulated to the Canadian public by
>>>>> constitutional scholar Phillippe Legasse. What Parliament can do is
>>>>> remove “confidence” in The Crown’s Government in a “vote of
>>>>> non-confidence.” That could not happen to the Chretien Government
>>>>> regarding deployment to Afghanistan, and it won’t happen in this
>>>>> instance with the conservative majority in The Commons regarding a
>>>>> limited Canadian deployment to the Middle East.
>>>>>
>>>>> President George Bush was quite correct after 911 and the terror
>>>>> attacks in New York; that the Taliban “occupied” and “failed state”
>>>>> Afghanistan was the source of logistical support, command and control,
>>>>> and training for the Al Quaeda war of terror against the world. The
>>>>> initial defeat, and removal from control of Afghanistan was vital and
>>>>> essential for the security and tranquility of the developed world. An
>>>>> ISIS “caliphate,” in the Middle East, no matter how small, is a clear
>>>>> and present danger to the entire world. This “occupied state,”
>>>>> or“failed state” will prosecute an unending Islamic inspired war of
>>>>> terror against not only the “western world,” but Arab states
>>>>> “moderate” or not, as well. The security, safety, and tranquility of
>>>>> Canada and Canadians are just at risk now with the emergence of an
>>>>> ISIS“caliphate” no matter how large or small, as it was with the
>>>>> Taliban and Al Quaeda “marriage” in Afghanistan.
>>>>>
>>>>> One of the everlasting “legacies” of the “Trudeau the Elder’s dynasty
>>>>> was Canada and successive Liberal governments cowering behind the
>>>>> amerkan’s nuclear and conventional military shield, at the same time
>>>>> denigrating, insulting them, opposing them, and at the same time
>>>>> self-aggrandizing ourselves as “peace keepers,” and progenitors of
>>>>> “world peace.” Canada failed. The United States of Amerka, NATO, the
>>>>> G7 and or G20 will no longer permit that sort of sanctimonious
>>>>> behavior from Canada or its government any longer. And Prime Minister
>>>>> Stephen Harper, Foreign Minister John Baird , and Cabinet are fully
>>>>> cognizant of that reality. Even if some editorial boards, and pundits
>>>>> are not.
>>>>>
>>>>> Justin, Trudeau “the younger” is reprising the time “honoured” liberal
>>>>> mantra, and tradition of expecting the amerkans or the rest of the
>>>>> world to do “the heavy lifting.” Justin Trudeau and his “butt buddy”
>>>>> David Amos are telling Canadians that we can guarantee our security
>>>>> and safety by expecting other nations to fight for us. That Canada can
>>>>> and should attempt to guarantee Canadians safety by providing
>>>>> “humanitarian aid” somewhere, and call a sitting US president a “war
>>>>> criminal.” This morning Australia announced they too, were sending
>>>>> tactical aircraft to eliminate the menace of an ISIS “caliphate.”
>>>>>
>>>>> In one sense Prime Minister Harper is every bit the scoundrel Trudeau
>>>>> “the elder” and Jean ‘the crook” Chretien was. Just As Trudeau, and
>>>>> successive Liberal governments delighted in diminishing,
>>>>> marginalizing, under funding Canadian Forces, and sending Canadian
>>>>> military men and women to die with inadequate kit and modern
>>>>> equipment; so too is Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Canada’s F-18s are
>>>>> antiquated, poorly equipped, and ought to have been replaced five
>>>>> years ago. But alas, there won’t be single RCAF fighter jock that
>>>>> won’t go, or won’t want to go, to make Canada safe or safer.
>>>>>
>>>>> My Grandfather served this country. My father served this country. My
>>>>> Uncle served this country. And I have served this country. Justin
>>>>> Trudeau has not served Canada in any way. Thomas Mulcair has not
>>>>> served this country in any way. Liberals and so called social
>>>>> democrats haven’t served this country in any way. David Amos, and
>>>>> other drooling fools have not served this great nation in any way. Yet
>>>>> these fools are more than prepared to ensure their, our safety to
>>>>> other nations, and then criticize them for doing so.
>>>>>
>>>>> Canada must again, now, “do our bit” to guarantee our own security,
>>>>> and tranquility, but also that of the world. Canada has never before
>>>>> shirked its responsibility to its citizens and that of the world.
>>>>>
>>>>> Prime Minister Harper will not permit this country to do so now
>>>>>
>>>>> From: dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca
>>>>> Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 14:17:17 -0400
>>>>> Subject: RE: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and
>>>>> the War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still
>>>>> alive
>>>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> This is to confirm that the Minister of National Defence has received
>>>>> your email and it will be reviewed in due course. Please do not reply
>>>>> to this message: it is an automatic acknowledgement.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>>>>> Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 13:55:30 -0300
>>>>> Subject: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and the
>>>>> War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still alive
>>>>> To: DECPR@forces.gc.ca, Public.Affairs@socom.mil,
>>>>> Raymonde.Cleroux@mpcc-cppm.gc.
>>>>> william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>>> dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca, media@drdc-rddc.gc.ca, information@forces.gc.ca,
>>>>> milner@unb.ca, charters@unb.ca, lwindsor@unb.ca,
>>>>> sarah.weir@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca, birgir <birgir@althingi.is>, smari
>>>>> <smari@immi.is>, greg.weston@cbc.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>,
>>>>> susan@blueskystrategygroup.com
>>>>> eugene@blueskystrategygroup.
>>>>> Cc: "Edith. Cody-Rice" <Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca>, "terry.seguin"
>>>>> <terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>, whistleblower
>>>>> <whistleblower@ctv.ca>
>>>>>
>>>>> I talked to Don Newman earlier this week before the beancounters David
>>>>> Dodge and Don Drummond now of Queen's gave their spin about Canada's
>>>>> Health Care system yesterday and Sheila Fraser yapped on and on on
>>>>> CAPAC during her last days in office as if she were oh so ethical.. To
>>>>> be fair to him I just called Greg Weston (613-288-6938) I suggested
>>>>> that he should at least Google SOUCOM and David Amos It would be wise
>>>>> if he check ALL of CBC's sources before he publishes something else
>>>>> about the DND EH Don Newman? Lets just say that the fact that your
>>>>> old CBC buddy, Tony Burman is now in charge of Al Jazeera English
>>>>> never impressed me. The fact that he set up a Canadian office is
>>>>> interesting though
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone can call me back and stress test my integrity after they read
>>>>> this simple pdf file. BTW what you Blue Sky dudes pubished about
>>>>> Potash Corp and BHP is truly funny. Perhaps Stevey Boy Harper or Brad
>>>>> Wall will fill ya in if you are to shy to call mean old me.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/
>>>>>
>>>>> The Governor General, the PMO and the PCO offices know that I am not a
>>>>> shy political animal
>>>>>
>>>>> Veritas Vincit
>>>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>>> 902 800 0369
>>>>>
>>>>> Enjoy Mr Weston
>>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/
>>>>>
>>>>> "But Lang, defence minister McCallum's chief of staff, says military
>>>>> brass were not entirely forthcoming on the issue. For instance, he
>>>>> says, even McCallum initially didn't know those soldiers were helping
>>>>> to plan the invasion of Iraq up to the highest levels of command,
>>>>> including a Canadian general.
>>>>>
>>>>> That general is Walt Natynczyk, now Canada's chief of defence staff,
>>>>> who eight months after the invasion became deputy commander of 35,000
>>>>> U.S. soldiers and other allied forces in Iraq. Lang says Natynczyk was
>>>>> also part of the team of mainly senior U.S. military brass that helped
>>>>> prepare for the invasion from a mobile command in Kuwait."
>>>>>
>>>>> http://baconfat53.blogspot.
>>>>>
>>>>> "I remember years ago when the debate was on in Canada, about there
>>>>> being weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Our American 'friends"
>>>>> demanded that Canada join into "the Coalition of the Willing. American
>>>>> "veterans" and sportscasters loudly denounced Canada for NOT buying
>>>>> into the US policy.
>>>>>
>>>>> At the time I was serving as a planner at NDHQ and with 24 other of my
>>>>> colleagues we went to Tampa SOUCOM HQ to be involved in the planning
>>>>> in the planning stages of the op....and to report to NDHQ, that would
>>>>> report to the PMO upon the merits of the proposed operation. There was
>>>>> never at anytime an existing target list of verified sites where there
>>>>> were deployed WMD.
>>>>>
>>>>> Coalition assets were more than sufficient for the initial strike and
>>>>> invasion phase but even at that point in the planning, we were
>>>>> concerned about the number of "boots on the ground" for the occupation
>>>>> (and end game) stage of an operation in Iraq. We were also concerned
>>>>> about the American plans for occupation plans of Iraq because they at
>>>>> that stage included no contingency for a handing over of civil
>>>>> authority to a vetted Iraqi government and bureaucracy.
>>>>>
>>>>> There was no detailed plan for Iraq being "liberated" and returned to
>>>>> its people...nor a thought to an eventual exit plan. This was contrary
>>>>> to the lessons of Vietnam but also to current military thought, that
>>>>> folks like Colin Powell and "Stuffy" Leighton and others elucidated
>>>>> upon. "What's the mission" how long is the mission, what conditions
>>>>> are to met before US troop can redeploy? Prime Minister Jean Chretien
>>>>> and the PMO were even at the very preliminary planning stages wary of
>>>>> Canadian involvement in an Iraq operation....History would prove them
>>>>> correct. The political pressure being applied on the PMO from the
>>>>> George W Bush administration was onerous
>>>>>
>>>>> American military assets were extremely overstretched, and Canadian
>>>>> military assets even more so It was proposed by the PMO that Canadian
>>>>> naval platforms would deploy to assist in naval quarantine operations
>>>>> in the Gulf and that Canadian army assets would deploy in Afghanistan
>>>>> thus permitting US army assets to redeploy for an Iraqi
>>>>> operation....The PMO thought that "compromise would save Canadian
>>>>> lives and liberal political capital.. and the priority of which
>>>>> ....not necessarily in that order. "
>>>>>
>>>>> You can bet that I called these sneaky Yankees again today EH John
>>>>> Adams? of the CSE within the DND?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.socom.mil/
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>...
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 23:34:23 +0000
Subject: RE: Hey Higgy Methinks Mr Jones knows why CBC did an early
shut down of the comment section about my neighbours and their support
of the truckers Nesy Pas?
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 19:32:41 -0400
Subject: Hey Higgy Methinks Mr Jones knows why CBC did an early shut
down of the comment section about my neighbours and their support of
the truckers Nesy Pas?
To: ted@daretoquestionvaccination.
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N.B. business owner says he donated $75,000 to Freedom Convoy
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-sussex-corner-business-convoy-donation-1.6351642
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Even once resolved, UNI's technical issues may lead to client distrust, says prof
Even once resolved, UNI's technical issues may lead to client distrust, says prof
The credit union's customers have had problems with online banking since last week
With many clients unable to deposit cheques or access their accounts online, one expert says the bank may face serious repercussions even after the technological problems are resolved.
"Technical and technological issues happen. Now this is on a bigger scale because this is people's livelihoods," said Omar Fares, lecturer on retail management at Toronto Metropolitan University.
"Given the trajectory of where things are going, there may be a hit on UNI and customers' trust will take time [to rebuild]."
The Acadian bank has been experiencing technical challenges since separating from Desjardins Group to launch its own online banking platform. Some customers discovered their most recent pay didn't arrive in their accounts, something UNI described in an update Sunday as "payroll deferral."
UNI CEO Robert Moreau said some crucial improvements will be made as quickly as possible, such as making it possible to make a bill payment at an ATM.
"I can assure you that we will work tirelessly, 24 hours a day, to correct these irritants," said Moreau.
Despite the technical challenges, 68,000 people have registered an online profile with the bank.
Fares said this does not come as a surprise.
Credit unions a community
"With a credit union, there is such a community focus … so clients are in a sense a little bit more forgiving than traditional banking institutions."
However, Fares said UNI should be giving customers daily updates to avoid further frustrations and distrust.
"Your customers will make assumptions, right?" Fares said. "'Why did the system drop?' 'Was there any data leakage?' These are issues if the bank does not bring up proactively, it will be in terms brought up from the customer side."
Fares said once UNI's online banking platform is finally up and running, the bank will have to try to make up for frustrations their clients experienced.
"It takes a very long time to build trust and we've seen it takes a few days and a technological issue to destroy the trust," said Fares.
Gov't took 15 months to act over troubled caisse: affidavit
CBC News · Posted: Apr 17, 2007 12:37 PM AD
The former Tory government in New Brunswick was asked to crack down on the Caisse Populaire de Shippagan 15 months before action was finally taken, according to an affidavit obtained by CBC News.
Last month, the province announced a $60-million grant to sort out the credit union industry in the province, and $41 million of it went to bailing out the Shippagan caisse, which had a debt of about $60 million. Ever since that announcement, the Opposition Conservatives have been hammering the government, saying the money should have been a loan, not a grant.
In return, the Liberals said the Tories knew problems were building up when they were in power. The caisse first started to see financial trouble in 2004, as the result of a series of bad loans.
The delay in putting the caisse under supervision, revealed in the affidavit,also delayed efforts by an industry stabilization board to force the caisse to change the way it does business.
In 2002 the caisse in Shippagan was part of the anglophone Credit Union Central of New Brunswick and came under the authority of the Credit Union Central stabilization board and fund.
The board's administrators were increasingly concerned with the caisse's aggressive business practices, and the financial risks they created.
Following an audit, the board gave the caisse a list of 10 orders to comply with, but the caisse fought those orders in court.
What happened next is explained in an affidavit by Darrell Kuhn, the CEO of Credit Union Central."
CBC News · Posted: Apr 24, 2007 4:00 PM ADT
"A Moncton-based caisse populaire ran up a $5 million deficit last year, the latest hit to New Brunswick's francophone credit union system, but an expert says the recent trouble doesn't make credit unions less reliable than banks.
The Caisse Populaire de Shippaganmade headlines recently when the province agreed to give it a $41 million bailout. Now, the Caisse Populaire Beauséjour has released data showing it is more than $5 million in debt due to bad loans.
Camille Thériault of the Fédération des caisses populaires acadiennes announced Monday the problem was discovered during the regular 18-month audits of the caisse.
Université de Moncton co-op management specialist André Leclerc says some bank branches may have just as many problems, but don't tell the public about them.
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After having worked for 12 years for the development and sustainability of the Fédération des Caisses populaires acadiennes, Camille Thériault passes the torch to his successor.
When Mr. Thériault took over the management of the Fédération des Caisses populaires acadiennes, he had only one idea in mind: to embody change.
"We always tried to look to the future [...] to ensure that people, young people, continue to have the best financial services," he says.
Among the first major changes that the caisses underwent was their change of name and consolidation under UNI Financial Cooperation.
Camille Thériault explains that New Brunswickers were especially shocked by the removal of the “Acadian” aspect of the banner. He is rather convinced that it was no longer necessary.
“Today's young people are Acadians They don't need to have a flag on their backs to say that they are Acadians in their hearts, they know it, and back home we are Acadian, we will always be Acadian. The star is still there and it shines brighter than ever,” assures the former CEO.
Read also: "The caisses of today are made for the rich" - the ex-CEO of Desjardins Claude Béland
Mr. Thériault also felt it necessary to reduce the number of branches to be more competitive. “We had 90 points of service and all the other banks together in the French-speaking region of New Brunswick, there were not 50,” he noted.
The man who was also Premier of New Brunswick and President of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada intends to remain present in the public sphere. The project he is currently considering is to raise $50 million as part of the fundraising campaign launched by the Université de Moncton.
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Volpé, accused of threatening civil servant, apologizes
CBC News · Posted: Apr 13, 2007 12:21 PM ADT
Volpé made the comment in question while meeting with Robert Penney, the superintendent of credit unions. The politician was angry about Penney's suggestion that, when Volpé was a cabinet minister, he had been warned about potential irregularities at the Caisse Populaire de Shippagan.
In a transcript of the meeting released Thursday,Volpé is recorded as saying to Penney: "I will not let my name go in the dirt. If there is something in life that I said is important to me, it's integrity, so it will not go down, or a lot of people will go down with me, so it has to be fixed."
"I will be quite frank," Penney replied. "That sounds threatening in tone."
"That is just my way. All I am saying here is something is happening here that is not good," Volpé said.
The controversy follows the Liberal government's decision to give the financially troubled Caisse a $41-million bailout.
Attorney General T.J. Burke announced last week that the RCMP had been asked to look into why the Caisse lost so much money.
Journalists were told that the Mounties would be looking for red flags such as large deposits coming from outside the normal business area that might point to money laundering.
Volpé has demanded Burke resign over his comments, saying he prejudged a police investigation by suggesting police might find evidence of money laundering in the case.
Volpé also accused the government of releasing the transcript in a bid to distract the public from Burke's comments.
The transcript has Penney confirming he never used the words "money laundering" or "red flags" when he met with Volpé about the Caisse's situation in 2006.
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CBC News · Posted: Mar 16, 2007 12:02 PM ADT
Last week, the Liberal government announced its plan to return the caisse to the security of the Fédération des caisses populaires acadiennes, more than 20 years after the two separated and the caisse joined the anglophone Central Credit Union of New Brunswick. However, the government didn't give financial details.
Finance Minister Victor Boudreau said that $60 million in Tuesday's budget is going to the stabilization board and the Central Credit Union of New Brunswick's risk management board, as a maximum amount to stabilize the troubled credit union.
Boudreau wouldn't say how much of that $60 million will be injected into Shippagan's credit union or whether it's a grant, a loan or a loan guarantee. However, he has said the credit union's future depends on it.
John Williamson from the Canadian Taxpayer Federation said New Brunswickers should pay close attention to the $60 million set aside, because it's roughly the same amount they'll be paying in tax increases in 2007.
"I'd want to know why taxes are going up to pay for bailouts, as opposed to having governments spend money in priority areas," Williamson said Thursday.
"Governing is all about making choices and prioritizing spending. In this case, we have a government which has obviously decided that saving a credit union is worthwhile, despite the fact that no one from the province seems able to explain why it's in the province's interest, or why it's in the taxpayer's interest, to be spending this kind of money."
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Despite days of customer troubles, CEO defends UNI's move to new online platform
Robert Moreau says new system will better serve customers once the problems are fixed
"We will get through this, and each member and customer will be served accordingly," Moreau said Thursday at a news conference.
For years, UNI relied on the Quebec-based Desjardins Group for its online platform but needed one tailored to its own needs in New Brunswick.
Moreau said this new platform will better meet the needs of the credit union's members and customers.
UNI, also known as Caisse Populaire, is a credit union headquartered in Caraquet, in northeastern New Brunswick, that serves about 180,000 customers. (Patrick-Lacelle/Radio-Canada)
"We've demonstrated that we were able and capable now to kind of fly on our own.They've helped us through this transition all the way."
Moreau said the new system will allow UNI to "better respond to the unique needs of our francophone and Acadian customers in New Brunswick."
UNI, also known as Caisse Populaire, is headquartered in Caraquet, in northeastern New Brunswick, and serves about 180,000 customers.
About 155,000 customers were supposed to transition to the new platform on July 6, but technical issues have plagued the system for some customers across the province.
Moreau said that despite the problems, "most of the banking services are stable."
He said 75 per cent of members have successfully activated their new debit cards and 65 per cent have activated their online profiles over the past two weeks.
Moreau would not commit to a date when the problems will be fixed, but he said he expects the inability to pay bills using the ATM will be resolved "shortly."
"Teams are working around the clock," he said.
As for other outstanding issues with the system, he said, those are being addressed "issue by issue and matter by matter."
The timing of the launch of the new online platform has disrupted summer vacations for some customers.
Danielle Soucy, who has been with the bank since she was 13, was unable to pay bills or transfer money to her credit card.
When she was left on a vacation to Virginia, she was unable to pay for gas or withdraw money to change into U.S. currency.
Both lack of access to online services and little reassurance from UNI’s customer service has led to increasing disappointment for UNI’s clientele. (Jonathon Collicott)
"Of course I could have planned ahead of time, but you don't expect your bank to stop working out of the blue just before you leave the country," she told CBC.
Other people have complained about not getting their pay in their accounts. Many people who normally do their banking online or at an ATM were forced to visit a credit union branch.
When pressed about the decision to launch the new online system now, Moreau said, "there are no perfect dates."
UNI and their partners were confident "the time was right," he said.
"In hindsight, there are always lessons to be learned."
Moreau thanked the bank's customers and members for their patience during a turbulent time.
"We absolutely understand that this hasn't been an easy transition for some of our members, there's no question about that.
"We recognize that this period will be a test of our member's loyalty."
Moreau said customers who are concerned about being charged fees or interest for late payments will not incur any additional costs because of these technical problems.
"We will make sure we take care of them," he said. "We will not stop until our clients are 100 per cent satisfied with our service."
Do those folks use their money differently???
Desjardins platform worked well and seemed secure and reasonably trustworthy. I suspect Casse Pop didn't want to pay for it and thought they could implement their own system cheaper. NOPE!
Pay day mayday for some N.B. credit union clients as paycheques not appearing in accounts
UNI Financial Cooperation customers face issues with credit union for fourth straight day
For the fourth day in a row, customers of UNI Financial Cooperation across the province have been plagued by problems with its online services, this time, with some reporting their paycheques not showing up.
Jeremie LeBlanc took time off work Thursday to visit UNI's Fredericton branch after noticing that very issue with his own account.
"This morning I was expecting to see my pay into my account, but that wasn't the case."
LeBlanc said he wasn't the only one at the branch on Regent Street with the same issue that morning.
"I did see some folks that were frustrated that they didn't have their pay in their account, or they didn't have access to their online banking as they usually do," he said.
WATCH | No money, more problems for UNI and their customers:
He said staff were sympathetic and offered a small loan if he needed to pay any bills urgently, but added he's disappointed with the apparent gaffe.
"It does feel like a big oversight. I feel like in this day and age, especially with all the IT resources available, I feel like this roll-out should have been a bit more seamless and maybe not impact as many people as it did."
UNI, also known as Caisse populaire, is a credit union headquartered in Caraquet serving about 180,000 customers.
After years of relying on Desjardins Group for its online banking platform, the company decided to launch its own.
About 155,000 customers were supposed to transition to the new platform on July 6, but bumps in the process led to problems for customers across the province, with cards not working and people not being able to access their online accounts.
Paycheques will show up later Thursday: UNI
CBC News did not receive a response from UNI for an interview request about the paycheque problems being reported Thursday.
The company, however, issued a statement on Facebook Thursday morning saying the problem should be fixed by later in the day.
"Over the weekend, with the technological shift, we had to postpone some payroll deposits, which created a temporary bottleneck," said UNI, in its online post.
"We are currently in catch-up mode for these deposits, and all resources are working hard to restore the situation as soon as possible.
"For those who were expecting their pay today, we are currently processing all of these deposits, which will be deposited into your accounts later today."
WATCH | Customers left in the lurch as credit union remains offline:
Some GNB employees affected
It's unclear how many people have been hit by issues with UNI Financial Cooperation's services, but the Government of New Brunswick says some of its employees were affected.
David Kelly, spokesperson for the Finance and Treasury Board, in an email said "bank files have transferred" to UNI without error.
"We have, however, received phone calls this morning from a small number of Government of New Brunswick employees experiencing issues and have encouraged them to reach out directly to UNI to resolve."
LeBreton Fisheries and Sons Ltd., a seafood company in Grand-Anse, released an advisory to its employees on Facebook Thursday morning regarding their pay.
"If you are with the UNI financial institution, you probably did not receive your pay this morning like most of their members," said the company, in its online post.
"To our understanding, this is not unique to our company, it is a general problem at UNI. We are in contact with UNI service and will update you as soon as possible."
CBC News contacted LeBreton Fisheries by phone Thursday and an employee declined an interview request.
Frustration continues as N.B. credit union works to fix online banking disruptions
Customers showed up at Fredericton branch hoping to sort out problems
A steady stream of people walked into and out of the UNI Financial Cooperation in Fredericton at around noon, with some there in the hopes of solving issues ranging form not being able to access their accounts online, to their bank card not working at point of sale machines.
They're issues being felt by UNI clients across the province for the third day in a row.
"The frustration of nothing working," is what brought Jessica Courty to the branch on Regent Street.
"It's been four days that I have zero access to my banking account, can't do any transfers or receive them, or know how much I have in my bank account right now."
Jessica Courty said she had no access to her online account for four days. (Pat Richard/CBC)
Courty said she considered herself lucky she's off work in the summer and had the time to go to the bank in person while it was open.
"I can only imagine people that have kids or jobs and you cannot really come during the hours that they are open. It would have been like another level of frustration."
UNI, also known as Caisse populaire, is a credit union headquartered in Caraquet serving about 180,000 customers.
After years of relying on Desjardins Group for its online banking platform, the company decided to launch its own, CEO Robert Moreau, said in an interview.
About 155,000 customers were supposed to transition to the new platform on July 6, but bumps in the process led to problems for customers across the province, with cards not working and people not being able to access their online accounts.
UNI Financial Cooperation CEO Robert Moreau says the company is dealing with issues as they're brought to their attention, and has extended business hours at its branches to better help customers. (Zoom/CBC)
"It could be very technical on the card itself," Moreau said. "It can be that [with] the personal identification number, they don't have it, they lost it or it's not working properly," Moreau said.
Moreau said not all customers are experiencing those issues, adding that "most transactions" are happening properly across its system.
Moreau didn't offer a timeline for addressing issues for affected customers, noting that UNI is learning about some problems only as clients come forward with them.
"Some of it, you deal [with it] as it comes," he said. "Then you get into efficiency, so if we see ... too many of a certain complaint then we we get to address that."
He said for those experiencing problems, the company responded by opening its branches last weekend, and extending the opening hours for its branches throughout this week as well.
"Come and see us and and we will help you out. There's no, there's no question about it," Moreau said.
"We'll make sure that your deposits are done. We'll make sure that your withdrawals are done. We'll make sure that your payments are done."
Renee Bourgoin decided to do just that on Wednesday.
Renee Bourgoin showed up at the UNI branch in Fredericton after UNI failed to send her the access code she needed to get into her online account. (Pat Richard/CBC)
She said she was supposed to receive information in the mail to give her access to her online account under the new platform.
That mail came, but without the access codes she needed.
"I didn't have access to my finances and my banking information," Bourgoin said.
"I came in last week, they were able to help me out in the interim, which was really helpful, but it's still a little alarming to not be able to access the information in your accounts."
Bourgoin said she got what she needed from her visit to the branch on Wednesday, and the issue should be sorted out.
"The staff have been incredible, incredibly helpful."
Credit union hits hard times
One of New Brunswick's biggest credit unions is in trouble because of bad loans.
Directors of the Caisse Populaire de Shippagan have asked for help from the province's credit union stabilization board.
That comes as the Caisse tries to deal with a portfolio of commercial loans that aren't being repaid.
Bank officials say the situation doesn't mean members will lose their money.
The Shippagan Credit Union controls about $300 million in assets. It has about 36,000 members, and more than 100 employees in northern New Brunswick.
Shippagan Credit Union is not part of the Federation des caisses populaires acadiennes and ceased being a member more than 23 years ago.
$31.5M grant for Shippagan caisse goes too far: Volpé
New Brunswick's Opposition leader is warning that the province's credit rating could be damaged by a possible $60-million bailout of the Caisse Populaire de Shippagan.
The Liberal government is granting $31.5 million to help the francophone credit union's debt, caused by a series of bad loans over four years. The province is investing $10 million more in repayable shares, and another $19 million to stabilize deposit insurance for New Brunswick credit unions and caisses.
The $60 million, equal to the caisse's individual debt was earmarked in the government's first budget,earlier this month, as money for the province's anglophone and francophone credit union systems, as a maximum amount to stabilize the Shippagan caisse. The budget also included a personal income tax hike that will result in a further $50 million for the government.
In the Legislature Tuesday, Opposition leader and former finance minister Jeannot Volpé condemned the deal, drawing a link between the $60 million set aside for credit unions and the $50 million to be generated by personal income tax.
The province insists it had no other option, because the former Tory government did nothing to resolve the situation, and taxpayers were on the hook for $85 million if the credit union failed.
Volpé says his government tried to help the caisse through loans, not grants. He says the grant opens a door that hasn't been opened before, and the federal government's credit rating agency will be paying close attention.
"The credit rating agency will even look at it because we've opened the door, we've given a huge grant to someone doing business in New Brunswick," he said. "What's next? The banks? What's next, the pension funds maybe that are unfunded? They've opened that door that was not opened before."
However, Justice and Consumer Affairs Minister T.J. Burke says the former government has to take the blame for the problem of the caisse, which has been "bubbling over," he said, since 2004.
But the Tories say they were pursuing a solution that was much cheaper to taxpayers. Tory MLA for Riverview and former minister of justice and consumer affairs Bruce Fitch says the former government's plan involved a $30-million repayable loan.
Fitch says the Conservatives tried to fix the
problems with the struggling Caisse, and he says the price tag on their
solution would have cost less than $2 million. However, the
Conservatives never struck that deal.
"They did nothing," Burke
said. "They didn't have an annual general meeting, which was required
by law. They ended up getting exemptions under the act, so that it
didn't have to take place, so the members of the credit union couldn't
see the audited financial statements at year's end. They didn't appoint a
superintendent of credit unions until August of last year."
That superintendent, Robert Penney, says he plans to toughen up the Credit Unions Act.
"The teeth would be in the regulatory process, in terms of improving the appeal and oversight process, to make the impact of negative inspections immediate," he said Tuesday.
With the Opposition leader drawing a link between the credit union bailout and the Graham government's raising an extra $50 million from personal income tax hikes, the stage seems set for a continuing political war over who is to blame for the $60-million bill.
$31.5M caisse bailout cheaper than failure, Burke says
Consumer Affairs Minister T.J. Burke is defending his government's $31.5 million bailout of a struggling credit union, saying it would be more expensive for New Brunswick if the financial institution folded.
"Had we not intervened, the Caisse Populaire de Shippagan may have had to face the possibility of liquidation, which could potentially have cost the taxpayers of New Brunswick in excess of $85 million," he said Monday.
The Liberal government's first budget, which came down this month, earmarked a possible $60 million to help stabilize New Brunswick's Credit Union system, and a maximum amount to stabilize the troubled Shippagan institution, which has lost $60 million over the past four years.
New Brunswick's superintendent of credit unions, Robert Penney, broke down the details of the funding Monday.
He said the governmentwill grant $31.5 million to the New Brunswick Credit Union DepositInsurance Corp., which will give the money to the stabilization board ofthe Fédération des caisse populaires acadiennes. The stabilization board will in turn grant it to the caisse.
Penneyalso
said the province will grant another $18.5 million to the deposit
insurance corporation, as a kind of life insurance for the credit union
system.
Burke said the bailout was needed because legislation
enacted under the previous Conservative government holds the province
responsible for 100 per cent of all deposits if a credit union goes
under.
The Liberals plan to introduce new legislation to change that, he said.
The Caisse Populaire in Shippagan will receive the government money June 1, when it will move from the anglophone Credit Union Central of New Brunswick federation back to the francophone federation, which it left after a dispute in the early 1980s.
Robert Moreau will be UNI's new Chief Executive Officer
The President of UNI Financial Cooperation’s Board of Directors, Pierre-Marcel Desjardins, announced today the appointment of Robert Moreau as Chief Executive Officer of the institution.
He will thus replace Camille H. Thériault who will step down on December 31, 2016 after 12 years at the helm of the Caisses populaires acadiennes, as announced last September. UNI Financial Cooperation’s new Chief Executive Officer will take office at the beginning of 2017.
“The Board is very happy with its decision, especially since the chosen candidate is from our region and knows UNI very well, ensuring consistency and stability. These past years, we went through significant changes to become more flexible and efficient and it is obvious that the new Chief Executive Officer’s challenge will be to lend impetus to the institution, optimizing customer experience while remaining aware of the rapidly changing industry,” said Pierre-Marcel Desjardins.
Mr. Moreau has been UNI’s Vice-President, Corporate Services since September 2015. He holds the CPA, CGA designations, as well as the ICD.D title from the Institute of Corporate Directors. He was previously Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer of Assumption Life after having been Imperial Manufacturing Group’s Chief Financial Officer. He is also the current President of the Conseil économique du Nouveau-Brunswick and a member of many provincial boards of directors.
Finally, it is noteworthy to mention that Robert Moreau will become the 6th person to hold office as the financial cooperative’s highest executive position.
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Up to $60M to go to Shippagan's credit union
The New Brunswick government has set aside up to $60 million to save Shippagan's financially strapped credit union but a taxpayer advocacy group suggests the Liberals should be spending the money "in priority areas."
The Caisses Populaire de Shippagan, which has been in financial trouble for the past three years, was placed under the control of the Central Credit Union of New Brunswick's risk management board in 2004 after a series of commercial loans were not repaid.
Last week, the Liberal government announced its plan to return the caisse to the security of the Fédération des caisses populaires acadiennes, more than 20 years after the two separated and the caisse joined the anglophone Central Credit Union of New Brunswick. However, the government didn't give financial details.
Finance Minister Victor Boudreau said that $60 million in Tuesday's budget is going to the stabilization board and the Central Credit Union of New Brunswick's risk management board, as a maximum amount to stabilize the troubled credit union.
Boudreau wouldn't say how much of that $60 million will be injected into Shippagan's credit union or whether it's a grant, a loan or a loan guarantee. However, he has said the credit union's future depends on it.
John Williamson from the Canadian Taxpayer Federation said New Brunswickers should pay close attention to the $60 million set aside, because it's roughly the same amount they'll be paying in tax increases in 2007.
"I'd want to know why taxes are going up to pay for bailouts, as opposed to having governments spend money in priority areas," Williamson said Thursday.
"Governing is all about making choices and prioritizing spending. In this case, we have a government which has obviously decided that saving a credit union is worthwhile, despite the fact that no one from the province seems able to explain why it's in the province's interest, or why it's in the taxpayer's interest, to be spending this kind of money."
Opposition
critic Bruce Fitch said he wants details now on how the province plans
to save the credit union. "Sixty million dollars is a substantial amount
of money and I'd like to know exactly what it is going to be used for,"
he said.
The province will release exact dollar amounts at a meeting with the Caisse de Shippagan on March 26.
Camille Theriault of the Fédération des caisses populaires acadiennes said that ignoring the struggling credit union was not really an option for government.
"What would happen is that the government would have to liquidate the Caisse Populaire de Shippagan and my impression is that that would be a lot more expensive than looking at the funds that would be involved in the rehabilitation of the Caisse Populaire de Shippagan," Theriault said.
The Shippagan caisse split with its Acadian counterparts in 1982 over a difference of opinion. It joined forces with the anglophone Central Credit Union of New Brunswick.
The Caisse de Shippagan is set to rejoin the federation in June.
Burke calls for RCMP investigation into Shippagan caisse
The
New Brunswick government has asked the RCMP to launch a criminal
investigation into the troubled Caisse Populaire de Shippagan.
Attorney General T.J. Burke said Wednesday there may have been "improprieties" at the caisse.
Last month the province announced a $60-million grant to sort out the credit union industry in the province, and more than half of that was togo to bail out the Shippagan caisse.
Ever since that announcement, the
Opposition Conservatives have been hammering the government, saying the
money should have been a loan, not a grant.
In return, the
Liberals said the Tories knew problems were building up when they were
in power; the caisse first started to see financial trouble in 2004, as
the result of a series of bad loans.
Today, Burke took the controversy a step further, announcing he'd called in the RCMP to help answer questions about how the previous management ran the caisse, and got it so deep into debt.
"There is a possibility that there has been some impropriety with respect to large transactions coming into a financial institution and coming out so quickly."
He said the Tories may not like what the investigation turns up.
"As we peel the layers of this onion, the smell of it is just getting stronger and stronger."
Last
month, Burke suggested a relative of Tory MLA Paul Robichaud was on the
board of the caisse, and that Tory attacks on the bailout were meant to
"protect" that relative.
Wednesday, Robichaud said,"I welcome the investigation. We're not against the investigation."
But
his leader, Jeannot Volpé, said the government is calling in the police
to distract the public from the controversy over the grant.
Meanwhile, Burke has also asked the auditor general to look into the caisse's troubled history.
Volpé, accused of threatening civil servant, apologizes
Jeannot Volpé apologized Friday, after New Brunswick's superintendent of credit unions accused the Tory Opposition leader of threatening him while discussing the Caisse Populaire de Shippagan earlier in the week.
"Because of the importance I place on personal integrity, I wish to apologize this morning if anything I said during that meeting offended anyone in the provincial civil service or made an official feel pressured," Volpé said in Friday's legislature.
"That was not my intention, and that's not the way I conduct myself as an MLA or as leader of the opposition."
Volpé made the comment in question while meeting with Robert Penney, the superintendent of credit unions. The politician was angry about Penney's suggestion that, when Volpé was a cabinet minister, he had been warned about potential irregularities at the Caisse Populaire de Shippagan.
In a transcript of the meeting released Thursday,Volpé is recorded as saying to Penney: "I will not let my name go in the dirt. If there is something in life that I said is important to me, it's integrity, so it will not go down, or a lot of people will go down with me, so it has to be fixed."
"I will be quite frank," Penney replied. "That sounds threatening in tone."
"That is just my way. All I am saying here is something is happening here that is not good," Volpé said.
The controversy follows the Liberal government's decision to give the financially troubled Caisse a $41-million bailout.
Attorney General T.J. Burke announced last week that the RCMP had been asked to look into why the Caisse lost so much money.
Journalists were told that the Mounties would be looking for red flags such as large deposits coming from outside the normal business area that might point to money laundering.
Volpé has demanded Burke resign over his comments, saying he prejudged a police investigation by suggesting police might find evidence of money laundering in the case.
Volpé also accused the government of releasing the transcript in a bid to distract the public from Burke's comments.
The transcript has Penney confirming he never used the words "money laundering" or "red flags" when he met with Volpé about the Caisse's situation in 2006.
Gov't took 15 months to act over troubled caisse: affidavit
The former Tory government in New Brunswick was asked to crack down on the Caisse Populaire de Shippagan 15 months before action was finally taken, according to an affidavit obtained by CBC News.
Last month, the province announced a $60-million grant to sort out the credit union industry in the province, and $41 million of it went to bailing out the Shippagan caisse, which had a debt of about $60 million. Ever since that announcement, the Opposition Conservatives have been hammering the government, saying the money should have been a loan, not a grant.
In return, the Liberals said the Tories knew problems were building up when they were in power. The caisse first started to see financial trouble in 2004, as the result of a series of bad loans.
The delay in putting the caisse under supervision, revealed in the affidavit,also delayed efforts by an industry stabilization board to force the caisse to change the way it does business.
In 2002 the caisse in Shippagan was part of the anglophone Credit Union Central of New Brunswick and came under the authority of the Credit Union Central stabilization board and fund.
The board's administrators were increasingly concerned
with the caisse's aggressive business practices, and the financial risks
they created.
Following an audit, the board gave the caisse a list of 10 orders to comply with, but the caisse fought those orders in court.
What happened next is explained in an affidavit by Darrell Kuhn, the CEO of Credit Union Central.
In March 2003, Kuhn asked the province's acting superintendent of credit unions, Suzanne Bonnell-Burley, to put the Shippagan caisse under supervision. That would give the board the power to force the caisse to comply with its orders.
"By way of letter dated March 21, 2003, the [Credit Union Stabilization Fund] requested supervisory powers from the superintendent," the affidavit reads.
According to Kuhn's affidavit, the provincial superintendent never responded in writing to the request.
"Although the CUSF requested a formal response in writing by March 31, 2003, the Superintendent has never provided any written response to the request for supervisory powers."
It was another15 months before the Shippagan Caisse was finally put under supervision in June 2004, and forced to hire new management and change its business practices.
It's not clear from the court affidavit whether that delay added to the caisse's losses — losses that eventually led to last month's $41-million government bailout.
Caisse Populaire Beauséjour has $5M deficit
A Moncton-based caisse populaire ran up a $5 million deficit last year, the latest hit to New Brunswick's francophone credit union system, but an expert says the recent trouble doesn't make credit unions less reliable than banks.
The Caisse Populaire de Shippaganmade headlines recently when the province agreed to give it a $41 million bailout. Now, the Caisse Populaire Beauséjour has released data showing it is more than $5 million in debt due to bad loans.
Camille Thériault of the Fédération des caisses populaires acadiennes announced Monday the problem was discovered during the regular 18-month audits of the caisse.
Université de Moncton co-op management specialist André Leclerc says some bank branches may have just as many problems, but don't tell the public about them.
"For the banks, we don't have any information at the branch level, but that doesn't mean they don't have financial problems," Leclerc said Tuesday.
"If a branch has financial problems in a bank, it will be covered by all the networks. So, the network is making lots of profits, but that doesn't mean there is no branch [without] financial problems."
The Moncton caisse was put under trusteeship at the beginning of the year, and Thériault said the federation is considering shortening the time between audits to every 12 months. Thériault said the caisse will follow up on all loans that are in default.
Shippagan caisse bailout could have been avoided: AG
New Brunswick's auditor-general has issued a damning report on the taxpayer-funded bailout of the Caisse populaire de Shippagan, blaming the former Progressive Conservative government for failing to properly regulate the northern financial institution.
Auditor General Mike Ferguson released the 53-page report on Tuesday that also said a handful of senior managers at the caisse populaire covered up financial problems.
'Had the superintendent taken action when [Credit Union Stabilization Fund and Risk Management Agency] recommended it, the total loss to New Brunswick taxpayers would probably have been about half of what it eventually was.'— Auditor General's report
The Liberal government bailed out the northern caisse populaire in 2007 with a $37-million grant and another $16.5-million in guarantees.
The influx of government funds were to offset massive losses at the caisse populaire.
The report said it all could have been avoided.
Ferguson said Belonie Mallet, the institution's general manager, committed "irregularities" that covered up losses at the caisse populaire while he personally benefited.
"We believe that some of the actions of the former general manager, Mr. Belonie Mallet, caused financial harm to [caisse populaire] while at the same time appearing to be to his personal benefit," Mallet said
The report also indicates that the institution's board failed to provide proper oversight until it was too late.
Government regulation failed
But Ferguson also blames the former Bernard Lord government for failing to properly regulate the caisse populaire.
"Ultimately the government's regulation of [caisse populaire] failed. It failed as early as 1981 with the decision to allow [caisse populaire] to move to Credit Union Central; it failed to properly interpret the symptoms of serious trouble that it had before it in the late 1990s and early 2000s; and it failed to take appropriate action even when the organization responsible for inspections realized the gravity of the situation," the report said.
The report indicated the province's superintendent of credit unions, an employee in the Department of Justice and Consumer Affairs, took months and in some cases years to make decisions based on problems that should have been obvious.
The auditor general's report indicated those problems were partly the provincial government's fault because the superintendent was working part-time and had been ordered to focus on issues other than the caisse.
Ferguson said if the superintendent had acted between 2001 and 2003, when the Conservatives were in office, much of the losses might have been prevented.
"Had the superintendent taken action when [Credit Union Stabilization Fund and Risk Management Agency] recommended it, the total loss to New Brunswick taxpayers would probably have been about half of what it eventually was," the report said
PC MLA Carl Urquhart played down the former Conservative government's failures when speaking on Tuesday.
"The fact that things were going on that was wrong. The people who were responsible for that are still responsible for that, whether it was stopped sometime along the way," Urquart said.
N.B. auditor general releases report on financial woes at credit union
This article originally appeared on 680news.com
Posted Jan 19, 2010, 10:36PM EST.
A long-awaited investigation by New Brunswick’s auditor general into the near collapse of Caisse Populaire de Shippagan has revealed a string of failures ranging from the credit union’s mismanagement to shabby accounting.
In a sweeping report released Tuesday, Mike Ferguson pieces together the sequence of events that brought the northern financial institution to its knees in 2007, leading the Liberal government prop it up with a nearly $40-million bailout.
The 54-page report identifies the failures in the chain of command _ from the credit union’s senior staff to the province’s regulatory regime _ that allowed the credit union to fudge its financial results, fattening the salaries of some senior management.
“Failure … of the former senior management team … failure of the board of directors at the time to provide effective oversight … and failure of the auditors,” Ferguson states in the report.
But New Brunswick’s former Conservative government also shoulders some of the blame, the report states, for failing to ensure adequate regulation and supervision of the credit union.
For example, the superintendent of credit unions _ only a part-time role at the time _ had been directed by the Justice Department to focus on other priorities. Also, the regulatory body at the time, the New Brunswick Credit Union Federation Stabilization Board, had inadequate powers to act once it became aware of the institution’s problems.
If government had taken action sooner, “the total loss to New Brunswick taxpayers would probably have been about half what it eventually was,” Ferguson states.
Premier Shawn Graham said the massive losses could have been avoided had the Conservatives not “avoided the issue.”
However, Tory Leader David Alward said problems at the credit union date back to the 1980s and have continued throughout successive governments.
The auditor general’s report, which examines “irregular activities” at the Shippagan, N.B., bank from 1998 to 2004, was submitted Tuesday to the legislature’s standing committee on Crown corporations. It includes six recommendations to ensure the current regulatory regime is robust.
The recommendations include ensuring the auditors of credit unions have the skills and experience necessary; enforcing term limits for members of the governing bodies of Crown corporations; and ensuring the government’s regulatory and supervisory bodies have the power and resources to do their job.
A copy of the report has been given to the RCMP, Ferguson told the committee.The investigation of the credit union brought in KPMG Forensic, a division of the financial services firm that specializes in white-collar crime, to perform field work.
KPMG noted “in general an adversarial tone to the correspondence coming from” the credit union, and management showed “contempt for the regulatory process,” Ferguson’s report states.
The KPMG report reveals that management at the credit union covered up financial problems to make the institution look profitable.
“Because the organization appeared to be doing well, one or more members of the senior management group were being paid large salaries and collecting large dividends,” Ferguson said.
For example, in 2003 the credit union reported a surplus of $700,000 but an adjusted net income reveals losses of more than $9 million. The equity to asset ratio would have been 1.3 per cent _ below the level required for a credit union in New Brunswick.
In addition, large bonuses were approved and paid to select credit union employees annually, even though annual evaluations did not exist and there were no criteria to establish bonuses, the report states.
The credit union, located in a town with fewer than 3,000 people in the Acadian Peninsula, started to compete with bigger banks in 2001.
The financial institution began offering high-risk financial products, such as high-interest loans, despite its inexperience with such products, Ferguson said.
KPMG learned that the credit union routinely made changes to loan files, a practice referred to as a “flush” process, so that toxic loans would not appear on delinquency reports.
“You can look at what’s happened over the last year in the whole financial world and you can draw some comparisons,” Ferguson said to reporters Tuesday. “A lot of what happened at the Caisse Populaire de Shippagan is pretty much in common with what you see in some reports on what’s happened in the U.S.”
New Brunswick taxpayers have already given the institution a $37-million grant and could be on the hook for another $16.5 in guarantees to stabilize the credit union.
“The fallout from this problem is still going on,” Ferguson states in his report, pointing to its $1.4-million price tag.
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On 1 January 2020 a new Credit Unions Act came into effect.
The modernized Credit Unions Act restructures the regulatory framework and streamlines responsibilities, eliminates duplication and reduces the regulatory burden and costs to credit unions. FCNB is now responsible for the front-line regulation of credit unions. The former stabilization fund and the former deposit insurance fund are now combined into a single deposit protection fund that is administered by the New Brunswick Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation. The amount of deposit insurance remains unchanged at $250,000 per eligible deposit.
The Financial Institutions Division provides corporate registry services for credit unions and oversees the financial stability and solvency of credit unions for the protection of depositors.
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Region 1 – District of Fredericton
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Region 2 - District of Saint John
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Region 3 – District of Moncton
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Region 4 – District of Miramichi
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To incorporate a credit union, 10 or more applicants, who are of the age of majority, may make an application to the Superintendent and upon approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, a certificate of incorporation will be issued. The application is made using Form 1. It includes a signed declaration that, to the best of their knowledge, each director named is qualified to be a director and that the proposed name is not in violation of the Act.
The applicants will have to conduct a name search and provide a NUANS report to ensure the name under which the incorporation is sought is not similar to that of another business. Applicants should check with the Commission’s Financial Institutions Division to verify that the proposed name is acceptable to the Superintendent of Credit Unions. This approval must be done prior to making any investment in the name (i.e., logo, brand, website, etc.).
Applicants are required to provide by-laws to address matters that are applicable but are not set out in the articles of incorporation, such as:
- qualifications for, conditions of and method of applying for and terminating membership in the credit union;
- location of meetings, procedures and quorum, rights in relation to voting and the making, repealing or amending of by-laws, right of members to vote by ballot, mail, telephone or other communication facilities and the manner, form and effect of voting;
- election, term of office, removal of and filling of vacancies among directors, committee members and officers, their powers, duties and remuneration, and the procedure and quorum at meetings of the board of directors;
- the division of the territory into districts for the purpose of holding district meetings during annual or other meetings of members, the business that may be conducted and procedures to be followed.
Applicants also have to submit with their application:
- a declaration, that subject to the Act and regulations, the purpose of the credit union is to provide a comprehensive range of financial services that meet the needs of its members and that it shall operate on a co-operative basis and in accordance with generally accepted co-operative principles;
- a declaration that they are qualified to establish and the proposed directors are qualified to establish and operate the proposed credit union;
- a statement indicating that the credit union will become a member of Atlantic Central;
- a written opinion from the Atlantic Central indicating that the proposed credit union will be established and operated in a manner whereby the investments and deposits of the members will be safeguarded;
- a written statement that the proposed credit union will maintain such types and minimum levels of insurance and bonding as required by the Superintendent of credit unions;
- a business plan indicating the proposed credit union's strategic planning, marketing, human resources, operation, finance and accounting policies and procedures.
- a five year pro forma financial projection.
- written confirmation that the proposed credit union will have a minimum of $500,000 of regulatory capital as of the date of incorporation or any greater amount the Superintendent requires after incorporation as a credit union; and any other information the Superintendent may require.
The Commission will ensure the documents are in conformity with the Credit Unions Act.
Before it starts operations, the credit union has to provide to the Superintendent:
- a copy of the proposed credit union's loan policy;
- a copy of the proposed credit union's investment policy, including the terms, conditions, restrictions and limitations;
- a copy of the proposed liquidity management plan;
- a copy of the proposed capital management plan;
- copies of the proposed monitoring reports specifying the content, frequency and forms to be submitted to the Superintendent of credit unions; and
- written confirmation that the credit union is a bona fide member of Atlantic Central.
A credit union must, each year after its annual meeting, send its annual return and audited financial statements to the Superintendent.
New Brunswick Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation
The New Brunswick Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation is a Crown corporation that provides deposit insurance to members of New Brunswick's credit unions.
Fees
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Higgs losing chief of staff Louis Léger
Top adviser to premier played 'a diplomatic role' to francophone community, Acadian leader says
Premier Blaine Higgs is losing his chief of staff.
Louis Léger, a longtime Progressive Conservative staffer, operative and volunteer, confirmed to CBC News on Tuesday that he's leaving the position, nominally the top political adviser to a premier.
He said he made the decision during a Christmastime vacation to Hawaii.
"It was the right time for me to do that," he said in an interview.
Léger's departure coincides with several controversial moves by the government on language issues and calls for a party vote on Higgs's leadership from some francophone members of the PC party.
He said the premier encouraged him to "speak truth to power" about what was important to francophones.
"There are many things that the premier and I agreed on. There were things every so often that we less agreed on, but those things will stay between he and I," Léger said.
Moncton South PC MLA Greg Turner said language controversies, and speculation about whether Higgs will stay on as leader for the 2024 election, had no role in Léger's decision. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
"I'm a big believer in the importance of our institution, in the relationship between the chief of staff and the premier.… My job was to make sure the premier understood the aspirations and understood the reality of things. I did that.
"I'm not going to get into the details of those things. I don't think it would be appropriate to do, certainly not today."
Moncton South PC MLA Greg Turner called Leger's departure "a very, very amicable separation."
Turner said Léger told the PC caucus his plans Monday night.
"He found he'd contributed a lot over the time he was in that position, and felt it was a good time for him to relax a bit more and take some time off."
Liaison to Acadian community
Léger was widely seen as the most influential francophone in Higgs's government and was frequently the go-between with Acadian organizations wary of the premier's approach to language issues.
"It's a big loss," said Alexandre Cedric-Doucet, president of the Acadian Society of New Brunswick.
"Mr. Léger played a diplomatic role, maintaining the relationship between the Premier's Office and the Acadian and francophone communities."
Léger advised Higgs after the party won the most seats in the 2018 election and then spent weeks jockeying with Liberal Brian Gallant over who would govern the province.
When Higgs prevailed, Léger became his chief of staff.
Doucet said it was hard to assess Léger's contribution, especially on language issues, but said he had likely influenced Higgs to not make decisions that would have been even worse for francophones.
Léger said there are "things we need to worry about" in the English-French relationship. "I'm not minimizing that." But he said it was the relentless, 24/7 pace of the job — and not recent controversies over bilingualism and French immersion — that led him to leave now.
Subject of complaint
Léger was the subject of a conflict of interest complaint to the province's integrity commissioner last fall but he said that was not a factor in his departure.
He said the confidential complaint is "pretty much dead and over with" and said it involved a lease.
"That was someone that wanted something, and in my job I said no, and the individual was unhappy."
Integrity Commissioner Charles Murray wouldn't comment and would not confirm whether there had been a complaint against Léger.
In a statement, Higgs said Léger's business and political experience "benefited our office, our province, and the PC Party during these past four and a half years.
"During his time as chief of staff, we worked together to navigate through an unprecedented global pandemic, while still moving forward with platform commitments we made to New Brunswickers."
"We also grew our party from a minority to a majority," he said, referring to the 2020 election.
Premier Blaine Higgs said an interim replacement “will be decided and announced at an appropriate time in the future.” (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
The premier's statement said an interim replacement "will be decided and announced at an appropriate time in the future."
Turner pointed out that the position "is a high-pressure, high-intensity job," and most people in the position don't last four years.
Léger first became involved with the PC Party as as youth member during Richard Hatfield's time as premier. He is the son of Omer Léger, a Hatfield-era cabinet minister.
Léger worked as a political staffer to provincial and federal PC cabinet ministers and also worked as a communications consultant.
He was also on the board of the Conservative Fund, the fundraising arm of the federal Conservative Party.
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Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 07:24:02 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: The last thing Palango told Bonaparte was
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No doubt a host of other snobby journalists will Correct Tristin Hopper?
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Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 17:21:56 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks the "Frank" buddies Paul Palango
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article published on my birthday 40 years ago N'esy Pas?
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Subject: Automatic reply: YO Mr Jones I wonder how many LIEBranos
recall old CBC articles
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Former MP seeks N.B. Liberal leadership
T.J. Harvey is the first to announce his bid to become leader of the
N.B. Liberal party
Gary Moore · CBC News · Posted: Jun 19, 2021 6:18 PM AT | Last Updated: June 19
T.J. Harvey was the M.P. for Tobique-Mactaquac from 2015 to 2019. (Submitted)
T.J. Harvey, the former Liberal MP for the riding of
Tobique-Mactaquac, is running to be the next leader of the New
Brunswick Liberal Party.
Harvey is expected to make a formal announcement on Tuesday in
Fredericton, but he confirmed his intentions Saturday.
"I'm very much a person of action," Harvey said. "So when I decide to
do something, I want to do it then."
Harvey was elected as MP in 2015, but didn't seek re-election in 2019.
He left federal politics to go back to work in the private sector.
But he said he's been thinking about entering provincial politics for
some time.
"I think with provincial politics it's more hands on, and you have the
ability to see the change that you are trying to affect more clearly."
The provincial Liberals confirmed Harvey is the first person to
officially enter the leadership race.
Political newcomer Kevin Vickers last held the post, taking over as
leader of the opposition in April 2019.
Kevin Vickers announced that he would step aside as Liberal leader
following the election in September 2020. (CBC/Mike Heenan )
Vickers led the party through a snap election in September 2020 that
was called by the Progressive Conservative minority government of
Blaine Higgs.
In that election, Higgs won a majority while the Liberals lost five
ridings that they won in 2018. They also lost roughly three per cent
of the popular vote.
Vickers failed to win a seat in the legislature and stepped aside as
leader of the party.
Roger Melanson, MLA for Dieppe, took over as interim leader of the
party shortly after the election.
The New Brunswick Liberal Association is still working on rules for
the leadership race.
But Harvey said he's looking forward to beginning his campaign.
"What's most important at this time is to get out and meet with as
many New Brunswickers from all different parts of the province and
have the hard conversations with them," he said.
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Liberal supporter says nomination convention left 'horrible taste'
Theresa Blackburn says she saw party members pressured into voting for
winning nominee T.J. Harvey
CBC News · Posted: Nov 11, 2014 1:41 PM AT
Theresa Blackburn says the Tobique-Mactaquac federal Liberal party
candidate nominating convention has turned her off federal politics.
(YouTube)
A woman who signed up to support the federal Liberals says she's
through with federal politics after seeing the process up close.
Theresa Blackburn, a Woodstock town councillor who attended the recent
Tobique-Mactaquac nominating convention, says that what she witnessed
was a disappointment and she wants nothing to do with party politics.
"It leaves with you with a horrible taste in your mouth."
Blackburn attended the Nov. 1 convention to pick a federal Liberal
candidate — her first-ever involvement.
She says she saw supporters of winning nominee T.J. Harvey pressure
party members into voting for him.
That echoes complaints by candidate Rick Lafrance — a school teacher
who Blackburn supported, and who lost the nomination race to Harvey.
Lafrance has filed a formal complaint with the Liberal party over
alleged paperwork improprieties and other tactics.
Defeated Liberal candidate alleges rival violated rules
"I want the good people of Tobique-Mactaquac to know what happened at
that nomination," he said.
Rick Lafrance has filed a formal complaint with the federal Liberal
party over rules being broken during a recent nomination convention.
(Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Monday was the second day Harvey didn't speak to CBC News to respond
to the accusations as he'd promised.
Blackburn says the federal Liberals need to investigate the process.
"You would think that the rules would be such that people can't in any
way shape or form get around them. But there are so many loopholes,"
she said.
At a time when parties talk about reaching out to disaffected voters
to get them more involved, this episode sends the wrong message, she
says.
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'Have you heard anything from Andy C?' Hidden name in government emails about Irving Oil revealed
Newly unredacted note between civil servants suggests contact with Irving Oil executive
"Andy C" appears to be a reference to Andy Carson, a senior executive with Irving Oil.
The name was redacted in an email chain between department officials who were working on a government effort last winter to support Irving Oil Ltd.'s attempt to win higher petroleum margins from the EUB.
"Have you heard anything from Andy C?" read the original email between civil servants, which was released to the CBC in February with the last five letters blanked out.
An email to Blaine Higgs from his chief of staff, Louis Leger, on Jan. 5 showed the premier was deeply involved in a government effort to help with Irving Oil's request for fuel price increases. (GNB)
However, late last week the full sentence was provided following a CBC News complaint to the New Brunswick ombud's office about a number of redactions in material supplied by the department.
The full complaint has not been resolved, but in a letter last Friday the department's deputy minister Tom MacFarlane wrote to disclose that one of the redactions involved blanking out the name "Andy C."
"The Department has reviewed the previously withheld records and engaged in discussion with the Office of the Ombud," wrote MacFarlane. "Please find enclosed a revised record."
CBC's request for information from the department centred on a Jan. 5 application by Irving Oil to the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board to raise petroleum wholesale margins in New Brunswick by amounts that, if awarded, would have cost consumers about $1 million a week in increased fuel costs.
Shortly after the increase was applied for, a letter over the signature of Mike Holland, the minister of natural resources and energy development, was sent to the EUB in support of Irving Oil's request for an "expedited" review of its application.
Holland was criticized by a number of parties for contacting the independent board, but records obtained by CBC News following a right to information request showed he had little to do with writing the letter or the decision to send it.
It was produced by a team of civil servants working for days on strategies on how the government might assist Irving Oil and was submitted directly to Premier Blaine Higgs for approval.
The "Andy C" email was written late in the day Dec. 29 by assistant deputy minister Bill Breckenridge to department director Heather Quinn as senior officials scrambled to prepare for a briefing requested by Higgs on Irving Oil's plans to ask for fuel price increases a week later.
MacFarlane, the deputy minister, was notified at 7 p.m. on the 29th of the premier's desire for an update and, despite the hour and the holidays, immediately sent instructions to Breckenridge to find details.
Tom MacFarlane, deputy minister of natural resources and energy development, revealed last week that 'Andy C' was the name hidden in the release of emails to CBC News last winter. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
"Can someone confirm with IOL [Irving Oil Ltd.] or EUB if the request has been made and if not when it is expected," wrote MacFarlane.
At 8:40 in the evening, Breckenridge did the same to Heather Quinn.
"I hope you had a nice Christmas," read his note "And I hate to bother you but as per the following: have you heard anything from Andy C?"
No one in the Department of Natural Resources connected to those emails was available Friday to confirm if Andy C is a reference to Irving Oil executive Andy Carson, what he was being consulted about, or why the department tried to keep the name secret.
Carson is Irving Oil's director of energy transition and a former head of the company's public affairs division.
Irving Oil Ltd. applied to the EUB for 'urgent' wholesale price increases in January but abandoned the application in March. Government documents revealed the province attempted to find ways to help the company. (Devaan Ingraham/Reuters )
If the redaction was meant to dispel any impression the department was coordinating with Irving Oil about its desire for price increases, Higgs has already acknowledged the two bodies were in contact.
In a March interview he said there had been discussions with the company about its troubles and what it wanted prior to the application being made in January.
"I was aware of what they were seeking to do," Higgs told CBC News.
"They would have been presenting their case to cabinet, some members, not necessarily all members."
Initially, the Department of Natural Resources claimed it was not required to disclose "Andy C" under exceptions allowed if doing so would be "harmful to a third party's business or financial interests." However, that argument has been abandoned.
Carson did not respond to an email asking if he knows whether the reference in the government correspondence is to him.
Irving Oil eventually abandoned its application for higher wholesale prices in March.
PRESS BRIEFING: Observations from UNI's President and Chief Executive Officer on technological transition
PRESS BRIEFING: Observations from UNI's President and Chief Executive Officer on technological transition
Caraquet, September 27, 2023 — Camille Thériault, President and Chief Executive Officer of UNI Financial Cooperation, presents his observations following UNI’s transition to a new financial platform.
“Over the past six weeks, my observations have led me to say that I have confidence in this platform, which is used by other top-performing institutions around the world,” says Camille Thériault. In his opinion, claiming that UNI was ready to deliver the new system created false expectations. “This was a very ambitious project with very little time planned to test this new financial platform,” says Mr. Thériault.
“We need to give ourselves time to come up with the right solutions to fix the imperfections,” he explains. “You have to know how to evolve over time while technology is essential. We have dared, we are going to learn from this experience, and we are going to get better.”
Press briefing, Septembre, 27, 2023 (in French only):
https://youtu.be/apxSqfoWZ4o
CONFERENCE DE PRESSE - UNI - 2023 09 27
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Extrait Bernard Thériault
Camille Thériault | |
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29th Premier of New Brunswick | |
In office May 14, 1998 – June 21, 1999 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Lieutenant Governor | Marilyn T. Counsell |
Preceded by | Raymond Frenette |
Succeeded by | Bernard Lord |
MLA for Kent South | |
In office October 13, 1987 – March 20, 2001 | |
Preceded by | Omer Léger |
Succeeded by | Claude Williams |
New Brunswick Leader of the Opposition | |
In office October 27, 1987 – September 23, 1991 | |
Preceded by | Frank McKenna |
Succeeded by | Danny Cameron |
Personal details | |
Born | Camille Henri Thériault February 25, 1955 Baie-Sainte-Anne, New Brunswick, Canada |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | Gisèle Thériault |
Camille Henri Thériault CM (born February 25, 1955) served as the 29th premier of New Brunswick from 1998 to 1999.[1]
Early life
The son of Joséphine Martin and Norbert Thériault, a former provincial cabinet minister and Canadian Senator, Camille Thériault was born in Baie-Sainte-Anne, New Brunswick, and graduated from École Régionale de Baie Sainte-Anne. He then obtained a bachelor of social science degree with a major in political science from the Université de Moncton.[1]
Thériault was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 1987 provincial election[1] that saw the Liberal Party, of which he was a member, win every seat in the province.
Due to the unusual situation of leading a government with no parliamentary opposition, Premier Frank McKenna named backbench members of his caucus to form a shadow cabinet. Thériault was the leader of this "unofficial opposition", which met daily when the house was in session to prepare questions of Question Period of which the ministers would be given no notice.
Following the 1991 election, some balance was restored to the legislature with the opposition parties holding 12 of 58 seats and the "unofficial opposition" was not continued. Thériault was named to cabinet as Minister of Fisheries. In 1994, he was appointed Minister of Advanced Education and Labour[1]
Thériault was re-elected in 1995 and became Minister of Economic Development—a key role in the McKenna government.[1]
When McKenna announced his resignation in 1997, Thériault, who was long expected to be the favourite in the race to succeed McKenna as Liberal leader, ceded the early position of front-runner to charismatic Finance Minister Edmond Blanchard. However, Blanchard soon dropped out of the race.
Thériault left cabinet to campaign for the leadership of the Liberals, as did his two opponents, Education Minister Bernard Richard and junior cabinet minister Greg Byrne. Byrne, a relative unknown before the race, caught momentum during the race, though Thériault managed to win on the first ballot. As leader of the governing Liberals, he soon became premier.
He rejigged the cabinet upon being sworn-in, changing some departments and decreasing its overall size. He pledged to bring in many new programs, focussing on social services, in contrast to the fiscal conservatism of McKenna, but felt he should win a mandate of his own before instituting any major changes.
The opposition Progressive Conservatives had themselves just chosen a leader, the young Bernard Lord, an unknown with no political experience. Thériault waited for Lord to contest a seat for the legislature and get some experience in the House before calling a vote. In doing so, Thériault gave up one of the key advantages of the incumbency, letting it be widely known months in advance that the election would be held in June 1999.
Thériault and his Liberals seemed to have underestimated Lord's Conservatives over whom they enjoyed a double-digit lead in early opinion polls. In the early days of the campaign, Lord reversed his earlier position, shared with the government, supporting highway tolls on the new divided route from Fredericton to Moncton. Lord used his new pledge to remove the tolls as the centrepiece of his campaign, he effectively used the issue as the prime example for the arrogance of the government and also incorporated his pledge into his "200 Days of Change" promise—20 key commitments Lord said he would implement within his first 200 days in office.
Thériault largely ignored Lord's surging campaign as he felt the Liberals would easily cruise to victory—a feeling mirrored in polls right up until the last week. On June 7, election, the Tories won their largest victory ever, taking 44 of 55 seats. Thériault's concession speech was very gracious and was seen as probably his best of the campaign. He remarked that "the people have spoken, and the people are never wrong." In that election, the Liberals were reduced from 45 seats to just 10.
Thériault stayed on as leader of the opposition and was seen as effective in the role. Despite this, the Liberals lost two by-elections in early 2001 that had been vacated by former Liberal cabinet ministers moving to federal politics. In March of that year, Thériault resigned his seat and as leader of the Liberals.
Following his resignation as party leader, then-Prime Minister Jean Chrétien appointed him to the Transportation Safety Board, and within the year he was named its chairman. In 2004, he was named president of the Mouvement des caisses populaires acadiennes (now UNI Financial Cooperation).
Thériault mused briefly about running in the 2004 federal election but opted not to.
Methinks its more than merely interesting that this CBC dude did not mention what Mon Ami Roger Richard had to say to the EUB N'esy Pas?
Wednesday 25 January 2023
Bernard Thériault and his beloved Caraquet the Cultural capital of Canada in 2003 and 2009
Methinks its more than merely interesting that this CBC dude did not mention what Mon Ami Roger Richard had to say to the EUB N'esy Pas?
David Amos<david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> | Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 3:18 PM |
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Wednesday, 25 January 2023 Bernard Thériault and his beloved Caraquet the Cultural capital of Canada in 2003 and 2009 |
Le maire de Caraquet regrette qu’Énergie NB n’ait pas été vendue à Hydro-Québec
Si la vente d'Énergie Nouveau-Brunswick à Hydro-Québec avait pu être conclue en 2010, il n'y aurait pas de demandes de hausses « exagérées » des tarifs d'électricité aujourd'hui, selon le maire de Caraquet, Bernard Thériault.
La Commission de l'énergie et des services publics du Nouveau-Brunswick tenait une consultation dans cette municipalité pour la toute première fois lundi.
Un seul citoyen de Caraquet a pris la parole au micro : le maire Bernard Thériault. Selon lui, une augmentation des tarifs d'électricité de 8,9 % est exagérée.
L'ex-chef de cabinet de l'ancien premier ministre libéral Shawn Graham regrette qu'Énergie Nouveau-Brunswick n'ait pas été vendue à Hydro-Québec.
La transaction, qui avait été négociée en coulisses entre les gouvernements néo-brunswickois et québécois, avait avorté, après avoir soulevé un tollé.
Je vous dis que si ça avait été fait en 2010, on ne serait pas ici, aujourd'hui, pour débattre d'une augmentation de 9 %
, affirme-t-il. Parce
qu'il y avait des engagements très clairs là-dedans que les
augmentations n'iraient jamais plus haut que le coût de la vie.
Un contexte défavorable
Selon lui, le contexte n'est pas du tout favorable à une telle augmentation. Il cite l'inflation, l'augmentation des évaluations foncières et la réforme municipale qui fait augmenter les taxes.
Il remet en question la gestion d'Énergie Nouveau-Brunswick. S'ils ont absolument besoin de cet argent-là, ils font preuve selon moi d'un manque flagrant de gestion efficace
, précise-t-il. Parce qu'à 9 %... c'est quand même une entreprise publique.
La Commission de l'énergie et des services publics a par ailleurs annulé son forum de consultation qui devait avoir lieu à Grand-Sault, ce mardi, puisqu'aucun participant ne s'est inscrit.
René Landry (go to the author's page)
Posted on January 23, 2023
If the sale of New Brunswick Power to Hydro-Quebec could have been concluded in 2010, there would not be requests for "exaggerated" increases in electricity rates today, according to the mayor of Caraquet, Bernard Thériault .
The New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board held a consultation in this municipality for the very first time on Monday.
Consultation of the Energy and Utilities Commission in Caraquet.
Only a dozen people, including a group of NB Power employees, attended Monday's Energy and Utilities Board consultation in Caraquet.
Only one citizen of Caraquet spoke at the microphone: Mayor Bernard Thériault. According to him, an increase in electricity tariffs of 8.9% is exaggerated.
The former chief of staff of former Liberal premier Shawn Graham regrets that New Brunswick Power was not sold to Hydro-Québec.
The mayor of Caraquet, Bernard Thériault, before members of the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board, Monday.
Photo: Radio-Canada / René Landry
The transaction, which had been negotiated behind the scenes between the New Brunswick and Quebec governments, had aborted, after raising an outcry.
"I tell you that if it had been done in 2010, we would not be here today to discuss a 9% increase," he says. "Because there were very clear commitments in there that the increases would never go higher than the cost of living."
An unfavorable context
According to him, the context is not at all favorable to such an increase. He cites inflation, the increase in property assessments and the municipal reform which increases taxes.
He questions the management of New Brunswick Power. "If they absolutely need that money, I think they are showing a flagrant lack of effective management," he says. "Because at 9%...it's still a public company."
The Energy and Utilities Commission has also canceled its consultation forum which was to take place in Grand Falls on Tuesday, since no participants registered.
Read also :
Consultations on a possible 8.9% increase in electricity rates in N.B.
NB Power wants to increase electricity rates by 8.9%
NB Power's failed sale called the missed opportunity of the century
Merci Mon Ami
David Amos<david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> | Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 8:19 PM | ||||
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A Google Translation January 23, 2023. Case #541. Caraquet. Mr. President, dear Commissioners, and dear fellow citizens, I cannot accept the 8.9% increase in electricity rates. Even if Mr. Higgs is right that NB Power's huge debt needs to be brought under control is not the right way to go about it. Here are some reasons why. Start with the NB Power Board of Directors. Why do we have Board members who are non-residents of NB? Why the president of advice is an American? Then there are the salaries of more than $100,000 among our employees. It must be remembered that the upper third of the income of the population is $70,000 and more per year. It means that the lower two-thirds are much less. It's like NB Power is a cow fat as we say in English. According to Mr. David Amos, NB Power's accounting is not independently verified. He is a whistleblower regarding fraudulent activities of the KPMJ company. Follows the field of research and development. NB Power, i.e. we, have no the financial means to do research. Mini-nuclear power plants are a beautiful example of research well beyond our means. Hydro-Québec has a real laboratory, this is where people who want to do research can go. Otherwise we will reliving laughable experiences as we have seen with the company JOY Entertainment. As for the development, it comes from the workers on the ground. For example, an editor line can see, after years of experience, that a piece of equipment wears in a way particular. He can realize that by moving it a little, his lifespan increases. this is good, but the ego of the superiors and the administration comes into play and often the idea is lost. Then there is the entrepreneurial spirit in big projects that does not go with our ability to to pay. Why renovate the Mactaquac dam when we have 5 billion in debt? Why we maintain the Point Lepreau Generating Station? For Americans? Our natural environment was my primary reason for becoming a case worker. #375 and #452 even if it is very difficult for me to speak publicly. In particular, the transcript of January 22, 2020 of Instance #452, pages 1120 and following, should be reread. Interesting, there is three years already… Electromagnetic fields are creating a smog that is becoming more and more denser with serious effects on everything around us, including ourselves. I you refers to the documents of Dr. Héroux and Dr. Miller presented during the two proceedings mentioned. With that, I would like to introduce you to what an RF wave meter measures. In this room. It quantifies the level of electromagnetic smog. The scale used by the device is according to the recent studies which are carried out independently of the industry. Not according to studies used by Health Canada. The transition from an analog to a digital system results in a huge loss energy on several levels. Looking up a word in a dictionary does not have the same expense energy than looking for it on the internet. Also, the digital system continues to evolve and to each time you have to buy other devices. Sometimes it is the device itself that is defective! Just think of your cell phones and smart meters. You have to remember that mechanical counters last more than thirty years… Dr. Tatoutchoup explained well why smart meters are not a good financial decision for N.B. must see or review his report presented during proceeding #452. This digital shift is a illusion: a false path. Moreover, remember what Mr. Bill Morneau, the former Minister of federal finances, said when he spoke about this energy transformation. He said that this technology will allow us to save money so that we can buy more “stuff”: A nice environmentalist mentality. Far too much emphasis is placed on electric vehicles. Maybe one day this will be the reality but not in the near future. So why try to pretend it's okay change our reality now? In the meantime, let's leave it to others to make exorbitant expenses that are completely unnecessary and let's invest when the technology is ripe. Humanity is growing exponentially now, but our planet is as big as that! So let's try to understand the importance of accepting our reality and stop believing that our needs can be met without any limits. Unfortunately, our system decision-making is taken by the industry. A good example is that Mr. Amos is practically the only one, if not the only one intervening in this proceeding who does not represent any company. I know I'm not telling you anything, but you had to be told for it to be recorded. Thanks for taking the time to listen. Yours faithfully, Roger Richard Le 23 janvier, 2023. Instance #541. Caraquet. M. le Président, chers commissaires, et chers concitoyens, Je ne peux accepter l’augmentation de 8,9% des tarifs d’électricité. Même si M. Higgs a raison qu’il faut contrôler l’énorme dette d’Énergie NB, ce n’est pas la bonne façon de s’y prendre. Voici quelques raisons pourquoi. Il faut commencer par le conseil d’administration d’Énergie NB. Pourquoi avons-nous des membres du conseil d’administration qui sont non résidents du N.-B.? Pourquoi le président du conseil est un Américain? Ensuite il y a les salaires de plus de 100,000$ chez nos employés. Il faut se rappeler que le tiers supérieur des revenus de la population est 70,000$ et plus par année. Ça veut dire que les deux tiers inférieurs sont beaucoup moins. C’est à croire qu’Énergie NB est une vache grasse comme on dit en anglais. Selon M. David Amos, la comptabilité d’Énergie NB n’est pas vérifiée de façon indépendante. Il est un lanceur d’alertes concernant les activités frauduleuses de la compagnie KPMJ. Suit le domaine de la recherche et développement. Énergie NB, c’est-à-dire nous, n’avons pas les moyens financiers pour faire de la recherche. Les mini-centrales nucléaires sont un bel exemple de recherches bien au-dessus de nos moyens. Hydro-Québec a un vrai laboratoire, c’est là que les gens qui veulent faire de la recherche peuvent aller. Autrement nous allons revivre des expériences risibles tel que nous l’avons vu avec la compagnie JOY Entertainment. Quant au développement, il provient des travailleurs sur le terrain. Par exemple, un monteur de ligne peut voir, après des années d’expériences, qu’une pièce d’équipement use d’une façon particulière. Il peut réaliser qu’en la déplaçant un peu, sa durée de vie augmente. Ceci est bien, mais l’égo des supérieurs et de l’administration rentre en jeu et souvent l’idée est perdue. Ensuite il y a l’esprit entrepreneurial dans de gros projets qui ne va pas avec notre capacité de payer. Pourquoi rénover le barrage de Mactaquac lorsqu’on a 5 milliards de dettes? Pourquoi qu’on entretient la centrale de Pointe Lepreau? Pour les Américains? Notre environnement naturel a été ma raison première pour devenir intervenant aux l’instances #375 et #452 même s’il m’est très difficile de parler publiquement. En particulier, la transcription du 22 janvier 2020 de l’Instance #452, pages 1120 et suivantes, sont à relire. Intéressant, il y a trois ans passés déjà… Les champs électromagnétiques créent un smog qui devient de plus en plus dense avec des effets graves sur tout ce qui nous entoure y compris nous même. Je vous réfère aux documents de Dr Héroux et Dr Miller présentés lors des deux instances mentionnés. Sur ce, j’aimerais vous présenter ce qu’un compteur des ondes des radiofréquences mesure dans cette salle. Il quantifie le niveau du smog électromagnétique. L’échelle utilisée par l’appareil est selon les études récentes qui sont réalisées de façon indépendante de l’industrie. Pas selon les études qu’utilise Santé Canada. Le passage d’un système analogique à un système numérique entraîne une énorme perte d’énergie à plusieurs niveaux. Chercher un mot dans un dictionnaire n’a pas la même dépense d’énergie que de le chercher sur l’internet. Aussi, le système numérique continue d’évoluer et à chaque fois il faut acheter d’autres appareils. Parfois c’est l’appareil même qui est défectueux! On n’a qu’à penser à vos téléphones cellulaires et aux compteurs intelligents. Il faut se rappeler que les compteurs mécaniques durent plus de trente ans… Dr Tatoutchoup a bien expliqué pourquoi les compteurs intelligents ne sont pas une bonne décision financière pour le N.-B. Il faut voir ou revoir son rapport présenté lors de l’instance #452. Ce virage numérique est une illusion: une fausse route. D’ailleurs, se rappeler ce que M. Bill Morneau, l’ancien ministre des finances fédérales, a dit lorsqu’il parlait de cette transformation énergétique. Il a dit que cette technologie nous permettra d’épargner de l’argent pour nous permettre d’acheter plus de « stuff »: Une belle mentalité environnementaliste. Beaucoup trop d’importance est accordée aux véhicules électriques. Peut-être qu’un jour ce sera la réalité mais pas dans un avenir proche. Donc pourquoi essayer de prétendre que ça va changer notre réalité maintenant? Entre temps, laissons donc aux autres de faire des dépenses exorbitantes parfaitement inutiles et investissons lorsque la technologie sera à point. L’humanité croît de façon exponentielle présentement, mais notre planète est grosse comme ça! Essayons donc de comprendre l’importance d’accepter notre réalité et de cesser de croire que nos besoins peuvent être satisfaits sans aucunes limites. Malheureusement, notre système décisionnel est pris par l’industrie. Un bel exemple est que M. Amos est pratiquement le seul, si-non le seul, intervenant dans cette instance qui ne représente aucune compagnie. Je sais que je ne vous apprends rien, mais il fallait vous le dire pour que ce soit enregistré. Merci d’avoir pris le temps d’écouter. Cordialement vôtre, Roger Richard
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Caraquet
To live in Caraquet is to benefit from a quality of life by having access to a community that has a rich heritage of knowledge and history, and which has kept its Acadian colors and values. Living in Caraquet is enjoying a prosperous economic climate for entrepreneurs since the city is a must in the Acadian Peninsula.
To settle in Caraquet is to open up to the culture and the arts, it is to contribute to the identity building and the blooming of the French language. Settling in Caraquet is to take advantage of the green spaces and the sea while benefiting from organized sports and leisure within the city. Whether it is summer or winter, Caraquet is inspired by the seasons.
The city is innovating and taking the pulse of its community in order to establish activities, services, and infrastructures that will attract people to move in and inspire young people to stay in Caraquet or to return when their studies are completed.
Mission
The City of Caraquet assumes its role of leader, in partnership with the members of the community, in the realization of a global and sustainable development project in order to ensure optimal quality of services to its citizens.
Our Team
On behalf of the municipality and on my own behalf, I would like to welcome you to our website, a virtual gateway to the beauty of our city. As you will notice while browsing, Caraquet is a city unlike any of its kind: Cultural capital of Canada in 2003 and 2009, Caraquet has shops for everyone's taste, an important seaport where several species of fish are unloaded, and many other charms. The sea, the artists, the friendliness, the warm hospitality of our citizens, our major attractions and our many festivals, enhanced with the vibrant colors of the Acadian flag, will make your stay with us unforgettable.
Visitors, we invite you to come and meet us to fully experience the natural, cultural and economic beauties of our wonderful part of the country. Come experience Acadia.
Investors, we have something to satisfy you! We have quality infrastructures, including our industrial park, access to the sea and Route 11, in short, everything to ensure that all your business projects are fulfilled.
I hope that your visit will allow you to better appreciate what we offer and answer all your questions about the municipality.
Bernard Thériault
Mayor of Caraquet
City council
Bernard Thériault, Mayor
Phone: 506 726-2727
bernard.theriault@caraquet.ca
Florence Albert, Councillor
florence.albert@caraquet.ca
Jean-Guy Blanchard, Councillor
jeanguy.blanchard@caraquet.ca
Louise Blanchard, Councillor
louise.blanchard@caraquet.ca
Camille Gionet, Councillor
camille.gionet@caraquet.ca
Terry Ing, Councillor
terry.ing@caraquet.ca
Kim Légère, Councillor
kim.legere@caraquet.ca
General management
The designated Lead Director of the Town of Caraquet by the municipal council, Marc Duguay, administers the daily activities of the corporation. He manages a workforce of approximately 35 employees, as well as the town's operating budgets and capital works. The Lead Director sits on many committees as the town's representative. He acts as a link between the municipal council and the executive staff, and also ensures that the Council has access to the expertise and recommendations of the employees of the corporation.
To contact us: 506-726-2727
Marc Duguay, General manager
marc.duguay@caraquet.ca
Julie Jacob, Municipal secretary
julie.jacob@caraquet.ca
Daniel Landry, Economic development officer
daniel.landry@caraquet.ca
Rémi Mallet, Public Works and Water & Sewer Manager
remi.mallet@caraquet.ca
Aline Landry, Heritage officer
aline.landry@caraquet.ca
Liette Dugas
, Chief accountant
liette.dugas@caraquet.ca
Lisette Gionet, Accounting Clerk
lisette.gionet@caraquet.ca
Annie Lanteigne, Executive Assistant
annie.lanteigne@caraquet.ca
Tina Duguay, Administrative Assistant
tina.duguay@caraquet.ca
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Th%C3%A9riault
Bernard Thériault
Google Translation
Bernard Thériault (Caraquet, November 12, 1955 - ) is an Acadian historian and politician.
After
high school at the Polyvalente Louis-Mailloux in Caraquet, Mr.
Thériault completed a Bachelor of Arts at the Université de Moncton and
then a certificate in museum administration from the École
internationale de Bordeaux in 1982. He found a job as a historian and
chief curator of the Village historique acadien. He is involved in
several community organizations in the Acadian Peninsula, including the
Festival acadien de Caraquet, the Théâtre populaire d'Acadie, the
Caraquet Chamber of Commerce, in addition to sitting on the Board of
Directors of the daily newspaper L'Acadie Nouvelle. 1.
Elected
Member of Parliament for Caraquet in the sweep of Frank McKenna's
Liberals in the 1987 provincial general election, Mr. Thériault chaired a
committee of the Legislative Assembly tasked with finding a position on
the Meech Lake Accord file that took into account reservations of the
new government. After several prevarications, the committee finally
recommended that the government ratify the constitutional agreement in
the spring of 1990.
Re-elected three times — in 1991, 1995 and
1999 — Mr. Thériault joined the Cabinet on April 27, 1994, as Minister
of Fisheries, a position he held for three years. He was transferred to
the Ministry of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs on July 21,
1997, a position he held until the defeat of Camille Thériault's
Liberals in the 1999 general election. He also held the position of
Minister of Education. for three months, in 19981.
Shortly after
his departure from provincial politics, he ran as a Liberal candidate in
the 2000 federal election in the riding of Acadie—Bathurst, where he
was defeated by outgoing NDP MP Yvon Godin.
Thériault then
redirected his career and joined the federal public service. He works at
the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Moncton, where he held
various positions, including a stint as special advisor to the minister
on aboriginal issues and director of aboriginal fisheries for the Gulf
of St. Lawrence region. His appointment will be challenged by a
colleague. After investigation. it will nevertheless be confirmed on
appeal to the Public Service Commission of Canada2.
New Brunswick Liberal Premier Shawn Graham appointed him chief of staff shortly after his election in 20063.
He
was elected mayor of the city of Caraquet in the election of May 10,
2021 for a four-year term.4
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1928749/elections-municipale-nouveau-brunswick-
candidate [archive].
He was elected by acclamation on October
28, 2022 mayor of the new town of Caraquet (effective January 1, 2023)5,
a new entity resulting from the reform of municipal governments in New
Brunswick, including the former units of Caraquet, Bas- Caraquet,
Saint-Simon, Pokesudie, Village-Blanchard, Evangeline, as
well as elements of the former entities of Pokemouche (75%), Maltempec
(15%), Parish of Caraquet (80%) and Landry Office (55%)6.
From: Melissa Curran <Melissa.Curran@nbeub.ca>
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2023 18:22:59 +0000
Subject: Matter 541 - NB Power 2023-2024 General Rate Application /
Instance no 541 - Énergie NB Demande générale de tarifs pour 2023-2024
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Good afternoon,
The Board is in receipt of the transcript for the Public Forum in
Caraquet. Attached is a copy of the transcript, which has been posted
on the Board's website.
Bonjour,
La commission a reçu la transcription du forum public de Caraquet.
Vous trouverez ci-joint une copie de la transcription, qui a été
affichée sur le site Web de la Commission.
Melissa Curran
Deputy Chief Clerk / Greffière en chef adjointe
(506) 658-2504 (General/Général)
(506) 643-7334 (Direct/Directe)
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CARAQUET
M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE CARAQUET): Donc Monsieur, Mesdames
membres de la Commission, personnel, permettez-moi d’abord au nom de
la Ville de Caraquet de vous remercier d’avoir choisi Caraquet.
Vous avez raison de dire que je
pense que c’est une première historique de voir
votre Commission venir siéger et que ça se passe à
Caraquet. On est en... On apprécie énormément.
Si vous pouviez rester jusqu’à
jeudi soir, il y a un historien, Clarence Lebreton,
qui fait une conférence sur l’arrivée de la Gorton-
Pew en 1939 qui aussi coïncide.
Il va nous raconter ça jeudi soir,
avec l’arrivée de N.B. Power dans la Péninsule
Acadienne. C’était en 1939 que le courant est
descendu de Bathurst, qui eux étaient
approvisionnés, bien sûr, en raison du moulin là-
bas, mais qui ont descendu.
Grosse année en 1939. On a eu de
l’asphalte, on a eu de l’électricité et puis on a
eu une usine qui a duré pendant 80 ans et qui a
joué un rôle très important dans la communauté.
Ça, c’est mon... Je commence
toujours par un petit paragraphe historique et
après ça je me lance là-dedans.
J’ai choisi de venir intervenir
d’abord pour signifier l’importance du geste que
vous avez posé en venant ici et je pense que la
communauté méritait, là, de vous saluer d’abord et
2 de vous remercier mais également de faire valoir
3 quelques points de vue qui selon nous sont
4 importants dans cet exercice-là.
5 Ceux qui m’ont connu savent
6 pertinemment que j’ai, dans une autre vie, eu accès
7 à beaucoup d’information au sujet de ces
8 augmentations de tarifs, quand j’ai été au Cabinet,
9 au bureau du Premier Ministre.
10 Je vous dirais également pour la
11 petite histoire que j’ai fait partie de la première
12 équipe de négociation qui a voulu vendre Énergie
13 Nouveau-Brunswick à Hydro-Québec en 2009 et peut-
14 être que je terminerai ma question tout à l’heure
15 en disant que peut-être on devrait y songer de
16 nouveau, de voir s’il y a une façon plus économique
17 et puis pour les Néo-Brunswickois de faire de
18 l’électricité et de servir ses gens.
19 Mais le premier propos que je veux
20 amener, je veux l’amener à titre de Président par
21 intérim du Forum des maires de la Péninsule
22 Acadienne.
La Péninsule Acadienne, avant le
2 1er janvier, avait quatorze municipalités, quatorze
3 villes et villages, et qui sont réunis généralement
4 sous une organisation qui s’appelle le Forum des
5 maires, qui discute de ces problèmes et de ces
6 ensembles-là.
7 Depuis le 1er janvier, le nombre de
8 municipalités, comme vous le savez, a été réduit à
9 six, et l’ensemble du territoire de la Péninsule
10 Acadienne, sauf la municipalité de Tracadie, est
11 maintenant sous une nouvelle gouverne, sous un
12 nouveau gouvernement municipal, mais qui ont
13 toujours les mêmes préoccupations.
14 À ce niveau-là, sans considérer
15 ceci comme une position officielle du Forum des
16 maires, on peut déjà vous dire qu’il y a une
17 certaine nervosité dans la gestion des
18 gouvernements municipaux parce que ce transfert à
19 une nouvelle forme de gouvernance a créé également
20 des défis financiers pour les nouvelles
21 municipalités.
22 Sans vous donner de chiffres,
23 chacune des municipalités aura à subir des coûts
d’augmentation dans ces fusions-là.
2 On sait particulièrement que les
3 districts de services locaux, et je prends
4 l’exemple de Caraquet, mais je pense que ça
5 s’appliquerait ailleurs, mais les citoyens dans les
6 districts de services locaux vont connaître des
7 augmentations de taxes de 5 à 18 cents au 100 $
8 d’évaluation, justement pour contribuer à cette
9 nouvelle forme de gouvernement.
10 Donc, il y a déjà une pression
11 très forte sur les citoyens de donner de l’argent
12 pour ces services, et c’est évident qu’une
13 augmentation de 8.9 % de tarif électrique pourrait
14 rajouter déjà à une pression très forte par ces
15 citoyens qui trouvent ou qui se voit déjà augmenter
16 énormément.
17 Deuxièmement, tous et chacun
18 d’entre-nous ont également constaté que depuis au
19 moins une bonne dizaine d’années, peut-être pas 10
20 ans mais proche, mais il y a presque chaque année
21 une augmentation de 3 %, de 3 % d’augmentation des
22 tarifs.
23 Dans mes vieilles années, je ne
sais pas si c’est toujours le cas, mais en bas de
2 3 % il n’y avait pas d’appel qui se faisait chez-
3 vous. Est-ce que c’est toujours ça?
4 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
5 LA COMMISSION): Ça l’avait changé en 2014. Donc,
6 Énergie Nouveau-Brunswick devait se présenter
7 devant nous annuellement mais il y a eu une
8 modification l’année à la Loi et puis là ils
9 peuvent déposer une demande annuellement ou qu’ils
10 peuvent déposer une demande pour trois ans.
11 Donc cette année, c’est une
12 demande annuelle, et puis il reste à savoir qu’est-
13 ce qui va se passer.
14 M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE
15 CARAQUET): D’accord. Donc on a constaté... Si ma
16 mémoire est bonne, je suis revenu à Caraquet en
17 2008, où j’avais des tarifs d’électricité à 6.7 %
18 et ils sont à 11.8 % ou quelque chose du genre,
19 donc il y a déjà eu des augmentations
20 considérables.
21 C’est probablement la source
22 d’énergie qui augmente le plus rapidement, sauf
23 dans la dernière année où l’essence et les produits
pétroliers ont fait un boum.
2 Ce que l’on déplorerait et qu’on
3 déplore toujours c’est le fait que ces demandes
4 d’augmentation là, peut-être, qu’ils s’inscrivent
5 dans leur demande, ne nous indique pas toujours
6 clairement qu’est-ce qui va être fait avec
7 l’argent.
8 On ne sait pas, par exemple...
9 Et ce qui nous préoccupe dans le nord de la
10 Province, c’est l’avenir de la Centrale électrique
11 de Belledune, qui nous nourrit, et dans une
12 moindre mesure la centrale au Diesel de Sainte-
13 Rose, qui est toujours, je pense, juste une source
14 d’appoint.
15 Alors nous, on aimerait
16 comprendre s’il y a des fonds qui vont nous
17 assurer qu’on a un approvisionnement électrique de
18 bonne qualité et que nos régions également vont
19 servir à la production d’électricité et puis de
20 bénéficier du développement économique consacré par
21 tout ça.
22 Alors ça, c’est une première
23 question qu’on peut se poser.
Deuxièmement, est-ce que la
2 demande peut indiquer... Et ça, ça inquiète les
3 gens ici, par exemple de l’état des lignes de
4 distribution et des efforts qui sont faits pour le
5 mettre à jour.
6 Je sais qu’aujourd’hui, M.
7 McGrath... Il y a une équipe... J’ai été retardé
8 ici parce qu’il y a une équipe d’Énergie Nouveau-
9 Brunswick qui avait réparé...
10 On n’a absolument pas à se
11 plaindre des services qu’on reçoit mais les gens
12 veulent savoir si devant le réchauffement
13 climatique qui se présente, si effectivement la
14 Société d’énergie hydro-électrique prévoit des
15 remises à état et des renouvellements des lignes de
16 distribution qui sont très fragiles et qui vont
17 l’être davantage avec le vent, avec la pluie, avec
18 l’érosion, et on est toujours, bien sûr, sous la
19 nervosité de voir comment on s’en sortirait si des
20 tempêtes...
21 On en a eues cette année et on
22 doit dire qu’en touchant du bois, on a été
23 relativement chanceux, même s’il n’y a pas plus
tard que le 24 décembre, on a connu encore...
2 Mais les gens veulent savoir,
3 effectivement, si Énergie Nouveau-Brunswick va
4 prendre de ces augmentations de revenus là pour
5 remettre à état toutes ces situations.
6 Autre point d’importance, c’est
7 bien sûr la somme importante. 8.9 %... C’est
8 7.9 % ou 8.9 %?
9 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
10 LA COMMISSION): 8.9 %.
11 M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE
12 CARAQUET): Oui. Ils ont fait ça comme un marchand.
13 Ils ont arrondi juste en bas du...pour ne pas que
14 ça ressemble à 8, là.
15 Oui. 8 %, c’est très important.
16 Il n’y a pas d’équivoque là-dedans et dans une
17 contexte économique difficile, dans une inflation
18 galopante, même s’il y a des indications qui nous
19 disent que ça pourrait se stabiliser mais dans une
20 grande pression, surtout dans notre région, où
21 l’industrie de la pêche a subi des contre-coups
22 l’an passé, on pourrait se questionner si les
23 cadres financiers d’Énergie Nouveau-Brunswick
n’auraient pas pu répartir ces augmentations,
2 s’ils en ont véritablement besoin, sur plusieurs
3 années.
4 C’est exorbitant, selon nous, et
5 le contexte économique instable et les efforts que
6 l’on fait tous pour attirer des nouveaux arrivants
7 fait en sorte qu’on peut questionner la pertinence
8 d’une augmentation de cette ampleur-là à ce stade
9 ici de notre activité économique, et c’est ça qu’on
10 demanderait peut-être aux actionnaires, de
11 s’assurer que les choses se font bien.
12 Sur un plan un peu plus méga pour
13 Énergie Nouveau-Brunswick, on demande aussi s’ils
14 ont des plans pour la centrale électrique de
15 Mactaquac, qui doit être reconstruite ou réaménagée
16 dans des années ou dans les décennies qui vont
17 suivre et qui va nous assurer, à moyen ou à long-
18 terme, un avenir, une fourniture de l’électricité
19 verte.
20 Finalement, je sortais ce matin
21 d’une rencontre avec le Comité vert de la
22 communauté.
23 On peut aussi poser des questions
si ces augmentations de tarifs là tiennent compte
2 d’une diversification de la production électrique
3 avec l’énergie solaire ou encore les panneaux ou
4 l’énergie solaire ou l’énergie éolienne qui
5 pourrait aussi voir notre région profiter
6 d’investissements majeurs dans ce domaine-là.
7 Ça fait un peu le tour de notre
8 préoccupation. Je pense qu'on peut résumer en
9 disant qu'on est inquiets que comme résident de la
10 Péninsule acadienne, comme gestionnaire des
11 municipalités ou des services gouvernementaux, de
12 voir une augmentation comme celle-là.
13 Vous comprendrez que pour
14 certaines personnes... J'ai vérifié hier,
15 justement, pour vous dire que des factures
16 d'électricité de plus de 1 000 $ sont maintenant...
17 Je ne dirai pas commune, mais ce
18 n'est pas des exceptions. Pour des gens qui sont
19 dotés d'une maison qui n'a pas trop subi de
20 transformation, ça peut coûter 800 $, 900 $,
21 jusqu'à 1 000 $ par mois en consommation, ça veut
22 dire jusqu'à 7 500 KW/heure par mois, ce qui est
23 appréciable.
Donc je vous dirai tout
2 simplement, au nom des citoyens de la Péninsule,
3 qu'on vous demanderait d'intervenir et de proposer
4 ou de suggérer aux décideurs des tarifs
5 d'augmentation beaucoup plus bas que ceux-là.
6 Merci beaucoup.
7 Est-ce que je reste au banc des
8 accusés? Non?
9 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
10 LA COMMISSION): Ce n’est pas un banc d’accusé, dans
11 la façon que moi je comprends de...
12 M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE
13 CARAQUET): Oui.
14 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
15 LA COMMISSION): Donc je vous remercie beaucoup,
16 Monsieur le Maire, de votre présentation.
17
18
19 PÉRIODE DE QUESTIONS SUR LA PRÉSENTATION DE M.
20 BERNARD THÉRIAULT:
ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
23 LA COMMISSION): Vous avez parlé tout à l’heure de
toute la question du réseau de distribution.
2 M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE
3 CARAQUET): Oui.
4 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
5 LA COMMISSION): Et puis je pense qu’il y avait une
6 année où est-ce qu’on avait eu une tempête de
7 verglas et puis...
8 M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE
9 CARAQUET): En 2016.
10 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
11 LA COMMISSION): C’était en 2016? Puis je vais tout
12 le temps me souvenir. J’avais été faire une
13 présentation, je pense que c’était à Calgary, puis
14 je parlais des tempêtes de verglas puis j’avais
15 utilisé ça comme un exemple puis je pense que ça
16 avait cassé comme des « toothpicks ».
17 M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE
18 CARAQUET): Oui.
19 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
20 LA COMMISSION): Alors, j’aimerais juste... Juste
21 pour que vous puissiez élaborer un peu, vous avez
22 parlé que le système de distribution avait de
23 l’argent à mettre dedans, mais je peux comprendre
qu’il y a des efforts qui ont été faits par Énergie
2 Nouveau-Brunswick.
3 M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE
4 CARAQUET): Absolument. Je dirais même, si je
5 voulais défendre Énergie Nouveau-Brunswick, que les
6 grosses tempêtes de la semaine passée ou du mois de
7 décembre ont heureusement fait que le système a
8 soutenu, pour l’essentiel je dirais,
9 La grande majorité des pannes, et
10 M. McGrath, le Directeur d’Énergie Nouveau-
11 Brunswick de Tracadie, pourrait le confirmer, mais
12 sont surtout occasionnées par des arbres qui
13 tombent sur le réseau.
14 Le réseau a été renouvelé, il n’y
15 a pas d’équivoque, mais c’est une question
16 davantage qu’un constat que j’amenais là, à savoir
17 si effectivement on tient compte de toutes ces
18 réalités-là, des régions ou des zones d’érosion
19 également, où il y a des routes qui sont parfois
20 emportées, et cetera.
21 Mais cette fois-ci, je pense que
22 c’est ça, c’est surtout des arbres qui causent...
23 Et ça aussi, Énergie Nouveau-Brunswick fait des
efforts là.
2 On a eu des appels à la Ville
3 cette semaine, là, pour leur donner le feu vert sur
4 certaines espaces où ils veulent prévenir en
5 coupant des arbres.
6 On ne remet pas en question
7 d’aucune façon le travail d’Énergie Nouveau-
8 Brunswick, on veut juste probablement mieux
9 comprendre qu’est-ce qui s’est passé depuis 2016
10 parce qu’il y a un certain traumatisme à la
11 population.
12 Les gens se rappellent énormément.
13 Nous à la Ville, ça nous force aussi à avoir des
14 plans d’actions où on a des carences dedans et on
15 se dit: « Il va falloir qu’on trouve... »
16 On n’a pas par exemple dans la
17 nouvelle entité et même dans l’ancienne, je pense,
18 des plans d’urgence fonctionnels.
19 J’ai fait valoir à mon personnel
20 le 24 décembre qu’on a seulement appris par la
21 suite qu’il y avait des pans de notre ville qui
22 n’ont pas eu d’électricité pour 24 heures puis on
23 n’a pas de mécanisme qui nous redonnait le
« feedback » sur ces questions-là.
2 Ça, ça n’a pas de rapport avec
3 Énergie Nouveau-Brunswick mais nous aussi, je pense
4 qu’il faut qu’on agisse un petit peu plus
5 consciemment parce que c’est inévitable que ça va
6 se reproduire de nouveau.
7 Mais la question n’était peut-être
8 pas la remise en question de l’état du réseau, mais
9 j’aimerais qu’Énergie Nouveau-Brunswick me dise,
10 c’est leur responsabilité à eux de nous dire quel
11 est l’état du réseau et quels sont les efforts
12 qu’ils sont prêts à prendre pour le maintenir à
13 jour et l’améliorer, si nécessaire.
14 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
15 LA COMMISSION): Donc selon vous, est-ce qu’il y a
16 un problème au point de vue de la végétation
17 alentour des lignes de distribution?
18 M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE
19 CARAQUET): Bien, c’est-à-dire qu’il y en a toujours
20 eu un. Parfois c’est sur le long de la route.
21 C’est toujours un conflit.
22 Je vous dirai que la majorité des
23 pannes, dans les cas de tempête, c’est quand les
arbres tombent et la plupart du temps ce sont des
2 arbres qui longent une forêt ou quelque chose comme
3 ça.
4 Je ne dirais pas qu’il y a un
5 problème chronique, mais ce sont des défis, sans
6 équivoque, oui.
7 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
8 LA COMMISSION): Puis est-ce que dans le... Puis je
9 ne suis peut-être pas dans une position pour
10 commenter ou pour savoir, mais est-ce que ça a été
11 un problème dernièrement?
12 Est-ce que le réseau, vous avez eu
13 des pannes compte tenu de...
14 M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE
15 CARAQUET): Bien, on en a eu à la tempête du 24
16 décembre, la dernière grosse tempête, tempête de
17 vent là, partout dans la Péninsule Acadienne.
18 Nous dans la ville de Caraquet, la
19 nouvelle ville là, les régions de Landry Office et
20 Maltampec, Sainte-Anne-du-Bocage, ont connu des
21 problèmes.
22 Le tout a été réglé, je dirais,
23 pour l’ensemble, dans 24 heures, même s’il y a eu
des exceptions où ça ne s’est pas rendu là.
2 Mais moi ce que je dis à la Ville
3 c’est qu’il faut qu’on se dote d’un mécanisme avec
4 nos mesures d’urgence qui nous permet de savoir,
5 par le biais de certaines communications, qui est
6 toujours en panne et puis dans ces régions-là,
7 quels sont les personnes qui potentiellement
8 seraient le plus vulnérables, pour pouvoir ou pour
9 qu’on puisse aller les aider ou au moins s’informer
10 s’ils ont besoin d’aide.
11 Mais le pire a été prévenu, le 24,
12 on ne s’est pas rendu à ce niveau-là. La tempête
13 de glace de 2016, elle, a créé des problèmes qui a
14 dépassé les deux semaines, où il y a eu des
15 victimes et puis...
16 Mais ça a réveillé les gens. Les
17 gens sont beaucoup plus près qu’ils l’étaient, mais
18 il y a encore des niveaux de préparation qu’il faut
19 s’améliorer dessus.
20 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
21 LA COMMISSION): La tempête de 2016 était, je pense,
22 une tempête hors de l’ordinaire.
23 M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE
CARAQUET): Oui, absolument. Il y a absolument une
2 reconnaissance.
3 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
4 LA COMMISSION): Lorsque vous avez mentionné que les
5 gens se sont dotés de certains mécanismes pour se
6 préparer, est-ce que votre communauté ou vos
7 communautés, les gens se sont dotés de génératrices
8 ou...
9 M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE
10 CARAQUET): Oui, je dirais qu’ici dans la région,
11 Bas-Caraquet s’est dotée d’une salle communautaire
12 avec une génératrice.
13 Nous, on a des centres de
14 réchauffement, mais qui ne sont pas tous dotés de
15 génératrices.
16 Mais il y a beaucoup de maisons
17 se sont équipées de génératrices individuelles
18 avec des entrées électriques qui conviennent à ça
19 ou...
20 Mais, il y a encore des gens qui
21 sont dans le besoin, et puis c’est ça que nous,
22 nous avons comme responsabilité, d’identifier qui
23 sont les plus vulnérables et comment on peut les
aider.
2 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT
3 DE LA COMMISSION): Vous avez aussi mentionné que
4 vous êtes parti d’un genre de réseau de forum de
5 maires.
6 M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE
7 CARAQUET): Oui, le Forum des maires. C’est une
8 organisation qui a au moins une trentaine d’années,
9 je dirais, dans la Péninsule Acadienne, qui
10 regroupe d’une façon...
11 C’est quand même un organisme à
12 but non-lucratif, une structure formelle, là, qui
13 regroupe tous les maires de la Péninsule Acadienne,
14 qui se rencontre. On discute sur une base
15 régulière pour discuter des enjeux politiques, et
16 cetera.
17 Là, la structure méritera d’être
18 réorganisée puisqu’on avait 14 municipalités, 14
19 maires qui siégeaient dessus, et maintenant ça va
20 être réduit à six.
21 Je suis président... J’étais...
22 Je suis... J’étais vice-président de l’ancien
23 système et là je suis vice-président par intérim,
jusqu’à ce qu’on rencontre les nouveaux maires, là,
2 d’ici quelques semaines, on l’espère.
3 Eux discutent d’un ensemble de
4 projets communs pour supporter des fois des
5 demandes pour se plaindre ou pour provoquer des
6 changements, et cetera, et on discute de tous ces
7 enjeux-là.
8 Je vous dis aujourd’hui qu’on n’a
9 pas eu de réunion pour planifier cette rencontre
10 ici. Je prends la liberté d’exprimer des
11 préoccupations qui sont générales, parce qu’on sait
12 que les nouvelles municipalités, toutes ou bien
13 cinq des six, à l’exception de Tracadie, sont
14 maintenant sous des changements majeurs, avec une
15 nouvelle structure de gouvernance.
16 Chacun de nous, et ça je le sais
17 de source sûre, rencontre des défis financiers pour
18 tout mettre ça ensemble, parce que les
19 gouvernements nous ont imposé des changements
20 qu’ils n’ont pas nécessairement financés, ça fait
21 qu’ils ont probablement...
22 C’est ce qu’on est en train de
23 mesurer, voir qu’il y a des services qui étaient
assumés par la Province qui maintenant sont la
2 responsabilité des nouvelles communautés puis qu’il
3 y aurait un coût sur les taxes.
4 On a déjà déterminé, dans la
5 première ronde de budget, qu’il y a de 5 cents...
6 Je pense dans le cas de la municipalité de
7 Caraquet, de 5 à 22 cents du 100 $ d’évaluation,
8 qui sont augmentés pour les districts et services
9 locaux.
10 Dans le cas de la plupart d’eux,
11 les gouvernements ou le gouvernement provincial,
12 qui est un peu le maître d’oeuvre de ce nouvel
13 exercice-là, a limité les augmentations annuelles à
14 5 cents, si bien que ça va se faire sur quelques
15 années.
16 Pendant ce temps-là, le manque à
17 gagner très souvent est financé par les
18 municipalités existantes, qui ont dû elles aussi
19 augmenter leurs taxes.
20 Ça fait que c’est pour ça que je
21 dis que c’est un mauvais moment de voir trois
22 phénomènes qui se sont passés dans les dernières
23 semaines, dans les dernières années, qui mettent de
la pression sur les résidents.
2 D’abord, on a une inflation
3 galopante, ça fait que la difficulté pour les
4 citoyens d’avoir la même capacité de dépenser
5 qu’ils avaient avant.
6 Le deuxième phénomène, une
7 augmentation presque générale des évaluations
8 foncières, depuis deux ans, qui fait que l’année
9 passée, si ma mémoire est bonne, celle de la
10 province ou générale, là...
11 Certaines villes ça pouvait aller
12 jusqu’à 17 % à 20 % d’augmentation de la valeur des
13 propriétés, ce qui a bien sûr une incidence sur les
14 augmentations ou les taxes que ces gens-là vont
15 payer.
16 Et troisièmement, la
17 réorganisation municipale va aussi amener des
18 augmentations de taxes. Ils vont recevoir la
19 facture dans les prochaines semaines.
20 Ça fait que si on dit, si le
21 gouvernement a d’autres outils qui peut aider ou
22 contrôler, et bien celui de ralentir dans la
23 mesure du possible l’augmentation des tarifs
électriques devrait être tenu compte par le
2 gouvernement.
3 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
4 LA COMMISSION): Je vais vous poser la question
5 suivante, puis peut-être que vous n’avez pas eu la
6 discussion---
7 M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE
8 CARAQUET): Oui.
9 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
10 LA COMMISSION): ---entre vous et puis vos
11 collègues,---
12 M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE
13 CARAQUET): Oui.
14 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
15 LA COMMISSION): ---mais je me demande, est-ce qu’il
16 n’y a eu aucune discussion entre vos forums ou
17 votre...---
18 M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE
19 CARAQUET): Oui.
20 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
21 LA COMMISSION): ---vos ou bien les différents
22 maires relativement au niveau d’endettement de la
23 société?
M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE
2 CARAQUET): Écoutez, pas à ce niveau-là, mais tout
3 le monde... Certains diront que le problème date
4 de longtemps.
5 Déjà, le « cost overrun » de
6 Lepreau était là mais Énergie Nouveau-Brunswick, la
7 société, a été chanceuse parce qu’il y a une baisse
8 importante des coûts d’énergie dans les 15
9 dernières années, surtout en raison du gaz de
10 schiste, et cetera, afin qu’ils n’ont pas eu à se
11 préoccuper de ça.
12 Si on est méchant, on peut dire
13 que c’est peut-être ce qui se passe présentement.
14 Les taux d’énergie ayant augmenté, maintenant il
15 faut trouver une autre façon de financer...
16 Ce qu’il y a d’inquiétant là-
17 dedans c’est que peut-être que c’est ça, la
18 Société, dans sa structure actuelle, n’est peut-
19 être pas viable, quand les coûts de...
20 Et tout le monde savait que dès
21 que les coûts de l’énergie redeviendrait standard,
22 parce qu’on sait qu’on a eu un bas presque
23 historique dans les 10 dernières années, avec le
gaz de schiste et tout ce qui peut nous arriver des
2 États-Unis, si bien que...
3 Les maires n’en ont pas discuté
4 mais je dirais que je pourrais vous amener au café
5 le matin, là, dans les différents cafés en ville,
6 puis on aurait des bonnes discussions là-dessus
7 avec beaucoup de citoyens qui sont préoccupés par
8 ça.
9 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
10 LA COMMISSION): Du niveau d’endettement?
11 M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE
12 CARAQUET): Du niveau d’endettement, exactement, et
13 surtout de la nécessité de refaire des
14 infrastructures, des barrages, surtout celui de
15 Mactaquac.
16 Lepreau, bien ils l’ont refait il
17 y a 10 ans. Il doit rester 15 ans sur sa vie. Il
18 me semble que c’était des exercices de 25 ans, mais
19 toute la question du nucléaire est un problème,
20 même si la crise de l’énergie qu’on vit
21 présentement veut comme réhabiliter cette démarche-
22 là.
23 Mais ici, ce qui inquiète
davantage, c’est l’avenir de Belledune.
2 Et si au moins ces
3 investissements-là nous permettaient de voir qu’il
4 y a des efforts pour sauver les investissements
5 qu’on a dans le Nord, bien ça déjà ça pourrait être
6 rassurant.
7 Mais c’est un peu des questions
8 que j’ai posées dans cette exercice ci.
9 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
10 LA COMMISSION): Parfait.
11 ME HEATHER BLACK (MEMBRE DE LA
12 COMMISSION): Non, merci.
13 MME STEPHANIE WILSON (MEMBRE DE LA
14 COMMISSION): Non, pas d’autres questions, merci.
15 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
16 LA COMMISSION): Bien je vous remercie beaucoup,
17 Monsieur le Maire, pour votre participation.
18 M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE
19 CARAQUET): Merci, et puis vous reviendrez.
20 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
21 LA COMMISSION): Puis merci beaucoup pour
22 l’hospitalité qu’on a reçue depuis qu’on est
23 arrivé, d’ailleurs.
J’apprécie bien vos efforts,
2 merci.
3 M. BERNARD THÉRIAULT (MAIRE DE
4 CARAQUET): Ça fait plaisir, merci.
5 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
6 LA COMMISSION): Merci, Monsieur.
7 Donc je pense que la prochaine
8 personne que nous avons c’est le Dr Richard.
PRÉSENTATION DU DR ROGER RICHARD
11
12 DR ROGER RICHARD: Monsieur le
13 Président, chers commissaires et chers concitoyens,
14 je ne peux accepter l’augmentation de 8.9 % de
15 tarif d’électricité.
16 Même si M. Higgs a raison qu’il
17 faut contrôler l’énorme dette d’Énergie Nouveau-
18 Brunswick, ce n’est pas la bonne façon de s’y
19 prendre. Voici quelques raisons pourquoi.
20 Il faut commencer par le Conseil
21 d’administration d’Énergie Nouveau-Brunswick.
22 Pourquoi avons-nous des membres du Conseil
23 d’administration qui sont non-résidents du Nouveau-
Brunswick? Pourquoi le président du Conseil est un
2 Américain? Ensuite, il y a les salaires de plus de
3 100 000 $ chez les employés.
4 Il faut se rappeler que le tiers
5 supérieur des revenus de la population est de
6 70 000 $ et plus par année. Cela veut dire que le
7 2/3 inférieur sont beaucoup moins.
8 C’est à croire qu’Énergie Nouveau-
9 Brunswick est une vache grasse, comme on dit en
10 anglais.
11 Selon M. David Amos, la
12 comptabilité d’Énergie Nouveau-Brunswick n’est pas
13 vérifiée de façon indépendante.
14 Il est annonceur d’ailleurs
15 concernant les activités frauduleuses de la
16 compagnie KPMG.
17 Suit le domaine de la recherche et
18 du développement.
19 Énergie Nouveau-Brunswick, c’est-
20 à-dire nous, n’avons pas les moyens financiers pour
21 faire de la recherche.
22 Les mini-centrales nucléaires sont
23 un bel exemple de recherche bien au-dessus de nos
moyens. Hydro-Québec a un vrai laboratoire. C’est
2 là que les gens qui veulent faire de la recherche
3 peuvent aller.
4 Aujourd’hui, nous allons revivre
5 des expériences risées, tel que nous l’avons vu
6 avec la compagnie Joi Entertainment.
7 Quant au développement, il
8 provient des travailleurs sur le terrain. Par
9 exemple un monteur de ligne peut voir, après des
10 années d’expérience, qu’une pièce d’équipement use
11 d’une façon particulière. Il peut réaliser qu’en
12 la déplaçant un peu, sa durée de vie augmente.
13 Ceci est bien, mais l’ego des supérieurs et de
14 l’administration entre en jeu et souvent, l’idée
15 est perdue.
16 Ensuite, il y a l’esprit
17 « entrepreunal » dans de gros projets qui ne va pas
18 avec notre capacité de payer.
19 Pourquoi rénover le barrage de
20 Mactaquac lorsqu’on a 5 milliards $ de dette?
21 Pourquoi qu’on entretient la centrale de Pointe-
22 Lepreau? Pour les Américains?
23 Notre environnement naturel a été
une raison première pour devenir intervenant aux
2 instances 375 et 452, même s’il m’est très
3 difficile de parler publiquement.
4 En particulier, la transcription
5 du 22 janvier 2020 de l’instance 452, page 1120 et
6 suivantes, sont à relire. Intéressant, il y a déjà
7 trois ans.
8 Le son électromagnétique créé un
9 smog qui devient de plus en plus dense, avec des
10 effets graves sur tout ce qui nous entoure, y
11 compris nous-mêmes.
12 Je vous réfère au document du Dr
13 Héroux et Dr Miller présenté lors des deux
14 instances mentionnées.
15 Sur ce, j’aimerais vous présenter
16 ce qu’un compteur d’ondes des radiofréquences
17 mesure dans cette salle.
18 Monsieur le Président, vous
19 avez l’appareil devant vous. Si vous voulez
20 l’allumer?
ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE LA COMMISSION): Juste pour vous...
Docteur Richard, on a résolu ce chose-là, puis je peux comprendre que
vous essayez de nous faire mention de ce genre de radiofréquence là.
Malheureusement, vous avez eu la chance de faire les arguments. On a
essentiellement rendu notre décision. On est ici aujourd’hui afin de
vous entendre sur l’augmentation de 8.9 %, donc si vous voulez,
j’ai... C’était problématique d’avoir ce genre d’appareil-là. On n’est
pas ici pour ça aujourd’hui. Donc si vous voulez vous adresser
relativement à l’impact ou s’il y a un impact ou s’il n’y a pas
d’impact relativement à la demande d’augmentation ou toute autre
demande qu’Énergie Nouveau-Brunswick a faite dans l’instance 541. On
va entendre vos commentaires mais les commentaires relativement aux
ondes radiophoniques, nous avons rendu notre décision puis je vous
demanderais peut-être de passer à autre chose.
21 DR ROGER RICHARD: O.K. Le passage
22 d’un système analogique à un système numérique
23 entraîne une énorme perte d’énergie à plusieurs
niveaux.
2 Chercher un mot dans le
3 dictionnaire n’a pas la même dépense d’énergie que
4 de le chercher sur Internet.
5 Aussi, le système numérique
6 continue d’évoluer et à chaque fois, il faut
7 acheter d’autres appareils. Parfois, c’est
8 l’appareil même qui est défectueux.
9 On n’a qu’à penser à vos
10 téléphones cellulaires et au compteur intelligent.
11 Il faut se rappeler que le compteur mécanique dure
12 plus de 30 ans.
13 Dr Tatoutchoup a bien expliqué
14 pourquoi les compteurs intelligents ne sont pas une
15 bonne décision financière pour le Nouveau-
16 Brunswick. Il faut voir ou revoir son projet
17 présenté lors de l’instance 452.
18 Ce virage numérique est une
19 illusion, une fausse route. D’ailleurs, se
20 rappeler ce que M. Bill Morneau, l’ancien ministre
21 des Finances fédérales a dit, lorsqu’il parlait de
22 cette transformation énergétique.
23 Il a dit que cette technologie
nous permettra d’épargner de l’argent pour nous
2 permettre d’acheter plus de « stuff ». Une belle
3 mentalité environnementaliste.
4 Beaucoup trop d’importance est
5 accordé aux véhicules électriques. Peut-être qu’un
6 jour, ce sera la réalité mais pas pour un avenir
7 proche.
8 Donc pourquoi essayer de prétendre
9 que ça va changer notre réalité maintenant?
10 Entre-temps, laissons donc aux autres de faire des
11 dépenses exorbitantes parfaitement inutiles et
12 investissons seulement lorsque la technologie sera
13 à point.
14 L’humanité croît de façon
15 exponentielles, présentement, mais la planète est
16 grosse comme ça (geste).
17 Essayons donc de comprendre
18 l’importance d’accepter notre réalité et de cesser
19 de croire que nos besoins peuvent être satisfaits
20 sans aucune limite.
21 Malheureusement, notre système
22 décisionnel est pris par l’industrie. Un bel
23 exemple est que M. Amos est pratiquement le seul ou
sinon le seul intervenant dans cette instance qui
2 ne représente aucune compagnie.
3 Je sais que je ne vous apprends
4 rien mais il faut vous le dire pour que ce soit
5 enregistré.
6 Je vous remercie.
ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE LA COMMISSION):
Je vous remercie beaucoup, Docteur Richard, d’avoir pris le temps de
venir nous adresser relativement à la demande. Juste un point de
clarification.
Ce n’est pas la première fois qu’on entend vos... Puis ce n’est pas un
point critique mais vous faites souvent référence à Joi Entertainment
mais selon ce que moi je peux comprendre, ça s’appelait Joi
Scientific. Donc je ne pense pas que c’est vraiment un « entertainment
» de la part d’Énergie Nouveau-Brunswick et donc peut-être, dans le
futur, si vous présentez de nouveau, juste faire référence au vrai nom
de cette dépense-là, qui était Joi Scientific.
Alors merci beaucoup d’avoir venu ici. Donc, je crois que la distance
entre Richibucto à ici, c’est une bonne distance, alors merci de vous
avoir déplacé aujourd’hui pour venir
nous adresser.
5 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
6 LA COMMISSION): As-tu des questions pour...
7 ME HEATHER BLACK (MEMBRE DE LA
8 COMMISSION): Non, merci.
9 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
10 LA COMMISSION): toi, as-tu des questions?
11 ME STEPHANIE WILSON (MEMBRE DE LA
12 COMMISSION): Non, je n’ai pas de question.
13 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
14 LA COMMISSION): O.K.
15 ME STEPHANIE WILSON (MEMBRE DE LA
16 COMMISSION): Merci.
17 ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (PRÉSIDENT DE
18 LA COMMISSION): Bien merci beaucoup, Docteur
19 Richard.
20 Donc si je me rappelle... Donc,
21 il y avait deux personnes aujourd’hui qui s’étaient
22 enregistrées pour venir nous adresser.
23 Donc ça, ça va conclure les
ME FRANÇOIS BEAULIEU (CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION):
Just for you... Dr. Richard, we solved that thing, then I can
understand that you are trying to mention this kind of radiofrequency
to us. Unfortunately, you had a chance to make the arguments. We
basically made our decision. We are here today to hear you on the 8.9%
increase, so if you want, I have... It was problematic to have that
kind of device. We are not here for that today. So if you want to
speak on the impact or if there is an impact or if there is no impact
on the increase request or any other request that New Brunswick Power
has made in case 541. We are going to hear your comments, but the
comments regarding the radio waves, we have rendered our decision and
then I would perhaps ask you to move on.
Thank you very much, Dr. Richard, for taking the time to come and
speak to us about the request. Just a point of clarification.
It's not the first time that we hear your... Then it's not a critical
point but you often refer to Joi Entertainment but according to what I
can understand, it was called Joi Scientific. So I don't think it's
really an "entertainment" on the part of New Brunswick Power and so
maybe, in the future, if you present again, just refer to the real
name of this expense, which was Joi Scientific.
So thank you very much for coming here. So I believe the distance from
Richibucto to here is a good distance, so thank you for moving today
to come contact us.
Bernard Thériault | |||
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Chief of Staff to the Premier of New Brunswick | |||
In office October 30, 2006 – October 12, 2010 | |||
Premier | Shawn Graham | ||
Preceded by | Doug Tyler | ||
Succeeded by | Nancy McKay | ||
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Born | November 12, 1955 New Brunswick, Canada | ||
Political party | Liberal | ||
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Bernard Thériault (born November 12, 1955) is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He became chief of staff to Premier of New Brunswick Shawn Graham on October 30, 2006.
Thériault was employed from 1978 to 1987 as curator and historian at the Acadian Historic Village in Caraquet, New Brunswick, his hometown.
He was elected as a Liberal to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 1987 election and was re-elected in 1991, 1995 and 1999. He joined the cabinet in 1994 as Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture. In 1997, he became Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs, a post he held until the defeat of the Liberal government in the 1999 election. He also served as acting Minister of Education in 1998 while Bernard Richard stepped down from the post to seek the Liberal leadership.
He served briefly in opposition following the 1999 election before resigning in 2000 to run for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 2000 federal election. He was defeated by incumbent New Democratic Member of Parliament Yvon Godin in the riding of Acadie—Bathurst.
Following his election defeat, he began to work for the federal civil service from 2000 to 2006. On October 12, 2006 it was announced that he would be leaving his federal post to become chief of staff to the new Liberal premier Shawn Graham effective October 30, 2006.
CUPE waiting for ratification to decide whether to continue lawsuit against province
Emergency hearing scheduled for Monday cancelled in light of tentative contract agreement
The Canadian Union of Public Employees is not abandoning its court challenge of the province's use of emergency legislation to force striking health-care staff back to work.
CUPE had asked for an emergency hearing Monday to put a pause on the emergency order while its legality was decided.
But because staff went back to work after negotiators reached a tentative agreement over the weekend, the emergency hearing was adjourned.
Union lawyer Joël Michaud said that while the emergency hearing is cancelled, the legal challenge is still on.
"It's certainly on, at least until ratification," he said. "If the hospital-sector's members don't ratify, then we're right back to square one."
On Sunday, CUPE and the province separately announced a temporary end to the two-week strike by 22,000 public-sector employees, including school bus drivers, educational support staff and workers in transportation, corrections and the community college system.
The employees will vote on a tentative agreement with the government this week and decide Friday if the strike is over or if they will go back on the picket lines.
Health-care workers out for a shorter time
Some support staff in the health-care sector were part of the strike for a week but were ordered back to work by the province on Nov. 7.
Attorney General Ted Flemming imposed an emergency order that said if any of them continued to strike, they could face thousands of dollars in fines. And the "employee organization" they're a member of would be fined a minimum of $100,000, with no maximum limit, for each day they don't comply.
In its challenge, CUPE alleged the order contravened the workers' right to freedom of association and to belong to a certain organization. They also alleged the fines exceeded what's allowed through the Emergency Measures Act, and constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment," which also contravenes the Charter or Rights.
Michaud said that even if the agreement is accepted, the union may continue the challenge to get clarity on whether using the province's Emergency Measures Act to stop a strike is legal in general.
"There may be, you know, long-term utility in having a decision for all parties involved, frankly, for government as well," Michaud said. "There could be … a pretty clear statement of the court as to whether or not acting this way was legal.
Or the union could abandon the challenge, Michaud said. The union has yet to decide what to do.
Even if CUPE wants to go ahead, Michaud said, the court could decide that the issue is moot if the order is permanently lifted.
YO Jamie Baby Everybody knows I already talked to your Union's lawyer EH Higgy???
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---------- Original message ---------- From: Jamie Agnew <963prez@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 09:45:13 -0400 Subject: Re: Behold another VERY SNEAKY STINKY BILL My My You are big on pulling fast ones these days EH Higgy??? To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. I don’t know who the fuck you are so don’t call me and don’t email me Jamie https://www.cbc.ca/news/ Schools to reopen Monday after province, CUPE reach tentative agreement Schools moved to online learning on Nov. 1 after province locked out striking education workers Miriam Lafontaine · CBC News · Posted: Nov 14, 2021 12:08 PM AT CUPE workers are shown striking in Fredericton on Oct. 31. New Brunswick reached a tentative deal with the union on Saturday; students are expected to return to classrooms in the coming days. (Mrinali Anchan/CBC) Schools in New Brunswick will reopen on Monday after the provincial government reached a tentative agreement with the Canadian Union of Public Employees late Saturday. "I know that the last couple of weeks have been challenging for students and parents," Premier Blaine Higgs said in a press conference Sunday. "There's no replacement for in-classroom learning." More than 22,000 public sector workers are now expected to return to work after being on strike for more than two weeks. Tentative agreements were reached Saturday night with seven of the union's locals, Higgs said. Schools closed on Oct. 29 and moved to online learning after about 3,000 workers that included custodians, bus drivers, school library assistants and administrative support went on strike. Community colleges, where CUPE workers are also employed, are expected to reopen to students on Tuesday. N.B. government locks out 3,000 CUPE workers as strike enters Day 3 "I'm optimistic," Higgs added. "I really believe people want to get back to work." Higgs declined to comment on contract terms. CUPE New Brunswick president Steve Drost said negotiations over the past few days have been painful and tedious, but he's excited to present it to workers after everything they went through. "Both sides were able to make compromises in the best interest of the province," he said. The new wage offer will allow workers to keep up with cost of living in the province, he said. The 10 locals involved in strike action will be voting this week, with votes expected to wrap up by Friday. Steve Drost, the president of CUPE New Brunswick, at a press conference last weekend. He described the negotiations as 'painful and tedious.' (CBC) "I think that we've been able to achieve labour peace for New Brunswick. I'm very confident that we've made some historic gains here for workers," Drost said. "I couldn't be prouder of the workers." Both parties have also reached an agreement regarding pension plans that were being offered to locals 2745 and 1253, Drost said. Striking health-care workers back to work in N.B. after province invokes emergency order CUPE takes province to court over back-to-work emergency order Previously the premier had been demanding the locals convert their pension plans into the shared-risk system already in place for most other provincial employees, a major sticking point in the labour dispute. "We were able to achieve language in terms of a memorandum of understanding on that, whereby it's not necessarily a conversion to shared risk," Drost said. A union led court challenge regarding the back to work order that forced more than 2,000 health-care workers back to work on Nov. 6 scheduled for Monday is still going ahead, he said. The premier has since confirmed the order has been revoked. "We have to ensure that people's rights weren't violated," Drost said. N.B. Liquor stores staying open A tentative agreement between the province and the local representing workers with N.B. Liquor was also reached Saturday evening, its president said. The workers previously were set to take strike action by Tuesday if a deal couldn't be reached over the weekend, which would have shuttered stores. Jamie Agnew, the president of Local 963, at a press conference last Tuesday, said the negotiating team is 'very happy' to have reached a tentative agreement for N.B Liquor workers. (Ed Hunter/CBC) "The negotiating team is very happy. We're glad to have this done," said Jamie Agnew, the president of Local 963. He wants the public to know there's no need to panic buy. Provincewide sales reached $2 million on the Wednesday before Remembrance Day, he said, well over projections of around $500,000. N.B. Liquor employees poised to strike a week from now if deal not reached A prior tentative agreement had been reached between the union and management a year ago. "We thought we had a tentative agreement in November of 2020, but that was squashed by Mr. Higgs, so we had to go through this process again, and ended up taking a strike vote," Agnew said. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Miriam Lafontaine Miriam Lafontaine is a reporter with CBC New Brunswick based in Fredericton. She's originally from Montreal, and can be reached at miriam.lafontaine@cbc.ca. CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices https://www.cbc.ca/news/ CUPE waiting for ratification to decide whether to continue lawsuit against province Emergency hearing scheduled for Monday cancelled in light of tentative contract agreement Hadeel Ibrahim · CBC News · Posted: Nov 15, 2021 2:48 PM AT | Last Updated: November 15 Joël Michaud, a lawyer for CUPEs, says the union is waiting for the result of the public-sector workers' vote on a tentative agreement before deciding what to do about the lawsuit filed against the province. (Shane Magee/CBC) The Canadian Union of Public Employees is not abandoning its court challenge of the province's use of emergency legislation to force striking health-care staff back to work. CUPE had asked for an emergency hearing Monday to put a pause on the emergency order while its legality was decided. But because staff went back to work after negotiators reached a tentative agreement over the weekend, the emergency hearing was adjourned. Union lawyer Joël Michaud said that while the emergency hearing is cancelled, the legal challenge is still on. "It's certainly on, at least until ratification," he said. "If the hospital-sector's members don't ratify, then we're right back to square one." CUPE takes province to court over back-to-work emergency order Parents relieved children are back in school, but it may take time to get back to routine On Sunday, CUPE and the province separately announced a temporary end to the two-week strike by 22,000 public-sector employees, including school bus drivers, educational support staff and workers in transportation, corrections and the community college system. The employees will vote on a tentative agreement with the government this week and decide Friday if the strike is over or if they will go back on the picket lines. Health-care workers out for a shorter time Some support staff in the health-care sector were part of the strike for a week but were ordered back to work by the province on Nov. 7. Attorney General Ted Flemming imposed an emergency order that said if any of them continued to strike, they could face thousands of dollars in fines. And the "employee organization" they're a member of would be fined a minimum of $100,000, with no maximum limit, for each day they don't comply. In its challenge, CUPE alleged the order contravened the workers' right to freedom of association and to belong to a certain organization. They also alleged the fines exceeded what's allowed through the Emergency Measures Act, and constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment," which also contravenes the Charter or Rights. Schools to reopen Monday after province, CUPE reach tentative agreement New Brunswick CUPE members to return to work as they vote on tentative agreement Michaud said that even if the agreement is accepted, the union may continue the challenge to get clarity on whether using the province's Emergency Measures Act to stop a strike is legal in general. "There may be, you know, long-term utility in having a decision for all parties involved, frankly, for government as well," Michaud said. "There could be … a pretty clear statement of the court as to whether or not acting this way was legal. Or the union could abandon the challenge, Michaud said. The union has yet to decide what to do. Even if CUPE wants to go ahead, Michaud said, the court could decide that the issue is moot if the order is permanently lifted. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Hadeel Ibrahim Hadeel Ibrahim is a CBC reporter based in Saint John. She can be reached at hadeel.ibrahim@cbc.ca CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices| ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Fraser, Sean - M.P." <Sean.Fraser@parl.gc.ca> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 13:29:16 +0000 Subject: Automatic reply: We just talked Mr Michaud now check the CBC comment section I mentioned and some serious Deja Vu for the lawyer Sean Fraser and an old email to your partner Mr Pink et al years before To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Thank you for your message. This is an automated reply. 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On 11/17/21, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > https:// > > World Press Freedom Canada > > 679 Eastvale Court > Ottawa ON K1J 6Z7 > Canada > 613-294-4491 > > info@worldpressfreedomcanada. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca> > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 14:50:30 +0000 > Subject: RE: "NB Power will operate like a business, free from > political interference, but nothing could be further from the truth," > said Green party leader David Coon > To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > > Hello, > > Thank you for taking the time to write. > > Due to the volume of incoming messages, this is an automated response > to let you know that your email has been received and will be reviewed > at the earliest opportunity. > > If your inquiry more appropriately falls within the mandate of a > Ministry or other area of government, staff will refer your email for > review and consideration. > > Merci d'avoir pris le temps de nous écrire. > > En raison du volume des messages reçus, cette réponse automatique vous > informe que votre courriel a été reçu et sera examiné dans les > meilleurs délais. > > Si votre demande relève plutôt du mandat d'un ministère ou d'un autre > secteur du gouvernement, le personnel vous renverra votre courriel > pour examen et considération. > > > If this is a Media Request, please contact the Premier’s office at > (506) 453-2144 or by email > media-medias@gnb.ca<mailto:med > > S’il s’agit d’une demande des médias, veuillez communiquer avec le > Cabinet du premier ministre au 506-453-2144. > > > Office of the Premier/Cabinet du premier ministre > P.O Box/C. P. 6000 Fredericton New-Brunswick/Nouveau- > Canada > Tel./Tel. : (506) 453-2144 > Email/Courriel: > premier@gnb.ca/premier. > > https://www.cbc.ca/news/ > > > Changes to New Brunswick information law 'an alarm bell,' critics say > > Amendments give minister power to apply different rules in different > circumstances > Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Nov 17, 2021 6:00 AM AT > > Treasury Board Minister Ernie Steeves says a proposed change in New > Brunswick's right-to-information law would speed up the process, but > some say it gives too much power to his office to decide how requests > are processed. (Jacques Poitras/CBC) > > The Higgs government is giving itself the power to direct how > departments and other public bodies process requests for documents and > records, including the ability to apply different rules depending on > the circumstances. > > Treasury Board Minister Ernie Steeves describes the proposed > amendments to the Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act > as making the process more efficient. > > He said they will address "gaps, unclear wording and overly complex > procedures" to help speed up the process of responding to the public's > requests for information. > > But the bill will also give him the authority to tell government > departments and other public bodies covered by the law, such as > municipalities, how to process requests. > > The bill lets a Treasury Board minister "establish directives and > guidelines setting out the requirements to be met" by the entities > fielding requests. > > What's more, it lets the minister decide if a directive is "general or > specific" and lets him or her decide whether the rules "may apply > differently in different circumstances." > This version of a briefing note released by FacilicorpNB to a lobby > group is heavily blacked out. The same document released earlier by > the Department of Health to CBC News did not contain the same > redactions. (CBC) > > That's "an alarm bell," according to retired CBC journalist Dean > Beeby, an expert in access-to-information laws. > > "When unspecified power and responsibilities are being given to a > senior official of government, it can be so easily abused," Beeby > said. > > "Why are there no guardrails on this? Why is it so open-ended?" > > Ombud Charles Murray said letting the minister apply different rules > of disclosure in different situations creates a risk. > > "The risk is that the minister will make arbitrary decisions or will > be suspected of making arbitrary decisions," said Murray, who fields > complaints from the public when the province doesn't provide what's > been requested. > > "To me, this amendment suggests that the minister be given more leeway > to make those decisions as he or she feels fit." > Retired CBC journalist Dean Beeby calls the decision to give > unspecified powers to the Treasury Board minister 'an alarm bell.' > (CBC) > > The act is used by journalists, watchdog groups, opposition parties > and other citizens to request government documents. > > But the legislation is full of exemptions and procedures that often > slow down or prevent release of what's being sought. > > Steeves said the amendment is there to clarify the process for > departments and other public bodies and speed up release, not to > further restrict information. > > "It's not like the minister can take the information and say 'No, you > can't do this,'" he said. > > The province's chief information officer, Liz Byrne-Zwicker, said the > minister doesn't have the legal authority to provide guidance or > directives under the existing law. But some other public bodies > covered by the act, like municipalities, can benefit from that help. > > "We would be responding to what they tell us is going to make sense > and work best for them," she said. > > "The intention here is to bring consistency to interpretation and the > way things are done as much as possible." > > For example, that could include clarifying what is meant by a > duplicate document under the act, she said. Under the amendments, > duplicate copies of the same document no longer have to be released. > No protection from abuse > > Beeby said there's no long-term guarantee future ministers won't use > the new section of the act to slow the release of controversial > information. > > "With all the goodwill in the world, maybe this minister will not > abuse that power, but there are future governments that may have a > different view." > > Murray said a more efficient right-to-information system is not an end > in itself. > > "The most efficient right to information system possible would be one > that gave people no right to information," he said. > > 'Have you heard anything from Andy C?' Hidden name in government > emails about Irving Oil revealed > > Analysis > Access delayed, access denied: Here's why P.E.I's information > system is broken > > This MLA obtained 1,150 pages about N.B.'s airport study. All but > 100 were blacked out > > "So we have to recognize that efficiency isn't the only value here." > > And he said the risk in giving a minister more discretion is that the > public will lose trust in the government when information is held > back. > > "Public trust, we are finding out in this pandemic, is one of the key > determinants of how effective your anti-pandemic measures will be. If > you're not trusted, the measures won't be accepted by the populace and > they won't be effective." > > The bill received second reading in the legislature on Nov. 12 and was > sent to a committee for more debate. > > Charles Murray, New Brunswick’s ombud and information and privacy > commissioner, says the change creates the risk that the minister could > make arbitrary decisions on right-to-information requests. (Nicolas > Steinbach/Radio-Canada) > > Murray said in the past, a bill like this would have gone to the law > amendments committee for public hearings where witnesses like him > could appear. > > But the government opted to send the bill to the economic policy > committee instead, the clearing-house for most government legislation > with no public hearings and witnesses. > > During the second reading debate last week, Opposition MLAs said the > bill was the latest effort to erode the public's right to information. > > "Every government since I can recall, since the introduction of our > right-to-information legislation, has chipped away at this act and > diminished people's right to information," said Green Party Leader > David Coon, who's been using the act for almost four decades. > > Liberal MLAs pointed out that one of their members, Bathurst > West-Beresford's René Legacy, received 1,150 pages of documents on a > provincial airport study but 1,050 of those pages were redacted. > > "It's a wonder if there are any black markers left in the department," > said Liberal Treasury Board critic Rob McKee. > Green Party Leader David Coon, who has been making > right-to-information requests for decades, says successive governments > have chipped away at the act over the years. (Ed Hunter/CBC) > > Other elements of the bill appear to be benign attempts to make the > process work better, such as clarifying that a department no longer > has to send multiple copies of the same document. > > If someone makes a request to the wrong department, that department > will now have the legal authority to transfer it to the appropriate > department rather than telling the requestor to start over themselves. > > But other sections will let the government extend or suspend the > normal 30-day time limit for responding to a request when a third > party has to be consulted on releasing information about them. > > Byrne-Zwicker said third parties, such as private companies > communicating with the province, have rights under the act and the new > provisions will help protect those rights. > > Beeby said long delays lead to information being released long after > it's timely or relevant. > > "There's a tendency to drag these things out as long as possible," he > said. "We don't want to hear about problems two governments down the > line. We need to hear about them now, while they can still be > corrected." > > > ABOUT THE AUTHOR > Jacques Poitras > > Provincial Affairs reporter > > Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New > Brunswick since 2000. 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Merci. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos333@ > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2021 10:47 AM > To: NBPRegulatory@nbpower.com; Mitchell, Kathleen > <Kathleen.Mitchell@nbeub.ca>; louis-philippe.gauthier@cfib. > david.sollows@gnb.ca; Gilles.volpe@libertyutilities. > Paul.Volpe@libertyutilities. > Hoyt, Len <len.hoyt@mcinnescooper.com>; > jeffery.callaghan@ > gerald@kissnb.com; cstewart@stewartmckelvey.com; > hanrahan.dion@jdirving.com; john.furey@mcinnescooper.com; NBEUB/CESPNB > <General@nbeub.ca>; Dickie, Michael <Michael.Dickie@nbeub.ca>; Lawton, > John <John.Lawton@nbeub.ca>; Young, Dave <Dave.Young@nbeub.ca>; > Ahmad.Faruqui@brattle.com; Cecile.Bourbonnais@brattle.com > heather.black@gnb.ca; rdk@indecon.com; rrichard@nb.aibn.com; > sussexsharingclub@nb.aibn.com; margot.cragg@umnb.ca; > jeff.garrett@sjenergy.com; dan.dionne@perth-andover.com; > pierreroy@edmundston.ca; ray.robinson@sjenergy.com; > sstoll@airdberlis.com; pzarnett@bdrenergy.com; > leducjr@nb.sympatico.ca; lizkramer@hotmail.com; > mletson@lawsoncreamer.com; Katherine McBrearty > <Katherine.McBrearty@nbeub.ca> > SWaycott@nbpower.com; George.Porter@nbpower.com; JPetrie@nbpower.com; > BCrawford@nbpower.com; mike.holland@gnb.ca; Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca; > blaine.higgs@gnb.ca; Mike.Comeau@gnb.ca; hugh.flemming@gnb.ca; > megan.mitton@gnb.ca; michelle.conroy@gnb.ca; kris.austin@gnb.ca; > kevin.a.arseneau@gnb.ca; robert.mckee@gnb.ca; rob.moore@parl.gc.ca; > roger.l.melanson@gnb.ca; robert.gauvin@gnb.ca; > Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca; nick.brown@gnb.ca; dan.murphy@umnb.ca; > bruce.fitch@gnb.ca; david.coon@gnb.ca; andre@jafaust.com; > oldmaison@yahoo.com; michelle.conoy@gnb.ca; Sean.Fraser@parl.gc.ca; > pm@pm.gc.ca > Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > Subject: "NB Power will operate like a business, free from political > interference, but nothing could be further from the truth," said Green > party leader David Coon > > https://davidraymondamos3. > > Saturday, 13 November 2021 > MIKEY HOLLAND'S VERY SNEAKY STINKY BILL 77 An Act to Amend the > Electricity Act Read first time: November 10, 2021 > > > https://www.greenpartynb.ca/ > > > Bill 39 Keeps the Politics in NB Power > Posted by Merredith Brewer 341sc on May 22, 2013 > > 22 MAY 2013 > > Bill 39, the proposed new Electricity Act, was debated yesterday in > the Legislature during second reading. The Green Party says the debate > overlooked the key problem with Bill 39. It fails to keep the politics > out of NB Power. > > "Energy Minister Craig Leonard claims that Bill 39 will ensure that NB > Power will operate like a business, free from political interference, > but nothing could be further from the truth," said Green party > leader David Coon. "The dirty little secret is that Cabinet will still > be in the driver's seat when it comes to determining the most > important costs associated with running the electrical utility, and > the costs determine the price of electricity," said Coon. > > Unlike provinces such as Nova Scotia, Bill 39 requires NB Power to > have its business plan, the Integrated Resource Plan, reviewed and > approved by the provincial cabinet every three years rather than by > the Energy and Utilities Board (EUB). Furthermore, while proposals for > costly refurbishments or new power plants will be reviewed by the EUB, > Cabinet retains the authority to make the final decision. > > "Bill 39 gives Cabinet a direct role in approving NB Power > expenditures, which determine the price the utility must charge for > its electricity," said Coon. "Bill 39 keeps the politics in NB Power > which is why the Green Party has been demanding it be sent to > committee for public hearings," said the Green Party leader. > > > > Dear Ms. Mitchell, >> >> In relation to the Public Interest Hearing scheduled for Monday, November >> 15, 2021, please find attached correspondence on behalf of NB Power. >> >> For convenience, the link referred to in my correspondence is reproduced >> below: >> >> https://www.gnb.ca/legis/bill/ >> <https://www.gnb.ca/legis/ >> >> Regards, >> >> John >> >> >> >> John Furey >> Counsel >> McInnes Cooper >> >> tel +1 (506) 458 1628 | fax +1 (506) 458 9903 | mobile +1 (506) 282 >> 0380 >> >> Barker House, Suite 600 >> 570 Queen Street >> PO Box 610 Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A6 >> >> asst Nanette Phillips | +1 (506) 458 1629 >> > > 1st Session, 60th Legislature > New Brunswick > 69-70 Elizabeth II, 2020-2021 > > BILL 77 > An Act to Amend the Electricity Act > > Read first time: November 10, 2021 > > Read second time: > > Committee: > > Read third time: > > HON. MIKE HOLLAND > > > Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative > Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows: > > 1. Section 1 of the Electricity Act, chapter 7 of the Acts of New > Brunswick, 2013, is amended > > PART 1.1 > HOLDING CORPORATION > > Establishment, board of directors, officers and employees > > 2.1(1) There is established a corporation with share capital under the > name New Brunswick Power Holding Corporation consisting of those > persons who compose the board of directors. > > TRANSITIONAL AND COMMENCEMENT DISPOSITIONS > > No filing of strategic, financial and capital investment plan > > 42 Despite subsection 101(1) of the Electricity Act, as that > subsection existed on September 1, 2021, the New Brunswick Power > Corporation shall not file a strategic, financial and capital > investment plan covering the period of 10 fiscal years commencing on > April 1, 2022, and ending on March 31, 2032. > > > No application for rate approval > > 43 Despite subsection 103(1) of the Electricity Act, as that > subsection existed on September 1, 2021, the New Brunswick Power > Corporation shall not make an application to the New Brunswick Energy > and Utilities Board for approval of the New Brunswick Power > Corporation’s schedules of rates it proposes to charge for its > services referred to in section 102 of that Act for the fiscal year > which commences on April 1, 2022. > > Rates – 2022-2023 fiscal year > > 44(1) For the fiscal year which commences on April 1, 2022, the New > Brunswick Power Corporation may impose, across all rate classes, a > uniform increase of not more than 2% in the rates it charges for the > services referred to in section 102 of the Electricity Act without > making an application to the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board > for approval of the increase. > > 44(2) The New Brunswick Power Corporation shall file new schedules of > rates for its services referred to in section 102 of the Electricity > Act with the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board within 30 days > before any increase in the rates is made under subsection (1). > > 44(3) When filing new schedules with the New Brunswick Energy and > Utilities Board in relation to any increase in the rates under > subsection (1), the New Brunswick Power Corporation shall include in > the schedules the date the authorization was given by the board of > directors of the New Brunswick Power Corporation to increase the > rates. > > > 44(4) For the purposes of the Electricity Act, an increase in rates > made under subsection (1) shall be deemed to be approved by the New > Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board under Division B of Part 6 of > that Act. > > 45(1) Paragraphs 1(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g) and > 32(e) and sections 2 to 29, 34, 37, 40 and 41 of this Act come into > force on April 1, 2022. > > 45(2) Sections 42, 43 and 44 of this Act shall be deemed to have come > into force on September 1, 2021. > > > ---------- Original message ---------- > From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca> > Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 02:32:12 +0000 > Subject: RE: RE NB Power and EUB Matter 503 Methinks David Coon and > the LIEbranos should remind Higgy and the mindless Mr Furey that the > Fat Lady aint sung about the dubious Bill 77 yet N'esy Pas??? > 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. 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Jones" > <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, "David.Akin" <David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, > Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, "steve.murphy" > <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, gthomas@nbpower.com, jfurey@nbpower.com, > bplummer@nbpower.com, Marc.Belliveau@gnb.ca, "Dominic.Cardy" > <Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, tj <tj@burkelaw.ca>, kelly > <kelly@lamrockslaw.com>, "Holland, Mike (LEG)" <mike.holland@gnb.ca>, > "robert.mckee" <robert.mckee@gnb.ca>, "robert.gauvin" > <robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>, "kris.austin" <kris.austin@gnb.ca>, > "rick.desaulniers" <rick.desaulniers@gnb.ca>, "michelle.conroy" > <michelle.conroy@gnb.ca>, "David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "Arseneau, > Kevin (LEG)" <Kevin.A.Arseneau@gnb.ca>, "Mitton, Megan (LEG)" > <megan.mitton@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, > "brian.gallant" <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, "denis.landry2" > <denis.landry2@gnb.ca>, "greg.byrne" <greg.byrne@gnb.ca>, "Jack.Keir" > <Jack.Keir@gnb.ca>, "jeff.carr" <jeff.carr@gnb.ca>, "hugh.flemming" > <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford" > <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, oldmaison > <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, "andrew.scheer" <andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>, > "maxime.bernier" <maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>, leader > <leader@greenparty.ca>, "elizabeth.may" <elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca> > > Obviously the Henneberry Reporting Service forgot to mention that Mr. > Beaulieu attended the hearing and it was held in Delta Hotel, > Fredericton N.B, it should be easy to understand why I stongly > disagreed with their trancript of the public session I spoke at in > 2018 N'esy Pas? > > > New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board Commission de L’Energie et > des Services Publics N.-B. > > Matter 430 > > IN THE MATTER OF an application by New Brunswick Power Corporation > for approval of the schedules of the rates for the fiscal year > commencing April 1, 2019, and other relief as outlined in NB Power’s > application > > Held at the Delta Hotel, Saint John, N.B., on May 9th 2019. > > BEFORE: Raymond P Gorman, Q.C. - Chair > John Patrick Herron - Panel Member > Michael Costello - Panel Member > Patrick Ervin - Panel Member > > NB Energy and Utilities Board > - Counsel - Ms. Ellen Desmond, Q.C. > - Staff - David Young > John Lawton > Michael Dickie > Chief Clerk - Kathleen Mitchell > > CHAIRMAN: Good afternoon, everyone. Bonjour. Before we get > started with today’s session, I want to point out that translation > devices are available at the back of the room so if anybody needs one, > please take this opportunity to secure one. All right. > > Welcome to today’s special session of the New Brunswick Energy and > Utilities Board. All members of the Energy and Utilities Board are > present today, including Vice-Chair, Francois Beaulieu, and Members, > Michael Costello, Patrick Ervin and John Herron. > > Today’s public session will deal with Matter 430, which is NB > Power’s > 2019-2020 General Rate Application. In that application, NB Power is > seeking Board approval for, amongst other things, an average increase > in rates of 2.5 percent with some customers receiving an increase as > high as 2.9 percent. > > This session of the rate hearing won’t follow the same format > as we typically use at the formal hearing which will commence in about > 10 days. Today’s session is intended to be much less formal so > despite the fact that we are sitting here on the dais and in the front > of the room and everybody seems to have a jacket and tie on, you > shouldn’t take that to mean that we are requiring any formality today. > And the reason that I wanted to emphasize that informality is that we > really want to encourage members of the general public to come to the > session and provide their views on these rate applications. Many > people don’t have the time or the resources to present evidence before > the Board but still have important contributions to make to the > process. I want to assure you that your comments are taken seriously > by the Board. > > I want to also point out that NB Power is represented here today over > in the right-hand side of the room and although they will not be > making a presentation today, they will be available to hear your > concerns and to discuss them further following the conclusion of the > presentations. > > Our Public Intervener, Heather Black, is also present and will be > available to discuss any public interest concerns that you may have > following today’s presentations. > > In addition, we have several members from the Energy and Utilities > Board Staff who are also available to discuss matters with you. > > Each presenter today has been allocated 15 minutes to make his > or her presentation and before we start with the presentations, I am > going to invite Mr. Beaulieu to say a few words in French. > > CHAIRMAN: Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Mr. Shaw. I > think that is all the presenters that we had for this afternoon. So > we will conclude for this afternoon and we will be back at 6:00 p.m. > Thank you. > > (Recess - 4:25 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.) > > CHAIRMAN: Good evening, everyone. Bonjour. This session is a > continuation of our annual public session related to the general rate > application by NB Power. And we had three excellent presentations > earlier today. > > Before we get started with the presentations this evening, I want > to point out that there are translation devices available at the back > of the room. So if anybody feels that they may need that translation > device, please take this opportunity to get one. > > All right. And I just want to -- for those who perhaps haven’t > appeared before the Board in the past, I want to point out that the > full Board is present here tonight, including to my left our > Vice-Chair, Francois Beaulieu, Patrick Ervin to my far left, next to > me Michael Costello and Mr. Ervin. Did I call him Mr. Ervin? Mr. > Herron is down there. There, I have got them mixed up. > > All right. So would you say a few words in French? > > VICE-CHAIRMAN: Bon soir à tous. C’est un continuation de la séance > public que nous avons débuter cette après-midi. Comme M. le président > l’a indiqué, nous avons reçu trois bonnes présentations cet > après-midi. Et puis avant de commencer, nous tenons à souligner que > les dispositifs a l’arrière pour l’écoute en française si vous voulez, > et puis cette un séance extraordinaire, un session extraordinaire de > la Commission. Pis comme vous pouvez le voir, toute le monde est > présent aujourd’hui, Monsieur le président, M. Gorman, et puis à ma > gauche, puis M. Herron, at puis M. Costello, puis M. Ervin. > > CHAIRMAN: All right. So just before we get started, I should > indicate as well that we have allocated 15 minutes for each of the > presenters this evening. So we will start with David Amos. > > Mr. Amos, I think you can either take that table or the podium. > Either one there is a microphone at both so whatever you are most > comfortable with. > > MR. AMOS: Good evening. I presume I can speak for 15 minutes > uninterrupted? > > CHAIRMAN: Yes. You are allocated 15 minutes, that’s correct, Mr. Amos. > > MR. AMOS: First I guess I should thank you for your signature, sir. > I am probably the only man that wanted to intervene that you barred > twice thus far. At least this time I have your signature, that and > Mr. Herron’s and Mr. Costello. Everybody knows I ran against Mr. > Herron in the election of the 38th parliament. And his lawyer, > another Queen’s Counsel, David Lutz never answered me. So I filed the > very same documents that I served upon Mr. Herron and David Lutz in > 2004. That said, at that time, I believe you were the lawyer for the > Saint John utilities. > > Anyway, Mr. Furey of NB Power, in his opposition to my intervening > this time, didn’t think my whistle blowing efforts against KPMG > amounted to anything, even though I gave you the proof I was > conferring with Diane Lebouthiller, the Commissioner of Revenue > Canada. Well if you don’t think a whistle blower who understands the > malice of a law firm and an accounting firm has the right to > intervene, who also owns property here and is a ratepayer, I don’t > know who is. If you had said such things of Stephen Harper, he would > consider it libel. So do I. > > The other two fellows that signed, Mr. Herron and Mr. Costello are > not lawyers. But Mr. Costello and Mr. Ewing both worked for Bell > Aliant. If you looked at the documents I sent, I even had a request > for information from their former lawyer for Bell back in 2004. It > took them four days to print my files. > > Anyway, when I first intervened in the 357 Matter, and you asked > me why I intervened, I introduced myself. And I said every lawyer in > the room knows who I am. And you do. And you did not stop me from > intervening in the 357 Matter and I thank you for that. I am still an > intervener in that Matter. > > The next hearing they take -- or Mr. Furey takes documents from > the 357 Matter, takes out certain documents, uses them against me and > you barred me without one word in writing. I opposed you delaying the > 357 Matter with a proper motion and you never answered that motion. > When you barred me just before you were done, you never put anything > in writing. So the last time I said, fool me once shame on you, fool > me twice shame on me. Now Mr. Furey filed a bunch of documents and > then accused me of things I did not say from a transcript where I was > never given a recording of it. I never threatened to kill anyone. > Who are you people to say any different. That said, the last thing I > said to you, Mr. Gorman, is do you understand the documents that are > already on file. You wouldn’t answer me. > > Mr. Herron, who I have debated in several debates, looked like a > deer in the headlights. He wouldn’t say one word the whole time we > were there. As I explained to you, this is a rate increase hearing. > When -- the last meeting we had at the 357 Matter, none of you guys > knew what to do because Mr. Gallant wanted to be Premier again. His > people appointed you to be Chair again. > > David Coon, the -- who had lots to say about NB Power when he was > just a guy, was now opposing Mr. Gallant’s promise to freeze rates for > at least three years. Well Mr. Gallant isn’t Premier. However, a > Cabinet Minister’s wife, you allowed to intervene halfway through a > hearing. Interesting. Then as soon as Mr. Higgs becomes Premier, NB > Power all of a sudden wants a rate increase. Ain’t that interesting. > Where is the Green Party. > > Now when I first intervened in the 357 Matter, you didn’t want my > friend Gerald Bourque to intervene because he is a leader of a > fledgling political party. He is still intervening. Gerald Bourque, > my friend Roger Richard who I will back up till the cows come home and > I all ran in the last provincial election. My friend Roger Richard > clearly stated his issues were Smart Meters. You should still not > allow Smart Meters until the 357 Matter is heard. I am still an > intervener there. > > I will address your libel against me in the proper venue. In my > opinion that’s federal court. You are a Queen’s Counsel, you are > probably aware that New Brunswick does not have a constitution. I > filed the documents that proved that I was involved in a National > Energy Board matter in Saint John while you were a counsellor for the > Utilities. Mr. Morrison, who is hearing a trial of a friend of mine’s > murder, Dick Oland, was NB Power’s lawyer at the National Energy Board > hearing. Did not surprise me when Mr. Furey took out his boss’ > documents from those days. He used to work for Brad Green. And yet > inserts a judgment by Mr. Morrison of Patterson & Palmer about barring > some woman to speak because she is frivolous and vexatious. I don’t > know why you think because some woman is frivolous and vexatious that > I am too. I am no less a man than you. > > Now as far as these people in New Brunswick goes, I do speak on > behalf of my fellow New Brunswicker. The average income, from what I > read in CBC, of a New Brunswicker is about 31,000. I bet you there is > not one soul in this room that makes over double that. From these -- > most folks to make a salary of 31,000, it is comprised of a lot of > people that make a lot less than 31,000 and then a lot of people that > make a lot more, like the people in this room. But a lot of people > are like me, seniors getting by on old Age pensions and Canada Pension > or people working at Tim Hortons and trying to raise a couple of kids. > And a lot of folks have to balance their heat bill versus their > grocery bill or their pharma bill. And yet NB Power has got all kinds > of money for their highest paid employee, a Yankee who makes like > $750,000 to invest in mini nucs and try to peddle them around the > world. Well the last thing I know about NB Power, its mandate, is to > provide my fellow New Brunswickers reliable energy at a reasonable > price. You make lots of electricity now, in fact, you sell it to > other jurisdictions. I used to be in business. I would like to have > $1.7 billion in sales, owed 5 billion. I think I would get out of > debt pretty quick. You are supposed to have 20 percent equity before > you invest in Mactaquac. Just from what I look at the books, what > KPMG says we have for assets I think is what, 6.7 billion, book value > nearly 5 billion. Well the difference between book value and what the > assets are, you are already over 20 percent equity. There is no need > for a price increase. There is no need to borrow money to invest in > mini nucs for the benefit of a bunch of Yankees. I find all of this > very aggravating. The reason that you bar me is because I sue lawyers > and love to argue. > > Mr. Gorman, you and I will meet in another court. In my humble > opinion, you need a lawyer. Good evening. > > CHAIRMAN: Thank you, Mr. Amos. All right. Next we will have Frank > Jopp. > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Waycott, Stephen" <SWaycott@nbpower.com> > Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:40:35 +0000 > Subject: Automatic reply: EXT - Re: Matter 430 - NB Power 2019-2020 > General Rate Application / Instance Nº 430 - Énergie NB Demande > générale de tarifs pour 2019-2020 > To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > > > Thank you for your email. > > I will be out of the office for the week of February 11 to 15 > inclusive, returning on Tuesday February 19 (Monday is a statutory > holiday). 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RE Matter > 430 - NB Power 2019-2020 General Rate Application > To: "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, > "Holland, Mike (LEG)" <mike.holland@gnb.ca>, "David.Coon" > <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "kris.austin" <kris.austin@gnb.ca>, "Robert. > Jones" <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, "robert.gauvin" <robert.gauvin@gnb.ca>, > "denis.landry2" <denis.landry2@gnb.ca>, "brian.gallant" > <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, > "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, "David.Akin" > <David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, "andrea.anderson-mason" > <andrea.anderson-mason@gnb.ca> > <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, "robert.mckee" <robert.mckee@gnb.ca>, > "Brenda.Lucki" <Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "hon.ralph.goodale" > <hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, "Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc" > <Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca > <Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>, "Jody.Wilson-Raybould" > <Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc. > <Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, > newsn <news@kingscorecord.com>, news <news@dailygleaner.com>, news919 > <news919@rogers.com>, news <news@hilltimes.com>, "maxime.bernier" > <maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>, "andrew.scheer" > <andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>, "Alaina.Lockhart" > <Alaina.Lockhart@parl.gc.ca>, "Karen.Ludwig" > <Karen.Ludwig@parl.gc.ca>, "martine.turcotte" > <martine.turcotte@bell.ca>, "Matt.DeCourcey" > <Matt.DeCourcey@parl.gc.ca>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, jbosnitch > <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "Arseneau, Kevin (LEG)" > <kevin.a.arseneau@gnb.ca>, "Mitton, Megan (LEG)" > <megan.mitton@gnb.ca>, "rick.desaulniers" <rick.desaulniers@gnb.ca>, > "michelle.conroy" <michelle.conroy@gnb.ca> > Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "Diane.Lebouthillier" > <Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc. > <Diane.Lebouthillier@parl.gc. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Mitchell, Kathleen" <Kathleen.Mitchell@nbeub.ca> > Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2019 16:15:36 +0000 > Subject: Matter 430 - NB Power 2019-2020 General Rate Application / > Instance Nº 430 - Énergie NB Demande générale de tarifs pour 2019-2020 > To: "David.Raymond.Amos333@gmail. > <David.Raymond.Amos333@gmail. > <david.sollows@gnb.ca>, "Paul.Volpe@enbridge.com" > <Paul.Volpe@enbridge.com>, "dave.lavigne@enbridge.com" > <dave.lavigne@enbridge.com>, "Gilles.volpe@enbridge.com" > <Gilles.volpe@enbridge.com>, "jeffery.callaghan@ > <jeffery.callaghan@ > <gerald@kissnb.com>, "cstewart@stewartmckelvey.com" > <cstewart@stewartmckelvey.com> > <hanrahan.dion@jdirving.com>, "lcozzarini@nbpower.com" > <lcozzarini@nbpower.com>, "jfurey@nbpower.com" <jfurey@nbpower.com>, > "SWaycott@nbpower.com" <SWaycott@nbpower.com>, > "NBPRegulatory@nbpower.com" <NBPRegulatory@nbpower.com>, > "wharrison@nbpower.com" <wharrison@nbpower.com>, > "bcrawford@nbpower.com" <bcrawford@nbpower.com>, "Lawton, John" > <John.Lawton@nbeub.ca>, "Desmond, Ellen" <ecdesmond@nbeub.ca>, > "Dickie, Michael" <Michael.Dickie@nbeub.ca>, "Young, Dave" > <Dave.Young@nbeub.ca>, "Mitchell, Kathleen" > <Kathleen.Mitchell@nbeub.ca>, NBEUB/CESPNB <General@nbeub.ca>, > "heather.black@gnb.ca" <heather.black@gnb.ca>, "rdk@indecon.com" > <rdk@indecon.com>, "rrichard@nb.aibn.com" <rrichard@nb.aibn.com>, > "jeff.garrett@sjenergy.com" <jeff.garrett@sjenergy.com>, > "dan.dionne@perth-andover.com" <dan.dionne@perth-andover.com> > "pierreroy@edmundston.ca" <pierreroy@edmundston.ca>, > "ray.robinson@sjenergy.com" <ray.robinson@sjenergy.com>, > "sstoll@airdberlis.com" <sstoll@airdberlis.com>, > "pzarnett@bdrenergy.com" <pzarnett@bdrenergy.com> > > Good afternoon, > > Please find attached a Decision in connection with the above-noted matter. > > > Bonjour, > > Veuillez trouver ci-joint une Décision de la Commission dans le cadre > de l'instance susmentionnée. > > Kathleen Mitchell > Chief Clerk | Greffière en chef > > Energy & Utilities Board | Commission de l'énergie et des services > publics du N.-B. > 15 Market Square, Suite 1400 > Saint John, NB E2L 4Y9 > 506-643-7324 (direct) > 506-658-2504 (reception) > Confidentiality Notice > This private message (and any attachments) is for the exclusive use of > the individual for whom, or entity for which, it is intended. 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Your thoughts, comments and input are > greatly valued. You can be assured that all emails and letters are > carefully read, reviewed and taken into consideration. > > If your issue is Constituency related, please contact Cheryl Layton at > my constituency office in Albert at (506) 856-4961 or > Cheryl.Layton@gnb.ca. > > Thanks again for your email! > Mike Holland > Minister > MLA, Albert > > ------------------------------ > > Merci pour votre courriel. Nous vous sommes très reconnaissants de > nous avoir fait part de vos idées, commentaires et observations. Nous > tenons à vous assurer que nous lisons attentivement et prenons en > considération tous les courriels et lettres que nous recevons. > > Si votre courriel est lié à un enjeu de circonscription, veuillez > contacter Cheryl Layton à mon bureau de circonscription dans Albert au > (506) 856-4961 ou Cheryl.Layton@gnb.ca. > > Merci encore pour votre courriel! > Mike Holland > Ministre > Député, Albert > > > https://www.cbc.ca/news/ > > > NB Power behind on plan to pay down $1 billion in debt The utility > would need to increase rates by 22.3% to pay down its debt on schedule > > Robert Jones · CBC News · Posted: Feb 05, 2019 6:30 AM AT > > > > > 185 Comments > > > David Amos > Methinks the folks who offer their opinions on NB Power's debt and > rate hikes should consider attending the first day of the public EUB > hearing of the 430 Matter today at 9.30 AM in the Delta Hotel in Saint > John N'esy Pas? > > > > David Amos > Methinks tomorrow should prove to be an interesting day at the EUB > hearing o the 430 Matter byway of all the documents that the NB Power > lawyers served on me at the last minute Anyone can download them from > the EUB website if they truly cared N'esy Pas? > > > > Mark (Junkman) George > Here is "the deal". > > It serves no one's purpose to run NB Hydro efficiently. > > The politicians don't care and see it only as a source to provide > patronage positions. > > The folks running it have no desire to operate it efficiently, > otherwise they would have no excuse for rate hikes, and big budgets > indexed to their bonuses. > > I *guess*, on many levels, privatization is an answer of sorts, but > does not assure efficient operation and/or decent competitive energy > pricing. > > I *suppose* the best thing to do is remove all political control along > with all the middle managers. > > Roger Richard > @Mark (Junkman) George You may be right, we should be able to find a > solution. But I wonder where integrity when? > > David Amos > @Roger Richard Methinks you know as well as I that I will have another > chance to teach NB Power, the EUB and many lawyers a lesson about > Integrity tomorrow morning at 9.30 in the Delta Hotel in Saint John > N'esy Pas mon cher ami??? > |
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