The Lavigne Show Podcast
In this episode, Peter R. Mac Isaac @PeterRMacIsaac and Paul Westhaver discuss Nova Scotia’s latest political shifts and government officials' growing demand for accountability. The conversation covers the recent snap election announcement, transparency issues, and the independent movement gaining traction throughout the province. Hosted by Corey Morgan, this discussion gives an in-depth look at how citizens can stand up to political gamesmanship.
Introduction by Cory Morgan
Cory @CoryBMorgan discusses recent political developments, including Alberta’s leadership review and a surprise provincial election in Nova Scotia. He highlights the importance of citizen engagement and accountability in both provinces.
FOIPOP Strategies and Transparency – Paul Westhaver
Known as the “FOIPOP King,” Paul Westhaver shares his experience filing Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPOP) requests to uncover critical government documents. He explains the challenges of navigating bureaucracy, costs, and strategies needed to obtain transparency in Nova Scotia’s healthcare and COVID-19 policy decisions.
Organizing for Accountability in Nova Scotia – Peter R. Mac Isaac
Peter Mac Isaac discusses his role in mobilizing citizens to demand government accountability. He discusses working alongside Paul and others to coordinate efforts across the province. Together, they focus on uniting independent candidates and holding politicians to their promises.
Premier Tim Houston’s Snap Election & Broken Legislation
Peter and Paul delve into the sudden snap election called by Premier Tim Houston. Despite legislation promising no election until later, Houston bypassed it, sparking questions about the government’s accountability and commitment to its laws. They analyze Houston’s maneuver and its potential repercussions.
Independent Movement in Nova Scotia
Peter shares insights into the Independent Nova Scotia Initiative, which aims to bring more nonpartisan, community-rooted representatives into office. The initiative aims to reduce reliance on major parties by rallying voters and empowering locals to prioritize their communities over party agendas.
Future of Nova Scotia’s Political Landscape
The episode concludes with a look at the broader implications for Nova Scotia’s political scene. Peter and Paul discuss their vision of an accountable government where local voices are heard and respected.
This conversation is essential for anyone interested in government accountability, transparency, and the potential of independent movements in Canadian politics.
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In
this Halloween special, Jeremy MacKenzie @JeremyMacKenzi joins the
conversation to discuss surveillance, government overreach, and the cost
of speaking out in Canada. As a public figure often scrutinized by
authorities, Jeremy shares his experiences dealing with intense
government monitoring, media narratives, and the personal challenges
faced by those who challenge the status quo. The discussion also
explores the impact of censorship on public discourse and the challenges
of maintaining transparency in the face of systemic resistance.
Legal and Social Consequences
Jeremy
recounts his journey from being labelled in the media to dealing with
intense government oversight, including intelligence agencies monitoring
his actions. He speaks on the strain this has put on his personal life
and those around him, illustrating individuals' challenges when they
enter the public eye.
"Fed" Labels and the Dangers of Public Perception
Jeremy
addresses the recurring "fed" label—being accused of acting as a
government informant—and the dangers associated with this narrative. He
explains how these accusations can isolate individuals within their
communities, intensify risks, and create mistrust among peers, making it
more challenging to advocate for change.
Nova Scotia Election & Premier Tim Houston’s Connection
The
conversation turns to the recent Nova Scotia election announcement,
where Premier Tim Houston’s actions may connect to Jeremy’s prior
criminal trial. Jeremy discusses the implications of Houston’s possible
influence, raising questions about fairness in the legal process when
political figures are involved and how these ties illustrate broader
issues of power and influence within Canadian politics.
Tour Across Canada:
Meeting
Fans and Exploring Canadian Communities
Jeremy recounts his journey across Canada, where he met supporters,
shared insights, and explored the nation’s diverse landscapes. He
encourages Canadians to travel within their own country, meet their
fellow citizens, and experience firsthand the true spirit of Canada.
Canadian Election Cycle
Jason
delves into upcoming election cycles and the potential for political
change. They discuss how elections impact public accountability and the
mechanisms through which citizens can push for transparency and reform.
Public Surveillance and the Role of Media
Jeremy
and Jason discuss the media’s role in amplifying government narratives
and stigmatizing dissenting voices. They explore how surveillance
affects community members, including friends and supporters, and the
broader implications for freedom of expression in Canada.
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---------- Original message --------- From: Chris Smith<atlanticundergroundpodcast@hotmail.com> Date: Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 6:34 AM Subject: Re: RE The Truth Movement has become a sea of LIES To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, hello@independentns.net <hello@independentns.net>
You
will not believe how corrupt Nova Scotia Premier and the Chief Medical
Officer actually are. We discuss the ongoing trial of 2 innocent people
singled out because they were exposing the wrongdoings of the Premier
and Chief medical officer. Through Government files and freedom of
information requests, we talk with Paul Westhaver who has been called as
a key witness about what is really going on in this Canadian Province
and how it should be an example to everyone on how we have the wrong
people in high places of authority and how they abuse this
---------- Original message --------- From: Premier<PREMIER@novascotia.ca> Date: Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 3:51 PM Subject: Thank you for your email To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Thank you for contacting the Office of the Premier.
We
are currently in a provincial election period. During this time,
responses to correspondence may be delayed. We appreciate your
understanding and patience.
If your matter is urgent, please contact the appropriate department
directly. For general inquiries, we will respond as soon as possible
after the election period.
Speak of the Devil and Cst. Mark Blakely of the RCMP appears
David Amos
>>> From: "Ross, Ken (DH/MS)" <ken.ross@gnb.ca>
>>> Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 08:43:31 -0300
>>> Subject: Re: Hey Ken Who is Mental Health's and the Hospital in
>>> Fredericton's lawyers?
>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>
>>> Got your messages Dave. I am in Toronto for meetings and will be back
>>> in the office Friday. I will ask Barb Whitenect to follow up with you
>>> in the interim. Yes Herby picked up ypur bike a while back.
>>>
>>> Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Wed, 7/9/08, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Hey Ken Who is Mental Health's and the Hospital in
>>> Fredericton's lawyers?
>>> To: ken.ross@gnb.ca, Barbara.Whitenect@gnb.ca, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
>>> Cc: rosaire.santerre@gnb.ca, Marc.Pitre@gnb.ca, David.Eidt@gnb.ca,
>>> oldmaison@yahoo.com, Judy.Cyr@gnb.ca, t.j.burke@gnb.ca,
>>> police@fredericton.ca, Carrie.Levesque@gnb.ca, anne.elgee@gnb.ca,
>>> danny.copp@fredericton.ca, jacques.boucher@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>> Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 3:03 AM
>>>
>>> KENNETH ROSS, Assistant Deputy Minister
>>> Addictions and Mental Health Services / Health
>>> Contact Information
>>> Phone: (506) 457-4800
>>> Fax: (506) 453-5243
>>>
>>> BARBARA WHITENECT, Director
>>> Addictions and Mental Health Services / Health
>>> Contact Information
>>> Phone: (506) 444-4442
>>> Fax: (506) 453-8711
>>> EMail Address: Barbara.Whitenect@gnb.ca
>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry to involve you but lets just say that I am really really pissed
>>> off for very justifiable reasons.
>>>
>>> This should prove to some folks that at least I know how to read.
>>>
>>> http://www.ahsc.health.nb.ca/Programs/MentalHealth/rights.shtml
>>>
>>> I have no doubt whatsoever that you would more pissed than I am if
>>> the malicious bullshit that happened to me last weekend had happened
>>> to you.
>>>
>>> I will try to call you in business hours but I suspect in the end I
>>> will wind up arguing this dude in court in short order. (On a lighter
>>> note did Herby pick up my bike?)
>>>
>>> David Eidt
>>> Legal Services
>>> Office of the Attorney General
>>> Tel: (506) 453-3964
>>> Fax: (506) 453-3275
>>> david.eidt@gnb.ca
>>>
>>> Best Regards
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>> These emails and the bullshit from the news last year should to all
>>> that I am as serious as a heart attack and far from mentally unstabe
>>> but the cops have proven themselves to be monumental liars many times
>>>
>>> Subject:
>>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
>>> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
>>> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>>
>>>
>>> January 30, 2007
>>>
>>>
>>> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>>>
>>> Mr. David Amos
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Mr. Amos:
>>>
>>> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
>>> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>>>
>>> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
>>> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
>>> Graham of the RCMP "J" Division in Fredericton.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
>>> Minister of Health
>>>
>>> CM/cb
>>>
>>> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>>>
>>> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
>>> From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
>>> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
>>> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,
>>> John.Foran@gnb.ca, Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,
>>> "Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>> "Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
>>> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have n
>>>
>>> Dear Mr. Amos,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off over
>>> the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I was not
>>> ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>>>
>>> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
>>> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
>>> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
>>> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
>>> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
>>> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>>>
>>> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
>>> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear that
>>> Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada and the
>>> US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment policing in
>>> Petitcodiac, NB.
>>>
>>> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
>>> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
>>> GRC Caledonia RCMP
>>> Traffic Services NCO
>>> Ph: (506) 387-2222
>>> Fax: (506) 387-4622
>>> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>
>>> charles leblanc oldmaison@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>
>>> Where are ya living now???? Since the media seem to ignore ya? I'll
>>> sit down for a debate with a recorder for the blog...Now? Don't get
>>> all exicted and send this all over the world.....lol
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: David Amos motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>> To: brad.woodside@fredericton.ca; whalen@fredericton.ca;
>>> david.kelly@fredericton.ca; cathy.maclaggan@fredericton.ca
;
>>> stephen.kelly@fredericton.ca; tom.jellinek@fredericton.ca;
>>> scott.mcconaghy@fredericton.ca; marilyn.kerton@fredericton.ca;
>>> walter.brown@fredericton.ca; norah.davidson@fredericton.ca;
>>> mike.obrien@fredericton.ca; bruce.grandy@fredericton.ca;
>>> dan.keenan@fredericton.ca; jeff.mockler@gnb.ca;
>>> mrichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca; cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci.gc.ca;
>>> jlmockler@mpor.ca; scotta@parl.gc.ca; michael.bray@gnb.ca;
>>> jack.e.mackay@gnb.ca
>>> Cc: news@dailygleaner.com; kcarmichael@bloomberg.net;
>>> oldmaison@yahoo.com; advocacycollective@yahoo.com;
>>> Easter.W@parl.gc.ca; Comartin.J@parl.gc.ca; cityadmin@fredericton.ca;
>>> info@gg.ca; bmosher@mosherchedore.ca; rchedore@mosherchedore.ca;
>>> police@fredericton.ca; chebert@thestar.ca; Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca;
>>> Stronach.B@parl.gc.ca; Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca; alltrue@nl.rogers.com;
>>> Harper.S@parl.gc.ca; Layton.J@parl.gc.ca; Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca;
>>> Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:37:04 PM
>>> Subject: I promised one of the Fat Fred City cop Randy Reilly that I
>>> would try to make him famous
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=davidraymondamos&search=Search
>>>
>>> A man is only as good as his word EH? To bad priests, bankers,
>>> politicians, lawyers and cops can't claim the same N'est Pas
>>>
>>> http://actionlyme.org/FBI_WIRETAPE_TAPES.htm
>>>
>>> FEDERAL EXPRESS February 7, 2006
>>>
>>> Senator Arlen Specter
>>> United States Senate
>>> Committee on the Judiciary
>>> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
>>> Washington, DC 20510
>>>
>>> Dear Mr. Specter:
>>>
>>> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
>>> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
>>> raised in the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that
>>> these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in
>>> contact with you about this previously.
>>>
>>> Very truly yours,
>>> Barry A. Bachrach
>>> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
>>> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
>>> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.com/.
>>>
>>> Paulette Delaney-Smith Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>>> David,
>>>
>>> I received your voice mail, I have been transferred to another unit
>>> and I am unaware of who is dealing with your complaints at this time.
>>>
>>> Paulette Delaney-Smith, Cpl.
>>> RCMPolice "J" DIvision HQ
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://gypsy-blog.blogspot.com/2008/03/media-restrains-itself-inexplicably.html
>>>
>>> Threat against Burke taken seriously
>>>
>>> By STEPHEN LLEWELLYN
>>> dgleg@nb.aibn.com
>>> Published Thursday May 24th, 2007
>>> Appeared on page A1
>>> An RCMP security detail has been guarding Justice Minister and
>>> Attorney General T.J. Burke because of threats made against him
>>> recently.
>>>
>>> Burke, the Liberal MLA for Fredericton-Fort Nashwaaksis, wouldn't
>>> explain the nature of the threats.
>>>
>>> "I have had a particular individual or individuals who have made
>>> specific overtures about causing harm towards me," he told reporters
>>> Wednesday.
>>>
>>> "The RCMP has provided security to me recently by accompanying me to a
>>> couple of public functions where the individual is known to reside or
>>> have family members in the area," said Burke. "It is nice to have
>>> some
>>> added protection and that added comfort."
>>>
>>> The RCMP provides protection to the premier and MLAs with its VIP
>>> security
>>> unit.
>>>
>>> Burke didn't say when the threat was made but it's believed to have
>>> been in recent weeks.
>>>
>>> "When a threat is posed to you and it is a credible threat, you have
>>> to be cautious about where you go and who you are around," he said.
>>> "But again, I am more concerned about my family as opposed to my own
>>> personal safety."
>>>
>>> Burke said he doesn't feel any differently and he has not changed his
>>> pattern of activity.
>>>
>>> "It doesn't bother me one bit," he said. "It makes my wife
>>> feel awful nervous."
>>>
>>> Burke served in an elite American military unit before becoming a
>>> lawyer and going into politics in New Brunswick.
>>>
>>> "(I) have taken my own precautions and what I have to do to ensure my
>>> family's safety," he said. "I am a very cautious person in
>>> general due
>>> to my background and training.
>>>
>>> "I am comfortable with defending myself or my family if it ever had to
>>> happen."
>>>
>>> Burke said it is not uncommon for politicians to have security concerns.
>>>
>>> "We do live unfortunately in an age and in a society now where threats
>>> have to be taken pretty seriously," he said.
>>>
>>> Since the terrorism attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001,
>>> security in New Brunswick has been
>>> beefed up.
>>>
>>> Metal detectors were recently installed in the legislature and all
>>> visitors are screened.
>>>
>>> The position of attorney general is often referred to as the
>>> province's "top cop."
>>>
>>> Burke said sometimes people do not differentiate between his role as
>>> the manager of the justice system and the individual who actually
>>> prosecutes them.
>>>
>>> "With the job sometimes comes threats," he said. "I have had
>>> numerous
>>> threats since Day 1 in office."
>>>
>>> Burke said he hopes his First Nations heritage has nothing to do with
>>> it.
>>>
>>> "I think it is more of an issue where people get fixated on a matter
>>> and they believe you are personally responsible for assigning them
>>> their punishment or their sanction," he said.
>>>
>>> Is the threat from someone who was recently incarcerated?
>>>
>>> "I probably shouldn't answer that," he replied.
>>>
>>> Reporters asked when the threat would be over.
>>>
>>> "I don't think a threat ever passes once it has been made," said
>>> Burke. "You have to consider the credibility of the source."
>>>
>>> Bruce Fitch, former justice minister in the Conservative government,
>>> said "every now and again there would be e-mails that were not
>>> complimentary."
>>>
>>> "I did have a meeting with the RCMP who are in charge of the security
>>> of the MLAs and ministers," said Fitch.
>>>
>>> "They look at each and every situation."
>>>
>>> Fitch said he never had bodyguards assigned to him although former
>>> premier Bernard Lord and former health minister Elvy Robichaud did
>>> have extra security staff assigned on occasion.
>>>
>>> He said if any MLA felt threatened, he or she would discuss it with the
>>> RCMP.
>>
Concerned that our towns, cities, families and livelihoods are being
“utterly destroyed by governments of all parties,” Elizabeth decided to
run as an Independent MLA in the next provincial election.
brianwongmla@gmail.com; toryrushtonmla@gmail.com; Elizabeth. Smith <esmithmccrossin@gmail.com>; Tim Houston. <tim.houston@mail.com>.
1 From: Hebb, Gordon Sent: April 14, 2022 2:21 PM To: Office of the Legislative Counsel Subject: FW: Financial Measures Act From: Stephen Boyce <waterfrontlaw@gmail.com> Sent: April 14, 2022 2:12 PM To: Hebb, Gordon <Gordon.Hebb@novascotia.ca>; brianwongmla@gmail.com; toryrushtonmla@gmail.com; Elizabeth Smith <esmithmccrossin@gmail.com>; Tim Houston <tim.houston@mail.com> Subject: Financial Measures Act ** EXTERNAL EMAIL / COURRIEL EXTERNE ** Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking on links / Faites preuve de prudence si vous ouvrez une pièce jointe ou cliquez sur un lien Dear Mr. Hebb I am writing with respect to the Financial Measures Act. My wife and I live in Fall River. We have four adult children, all of whom have had to leave their home province of Nova Scotia to find employment. We own two seasonal cottages in Parrsboro. One is the "family" cottage, which has been in the family for close to 50 years. The other is a cottage that we purchased about 7 years ago for our children to use when they come home in the summer. At the time none of our children were in the position to purchase a cottage in their home province. Recently we were discussing "selling" one or more of the cottage properties to our children. To say the non‐resident property tax proposed in the Act has altered our plans would be insufficient. It has completely removed the possibility of our children purchasing the cottages from us as the burden created by the proposed non‐resident tax is overwhelming and unfair. Nova Scotia has issues with affordable housing which I suspect this bill is trying to address. We could debate the effectiveness of this act in solving the issue of affordable housing for Nova Scotians or even if non Nova Scotian ownership of homes in Nova Scotia has any impact on Nova Scotia housing prices. What is irrefutable is that there is no rational connection between putting an extra tax on seasonal cottage properties for non Nova Scotians and the goal of reducing the shortage of full time, affordable housing in the Province. It will amount to nothing more than an unfair tax on seasonal cottage owners that don't live full time in the province. I would submit that the proposed Act is flawed, not well thought out and should be amended. I will leave the amendments to those that are given the task of preparing and approving legislation. In any event it is illogical to tax non resident cottage owners in an effort to create more long term affordable, year round housing for Nova Scotians. If this proposed legislation proceeds without amendments it will undoubtedly have a devastating effect on rural areas of Nova Scotia and Nova Scotians living outside of the Province for employment reasons. Best regards ‐‐ Stephen R Boyce Waterfront Law 101‐647 Bedford Highway Halifax, Nova Scotia B3M 0A5 Tel: 902‐880‐4431 Fax: 902‐832‐5557
KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – Last night I received a letter from lawyer Stephen R. Boyce, telling the Nova Scotia Advocate to take down a recent story we published, written by Stacey Rudderham.
That story described several
conversations she had with Dan McNaughton, the PC candidate in her
riding, during which he allegedly addressed indigenous issues.
Last night’s letter calls these
observations unsubstantiated, outrageous, and false. McNaughton had a
long and distinguished career in the RCMP and he has a sister who is
indigenous, the letter argues.
“Our position is that you remove the
offending article from your publication immediately. Failure to do so
will leave Mr. McNaughton no alternative but to pursue all available
remedies at law to rectify this attack against his character,” writes
Boyce.
This morning we talked to a lawyer
who kindly volunteered his advice, and he suggested it would be a long
and difficult path to fight such legal action if it materialized.
The Nova Scotia Advocate is a tiny
(but mighty) website, it focuses on social justice issues and doesn’t
make any money off it. What else could we do but take the post down?
I’m not happy about what happened,
and I blame myself for being unprepared and leaving Stacey so exposed.
But it is what it is, as they say. I have learned a thing or two about
how to be better prepared the next time something like this happens. As
it will.
Oh, and by the way, I am told that several news organizations are now looking into the allegations. Stay tuned.
If you can, please support
the Nova Scotia Advocate so that it can continue to cover issues such
as poverty, racism, exclusion, workers’ rights and the environment in
Nova Scotia. A pay wall is not an option since it would exclude many
readers who don’t have any disposable income at all. We rely entirely on
one-time donations and a tiny but mighty group of kindhearted monthly
sustainers.
With great sadness, the Nova Scotia Advocate is announcing the
sudden passing of Robert Devet, owner, publisher, head writer and editor
on Monday September 27, 2021 in Annapolis Royal. For over five years,
the Advocate was Robert’s passion and reflected his vision of providing a
voice to the many Nova Scotians who were too often ignored.
We
are a non profit society whose sole purpose is to help communities
province wide find and elect independent candidates of their choosing in
the next provincial election. The system is broken. The Party is over. Learn more at https://independentns.net- sign up for our info feed and get involved. Together we can give power back to the voter.
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Only members can see who's in the group and what they post.
Simply Blue Group presented their proposal to St Mary’s Council on October 16, as reported by the Guysborough Journal on October 23.
Simply Blue Group is also purchasing 700,000 tons of biomass for their project. As per CBC September 13, Ray Plourde, senior wilderness co-ordinator with the Ecology Action Centre, took issue with Simply Blue's plans for biomass.
"The whole idea of burning our forests as a climate solution is insane."
"The volumes that they're talking about … 700,000 tonnes a year, is on par with a medium-sized pulp mill in terms of consumptive capacity. I don't think our forests and our biodiversity, our wildlife, can take that kind of industrial use."
It
looks like Tim might call an election this week. It's in the rumor
mill. If he does he will be breaking the first bill he put in place.
FIXED ELECTION DATE. ONe term Timmy can't be trusted. It is embarrassing
that we have to fight so hard against the
ones that should work for us. I am preparing my paperwork to run as an
Independent in the coming Election. The people need someone who will
stand and not back down to the tyrants at the Top. I have been
volunteering with a Group that is trying to get Independents elected
across the province. We are looking to support groups that are aware of
the footprint and damage that these turbine are causing, never mind the
mess they leave behind when life expendency is up. 20 years roughly. .
There is so many more community orientated ways that we can use to be
efficient. Please check out Independent Nova Scotia Initiative . Many Individuals are looking for a group like this to support. Please advertise in our group. Many like minded individuals.
Cynthia Joan Morrison
where are you located? We Have a large IndependentNSInitiative
happening. Its a massive shift within the political system. GRASSROOTS
movement only 10 months old. We have Doctors and Lawyers, professionals
from all walks that are
done with the Party system. I think we have NDP here already. I like
the grassroots work that is happening, we have a group tackling the Bill
419, clause 110 health care privacy within the finance bill. We have a
group tackling the Elections NS for violations. I just help stop an
amalgamation. I wish the parties to do their best, but Independents are
going to start taking the system back to the people. I like that we can
work together, then we all have own issues that Independent can work
locally on. I would suggest moving to the Independent side as we are
going to be a force, that no party can control. The people need real
representation and an Independent can be held to that.
I
also am running as an Independent Guysborough-Tracadie if I can get on
the ballot. We are having a time with the Auditor requirement and headed
to the court Tomorrow. I will be spending the next few days calling
Auditors instead of Campaigning. I have a short window and pressure is on. We have over 30 Independents trying to get listed on the ballot for the Election.
People are starting to get the picture of Tim Houston’s vision for N.S. the electrical generation hub of North America.
---------- Original message --------- From: David Amos<david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 5:43 PM Subject: Fwd: Fearless ~ Stand in Your Truth and the use of NDAs in cases of Sexual Assault (Case Ref: ES3077) To: <hello@independentns.net>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin MLA <mla@esmithmccrossinmla.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:47:12 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Fearless ~ Stand in Your Truth and the use of NDAs in cases
of Sexual Assault (Case Ref: ES3077)
To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com
Dear David Amos
Fearless: Stand In Your Truth Event – December 6
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 1st, 2023 AMHERST, NS –
In recognition of the National Day of Remembrance and Action On
Violence Against Women, Cumberland North MLA Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin
has organized an event intended to support survivors of sexual assault
and family violence. Fearless: Stand In Your Truth will be held on
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at Christ Church, 5 Lawrence Street, from
6:30 to 8:30 pm.
“Fearless takes a sobering look at gender-based and family
violence by providing a forum for sharing and discussion while, more
importantly, looking for ways to empower and encourage positive
change,” said Smith-McCrossin. “Last year’s Fearless
event was very powerful and we want to once again give an opportunity
for those who choose to share their own experiences to do so and also
provide a safe space for reflection and encouragement.
” As part of the evening’s program, special recognition
will be made of the dedicated teams at Autumn House, Maggie’s
Place and the Zonta Club who work with women, men and their families
who have experienced intimate partner violence. “We want these
folks to know how grateful our community is for everything they do.
” Those attending are also welcome to the new-to-you clothing,
jewelry, purses, etc. (including items for children) as part of
“Kait’s Sharing Closet”. Following the
presentations, everyone will have the opportunity to browse the items
(at no cost) and find something new to brighten their wardrobe. Anyone
who would like to donate items is welcome to do so by contacting the
MLA’s Office at 902-661-2288 or by dropping them off to 5
Ratchford Street.
NDA’s – Non-Disclosure Acts should not be used in cases of
Sexual Assualt
Bills on this topic have been tabled in the NS Legislature by Claudia
Chender, leader of the NDP and myself and debated by all opposition
members. The current government is refusing to ban the use of NDAs in
cases of sexual assault. In the Legislature's spring session,
they even tabled a motion to remove me as MLA for Cumberland North
from the Legislature after debating the use of NDAs in cases of sexual
assault. This motion (no.598) to undemocratically remove me continues
to sit on the order paper. I believe it is unconstitutional and am
challenging this in court. A court hearing is scheduled for Thursday,
December 7th, at 9:30 am in the Amherst court.
Sexual assault is wrong. If we are to make changes, a light must be
shone on this issue of misuse of NDAs. We must stop the culture of
silencing victims and empowering perpetrators.
This past week Erin Casey and Wendy Carroll spoke to a closed
session of the UPEI board of governors. Erin Casey read a prepared
statement about the women's experiences since making allegations
of sexual harassment against former UPEI president Alaa Abd-El-Aziz in
2012. For more information:
I was pleased to see the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour come out in
support of banning the use of NDAs in cases of sexual assault this
week. For more info please go to this link:
When the person causing abuse (sexual or in any other form of abuse)
is in a position of power, as they often are, it can seem like an
impossible situation.
We must never lose sight of doing what is right.
We must never be complicit and turn the other way when we know a wrong
is being committed.
Let each of us Stand Fearless in the face of abuse and never stop
working to end it, in all of its forms.
Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin MBA, BScN
Cumberland North MLA
My working day may not be your working day.
Please do not feel obliged to reply to this email outside of your
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---------- Original message --------- From: Chris Smith<atlanticundergroundpodcast@hotmail.com> Date: Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 6:34 AM Subject: Re: RE The Truth Movement has become a sea of LIES To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>, hello@independentns.net <hello@independentns.net>
---------- Original message --------- From: David Amos<david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 3:41 PM Subject: RE The Truth Movement has become a sea of LIES To: <Atlanticundergroundpodcast@hotmail.com>, <hello@independentns.net>
The Truth Movement has become a sea of LIES
Truth Warrior
1.01K subscribers
393 views Jul 15, 2023 The Truth movement has become infiltrated by
many videos and stories that are unfounded and lack the evidence to
back and in an underlying whisper many good people are sharing this
information thinking that they are helping others when in fact the
opposite is happening. We are being played and the clarity of what we
absorb is key as we move forward in the world’s greatest deception. We
have to remain vigilant and call out the bullshit when we see it and
as we say Believe Nothing and Question Everything
Houston and Strangs Conspiracy to Kidnap with Paul Westhaver
Truth Warrior
1.01K subscribers
279 views Jul 28, 2023 You will not believe how corrupt Nova Scotia
Premier and the Chief Medical Officer actually are. We discuss the
ongoing trial of 2 innocent people singled out because they were
exposing the wrongdoings of the Premier and Chief medical officer.
Through Government files and freedom of information requests, we talk
with Paul Westhaver who has been called as a key witness about what is
really going on in this Canadian Province and how it should be an
example to everyone on how we have the wrong people in high places of
authority and how they abuse this
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@davidamos7114
Hmmm
@_KarlS
\ \ \ Jeremy is a warrior and he is in fact helping people by speaking
the truth and calling out lies. He's not special - he has more
determination than most ever will.
Morgan May (Queen of Diagolon fymm)
May be an image of 1 person
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l get in trouble frequently for calling out Zionists and asking
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Went to Grand Manan Community School
Lives in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
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The Coutts 4 and Those Protecting Them
Kyle Cardinal, The Truth Matters
22 subscribers
Dec 6, 2023
The Coutts 4, their Families, Margeret Granny Mackay and Friends of
the Families are under attack from Jason Lavigne, Donald Best, Jeremy
Mackenzie and Morgan May and their Internet Trolls. Divide and Conquer
tactics as well as media manipulation seems to be their weapon of
choice, similar to tactics our government partakes in. Claiming to
just be lowely ol " Podcasters", I believe a question or 2 need to be
raised as to where their allegiances lie. The following presentation
gives irrefutable evidence to their guilt. I've packed 3 months of
documents collected into an hour and 27 minutes so that all of you can
get caught up to speed. The events that are taking place surrounding
the Coutts 4 right now, will affect each and everyone of us in the
future. Please take the time to watch. These 4 videos are referenced:
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@AirmanRugby6
There’s only one side willing to speak to the other, and that other
side is demanding Blind Faith. This man has done nothing but add to
the defend. He is a coward incapable of speaking to those he disagrees
with, I know because I’m blocked by him on Facebook and I never even
talked to him before.
@davidamos7114
@AirmanRugby6 They are all playing silly games for no reason I will
ever understand
@SharonSharky
Thank you so much! I've followed Granny since she was having weiner
roasts and seen the day she started pouring her heart into helping
these falsely accused men. Thank you for exposing the snakes in the
grass. I haven't been aware of the horrible actions against Granny
until I seen you expose it. Again, Many Thanks!! My heart goes out to
all!
@TheSherahprincess
Thank-you.
@MorganGuptill
Very biased, one-sided coverage of this evolving situation. The truth
simply cannot matter to you if you aren’t interested in dialogue. This
is poor journalism and character assassinations towards Jeremy. You
refuse to correct the lies in the video in regards to Kaylene’s
accounting and proved that there weren’t always double checks being
done on cash donations, thus the distrust some citizens have with the
original fundraising efforts.
@davidamos7114
Shame on you
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@AirmanRugby6
@davidamos7114 No, shame on you!
@davidamos7114
@AirmanRugby6 What Planet is Aaron Taylor from?
Peter Mac Isaac
---------- Original message --------- From: David Amos<david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> Date: Wed, May 1, 2024 at 10:43 AM Subject: Fwd: Peter Mac Isaac To:
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of the Premier <scott.moe@gov.sk.ca>, premier
<premier@ontario.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, premier
<premier@leg.gov.mb.ca>, premier <premier@gov.pe.ca>,
premier <premier@gov.bc.ca>, premier <premier@gov.nt.ca>,
JUSTMIN <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>,
rob.moore <rob.moore@parl.gc.ca>, Robert. Jones
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<prmibullrun@gmail.com>, <El.Jones@msvu.ca>, tim
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Peter Mac Isaac <prmibullrun@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 21:42:20 -0300
Subject: Re: RE The "Strike back: Demand an inquiry Event." Methinks
it interesting that Martha Paynter is supported by the Pierre Elliott
Trudeau Foundation N'esy Pas?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
A lot of info to chew on - every now and then we win one - Today we
won a partial victory when the provincial liberals threw the federal
liberals under the bus forcing their hand . Now the spin will be to
get a judge they can control.
> On Jul 28, 2020, at 6:48 PM, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> BTW I inserted a lot more info in this blog
>
> https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/07/independent-panel-slap-in-face-says.html
>
>
> https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/protesters-decry-shocking-and-paternalistic-decision-to-hold-review-not-inquiry-into-nova-scotia-mass-shooting/
>
>
> Protesters decry ‘shocking and paternalistic’ decision to hold review,
> not inquiry into Nova Scotia mass shooting
> July 27, 2020 By Yvette d'Entremont
>
> Gathered at Victoria Park in Halifax at noon Monday for a general
> strike intended to draw attention to demands for a public inquiry into
> the Nova Scotia mass killing.
>
> The event was slated to run from noon to 12:22, a 22-minute strike to
> pay homage to the 22 people whose lives were taken during the weekend
> of April 18-19.
>
> “This is something that all sectors of society have asked for,” Martha
> Paynter, founder and coordinator of Women’s Wellness Within, told
> reporters before the event started.
>
> Her organization works for reproductive justice, prison abolition and
> health equity. It was one of several feminist community activist and
> advocacy groups behind Monday’s ‘Strike back: Demand an inquiry’
> event."
>
>
>
> https://marthapaynter.ca/
>
>
> ‘Strike back: Demand an inquiry’ event." is a registered nurse
> providing abortion and postpartum care. She is a Doctoral Candidate in
> Nursing at Dalhousie University. She is the founder and coordinator of
> Women’s Wellness Within, a non-profit organization supporting
> criminalized women and transgender/nonbinary individuals in the
> perinatal period in carceral institutions and the community. She works
> to advance reproductive justice through advocacy, collaboration and
> nursing scholarship.
>
> For her nursing advocacy and research, Martha has received numerous
> awards including the 2018 Rising Star Award from the Canadian
> Association of Perinatal and Women’s Health Nurses, the 2018 Health
> Advocacy Award from the Council of the College of Registered Nurses of
> Nova Scotia, the 2018 3M National Student Fellowship, and in 2017, the
> Senate of Canada Sesquicentennial Medal for volunteer service to the
> country.
>
> Martha’s doctoral research is supported by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau
> Foundation, CIHR Banting-Best Canadian Doctoral Scholarship, the
> Killam Predoctoral Scholarship, the Canadian Nurses Foundation,
> Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre"
>
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 11:29:02 -0400
> Subject: Attn El Jones I just called and left a message saying Iiked your style
> To: El.Jones@msvu.ca, tim@halifaxexaminer.ca, "steve.murphy"
> <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>
> Cc: "David.Raymond.Amos" <David.Raymond.Amos@gmail.com>
>
> https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/prisons-refugees-cats/#3.%20Fight%20me%20over%20cat%20names
>
> Prisons, Refugees, Cats
>
> August 5, 2018 By El Jones
>
> Martha Paynter was driving through New Brunswick this weekend and
> texted me that she saw a billboard for the Airbnb in the old
> Dorchester Jail.
>
> Among the attractions listed on the website are that it was the site
> of the last double hanging in New Brunswick (more on that in a
> moment), with a highlight being that guests can stay in the former
> cells.
>
> tim@halifaxexaminer.ca
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayro4wYzckg&t=64s
>
> El Jones - Judges
> 1,107 views
> el jones
> Published on May 25, 2016
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7y0IkmSVTc
>
> Canada is So Polite - El Jones
> 2,895 views
> Janice Jo Lee
> Published on Jan 25, 2018
>
>
>
> https://www.msvu.ca/en/home/aboutus/news/ElJonesNamedNancysChair.aspx
>
> El Jones appointed Nancy’s Chair in Women’s Studies at the Mount
>
>
> El’s office is located in the McCain Centre (room 208B). She can be
> reached at El.Jones@msvu.ca or 902-457-6257.
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Kevin Leahy <kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:38:43 -0400
> Subject: Re: RE The call from the Boston cop Robert Ridge (857 259
> 9083) on behalf of the VERY corrupt Yankee DA Rachael Rollins
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> French will follow
>
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: Premier of Ontario | Premier ministre de l’Ontario <Premier@ontario.ca>
> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 16:38:41 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: RE The call from the Boston cop Robert Ridge
> (857 259 9083) on behalf of the VERY corrupt Yankee DA Rachael Rollins
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 11:55:57 -0400
> Subject: Re the CBA, the RCMP, Federal Court File # T-1557-15 and the
> Hearing before the Federal Court of Appeal on May 24th 2017
> To: ray.adlington@mcinnescooper.com, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>,
> "bob.paulson" <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "hon.ralph.goodale"
> <hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, "Jody.Wilson-Raybould"
> <Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca>, "bill.pentney"
> <bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, "jan.jensen" <jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, Mordaith
> <Mordaith@gmail.com>, "leanne.murray"
> <leanne.murray@mcinnescooper.com>, gopublic <gopublic@cbc.ca>,
> "Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "nick.moore"
> <nick.moore@bellmedia.ca>, "jeremy.keefe"
> <jeremy.keefe@globalnews.ca>, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
> "Gilles.Blinn" <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"
> <Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>, sallybrooks25 <sallybrooks25@yahoo.ca>,
> oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, jbosnitch
> <jbosnitch@gmail.com>, "serge.rousselle" <serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>,
> premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "brian.gallant" <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>,
> "Larry.Tremblay" <Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "luc.labonte"
> <luc.labonte@gnb.ca>
>
> As I told the RCMP who called me last month the proper time and place
> to discuss the CBA and your former partner Judge Richard Bell is the
> Federal Court of Canada
>
> Raymond G. Adlington Partner
> McInnes Cooper
> 1300-1969 Upper Water St., Purdy's Wharf Tower II PO Box 730, Stn. Central
> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2V1
> Phone: (902) 444-8470
> Fax: (902) 425-6350
> E: ray.adlington@mcinnescooper.com
>
> http://www.mcinnescooper.com/news/ray-adlington-named-to-cba-board-of-directors/
>
> Ray Adlington named to CBA Board of Directors
>
> May 2, 2017
>
> Halifax partner Ray Adlington was recently named to the CBA Board of Directors.
>
> In their announcement yesterday the CBA advised that the board would
> come into effect September 1st, 2017.
>
> After collecting extensive input over the past two years, we know
> that CBA members believe it’s important for the organization to have a
> Board of Directors that reflects the diversity of the legal
> profession, including a mix of practice types, experience, skills,
> geography and more.
> Our new Board of Directors exemplifies this principle.
>
> The board is composed from one member from each province as well as
> the CBA President.
>
> Congratulations Ray on this well deserved appointment.
>
>
>
>
>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:15:59 -0400
>> Subject: Hey Ralph Goodale perhaps you and the RCMP should call the
>> Yankees Governor Charlie Baker, his lawyer Bob Ross, Rachael Rollins
>> and this cop Robert Ridge (857 259 9083) ASAP EH Mr Primme Minister
>> Trudeau the Younger and Donald Trump Jr?
>> To: pm@pm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
>> Ian.Shugart@pco-bcp.gc.ca, djtjr@trumporg.com,
>> Donald.J.Trump@donaldtrump.com, JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca,
>> Frank.McKenna@td.com, barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>> Douglas.Johnson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, sandra.lofaro@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>> washington.field@ic.fbi.gov, Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>> gov.press@state.ma.us, bob.ross@state.ma.us, jfurey@nbpower.com,
>> jfetzer@d.umn.edu, Newsroom@globeandmail.com, sfine@globeandmail.com,
>> .Poitras@cbc.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca, David.Akin@globalnews.ca,
>> Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, news@kingscorecord.com,
>> news@dailygleaner.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com, jbosnitch@gmail.com,
>> andre@jafaust.com>
>> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com, DJT@trumporg.com
>> wharrison@nbpower.com, David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca,
>> Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca, hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca
>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: "Murray, Charles (Ombud)" <Charles.Murray@gnb.ca>
>>> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:16:15 +0000
>>> Subject: You wished to speak with me
>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> I have the advantage, sir, of having read many of your emails over the
>>> years.
>>>
>>>
>>> As such, I do not think a phone conversation between us, and
>>> specifically one which you might mistakenly assume was in response to
>>> your threat of legal action against me, is likely to prove a
>>> productive use of either of our time.
>>>
>>>
>>> If there is some specific matter about which you wish to communicate
>>> with me, feel free to email me with the full details and it will be
>>> given due consideration.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>>
>>> Charles Murray
>>>
>>> Ombud NB
>>>
>>> Acting Integrity Commissioner
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: Justice Website <JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca>
>>>> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:21:11 +0000
>>>> Subject: Emails to Department of Justice and Province of Nova Scotia
>>>> To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> Mr. Amos,
>>>> We acknowledge receipt of your recent emails to the Deputy Minister of
>>>> Justice and lawyers within the Legal Services Division of the
>>>> Department of Justice respecting a possible claim against the Province
>>>> of Nova Scotia. Service of any documents respecting a legal claim
>>>> against the Province of Nova Scotia may be served on the Attorney
>>>> General at 1690 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS. Please note that we will
>>>> not be responding to further emails on this matter.
>>>>
>>>> Department of Justice
>>>>
>>>> On 8/3/17, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If want something very serious to download and laugh at as well Please
>>>>> Enjoy and share real wiretap tapes of the mob
>>>>>
>>>>> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-greenwald-and-braz
>>>>> ilian.html
>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/09/nsa-leak-guardian.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As the CBC etc yap about Yankee wiretaps and whistleblowers I must
>>>>>> ask them the obvious question AIN'T THEY FORGETTING SOMETHING????
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugUalUO8YY
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What the hell does the media think my Yankee lawyer served upon the
>>>>>> USDOJ right after I ran for and seat in the 39th Parliament baseball
>>>>>> cards?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://archive.org/details/ITriedToExplainItToAllMaritimersInEarly200
>>>>>> 6
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/2006/05/wiretap-tapes-impeach-bush.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.archive.org/details/PoliceSurveilanceWiretapTape139
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://archive.org/details/Part1WiretapTape143
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
>>>>>> Senator Arlen Specter
>>>>>> United States Senate
>>>>>> Committee on the Judiciary
>>>>>> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
>>>>>> Washington, DC 20510
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Mr. Specter:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
>>>>>> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
>>>>>> raised in the attached letter.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mr. Amos has represented to me that these are illegal FBI wire tap
>>>>>> tapes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you about this previously.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Very truly yours,
>>>>>> Barry A. Bachrach
>>>>>> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
>>>>>> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
>>>>>> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
>>>>> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:32:09 -0400
>>>>> Subject: Attn Integrity Commissioner Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>>>>> To: coi@gnb.ca
>>>>> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Good Day Sir
>>>>>
>>>>> After I heard you speak on CBC I called your office again and managed
>>>>> to speak to one of your staff for the first time
>>>>>
>>>>> Please find attached the documents I promised to send to the lady who
>>>>> answered the phone this morning. Please notice that not after the Sgt
>>>>> at Arms took the documents destined to your office his pal Tanker
>>>>> Malley barred me in writing with an "English" only document.
>>>>>
>>>>> These are the hearings and the dockets in Federal Court that I
>>>>> suggested that you study closely.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the docket in Federal Court
>>>>>
>>>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
>>>>>
>>>>> These are digital recordings of the last three hearings
>>>>>
>>>>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/BahHumbug
>>>>>
>>>>> January 11th, 2016 https://archive.org/details/Jan11th2015
>>>>>
>>>>> April 3rd, 2017
>>>>>
>>>>> https://archive.org/details/April32017JusticeLeblancHearing
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the docket in the Federal Court of Appeal
>>>>>
>>>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The only hearing thus far
>>>>>
>>>>> May 24th, 2017
>>>>>
>>>>> https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This Judge understnds the meaning of the word Integrity
>>>>>
>>>>> Date: 20151223
>>>>>
>>>>> Docket: T-1557-15
>>>>>
>>>>> Fredericton, New Brunswick, December 23, 2015
>>>>>
>>>>> PRESENT: The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell
>>>>>
>>>>> BETWEEN:
>>>>>
>>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>>>>>
>>>>> Plaintiff
>>>>>
>>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>>>>
>>>>> Defendant
>>>>>
>>>>> ORDER
>>>>>
>>>>> (Delivered orally from the Bench in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on
>>>>> December 14, 2015)
>>>>>
>>>>> The Plaintiff seeks an appeal de novo, by way of motion pursuant to
>>>>> the Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106), from an Order made on November
>>>>> 12, 2015, in which Prothonotary Morneau struck the Statement of Claim
>>>>> in its entirety.
>>>>>
>>>>> At the outset of the hearing, the Plaintiff brought to my attention a
>>>>> letter dated September 10, 2004, which he sent to me, in my then
>>>>> capacity as Past President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian
>>>>> Bar Association, and the then President of the Branch, Kathleen Quigg,
>>>>> (now a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal). In that letter
>>>>> he stated:
>>>>>
>>>>> As for your past President, Mr. Bell, may I suggest that you check the
>>>>> work of Frank McKenna before I sue your entire law firm including you.
>>>>> You are your brother’s keeper.
>>>>>
>>>>> Frank McKenna is the former Premier of New Brunswick and a former
>>>>> colleague of mine at the law firm of McInnes Cooper. In addition to
>>>>> expressing an intention to sue me, the Plaintiff refers to a number of
>>>>> people in his Motion Record who he appears to contend may be witnesses
>>>>> or potential parties to be added. Those individuals who are known to
>>>>> me personally, include, but are not limited to the former Prime
>>>>> Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper; former
>>>>> Attorney General of Canada and now a Justice of the Manitoba Court of
>>>>> Queen’s Bench, Vic Toews; former member of Parliament Rob Moore;
>>>>> former Director of Policing Services, the late Grant Garneau; former
>>>>> Chief of the Fredericton Police Force, Barry McKnight; former Staff
>>>>> Sergeant Danny Copp; my former colleagues on the New Brunswick Court
>>>>> of Appeal, Justices Bradley V. Green and Kathleen Quigg, and, retired
>>>>> Assistant Commissioner Wayne Lang of the Royal Canadian Mounted
>>>>> Police.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the circumstances, given the threat in 2004 to sue me in my
>>>>> personal capacity and my past and present relationship with many
>>>>> potential witnesses and/or potential parties to the litigation, I am
>>>>> of the view there would be a reasonable apprehension of bias should I
>>>>> hear this motion. See Justice de Grandpré’s dissenting judgment in
>>>>> Committee for Justice and Liberty et al v National Energy Board et al,
>>>>> [1978] 1 SCR 369 at p 394 for the applicable test regarding
>>>>> allegations of bias. In the circumstances, although neither party has
>>>>> requested I recuse myself, I consider it appropriate that I do so.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> AS A RESULT OF MY RECUSAL, THIS COURT ORDERS that the Administrator of
>>>>> the Court schedule another date for the hearing of the motion. There
>>>>> is no order as to costs.
>>>>>
>>>>> “B. Richard Bell”
>>>>> Judge
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Below after the CBC article about your concerns (I made one comment
>>>>> already) you will find the text of just two of many emails I had sent
>>>>> to your office over the years since I first visited it in 2006.
>>>>>
>>>>> I noticed that on July 30, 2009, he was appointed to the the Court
>>>>> Martial Appeal Court of Canada Perhaps you should scroll to the
>>>>> bottom of this email ASAP and read the entire Paragraph 83 of my
>>>>> lawsuit now before the Federal Court of Canada?
>>>>>
>>>>> "FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the
>>>>> most
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Original message ----------
>>>>> From: justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca
>>>>> Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:18 PM
>>>>> Subject: Réponse automatique : RE My complaint against the CROWN in
>>>>> Federal Court Attn David Hansen and Peter MacKay If you planning to
>>>>> submit a motion for a publication ban on my complaint trust that you
>>>>> dudes are way past too late
>>>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Veuillez noter que j'ai changé de courriel. Vous pouvez me rejoindre à
>>>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Pour rejoindre le bureau de M. Trudeau veuillez envoyer un courriel à
>>>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>>>>>
>>>>> Please note that I changed email address, you can reach me at
>>>>> lalanthier@hotmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> To reach the office of Mr. Trudeau please send an email to
>>>>> tommy.desfosses@parl.gc.ca
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>
>>>>> Merci ,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 83. The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
>>>>> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
>>>>> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
>>>>> five years after he began his bragging:
>>>>>
>>>>> January 13, 2015
>>>>> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
>>>>>
>>>>> December 8, 2014
>>>>> Why Canada Stood Tall!
>>>>>
>>>>> Friday, October 3, 2014
>>>>> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
>>>>> Stupid Justin Trudeau
>>>>>
>>>>> Canada’s and Canadians free ride is over. Canada can no longer hide
>>>>> behind Amerka’s and NATO’s skirts.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I was still in Canadian Forces then Prime Minister Jean Chretien
>>>>> actually committed the Canadian Army to deploy in the second campaign
>>>>> in Iraq, the Coalition of the Willing. This was against or contrary to
>>>>> the wisdom or advice of those of us Canadian officers that were
>>>>> involved in the initial planning phases of that operation. There were
>>>>> significant concern in our planning cell, and NDHQ about of the dearth
>>>>> of concern for operational guidance, direction, and forces for
>>>>> operations after the initial occupation of Iraq. At the “last minute”
>>>>> Prime Minister Chretien and the Liberal government changed its mind.
>>>>> The Canadian government told our amerkan cousins that we would not
>>>>> deploy combat troops for the Iraq campaign, but would deploy a
>>>>> Canadian Battle Group to Afghanistan, enabling our amerkan cousins to
>>>>> redeploy troops from there to Iraq. The PMO’s thinking that it was
>>>>> less costly to deploy Canadian Forces to Afghanistan than Iraq. But
>>>>> alas no one seems to remind the Liberals of Prime Minister Chretien’s
>>>>> then grossly incorrect assumption. Notwithstanding Jean Chretien’s
>>>>> incompetence and stupidity, the Canadian Army was heroic,
>>>>> professional, punched well above it’s weight, and the PPCLI Battle
>>>>> Group, is credited with “saving Afghanistan” during the Panjway
>>>>> campaign of 2006.
>>>>>
>>>>> What Justin Trudeau and the Liberals don’t tell you now, is that then
>>>>> Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien committed, and deployed the
>>>>> Canadian army to Canada’s longest “war” without the advice, consent,
>>>>> support, or vote of the Canadian Parliament.
>>>>>
>>>>> What David Amos and the rest of the ignorant, uneducated, and babbling
>>>>> chattering classes are too addled to understand is the deployment of
>>>>> less than 75 special operations troops, and what is known by planners
>>>>> as a “six pac cell” of fighter aircraft is NOT the same as a
>>>>> deployment of a Battle Group, nor a “war” make.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Canadian Government or The Crown unlike our amerkan cousins have
>>>>> the “constitutional authority” to commit the Canadian nation to war.
>>>>> That has been recently clearly articulated to the Canadian public by
>>>>> constitutional scholar Phillippe Legasse. What Parliament can do is
>>>>> remove “confidence” in The Crown’s Government in a “vote of
>>>>> non-confidence.” That could not happen to the Chretien Government
>>>>> regarding deployment to Afghanistan, and it won’t happen in this
>>>>> instance with the conservative majority in The Commons regarding a
>>>>> limited Canadian deployment to the Middle East.
>>>>>
>>>>> President George Bush was quite correct after 911 and the terror
>>>>> attacks in New York; that the Taliban “occupied” and “failed state”
>>>>> Afghanistan was the source of logistical support, command and control,
>>>>> and training for the Al Quaeda war of terror against the world. The
>>>>> initial defeat, and removal from control of Afghanistan was vital and
>>>>>
>>>>> P.S. Whereas this CBC article is about your opinion of the actions of
>>>>> the latest Minister Of Health trust that Mr Boudreau and the CBC have
>>>>> had my files for many years and the last thing they are is ethical.
>>>>> Ask his friends Mr Murphy and the RCMP if you don't believe me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Subject:
>>>>> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
>>>>> From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
>>>>> To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>>>>
>>>>> January 30, 2007
>>>>>
>>>>> WITHOUT PREJUDICE
>>>>>
>>>>> Mr. David Amos
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Mr. Amos:
>>>>>
>>>>> This will acknowledge receipt of a copy of your e-mail of December 29,
>>>>> 2006 to Corporal Warren McBeath of the RCMP.
>>>>>
>>>>> Because of the nature of the allegations made in your message, I have
>>>>> taken the measure of forwarding a copy to Assistant Commissioner Steve
>>>>> Graham of the RCMP “J” Division in Fredericton.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>
>>>>> Honourable Michael B. Murphy
>>>>> Minister of Health
>>>>>
>>>>> CM/cb
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Warren McBeath warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:34:53 -0500
>>>>> From: "Warren McBeath" warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>>> To: kilgoursite@ca.inter.net, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
>>>>> nada.sarkis@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, dwatch@web.net,
>>>>> motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
>>>>> CC: ottawa@chuckstrahl.com, riding@chuckstrahl.com,John.Foran@gnb.ca,
>>>>> Oda.B@parl.gc.ca,"Bev BUSSON" bev.busson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
>>>>> "Paul Dube" PAUL.DUBE@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>>> Subject: Re: Remember me Kilgour? Landslide Annie McLellan has
>>>>> forgotten me but the crooks within the RCMP have not
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Mr. Amos,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your follow up e-mail to me today. I was on days off
>>>>> over the holidays and returned to work this evening. Rest assured I
>>>>> was not ignoring or procrastinating to respond to your concerns.
>>>>>
>>>>> As your attachment sent today refers from Premier Graham, our position
>>>>> is clear on your dead calf issue: Our forensic labs do not process
>>>>> testing on animals in cases such as yours, they are referred to the
>>>>> Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown who can provide these
>>>>> services. If you do not choose to utilize their expertise in this
>>>>> instance, then that is your decision and nothing more can be done.
>>>>>
>>>>> As for your other concerns regarding the US Government, false
>>>>> imprisonment and Federal Court Dates in the US, etc... it is clear
>>>>> that Federal authorities are aware of your concerns both in Canada
>>>>> the US. These issues do not fall into the purvue of Detachment
>>>>> and policing in Petitcodiac, NB.
>>>>>
>>>>> It was indeed an interesting and informative conversation we had on
>>>>> December 23rd, and I wish you well in all of your future endeavors.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>
>>>>> Warren McBeath, Cpl.
>>>>> GRC Caledonia RCMP
>>>>> Traffic Services NCO
>>>>> Ph: (506) 387-2222
>>>>> Fax: (506) 387-4622
>>>>> E-mail warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Alexandre Deschênes, Q.C.,
>>>>> Office of the Integrity Commissioner
>>>>> Edgecombe House, 736 King Street
>>>>> Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3B 5H1
>>>>> tel.: 506-457-7890
>>>>> fax: 506-444-5224
>>>>> e-mail:coi@gnb.ca
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>
>>>> http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/11/federal-court-of-appeal-finally-makes.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sunday, 19 November 2017
>>>> Federal Court of Appeal Finally Makes The BIG Decision And Publishes
>>>> It Now The Crooks Cannot Take Back Ticket To Try Put My Matter Before
>>>> The Supreme Court
>>>>
>>>> https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fca-caf/decisions/en/item/236679/index.do
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
>>>>
>>>> Amos v. Canada
>>>> Court (s) Database
>>>>
>>>> Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
>>>> Date
>>>>
>>>> 2017-10-30
>>>> Neutral citation
>>>>
>>>> 2017 FCA 213
>>>> File numbers
>>>>
>>>> A-48-16
>>>> Date: 20171030
>>>>
>>>> Docket: A-48-16
>>>> Citation: 2017 FCA 213
>>>> CORAM:
>>>>
>>>> WEBB J.A.
>>>> NEAR J.A.
>>>> GLEASON J.A.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> BETWEEN:
>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>>>> Respondent on the cross-appeal
>>>> (and formally Appellant)
>>>> and
>>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>>> Appellant on the cross-appeal
>>>> (and formerly Respondent)
>>>> Heard at Fredericton, New Brunswick, on May 24, 2017.
>>>> Judgment delivered at Ottawa, Ontario, on October 30, 2017.
>>>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:
>>>>
>>>> THE COURT
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Date: 20171030
>>>>
>>>> Docket: A-48-16
>>>> Citation: 2017 FCA 213
>>>> CORAM:
>>>>
>>>> WEBB J.A.
>>>> NEAR J.A.
>>>> GLEASON J.A.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> BETWEEN:
>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS
>>>> Respondent on the cross-appeal
>>>> (and formally Appellant)
>>>> and
>>>> HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>>> Appellant on the cross-appeal
>>>> (and formerly Respondent)
>>>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY THE COURT
>>>>
>>>> I. Introduction
>>>>
>>>> [1] On September 16, 2015, David Raymond Amos (Mr. Amos)
>>>> filed a 53-page Statement of Claim (the Claim) in Federal Court
>>>> against Her Majesty the Queen (the Crown). Mr. Amos claims $11 million
>>>> in damages and a public apology from the Prime Minister and Provincial
>>>> Premiers for being illegally barred from accessing parliamentary
>>>> properties and seeks a declaration from the Minister of Public Safety
>>>> that the Canadian Government will no longer allow the Royal Canadian
>>>> Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canadian Forces to harass him and his clan
>>>> (Claim at para. 96).
>>>>
>>>> [2] On November 12, 2015 (Docket T-1557-15), by way of a
>>>> motion brought by the Crown, a prothonotary of the Federal Court (the
>>>> Prothonotary) struck the Claim in its entirety, without leave to
>>>> amend, on the basis that it was plain and obvious that the Claim
>>>> disclosed no reasonable claim, the Claim was fundamentally vexatious,
>>>> and the Claim could not be salvaged by way of further amendment (the
>>>> Prothontary’s Order).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [3] On January 25, 2016 (2016 FC 93), by way of Mr.
>>>> Amos’ appeal from the Prothonotary’s Order, a judge of the Federal
>>>> Court (the Judge), reviewing the matter de novo, struck all of Mr.
>>>> Amos’ claims for relief with the exception of the claim for damages
>>>> for being barred by the RCMP from the New Brunswick legislature in
>>>> 2004 (the Federal Court Judgment).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [4] Mr. Amos appealed and the Crown cross-appealed the
>>>> Federal Court Judgment. Further to the issuance of a Notice of Status
>>>> Review, Mr. Amos’ appeal was dismissed for delay on December 19, 2016.
>>>> As such, the only matter before this Court is the Crown’s
>>>> cross-appeal.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> II. Preliminary Matter
>>>>
>>>> [5] Mr. Amos, in his memorandum of fact and law in
>>>> relation to the cross-appeal that was filed with this Court on March
>>>> 6, 2017, indicated that several judges of this Court, including two of
>>>> the judges of this panel, had a conflict of interest in this appeal.
>>>> This was the first time that he identified the judges whom he believed
>>>> had a conflict of interest in a document that was filed with this
>>>> Court. In his notice of appeal he had alluded to a conflict with
>>>> several judges but did not name those judges.
>>>>
>>>> [6] Mr. Amos was of the view that he did not have to
>>>> identify the judges in any document filed with this Court because he
>>>> had identified the judges in various documents that had been filed
>>>> with the Federal Court. In his view the Federal Court and the Federal
>>>> Court of Appeal are the same court and therefore any document filed in
>>>> the Federal Court would be filed in this Court. This view is based on
>>>> subsections 5(4) and 5.1(4) of the Federal Courts Act, R.S.C., 1985,
>>>> c. F-7:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 5(4) Every judge of the Federal Court is, by virtue of his or her
>>>> office, a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal and has all the
>>>> jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court of
>>>> Appeal.
>>>> […]
>>>>
>>>> 5(4) Les juges de la Cour fédérale sont d’office juges de la Cour
>>>> d’appel fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que
>>>> les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale.
>>>> […]
>>>> 5.1(4) Every judge of the Federal Court of Appeal is, by virtue of
>>>> that office, a judge of the Federal Court and has all the
>>>> jurisdiction, power and authority of a judge of the Federal Court.
>>>>
>>>> 5.1(4) Les juges de la Cour d’appel fédérale sont d’office juges de la
>>>> Cour fédérale et ont la même compétence et les mêmes pouvoirs que les
>>>> juges de la Cour fédérale.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [7] However, these subsections only provide that the
>>>> judges of the Federal Court are also judges of this Court (and vice
>>>> versa). It does not mean that there is only one court. If the Federal
>>>> Court and this Court were one Court, there would be no need for this
>>>> section.
>>>> [8] Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act provide
>>>> that:
>>>> 3 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
>>>> — Appeal Division is continued under the name “Federal Court of
>>>> Appeal” in English and “Cour d’appel fédérale” in French. It is
>>>> continued as an additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and
>>>> for Canada, for the better administration of the laws of Canada and as
>>>> a superior court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.
>>>>
>>>> 3 La Section d’appel, aussi appelée la Cour d’appel ou la Cour d’appel
>>>> fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée « Cour d’appel fédérale » en
>>>> français et « Federal Court of Appeal » en anglais. Elle est maintenue
>>>> à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et d’amirauté du
>>>> Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit canadien, et
>>>> continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant compétence en
>>>> matière civile et pénale.
>>>> 4 The division of the Federal Court of Canada called the Federal Court
>>>> — Trial Division is continued under the name “Federal Court” in
>>>> English and “Cour fédérale” in French. It is continued as an
>>>> additional court of law, equity and admiralty in and for Canada, for
>>>> the better administration of the laws of Canada and as a superior
>>>> court of record having civil and criminal jurisdiction.
>>>>
>>>> 4 La section de la Cour fédérale du Canada, appelée la Section de
>>>> première instance de la Cour fédérale, est maintenue et dénommée «
>>>> Cour fédérale » en français et « Federal Court » en anglais. Elle est
>>>> maintenue à titre de tribunal additionnel de droit, d’equity et
>>>> d’amirauté du Canada, propre à améliorer l’application du droit
>>>> canadien, et continue d’être une cour supérieure d’archives ayant
>>>> compétence en matière civile et pénale.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [9] Sections 3 and 4 of the Federal Courts Act create
>>>> two separate courts – this Court (section 3) and the Federal Court
>>>> (section 4). If, as Mr. Amos suggests, documents filed in the Federal
>>>> Court were automatically also filed in this Court, then there would no
>>>> need for the parties to prepare and file appeal books as required by
>>>> Rules 343 to 345 of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106 in relation
>>>> to any appeal from a decision of the Federal Court. The requirement to
>>>> file an appeal book with this Court in relation to an appeal from a
>>>> decision of the Federal Court makes it clear that the only documents
>>>> that will be before this Court are the documents that are part of that
>>>> appeal book.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [10] Therefore, the memorandum of fact and law filed on
>>>> March 6, 2017 is the first document, filed with this Court, in which
>>>> Mr. Amos identified the particular judges that he submits have a
>>>> conflict in any matter related to him.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [11] On April 3, 2017, Mr. Amos attempted to bring a motion
>>>> before the Federal Court seeking an order “affirming or denying the
>>>> conflict of interest he has” with a number of judges of the Federal
>>>> Court. A judge of the Federal Court issued a direction noting that if
>>>> Mr. Amos was seeking this order in relation to judges of the Federal
>>>> Court of Appeal, it was beyond the jurisdiction of the Federal Court.
>>>> Mr. Amos raised the Federal Court motion at the hearing of this
>>>> cross-appeal. The Federal Court motion is not a motion before this
>>>> Court and, as such, the submissions filed before the Federal Court
>>>> will not be entertained. As well, since this was a motion brought
>>>> before the Federal Court (and not this Court), any documents filed in
>>>> relation to that motion are not part of the record of this Court.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [12] During the hearing of the appeal Mr. Amos alleged that
>>>> the third member of this panel also had a conflict of interest and
>>>> submitted some documents that, in his view, supported his claim of a
>>>> conflict. Mr. Amos, following the hearing of his appeal, was also
>>>> afforded the opportunity to provide a brief summary of the conflict
>>>> that he was alleging and to file additional documents that, in his
>>>> view, supported his allegations. Mr. Amos submitted several pages of
>>>> documents in relation to the alleged conflicts. He organized the
>>>> documents by submitting a copy of the biography of the particular
>>>> judge and then, immediately following that biography, by including
>>>> copies of the documents that, in his view, supported his claim that
>>>> such judge had a conflict.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [13] The nature of the alleged conflict of Justice Webb is
>>>> that before he was appointed as a Judge of the Tax Court of Canada in
>>>> 2006, he was a partner with the law firm Patterson Law, and before
>>>> that with Patterson Palmer in Nova Scotia. Mr. Amos submitted that he
>>>> had a number of disputes with Patterson Palmer and Patterson Law and
>>>> therefore Justice Webb has a conflict simply because he was a partner
>>>> of these firms. Mr. Amos is not alleging that Justice Webb was
>>>> personally involved in or had any knowledge of any matter in which Mr.
>>>> Amos was involved with Justice Webb’s former law firm – only that he
>>>> was a member of such firm.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [14] During his oral submissions at the hearing of his
>>>> appeal Mr. Amos, in relation to the alleged conflict for Justice Webb,
>>>> focused on dealings between himself and a particular lawyer at
>>>> Patterson Law. However, none of the documents submitted by Mr. Amos at
>>>> the hearing or subsequently related to any dealings with this
>>>> particular lawyer nor is it clear when Mr. Amos was dealing with this
>>>> lawyer. In particular, it is far from clear whether such dealings were
>>>> after the time that Justice Webb was appointed as a Judge of the Tax
>>>> Court of Canada over 10 years ago.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [15] The documents that he submitted in relation to the
>>>> alleged conflict for Justice Webb largely relate to dealings between
>>>> Byron Prior and the St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador office of
>>>> Patterson Palmer, which is not in the same province where Justice Webb
>>>> practiced law. The only document that indicates any dealing between
>>>> Mr. Amos and Patterson Palmer is a copy of an affidavit of Stephen May
>>>> who was a partner in the St. John’s NL office of Patterson Palmer. The
>>>> affidavit is dated January 24, 2005 and refers to a number of e-mails
>>>> that were sent by Mr. Amos to Stephen May. Mr. Amos also included a
>>>> letter that is addressed to four individuals, one of whom is John
>>>> Crosbie who was counsel to the St. John’s NL office of Patterson
>>>> Palmer. The letter is dated September 2, 2004 and is addressed to
>>>> “John Crosbie, c/o Greg G. Byrne, Suite 502, 570 Queen Street,
>>>> Fredericton, NB E3B 5E3”. In this letter Mr. Amos alludes to a
>>>> possible lawsuit against Patterson Palmer.
>>>> [16] Mr. Amos’ position is that simply because Justice Webb
>>>> was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer, he now has a conflict. In Wewaykum
>>>> Indian Band v. Her Majesty the Queen, 2003 SCC 45, [2003] 2 S.C.R.
>>>> 259, the Supreme Court of Canada noted that disqualification of a
>>>> judge is to be determined based on whether there is a reasonable
>>>> apprehension of bias:
>>>> 60 In Canadian law, one standard has now emerged as the
>>>> criterion for disqualification. The criterion, as expressed by de
>>>> Grandpré J. in Committee for Justice and Liberty v. National Energy
>>>> Board, …[[1978] 1 S.C.R. 369, 68 D.L.R. (3d) 716], at p. 394, is the
>>>> reasonable apprehension of bias:
>>>> … the apprehension of bias must be a reasonable one, held by
>>>> reasonable and right minded persons, applying themselves to the
>>>> question and obtaining thereon the required information. In the words
>>>> of the Court of Appeal, that test is "what would an informed person,
>>>> viewing the matter realistically and practically -- and having thought
>>>> the matter through -- conclude. Would he think that it is more likely
>>>> than not that [the decision-maker], whether consciously or
>>>> unconsciously, would not decide fairly."
>>>>
>>>> [17] The issue to be determined is whether an informed
>>>> person, viewing the matter realistically and practically, and having
>>>> thought the matter through, would conclude that Mr. Amos’ allegations
>>>> give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias. As this Court has
>>>> previously remarked, “there is a strong presumption that judges will
>>>> administer justice impartially” and this presumption will not be
>>>> rebutted in the absence of “convincing evidence” of bias (Collins v.
>>>> Canada, 2011 FCA 140 at para. 7, [2011] 4 C.T.C. 157 [Collins]. See
>>>> also R. v. S. (R.D.), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484 at para. 32, 151 D.L.R.
>>>> (4th) 193).
>>>>
>>>> [18] The Ontario Court of Appeal in Rando Drugs Ltd. v.
>>>> Scott, 2007 ONCA 553, 86 O.R. (3d) 653 (leave to appeal to the Supreme
>>>> Court of Canada refused, 32285 (August 1, 2007)), addressed the
>>>> particular issue of whether a judge is disqualified from hearing a
>>>> case simply because he had been a member of a law firm that was
>>>> involved in the litigation that was now before that judge. The Ontario
>>>> Court of Appeal determined that the judge was not disqualified if the
>>>> judge had no involvement with the person or the matter when he was a
>>>> lawyer. The Ontario Court of Appeal also explained that the rules for
>>>> determining whether a judge is disqualified are different from the
>>>> rules to determine whether a lawyer has a conflict:
>>>> 27 Thus, disqualification is not the natural corollary to a
>>>> finding that a trial judge has had some involvement in a case over
>>>> which he or she is now presiding. Where the judge had no involvement,
>>>> as here, it cannot be said that the judge is disqualified.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 28 The point can rightly be made that had Mr. Patterson been
>>>> asked to represent the appellant as counsel before his appointment to
>>>> the bench, the conflict rules would likely have prevented him from
>>>> taking the case because his firm had formerly represented one of the
>>>> defendants in the case. Thus, it is argued how is it that as a trial
>>>> judge Patterson J. can hear the case? This issue was considered by the
>>>> Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in Locabail (U.K.) Ltd. v. Bayfield
>>>> Properties Ltd., [2000] Q.B. 451. The court held, at para. 58, that
>>>> there is no inflexible rule governing the disqualification of a judge
>>>> and that, "[e]verything depends on the circumstances."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 29 It seems to me that what appears at first sight to be an
>>>> inconsistency in application of rules can be explained by the
>>>> different contexts and in particular, the strong presumption of
>>>> judicial impartiality that applies in the context of disqualification
>>>> of a judge. There is no such presumption in cases of allegations of
>>>> conflict of interest against a lawyer because of a firm's previous
>>>> involvement in the case. To the contrary, as explained by Sopinka J.
>>>> in MacDonald Estate v. Martin (1990), 77 D.L.R. (4th) 249 (S.C.C.),
>>>> for sound policy reasons there is a presumption of a disqualifying
>>>> interest that can rarely be overcome. In particular, a conclusory
>>>> statement from the lawyer that he or she had no confidential
>>>> information about the case will never be sufficient. The case is the
>>>> opposite where the allegation of bias is made against a trial judge.
>>>> His or her statement that he or she knew nothing about the case and
>>>> had no involvement in it will ordinarily be accepted at face value
>>>> unless there is good reason to doubt it: see Locabail, at para. 19.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 30 That brings me then to consider the particular circumstances
>>>> of this case and whether there are serious grounds to find a
>>>> disqualifying conflict of interest in this case. In my view, there are
>>>> two significant factors that justify the trial judge's decision not to
>>>> recuse himself. The first is his statement, which all parties accept,
>>>> that he knew nothing of the case when it was in his former firm and
>>>> that he had nothing to do with it. The second is the long passage of
>>>> time. As was said in Wewaykum, at para. 85:
>>>> To us, one significant factor stands out, and must inform
>>>> the perspective of the reasonable person assessing the impact of this
>>>> involvement on Binnie J.'s impartiality in the appeals. That factor is
>>>> the passage of time. Most arguments for disqualification rest on
>>>> circumstances that are either contemporaneous to the decision-making,
>>>> or that occurred within a short time prior to the decision-making.
>>>> 31 There are other factors that inform the issue. The Wilson
>>>> Walker firm no longer acted for any of the parties by the time of
>>>> trial. More importantly, at the time of the motion, Patterson J. had
>>>> been a judge for six years and thus had not had a relationship with
>>>> his former firm for a considerable period of time.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 32 In my view, a reasonable person, viewing the matter
>>>> realistically would conclude that the trial judge could deal fairly
>>>> and impartially with this case. I take this view principally because
>>>> of the long passage of time and the trial judge's lack of involvement
>>>> in or knowledge of the case when the Wilson Walker firm had carriage.
>>>> In these circumstances it cannot be reasonably contended that the
>>>> trial judge could not remain impartial in the case. The mere fact that
>>>> his name appears on the letterhead of some correspondence from over a
>>>> decade ago would not lead a reasonable person to believe that he would
>>>> either consciously or unconsciously favour his former firm's former
>>>> client. It is simply not realistic to think that a judge would throw
>>>> off his mantle of impartiality, ignore his oath of office and favour a
>>>> client - about whom he knew nothing - of a firm that he left six years
>>>> earlier and that no longer acts for the client, in a case involving
>>>> events from over a decade ago.
>>>> (emphasis added)
>>>>
>>>> [19] Justice Webb had no involvement with any matter
>>>> involving Mr. Amos while he was a member of Patterson Palmer or
>>>> Patterson Law, nor does Mr. Amos suggest that he did. Mr. Amos made it
>>>> clear during the hearing of this matter that the only reason for the
>>>> alleged conflict for Justice Webb was that he was a member of
>>>> Patterson Law and Patterson Palmer. This is simply not enough for
>>>> Justice Webb to be disqualified. Any involvement of Mr. Amos with
>>>> Patterson Law while Justice Webb was a member of that firm would have
>>>> had to occur over 10 years ago and even longer for the time when he
>>>> was a member of Patterson Palmer. In addition to the lack of any
>>>> involvement on his part with any matter or dispute that Mr. Amos had
>>>> with Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer (which in and of itself is
>>>> sufficient to dispose of this matter), the length of time since
>>>> Justice Webb was a member of Patterson Law or Patterson Palmer would
>>>> also result in the same finding – that there is no conflict in Justice
>>>> Webb hearing this appeal.
>>>>
>>>> [20] Similarly in R. v. Bagot, 2000 MBCA 30, 145 Man. R.
>>>> (2d) 260, the Manitoba Court of Appeal found that there was no
>>>> reasonable apprehension of bias when a judge, who had been a member of
>>>> the law firm that had been retained by the accused, had no involvement
>>>> with the accused while he was a lawyer with that firm.
>>>>
>>>> [21] In Del Zotto v. Minister of National Revenue, [2000] 4
>>>> F.C. 321, 257 N.R. 96, this court did find that there would be a
>>>> reasonable apprehension of bias where a judge, who while he was a
>>>> lawyer, had recorded time on a matter involving the same person who
>>>> was before that judge. However, this case can be distinguished as
>>>> Justice Webb did not have any time recorded on any files involving Mr.
>>>> Amos while he was a lawyer with Patterson Palmer or Patterson Law.
>>>>
>>>> [22] Mr. Amos also included with his submissions a CD. He
>>>> stated in his affidavit dated June 26, 2017 that there is a “true copy
>>>> of an American police surveillance wiretap entitled 139” on this CD.
>>>> He has also indicated that he has “provided a true copy of the CD
>>>> entitled 139 to many American and Canadian law enforcement authorities
>>>> and not one of the police forces or officers of the court are willing
>>>> to investigate it”. Since he has indicated that this is an “American
>>>> police surveillance wiretap”, this is a matter for the American law
>>>> enforcement authorities and cannot create, as Mr. Amos suggests, a
>>>> conflict of interest for any judge to whom he provides a copy.
>>>>
>>>> [23] As a result, there is no conflict or reasonable
>>>> apprehension of bias for Justice Webb and therefore, no reason for him
>>>> to recuse himself.
>>>>
>>>> [24] Mr. Amos alleged that Justice Near’s past professional
>>>> experience with the government created a “quasi-conflict” in deciding
>>>> the cross-appeal. Mr. Amos provided no details and Justice Near
>>>> confirmed that he had no prior knowledge of the matters alleged in the
>>>> Claim. Justice Near sees no reason to recuse himself.
>>>>
>>>> [25] Insofar as it is possible to glean the basis for Mr.
>>>> Amos’ allegations against Justice Gleason, it appears that he alleges
>>>> that she is incapable of hearing this appeal because he says he wrote
>>>> a letter to Brian Mulroney and Jean Chrétien in 2004. At that time,
>>>> both Justice Gleason and Mr. Mulroney were partners in the law firm
>>>> Ogilvy Renault, LLP. The letter in question, which is rude and angry,
>>>> begins with “Hey you two Evil Old Smiling Bastards” and “Re: me suing
>>>> you and your little dogs too”. There is no indication that the letter
>>>> was ever responded to or that a law suit was ever commenced by Mr.
>>>> Amos against Mr. Mulroney. In the circumstances, there is no reason
>>>> for Justice Gleason to recuse herself as the letter in question does
>>>> not give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> III. Issue
>>>>
>>>> [26] The issue on the cross-appeal is as follows: Did the
>>>> Judge err in setting aside the Prothonotary’s Order striking the Claim
>>>> in its entirety without leave to amend and in determining that Mr.
>>>> Amos’ allegation that the RCMP barred him from the New Brunswick
>>>> legislature in 2004 was capable of supporting a cause of action?
>>>>
>>>> IV. Analysis
>>>>
>>>> A. Standard of Review
>>>>
>>>> [27] Following the Judge’s decision to set aside the
>>>> Prothonotary’s Order, this Court revisited the standard of review to
>>>> be applied to discretionary decisions of prothonotaries and decisions
>>>> made by judges on appeals of prothonotaries’ decisions in Hospira
>>>> Healthcare Corp. v. Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, 2016 FCA 215,
>>>> 402 D.L.R. (4th) 497 [Hospira]. In Hospira, a five-member panel of
>>>> this Court replaced the Aqua-Gem standard of review with that
>>>> articulated in Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235
>>>> [Housen]. As a result, it is no longer appropriate for the Federal
>>>> Court to conduct a de novo review of a discretionary order made by a
>>>> prothonotary in regard to questions vital to the final issue of the
>>>> case. Rather, a Federal Court judge can only intervene on appeal if
>>>> the prothonotary made an error of law or a palpable and overriding
>>>> error in determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and
>>>> law (Hospira at para. 79). Further, this Court can only interfere with
>>>> a Federal Court judge’s review of a prothonotary’s discretionary order
>>>> if the judge made an error of law or palpable and overriding error in
>>>> determining a question of fact or question of mixed fact and law
>>>> (Hospira at paras. 82-83).
>>>>
>>>> [28] In the case at bar, the Judge substituted his own
>>>> assessment of Mr. Amos’ Claim for that of the Prothonotary. This Court
>>>> must look to the Prothonotary’s Order to determine whether the Judge
>>>> erred in law or made a palpable and overriding error in choosing to
>>>> interfere.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> B. Did the Judge err in interfering with the
>>>> Prothonotary’s Order?
>>>>
>>>> [29] The Prothontoary’s Order accepted the following
>>>> paragraphs from the Crown’s submissions as the basis for striking the
>>>> Claim in its entirety without leave to amend:
>>>>
>>>> 17. Within the 96 paragraph Statement of Claim, the Plaintiff
>>>> addresses his complaint in paragraphs 14-24, inclusive. All but four
>>>> of those paragraphs are dedicated to an incident that occurred in 2006
>>>> in and around the legislature in New Brunswick. The jurisdiction of
>>>> the Federal Court does not extend to Her Majesty the Queen in right of
>>>> the Provinces. In any event, the Plaintiff hasn’t named the Province
>>>> or provincial actors as parties to this action. The incident alleged
>>>> does not give rise to a justiciable cause of action in this Court.
>>>> (…)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 21. The few paragraphs that directly address the Defendant
>>>> provide no details as to the individuals involved or the location of
>>>> the alleged incidents or other details sufficient to allow the
>>>> Defendant to respond. As a result, it is difficult or impossible to
>>>> determine the causes of action the Plaintiff is attempting to advance.
>>>> A generous reading of the Statement of Claim allows the Defendant to
>>>> only speculate as to the true and/or intended cause of action. At
>>>> best, the Plaintiff’s action may possibly be summarized as: he
>>>> suspects he is barred from the House of Commons.
>>>> [footnotes omitted].
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [30] The Judge determined that he could not strike the Claim
>>>> on the same jurisdictional basis as the Prothonotary. The Judge noted
>>>> that the Federal Court has jurisdiction over claims based on the
>>>> liability of Federal Crown servants like the RCMP and that the actors
>>>> who barred Mr. Amos from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004
>>>> included the RCMP (Federal Court Judgment at para. 23). In considering
>>>> the viability of these allegations de novo, the Judge identified
>>>> paragraph 14 of the Claim as containing “some precision” as it
>>>> identifies the date of the event and a RCMP officer acting as
>>>> Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor (Federal Court Judgment at
>>>> para. 27).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [31] The Judge noted that the 2004 event could support a
>>>> cause of action in the tort of misfeasance in public office and
>>>> identified the elements of the tort as excerpted from Meigs v. Canada,
>>>> 2013 FC 389, 431 F.T.R. 111:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [13] As in both the cases of Odhavji Estate v Woodhouse, 2003 SCC
>>>> 69 [Odhavji] and Lewis v Canada, 2012 FC 1514 [Lewis], I must
>>>> determine whether the plaintiffs’ statement of claim pleads each
>>>> element of the alleged tort of misfeasance in public office:
>>>>
>>>> a) The public officer must have engaged in deliberate and unlawful
>>>> conduct in his or her capacity as public officer;
>>>>
>>>> b) The public officer must have been aware both that his or her
>>>> conduct was unlawful and that it was likely to harm the plaintiff; and
>>>>
>>>> c) There must be an element of bad faith or dishonesty by the public
>>>> officer and knowledge of harm alone is insufficient to conclude that a
>>>> public officer acted in bad faith or dishonestly.
>>>> Odhavji, above, at paras 23, 24 and 28
>>>> (Federal Court Judgment at para. 28).
>>>>
>>>> [32] The Judge determined that Mr. Amos disclosed sufficient
>>>> material facts to meet the elements of the tort of misfeasance in
>>>> public office because the actors, who barred him from the New
>>>> Brunswick legislature in 2004, including the RCMP, did so for
>>>> “political reasons” (Federal Court Judgment at para. 29).
>>>>
>>>> [33] This Court’s discussion of the sufficiency of pleadings
>>>> in Merchant Law Group v. Canada (Revenue Agency), 2010 FCA 184, 321
>>>> D.L.R (4th) 301 is particularly apt:
>>>>
>>>> …When pleading bad faith or abuse of power, it is not enough to
>>>> assert, baldly, conclusory phrases such as “deliberately or
>>>> negligently,” “callous disregard,” or “by fraud and theft did steal”.
>>>> “The bare assertion of a conclusion upon which the court is called
>>>> upon to pronounce is not an allegation of material fact”. Making bald,
>>>> conclusory allegations without any evidentiary foundation is an abuse
>>>> of process…
>>>>
>>>> To this, I would add that the tort of misfeasance in public office
>>>> requires a particular state of mind of a public officer in carrying
>>>> out the impunged action, i.e., deliberate conduct which the public
>>>> officer knows to be inconsistent with the obligations of his or her
>>>> office. For this tort, particularization of the allegations is
>>>> mandatory. Rule 181 specifically requires particularization of
>>>> allegations of “breach of trust,” “wilful default,” “state of mind of
>>>> a person,” “malice” or “fraudulent intention.”
>>>> (at paras. 34-35, citations omitted).
>>>>
>>>> [34] Applying the Housen standard of review to the
>>>> Prothonotary’s Order, we are of the view that the Judge interfered
>>>> absent a legal or palpable and overriding error.
>>>>
>>>> [35] The Prothonotary determined that Mr. Amos’ Claim
>>>> disclosed no reasonable claim and was fundamentally vexatious on the
>>>> basis of jurisdictional concerns and the absence of material facts to
>>>> ground a cause of action. Paragraph 14 of the Claim, which addresses
>>>> the 2004 event, pleads no material facts as to how the RCMP officer
>>>> engaged in deliberate and unlawful conduct, knew that his or her
>>>> conduct was unlawful and likely to harm Mr. Amos, and acted in bad
>>>> faith. While the Claim alleges elsewhere that Mr. Amos was barred from
>>>> the New Brunswick legislature for political and/or malicious reasons,
>>>> these allegations are not particularized and are directed against
>>>> non-federal actors, such as the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Legislative
>>>> Assembly of New Brunswick and the Fredericton Police Force. As such,
>>>> the Judge erred in determining that Mr. Amos’ allegation that the RCMP
>>>> barred him from the New Brunswick legislature in 2004 was capable of
>>>> supporting a cause of action.
>>>>
>>>> [36] In our view, the Claim is made up entirely of bare
>>>> allegations, devoid of any detail, such that it discloses no
>>>> reasonable cause of action within the jurisdiction of the Federal
>>>> Courts. Therefore, the Judge erred in interfering to set aside the
>>>> Prothonotary’s Order striking the claim in its entirety. Further, we
>>>> find that the Prothonotary made no error in denying leave to amend.
>>>> The deficiencies in Mr. Amos’ pleadings are so extensive such that
>>>> amendment could not cure them (see Collins at para. 26).
>>>>
>>>> V. Conclusion
>>>> [37] For the foregoing reasons, we would allow the Crown’s
>>>> cross-appeal, with costs, setting aside the Federal Court Judgment,
>>>> dated January 25, 2016 and restoring the Prothonotary’s Order, dated
>>>> November 12, 2015, which struck Mr. Amos’ Claim in its entirety
>>>> without leave to amend.
>>>> "Wyman W. Webb"
>>>> J.A.
>>>> "David G. Near"
>>>> J.A.
>>>> "Mary J.L. Gleason"
>>>> J.A.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
>>>> NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
>>>>
>>>> A CROSS-APPEAL FROM AN ORDER OF THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE SOUTHCOTT DATED
>>>> JANUARY 25, 2016; DOCKET NUMBER T-1557-15.
>>>> DOCKET:
>>>>
>>>> A-48-16
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> STYLE OF CAUSE:
>>>>
>>>> DAVID RAYMOND AMOS v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> PLACE OF HEARING:
>>>>
>>>> Fredericton,
>>>> New Brunswick
>>>>
>>>> DATE OF HEARING:
>>>>
>>>> May 24, 2017
>>>>
>>>> REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:
>>>>
>>>> WEBB J.A.
>>>> NEAR J.A.
>>>> GLEASON J.A.
>>>>
>>>> DATED:
>>>>
>>>> October 30, 2017
>>>>
>>>> APPEARANCES:
>>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> For The Appellant / respondent on cross-appeal
>>>> (on his own behalf)
>>>>
>>>> Jan Jensen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> For The Respondent / appELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL
>>>>
>>>> SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
>>>> Nathalie G. Drouin
>>>> Deputy Attorney General of Canada
>>>>
>>>> For The Respondent / APPELLANT ON CROSS-APPEAL
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 19:01:11 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "David Amos" motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
> Subject: Now everybody and his dog knows TJ Burke and his cop buddies
> allegations against me are false and you had the proof all along EH
> Chucky?
> To: oldmaison@yahoo.com, nbombud@gnb.ca, dan.bussieres@gnb.ca,
> jacques_poitras@cbc.ca, news@dailygleaner.com,
> kcarmichael@bloomberg.net, advocacycollective@yahoo.com,
> Easter.W@parl.gc.ca, Comartin.J@parl.gc.ca, cityadmin@fredericton.ca,
> info@gg.ca, bmosher@mosherchedore.ca, rchedore@mosherchedore.ca,
> police@fredericton.ca, chebert@thestar.ca, Stoffer.P@parl.gc.ca,
> Stronach.B@parl.gc.ca, Matthews.B@parl.gc.ca, alltrue@nl.rogers.com,
> Harper.S@parl.gc.ca, Layton.J@parl.gc.ca, Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca,
> Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca
> CC: dgleg@nb.aibn.com, brad.woodside@fredericton.ca,
> whalen@fredericton.ca, david.kelly@fredericton.ca,
> cathy.maclaggan@fredericton.ca, stephen.kelly@fredericton.ca,
> tom.jellinek@fredericton.ca, scott.mcconaghy@fredericton.ca,
> marilyn.kerton@fredericton.ca, walter.brown@fredericton.ca,
> norah.davidson@fredericton.ca, mike.obrien@fredericton.ca,
> bruce.grandy@fredericton.ca, dan.keenan@fredericton.ca,
> jeff.mockler@gnb.ca, mrichard@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca,
> cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci.gc.ca, jlmockler@mpor.ca,
> scotta@parl.gc.ca, michael.bray@gnb.ca, jack.e.mackay@gnb.ca
> http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2007/05/24/nb-burkethreat.html
>
> http://www.canadaeast.com/ce2/docroot/article.php?articleID=149018
>
> http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/2007/05/tj-burke-walking-around-with-rcmp.html
>
> http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/2006/06/fapo-has-meeting-about-panhanding.html
>
> http://oldmaison.blogspot.com/2007/05/hats-off-to-cbc-reporter-jacques.html
>
> http://maritimes.indymedia.org/mail.php?id=9856
>
> Methinks your liberal pals just made a major faux pas N'est Pas?
> Scroll down Frenchie and go down?.
>
>
> Threat against Burke taken seriously
>
> By STEPHEN LLEWELLYN
> dgleg@nb.aibn.com
> Published Thursday May 24th, 2007
> Appeared on page A1
> An RCMP security detail has been guarding Justice Minister and
> Attorney General T.J. Burke because of threats made against him
> recently.
>
> Burke, the Liberal MLA for Fredericton-Fort Nashwaaksis, wouldn't
> explain the nature of the threats.
>
> "I have had a particular individual or individuals who have made
> specific overtures about causing harm towards me," he told reporters
> Wednesday.
>
> "The RCMP has provided security to me recently by accompanying me to a
> couple of public functions where the individual is known to reside or
> have family members in the area," said Burke. "It is nice to have some
> added protection and that added comfort."
>
> The RCMP provides protection to the premier and MLAs with its VIP security unit.
>
> Burke didn't say when the threat was made but it's believed to have
> been in recent weeks.
>
> "When a threat is posed to you and it is a credible threat, you have
> to be cautious about where you go and who you are around," he said.
> "But again, I am more concerned about my family as opposed to my own
> personal safety."
>
> Burke said he doesn't feel any differently and he has not changed his
> pattern of activity.
>
> "It doesn't bother me one bit," he said. "It makes my wife feel awful nervous."
>
> Burke served in an elite American military unit before becoming a
> lawyer and going into politics in New Brunswick.
>
> "(I) have taken my own precautions and what I have to do to ensure my
> family's safety," he said. "I am a very cautious person in general due
> to my background and training.
>
> "I am comfortable with defending myself or my family if it ever had to happen."
>
> Burke said it is not uncommon for politicians to have security concerns.
>
> "We do live unfortunately in an age and in a society now where threats
> have to be taken pretty seriously," he said.
>
> Since the terrorism attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001,
> security in New Brunswick has been
> beefed up.
>
> Metal detectors were recently installed in the legislature and all
> visitors are screened.
>
> The position of attorney general is often referred to as the
> province's "top cop."
>
> Burke said sometimes people do not differentiate between his role as
> the manager of the justice system and the individual who actually
> prosecutes them.
>
> "With the job sometimes comes threats," he said. "I have had numerous
> threats since Day 1 in office."
>
> Burke said he hopes his First Nations heritage has nothing to do with it.
>
> "I think it is more of an issue where people get fixated on a matter
> and they believe you are personally responsible for assigning them
> their punishment or their sanction," he said.
>
> Is the threat from someone who was recently incarcerated?
>
> "I probably shouldn't answer that," he replied.
>
> Reporters asked when the threat would be over.
>
> "I don't think a threat ever passes once it has been made," said
> Burke. "You have to consider the credibility of the source."
>
> Bruce Fitch, former justice minister in the Conservative government,
> said "every now and again there would be e-mails that were not
> complimentary."
>
> "I did have a meeting with the RCMP who are in charge of the security
> of the MLAs and ministers," said Fitch.
>
> "They look at each and every situation."
>
> Fitch said he never had bodyguards assigned to him although former
> premier Bernard Lord and former health minister Elvy Robichaud did
> have extra security staff assigned on occasion.
>
> He said if any MLA felt threatened, he or she would discuss it with the RCMP.
>
>
> http://www.archive.org/details/SecTreasuryDeptEtc
>
> Small World EH Chucky Leblanc?
>
> "Lafleur, Lou" lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca wrote:
>
> From: "Lafleur, Lou" lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca
> To: "'motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com'" motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com,
> "Lafleur, Lou" lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca
> Subject: Fredericton Police Force
> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:21:13 -0300
>
> Dear Mr. Amos
>
> My Name is Lou LaFleur and I am a Detective with the Fredericton
> Police Major Crime Unit. I would like to talk to you regarding files
> that I am investigating and that you are alleged to have involvement
> in.
>
> Please call me at your earliest convenience and leave a message and a
> phone number on my secure and confidential line if I am not in my
> office.
>
> yours truly,
> Cpl. Lou LaFleur
> Fredericton Police Force
> 311 Queen St.
> Fredericton, NB
> 506-460-2332
> ________________________________
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> anyone other than the intended recipient constitutes waiver of
> privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately
> notify the sender and then delete this communication and any
> attachments from your computer system and records without saving or
> forwarding it. Thank you.
Dorothy
Rice has been appointed Nova Scotia’s Chief Electoral Officer. She
replaces Richard Temporale, who retired in May after 10 years in the
position.
Ms. Rice had been the chief financial officer at Elections Nova
Scotia since 2011. She is a chartered professional accountant (CPA) and
recipient of the profession’s highest mark of distinction, the fellow
(FCPA) designation.
“Nova Scotians are fortunate to have someone of Ms. Rice’s experience
and commitment as the province’s new Chief Electoral Officer,” said
Keith Bain, Speaker of the House of Assembly. “As Chief Electoral
Officer, she has a vitally important role to play in our public life. I
also want to thank Assistant Chief Electoral Officer Lindsay
Rodenkirchen for her leadership as acting CEO over the past six months.”
As head of Elections Nova Scotia, the chief electoral officer is
accountable to the House of Assembly. The chief electoral officer
provides independent, non-partisan, strategic advice on election-related
matters and best practices in accordance with the terms of the
Elections Act and other relevant laws. The chief electoral officer
supervises the conduct of elections and provides leadership on other
Elections Nova Scotia programs, services, operations and infrastructure.
Ms. Rice’s term is 10 years with eligibility for renewal.
Applicants for the position were interviewed by a selection
committee, which included representatives from the three main political
parties and the Chair of the Nova Scotia Election Commission. The House
of Assembly approved the appointment today, November 8.
Quotes:
“I am incredibly excited to assume the role of Chief Electoral
Officer and to guide the future of Elections Nova Scotia. We have an
exceptionally talented team at ENS who are focused on providing
exceptional service to Nova Scotian electors. I am also looking forward
to working with stakeholders engaged in electoral activity in Nova
Scotia and beyond.”
– Dorothy Rice, Chief Electoral Officer, Elections Nova Scotia
Quick Facts:
the recruitment process followed the Public Service Commission’s
fair hiring and employment equity policies and the Fair Hiring Practice
Guidelines
members of the selection committee included: Co-Chairs Vincent
MacLean, Chair of the Nova Scotia Election Commission, and Dana
MacKenzie, Associate Deputy Minister of Justice; and election commission
members Jane O’Neill, Nova Scotia Liberal Party; Jill Houlihan, Nova
Scotia New Democratic Party; and George White, Progressive Conservative
Association of Nova Scotia
Preston Liberal candidate Carlo Simmons at a campaign event. Credit: Screenshot/X/Liberal Party of NS
The Nova Scotia Liberal Party is asking a supreme court justice to
review the chief electoral officer’s decision, since reversed, to
investigate the party’s Preston campaign.
Dorothy Rice announced
ahead of the Preston byelection in August that she was launching an
investigation into the Liberals’ campaign materials regarding a
potential dump in the riding.
Liberal candidate Carlo Simmons was
campaigning against the proposed construction and demolition dump with
signage indicating Premier Tim Houston’s Progressive Conservative
government had done nothing to stop it. The PCs complained about the
signs in late July.
“Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Dorothy Rice
issued an Order to the Nova Scotia Liberal Party on August 1, 2023,”
Elections Nova Scotia said in an Aug. 3 statement.
“That
Order required the Liberal Party and their candidate for the Preston
electoral district by-election, Carlo Simmons, to, by 12 am August 3,
2023, remove all signs and cease distribution of any campaign materials
which do not accurately reflect the facts involving a potential C&D
processing facility in the Preston community.”
The Liberals refused.
“A decision has been made to initiate a formal
investigation under Section 287 of the Elections Act and Elections Nova
Scotia has reached out to engage the services of the Provincial RCMP to
assist in this process,” Elections Nova Scotia said.
On Friday, Sept. 8, Elections Nova Scotia issued another statement announcing the investigation was called off.
“Following
further consideration of the original complaint, the CEO has decided to
discontinue the investigation and has advised the RCMP of this
decision,” Elections Nova Scotia said.
“The formal investigation under Section 287 of the Elections Act
will not proceed, and no further action will be taken by ENS. As such,
the CEO considers this matter concluded and will not comment further.”
Liberals file in court
Despite that statement, the Liberals filed notice for judicial review in Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Monday.
Party lawyer Mitchell Gallant noted the PCs filed their complaint under s. 307 of the Elections Act.
“Every
person is guilty of an offence who, during an election, knowingly
makes, distributes or publishes a false statement of fact about a
candidate’s character or conduct for the purpose of influencing the
election,” that section says.
“None of the campaign material mentioned a candidate, a candidate’s character or a candidate’s conduct,” Gallant wrote.
“The
campaign materials related to the failure of the government to take
steps to prevent a waste facility in Preston. For example, one campaign
sign read: ‘Dump the Dump. Houston’s Conservatives have done nothing to stop this dump.’
Literature for households stated the Applicant’s candidate had written
to the Minister requesting that a province-wide moratorium be placed on
waste sites until the government could review and improve the public
consultation process and that he had not received a reply.”
Party argues CEO had no authority for order
The CEO found the Liberals in breach of s. 307 and ordered the removal of the materials.
In
a letter, the party replied “that it did not recognize any authority to
order removal of the campaign materials, it did not agree the campaign
materials constitute a ‘false statement of fact about a candidate’s
character or conduct’ within the meaning of section 307 of the Elections
Act and that any order to remove the campaign material would infringe
its and the candidate’s rights to freedom of expression protected under
the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.”
“The Nova Scotia Liberal
Party explained that the location of waste management facilities is an
important issue in Preston and accordingly, neither the Party nor the
candidate would be removing the campaign material,” Gallant wrote.
The CEO advised the party she’d be launching an investigation and notifying the public.
Gallant
wrote that the Liberals asked the CEO to reconsider “as there was no
authority in the Elections Act to do so, it is not in the public
interest to announce an RCMP investigation days before an election, and,
since the Chief Electoral Officer had already determined the Party had
breached section 307 of the Elections Act, there was nothing for the
RCMP to investigate.”
“The Chief Electoral Officer did not respond,” Gallant wrote.
Decision was ‘unreasonable,’ says party
Gallant’s
notice for judicial review acknowledged last week’s statement about the
cancellation of the investigation. The party is seeking another opinion
anyway.
The CEO’s decision was unreasonable, Gallant argued,
because she “misinterpreted and misapplied” the Elections Act; “failed
to conduct the proper or any analysis” on the party or candidate’s
rights under the Charter; “did not provide a rational chain of analysis
when read in conjunction with the record;” and more.
The Liberals
are seeking an order quashing the CEO’s decision to initiate the
investigation; quashing the finding that the party breached the
Elections Act; declaring that the CEO doesn’t have the authority to
order the removal of campaign materials; and declaring that the
Elections Act should be “strictly construed so as to comply with the
Charter.” It’s also seeking costs.
There’s a hearing set for Oct. 26 to set a date for the judicial review and receive direction from the justice.
Chief Electoral Officer Dorothy Rice Credit: Elections Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia’s Chief Electoral Officer says there’s no need for a
judicial review in the case of her cancelled investigation in the
provincial Liberals’ campaign in Preston.
As the Halifax Examiner reported last week, the Liberals applied for judicial review of a decision to investigate the party:
Dorothy
Rice announced ahead of the Preston byelection in August that she was
launching an investigation into the Liberals’ campaign materials
regarding a potential dump in the riding.
Liberal candidate Carlo Simmons was campaigning against the proposed
construction and demolition dump with signage indicating Premier Tim
Houston’s Progressive Conservative government had done nothing to stop
it. The PCs complained about the signs in late July.
“Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Dorothy Rice issued an Order to the
Nova Scotia Liberal Party on August 1, 2023,” Elections Nova Scotia said
in an Aug. 3 statement.
“That Order required the Liberal Party and their candidate for the
Preston electoral district by-election, Carlo Simmons, to, by 12 am
August 3, 2023, remove all signs and cease distribution of any campaign
materials which do not accurately reflect the facts involving a
potential C&D processing facility in the Preston community.”
The Liberals refused.
“A decision has been made to initiate a formal investigation under
Section 287 of the Elections Act and Elections Nova Scotia has reached
out to engage the services of the Provincial RCMP to assist in this
process,” Elections Nova Scotia said.
PC candidate Twila Grosse won the election, and Rice cancelled the investigation a month later on Sept. 8.
Liberal lawyer Mitchell Gallant sought a review anyway. The
party wants the court to quash the CEO’s decision to initiate the
investigation; quash the finding that the party breached the Elections
Act; declare that the CEO doesn’t have the authority to order the
removal of campaign materials; and declare that the Elections Act should
be “strictly construed so as to comply with the Charter.”
‘There remains no live controversy’
Lawyers Scott Campbell and Jennifer Taylor filed notice of participation on Sept. 14.
“By
reference to paragraph 16 of the Notice for Judicial Review, the
investigation at issue has been discontinued and there remains no live
controversy,” Campbell and Taylor wrote.
“Accordingly, the issues
raised in this proceeding are moot and beyond the scope of judicial
review. In the circumstances, this Honourable Court should decline to
exercise its discretion to determine the issues.”
Rice will
participate if the review proceeds anyway. The lawyers summed up the
CEO’s position: “as an independent officer of the House of Assembly, the
Chief Electoral Officer has acted and will continue to act in a manner
consistent with the objectives of the office, and the purposes and
provisions of the Elections Act … in order to uphold the integrity of
the electoral process.”
There’s a hearing scheduled for Oct. 26, when a judge will give directions and potentially set a date for the review.
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Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Dorothy Rice issued an Order to the
Nova Scotia Liberal Party on August 1, 2023. That Order required the
Liberal Party and their candidate for the Preston electoral district
by-election, Carlo Simmons, to, by 12 am August 3, 2023, remove all
signs and cease distribution of any campaign materials which do not
accurately reflect the facts involving a potential C&D processing
facility in the Preston community.
Under Section 294 of the Elections Act, if the CEO finds there has
been a breach of the Act, they may initiate a compliance agreement
process. The Liberal Party and Carlo Simmons have refused to comply or
to discontinue their distribution of these false statements, therefore,
the CEO will not pursue that option.
A decision has been made to initiate a formal investigation under
Section 287 of the Elections Act and Elections Nova Scotia has reached
out to engage the services of the Provincial RCMP to assist in this
process.
287 (1)The Chief Electoral Officer may, on the
Chief Electoral Officer’s own initiative, or at the request of another
person, conduct an investigation into any matter that might constitute
an offence under this Act.
(2) )The Chief Electoral Officer may engage the
services of any person necessary to assist with the duties of the Chief
Electoral Officer pursuant to this Part.
This course of action may lead to a referral of the matter to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
As a non-partisan election management body, Elections Nova Scotia,
under the direction of the CEO must take the legislative actions
required to ensure that all election campaign messaging is accurate and
truly reflective of the facts.
Elections Nova Scotia and the CEO will not comment on this matter
further during the formal investigation. The findings will be released
publicly when the investigation concludes.
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A
woman draped in a Canadian flag stands with a man carrying a sign
reading “God Loves You I and I love you” at the “convoy” rally in
downtown Halifax on Saturday, Feb. 12. Photo: Tim Bousquet
“When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”
I’ve been thinking about that quote (attributed, wrongly, to Sinclair Lewis) a lot lately, and especially since attending the “convoy” rally at Grand Parade on Saturday.
There
were lots and lots of Canadian flags at the rally. “O Canada” was sung
at least three times. And there were signs. Signs about peace, and love,
and acceptance. “Free Hugs,” read a sign carried by a child. Other
signs included: “God Loves You I and I love you”; “Peace and love”; “I
Miss Your Smile”; “We Love You and Will Continue to Fight For Your
Freedom Too.”
It was all very Canadian.
Well, it had the veneer of Canadiana, anyway. How could one be against peace and love? Are you really going to oppose freedom?
I was at the rally as a reporter, trying to describe on Twitter
what was going on. It’s hard work, live-tweeting, taking photos, trying
to fully understand the scene. But I was dogged by a man who kept
wanting to engage me, first telling me that my tweeting was
“opinionated.” I think I accurately captured events, but even if it was
opiniated, “what of it?” I told him: “This entire rally is about
expressing opinions.” He conceded the point, but then kept wanting to
talk about “unity.”
An appeal to “unity” was expressed by several
of the speakers, but it was a one-way unity: the large majority of
Canadians (90%+) who agree with the science of vaccines and the smaller
but still large majority (70% in recent polling) who agree with some
degree of vaccine mandates are supposed to set aside their beliefs and
“unite” with those who seek to undermine both.
Likewise, the
“freedom” spoken of at the rally was a freedom without responsibility, a
freedom that says the individual can do whatever they please without
even the limit of harming others. It’s the freedom to spread a
contagious disease that has killed thousands of Canadians.
But those logical fallacies were not what bothered me the most. Rather, it was the outright fascism of the event.
And yes, “fascism” is the correct word; it is not hyperbole.
Consider:
one of the main speakers at the rally was Leigh Baker, leader of the
Nova Scotia United political party. Baker began his speech with a land
acknowledgement — talk about your veneer of Canadiana — before diving
into a sinkhole of medical misinformation so egregious that even YouTube
(YouTube!) has banned a video of his speech, which he now says “proves we’re on to something.”
Along
the way, Baker chastised Dr. Robert Strang, and said that “Public
Health is a non-governmental organization under globalists’ direction.”
Baker
knows exactly what he was doing. This is the head-fake that the trolls
use on Twitter; “oh, ‘globalist’ doesn’t mean that, how can you say
that? We mean something else…”
Much of the Canadiana veneer of the
convoyers is likewise a conscious head-fake, an appeal to a shared
fascist underpinnings of the movement, much of it reflecting the US
fascist movement. Like, for example, the guy carrying the “Don’t Tread
on Me” flag.
Or, the crowd dancing to the Village People’s gay anthem, “Y.M.C.A,” which has become a staple at Trump rallies. Writes Rob Sheffield in Rolling Stone:
The Village People’s Seventies disco classic is extra spicy because Donald Trump
spent the year using “Y.M.C.A.” at his campaign rallies as his theme
song, along with another Village People classic, “Macho Man.” For any
disco fan, it’s appalling to see this fascist-phobe clown in his red
MAGA cap doing the Y.M.C.A. dance.
So “Y.M.C.A.” is more than a
song. It’s a battle for the soul of America. What does it mean that the
most politically divisive song of 2020 is a 1978 disco anthem about
cruising for sex at your local gym?
…
It’s become one of our
national anthems — yet fans got outraged at the idea of Trump trying to
claim this one, which is why it became far more controversial than his
other musical picks. Y.M.C.A. yes, MAGA no.
Donald Trump had to find out the hard way, but he is not
one of the Village People. He is not a strange but beautiful freak
artifact of American culture that will be cherished by all corners of
the populace for generations to come. He’s not a Cowboy, a Construction
Worker, a Chief, a Cop, or God knows, a Leather Man. He is not timeless.
He is not beloved. He is not disco. And as of January 21st, he will be
no longer welcome in his current residence.
But don’t worry, old
man — we hear there’s a place you can go, when you’re short on your
dough. When all else fails, it’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
However, Sheffield misses the salient point, which is that Trump uses the song at his ultra-Conservative rallies precisely because
it is a gay anthem. Such appropriation is the MO of all fascist
movements, which perversely upend social conventions to void them of all
meaning, as an inside joke. Being wrapped in the flag, going on about
“love,” and singing “Y.M.C.A” are of a piece, and the joke is on us.
Undoubtedly,
just as with the antisemitic ‘globalist’ trope, those at the rally will
feign innocence: we’re singing fun songs, loving each other, blah, blah
blah.
But the fascism of the movement became explicit when a
“decorated soldier” speaking via a recorded audio from Fredericton
called on his fellow soldiers to “rise up” to “protect Canadians” from
“unjust” public health orders. “You have to choose… this is your time to
be a hero,” said the soldier, which was a clear call for a military
coup.
Moreover, as Justin Ling points out,
“The rhetoric has been deranged, conspiratorial, and dangerous for
awhile now. We just haven’t been paying attention.” The “convoy” rallies
and blockades across the country have explicit fascist connections, and
have explicitly called for disbanding Parliament. The Halifax rally
participants were quite aware of what their counterparts elsewhere in
Canada are doing, and not only didn’t object, but celebrated it.
And
let’s not glide right over the medical misinformation and conspiracy
theories. As Voltaire said (summarized), “Anyone who can make you
believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
This
by Voltaire is often paraphrased as “Anyone who can make you believe
absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” Reducing our exposure to
and belief in absurdities reduces injustice. pic.twitter.com/oMXsVsJ1Uo
“This is why dictators and would-be autocrats push conspiracy theories and misinformation,” writes Gary Kasparov:
They wish to weaken the mind and to spin the moral compass. The truth is always their greatest enemy.
It’s
not satisfactory to simply say that all those who do evil acts are
evil. It has a beginning, nearly always with believing falsities and
absurdities peddled by the power-hungry. The truth is the first
casualty, and never the last.
When a leader lies constantly, the goal isn’t to make you believe something; it’s to make you believe anything.
Do not underestimate the “convoy.” It is fascism, and it is emboldened.
A
woman draped in a Canadian flag stands with a man carrying a sign
reading “God Loves You I and I love you” at the “convoy” rally in
downtown Halifax on Saturday, Feb. 12. Photo: Tim Bousquet 
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