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Date: Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Subject: The plot thickens
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Justin Trudeau's resignation puts spotlight on former B.C. premier Christy Clark
Clark has in the past voiced interest in leading federal Liberal Party
Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands with Christy Clark, then B.C.
premier, during a 2017 meeting in Vancouver. (Jonathan Hayward/The
Canadian Press)Justin Trudeau's resignation has put former B.C. premier Christy Clark squarely back in the political spotlight.
Clark publicly expressed interest in leading the federal Liberal Party in October 2024 but noted at the time the job was not open. Now, of course, following Trudeau's announcement on Monday morning, it is.
On social media Monday, Clark posted messages in French and English, thanking Trudeau and wishing him well:
"As a lifelong Liberal I look forward to joining tens of thousands of Canadians to choose our next leader," she said. "This is the biggest opportunity in over a decade that we've had to grow our Party and welcome new Liberals — including Canadians concerned about the future of our country — let's seize it," she said.
Clark was premier from 2011-2017 and leader of the B.C. Liberal Party, which was never affiliated with the federal Liberals.
She is one of many names being floated as a potential candidate to replace Trudeau as the federal party's new leader.
Distance from Trudeau an asset
More than a few pundits have noted that given Trudeau's deep unpopularity, the Liberal Party might do well to choose an outsider not closely affiliated with the prime minister — such as Clark or former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney.
"I think the interesting names of Mark Carney and Christy Clark are flying around, not surprisingly, because they don't have that tie to Trudeau like some of the other candidates do," said Sanjay Jeram, senior political science lecturer at Simon Fraser University.
The president of the Conservative Party of B.C. said while Clark is a long shot for leader, she is well positioned to distance herself from Trudeau's reputation and record.
"Who knows? A lot can change in politics in a couple of days so maybe she'll move up and be a contender," said Aisha Estey.
Estey believes Trudeau's resignation could lead to a federal election as early as April instead of the fixed date of Oct. 20.
"It's a very interesting time. Conservatives, we want an election now. We don't think the country should be put through a leadership race for the Liberal Party, but this, hopefully, will speed up the process," she said on CBC's The Early Edition.
Throwback: When Christy Clark's B.C. Liberal government was toppled in 2017Clark resigned from provincial politics in 2017 after the John Horgan-led B.C. NDP signed a confidence and supply agreement with the B.C. Green Party to defeat Clark's minority government.
Her website says she is currently a "sought-after Canadian keynote speaker at events across the country and internationally and serves as advisor to some of Canada's leading organizations."
Reaction to Trudeau's announcement he is stepping down came from all political corners in B.C.
Former Vancouver Granville MP Jody Wilson-Raybould, who had an acrimonious falling out with Trudeau after serving as his justice minister and attorney general, said on social media, "We can finally turn the page."
"Well, the PM did not sound like he wanted to go [and] was sadly not too gracious, but he is going. I thank him for his service," she wrote. "...we must keep focus on building a stronger Canada in an increasingly volatile [and] uncertain world."
Wilson-Raybould resigned from cabinet and was expelled from caucus over what came to be known as the SNC-Lavalin affair.
B.C. Premier David Eby said in a statement, "While we didn't always agree, I want to thank Justin Trudeau for serving as Prime Minister during some very difficult times our country has faced.
"British Columbians have benefited from several initiatives started under Justin Trudeau, including the federal government's decision to partner with B.C. on lowering the cost of child care," said Eby.
Opposition B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad posted that Eby "has lost his number one political ally today with Trudeau's resignation."
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David Amos
Christy Clark could give PP many sleepless nights even after the election
Walter Vrbetic
Reply to David Amos
Dreamy fantasies?
David Amos
Reply to Walter Vrbetic
Nope Everybody knows she is a Conservative Hence she could fight fire with fire so to speak
speak
John Lydon
Reply to David Amos
PP's better half might have something to say about that.
David Amos
Reply to John Lydon
How so?
John Lydon
Reply to David Amos Sleepless nights .... wink wink
Walter Vrbetic
Whatever happened to Progressive Conservatives of yore...
I wax nostalgic at times.
Michael Tree Scott
Reply to Walter Vrbetic
They are now Regressive
Walter Vrbetic
Reply to Michael Tree Scott
No, they no longer exist.
David Amos
Reply to Walter Vrbetic
They went the way of the Dodo Bird long ago
Denis van humbeck
Reply to Walter Vrbetic
Mulroney was never progressive.
David Amos
Reply to Denis van humbeck
Joe Clark was the last Progressive Conservative PM
Walter Vrbetic
Reply to Denis van humbeck
Didn't he and Reagan develop a program to address acid rain? How times change.
Michael Tree Scott
Reply to Walter Vrbetic
Now they all deny climate change.
Walter Vrbetic
Reply to Michael Tree Scott
They once believed in science...
Michael Tree Scott
Reply to Walter Vrbetic
Yep. Now it's just social media rage farming.
Canadians challenge Prime Minister’s decision to prorogue Parliament: “no reasonable justification”
TORONTO: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is providing lawyers on an urgent basis to two Canadians, David MacKinnon and Aris Lavranos, seeking a Federal Court declaration that Prime Minister Trudeau’s recent prorogation of Parliament is unreasonable and must be set aside.
When Parliament is prorogued, the parliamentary session is terminated, and all parliamentary activity, including work on bills and in committees, immediately stops.
Among its many grounds arguing that Trudeau’s decision to advise the Governor General to exercise her prerogative power to prorogue Parliament to March 24, 2025, this application argues that the decision to prorogue Parliament was “incorrect, unreasonable or both.” The court application, filed today, contends that the Prime Minister’s decision to prorogue “was not made in furtherance of Parliamentary business or the business of government, but in service of the interests of the LPC [Liberal Party of Canada].”
At his news conference yesterday, on January 6, 2025, the Prime Minister’s stated justification for the prorogation was (1) to “reset” Parliament and (2) to permit the Liberal Party of Canada time to select a new party leader. No explanation was provided as to why Parliament could not recess instead. No explanation was provided as to why Members of Parliaments could not immediately exercise their right to vote on a motion of non-confidence in the government. A majority of MPs have now repeatedly promised to do just that, which would trigger an election and provide the needed “reset” in a democratic and legitimate way.
No explanation was provided as to why a prorogation of almost three months is needed. No explanation was provided as to why the Liberal Party of Canada ought to be entitled to such a lengthy prorogation simply so it can hold an internal leadership race.
This Federal Court application includes language taken from a decision of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, which ruled in 2019 that then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson had prorogued Parliament unlawfully, as a means of avoiding Parliamentary scrutiny over the government’s “Brexit” negotiations concerning the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
The application contends, among other things, that “in all of the circumstances surrounding it, the [prorogation] has the effect of frustrating or preventing, without reasonable justification, the ability of Parliament to carry out its constitutional functions as a legislature and as the body responsible for the supervision of the executive, particularly insofar as it relates to Parliament’s ability to deal quickly and decisively with especially pressing issues, such as the situation caused by President-Elect Trump’s stated intention to impose a 25% tariff on all goods entering the United States from Canada.”
“This prorogation stymies the publicly stated intent of a majority of MPs to bring a motion for non-confidence in the government and trigger an election. Prorogation serves the interests of the Liberal Party, but it does not further Parliamentary business or the business of government. It violates the constitutional principles of Parliamentary sovereignty and Parliamentary accountability,” stated lawyer James Manson. “We will invite the Court to conclude that the Prime Minister’s decision to advise the Governor General to prorogue Parliament was without reasonable justification.”
Applicant David MacKinnon feels strongly about this case. He stated, “This case concerns a living tree – our Constitution – and how that living tree withers without proper care. If we are to fight tyranny – for it is tyranny that confronts us – we must find the answer within the memory of our historical past. We call this memory ‘the common law.’ It is enshrined in the preamble of our constitution. The common law is the repository and guarantor of our justice and our wealth and happiness. Had we nurtured our living tree, and looked to our past, we would have read Lord Denning’s admonishment to the Attorney General of an earlier time: ‘Be ye never so high, the law is above you.’”
Thank you
From: Minister of Finance / Ministre des Finances <minister-ministre@fin.gc.ca>
Date: Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Subject: Automatic reply: Fw: I stood in honour and integrity to the letter of the law
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Subject: Fwd: Fw: I stood in honour and integrity to the letter of the law
To: <hkheir@charteradvocates.ca>, <jmanson@charteradvocates.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, Dana-lee Melfi <dana_lee_ca@hotmail.com>, <ps.ministerofpublicsafety-
From: Dana-lee Melfi <dana_lee_ca@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Subject: Fw: I stood in honour and integrity to the letter of the law
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Sent: August 13, 2024 2:05 PM
To: VirtualCrownOttawa@
Subject: I stood in honour and integrity to the letter of the law
because I have faith in humanity to correct course for patriotism to the County & City to which I was born, it could represent any citizen not just Canadian 
, not to the left or right, to many reasons to list atm
to remind us of TIME, what our forefathers were trying to preserve and have already fought for.
heart 
& determination 
Sent: August 10, 2024 2:18 PM
To: VirtualCrownOttawa@
Subject: Not even a notification of receipt?
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You can find the interactive documented path at ... ACCEPTABLE?
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Sent: July 26, 2024 7:33 PM
To: VirtualCrownOttawa@
Subject: I wish to lay a complaint on all lawyers involved and the Crown respectively
Sent: February 7, 2024 10:49 AM
To: Dana-lee Melfi <dana_lee_ca@hotmail.com>; Monick Grenier <monick@grenierlaw.ca>; John Carpay <jcarpay@jccf.ca>
Subject: RE: R. v. Melfi
Mr. Melfi – I’ve received your lengthy reply, which I will not address in detail.
You apparently wish for JCCF to pay you some more money.
Please advise, once and for all, how much you believe you should be paid. I cannot respond further unless you tell me exactly how much money you believe is owing to you.
Note that my request should not be taken as an agreement that JCCF does actually owe you anything. I am simply trying to understand your position.
Thanks,
James Manson
647.977.5354 | jmanson@jccf.ca
From: Dana-lee Melfi <dana_lee_ca@hotmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 10:23 PM
To: James Manson <jmanson@jccf.ca>; Monick Grenier <monick@grenierlaw.ca>; John Carpay <jcarpay@jccf.ca>
Subject: Re: R. v. Melfi
Mr. Manson
Respectfully,
You have met me face to face as a representative of JCCF. You know very well I am a man.
This email you sent will serve as an example on the lack of attention to detail. I do not like to be insulted.
Many assertions you have made are untrue. I have never said that JCCF owes me money nor did I approve the media release.
As a matter of fact, I have only asked JCCF to honour their agreement and to pay Ms. Grenier.
In fact I disapproved the release unless it stated the facts that JCCF
and I had a disagreement as long as you followed the current contract
still in place.
Monick Grenier and I entered into a retainer, she advised me she secured
funding and JCCF was willing to cover the estimated costs of $25, 000
and placed this in our contract. (in the end, ended up to be less than ½ of the estimate) It says that you were notified and collaborated by your media manager with me after I signed the retainer.
If you remember, I disagreed
with the very first "Media release" because it was not true. (This was a
red flag for me right off the hop)
It showed that JCCF had not done Due Diligence in writing a true and accurate depiction of Dana-lee Melfi.
I tried and was given "no choice" to disagree with the second draft. I
let it go because I needed the help. JCCF has never represented
Peace-Man.
Also in your "Media release" Peace Man was used instead of the Peace-Man
purposely "miss branding" I feel for various reasons on searching.
I have operated to the best of my abilities within the retainer
agreement. I have tried to communicate with JCCF before I said anything
public. But, the public noticed when I was honest. Two public groups
came together and asked my permission to hold a fundraiser
for me and raised $1333 in a matter of a couple hours to give directly
to my lawyer in trust "if" JCCF did not honour what they had
advertised.
Throughout I maintained we are still in that agreement. The new retainer
after my consultation with Mr. Flury was deplorable and I never respond
until he asked several weeks later if I had made a decision. He lied in
an email and to me was not ethical enough
to trust. Charter Advocates is also a new company and I have not seen
the information to go with this only other option that materialized out
of thin air.
I have communicated with my lawyer that if JCCF does not honour their
agreement then I would pay her. This is still in dispute on whether JCCF
will pay full amount of their portion of the contract. I have asked
that the bill not be paid at this time and it
be sent to JCCF. This did not happen and the trust was used before Ms.
Grenier presented you with the bill. This will be delt with between my
lawyer and myself.
You say JCCF "ultimately
assisted". At what cost to me? I was slammed in social media for JCCF
"Peace Man from Ottawa protest represented by Justice Centre against
mischief charges". Then when you gave me ultimatums
and said you stopped support on Nov 7th I spoke in public about it.
The stress and hardship for the actions of JCCF, it's lawyers, it's
clients and my defence has been deplorable to my reputation and still I
have offered in my last communication to chalk it up to a disagreement
if you honoured the agreement.
I see in todays communications several more red flags like the "R. v Melfi".
Also I will not be removing anything from public sphere and will speak openly as I wish on public matters.
To this day even as I respond JCCF, has a page up and still with a donation link in use with my image. (Attached, dated)
The new "media release" removed.
Listen, I have and am confident on my documentation to date. I did not ask for these problems as you suggest.
I held Ms. Grenier to her current retainer. She showed up and in the end
had no baring on "winning" as the Crown said nothing to that nature and
"withdrew".
I had told Ms. Grenier that I would never apply for Jordan and you miss printed this information based on what she told you I presume.
This is another part of your "Media Release" was untruthful and disappointing my lawyer did not follow that request.
"It was never a question that I would agree to put in a Jordan application and explained why in detail to Ms. Grenier"
I have remained quite clear. On the other hand it has been quite
difficult to get answers to my questions pertaining to my Contract with
both parties.
I may be direct, but I have never been rude as you suggest. I am not
grateful for the involvement of JCCF to this point , no sir.
I should have stayed with my lawyer and raised the money over this two
years myself or just pay it and cash my life insurance for a child I had
set up.
My communications are lengthy as to not miss pertinent information and not sorry you all "don't have time for this".
I wish it was not my concern as to why JCCF and my own lawyer have acted
in this manor. I will soon be under oath in testimony to disclose my
involvement with several entities. I wish it was going to go another
way. But I cannot stop nor hide the truth.
I stood for the security of the person and country and still am through
accountability with our Government, our Courts, our lawyers, Police,
HoC, DOJ, OIC, etc.
If you are scared of accountability, sorry this is not a feelings game.
Now would you like to know what I have come to learn about the
involvement into the legal cases following the "Freedom convoy" "The
protest at parliament hill Jan-Feb 2022? You will now have to wait for
the over 2000 page report being submitted. Information
on such things as JCCF lawyers possibly disregarded "privacy", "ethical
standards", "Professional Standards", "Contractual obligations", "False
advertisements" and the list goes on.
I showed proof to my lawyer of a JCCF contracted lawyer apparently
facilitating a social media room that disregarded clients conditions. I
found it to be a serious offence. Also the breach of my personal phone
number taken from my file from Eva and used for
personal gain. Asking me to help Tamara and nothing about my case. The
professional obligation was to question Eva on how and why she obtained
and used this information.
The professional obligation
after showing her proof of "Canada Freedom Rights Movement"
"Clandestine" group facilitated by Eva, Bethan and attended by Kieth
Wilson and other JCCF clients with conditions should have
been reported in Oct 22nd 2022 while she was still retained with JCCF.
The day I was invited it was called "Fight Club" "And you know what
happens if you talk about Fight Club!" as a reference to the movie where
death is the implied outcome. Very serious and the moment I was invited
felt worried. I documented over a month of communications
and documents shared in the "Media and Propaganda control room" with
PDF's to suit.
This room was used to "silence" me and will show that in the proof on
several peoples devices. I have all #'s and lots of meta data.
Again very serious concerns that I have asked for answers from both JCCF and Ms. Grenier.
Screen_Recording_20240117_
The professional standards and obligations not met. Any time I mentioned
this to JCCF and John Carpay directly it was ignored and even said to
be "not my problem". I hate to tell you, it is your problem now. I am
not interested in legal action at this time
and will let the authorities deal with it.
Why would JCCF support or represent a Corporation and individuals thereof that placed demands on a five eyes country?
Why would they use witnesses in trials that attest to being military
experts and not recognize the danger this posed to the public?
Why would these experts never asked any of these questions in the EA,
where the JCCF and Freedom Corp represented as the only citizens voice
at the EA inquiry? Then not ask the most important questions that
needed to be asked? "Misplays of the week CTV" is
totally correct for a change.
I do not worry about any of my actions to date as is all documented.
You fight for Constitutional Rights and Freedoms right?
I ask you one more time. Please pay your portion of the agreed contract in full as soon as possible.
Please understand I never asked JCCF to forward me any money. So a redundant statement at the end of your email for some reason.
I wish for a reply concerning your final choice in this matter promptly from all parties.
Thank you,
Dana-lee Melfi
Peace-Man
Dana_lee_ca@Hotmail.com
613-570-8990
I advise you, I will be sharing all communications with Law Society of
Manitoba, Law Society of Ontario in the near future as I told you and
Ms. Grenier previously. I am advised it may be shared with the Kings
Bench.
From: James Manson <jmanson@jccf.ca>
Sent: February 6, 2024 12:32 PM
To: Dana-lee Melfi <dana_lee_ca@hotmail.com>
Cc: Monick Grenier <monick@grenierlaw.ca>;
John Carpay <jcarpay@jccf.ca>
Subject: R. v. Melfi
Mr. Melfi:
Greetings. John Carpay has asked me to respond to your recent e-mail, dated February 2, 2024.
I have reviewed your e-mail. It appears that, among other things, you are advancing two grievances. First, you appear to take offence at a press release put out by JCCF in connection with the successful defence of your criminal case. This was even though my understanding is that the press release was approved by you and/or your counsel, Ms. Melfi, in advance of it going out.
Second, you appear to believe that JCCF owes you money, despite the fact that JCCF ultimately assisted you financially with your criminal defence. As you will agree, you were ultimately able to present your defence with the assistance of Ms. Grenier, who was the counsel that you insisted on having.
Mr. Melfi, I am not inclined to get into an argument with you. You have been successful in your criminal case, which is great news. I am glad that JCCF was able to render assistance to you. Frankly I don’t quite understand why you are not happy with the outcome.
At any rate, given that you appear to take issue with the press release, I can report that JCCF will be removing it now from its website. We will no longer be referring to you or your case. There will be no further publicity concerning you. Please also remove all reference to JCCF on your own website(s) and social media materials as well.
Secondly, please also understand that JCCF will not be forwarding you any money.
I wish you all the best in your future endeavours.
Best regards,
James Manson
Director of Legal Services
Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
#253, 7620 Elbow Drive SW
Calgary, AB T2V 1K2
T/F:647.977.5354 | E: jmanson@jccf.ca
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