Ward Elcock and the CBC News figure that the Five Eyes are not dead yet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Elcock 

 

 

Ward Elcock
Elcock in 2007
4th Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
In office 1994–2004
Governor General	Ray Hnatyshyn
Prime Minister	Jean Chrétien
Preceded by	Ray Protti
Succeeded by	Dale Neufeld
Personal details
Born	August 1947 (age 77) Victoria, British Columbia

 

Ward P.D. Elcock (born August 1947)^[1] is a Canadian civil servant who served as the Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service from 1994 until May 2004. He remains the only Director to have ever served out his entire tenure. He served as the Deputy Minister of National Defence from August 5, 2004 to October 1, 2007.

He was born in 1947 in Victoria, British Columbia to Commodore F. Dudley Elcock and Mary Grace Pitfield and is the oldest of four children (Hew, Julia and Mark (deceased)). He is the grandson of deceased Canadian financier Ward C. Pitfield and Grace Pitfield (née MacDougall). He is the nephew of former Clerk of the Privy Council of Canada, the retired Senator late Michael Pitfield, and retired financier Ward C. Pitfield, Jr.

A Bachelor's graduate in Political Science from Carleton University, Elcock received his LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School.

Elcock served as the Security & Intelligence Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council Office for five years, and as Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Legislation and House Planning/Counsel) for six years, prior to his rise to CSIS and National Defence. In 2007, Elcock was named Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office "pending his next assignment".^[2]

In 2010, he was the chief of the Integrated Security Units organized for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the 36th G8 summit in Huntsville, and the 4th G-20 summit in Toronto. Between 2010 and 2016 he was Special Advisor on Human Smuggling and Illegal Migration in the Privy Council Office.^[3]

Elcock lives in Ottawa and is married with two children.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfOW9QrLs0o 

 

 

I'm Not Dead (yet)!

Nov 13, 2022  

From 'Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1974)
 

 

https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2007/09/prime-minister-announces-changes-senior-ranks-public-service.html?=undefined&wbdisable=true 

 

Prime Minister Announces Changes in the Senior Ranks of the Public Service

News Release

18 September 2007
Ottawa, OntarioPrime Minister Stephen Harper today announced the following changes in the senior ranks of the Public Service. These appointments are effective October 1, 2007:
Ward Elcock, currently Deputy Minister of National Defence, becomes Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office, pending his next assignment.
Robert Fonberg, currently Senior Associate Secretary of the Treasury Board, becomes Deputy Minister of National Defence.
John Knubley, currently Associate Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.
Diane Vincent, currently Executive Vice-President of the Canadian International Development Agency, becomes Vice-Chairperson of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal.
John McBride, currently President of the Canadian Commercial Corporation, becomes Executive Vice-President of the Canadian International Development Agency.
Myles Kirvan, currently Assistant Deputy Minister, Business and Regulatory Law, Justice Canada, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Public Safety.
Stephen Richardson, currently Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Tax Foundation, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Finance.
* * * *
WARD P.D. ELCOCK
Date of Birth:
August 1947
Education:
B.A., Political Science, Carleton University, Ottawa
LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School (York University)
Admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1975
Professional Experience
Since August 2004
Deputy Minister of National Defence
May 2004 - August 2004
Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office
May 1994 - May 2004
Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service
1989 to 1994
Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council (Security and Intelligence) and Counsel
1983 - 1989
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Legislation and House Planning/Counsel),
Privy Council Office
1980 - 1983
Acting General Counsel and then General Counsel, Legal Services, Energy, Mines and Resources
1979 - 1980
Lawyer assigned to the Department of Finance and Treasury Board
1975 - 1979
Lawyer assigned to Energy, Mines and Resources
1973 - 1974
Articling Student, Department of Justice 

 

 

https://www.uottawa.ca/faculty-social-sciences/public-international-affairs/about-school/senior-fellows/ward-elcock 

 

 

 

 

Ward Elcock

Honorary senior fellow

Email

welcock@uottawa.ca

  

Biography

Ward Elcock spent more than 40 years in the Canadian public service. Most recently, he was Special Advisor on Human Smuggling and Illegal Migration in the Privy Council Office (2010-2016). Prior to that appointment, he was Federal Coordinator of Olympic and G8/G20 Security (2007-2010), Deputy Minister of National Defence (2004-2007), Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (1994-2004), Deputy Clerk for Security & Intelligence, Privy Council Office (1989-1994). Prior to that last appointment, Ward was General Counsel for the Privy Council Office, and before that he was Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Legislation and House Planning) in the Privy Council Office and General Counsel, Legal Services in the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. In the 1970s, Ward worked as a lawyer in the Departments of Energy, Mines and Resources and Finance as well as the Treasury Board Secretariat. Ward is a graduate of York University (L.L.B., Osgoode Hall Law Society School) and Carleton University (BA, Political Science).

 

 

 

 

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html 

 

 

Friday, 18 September 2015

David Raymond Amos Versus The Crown T-1557-15

                                                                                             Court File No. T-1557-15

FEDERAL COURT

BETWEEN:                      

DAVID RAYMOND AMOS

                                                                                                  Plaintiff

and

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

                                                                                                  Defendant

STATEMENT OF CLAIM

The Parties

1.      HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Crown) is Elizabeth II, the Queen of England, the Protector of the Faith of the Church of England, the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom and one of the wealthiest persons in the world. Canada pays homage to the Queen because she remained the Head of State and the Chief Executive Officer of Canada after the Canada Act 1982 (U.K.) 1982, c. 11 came into force on April 17, 1982. The standing of the Queen in Canada was explained within the 2002 Annual Report FORM 18-K filed by Canada with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It states as follows:

     “The executive power of the federal Government is vested in the Queen, represented by the Governor General, whose powers are exercised on the advice of the federal Cabinet, which is responsible to the House of Commons. The legislative branch at the federal level, Parliament, consists of the Crown, the Senate and the House of Commons.”

     “The executive power in each province is vested in the Lieutenant Governor, appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the federal Cabinet. The Lieutenant Governor’s powers are exercised on the advice of the provincial cabinet, which is responsible to the legislative assembly. Each provincial legislature is composed of a Lieutenant Governor and a legislative assembly made up of members elected for a period of five years.”      

2.      Her Majesty the Queen is the named defendant pursuant to sections 23(1) and 36 of the Crown Liability and Proceedings Act. Some of the state actors whose duties and actions are at issue in this action are the Prime Minister, Premiers, Governor General, Lieutenant Governors, members of the Canadian Forces (CF), and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), federal and provincial Ministers of Public Safety, Ministers of Justice, Ministers of Finance, Speakers, Clerks, Sergeants-at-Arms and any other person acting as Aide-de-Camp providing security within and around the House of Commons, the legislative assemblies or acting as security for other federal, provincial and municipal properties.

3.      Her Majesty the Queen’s servants the RCMP whose mandate is to serve and protect Canadian citizens and assist in the security of parliamentary properties and the protection of public officials should not deny a correspondence from a former Deputy Prime Minister who was appointed to be Canada’s first Minister of Public Safety in order to oversee the RCMP and their cohorts. The letter that helped to raise the ire of a fellow Canadian citizen who had never voted in his life to run for public office four times thus far is quoted as follows:

  “Mr. David R. Amos                                                               Jan 3^rd, 2004

153Alvin Avenue

   Milton, MA U.S.A. 02186

                Dear Mr. Amos

      Thank you for your letter of November 19^th, 2003, addressed to   

                my predecessor, the Honourble Wayne Easter, regarding your safety.  

                I apologize for the delay in responding.

      If you have any concerns about your personal safety, I can only

               suggest that you contact the police of local jurisdiction. In addition, any

               evidence of criminal activity should be brought to their attention since the

               police are in the best position to evaluate the information and take action

               as deemed appropriate.

       I trust that this information is satisfactory.

                                                              Yours sincerely

                                                                        A. Anne McLellan”

4.      DAVID RAYMOND AMOS (Plaintiff), a Canadian Citizen and the first Chief of the Amos Clan, was born in Sackville, New Brunswick (NB) on July 17^th, 1952.

5.      The Plaintiff claims standing in this action as a citizen whose human rights and democratic interests are to be protected by due performance of the obligations of Canada’s public officials who are either elected or appointed and all servants of the Crown whose mandate is to secure the public safety, protect public interests and to uphold and enforce the rule of law. The Crown affirms his right to seek relief for offences to his rights under section 24(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter). Paragraphs 6 to 13 explain the delay in bringing this action before Federal Court and paragraphs 25 to 88 explain this matter.

6.      The Plaintiff states that pursuant to the democratic rights found in Section 3 of the Charter he was a candidate in the elections of the membership of the 38^th and 39^th Parliaments in the House of Commons and a candidate in the elections of the memberships of the legislative assemblies in Nova Scotia (NS) and NB in 2006.

7.      The Plaintiff states that if he is successful in finding a Chartered Accountant to audit his records as per the rules of Elections Canada, he will attempt to become a candidate in the election of the membership of the 42^nd Parliament.

8.      The Plaintiff states that beginning in January of 2002, he made many members of the RCMP and many members of the corporate media including employees of a Crown Corporation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) well aware of the reason why he planned to return to Canada and become a candidate in the next federal election. In May of 2004, all members seated in the 37^th Parliament before the writ was dropped for the election of the 38^th Parliament and several members of the legislative assemblies of NB and Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) knew the reason is the ongoing rampant public corruption. Evidence of the Plaintiff’s concerns can be found within his documents that the Office of the Governor General acknowledged were in its possession ten years ago before the Speech from the Throne in 2004. The Governor General’s letter is as follows:    

                                                                         “September 11^th, 2004

          Dear Mr. Amos,     

           On behalf of Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson,        

           I acknowledge receipt of two sets of documents and CD regarding corruption,

           one received from you directly, and the other forwarded to us by the Office of

           the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.     

                       I regret to inform you that the Governor General cannot intervene in

           matters that are the responsibility of elected officials and courts of Justice of

           Canada. You already contacted the various provincial authorities regarding

           your concerns, and these were the appropriate steps to take.  

                                                  Yours sincerely.             

                                                              Renee Blanchet      

                                                              Office of the Secretary

                                                              to the Governor General”

9.      The Plaintiff states that the documents contain proof that the Crown by way of the RCMP and the Minister of Public Safety/Deputy Prime Minister knew that he was the whistleblower offering his assistance to Maher Arar and his lawyers in the USA. The Governor General acknowledged his concerns about the subject of this complaint and affirmed that the proper provincial authorities were contacted but ignored the Plaintiff’s faxes and email to the RCMP and the Solicitor General in November of 2003 and his tracked US Mail to the Solicitor General and the Commissioner of the RCMP by way of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in December of 2003 and the response he received from the Minister of Public Safety/Deputy Prime Minister in early 2004. One document was irrefutable proof that there was no need whatsoever to create a Commission of Inquiry into Maher Arar concerns at about the same point in time. That document is a letter from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office Inspector General (OIG complaint no. C04-01448) admitting contact with his office on November 21, 2003 within days of the Plaintiff talking to the office of Canada’s Solicitor General while he met with the US Attorney General and one day after the former Attorney General of New York (NY) and the former General Counsel of the SEC testified at a public hearing before the US Senate Banking Committee about investigations of the mutual fund industry.

10.  The Plaintiff states that another document that the Plaintiff received during the election of the 39^th Parliament further supported the fact he was a whistleblower about financial crimes. In December of 2006 a member of the RCMP was ethical enough to admit that he understood the Plaintiff’s concerns and forwarded his response to the acting Commissioner of the RCMP and others including a NB Cabinet Minister Michael B. Murphy QC. The Crown is well aware that any member sitting in the last days of the 37^th Parliament through to the end of the 41^st Parliament could have stood in the House of Commons and asked the Speaker if the Crown was aware of the Plaintiff’s actions. All parliamentarians should have wondered why his concerns and that of Mr. Arar’s were not heard by a committee within the House of Commons in early 2004. Instead, the Crown created an expensive Commission to delay the Arar matter while he sued the governments of Canada and the USA and his wife ran in the election of the 38^th Parliament. In 2007, Arar received a $10-million settlement from the Crown and the Prime Minister gave him an official apology yet the US government has never admitted fault. A month after the writ was dropped for the election of the 42^nd Parliament and CBC is reporting Syrian concerns constantly, Mr. Arar’s lawyer announced that the RCMP will attempt to extradite a Syrian intelligence officer because it had laid a charge in absentia and a Canada-wide warrant and Interpol notice were issued. The Plaintiff considers such news to be politicking practiced by the Minister of Public Safety. He noticed the usually outspoken Mr. Arar made no comment but his politically active wife had lots to say on CBC. Meanwhile, the RCMP continues to bar a fellow citizen from parliamentary properties because he exercised the same democratic rights after he had offered his support to Arar by way of his American lawyers. The aforementioned letter about financial crimes was from the Inspector General for Tax Administration in the US Department of the Treasury. Mr Arar’s lawyers, the RCMP, the Canadian Revenue Agency and the US Internal Revenue Service still refuse to even admit TIGTA complaint no. 071-0512-0055-C exists. However, the Commissioner of Federal Court, the Queen’s Privy Council Office and other agencies were made well aware of it before the Speech from the Throne in 2006.   

11.  The Plaintiff states that from June 24, 2004 until the day he signed this complaint he has diligently tried to resolve the breach of his rights under the Charter that are the subject of this complaint with any public official in Canada whom he believed had the mandate or the ability to request that the Crown investigate and correct the malicious actions and inactions of the RCMP, Sergeants-at-Arms and Aides-de-Camp in all jurisdictions. Until June 16, 2006 the Plaintiff did not have irrefutable proof to support this complaint. Time did not permit him to address it immediately in Federal Court in 2006 because his slate was full. For instance on June 16, 2006 while dealing with deeply troubling private family matters, he was running against the Attorney General for his seat in the NS provincial election while arguing members of the RCMP about strange calls he got from someone in Ottawa who claimed the Department of Public Safety as her client, dealing with many liberal party members who were about to witness in Moncton NB the first debate of all those who wished to become their new leader, assisting a farmer in his attempt to get some authority to properly investigate the demise of his cattle and discussing with members of the Saint John NB City Council the actions of a sergeant in the Saint John Police Force who was calling friends of the Plaintiff and claiming that he was drug dealing member of a bike gang that they should stay away from while he was preparing to intervene in pipeline matter that was about to heard by the National Energy Board in Saint John .

12.  The Plaintiff states that in April of 2007 he wrote a complaint about this matter and returned to the Capital District of NB in order to file it and argue the Crown before the Federal Court if it did not wish to settle. A clerk of this court informed him that his complaint was not composed correctly, so he began to rewrite this complaint. However, as soon as it was known what the Plaintiff was about to file he was subject to further police harassment and his family began to suffer from constant slander, sexual harassment and death threats on the Internet and on the telephone that continues to this very day while the RCMP, the FBI and many other law enforcement authorities continue to ignored the obvious evidence of cybercrime practiced against many people including his minor children. 

13.  The Plaintiff states that the Crown’s only response has been further harassment by the RCMP including false arrest and imprisonment and theft of his property by the Fredericton Police Force supported by other law enforcement authorities in Canada and the USA. The Governor General has had the Plaintiff’s documents for over ten years to study. The Crown now has one of the complaints that the RCMP has been delaying since 2003. It is as follows:

The Complaint

14.  The Plaintiff states that on June 24, 2004 during the election of the membership of the 38^th Parliament the Crown breached his right to peaceful assembly and association under Section 2(c) and (d) of the Charter. The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Legislative Assembly of NB (a former member of the RCMP) supported by the Fredericton Police Force (FPF), the Corps of Commissionaires (COC) and at least one RCMP officer acting as Aide-de-Camp to the NB Lieutenant Governor barred the Plaintiff under threat of arrest from the legislative properties in NB.

15.  The Plaintiff states that whereas the Crown refused to put anything in writing to either confirm or deny that he was in fact barred from the legislative properties in NB, he returned to the public property whenever he deemed it necessary to do so as he ran for public office three more times. For example, when the Plaintiff was a candidate in the election of the 39^th Parliament for the riding of Fredericton, he was asked to come into the legislative building of NB to record a live interview for an Atlantic Television (ATV) news cast shortly before polling day. On that occasion, the Sergeant-at-Arms and his Aides-de-Camp did not attempt to bar the Plaintiff from access to legislative property quite possibly because they did not wish their actions to be recorded by ATV. However, the Crown made matters worse in short order. CBC barred the Plaintiff from an all-candidates’ debate on the University of New Brunswick (UNB) campus and on polling day two District Returning Officers on the UNB campus after viewing identification threatened to have the Plaintiff arrested stating that they did not believe he was on the ballot.

16.  The Plaintiff states that the NB Sergeant-at-Arms continued with his threat of arrest after the election 39^th Parliament. In response, the Plaintiff challenged the Sergeant-at-Arms to either put his threat in writing or arrest him so he could at least argue the Crown about the offences against his rights under the Charter.

17.  The Plaintiff states that on June 16^th, 2006 he was on a sidewalk on Queen Street in Fredericton NB waiting for a friend who was meeting with the Premier of NB and others inside the legislative assembly building. Within minutes of his arrival the Sergeant-at-Arms and two members of the FPF marched out of the building and served a signed document barring him from public places overseen by the Crown because some unnamed parties found him in ”Contempt of the House”. The Sergeant-at-Arms then ordered the Plaintiff off legislative property. When the Plaintiff pointed out that he was not on legislative property but on a sidewalk on Queen Street, the Sergeant-at-Arms claimed that his jurisdiction extended to the middle of the street. The two members of the FPF identified themselves and agreed that if the Plaintiff did not cross the street they would arrest him.

18.  The Plaintiff states that after he crossed Queen Street he took a photograph of the Sergeant-at-Arms and the FPF marching back into the building to prove date and time of their malice. He sent a photograph of their barring notice to many people particularly liberal party members gathering in Moncton, NB that day to hear a debate by those who wished to replace the former Prime Minister as their party leader. It was important to do so because a liberal mandate created the Charter in 1982 compelling all New Brunswickers including the Sergeant-at-Arms and the police to abide the law within Canada’s only bilingual province. Any citizen or public official who understands the Charter and received a copy of the barring notice should have noticed the Crown had barred a citizen from the legislative properties in NB in only one official language. No police officer or politician or Language Commissioner at either a federal or provincial level ever responded to any inquiry about that fact. The Sergeant-at-Arms of NB did acknowledge the receipt of a copy of his barring notice years later but he did so in French only. 

19.  The Plaintiff states that the NB Sergeant-at-Arms and his cohorts in the FPF, RCMP and the COC are well aware that as soon as the Plaintiff’s friend came out of legislative building on June 16, 2006, he was given the barring notice to take back inside in order to inquire about it and the reasons behind it. The COC are clearly named at the bottom of the document yet the Commissionaires and all the politicians he encountered that day claimed that they were not allowed to discuss the barring notice and never would ever since. The Plaintiff finds that the police, politicians and bureaucrats etc. are maintaining their oath to the Crown rather than uphold the law and Sections 2(c) (d), 16(2), 18(2) and 20(2) of the Charter and are relying on the Crown’s legal counsel to stop him from seeking relief.

20.  The Plaintiff states that the RCMP and the members of the FPF who harassed the Plaintiff in September of 2006 while he was a candidate in the NB provincial election would not explain why the NB Sergeant-at-Arms and the COC had barred him with a document written in English only or why it was not published in the Royal Gazette. Members of the FPF who violated the Plaintiff’s privacy trying to read an email that he was composing on a laptop within his car parked on private property refused to explain why they thought they had the right do so as they attempted to interrogate him without a warrant or due process of law. Members of the FPF refused to take the same documents the RCMP had so that their major crimes unit could finally investigate after they demanded that the Plaintiff identify himself so they could check for warrants for his arrest. The FPF would not discuss what they would do if he returned to the UNB campus or if he parked a vehicle and put money in a parking meter on the side of Queen Street claimed by the Sergeant-at-Arms. In February of 2007 after a Cabinet Minister of NB acknowledged his concerns with the RCMP, his children took pictures of the Plaintiff standing on the legislative property and the Sergeant-at-Arms and the FPF did nothing that day. However, the police harassment got worse afterwards. The FPF tried to call him a criminal while the Plaintiff waited for answers before he argued the Crown in court about his property that the FPF had illegally seized. The text of two emails that the Crown and the FPF sent in 2007 are as follows: 

              “Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:02:35 -0400
               From: "Murphy, Michael B. \(DH/MS\)" MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca
               To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com

               Subject:

                   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”

                                                       AND

                “From: “Lafleur, Lou” lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca
                  To: motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com,
                  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

21.  The Plaintiff states that by September of 2007, he was told by police officers and others that he was barred from the town of Woodstock, the House of Commons, the National Capital District including Rideau Hall and the University of Ottawa, the Capital District of NB including the Lieutenant Governor’s residence and the University of NB, all other legislative properties in Canada and that a photograph of him was posted inside the NB legislative building, the Fredericton airport and at least one mining property guarded by the Corps of Commissionaires.

22.  The Plaintiff states that on or about September 13, 2007 during a conversation with the office of the Speaker of the House of Commons he was referred to the Sergeant-at-Arms in order to find out if the Plaintiff was truly barred from the House of Commons and if he had been sent an answer to the documentation the Speaker and the government of Iceland received in May of 2006. The Sergeant-at-Arms was apparently well aware of his concerns because he said he knew the Plaintiff from a past life and quickly hung up the telephone. The Sergeant-at-Arms never did answer the Plaintiff and ignored all his contacts ever since.

23.  The Plaintiff states that the odd response from Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons caused him to research how they knew each other. The public record states that in June of 2005 the RCMP officer acting as Aide-de-Camp to the NB Lieutenant Governor retired and joined the House of Commons as Director of Security Operations. On September 1, 2006, he became the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons. Therefore, because of all three of his positions from June of 2004 to December of 2014, the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons must have agreed and seconded his fellow Sergeant-at-Arms in NB and his threats to arrest Plaintiff if he reappeared on parliamentary property.

24.  The Plaintiff states that with regards to this complaint about being illegally barred from parliamentary properties, the most recent contact from the Crown was the three members of the RCMP who harassed the Plaintiff at 1:30 AM on December 16, 2014 not long after he had received an email from a former CSIS agent who is the current Sergeant-at-Arms of the legislative assembly of Alberta.

 

 

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tulsi-gabbard-director-national-intelligence-1.7447616 

 

Why Canada's spies worry about Trump's national intelligence nominee

Experts say pick of Tulsi Gabbard raises red flags, could limit information-sharing

 

Evan Dyer · CBC News · Posted: Feb 01, 2025 5:00 AM AST

 

 

Tulsi Gabbard, former U.S. congresswoman and President Donald Trump's pick for director of national intelligence, has a lack of experience in the intelligence community that has Canada's former spies worried about what's to come. (Nathan Howard/Reuters)

Hillary Clinton once called her a "Russian asset" — and that was while Tulsi Gabbard was still a Democrat.

Of all of Donald Trump's cabinet picks, none have caused so many reservations from within the Republican Party — and that's in a field that includes a health secretary nominee who has promoted anti-vaccine conspiracy theories, a World Wrestling Entertainment executive nominated as secretary of education and a defence secretary confirmed despite allegations of heavy drinking and aggressive behaviour toward women who said in his autobiography that he left the U.S. military after being branded an "extremist."

Gabbard's only national security experience is in the Hawaii National Guard, and she is well known for sympathizing with dictators and embracing conspiracy theories, as well as her devotion to a Hawaii-based offshoot of the Hare Krishna movement. Former staffers have described her as a regular consumer of Russian propaganda network RT, and Russian state channels have rejoiced publicly in the nomination of "our girlfriend" Tulsi, as one host put it, to lead the U.S. intelligence community.

Ward Elcock, former director of Canada's national intelligence agency CSIS, told CBC News that Gabbard's lack of any experience or qualifications for the post is the bigger issue — which could impact the quality of U.S. intelligence that Canada relies on.

"This is neither a particularly complex or particularly thoughtful person," he said. "Nothing I've read about her suggests she has the background or the experience or the knowledge to take up the positions that she's being appointed to by the Trump administration."

Gatekeeper of U.S. intelligence

The post of director of national intelligence (DNI) was created in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, which revealed a lack of communication between U.S. intelligence agencies, says Wesley Wark, a historian of security and intelligence who served two terms on Canada's advisory council on national security.

"It's a very powerful role," Wark said. "There's not really any equivalent in the Canadian context."

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He said the position provides leadership to about 18 agencies and has influence over senior appointments.

"But more importantly, [the DNI] really sits at the right hand of the president in a couple of ways," he said, pointing to Gabbard's potential seat at the National Security Council and oversight of the president's daily brief.

Trump is known for not reading those briefs anyway. But Wark says that Gabbard, if confirmed, "will have vast influence over not only American intelligence collection and analysis, but also over the intelligence that reaches allies such as Canada through the Five Eyes and other sharing mechanisms."

'Lies and smears'

Some in her own party have asked that she not be confirmed. "The Department of National Intelligence is not a place for a Russian, Iranian, Syrian, Chinese sympathizer," said Nikki Haley, who ran against Trump for the Republican nomination. 

Gabbard tried to pre-empt such criticisms in her opening statement to the Senate committee on Thursday.

"You will hear lies and smears that challenge my loyalty to and love for our country. Those who oppose my nomination imply that I am loyal to something or someone other than God, my own conscience and the Constitution of the United States — accusing me of being Trump's puppet, Putin's puppet, Assad's puppet, a guru's puppet, Modi's puppet — not recognizing the absurdity of simultaneously being the puppet of five different puppet masters."

Gabbard was questioned about her experience and political views at a U.S. Senate committee hearing earlier this week. (Nathan Howard/Reuters)

But some of the senators found her responses unconvincing.

"Some of her responses, and non-responses, created more confusion than clarity and only deepened my concerns about her judgment," said Utah Republican Sen. John Curtis after Thursday's hearing.

Praise for Assad

Gabbard's foreign connections and patterns of travel led the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to place her temporarily on a watchlist.

She vigorously defended Bashar al-Assad's atrocity-ridden campaign in Syria's civil war, and contradicted the findings of U.S. intelligence that Assad had used chemical weapons against his own civilian population — a finding supported by the UN.

Within hours of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Gabbard took to Twitter to blame the West for not acknowledging "Russia's legitimate security concerns."

She also spread Russian claims that Ukraine was developing bioweapons in cahoots with the U.S. government, and called the democratically elected government of Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "corrupt autocracy," while remaining notably silent about the undemocratic government of Vladimir Putin. 

'An absolute blow' to the West

"From a vetting perspective, in terms of loyalty, reliability, she's totally unsuitable in light of the views she has expressed," says Dan Stanton, formerly of CSIS and now director of the national security program at the University of Ottawa's Professional Development Institute.

"It's very significant that she has these views that are completely contrary to those of the Five Eyes alliance and NATO with respect to Ukraine and Russia," he told CBC News. "Those are views you expect to see on Twitter, not someone going before the Senate committee to have such a position and such a budget to oversee. It is really disheartening."

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Stanton added that her past entanglements could potentially leave her open to blackmail by foreign intelligence services.

"It is an absolute blow," agrees Wark. "It suggests a willingness to listen to Russian imperial propaganda without any intent to explore the bases of that imperial propaganda at all." He says it's alarming this is a position the president appears to endorse with his DNI pick.

Elcock says Gabbard does indeed seem to mirror views widespread in the Trump administration, though not — until now — in the U.S. defence and intelligence establishment.

Leakers and moles

Even the Republican senators at Gabbard's hearing seemed to have trouble digesting her support for Edward Snowden, the most prolific leaker of American secrets of the modern era.

Snowden has long argued that he was being patriotic, not disloyal, when he revealed details of illegal secret spying by U.S. intelligence agencies.

The Canadians who spoke to CBC News say that while Snowden did reveal real abuses, most of the intelligence he leaked had nothing to do with that. Since 2022, Snowden has been a Russian citizen, and has shown a marked reluctance to criticize abuses in Russia.

Gabbard refused to answer on several occasions whether she considered Snowden a "traitor," but did say that he had broken the law.

Gabbard has praised former U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden for leaking state secrets, including mass-surveillance programs. (Nathan Howard/Reuters)

"The insider threat, leakers, moles, have been on the increase," said Stanton. "This leaker issue is not going away and they're extremely damaging regardless of your political views.

"You need to safeguard against that. And if the actual director of the intelligence community has a sympathetic view of people like Snowden, that's completely contrary to the practices of national security." 

From Russia, Snowden expressed support for Gabbard on Elon Musk's social media platform X, and encouraged her to throw him under the bus if it helps her nomination.

Five Eyes not dead yet

The Canadian experts consulted by CBC News all said that they expect intelligence sharing to continue on the tactical level, and the U.S. will continue to be at the centre of it as the largest collector of intelligence.

Wark says that Canada has traditionally relied heavily on U.S. intelligence agencies to "be the eyes and ears for Canada in when it comes to global security threats."

Analyst Wesley Wark says the United States is Canada's 'eyes and ears' for foreign intelligence. (Submitted by Wesley Wark)

"I think, for Canada, one of the great concerns about Gabbard is that she would be seen as an unreliable partner, that her judgments could not be trusted … a great wall of suspicion would arise between Canada and the United States," he said.

But Stanton said whether the U.S. could be trusted with intelligence from its allies could be of even greater concern.

"Five Eyes partners, particularly the British, may be reluctant to share with the Americans," he said.

"Canada does collect very useful intelligence," said Stanton. "Why would we share it with American agencies if there's a risk it's going to be exploited for political purposes by the White House?"

Search for new partners

Elcock says that although Canada is a net beneficiary of its intelligence relationship with the U.S., that country does find what Canada provides useful.

"It is possible that [Trump appointees] do enormous damage and that as a consequence, sharing with the Americans will become much more difficult and much less an accepted way of doing business," Elcock said.

Canada would find itself in the position of having to diversify its sources of foreign intelligence by seeking new partners, says Wark, much as it has had to do in trade.

"The candidates would include the Nordics, all of whom have pretty good intelligence services, greater intelligence sharing certainly with Germany and France. We would have to rely more on a long-established intelligence-sharing partnership with the U.K. In the Indo-Pacific, I think we would need to reach out to our ongoing partnership with Australia, and reach out to countries like Japan and South Korea for their insights into security threats in the region," he said.

"We have grown so used to the unique kind of alliance among the Five Eyes that we've never felt it really necessary to expand that relationship or count on anybody else. But times are changing."

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Evan Dyer has been a journalist with CBC for 25 years, after an early career as a freelancer in Argentina. He works in the Parliamentary Bureau and can be reached at evan.dyer@cbc.ca.

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Methinks many people not just this mean old political predicted this wicked lawyer would be evil old Joe's (or should I say the DNC's) pick of the litter (and his replacement) N'esy Pas?





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Joe Biden selects Kamala Harris as U.S. vice-presidential running mate

Harris is 1st woman of colour to compete on major U.S. party's presidential ticket

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David Amos
Methinks some folks must recall why the Trump campaign congratulated Tulsi Gabbard after Kamala Harris dropped out of Democratic race N'esy Pas? 


David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Deja Vu Anyone???

"When she was asked a question about her ongoing feud with another major Democratic Party figure, 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton, Gabbard took aim at what she said was a "Bush-Clinton-Trump" foreign policy agenda. She said the Democratic Party needed to break away from "greedy corporate interests."

"Our Democratic Party, unfortunately, is not the party that is of, by and for the people," Gabbard said, a quote that was picked up by the Trump account." 



Serge Simard
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Her number one responsibility will be to babysit Biden.

David Amos 

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Reply to @Serge Simard: Methinks many agree that the political lawyer's job will be to replace Old Joe N'esy Pas?

David Sampson
Harris is smart, tough and Trump should watch out, she doesn’t like pompous arrogant pathological narcissists. 

Casper Whitehead
Reply to @David Sampson:
You mean to say she hates herself?

David Amos 

Reply to @Casper Whitehead: Touche

 

 

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Trump campaign congratulates Tulsi Gabbard after Kamala Harris drops out of Democratic race

Jeanine Santucci

USA TODAY

 

After Sen. Kamala Harris announced she was suspending her campaign for president on Tuesday, a Trump 2020 campaign Twitter account account took the opportunity to poke at the tension between her and Democratic candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. 

"BREAKING NEWS: @KamalaHarris has ended her campaign for president. Congratulations @TulsiGabbard!" the Trump War Room account tweeted. 

Gabbard and Harris have clashed on the debate stage and on Twitter. After the Trump account tweeted, Gabbard also chimed in on the end of Harris' campaign. 

"Sending my best wishes to @KamalaHarris, her family & supporters who have campaigned so hard. While we disagree on some issues, we agree on others & I respect her sincere desire to serve the American people. I look forward to working together on the challenges we face as a nation," Gabbard said.

Kamala Harris ends bid:'In good faith, I can’t tell you ... that I have a path forward'

It's not the first time Trump War Room, an account managed by Trump's 2020 campaign, has tweeted positively about Gabbard; the campaign account has shared comments from the Hawaii congresswoman in the past, including the moment from the November debate when Gabbard criticized the establishment of the Democratic Party.

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@TrumpWarRoom

BREAKING NEWS: @KamalaHarris has ended her campaign for president. Congratulations @TulsiGabbard!

When she was asked a question about her ongoing feud with another major Democratic Party figure, 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton, Gabbard took aim at what she said was a "Bush-Clinton-Trump" foreign policy agenda. She said the Democratic Party needed to break away from "greedy corporate interests."

"Our Democratic Party, unfortunately, is not the party that is of, by and for the people," Gabbard said, a quote that was picked up by the Trump account.

That began the subsequent back-and-forth with Harris over the values of the Democratic Party. Harris accused Gabbard of spending "four years full time on Fox News criticizing President Obama."

“What we need on this stage,” Harris said, “is someone who has the ability to win.”

Gabbard said that Harris continued to “traffic in lies and smears and innuendos because she cannot challenge the substance of the argument that I'm making, the leadership and the change that I am seeking to bring.”

After the Trump War Room tweeted out Gabbard's quote, Harris shared a screenshot on Twitter and said, "I rest my case."

Kamala Harris

@KamalaHarris

I rest my case.

12:23 AM · Nov 21, 2019

Gabbard also went after Harris' criminal justice record during the July round of primary debates.

“Sen. Harris says she’s proud of her record as a prosecutor and that she’ll be a prosecutor president. But I’m deeply concerned about this record," Gabbard said.

"She put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana," she added. "... She kept people in prison beyond their sentences to use them as cheap labor for the state of California."

Gabbard told Harris that she owed an apology to the "people who suffered under your reign as prosecutor." 

Harris defended herself by saying, "As the elected attorney general of California, I did the work of significantly reforming the criminal justice system... which became a national model of the work that needs to be done. And I am proud of that work."

2020 debate:Tulsi Gabbard prompts a brawl with Kamala Harris over dig at Democratic Party

Harris announced her campaign's suspension Tuesday afternoon and cited the campaign's financial struggle. She said in a letter to supporters, "In good faith, I can’t tell you, my supporters and volunteers, that I have a path forward if I don’t believe I do."