Holt government defends N.B. Power involvement in selecting group to review N.B. Power
Utility president and board chair played role in the 'identification and selection' of candidates
Internal government records show senior N.B. Power officials were given a say in selecting the three-person committee set up to advise the New Brunswick government on what to do about the utility.
The selection process resulted in at least two reviewers with strong connections to N.B. Power being chosen, but New Brunswick Finance and Energy Minister René Legacy says the utility has not been unduly influencing the review exercise by its sometimes behind-the-scenes involvement.
"N.B. Power representatives provide valuable perspective but do not have veto power over any decision regarding the review," Legacy said in a statement issued to CBC News.
A request to interview the minister about the review and N.B. Power's role in choosing those conducting it was not granted.
N.B. Power had hand in picking who would independently review its operationsN.B. Power's involvement in the selection process surfaced in documents sent to New Brunswick's opposition Progressive Conservative Party following a freedom of information request.
The documents have been reviewed by CBC News.
PC Kris Austin, the opposition energy critic, said allowing the utility a say in who was picked to evaluate the utility undermines the credibility of the exercise.
"It absolutely torpedoes the thought of an independent outside committee," Austin said in an interview. "I think that kind of blows all that out of the water."
In mid-April, Legacy and New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt jointly announced what they called a "comprehensive review" of N.B. Power that would be at arms length from the company.
Holt said major changes were needed at the utility because of rapidly rising power rates and bulging debt levels and she wanted a fresh look by outside experts who could evaluate what is wrong and propose solutions.
"Transformative change is required," Holt said. "Everything is on the table because the status quo is no longer an option."
Holt also made the point that the review process needed to be "independent and transparent" to earn public trust.
A news release issued at the time said, "three people independent from N.B. Power" would be picked to lead the review but didn't detail how they would be chosen.
Documents since released by the province show that selecting the three people was delegated to a "steering committee" that was empowered to provide "strategic direction" to the project
Five of the seven members of the steering committee represent the province, including Legacy, deputy energy minister Jeff Hoyt, the clerk of the executive council, Judy Wagner, and two senior officials from Susan Holt's office — chief of staff Katie Davey and director of communications Brit Mockler.
The remaining two members are N.B. Power president Lori Clark and N.B. Power chair Andrew MacGillivray.
In the days after the review was announced the steering committee assembled to choose the three people who would run it.
From a number of candidates whose names are redacted in the documents, the committee settled on former N.B. Power board member Anne Bertrand, utility financial expert Michael Bernstein and former Ontario utility and nuclear executive Duncan Hawthorne.
Bertrand, a former New Brunswick Information and Privacy Commissioner, was a member of N.B. Power's board of directors between 2018 and 2024, serving alongside MacGillivray.
According to various N.B. Power annual reports, Bertrand sat on a number of board committees with the now chair and was a member of the board in 2023 when it named Lori Clark to become N.B. Power president
Bernstein was also a familiar figure to the utility.
Although not detailed in the online biography the province initially released about him, Bernstein was involved as a consultant in the effort to sell N.B. Power to Hydro Quebec in 2009.
More recently, he had been on a financial retainer to N.B. Power to advise it on what might be done with the troubled Point Lepreau nuclear generating station and the structurally challenged Mactaquac hydroelectric dam.
In an interview, Bernstein said he terminated his financial relationship with N.B. Power in the spring before he formally signed on to help conduct the review of N.B. Power.
"Once it was in early May, saying, 'Look, we'd like to move forward with you,' then I had the conversation with the company about terminating my agreement," Bernstein said.
In his statement to CBC News, Legacy acknowledged both Lori Clark and Andrew MacGillivray were involved in "the identification and selection" of Bertrand, Bernstein and Hawthorne to lead the review but insisted nothing the steering committee has done or will do affects the group's ability to evaluate N.B. Power "independently and objectively."
He also said Bernstein's biography on the N.B. Power review website is being updated to include information about his past involvement with the utility "to ensure full transparency."
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No 'Harry Potter wand' available to fix N.B. Power, public meeting told
Panellists running a review of N.B. Power suggest realistic solutions are needed to fix utility
A year-long independent review of N.B. Power ordered by the New Brunswick government has been generating some heavy criticism of the utility at public meetings, but not just from members of the public
On Friday during an open session in Fredericton, the review panel itself questioned shortcomings in N.B. Power's management structure and execution that may be contributing to its troubles
Duncan Hawthorne, one of three members of the review panel and a former president of Bruce Power in Ontario, said N.B. Power has been unable to provide him or fellow panellist Michael Bernstein data they requested on how much it costs the utility to produce a kilowatt of electricity.
"That's in itself insightful," Hawthorne told the meeting
"I am an operator — I have been all my life — and I've also been a chief executive, and if I go in any of my facilities, and the guy who runs it can't tell me how much it costs to produce a kilowatt of power, I've got the wrong guy."
N.B. Power can’t say how much it costs to produce a kilowatt of power, irate review panelist saysHawthorne blamed N.B. Power's organizational structure, which he called an "amorphous mass" for its inability to provide the information.
He said the panel is now building its "own financial models" of how N.B. Power operates to understand the utility in a way that will not rely on information supplied by its management.
At
public meetings, review panel member Duncan Hawthorne, the former
president of Bruce Power in Ontario, has been speaking frankly about
N.B. Power's problems. (Michael Heenan/CBC)
The Fredericton event was the fourth public meeting of the week for the review panel. Hawthorne, who described himself as "a kind of blunt instrument" in Saint John on Thursday, has been dominating sessions with his plainspoken and often colourful assessment of problems he's been observing.
On the Point Lepreau nuclear generating station, he reiterated the need for better performance and hinted N.B. Power's financial condition may be worse than its financial statements show because of how it overvalues the nuclear plant.
"Lepreau is a very good example of an asset that has a very significant book value because of the cost of refurbishing and other things," Hawthorne said. "And I would tell you a very simple thing: it's not worth the book value today, to anyone.
"No one is coming to pay that for you."
Those hoping the nuclear plant can be sold off at a price that would take its debt off N.B. Power's books are not being realistic, Hawthorne said.
There is no "money tree" in New Brunswick to fix N.B. Power's financial problems with — "I've been looking" — and no "Harry Potter's wand" to wave the debt away, he said.
Review
panellist Michael Bernstein, who has a background in the financing of
major power generation projects, questions whether N.B. Power customers
should have to pay a three per cent surcharge on their bills to cover
past losses of the utility. (Michael Heenan/CBC)
Instead, he said, the utility needs to get the assets it has to perform better, starting with the nuclear plant.
Panellist Bernstein pointed out that despite recent increases, N.B. Power's rates are still lower than those being charged next door in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. But he had his own questions about why N.B. Power is allowed to add a surcharge to bills to pay for past losses that are stored in a "variance account."
"We are looking at the variance account. Does it make sense," Bernstein said.
"In a normal business, if you don't hit your budget, you lose money."
Fredericton
resident Randy Dickinson says he was 'blowing the whistle' on N.B.
Power, then did just that during his presentation at a public meeting
about the utility on Friday. (Michael Heenan/CBC)
Several members of the public asked questions. Two told the meeting they had doubts the review would be effective but have begun to change their view.
Fredericton resident Randy Dickinson came to the meeting with a long list of complaints and a whistle which he loudly blew after offering his own views.
"I'm blowing the whistle on N.B. Power," Dickinson said. "It's time for a change.
"I want to thank you for the work you are doing and hopefully it will make a difference."
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Fredericton residents have questions about high power bills, panel has few answers
Posted Sep 12, 2025 03:43:53 PM.
Michael Bernstein, left to right, Duncan
Hawthorne and Anne Bertrand answer questions during an in-person public
engagement session of New Brunswick Power on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at
the Hugh John Fleming Forestry Centre auditorium in Fredericton. THE
CANADIAN PRESS/Hina Alam
FREDERICTON — Affordability was high on the list of questions at a public meeting in Fredericton on the future of the province’s debt-laden electric utility.
About 50 people gathered in an auditorium to air their concerns to a three-member panel mandated by the government to tour the province and collect comments from residents.
Premier Susan Holt has said the status quo at NB Power is unacceptable with the utility drowning in $5-billion debt and with residential rates that have increased more than 20 per cent in two years.
Randy Dickinson asked panel members why his power bill exploded after he installed a smart meter.
Panel member Duncan Hawthorne, an expert on utilities, said he’s heard the same complaint at every public meeting so far.
Hawthorne said NB Power hasn’t been able to provide the panel with a clear answer.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 12, 2025.
The Canadian Press
Minimal public interest in comprehensive N.B. Power review has 'disappointed' so far
Panel studying what to do about debt-laden utility underwhelmed by public interest in its work
Public interest in a review of N.B. Power ordered by the New Brunswick government has been underwhelming so far, according to a key member of the independent group running the initiative.
Duncan Hawthorne is a former president of Bruce Power in Ontario and at a public meeting in Saint John on Thursday said participation in the group's online attempts to reach the public has been weak.
"I have been disappointed at the number of people that have joined our webinars because you don't even have to leave your own home to do that," Hawthorne said.
"I have run them in other places and there are hundreds of people. We've done them here, and there aren't so many people calling in."
The review has now moved to the in-person phase of its consultations, and Hawthorne said he wants to see more interest from people, given the significant issues that are being weighed, including whether N.B. Power should remain as a publicly owned utility.
"We really need people to be more engaged," he said.
Public meetings being conducted by the three-person independent panel began Wednesday in Moncton and move next to Saint Andrews and Fredericton. In October, they will head to a variety of communities in northern New Brunswick.
The group was put together by the Holt government in April and given one year to study N.B. Power, consult with the public and recommend a course of action for the debt-laden Crown corporation.
The
independent panel reviewing what to do about N.B. Power has begun
in-person public hearings. They started Wednesday in Moncton and will
conclude for the week in Fredericton on Friday. More hearings are
scheduled for October. (Robert Jones/CBC)
In addition to Hawthorne, the review panel includes Anne Bertrand, the former New Brunswick privacy commissioner and N.B. Power board member, and Michael Bernstein, a utility financial expert.
In Saint John, 60 chairs were set up for Thursday's midday public meeting, but only two dozen people showed and only a smattering of those were not connected in some way to the review, to the provincial government or to the electricity industry.
One self-described "Joe Citizen" who did attend was Saint John resident Richard Folkins. He told the panel he viewed talk of further rate increases by N.B. Power "frightening" and blamed much of that on the utility's problems in its operation of the Point Lepreau nuclear generating station, which he called "a disaster."
Saint
John resident Richard Folkins told the panel in the city on Thursday
that future rate increases being projected by N.B. Power are
'frightening.' (Roger Cosman/CBC)
"It was a rude awakening to N.B. Power, which shocks me," Folkins said. "I don't know how they didn't see this tidal wave coming."
Hawthorne welcomed Folkins comments and called Lepreau "the poorest performing nuclear plant in North America" that has been causing the utility significant financial problems.
"You haven't said anything that we disagree with," he told Folkins. "Not a thing, not a word came out of your mouth that I disagree with."
Randy McKnight, mayor of Valley Waters, said rural residents are struggling with their power bills. (Roger Cosman/CBC)
Randy McKnight, the mayor of the new municipality of Valley Waters, also attended the Saint John session. He told the panel rural residents are struggling with residential prices for electricity increasing by 30 per cent over the last three years.
In an interview, he said people are not widely participating in the review because they are cynical about government consultations. He hopes that will change.
"There's a lack of belief that this will make any positive, lasting change," McKnight said. "As a community we will put this out through our Facebook page and our web page promoting — fill out the surveys, offer your feedback. We want to encourage every resident to give feedback to N.B. Power."
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NB Power review begins in-person engagement
The NB Power head office in Fredericton. Image: Submitted/NB Power
Here is a chance to have your say as part of the comprehensive review of NB Power.
In-person public engagement sessions begin this week across southern New Brunswick.
The first session will take place on Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Richelieu Room of the Pavillon Léopold-Taillon at l’Université de Moncton.
Two sessions will take place on Thursday: one from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Dufferin Hall of the Thistle-St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John, the other from 5 to 7 p.m. in the dining room of the W.C. O’Neill Arena Complex in Saint Andrews.
A fourth session is scheduled for Friday in the auditorium of the Hugh John Flemming Forestry Centre in Fredericton.
Sessions are also being planned in the coming weeks for Miramichi, Caraquet, Bathurst and Edmundston.
Three experts are leading the review process: energy executive Michael Bernstein, lawyer and former privacy commissioner Anne Bertrand, and internationally recognized utility expert Duncan Hawthorne.
During an online question-and-answer session in June, Bernstein said that all options are currently on the table.
“That could involve private-sector partnerships, it could involve mergers, it could involve working with other players to the benefit of New Brunswickers,” he said.
The review comes as more New Brunswickers grow frustrated with rising power bills, especially in recent months.
Provincial officials have not ruled out freezing rates or potentially selling the utility, but said they wanted the chance to hear from residents.
The review will continue through the fall with an interim report planned by the end of the year and final recommendations by the end of March.
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New Brunswick Business Council Names John Herron as Next President and Chief Executive Officer
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- November 14 2023
FREDERICTON, N.B., Nov. 15, 2023 – The New Brunswick Business Council (NBBC) is pleased to announce John Herron has been named its President and Chief Executive Officer, effective November 7, 2023.
“We are very excited to welcome John as our new President and CEO,” said Andrea Feunekes, Chair of the NBBC Board of Directors and CEO of Remsoft, a forestry software company. “John’s extensive experience working at the intersection of the public, private and non-profit sectors will be very valuable in helping us bring positive change to New Brunswick.”
The NBBC is a non-partisan group of leaders and CEOs committed to
ensuring New Brunswick meets its full potential. It collaborates with
business, government and community partners to find meaningful,
fact-driven solutions to the province’s challenges.
“I am inspired by the eminent New Brunwickers who give their precious time, energy and ideas as members of this vital organization,” Herron said. “The private sector has a vital role in ensuring that New Brunswick's growth trajectory continues and that we optimize this unique moment to keep building our economy and strengthening our society.”
A passionate New Brunswicker, Herron’s experience spans regulatory and legislative affairs, public policy, business management, economic development, and investment attraction. He most recently served a 10-year term as a Board Member for the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board and is the Past President of the Atlantica Centre for Energy. From 1997-2004, he served as Fundy Royal’s Member of Parliament, providing national leadership in the environment, sustainable development, and post-secondary education.
“I am excited at the possibilities this role presents to catalyze partnership engagement and public policy development to better our province,” says Herron, who is a graduate of Acadia University (B.A. History) and St. Mary’s University (MBA).
About The New Brunswick Business Council
The New Brunswick Business Council (NBBC) consists of leaders and CEOs who each have a deep, personal stake in this province and its future. We adopt a forward-looking, positive perspective of what’s possible in New Brunswick and collaborate on real-world issues to find meaningful, fact-driven ways to solve them. We work hard to change the narrative in the province—and beyond. We pride ourselves on being a transparent, non-partisan group and believe in a better New Brunswick.
Recent NBBC initiatives include:
- Spearheading the creation of the Housing Hub of New Brunswick (HHNB), a new organization backed by $1.6 million in provincial and federal funding to accelerate the construction of affordable housing to attract workers to rural communities.
- Providing a powerful voice in a coalition of 200-plus leading Atlantic businesses and organizations advancing the Atlantic Investment Incentive Pilot project to drive innovation and R&D, a topic we are actively pursuing with the New Brunswick government, providing direction on a new strategy.
- Initiating a net-zero competitiveness roundtable with thought leaders that we hope will lead to the creation of an Innovation Lab at UNB to green N.B. SMEs and supply chains. We are excited to see the concrete solutions that will emerge to help businesses make the transition.
Current Council Priorities: Seizing New Brunswick’s Fast Growing Opportunities.
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Online: https://nbbc-cenb.ca/en/
Media contacts:
John Herron, President and CEO
John.Herron@nbbc-cenb.ca, 506-650-1372
NB Power review
A comprehensive review of the utility to ensure that everything possible is being done to provide low and stable rates, ensure reliability of service and prepare NB Power for the future.
Overview
NB Power is projecting significant future rate increases that are creating affordability challenges for rate payers and competitiveness concerns for our export dependent industries. At the same time, the utility is burdened with a high debt to equity ratio exceeding 90% and limited options to grow equity.
Aging assets coupled with deferred maintenance are creating
reliability and energy security concerns and challenging the ability to
share risk when attracting investment.
There is a need to undertake a comprehensive review of the utility to
ensure that everything possible is being done to provide competitive and
stable rates, ensure reliability of service and ultimately position the
utility to manage growth and the clean energy transition in an
affordable, competitive and financially sustainable way.
Learn more about NB Power.
July 23, 2025 New Brunswick Power Comprehensive Review Q and A Session
Engagement
Providing opportunities for meaningful conversations with New Brunswickers will be critical to the success of the review.
September session details
Location |
Venue |
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Wednesday, September 10 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. |
Moncton, NB |
Université de Moncton The Richelieu Room 18 Antonine-Maillet Ave, Moncton NB E1A3E9 |
Thursday, September 11 11a.m. to 1 p.m. |
Saint John, NB |
TSA Curling Club Dufferin Hall 49 Dufferin Ave, Saint John NB E2K 2T7 |
Thursday, September 11 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. |
Saint Andrews, NB |
W. C. O'Neill Arena Complex Dining Room 24 Reed Ave, St Andrews NB E5B 1A1 |
Friday, September 12 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
Fredericton, NB |
Hugh John Flemming Forestry Centre Auditorium / Lobby 1350 Regent Street, Fredericton NB E3C 2G6 |
- Additional sessions coming soon.
- Sessions are being planned for Miramichi, Caraquet, Bathurst and Edmundston. Details will be added to the review website as they become available
Review structure
The review will be conducted by an independent team of three people, with varying expertise, who are responsible for gathering and analyzing data, conducting engagement activities, and developing recommendations based on their findings. The team will be supported by both a steering committee and an advisory committee.
Review team
Michael Bernstein
Michael Bernstein is a seasoned senior executive with extensive experience in the Canadian power, infrastructure and utilities sector, including the negotiation and structuring of complex infrastructure investments and projects.
He is currently a senior advisor with the Boston Consulting Group and president of Juno Advisors Ltd., a consulting firm focused on strategic advisory and investment opportunities. He is the former president and CEO of Capstone Infrastructure Corporation, responsible for the company’s overall management of power infrastructure and utilities businesses in Canada and internationally. Prior to this, he was president of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Canada Ltd., a senior managing director of Macquarie Group Limited and Macquarie Capital Markets Canada as well as a senior executive with CIBC World Markets Power and Utilities investment banking group.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Philosophy from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Ivey Business School at Western University. He also holds Chartered Financial Analyst and Institute of Corporate Directors, Director designations.
Anne Bertrand (King's counsel/Institute of Corporate Directors, Director)
From 2018 to 2024, Anne Bertrand served as a director of the New Brunswick Power Corporation, and she served on the Audit, Governance, and Board recruitment Committees. She was entrusted with the position of Chair of the Human Resources Safety and Culture Committee that included the CEO Selection Committee.
She became New Brunswick’s first Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner in 2010 for a mandate of seven years. Her work in these fields led to her appointments in 2018 as both the Ad Hoc Information Commissioner and the Ad Hoc Privacy Commissioner of Canada that she currently continues.
In 2011, she was inducted in the Réseau des femmes d’affaires francophones du Canada in recognition of her vision and leadership in the world of business and in her community.
She is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick in Sciences and the first woman president of the Conseil Économique du Nouveau-Brunswick.
Duncan Hawthorne
Duncan Hawthorne is an internationally recognised utility and energy expert. He has held numerous senior positions in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada, which includes 16 years as president and CEO of Bruce Power in Ontario.
In a highly successful career that spanned more than four decades, he has led significant complex nuclear operational construction projects, carried out many complex commercial transactions, created new corporate organisations and served to support government and industry advisory and leadership forums to support and promote the nuclear industry both domestically and globally.
His efforts have been recognised through a series of global awards and decorations and he has gained a strong reputation as a straight talking, approachable and affable industry leader.
He is a chartered engineer and fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and an MBA graduate from Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland.
Updates from the Review Board
Project scope
Priority areas:
- financial sustainability
- governance and utility structure
- investor attractiveness / strategic partnerships
- customer expectations
Contact us
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Allain suggests link between premier, delayed municipal fiscal reform
Some local governments in need of bridge funding: municipal group
Former
local government minister Daniel Allain says the municipal fiscal
reform file had moved to the 'wayside' by the time he left cabinet in
mid-2023.
BRUNSWICK NEWS ARCHIVES
Former cabinet minister Daniel Allain is suggesting there’s a link between the delay of further municipal fiscal reform and Premier Blaine Higgs, but the Moncton East Tory MLA won’t say exactly what that link is that has affected the file.
Allain, who was fired as local government minister by Higgs in June 2023, says his department was initially on track to hit a Jan. 1, 2025, deadline to provide more revenue sources for cash-strapped municipalities.
By the time he left cabinet in mid-2023, however, Allain says the municipal fiscal reform file had been moved to the “wayside.”
“Any time that we had momentum we lost it a little bit – that’s unfortunate,” he said in an interview Friday.
“However, I think we can get it back on the rails as fast as we can, and by seeing the two associations (agreeing to municipal fiscal reform priorities) in unison with one voice, I think it’ll definitely help move things forward.”
When asked why momentum was lost, Allain said, “You’ll have to ask the premier on that one,” and wouldn’t elaborate further about what he meant, calling it a “debate” to be had after the upcoming provincial election.
Allain has already announced he won’t reoffer in the election that must occur no later than Oct. 21. He was booted from cabinet last year after he and five other Tory MLAs voted in support of a Liberal motion on Policy 713, which deals with gender identity in the public school system.
Brunswick News requested comment Friday from Higgs about Allain’s statements. Higgs declined comment through his office.
New Brunswick municipalities are now preparing for another year without those promised fiscal changes. Both the anglophone and francophone municipal associations say they’ve been told by the government that additional financial reforms will be implemented by Jan. 1, 2026.
In a statement Friday, new Local Government Minister Glen Savoie said it had “always been the plan” for the changes “to be in effect for the 2026 budget year” once they were implemented in 2025.
But in an interview, Allain said his intention, through the municipal reform white paper he released in 2021, was to have additional fiscal reform changes implemented by Jan. 1, 2025.
In November 2021, the Higgs government pledged that a second phase of fiscal reform to support cash-strapped municipalities would be brought forward by the start of 2025.
Among those changes could include an overhaul of the property tax system, the splitting of provincial cannabis sale proceeds and the handing over of traffic fine revenue to municipalities.
More revenue sources were deemed critical by the Higgs government to support its reorganization of New Brunswick municipalities in the first phase of reform back in 2023.
That same year, the Higgs government implemented the first phase of fiscal reforms – adding a heavy industrial tax class and giving municipalities more flexibility when setting their tax rates – but the province has yet to take any additional steps.
Some local municipalities in need of bridge funding
Some francophone local governments will need financial support to bridge themselves through to Jan. 1, 2026, according to Yvon Godin, president of the L’Association Francophone des Municipalités du Nouveau-Brunswick (AFMNB).
“We’ve asked the government to be open to help these governments right now,” said Godin, a councillor for Rivière-du-Nord.
Last December, the Higgs government released a report by two Université de Moncton economic professors who reviewed municipal and regional finances in the province.
The report’s authors, André Leclerc and Pierre-Marcel Desjardins, concluded the current financial model for local governance isn’t sustainable. They predicted as many as 29 local entities – or about one-third of all municipalities and rural districts – could run a budget deficit from 2024 to 2026.
In his statement, Savoie said he was “proud of the work the department is doing to engage with our local government partners as we continue to navigate local governance reform.
“Since I have become minister, it has been my priority to work closely with municipalities on this file,” he said. “I want to recognize the efforts and hard work of local elected officials; we value their voice as we continue to collaborate.”
Liberal local government critic Jacques LeBlanc claims New Brunswick municipalities essentially lost a year of progress on the municipal fiscal reform file due to the departures of Allain and his deputy minister Ryan Donaghy in 2023.
Donaghy – a longtime deputy local government minister – was reassigned to the role of deputy education minister for the anglophone sector.
“(Donaghy) knew everything. He had everything lined up, the timelines were there,” LeBlanc said. “That was, to me, done intentionally.”
Green local government critic Kevin Arseneau said it’s clear that the Higgs government “mismanaged” the file.
“When you say you’re going to do something, you get it done,” said Arseneau, the MLA for Kent North. “This government made some promises and it didn’t follow through on them.
“They put their resources elsewhere.”
Municipal groups unite to advocate during election
Representatives of New Brunswick’s municipal associations continue to participate in a working group with provincial department officials to arrive at a fiscal framework.
But these associations are also preparing for a possible change in government come this fall.
Last week, New Brunswick’s anglophone and francophone municipal groups inked a memorandum of understanding on their shared priorities for a new fiscal framework with the province.
Those priorities include the diversification of revenue streams, “predictable” cost-sharing infrastructure programs, “stable and equitable” equalization funding, long-term funding for enhanced regional service commissions, and a “modern” property assessment and taxation system.
“We want all of the leaders of all the political parties to be aware that we’re united in our efforts around this now and going through the summer and into the election season,” said Tantramar Mayor Andrew Black, president of the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick.
Green local government critic Kevin Arseneau said it’s clear that the Higgs government “mismanaged” the file.
“When you say you’re going to do something, you get it done,” said Arseneau, the MLA for Kent North. “This government made some promises and it didn’t follow through on them.
“They put their resources elsewhere.”
Municipal groups unite to advocate during election
Representatives of New Brunswick’s municipal associations continue to participate in a working group with provincial department officials to arrive at a fiscal framework.
But these associations are also preparing for a possible change in government come this fall.
Last week, New Brunswick’s anglophone and francophone municipal groups inked a memorandum of understanding on their shared priorities for a new fiscal framework with the province.
Those priorities include the diversification of revenue streams, “predictable” cost-sharing infrastructure programs, “stable and equitable” equalization funding, long-term funding for enhanced regional service commissions, and a “modern” property assessment and taxation system.
“We want all of the leaders of all the political parties to be aware
that we’re united in our efforts around this now and going through the
summer and into the election season,” said Tantramar Mayor Andrew Black,
president of the Union of Municipalities
of New Brunswick.
Executive
director Dan Murphy and president Andrew Black, of the Union of
Municipalities of New Brunswick, are pictured in this file photo.
Photo by Barbara Simpson/Brunswick News
Allain says he’s “impressed” by the unity on display by the two municipal associations and by the proposal they’ve developed.
Both the Liberals and the Greens say they’re supportive of the municipalities’ fiscal reform asks and know time is of the essence to help these local entities.
In the case of the Greens, Arseneau says his party would like to go further and give more decision-making powers to municipalities – the level of government closest to the people.
As for the Liberals, LeBlanc says he and party leader Susan Holt have been upfront with the municipal associations that they’d need in the new year to meet with stakeholders and develop a long-term fiscal framework if they were to form the next government.
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: Just a Hello What is your number?
To: Charity McDonald <charitymcd@gmail.com>
On 6/18/23, Charity McDonald <charitymcd@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Dave, how have you been, well I hope…Sorry to not respond
> sooner…interesting read on the race track! I have actually been thinking
> lately I should get in touch with you, to get the info on the current
> bigger political picture, and of course your opinion on what’s been going
> on…I’m almost done work for the summer (hallelujah!), and have been busy
> with lots of meetings and slowly learning how things work lol…can you
> continue to send interesting info, and I’ll read them when I can…maybe give
> a call next week sometime, and we can chat.
> Take care and have a good night
> Charity
>
---------- Original message ----------
Date: Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Subject: Fwd: As per my calls I trust that the Mayors of Norton, Sackville and Port Elgin should not deny my sending this email EH Higgy?
To: <jstokes.mayor@strait-shores.com>, <cao@strait-shores.com>, <1stephen.robb@gmail.com>, <rmcknight@valleywaters.ca>, <cao@valleywaters.ca>, <a.black@tantramarnb.com>, <j.borne@tantramarnb.com>, blaine.higgs <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>
Cc: Ross.Wetmore <Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca>, Bill.Oliver <Bill.Oliver@gnb.ca>, Gary.Crossman <Gary.Crossman@gnb.ca>, John.Williamson <John.Williamson@parl.gc.ca>, rob.moore <rob.moore@parl.gc.ca>, harjit.sajjan <harjit.sajjan@parl.gc.ca>, <jean-francois.leblanc@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, <lise.babineau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, Mitton, Megan (LEG) <megan.mitton@gnb.ca>, Marco.Mendicino <Marco.Mendicino@parl.gc.ca>, bruce.wark <bruce.wark@bellaliant.net>, jacques.j.leblanc <jacques.j.leblanc@gnb.ca>, dominic.leblanc <dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca>, Jacques.Poitras <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, Daniel.J.Allain <Daniel.J.Allain@gnb.ca>, Tammy.Scott-Wallace <Tammy.Scott-Wallace@gnb.ca>
Date: Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Subject: RE: Just a Hello What is your number?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Hello David.
Did you mean to send a question?
Angela McLean
|
|
Angela McLean CAO, Village of Valley Waters 506-839-3013 10 Municipal St.
“A proud rural municipality, creating identity and opportunities through our natural and historical assets.” |
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 1:04 AM
Subject: As per my calls I trust that the Mayors of Norton, Sackville and Port Elgin should not deny my sending this email EH Higgy?
To: <walcorn54@gmail.com>, <cclark76@hotmail.ca>, <Randal_McKnight@yahoo.ca>, <johnurquart73@gmail.com>, <charitymcd@gmail.com>, <cbgillis@hotmail.com>, <stephenpmuir@outlook.com>, <jeffgaunce@villageofnorton.
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, Ross.Wetmore <Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca>, Bill.Oliver <Bill.Oliver@gnb.ca>, Gary.Crossman <Gary.Crossman@gnb.ca>, John.Williamson <John.Williamson@parl.gc.ca>, rob.moore <rob.moore@parl.gc.ca>
https://davidraymondamos3.
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Local elections get enough candidates for functioning councils
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:56:36 +0000
Subject: RE: Mr Handrahan I just called again tell your Mayor and his
friends in the RCMP to start lining up lawyers
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Hello,
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:54:45 -0300
Subject: Re: Mr Handrahan I just called again tell your Mayor and his
friends in the RCMP to start lining up lawyers
To: "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, j.burke@sackville.com,
info@villageofportelgin.com, lise.babineau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, "Mitton,
Megan (LEG)" <megan.mitton@gnb.ca>, "Marco.Mendicino"
<Marco.Mendicino@parl.gc.ca>, vnorton@nbnet.nb.ca
Cc: p.handrahan@sackville.com, j.higham@sackville.com,
t.cole@sackville.com, alfwal@nbnet.nb.ca, motomaniac333
<motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "bruce.wark" <bruce.wark@bellaliant.net>,
simon.serge@kanesatake.ca, "harjit.sajjan" <harjit.sajjan@parl.gc.ca>,
"carolyn.bennett" <carolyn.bennett@parl.gc.ca>,
jean-francois.leblanc@rcmp-
On 7/8/19, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
> https://warktimes.com/2019/07/
>
>
> https://warktimes.com/2017/08/
>
> Paul Gagne, RCMP Sergeant
>
> 31A Main Street
> Emergency: 911
> Local: 533-5151 (0800-1600 hours)
> After Hours: 1-800-665-6663 [Call: 1-800-665-6663]
> Crime Stoppers: 1-800-222-8477(tips)
> Text: CRIMES(274637) KEYWORD tip252
> Crimestoppers.ca
>
> Jean-Francois LeBlanc, RCMP Community Program Officer
>
> 31A Main Street
> Office Directly: 506-364-5107
> Cell: 506-874-0010
>
> Alf Walker 1st Vice President
> RCL Branch 26
> 506 364 7766 cell
> 506 364 1093 fax
> 506 536 0304 home
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2019 22:34:13 -0400
> Subject: Megan Mitton must know who Sally Cunliffe is by now
> To: abordage@rogers.com, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre
> <andre@jafaust.com>, lenorezannmla <lenorezannmla@bellaliant.com>
> "don.darling" <don.darling@saintjohn.ca>, "Dale.Morgan"
> <Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Roger.Brown"
> <Roger.Brown@fredericton.ca>, "martin.gaudet"
> <martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca>
> <mike.obrien@fredericton.ca>, "dominic.leblanc.c1"
> <dominic.leblanc.c1@parl.gc.ca
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
> (LEG)" <megan.mitton@gnb.ca>, "Larry.Tremblay"
> <Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> <Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "warren.mcbeath"
> <warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> <hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>
>
> https://davidraymondamos3.
>
> Saturday, 29 June 2019
>
> Controversial political party greeted by vocal protesters in Saint John
>
>
> https://twitter.com/
>
> David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
> Replying to @DavidRayAmos @alllibertynews and 49 others
> Methinks everybody knows that the wacko Sally Cunliffe has to learn
> some new tricks before the RCMP pull out a Section 10 document on her
> or prosecute her under Section 300 N'esy Pas?
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
>
> #cdnpoli #nbpoli
>
>
> indiemediaeastcoastcanada.
>
>
> METHINKS FOLKS SHOULD SCROLL DOWN IF THEY WISH TO READ THE ENTIRE
> EMAIL N'ESY PAS?
>
>
> ---------- Orginal message ----------
> From: "Mitton, Megan (LEG)" <Megan.Mitton@gnb.ca>
> Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 17:44:52 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: RE Canadian Truths I would lay odds that
> Megan Mitton knows Sally Cunliffe I know for a fact that Andre Faust
> certainly does
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Thank you for your email. MLA Megan Mitton is out of the office and
> will return the week of July 8th. We appreciate your patience, and
> will read your email as soon as possible. If you require assistance
> promptly, please email Alice Cotton, Constituency Coordinator
> (alice.cotton@gnb.ca). For more urgent matters, you can also call the
> office at (506) 378-1565. Merci pour votre courriel. La députée Megan
> Mitton sera absente du bureau et reviendra la semaine du 8 juillet.
> Nous apprécions votre patience, et nous lirons votre courriel dès que
> possible. Si vous avez besoin d'aide plus rapidement, veuillez envoyer
> un courriel à Alice Cotton, coordonnatrice de circonscription
> (alice.cotton@gnb.ca). Pour des questions plus urgentes, vous pouvez
> également appeler le bureau au (506) 378-1565.
>
>
>
>
>
> Eastcoast Blogger
> petitcodiac... check into werner bock .. a farmer there
>
> David Amos
> How stupid are you trolls?
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> David Amos
> "did you ever meet charlie leblanc? he's a blogger downeast too.. not
> a bright guy but apparently famous"
> DUHHH????
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> David Amos Yo Sally why did ya delete the link to your hero Chucky
> Leblanc yapping about me in Federal Court?
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> Kata List Productions
> You're confused... you keep repeating comments about deleted
> comments.. why? No one is listening to your mad crazy shit Dave.
>
> David Amos
> @Kata List Productions I see you put the link to Chucky's bragging
> back after you reminded the folks about you versus Chucky Leblanc and
> his butt buddy Andre Faust of Occupy NB N'esy Pas Sally Baby?
>
> Eastcoast Blogger
> Occupy is full of commi.. but you are a class of something else.... a
> troll with brain damage most likely.
>
> David Amos
> @Eastcoast Blogger Methinks mindless Trolls such as yourself must
> resort to ad hominem insults when they run out of hot air and BS N'esy
> Pas?
>
> Kata List Productions
> Werner Bock - farmer / rancher immigrant from Germany.. look into it
> Dave...
>
> David Amos
> @Kata List Productions Methinks everybody and his dog and particularly
> your RCMP buddies in Petiticodiac know that I know your pal Werner
> Bock very well N'esy Pas?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> David Amos
> Methinks the RCMP should go figure why I saved this video N'esy Pas Sally
> Baby?
>
>
>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
>
>
> Town of Sackville - Facebook Censors
> 11 views
>
> Eastcoast Blogger
> Published on Jun 13, 2019
> Censored and taking notes, described by the important people as: " low
> class " - "unimportant " - a "troublemaker "..
>
>
> 2 Comments
>
>
> David Amos
> Yo Sally Baby ask yourself why I saved this nonsense of yours?
> Reply
>
> Eastcoast Blogger
> Because you're an obsessed lil dude?
>
>
> David Amos
> "Comments are disabled for this video."
>
> TOO LATE and TOO TOO FUNNY
>
>
>
> CNP - Canadian Nationalist Party - Trav Patron
>
>
> https://youtu.be/8RQvA-Ox20s
>
>
>
>
> Kata List Productions
> Published on May 28, 2019
>
> #travpatron #cnp #nationalist #canadiannationalistparty
>
> http://nationalist.ca
>
> The Canadian Nationalist Party (CNP) is a political party operating in
> the federal jurisdiction of Canada. Our constituency advocates for a
> constitutional monarchy within Canada, governed domestically rather
> than through the British Crown. We advocate for an ethnocentric Canada
> because we believe any political stance is rooted in identitarianism.
> That is, the unifying factor of a nation is understood to be a common
> tradition, lineage, and language. This is a movement based on the
> principles of the Christian traditions inherent in the history of
> Canada.
>
> 3 Comments
>
> Kata List Productions (edited)
> CBC talked to Trav Patron in 2018 .. leader of CNP - Canadian Nationalist
> Party
> Reply
> David Amos
> Say Hey to Trav and your buddies in the RCMP for me will ya?
>
> David Amos
> Eastcoast Blogger David Raymond Amos -- they won't answer your emails
> about me .. gosh .. honey.. why do you think that could be old man?
> hahaha! Reply David Amos @Eastcoast Blogger Now that is truly funny
> because I am about to send them another email about YOU. FYI I just
> talked to your buddy Travis Patron (306 700 2193) about the RCMP
> Methinks you maybe the evil hate monger helping him on YouTube N'esy
> Pas?
>
> http://
>
> Sunday, 7 July 2019
>
> CNP - Canadian Nationalist Party - Trav Patron
>
> https://youtu.be/8RQvA-Ox20s
>
> #travpatron #cnp #nationalist #canadiannationalistparty
>
> http://nationalist.ca The Canadian Nationalist Party (CNP) is a
> political party operating in the federal jurisdiction of Canada. Our
> constituency advocates for a constitutional monarchy within Canada,
> governed domestically rather than through the British Crown. We
> advocate for an ethnocentric Canada because we believe any political
> stance is rooted in identitarianism. That is, the unifying factor of a
> nation is understood to be a common tradition, lineage, and language.
> This is a movement based on the principles of the Christian traditions
> inherent in the history of Canada.
>
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>
>
>
> RCMP launch hate crime probe of leader of nationalist group vying for
> party status in federal election
> Elections Canada gives Canadian Nationalist Party until mid-July to
> meet requirements
>
> Dave Seglins, Andreas Wesley, Carly Thomas · CBC News · Posted: Jun
> 28, 2019 4:00 AM ET
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:45:57 -0400
> Subject: Fwd: So what does Premier Gallant and Minister Doucet et al
> think of my lawsuit? How about David Coon and his blogging buddy
> Chucky joking about being illegally barred from parliamentary property
> To: j.higham@sackville.com
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 09:59:24 -0400
> Subject: Fwd: So what does Premier Gallant and Minister Doucet et al
> think of my lawsuit? How about David Coon and his blogging buddy
> Chucky joking about being illegally barred from parliamentary property
> To: Ernie.Steeves@gnb.ca, Sherry.Wilson@gnb.ca,
> Keirstead.Brian@gnb.ca, "Ross.Wetmore" <Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca>,
> Gary.Crossman@gnb.ca, Glen.Savoie@gnb.ca, Trevor.Holder@gnb.ca,
> Dorothy.Shephard@gnb.ca, Ed.Doherty@gnb.ca, Bill.Oliver@gnb.ca,
> John.Ames@gnb.ca, "michael.bray" <michael.bray@
> Jody.Carr@gnb.ca, Pam.Lynch@gnb.ca, Jeff.Carr@gnb.ca,
> Carl.Urquhart@gnb.ca, Stewart.Fairgrieve@gnb.ca, Andrew.Harvey@gnb.ca,
> Chuck.Chiasson@gnb.ca, Madeleine.Dube@gnb.ca, Francine.Landry@gnb.ca
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> <dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>, "brian.gallant" <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>,
> "Dominic.Cardy" <Dominic.Cardy@gnb.ca>, oldmaison
> <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, tj <tj@burkelaw.ca>,
> "chris.collins" <chris.collins@gnb.ca>, "David.Coon"
> <David.Coon@gnb.ca>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)" <Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
> Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 17:05:07 +0000
> Subject: RE: So what does Premier Gallant and Minister Doucet et al
> think of my lawsuit? How about David Coon and his blogging buddy
> Chucky joking about being illegally barred from parliamentary property
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick.
> Please be assured that your email has been received, will be reviewed,
> and a response will be forthcoming.
> Once again, thank you for taking the time to write.
>
> Merci d'avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick.
> Soyez assuré que votre courriel a bien été reçu, qu'il sera examiné
> et qu'une réponse vous sera acheminée.
> Merci encore d'avoir pris de temps de nous écrire.
>
> Sincerely, / Sincèrement,
> Mallory Fowler
> Correspondence Manager / Gestionnaire de la correspondance
> Office of the Premier / Cabinet du premier ministre
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 07:40:50 -0400
> Subject: Fwd: So what does Premier Gallant and Minister Doucet et al
> think of my lawsuit? How about David Coon and his blogging buddy
> Chucky joking about being illegally barred from parliamentary property
> To: Ernie.Steeves@gnb.ca, Sherry.Wilson@gnb.ca,
> Keirstead.Brian@gnb.ca, "Ross.Wetmore" <Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca>,
> Gary.Crossman@gnb.ca, Glen.Savoie@gnb.ca, Trevor.Holder@gnb.ca,
> Dorothy.Shephard@gnb.ca, Ed.Doherty@gnb.ca, Bill.Oliver@gnb.ca,
> John.Ames@gnb.ca, "michael.bray" <michael.bray@
> Jody.Carr@gnb.ca, Pam.Lynch@gnb.ca, Jeff.Carr@gnb.ca,
> Carl.Urquhart@gnb.ca, Stewart.Fairgrieve@gnb.ca, Andrew.Harvey@gnb.ca,
> Chuck.Chiasson@gnb.ca, Madeleine.Dube@gnb.ca, Francine.Landry@gnb.ca
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> <premier@leg.gov.mb.ca>, PREMIER <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>, premier
> <premier@ontario.ca>, premier <premier@gov.bc.ca>, premier
> <premier@gov.pe.ca>, premier <premier@gov.sk.ca>, newsroom
> <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, news-tips <news-tips@nytimes.com>, pm
> <pm@pm.gc.ca>, news <news@hilltimes.com>, premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>,
> "brian.hodgson" <brian.hodgson@assembly.ab.ca>
> <Ezra@therebel.media>, "Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)" <Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
> Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 11:00:54 +0000
> Subject: RE: So what does Premier Gallant and Minister Doucet et al
> think of my lawsuit? How about David Coon and his blogging buddy
> Chucky joking about being illegally barred from parliamentary property
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick.
> Please be assured that your email has been received, will be reviewed,
> and a response will be forthcoming.
> Once again, thank you for taking the time to write.
>
> Merci d'avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick.
> Soyez assuré que votre courriel a bien été reçu, qu'il sera examiné
> et qu'une réponse vous sera acheminée.
> Merci encore d'avoir pris de temps de nous écrire.
>
> Sincerely, / Sincèrement,
> Mallory Fowler
> Correspondence Manager / Gestionnaire de la correspondance
> Office of the Premier / Cabinet du premier ministre
>
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 07:00:35 -0400
> Subject: So what does Premier Gallant and Minister Doucet et al think
> of my lawsuit? How about David Coon and his blogging buddy Chucky
> joking about being illegally barred from parliamentary property
> To: Rick.Doucet@gnb.ca, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, briangallant10
> <briangallant10@gmail.com>, "David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>,
> "Davidc.Coon" <Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, oldmaison
> <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, "Bill.Fraser" <Bill.Fraser@gnb.ca>,
> "Brian.kenny" <Brian.kenny@gnb.ca>, "serge.rousselle"
> <serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, "denis.landry2" <denis.landry2@gnb.ca>,
> "Stephen.Horsman" <Stephen.Horsman@gnb.ca>, "victor.boudreau"
> <victor.boudreau@gnb.ca>, nmoore <nmoore@bellmedia.ca>, "steve.murphy"
> <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, "Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>,
> "macpherson.don" <macpherson.don@dailygleaner.
> <dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>, "leanne.murray"
> <leanne.murray@mcinnescooper.
> <shutchison@stewartmckelvey.
> <bdysart@stewartmckelvey.com>, bdysart <bdysart@smss.com>,
> "david.eidt" <david.eidt@gnb.ca>, "CRAIG.DALTON" <CRAIG.DALTON@gnb.ca>
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> <brian.t.macdonald@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
> "hugh.flemming" <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, "jake.stewart"
> <jake.stewart@gnb.ca>, "bruce.northrup" <bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>,
> "bruce.fitch" <bruce.fitch@gnb.ca>
>
> New Brunswick Green Party Leader David Coon views on Brian Gallant
> Cabinet Shuffle!!!
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Doucet, Rick (LEG)" <Rick.Doucet@gnb.ca>
> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 01:07:58 +0000
> Subject: RE: Final Docs
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Will get right on this.
> Always look forward to your brilliant thoughts.
> R
>
>
> Hon.Rick Doucet
> Legislative member for Charlotte-the isles
> 28 Mt.Pleasant Rd.
> St.George, N.B. E5C 3K4
>
> Phone / Téléphone : 506-755-4200
> Fax / Télécopieur : 506-755-4207
> E-mail / Courriel : rick.doucet@gnb.ca
>
>
> This message is intended for the person to whom it is addressed and is
> to be treated as confidential or private communications. It must not
> be forwarded unless permission has been received from the originator.
> If you have received this message inadvertently, please notify the
> sender and delete the message. Then delete your response. Thank you
> for your cooperation.
> ------------------------------
> Ce message est destiné à la personne désignée dans la présente et il
> doit demeurer confidentiel. Il ne doit pas être réacheminé sans la
> permission de l’expéditeur. Si ce message vous a été envoyé par
> erreur, veuillez aviser l’expéditeur et effacer le message. Effacez
> ensuite votre réponse. Merci de votre collaboration.
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)" <Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca>
> Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 23:42:40 +0000
> Subject: RE: You are welcome Premeir Gallant Say Hoka Hey to the evil
> blogger Chucky Leblanc and all his Green Meanie Fake Left and Native
> buddies for me will ya?
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick.
> Please be assured that your email has been received, will be reviewed,
> and a response will be forthcoming.
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>
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> Correspondence Manager / Gestionnaire de la correspondance
> Office of the Premier / Cabinet du premier ministre
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>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Póstur FOR <postur@for.is>
>>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 22:05:47 +0000
>>> Subject: Re: Hey Premier Gallant please inform the questionable
>>> parliamentarian Birigtta Jonsdottir that although NB is a small "Have
>>> Not" province at least we have twice the population of Iceland and
>>> that not all of us are as dumb as she and her Prime Minister pretends
>>> to be..
>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received
>>>
>>> Kveðja / Best regards
>>> Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office
>>>
>>>
>>> This is the docket
>>>
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>>> These are digital recordings of the last two hearings
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>>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/
>>>
>>> Jan 11th https://archive.org/details/
>>>
>>> This me running for a seat in Parliament again while CBC denies it again
>>>
>>> Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 - The Local
>>> Campaign, Rogers TV
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>>>
>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>>>
>>> Veritas Vincit
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>> 902 800 0369
>>>
>>>
>
> http://davidraymondamos3.
>
>
> 83. The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
> in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
> allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
> five years after he began his bragging:
>
> January 13, 2015
> This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
>
> December 8, 2014
> Why Canada Stood Tall!
>
> Friday, October 3, 2014
> Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
> Stupid Justin Trudeau
>
> Canada’s and Canadians free ride is over. Canada can no longer hide
> behind Amerka’s and NATO’s skirts.
>
> When I was still in Canadian Forces then Prime Minister Jean Chretien
> actually committed the Canadian Army to deploy in the second campaign
> in Iraq, the Coalition of the Willing. This was against or contrary to
> the wisdom or advice of those of us Canadian officers that were
> involved in the initial planning phases of that operation. There were
> significant concern in our planning cell, and NDHQ about of the dearth
> of concern for operational guidance, direction, and forces for
> operations after the initial occupation of Iraq. At the “last minute”
> Prime Minister Chretien and the Liberal government changed its mind.
> The Canadian government told our amerkan cousins that we would not
> deploy combat troops for the Iraq campaign, but would deploy a
> Canadian Battle Group to Afghanistan, enabling our amerkan cousins to
> redeploy troops from there to Iraq. The PMO’s thinking that it was
> less costly to deploy Canadian Forces to Afghanistan than Iraq. But
> alas no one seems to remind the Liberals of Prime Minister Chretien’s
> then grossly incorrect assumption. Notwithstanding Jean Chretien’s
> incompetence and stupidity, the Canadian Army was heroic,
> professional, punched well above it’s weight, and the PPCLI Battle
> Group, is credited with “saving Afghanistan” during the Panjway
> campaign of 2006.
>
> What Justin Trudeau and the Liberals don’t tell you now, is that then
> Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien committed, and deployed the
> Canadian army to Canada’s longest “war” without the advice, consent,
> support, or vote of the Canadian Parliament.
>
> What David Amos and the rest of the ignorant, uneducated, and babbling
> chattering classes are too addled to understand is the deployment of
> less than 75 special operations troops, and what is known by planners
> as a “six pac cell” of fighter aircraft is NOT the same as a
> deployment of a Battle Group, nor a “war” make.
>
> The Canadian Government or The Crown unlike our amerkan cousins have
> the “constitutional authority” to commit the Canadian nation to war.
> That has been recently clearly articulated to the Canadian public by
> constitutional scholar Phillippe Legasse. What Parliament can do is
> remove “confidence” in The Crown’s Government in a “vote of
> non-confidence.” That could not happen to the Chretien Government
> regarding deployment to Afghanistan, and it won’t happen in this
> instance with the conservative majority in The Commons regarding a
> limited Canadian deployment to the Middle East.
>
> President George Bush was quite correct after 911 and the terror
> attacks in New York; that the Taliban “occupied” and “failed state”
> Afghanistan was the source of logistical support, command and control,
> and training for the Al Quaeda war of terror against the world. The
> initial defeat, and removal from control of Afghanistan was vital and
> essential for the security and tranquility of the developed world. An
> ISIS “caliphate,” in the Middle East, no matter how small, is a clear
> and present danger to the entire world. This “occupied state,”
> or“failed state” will prosecute an unending Islamic inspired war of
> terror against not only the “western world,” but Arab states
> “moderate” or not, as well. The security, safety, and tranquility of
> Canada and Canadians are just at risk now with the emergence of an
> ISIS“caliphate” no matter how large or small, as it was with the
> Taliban and Al Quaeda “marriage” in Afghanistan.
>
> One of the everlasting “legacies” of the “Trudeau the Elder’s dynasty
> was Canada and successive Liberal governments cowering behind the
> amerkan’s nuclear and conventional military shield, at the same time
> denigrating, insulting them, opposing them, and at the same time
> self-aggrandizing ourselves as “peace keepers,” and progenitors of
> “world peace.” Canada failed. The United States of Amerka, NATO, the
> G7 and or G20 will no longer permit that sort of sanctimonious
> behavior from Canada or its government any longer. And Prime Minister
> Stephen Harper, Foreign Minister John Baird , and Cabinet are fully
> cognizant of that reality. Even if some editorial boards, and pundits
> are not.
>
> Justin, Trudeau “the younger” is reprising the time “honoured” liberal
> mantra, and tradition of expecting the amerkans or the rest of the
> world to do “the heavy lifting.” Justin Trudeau and his “butt buddy”
> David Amos are telling Canadians that we can guarantee our security
> and safety by expecting other nations to fight for us. That Canada can
> and should attempt to guarantee Canadians safety by providing
> “humanitarian aid” somewhere, and call a sitting US president a “war
> criminal.” This morning Australia announced they too, were sending
> tactical aircraft to eliminate the menace of an ISIS “caliphate.”
>
> In one sense Prime Minister Harper is every bit the scoundrel Trudeau
> “the elder” and Jean ‘the crook” Chretien was. Just As Trudeau, and
> successive Liberal governments delighted in diminishing,
> marginalizing, under funding Canadian Forces, and sending Canadian
> military men and women to die with inadequate kit and modern
> equipment; so too is Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Canada’s F-18s are
> antiquated, poorly equipped, and ought to have been replaced five
> years ago. But alas, there won’t be single RCAF fighter jock that
> won’t go, or won’t want to go, to make Canada safe or safer.
>
> My Grandfather served this country. My father served this country. My
> Uncle served this country. And I have served this country. Justin
> Trudeau has not served Canada in any way. Thomas Mulcair has not
> served this country in any way. Liberals and so called social
> democrats haven’t served this country in any way. David Amos, and
> other drooling fools have not served this great nation in any way. Yet
> these fools are more than prepared to ensure their, our safety to
> other nations, and then criticize them for doing so.
>
> Canada must again, now, “do our bit” to guarantee our own security,
> and tranquility, but also that of the world. Canada has never before
> shirked its responsibility to its citizens and that of the world.
>
> Prime Minister Harper will not permit this country to do so now
>
> From: dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca
> Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 14:17:17 -0400
> Subject: RE: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and
> the War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still
> alive
> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>
> This is to confirm that the Minister of National Defence has received
> your email and it will be reviewed in due course. Please do not reply
> to this message: it is an automatic acknowledgement.
>
>>>>>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 13:55:30 -0300
> Subject: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and the
> War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still alive
> To: DECPR@forces.gc.ca, Public.Affairs@socom.mil,
> Raymonde.Cleroux@mpcc-cppm.gc.
> william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
> dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca, media@drdc-rddc.gc.ca, information@forces.gc.ca,
> milner@unb.ca, charters@unb.ca, lwindsor@unb.ca,
> sarah.weir@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca, birgir <birgir@althingi.is>, smari
> <smari@immi.is>, greg.weston@cbc.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>,
> susan@blueskystrategygroup.com
> eugene@blueskystrategygroup.
> Cc: "Edith. Cody-Rice" <Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca>, "terry.seguin"
> <terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>, whistleblower
> <whistleblower@ctv.ca>
>
> I talked to Don Newman earlier this week before the beancounters David
> Dodge and Don Drummond now of Queen's gave their spin about Canada's
> Health Care system yesterday and Sheila Fraser yapped on and on on
> CAPAC during her last days in office as if she were oh so ethical.. To
> be fair to him I just called Greg Weston (613-288-6938) I suggested
> that he should at least Google SOUCOM and David Amos It would be wise
> if he check ALL of CBC's sources before he publishes something else
> about the DND EH Don Newman? Lets just say that the fact that your
> old CBC buddy, Tony Burman is now in charge of Al Jazeera English
> never impressed me. The fact that he set up a Canadian office is
> interesting though
>
> http://www.
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/
>
> Anyone can call me back and stress test my integrity after they read
> this simple pdf file. BTW what you Blue Sky dudes pubished about
> Potash Corp and BHP is truly funny. Perhaps Stevey Boy Harper or Brad
> Wall will fill ya in if you are to shy to call mean old me.
>
> http://www.scribd.com/doc/
>
> The Governor General, the PMO and the PCO offices know that I am not a
> shy political animal
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
> Enjoy Mr Weston
> http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/
>
> "But Lang, defence minister McCallum's chief of staff, says military
> brass were not entirely forthcoming on the issue. For instance, he
> says, even McCallum initially didn't know those soldiers were helping
> to plan the invasion of Iraq up to the highest levels of command,
> including a Canadian general.
>
> That general is Walt Natynczyk, now Canada's chief of defence staff,
> who eight months after the invasion became deputy commander of 35,000
> U.S. soldiers and other allied forces in Iraq. Lang says Natynczyk was
> also part of the team of mainly senior U.S. military brass that helped
> prepare for the invasion from a mobile command in Kuwait."
>
> http://baconfat53.blogspot.
>
> "I remember years ago when the debate was on in Canada, about there
> being weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Our American 'friends"
> demanded that Canada join into "the Coalition of the Willing. American
> "veterans" and sportscasters loudly denounced Canada for NOT buying
> into the US policy.
>
> At the time I was serving as a planner at NDHQ and with 24 other of my
> colleagues we went to Tampa SOUCOM HQ to be involved in the planning
> in the planning stages of the op....and to report to NDHQ, that would
> report to the PMO upon the merits of the proposed operation. There was
> never at anytime an existing target list of verified sites where there
> were deployed WMD.
>
> Coalition assets were more than sufficient for the initial strike and
> invasion phase but even at that point in the planning, we were
> concerned about the number of "boots on the ground" for the occupation
> (and end game) stage of an operation in Iraq. We were also concerned
> about the American plans for occupation plans of Iraq because they at
> that stage included no contingency for a handing over of civil
> authority to a vetted Iraqi government and bureaucracy.
>
> There was no detailed plan for Iraq being "liberated" and returned to
> its people...nor a thought to an eventual exit plan. This was contrary
> to the lessons of Vietnam but also to current military thought, that
> folks like Colin Powell and "Stuffy" Leighton and others elucidated
> upon. "What's the mission" how long is the mission, what conditions
> are to met before US troop can redeploy? Prime Minister Jean Chretien
> and the PMO were even at the very preliminary planning stages wary of
> Canadian involvement in an Iraq operation....History would prove them
> correct. The political pressure being applied on the PMO from the
> George W Bush administration was onerous
>
> American military assets were extremely overstretched, and Canadian
> military assets even more so It was proposed by the PMO that Canadian
> naval platforms would deploy to assist in naval quarantine operations
> in the Gulf and that Canadian army assets would deploy in Afghanistan
> thus permitting US army assets to redeploy for an Iraqi
> operation....The PMO thought that "compromise would save Canadian
> lives and liberal political capital.. and the priority of which
> ....not necessarily in that order. "
>
> You can bet that I called these sneaky Yankees again today EH John
> Adams? of the CSE within the DND?
>
> http://www.socom.mil/
>
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