None of 40 Sisson Mine conditions met so far, province says
Opponents say decade-old environmental approval is outdated and should start over
Environmentalists are worried about the potential impact of the Sisson Mine project on the Naskwaak River watershed. (Roger Cosman/CBC)The New Brunswick government is acknowledging that none of the 40 conditions imposed on the Sisson Mine project have been met almost a decade after they were attached to the province’s environmental impact assessment approval.
That is giving environmentalists another argument in their case against the massive resource project that would be built northwest of Fredericton.
“The EIA process is a living process, so I’d say the 40 are not complied [with] yet, and we know that 28 of those conditions need to be fulfilled before construction starts,” Environment Minister Gilles LePage told reporters recently at the legislature.
Critics say the conditions were too weak when they were issued in 2015, and now many are a decade out of date.
“We don’t have a lot of faith that this project is going forward with high environmental standards,” said Allyson Heustis, the executive director of the Nashwaak Watershed Association.
“It’s been about 15 years since they’ve been starting this proposed mine, so we’ve officially come out in opposition of the mine as it was proposed.”
Allyson
Heustis, the executive director of the Nashwaak Watershed Association,
says many of the conditions for approval are weak or out of date. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)Among the 40 conditions are a water quality monitoring plan, air quality approval, modelling for potential tailings pond failures, an emergency response plan and a start of construction within five years.
The province extended that deadline twice already, in 2020 and 2022.
LePage extended it again earlier this month for another five years, until 2030.
The mine would extract tungsten and molybdenum, two critical minerals used in energy applications like batteries, and also for military purposes.
Sisson Mine hasn’t met any N.B. environmental conditionsThe province estimated a decade ago it would generate $280 million in royalties for the government over the 27 years of operation.
The federal government referred the mine to its Major Projects Office two weeks ago as part of an effort to weaken China’s domination of the global critical minerals market.
Major project designation would allow for the fast-tracking of federal regulatory approvals, though even projects that are not designated can benefit from other forms of government support.
The Susan Holt government is pushing for offtake agreements and a price floor — two measures that would guarantee sales of the mine’s minerals at a viable price.
One reason the mine hasn’t advanced in the decade since its approval has been the low price of the minerals on the world market, which has made investors reluctant to back the project.
Environmentalist Lawrence Wuest, a resident of Stanley, said moving ahead on some of the conditions — like financial guarantees on potential cleanup costs — “would be a feather in their cap to get private investment in the mine.
“Why they haven’t done that — that’s a curious thing,” he said.
Environmentalist
and local resident Lawrence Wuest finds it curious Northcliffe
Resources hasn't moved on some of the conditions. (Mike Heenan/CBC News)The mine proponent Northcliff Resources said a decade ago the mine would operate for 27 years.
Wuest said the fluctuation in mineral prices could force it to close sooner than that, creating a greater risk of leakage from the tailings pond into the Nashwaak River watershed.
It could also leave the province absorbing those cleanup costs.
“They want this mine there even if it’s economically unfeasible,” Wuest said.
“They want it there as a kind of billboard to the rest of the world and the rest of Canada that New Brunswick is a place where mining can take place.”
LePage told reporters that the 40 conditions will be tied to today’s environmental regulations, not the ones that were in effect a decade ago.
“They’re still valid, but we have to make sure that they are up to date,” he said.
“The standard of the response from the proponent has to be up to date with today’s regulations — municipal, provincial and federal.”
Heustis said that among the changes since 2015 are new wetland mapping and further identification of species at risk in the watershed.
But the critics also say the fundamental design of the project approved in 2015, including the tailings pond, is itself out of date and should require Northcliff to go back to the drawing board for a new EIA.
“There’s been changes in best practices and best available technologies for this kind of an open pit mining operation with a low grade of ore,” Green Leader David Coon said.
If developed the Sisson Mine would be in operation for about 27 years and cost an estimated $579 million. (Submitted by Sisson Mining Ltd.) Wuest called LePage’s commitment “a hollow promise” and said changes to best practices for tailings ponds and dams make the original approval irrelevant.
“There should be a reset of that EIA,” he said.
The 40 conditions are also key to First Nations acceptance of the project.
Wolastoqey chiefs and the province signed an accommodation agreement for the mine in 2017, which Indigenous Affairs Minister Keith Chiasson said remains in effect.
A spokesperson said none of the six chiefs would provide an interview for now.
After the federal announcement earlier this month, they issued a statement saying they will “insist” that “the conditions upon which the mine was established will be maintained.”
At the time of the 2015 EIA conditions, the province was not enforcing water classification regulations under the Clean Water Act.
Those regulations, if applied to the Nashwaak, would have prohibited new sources of pollution in the watershed, Wuest said.
He is pessimistic the province will restart the EIA process but says not doing so may add to the uncertainty for investors.
“I would like to think that this thing is so bad that it could never generate enough investment to go ahead, but given the craziness that’s going on in the world, all bets are off,” Wuest said.
Northcliff says it will make “a final investment decision … around 2027” with construction to follow if it’s approved.
CEO Andrew Ing has not responded to multiple interview requests from CBC News.
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Millions of shares connected to N.B. tungsten project trade hands after government announcement
Northcliff Resources stocks surge and then sag amid uncertainty over proposed mine's future
The company behind New Brunswick's proposed Sisson Mine has watched its stock price soar and then partially crash over three days as investors try to work out if anything major actually happened after a week of speculation and announcements about the project.
Andrew Ing, the president of Northcliff Resources Ltd., said in a statement Thursday that he was "excited" the company's long-stalled mine has been referred to the federal government's Major Projects Office for evaluation and help.
But he noted "a construction decision" on Sisson has still not been made.
Earlier this week, word began leaking out that the proposed tungsten and molybdenum mine near Stanley, north of Fredericton, might be on a federal government list of national projects to be prioritized and fast-tracked.
Why tungsten, the critical mineral of N.B.'s nation-building project, is going up in priceAnnouncements were scheduled for Thursday, but on Tuesday CBC News confirmed and reported Sisson would be part of the Thursday announcement. That caused a rare buying frenzy of Northcliff Resources stock Wednesday morning.
By midday Thursday, the stock price, which dipped as low as two cents per share last winter had climbed 190 per cent in a matter of hours to hit 66 cents.
According to the Toronto Stock Exchange 9.3 million shares of Northcliff were traded on Wednesday and Thursday, more than 500 times the volume exchanged on the same two days a week earlier
Peter
Thilo Hasler, founder and research analyst for Sphene Capital in
Munich, says the domination of international tungsten markets by China
leaves 'lots of room' for new North American mines. (Submitted by Sphene Capital)However, the tide soon turned. Sellers dominated trades late Thursday, and on Friday and the stock lost more than half of its gains for the week before settling out in the 40-cent range.
But there remains significant interest in the minerals Northcliff hopes to eventually provide.
Tungsten markets are dominated by supplies from China, and recent worldwide trade disputes have sent its price soaring and raised concerns about its long-term availability.
Peter Thilo Hasler, a financial analyst with Splene Capital in Munich, evaluates international tungsten markets and companies. Without commenting directly on the New Brunswick project, he said he believes there is space for new North American suppliers of the mineral.
"There is lots of room," Hasler said in an interview. "To develop new mines in North America is one way out of this dependence on China."
The
Todd Group, a billion-dollar family business based in New Zealand, is
the largest shareholder in Northcliff Resources Ltd. and will make the
ultimate decision on whether New Brunswick's Sisson Mine will proceed. (Submitted by The Todd Group)Last week, Hasler said international tungsten prices hit $70 US per kilogram.
Sisson's original feasibility assumed that long-term prices of $35 US per kilogram for tungsten and $33 US for molybdenum would make the mine feasible.
The Sisson mine is under evaluation for fast-tracking, and will still need to receive that designation. (Sisson Mining Ltd. )However, that study is now 12 years old and is scheduled to be redone.
It was unclear what was causing the dip in Northcliff's stock price following its initial surge although there did appear to be some confusion over the significance of what the federal government announced.
On Thursday the Prime Minister's Office confirmed to CBC News that projects announced so far, including Sisson, have only been referred for an evaluation for fast-tracking. None have yet won that special designation.
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Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Tut Tut Tut CBC and their malicious moderators are at it again N'esy Pas Hubby Baby Lacriox and Minister Joly?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sisson-mine-maliseet-share-price-1.3983051
Sisson mine owners see share price climb 56% in weeks before Maliseet deal
New Brunswick government says deal was announced as soon as possible after being confirmed by First Nations
· CBC News · Posted: Feb 15, 2017 6:30 AM AT
"The timing is interesting and the volume is interesting but I don't want to make an accusation that would be improper,"said Fitch who cautioned it is up to securities regulators to look at trading anomalies."
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Brian Maude - Insider Trading
Terry Seguin talks to the Senior Legal Counsel with the Financial and
Consumer Services Commission of New Brunswick about insider trading.
Brian E. Maude
Financial and Consumer Services Commission
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Saint John, NB E2L 2J2
Tel: (506) 658-3020
Fax: (506) 658-3059
brian.maude@nbsc-cvmnb.ca
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From: "Alcorn, Jason (FCNB)" <jason.alcorn@fcnb.ca>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 02:22:35 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE The Ombudsman warns Commission on
Electoral Reform for NB not to ignore public's cynicism about voting
YEA RIGHT Tell me another one Chucky Murray
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Thank you for your email. I am currently out of the office, returning
om Tuesday 10 January 2017. If you require immediate assistance,
please dial (506) 658-3060.
Merci pour votre courriel. Je suis absent du bureau, et je retournerai
mardi le 10 janvier 2017. Pour une assistance immediate, veuillez
composez le (506) 658-3060.
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David Walters
613-957-3522
david.walters@cra-arc.gc.ca
CRA's new fingerprinting policy could create travel problems for
accused tax evaders
Tax agency calls mandatory fingerprinting 'a powerful deterrent'
By Dean Beeby, CBC News Posted: Feb 21, 2017 9:00 PM ET
The Canada Revenue Agency has begun to record the fingerprints of
every person charged with tax evasion, a move that could severely
restrict foreign travel for anyone accused but not necessarily
convicted of a criminal tax offence.
"Introducing a mandatory fingerprinting policy would serve as a
powerful deterrent to those considering committing a serious tax
offence or those who may contemplate reoffending," says an internal
memorandum justifying the new measure.
"The mobility restriction is an important deterrent, especially for
people engaged in offshore tax evasion."
The agency changed its policy manuals last fall to implement mandatory
fingerprinting following years of inconsistent fingerprint collection
based on the varying advice of local prosecutors.
Diane Lebouthillier
Last year, Minister of National Revenue Diane Lebouthillier's agency
received $444 million over five years to chase down tax evaders,
including those using offshore tax havens. Critics say efforts so far
have let wealth-management companies, which facilitate the use of tax
havens, off the hook. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The new policy means the fingerprints of all accused tax evaders will
be recorded in the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) database,
accessible by almost 70,000 Canadian police officers but also by some
foreign agencies such as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and
its border officers.
As the memo notes, U.S. officials checking the CPIC database "may view
a taxpayer charged and/or convicted for tax evasion as inadmissible to
their country."
CBC News obtained a copy of the memo, and the July 7 order authorizing
the new policy, under the Access to Information Act, with several
sections blacked out under security and advice exemptions.
Tracking begins April 1
"Without a national policy on fingerprinting, CRA's convictions were
not always recorded in CPIC," CRA spokesman David Walters said in an
email. "Therefore, some persons convicted of tax evasion were unknown
to law enforcement agencies."
Walters said the agency will rely on qualified police officers to
collect the prints. He said there are no statistics to date on how
many fingerprints have been collected since the change in policy but
formal tracking is to begin April 1.
CRA turning to 'big data' to focus its audits — and catch tax cheats
Tip line leads Canada Revenue Agency to offshore tax cheats
The CPIC database is keyed to fingerprints, which are the prime means
of tracking a person's movements before and after conviction. "Without
fingerprints, the CRA cannot ask law enforcement to carry out such
tracing of movements," the memo says.
The document also says the new policy puts those accused of tax
evasion on a level playing field with people charged with theft, fraud
and financial crimes.
They're not charging many people ... they're mostly settling out of court
- Dennis Howlett of Canadians for Tax Fairness
There are other benefits, it says, including "facilitating the
apprehension of an accused who fails to appear for trial or sentencing
as it allows law enforcement to execute a bench warrant for the arrest
of a person alleged to have committed a tax crime, including any
accused who may leave the country to avoid facing the consequences of
their actions."
Walters says if an accused is acquitted of tax evasion, the agency
will "request" the fingerprints be removed from the CPIC database —
though some law firms specializing in fingerprint "destruction" warn
the images could remain for months, depending on the protocols of the
police service that registered the prints.
The new policy is part of the agency's renewed emphasis on tax cheats,
especially offshore tax evaders, and includes $444.4 million earmarked
in last year's budget to combat tax evasion over five years.
Financial tracking
Since January 2015, financial institutions have also been required to
report directly to the CRA all international electronic fund transfers
of $10,000 or more. In a little more than a year following that
legislative change, the agency received data on more than 17 million
transactions.
The tax agency has also been more frequently accessing the financial
databases of FINTRAC, the federal centre that combats money laundering
and terrorist financing, after critics said the two institutions
weren't sharing enough information.
CRA formally asked FINTRAC for information from its databases on
specific cases 68 times in 2015-2016, more than triple the requests
from 2013-2014.
Howlett
Dennis Howlett of Canadians for Tax Fairness says CRA isn't charging
enough tax evaders, and is instead choosing out-of-court settlements
where the terms and identities aren't disclosed. (CBC)
One of CRA's most persistent critics — the non-profit Canadians for
Tax Fairness, funded largely by unions — questions the effectiveness
of the new fingerprinting policy when the agency turns so seldom to
the justice system to catch big tax cheats.
"They are not charging many people, so the evidence would seem to
indicate they're mostly settling out of court," executive director
Dennis Howlett said in an interview.
"They do need to take some cases to court to clearly establish some
precedents and to strengthen their negotiating hand when they do
settle out of court … We're a bit surprised there aren't more
charges."
Howlett also said CRA is still not pursuing wealth-management firms
that facilitate offshore tax evasion, or corporations that may be
keeping profits in offshore tax havens to evade taxes at home.
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 18:25:03 -0400
Subject: YO Jana Winter why not ask CBC or Birgitta Jónsdóttir or her
Prime Minister or your President Trump or his lawyer Mr Cohen
(646-853-0114) If I am one of "The real bad guys" in Canada they
seek???
To: janawinter@protonmail.com, Wendy.Olsen@usdoj.gov, "James.Comey"
<James.Comey@ic.fbi.gov>, Diana.Swain@cbc.ca, birgittaj
<birgittaj@althingi.is>, postur <postur@for.is>, "Robert. Jones"
<Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, vasilescua@sec.gov, friedmani@sec.gov,
krishnamurthyp@sec.gov, "Marc.Litt" <Marc.Litt@bakermckenzie.com>,
"PETER.MACKAY" <PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie.
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<president@whitehouse.gov>, mdcohen212@gmail.com, bruce.fitch@gnb.ca,
oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, plee@stu.ca, emb.ottawa@mfa.is,
postur@for.stjr.is, aih@cbc.ca, andre <andre@jafaust.com>,
"blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>,
"David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
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From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:34:40 -0300
Subject: Fwd: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY
To: frank.pingue@thomsonreuters.
johanna.sigurdardottir@fel.
Milliken.P@parl.gc.ca, sjs@althingi.is, emb.ottawa@mfa.is,
rmellish@pattersonlaw.ca, irisbirgisdottir@yahoo.ca,
grant.mccool@thomsonreuters.
"Robert. Jones" Robert.Jones@cbc.ca, marie@mariemorneau.com,
dfranklin@franklinlegal.com, egilla@althingi.is,
william.turner@exsultate.ca, klm@althingi.is, mail@fjr.stjr.is,
Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca, wendy.williams@landsbanki.is,
cdhowe@cdhowe.org, desparois.sylviane@fcac.gc.ca, plee@stu.ca,
jonina.s.larusdottir@ivr.stjr.
fme@fme.is, info@landsbanki.is, sedlabanki@sedlabanki.is, tif@tif.is
Cc: rfowlo@comcast.net, jmullen@townofmilton.org, webo@xplornet.com,
t.j.burke@gnb.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, Dan Fitzgerald danf@danf.net,
"spinks08@hotmail.com" spinks08@hotmail.com, gypsy-blog
gypsy-blog@hotmail.com, "nb. premier" nb.premier@gmail.com, nbpolitico
nbpolitico@gmail.com>, "bruce.fitch" bruce.fitch@gnb.ca, "bruce.alec"
bruce.alec@gmail.com
I know that the Yankee law enforcement people are either as dumb as
posts or pure evil. There appears to be few exceptions. The ethical
Ms. Olson is my favourite lady today. Does anyone speaking or acting
in the best interests of the decent folks in Iceland understand my
sincerity and her Integrity YET?
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/
'The real bad guys' are coming from Canada, not Mexico, Daily Beast
report alleges
Leaked FBI data from 2014-2016 suggests more 'suspected terrorists'
enter U.S. by way of Canada than Mexico
By Diana Swain, CBC News Posted: Feb 11, 2017 9:00 AM ET
http://www.cbc.ca/news/the-
The Investigators with Diana Swain - November 19, 2016
Air Date: Nov 18, 2016 6:44 PM ET
The Investigators with Diana Swain - November 19, 201622:24
Did the spread of fake news on social media play a role in electing
Donald Trump? Diana speaks with a BuzzFeed reporter who revealed a
group of Facebook employees are trying to combat misinformation. Plus,
behind-the-scenes on a collaboration between CBC News and the Toronto
Star about police powers in the digital age. Watch Sat 9:30 pm ET &
Sun 5:30 pm ET on CBC News Network.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/
The Investigators with Diana Swain
Air Date: Oct 24, 2016 8:42 AM ET
Episode 2: The ethics and challenges of reporting on data dumps after
another release by Wikileaks hits the U.S. presidential campaign.
Plus, a CBC News investigation into solitary confinement
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/
The Investigators with Diana Swain
Air Date: Oct 14, 2016 9:57 PM ET
Series premiere: How journalists got the scoop on Donald Trump, and
questions about the privacy of your medical information
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:51:14 -0400
Subject: RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President Donald J. Trump I
just got off the phone with your lawyer Mr Cohen (646-853-0114) Why
does he lie to me after all this time???
To: president <president@whitehouse.gov>, mdcohen212@gmail.com, pm
<pm@pm.gc.ca>, Pierre-Luc.Dusseault@parl.gc.
<MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, Jean-Yves.Duclos@parl.gc.ca,
B.English@ministers.govt.nz, Malcolm.Turnbull.MP@aph.gov.au
pminvites@pmc.gov.au, mayt@parliament.uk, press
<press@bankofengland.co.uk>, "Andrew.Bailey"
<Andrew.Bailey@fca.org.uk>,
fin.financepublic-
<newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, "CNN.Viewer.Communications.
<CNN.Viewer.Communications.
<news-tips@nytimes.com>, lionel <lionel@lionelmedia.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca, "justin.ling@vice.com, elizabeththompson"
<elizabeththompson@ipolitics.
"Bill.Morneau" <Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>, postur <postur@for.is>,
stephen.kimber@ukings.ca, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
"Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, oldmaison
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>
---------- Original message ----------
From: Michael Cohen <mcohen@trumporg.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:15:14 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just
called and left a message for you
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Effective January 20, 2017, I have accepted the role as personal
counsel to President Donald J. Trump. All future emails should be
directed to mdcohen212@gmail.com and all future calls should be
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From: "Hancox, Rick (FCNB)" <rick.hancox@fcnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:15:22 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just
called and left a message for you
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
G'Day/Bonjour,
Thanks for your e-mail. I am out of the office until 24 February. If
you need more immediate assistance, please contact France Bouchard at
506 658-2696.
Je serai absent du bureau jusqu'au 24 fevrier Durant mon absence,
veuillez contacter France Bouchard au 506 658-2696 pour assistance
immédiate.
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:15:04 -0400
Subject: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just called and left a
message for you
To: Pierre-Luc.Dusseault@parl.gc.
"Diane.Lebouthillier" <Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.
"mark.vespucci" <mark.vespucci@ci.irs.gov>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>,
curtis <curtis@marinerpartners.com>, "rick.hancox"
<rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca>
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<djtjr@trumporg.com>, mcohen <mcohen@trumporg.com>,
elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca, "ht.lacroix" <ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>,
"hon.melanie.joly" <hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>
Trust that Trump, CBC and everybody else knows that I speak and act
Pro Se particularly when dealing with the Evil Tax Man
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Transfer of Canadian banking records to U.S. tax agency doubled last year
Documents for thousands of Canadian residents transferred under
controversial FATCA legislation
By Elizabeth Thompson, CBC News Posted: Jan 29, 2017 5:00 AM ET
Banking records of more than 315,000 Canadian residents were turned
over to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service last year under a
controversial information sharing deal, CBC News has learned.
That is double the number transferred in the deal's first year.
The Canada Revenue Agency transmitted 315,160 banking records to the
IRS on Sept. 28, 2016 — a 104 per cent increase over the 154,667
records the agency sent in September 2015.
Lisa Damien, spokeswoman for the CRA, attributed the increase to the
fact it was the second year for the Canada-U.S. information sharing
deal that was sparked by the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
(FATCA).
"The exchange in September 2015 was based on accounts identified by
financial institutions at the time," she said. "The number of reported
accounts was expected to increase in 2016, because the financial
institutions have had more time to complete their due diligence and
identify other reportable accounts."
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Prior to coming to power, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opposed the
agreement to share banking records of Canadian residents with the IRS.
He has since changed his position. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The transmission of banking records of Canadian residents is the
result of an agreement worked out in 2014 between Canada and the U.S.
after the American government adopted FATCA. The U.S. tax compliance
act requires financial institutions around the world to reveal
information about bank accounts in a bid to crack down on tax evasion
by U.S. taxpayers with foreign accounts.
Dual citizens, long-term visitors affected
The deal requires financial institutions to share the banking records
of those considered to be "U.S. persons" for tax purposes — regardless
of whether they are U.S. citizens.
Among the people who can be considered by the IRS as "U.S. persons"
are Canadians born in the U.S., dual citizens or even those who spend
more than a certain number of days in the United States each year.
Former prime minister Stephen Harper's government argued that given
the penalties the U.S. was threatening to impose, it had no choice but
to negotiate the information sharing deal. The former government said
it was able to exempt some types of accounts from the information
transfer.
CRA
The Canada Revenue Agency transfers banking records of people believed
to be 'U.S. persons' to the IRS. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The Canada Revenue Agency triggered controversy after it transferred
the first batch of Canadian banking records to the IRS in September
2015 in the midst of the election campaign, without waiting for an
assessment by Canada's privacy commissioner or the outcome of a legal
challenge to the agreement's constitutionality.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Treasury Board President Scott Brison
and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale have dropped calls to scrap
the deal, which they had made before the Liberals came to power.
Watchdog wants proactive notification
Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has raised concerns about the
information sharing, questioning whether financial institutions are
reporting more accounts than necessary. Under the agreement, financial
institutions only have to report accounts belonging to those believed
to be U.S. persons if they contain more than $50,000.
Therrien has also suggested the CRA proactively notify individuals
that their financial records had been shared with the IRS. However,
the CRA has been reluctant to agree to Therrien's suggestion.
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Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has questioned whether the CRA is
transmitting more banking records to the IRS than is necessary.
(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
NDP revenue critic Pierre-Luc Dusseault said the increase in the
number of files transferred was "surprising," and he questioned
whether financial institutions are only sharing records of accounts
worth more than $50,000.
"I don't see how there would be 150,000 more accounts reportable to
the IRS in one year. It is something I will look into."
Dusseault said the CRA should notify every Canadian resident whose
banking records are shared with the IRS.
Lynne Swanson, of the Alliance for the Defence of Canadian
Sovereignty, which is challenging the information sharing agreement in
Federal Court, said she has no idea why the number of banking records
shared with the IRS doubled.
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NDP revenue critic Pierre-Luc Dusseault says the CRA should notify
every Canadian resident whose banking records are shared with the IRS.
(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
"It still seems low in comparison to the number of Canadians that are
affected by this," she said. "It is estimated that a million Canadians
are affected by this."
Hopes for repeal
Swanson hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump, or Congress — which is
now controlled by the Republican Party — will scrap FATCA. The
Republican platform pledged to do away with the information collecting
legislation.
"FATCA not only allows 'unreasonable search and seizures' but also
threatens the ability of overseas Americans to lead normal lives," the
platform reads. "We call for its repeal and for a change to
residency-based taxation for U.S. citizens overseas."
Swanson's group is also hoping the Federal Court of Canada will
intervene, although a date has not yet been set for a hearing.
"A foreign government is essentially telling the Canadian government
how Canadian citizens and Canadian residents should be treated. It is
a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms."
Elizabeth Thompson can be reached at elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sisson-mine-chosen-9.6978236
N.B.’s Sisson Mine chosen as one of Carney's major projects
Projects with federal designation can benefit from range of advantages designed to get them moving quickly
A long-delayed mining project in rural New Brunswick has in fact made the list of major projects after urging from the province.
Speaking in British Columbia on Thursday afternoon, Prime Minister Mark Carney said the Sisson Mine north of Fredericton has been chosen for the strategic importance of the minerals it could produce: tungsten and molybdenum.
Premier Susan Holt was quick to follow with excitement.
“And that's a testament to the efforts that our team has made to get the attention of the federal government and demonstrate the resources that we have, the capacity and our readiness to contribute to Canada's economy and future,” Holt told reporters shortly after the announcement.
Projects that earn the nation-building designation can benefit from a range of advantages, including accelerated regulatory approvals, federal funding and other forms of support designed to get them moving quickly.
The project had already won approval from both the provincial and federal governments years ago.
Ottawa said in May it was willing to put up $8.2 million to support the project, and the proponent, Northcliff Resources, said in May the U.S. government was awarding it $20.7 million to advance development.
Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed the list of major projects on Thursday, including one in New Brunswick. (Pratyush Dayal/CBC)The Carney government’s budget last week included a new “critical minerals sovereign fund” with $2 billion over five years for strategic investments.
Holt said the mine would bring 500 jobs during construction and 300 full-time jobs during operation.
A news release said the expected life of the mine is 27 years, and it could produce 30,000 tonnes of tungsten and molybdenum ore every day.
Holt said the site will see some activity in the coming year for preparation work, but negotiating an equity partnership with First Nations is continuing with the two stakeholders in the project, Northcliff and the Todd Group.
A news release from Northcliff on Thursday afternoon praised the announcement from Carney and said the company is "currently progressing with studies to advance the project."
Holt said the province would continue to work with the elected chiefs to negotiate an agreement “in the spirit of communication.”
Holt spoke to New Brunswick’s history with mines in the past.
“It's a part of our identity," she said, adding that now is the time for this project to proceed.
Prime minister identifies Sisson Mine as nation-building project“But at this moment in time, these minerals, particularly tungsten and molybdenum, are in a critical demand at a time when we're repositioning Canada and its consideration of our defence solutions and partners, when we're repositioning our allies globally.”
Holt said the province is looking for the federal government to help create an offtake agreement, which is essentially a contract with a buyer for when the minerals start being produced.
She added that the province would also like to see a price floor — meaning a minimum price for the minerals — set by the government.
“Those two tools help both attract more investment and secure the value of the resource,” Holt said.
When the project was initially approved by the province, the environmental impact assessment required 40 conditions to be met by the companies developing the mine.
When asked if those still stand, Holt said the province could likely give the company more time to meet them. Their approval was currently set to expire in December.
Holt said the province had secured the support of nearby communities, but when asked, she clarified that this was done around 2014 and 2017, when the mine was initially approved.
“So now that it's back on the radar, the previous support that had been secured from communities back then has been reinvigorated,” Holt said.
Dating back to 2017, the province has estimated the project would produce $280 million in royalties for the province and $245 million in tax revenue.
Holt said an updated estimate depends on the price of the resources, so a clearer number is not yet available and conversations with Northcliff are taking place.
Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson announces measures for forestry sector – February 25, 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmVExTyAJ4c
Sask. Premier Scott Moe speaks to reporters during trade mission to India – February 27, 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXeW3yQdqyI
N.B. Premier Susan Holt speaks to reporters during trade mission to India – February 27, 2026
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/scott-moe-mark-carney-india-travel-9.7104039
Sask. Premier Scott Moe to join Prime Minister Mark Carney's trade mission to India
Moe will join Carney in meetings in Mumbai and New Delhi
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is once again joining Prime Minister Mark Carney on a trade mission.
The trade mission is set to depart on Thursday and continue to March 7. Moe is part of the Canadian delegation set to attend meetings in New Delhi and Mumbai, according to the Prime Minister's Office.
It's not the first time that Moe and Carney have travelled together. In January, the pair linked up as the federal government travelled to China.
That trip saw Ottawa emerge with a deal to lift Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola products in exchange for allowing 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into the Canadian market.
This time Moe will not be the only premier joining Carney's trade mission.
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt will join Carney, Moe and other federal officials in Mumbai. She will not be part of meetings in New Delhi, according to the Prime Minister's Office.
India has placed its own tariffs on Canadian canola products, which could explain Moe's inclusion on this trip.
Premier Scott Moe speaks on Canada-China tariff dealHeath MacDonald, Canada's Minister of Agriculture, said the inclusion of the premiers was a "positive move" and that it's something he wants to see more of in the future.
"I think it's extremely important to have the collaboration with the premiers ... especially in my sector," MacDonald said.
Moe and Holt will not travel with the Prime Minister as the trade mission continues to Australia and Japan.
Moe is set to discuss his inclusion in the trade mission at a news conference on Wednesday.
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Sask. mine that could make Canada world's biggest uranium exporter faces last hurdle
The proponent, NexGen, is awaiting approval from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Hearings now underway in Saskatoon could decide the future of Canada’s biggest uranium mining project to date.
NexGen Energy Ltd., a Canadian mining company, entered its second round of hearings for its Rook I mine proposal, which proposes developing an underground uranium mine.
Several Indigenous communities attended to hear about the proposed mine in the Athabasca Basin, about 150 kilometres north of La Loche, close to the Alberta border.
NexGen has been advocating for over a decade to make the Rook I mine initiative possible.
"It’s got the ability to take Saskatchewan and Canada back to being the number one producer of nuclear," NexGen Energy CEO Leigh Curyer told CBC.
"With AI and data centres being constructed, hundreds of billions of dollars [are] being invested into data centres around the world. They’ve got to be powered."
NexGen CEO Leigh Curyer. (Jeremy Warren/CBC)NexGen estimates the mine would generate $32 billion worth of jobs and infrastructure for Saskatchewan during its duration. Federally, the company estimates $38 billion in revenue over that time.
Next steps
NexGen first submitted the project to the provincial and federal governments in April 2019. The province approved the underground mine in 2023.
The fate of the project now rests with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.
The federal safety agency holds the power to decide if NexGen will be granted a licence to build the mine and mill site in the proposed region. The mill is projected to process about 1,400 tonnes of ore daily.
The agency is holding its second round of hearings this week in Saskatoon. The first round was held in November.
Out of the 48 written statements submitted, NexGen said two were neutral and two were opposed to the mine being built in the area.
Mining on Indigenous land
The proposed mining site is in the traditional territory of multiple First Nations communities, which have expressed support for the project.
All four Indigenous communities in the vicinity of the proposed mine had representatives at the public hearing, including Birch Narrows Dene Nation, Buffalo River Dene Nation, Clearwater River Dene Nation and the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan.
"I think it's an excellent reflection of a resources project and what a very respectful, transparent process can deliver in terms of First Nation communities and resources," Curyer said. "And I think today's hearing is an incredible representation of that."
Curyer said Saskatchewan will help Canada become the world's biggest global uranium and nuclear provider if the mine goes ahead producing up to 14 million kilograms of uranium annually.
NexGen promises the mine will create 350 jobs during construction and another 490 over its 24-year lifespan. The company has committed to hiring 75 per cent Indigenous workers.
"We didn’t want to have janitor jobs that occurred previously in the mines," said Keith Shewchuk, president of Metis Nation-Saskatchewan Local 39.
"We want careers. So there’s many opportunities for our youth and our future generations, my kids and other generations that are going to have those opportunities that were never there before."
Keith Shewchuk, president of Métis Nation-Saskatchewan Local 39. (Jeremy Warren/CBC)NexGen has been working with Saskatchewan Polytechnic since 2017 to provide community programs to get people living in the area ready to construct the mine and work there, including courses in carpentry, digital readiness and construction.
Environmental concerns
The proposed mine passed the federal government's environmental assessment.
Environmental safety was a big topic of conversation at the public hearing, where concerns were raised about water contamination and the possible impact on traditional hunting areas.
Shewchuk said those concerns are valid, as people in the area still heavily rely on hunting. He told CBC that NexGen has collaborated with communities to learn how to respect the land throughout the creation of the mine and during its run.
"Our people are worried about the fish, the ducks, the rabbits, the water and the moose, because we hunt moose annually," Shewchuk said.
"So we’re worried about how that is going to affect us in the future."
Candace
Salmon, registrar for the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, says the
commission will closely monitor and evaluate 13 safety requirements
before granting NexGen a licence to build the proposed mine. (Halyna Mihalik/CBC)That's one of 13 points the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission needs to evaluate before giving NexGen the go-ahead.
"There are a number of areas the commission will dig into and some of them would be radiation protection," registrar Candace Salmon told CBC.
"They look at a lot of environmental issues such as water, fish and all the habitat. There’s been a lot of conversation about country foods and ensuring the protection of the land for the Indigenous nations and communities."
The commission has 120 days from the end of the hearing to decide if NexGen’s mining project can proceed. The public hearing will conclude on Thursday.
Corrections
- An earlier version of this story indicated NexGen had applied for a licence to build and operate the mine. In fact, the licence application is to build the mine. An earlier version of this story also indicated 42 written statements submitted were positive on the mine proposal. In fact, of 48 written statements submitted, NexGen said two were neutral and two were opposed to the mine being built in the area.Feb 20, 2026 1:07 PM EST
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Funding for softwood industry imminent, federal minister says
Support the prime minister promised in face of tariffs has yet to come about
Financial support for Canada’s softwood lumber sector can be expected soon, the federal industry minister told a Fredericton business group on Wednesday.
Mélanie Joly said the support will include funding that will be distributed from banks but backed up by the Business Development Bank of Canada.
In August, Prime Minister Mark Carney promised $1.25 billion for the sector, but that money has yet to be distributed.
While Joly didn’t specify how much money the New Brunswick industry can expect, she told the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce the amount will be based on need.
She also said the funding would take different forms.
Money for embattled softwood lumber industry coming soon, minister says“That there is a mix," she said. "There is support for operations, so liquidity support because we know that lots of companies can be stuck in a spiral of debt while they're dealing with really difficult tariffs that are unjustifiable.
"And meanwhile, there is … funding for capital expenditure for them to continue to invest in their companies."
New tariffs
The funding comes after U.S. President Donald Trump announced new tariffs on Sept. 30.
Trump announced a further 10 per cent tariff on softwood lumber, in addition to an already existing 35 per cent tariff, and 25 per cent duty on some finished wood products, including cabinets and upholstered furniture.
These tariffs came into effect Tuesday.
Duties are to increase Jan. 1 to 30 per cent for upholstered furniture and 50 per cent for cabinets and vanities.
In addition to new funds, Joly also said the federal government was working on a buy Canadian program “to have our homes and our major projects … being built with the great softwood from New Brunswick.”
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Minister Joly to address the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce
Media advisory
October 14, 2025 – Fredericton, New Brunswick
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, will share her industrial vision at the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce. She will outline national priorities, discuss growth levers for businesses and provide concrete pathways for them to build locally while expanding Canada’s presence in international markets.
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Time: 1:15 pm (AT)
Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick
Members of the media who would like to attend the event, either in person or virtually, should contact Judy Joe Scheffler at events@frederictonchamber.ca.
For more information: A Conversation with The Honourable Minister Mélanie Joly
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Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, announced the members of Canada’s new Ministry.
Canadians elected this new government with a strong mandate to define a new economic and security relationship with the United States, to build a stronger economy, to reduce the cost of living, and to keep our communities safe. This focused team will act on this mandate for change with urgency and determination.
The new government will act to catalyze investment and build a new Canadian economy – one that creates higher-paying careers, raises incomes, and can withstand future shocks. They will work in collaboration with provinces, territories, and Indigenous Peoples to advance the nation-building investments that will support the government’s core mission of building one strong, united economy – the strongest economy in the G7.
The new Cabinet is appointed as follows:
- Shafqat Ali, President of the Treasury Board
- Rebecca Alty, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
- Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety
- François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue
- Rebecca Chartrand, Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
- Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Environment and Climate Change
- Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Transport and Internal Trade
- Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages
- Mandy Gull-Masty, Minister of Indigenous Services
- Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
- Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
- Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
- Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy
- Joël Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement
- Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
- Steven MacKinnon, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
- David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence
- Jill McKnight, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
- Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
- Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health
- Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada
- Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure and Minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Canada
- Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade
- Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
- Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries
- Rechie Valdez, Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism)
The Cabinet will be supported by 10 secretaries of State who will provide dedicated leadership on key issues and priorities within their minister’s portfolio.
The new secretaries of State are appointed as follows:
- Buckley Belanger, Secretary of State (Rural Development)
- Stephen Fuhr, Secretary of State (Defence Procurement)
- Anna Gainey, Secretary of State (Children and Youth)
- Wayne Long, Secretary of State (Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions)
- Stephanie McLean, Secretary of State (Seniors)
- Nathalie Provost, Secretary of State (Nature)
- Ruby Sahota, Secretary of State (Combatting Crime)
- Randeep Sarai, Secretary of State (International Development)
- Adam van Koeverden, Secretary of State (Sport)
- John Zerucelli, Secretary of State (Labour)
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“Canada’s new Ministry is built to deliver the change Canadians want and deserve. Everyone is expected and empowered to show leadership – to bring new ideas, a clear focus, and decisive action to their work.”
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Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
The Honourable Mélanie Joly
Registrar General of Canada
| Registrar General of Canada | |
|---|---|
| Registraire général du Canada | |
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| Department of Industry | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Monarch (represented by the governor general);[1] on the advice of the prime minister[2] |
| Term length | While holding the office of Minister of Industry |
| Precursor | Secretary of State for Canada |
| Inaugural holder | Guy Favreau |
| Formation | October 1, 1966 |
The registrar general of Canada (French: registraire général du Canada) is responsible for registering all letters patent, commissions, instruments, proclamations, and any other documents that may, from time to time, be issued under the Great Seal of Canada or the Privy Seal of Canada. The registrar general is a role held by the Minister of Industry, which as of May 13, 2025, is Mélanie Joly.
Appointment
The registrar general is not appointed directly — rather, a person becomes the registrar general by virtue of being the minister of industry, a Cabinet office.[3] Therefore, by proxy, the registrar general is appointed by the governor general, on the advice of the prime minister.
The current minister of industry and registrar general of Canada is Mélanie Joly since May 13, 2025. Since November 20, 2019, the ministerial position has been styled as "Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry."
Role and responsibilities
Registering documents
The Office of the Registrar General is responsible for registering documents that have been issued under the Great Seal and the Privy Seal. Such documents can include the appointments of senators, puisne justices, and governors general. The registrar general maintains a registry of the documents so issued, with the assistance of Corporations Canada.[citation needed]
Keeping the Great Seal
While the governor general is the keeper of the Great Seal, he or she normally entrusts the Registrar General with the seal's safekeeping. The Great Seal is used to certify official state documents. The current Seal went into use in 1955, after the accession of Elizabeth II to the Canadian Throne.[citation needed]
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Please be advised that, effective November 14,
2023, my ISED e-mail address will be disabled and my active e-mail
address will be changing to
joshua.chambers@justice.gc.ca.
If the information you send is Protected B, make sure to encrypt your e-mail before sending it.
Please update your contact information if necessary to reflect this change.
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Veuillez noter qu’à compter du 14 novembre 2023, mon adresse courriel ISDE sera désactivée et que ma nouvelle adresse sera le joshua.chambers@justice.gc.ca. Cette adresse est déjà active et vous pouvez donc commencer à l'utiliser dès maintenant.
Si l’information que vous envoyez est protégée B, assurez-vous de chiffré votre courriel.
Veuillez mettre à jour vos coordonnées pour refléter ce changement.
From: Ministerial Correspondence Unit - Justice Canada <mcu@justice.gc.ca>
Date: Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Subject: Automatic Reply
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Thank you for writing to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.
Due to the volume of correspondence addressed to the Minister, please note that there may be a delay in processing your email. Rest assured that your message will be carefully reviewed.
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En raison du volume de correspondance adressée au ministre, veuillez
prendre note qu'il pourrait y avoir un retard dans le traitement de
votre courriel. Nous tenons à vous assurer que votre message sera lu
avec soin.
Nous ne répondons pas à la correspondance contenant un langage offensant.
From: Jensen, Jan (he him il lui) <jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>
Date: Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Subject: Réponse automatique - Automatic reply: Automatic reply: RE Trudeau Invoking the Emergency Act and Freeland defending her liberal democracy byway of her bankster buddies
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
I will be out of office with very limited email access on May 30 and June 2, 2025. If you require immediate assistance, please contact Lorri.Warner@justice.gc.ca or 782 640 1066.
From: Minister of Finance / Ministre des Finances <minister-ministre@fin.gc.ca>
Date: Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Subject: Automatic reply: Automatic reply: RE Trudeau Invoking the Emergency Act and Freeland defending her liberal democracy byway of her bankster buddies
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
From: Premier <PREMIER@novascotia.ca>
Date: Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Subject: Thank you for your email
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Thank you for contacting the Office of the Premier. This is an automatic confirmation that your message has been received.
Please note that the Premier receives a tremendous volume of e-mails and letters every week. If your message requires an answer, we will get back to you as soon as possible.
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- For more information on Nova Scotia’s response to
U.S. economic tariffs and to share your questions and ideas, please visit https://novascotia.ca/
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For the most up-to-date information from the Government of Nova Scotia, please visit: https://novascotia.ca/.
Thank you,
The Premier’s Correspondence Team
From: OfficeofthePremier, Office PREM:EX <Premier@gov.bc.ca>
Date: Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Subject: Automatic reply: Automatic reply: RE Trudeau Invoking the Emergency Act and Freeland defending her liberal democracy byway of her bankster buddies
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to write. Due to the volume of incoming messages, this is an automated response to let you know that your email has been received and will be reviewed at the earliest opportunity.
If your inquiry can be more appropriately and fully responded to by a Ministry or other area of government, staff will refer your email for review and consideration.
If you are requesting a meeting with the Premier for a matter that falls under a specific Ministry’s mandate, staff may refer your request to that Ministry.
Sincerely,
Office of the Premier
From: Office of the Premier <scott.moe@gov.sk.ca>
Date: Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Subject: Thank you for your email
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
This is to acknowledge that your email has been received by the Office of the Premier.
We appreciate the time you have taken to write.
NOTICE: This e-mail was intended for a specific person. If it has reached you by mistake, please delete it and advise me by return e-mail. Any privilege associated with this information is not waived. Thank you for your cooperation and assistance.
Avis: Ce message est confidentiel, peut être protégé par le secret professionnel et est à l'usage exclusif de son destinataire. Il est strictement interdit à toute autre personne de le diffuser, le distribuer ou le reproduire. Si le destinataire ne peut être joint ou vous est inconnu, veuillez informer l'expéditeur par courrier électronique immédiatement et effacer ce message et en détruire toute copie. Merci de votre cooperation.
From: Forsætisráðuneytið <for@for.is>
Date: Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Subject: Forsætisráðuneytið hefur móttekið tölvupóst þinn / Prime Minister's Office hereby confirms the receipt of your email.
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Forsætisráðuneytið hefur móttekið tölvupóst þinn / Prime Minister's Office hereby confirms the receipt of your email.
Vinsamlega ekki svara þessum tölvupósti, hafið samband í gegnum for@for.is / Please do not reply to this email, contact via for@for.is.
Athygli er vakin á að skv. 2. mgr. 13. gr. upplýsingalaga nr. 140/2012
er ráðuneyti í Stjórnarráði Íslands skylt að birta upplýsingar úr
málaskrám sínum með rafrænum hætti/
Note that, pursuant to art. 13., para. 2, of act no. 140/2012, a
Government Ministry in Iceland is obliged to publish electronically
information from its case files.
Með bestu kveðju / Best regards
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Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office
Stjórnarráðshúsinu, IS - 101 Reykjavík, Sími/Tel. +354 545 8400
www.stjornarradid.is - Fyrirva
 | David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> |
| Automatic
reply: RE Trudeau Invoking the Emergency Act and Freeland defending her
liberal democracy byway of her bankster buddies |
Date: Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Subject: Automatic reply: Automatic reply: RE Trudeau Invoking the Emergency Act and Freeland defending her liberal democracy byway of her bankster buddies
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
(Le français suit l’anglais.)
Thank you for your email.
Please note that your correspondence will be forwarded to the office of the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions.
We invite you to send any future correspondence to Minister Joly at melanie.joly@ised-isde.gc.
This is an automated message. Please do not reply.
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Nous vous remercions de votre courriel.
Veuillez noter que votre correspondance sera transférée au cabinet de l’honorable Mélanie Joly, ministre de l’Industrie et ministre responsable de Développement économique Canada pour les régions du Québec.
Nous vous invitons à envoyer toute correspondance future destinée à la ministre Joly à melanie.joly@ised-isde.gc.ca
Ceci est un message automatisé. Veuillez ne pas y répondre.
From: Minister of Finance / Ministre des Finances <minister-ministre@fin.gc.ca>
Date: Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Subject: Automatic reply: Automatic reply: RE Trudeau Invoking the Emergency Act and Freeland defending her liberal democracy byway of her bankster buddies
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
From: Blanchet, Yves-François - Député <Yves-Francois.Blanchet@parl.
Date: Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Subject: Réponse automatique : Automatic reply: RE Trudeau Invoking the Emergency Act and Freeland defending her liberal democracy byway of her bankster buddies
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
(Ceci est une réponse automatique)
(English follows)
Bonjour,
Nous avons bien reçu votre courriel et nous vous remercions d'avoir écrit à M. Yves-François Blanchet, député de Beloeil-Chambly et chef du Bloc Québécois.
Comme nous avons un volume important de courriels, il nous est impossible de répondre à tous individuellement. Soyez assuré(e) que votre courriel recevra toute l'attention nécessaire.
Nous ne répondons pas à la correspondance contenant un langage offensant.
L'équipe du député Yves-François Blanchet
Chef du Bloc Québécois
Thank you for your email. We will read it as soon as we can.
We do not respond to correspondence that contains offensive language.
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Subject: Fwd: Automatic reply: RE Trudeau Invoking the Emergency Act and Freeland defending her liberal democracy byway of her bankster buddies
To: don.davies <don.davies@parl.gc.ca>, John.Williamson <John.Williamson@parl.gc.ca>, fin.minfinance-financemin.fin <fin.minfinance-financemin.
Cc: <francois-philippe.champagne@
From: Kurek, Damien C. - M.P. <Damien.Kurek@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Thu, May 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Subject: Automatic reply: Automatic reply: RE Trudeau Invoking the Emergency Act and Freeland defending her liberal democracy byway of her bankster buddies
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Thank you for reaching out to the office of Damien Kurek, MP for Battle River—Crowfoot. We are receiving a high volume of emails.
We appreciate your feedback, and your messages will be passed on to MP Kurek.
If your request is casework-related, one of the staff will get back to you as soon as possible.
Thank you for your support and understanding.From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Thu, May 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Subject: Fwd: Automatic reply: RE Trudeau Invoking the Emergency Act and Freeland defending her liberal democracy byway of her bankster buddies
To: Damien.Kurek <Damien.Kurek@parl.gc.ca>
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 12:24 PM
Subject: We should discuss why this senate banking heainng is still missing
To: <press@teamkennedy.com>, John.Williamson <John.Williamson@parl.gc.ca>, Robert. Jones <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, fin.minfinance-financemin.fin <fin.minfinance-financemin.
https://www.banking.senate.
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the
Mutual Fund Industry
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2003 Time: 02:00 PM
Topic
The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a
series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and
Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.”
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1
Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
Director - Division of Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission
Cutler - November 20, 2003
Mr. Robert Glauber
Chairman and CEO
National Association of Securities Dealers
Glauber - November 20, 2003
Eliot Spitzer
Attorney General
State of New York
Spitzer - November 20, 2003
From: Kurek, Damien C. - M.P. <Damien.Kurek@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 8:15 PM
Subject: Automatic reply: RE Trudeau Invoking the Emergency Act and Freeland defending her liberal democracy byway of her bankster buddies
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Good day,
Thank you for writing the M.P. office of Damien C. Kurek, Member of Parliament for Battle River – Crowfoot.
He sincerely appreciate your questions, feedback, and suggestions on federal issues that are important to you. Our team will respond as quickly as possible to these as well as to all other inquiries such as appointment requests.
We prioritize responses to residents of Battle River – Crowfoot who require assistance with Government of Canada services.
Please note that our office receives a tremendous volume of mail so response time can be delayed.
Once again, thank you for your writing, and please feel free to do so in the future.
Sincerely,
Cheri Elliott
E/A Ottawa Office Manager
Damien C. Kurek, M.P.
Deputy Shadow Minister for Rural Economic Development and Rural Broadband Strategy
Battle River - Crowfoot
Room 585, Confederation Building
Tel. : 613-947-4608
Fax : 613-947-4611
Subscribe to MP Kurek’s E-Newsletter!
From: Davies, Don - M.P. <don.davies@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 4:32 PM
Subject: Automatic reply: Deployment of Emergencies Act expected to pass with support of the NDP because of Trudeau's predictable confidence vote EH BC?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
*Do not reply to this email*
Greetings!
I acknowledge receipt of your email. Thank you for taking the time to contact me and express your views.
Due to the current COVID-19 situation, please be advised that my Vancouver Kingsway constituency office will be conducting all business by phone and online communication until further notice.
Our goal is to keep constituents and staff safe, while continuing to provide the important services that community members depend on.
While I read all correspondence, the volume of email we receive means that I am not able to respond immediately to every message. Every effort will be made to reply to you as soon as possible. Please note that in most cases, anonymous, cc’d or forwarded items will be read but will not receive a response.
If the information you have sent is about a concern that you have as a constituent, please make sure that you have given your full name, address and telephone number so my office is able to assist you efficiently. If you live outside Vancouver Kingsway please contact your own Member of Parliament for assistance.
You can ensure you are contacting the correct MP by entering your postal code at this website:
https://www.ourcommons.ca/
Please be assured that all email sent to this office is treated as confidential.
Should you need further assistance, please contact my office at 604-775-6263.
Sincerely,
Don Davies, MP
Vancouver Kingsway
*Ne répondre pas à ce courriel*
Bonjour,
J’accuse réception de votre courriel. Je vous remercie d’avoir pris le temps de communiquer avec moi et d’exprimer vos opinions.
Alors que la situation du COVID-19 continue d'évoluer, mon bureau de circonscription de Vancouver Kingsway aidera avec toutes les affaires par téléphone et par communication en ligne jusqu'à nouvel avis.
Notre objectif est d'assurer la sécurité des électeurs et du personnel, tout en continuant à fournir les services importants dont dépendent les membres de la communauté.
Je tiens à vous assurer que je lis tous les messages qui me sont envoyés. Toutefois, le grand nombre de courriels que mon bureau reçoit fait en sorte que je ne suis pas en mesure de répondre immédiatement à chaque message. Tous les efforts seront déployés pour vous répondre dès que possible. Veuillez prendre note que, dans la plupart des cas, les messages anonymes, transmis en copie conforme ou transférés seront lus, mais qu’aucune réponse ne sera envoyée.
Si les informations que vous m’avez transmises concernent un problème en particulier et que vous êtes un citoyen de la circonscription, assurez-vous d’avoir indiqué votre nom au complet, votre adresse et votre numéro de téléphone pour que mon bureau puisse vous aider efficacement. Si vous n’êtes pas un résident de Vancouver Kingsway, veuillez communiquer avec le député de votre circonscription pour obtenir de l’aide.
Vous pouvez vous assurer de communiquer avec le bon député en entrant votre code postal sur cette page Web :
https://www.ourcommons.ca/
Soyez assuré que tous les courriels envoyés à mon bureau sont traités en toute confidentialité.
Si vous avez besoin d’aide, veuillez téléphoner à mon bureau : 604-775-6263
Je vous prie d’accepter l’expression de mes sentiments distingués.
Don Davies, député à la Chambre des communes
Vancouver Kingsway
From: Drouin, Nathalie G <Nathalie.G.Drouin@pco-bcp.gc.
Date: Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Subject: Automatic reply: Hey Higgy I wonder Stevey Boy MacKinnon recalls saying "The Boys Are Back In Town" after the election in 2006
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Good day,
Please note that I am currently away from the office, I will be returning on Monday, June 17, 2024.
Daniel Rogers will be acting on my behalf while I am away.
For any assistance, please contact my office at (613) 957-5056.
Thank you
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Bonjour,
Veuillez noter que je suis présentement absente du bureau et je serais de retour lundi le 17 juin 2024.
Daniel Rogers assumera l'intérim pendant mon absence.
Pour toute assistance, veuillez communiquer avec mon bureau au (613) 957-5056.
Merci
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From: MacKinnon, Steven - Député <Steven.MacKinnon@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Subject: Réponse automatique : Hey Higgy I wonder Stevey Boy MacKinnon recalls saying "The Boys Are Back In Town" after the election in 2006
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> (English follows)
Merci d’avoir communiqué avec le bureau de circonscription de L’hon. Steven MacKinnon, député de Gatineau. Ce courriel confirme la réception de votre correspondance.
Veuillez lire attentivement les consignes suivantes :
1 - Si vous êtes un.e résident.e, un organisme ou une entreprise de la circonscription de Gatineau et que vous avez besoin d’assistance dans le cadre d’une démarche auprès d’un ministère fédéral, veuillez nous réécrire en fournissant les informations nécessaires, soit :
· Un bref résumé de la situation;
· Nom complet tel qu’il apparaît sur votre passeport;
· Numéro de téléphone;
· Le code postal de votre domicile, organisme ou entreprise.
Les ministères concernés :
· Agence du revenu du Canada;
· Service Canada;
· Système de paye Phénix;
· Immigration Canada;
· Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada;
· Etc.
2 - Si vous adressez votre requête à L’hon. Steven MacKinnon en sa qualité de Leader du gouvernement à la Chambre des communes, veuillez l’envoyer à :
lghc.minister-ministre.lgcc@
pco-bcp.gc.ca
Trouvez votre député fédéral :
La Ville de Gatineau est divisée entre quatre circonscriptions fédérales.
Afin d’adresser votre correspondance à votre député.e, consultez le lien suivant:
Trouvez les députés - Députés - Chambre des communes du Canada (noscommunes.ca)
Nous vous souhaitons une agréable journée.
Cordialement,
Bureau de Steven MacKinnon, Député | M.P - Gatineau
401-160 boul. de l’Hôpital
Gatineau, Québec, J8T 8J1
Tel. (819) 561-5555
Je vous invite à répondre à ce courriel dans la langue officielle de votre choix.
I encourage you to answer this email in the official language of your choice.
//
Thank you for contacting the office of Hon. Steven MacKinnon, Member of Parliament for Gatineau. This email confirms the receipt of your message.
Please read the following guidelines carefully:
1 - If you are a resident, an organization or a business in the Gatineau riding and you need assistance in a process with a federal government ministry, please write to us again, providing the following information:
· A brief summary of your situation;
· Full name as it appears on your passport;
· Telephone number;
· Postal code of your home, organization or company.
Departments concerned:
· Canada Revenue Agency;
· Service Canada;
· Phoenix payroll system;
· Immigration Canada;
· Refugees and Citizenship Canada;
· Etc.
2 - If your request is addressed to the Hon. Steven MacKinnon as Government House Leader, please send it to:
lghc.minister-ministre.lgcc@
pco-bcp.gc.ca
Find your federal MP:
Ville de Gatineau is divided into four federal ridings.
To address your correspondence to your MP, please consult the following link:
Find Members of Parliament - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada (ourcommons.ca)
Yours sincerely,
Bureau de Steven MacKinnon, Député | M.P - Gatineau
401-160 boul. de l’Hôpital
Gatineau, Québec, J8T 8J1
Tel. (819) 561-5555
Je vous invite à répondre à ce courriel dans la langue officielle de votre choix.
I encourage you to answer this email in the official language of your choice.
https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2024/01/12/ prime-minister-announces- changes-senior-ranks-public- service Prime Minister announces changes in the senior ranks of the public service
January 12, 2024Ottawa, OntarioThe Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced the following changes in the senior ranks of the public service:
Nathalie G. Drouin, currently Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet, becomes Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister, effective January 27, 2024.
Christiane (Chris) Fox, currently Deputy Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, becomes Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet, effective January 27, 2024.
Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar, currently President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, becomes Deputy Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, effective January 27, 2024.
Paul MacKinnon, currently Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Governance), Privy Council Office, becomes President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, effective January 27, 2024.
Catherine Luelo, former Chief Information Officer of Canada, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, becomes Senior Official at the Privy Council Office, effective January 15, 2024. In this capacity, she will advise the Clerk of the Privy Council on digital transformation and information technology sector talent management. Efforts are underway to identify the next Chief Information Officer.
Cliff Groen, currently Business Lead, Benefits Delivery Modernization, Employment and Social Development Canada, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Development and Chief Operating Officer for Service Canada, effective immediately.
John Ostrander, currently Technical Lead, Benefits Delivery Modernization, Employment and Social Development Canada, becomes Business Lead, Benefits Delivery Modernization, Employment and Social Development Canada, effective immediately.
Michelle Kovacevic, currently Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch, Department of Finance Canada, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Indigenous Services, effective January 22, 2024.
Raj Thuppal, currently Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Information Officer, National Defence, becomes Executive Vice-President of Shared Services Canada, effective January 22, 2024.
Rob Wright, currently Assistant Deputy Minister, Science and Parliamentary Infrastructure Branch, Public Services and Procurement Canada, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, effective January 22, 2024.
The Prime Minister also congratulated the following individuals on their retirements from the public service after years of tireless efforts serving Canadians, and he wished them the best in their future endeavours:
- Jody Thomas, National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister
- Lori MacDonald, former Associate Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Development and Chief Operating Officer for Service Canada
- Paula Isaak, former Associate Deputy Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and President of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Biographical Notes
Nathalie G. Drouin
Education
Graduate Diploma, Business Administration, Université Laval
Bachelor of Laws, Université LavalProfessional Experience
Since August 2021
Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet2017 - 2021
Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General of Canada2016 - 2017
Senior Associate Deputy Minister of Justice2012 - 2016
Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General, gouvernement du Québec2012
Superintendent of Solvency Supervision and Director General of Legal Affairs, Autorité des marchés financiers2004 - 2012
Director General of Market Supervision and Legal Affairs, Autorité des marchés financiers2003 - 2004
Governance Associate, Bureau de transition de l’encadrement du secteur financier1999 - 2003
Director of Legal Affairs, Bureau des services financiers
On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 6:14 PM David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> wrote: ---------- Original message ----------From: William Amos <wamos@ecojustice.ca>Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:43:48 +0000Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Danny Boy Bussieres Do you or the GreenMeanie lawyer Wee Willy Amos recall 9 years ago all the shit that wentdown when the Librano Stevey Boy MacKinnon declared the Boyz are backin town in Fat Fred City???To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>?I will be on unpaid leave-of-absence from Ecojustice for the period ofMay 15 to Oct. 22, 2015. I will not have access to my emails. In myabsence, please direct any questions regarding Ecojustice files or theOttawa Environmental Law Clinic management to Pierre Sadik atpersonal emails to---------- Forwarded message ----------From: paul.dewar@parl.gc.caDate: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 02:25:09 +0000Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Danny Boy Bussieres Do you or the GreenMeanie lawyer Wee Willy Amos recall 9 years ago all the shit that wentdown when the Librano Stevey Boy MacKinnon declared the Boyz are backin town in Fat Fred City???? ?Le texte fran?ais suitThank you for your email.With the dissolution of Parliament and the calling of the 42nd GeneralElection for October 19th this email address will no longer bemonitored regularly. If you are a local Ottawa-Centre resident andneed assistance with casework inquiries, please emailIf you have policy or election related questions or would like toinvite Paul Dewar (NDP candidate) to an event, please address themdirectly to the candidates in the general election. Please note thatPaul Dewar is no longer an MP at this time and as such will not beable to participate in his usual duties as an MP.Thank you for your understanding.**********Nous avons bien re?u votre courriel.Suite ? la dissolution du Parlement et au d?clenchement de la 42e?lection g?n?rale qui aura lieu le 19 octobre 2015, cette adressecourriel ne sera pas v?rifi? r?guli?rement. Si vous ?tes un r?sidentd'Ottawa-Centre et vous avez des questions concernant le traitementd'un dossier, pri?re de contacterSi vous avez des questions au sujet de politiques ou de questions?lectorales ou vous voulez inviter Paul Dewar (candidat du NPD) ? un?v?nement, veuillez communiquer directement avec les candidats del'?lection g?n?rale. Pri?re de noter que puisque Paul n'est plus und?put?, il ne participe pas aux ?v?nements traditionnellement assign?? ce role.Merci de votre compr?hension.Alexie Lalonde-SteedmanConstituency Assistant | Adjointe en circonscriptionOffice of Paul Dewar, MP | Ottawa CentreBureau de Paul Dewar, d?put? | Ottawa CentreNew Democratic Party | Nouveau Parti d?mocratique______________________________________________________ (TEL | T?l?phone) 613-946-8682 | (FAX | T?l?copier) 613-946-8680404-1066 rue Somerset St W., Ottawa, ON K1Y 4T3Steve MacKinnon is currently a Senior Vice‑President at Hill +Knowlton Strategies, a communications and public affairs firm, wherehe is the national practice leader in specialized transactions relatedto mergers and acquisitions.Steve also has extensive professional experience in the politicalarena. He was an advisor to Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin andNew Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna. He was also the National Directorof the Liberal Party of Canada and the Returning Officer for theLiberal Leadership in 2013. He is regularly invited to variousnational media forums as a political commentator.Steve is proficient in both of Canada’s official languages and holds aBachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Université deMoncton and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) fromQueen’s University. He has also completed the Canadian SecuritiesCourse (CSC).819.205.3119Campaign Office200 Gréber Blvd., unit 9Gatineau, QuebecJ8T 6K2---------- Forwarded message ----------From: William Amos <wamos@ecojustice.ca>Date: Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 11:26 PMSubject: Automatic reply: Ben Perrin, ex-PMO lawyer, says Tories have lostmoral authority to govern???To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>*I will be on unpaid leave-of-absence from Ecojustice for the period of May15 to Oct. 22, 2015. I will not have access to my emails. In my absence,please direct any questions regarding Ecojustice files or the OttawaEnvironmental Law Clinic management to Pierre Sadik at psadik@ecojustice.ca<psadik@ecojustice.ca>. Please direct any personal emails to888.479.0616Main Campaign Office - Gatineau147 d'Europe Blvd.Gatineau, QuebecJ9J 0N3William is a recognized expert in environmental law and naturalresources. For years he has been advocating for environmentalprotection and sustainable resource development – holding governmentsand corporations accountable to Canadians. He has also writtennumerous publications on various environmental law topics and hasparticipated on a number of parliamentary committees.During his career, William has worked in various legal areasthroughout the private, public and non-profit sectors. William iscurrently the regional director of a national environmental lawcharity, which offers legal advice free of charge to community groupsand individuals regarding environmental matters. He currently teachesat the University of Ottawa and is a regular guest commentator in thenational media, speaking on a range of issues.Active in the community, William has been a long-time boards ofdirectors’ member for the Chelsea Foundation and Sierra Club Canada.He has also been a volunteer for Big Brothers Big Sisters and forSantropol Roulant.Clearly I am on the ballot again tonight along with you two veryquestionable dudes.Notice your evil pals in CBC such as Jacques Poitras remained true toform omitted Mean Old Me once again???That said have a little Deja Vu at your blogging butt buddy ChuckyBaby.Leblanc's, Harpers and of course the Green Meanies" expense
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>Subject: Yo Mr Harper What part of this email did the many GreenMeanies fail to understand last year?"Nycole.Turmel" <Nycole.Turmel@parl.gc.ca>, "bob.rae"<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, "gregory.graham""premier.ministre" <premier.ministre@cex.gouv.qc.ca>, "OfficeofthePremier, Office PREM:EX" <premier@gov.bc.ca>, "premier"Date: Friday, January 27, 2012, 8:46 AMYou and lawyers such as Joey Oliver, Gary Lunn and Dizzy Lizzy May arewell aware of why I have "Issues" with the Greasy Gassy Oily Guys, theNational Energy Board and all the Green Meanies EH?---------- Forwarded message ----------From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:26:17 -0300Subject: I just calledTo: timb@thecoast.ca---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Lisa Gue <lgue@davidsuzuki.org>Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 15:37:02 -0400Subject: RE: i just called some of you again. Instead of calling meback Suzuki's people just surf the net and play dumb Correct?To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>Cc: Jean-Patrick Toussaint <jptoussaint@davidsuzuki.org>, Sutton EavesMr. Amos,When you called my cell phone earlier, as I was on my way into ameeting, you offered to send me an e-mail outline the information youare looking for from the David Suzuki Foundation. Is this it??Lisa GueFrom: Sutton Eaves <seaves@davidsuzuki.org>Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: The greedy pople on the Fake Leftsay nasty things about mean old me as well EH Stevey Boy Harper?To: "David Amos" <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>Received: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 2:55 PMThanks for your message. I am out of the office until Tuesday, April 19.If this is a media request, please contact Ian Hanington atOtherwise, I'll return your message when I return.Have a great day!From: David Amos <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>Subject: The greedy pople on the Fake Left say nasty things about meanold me as well EH Stevey Boy Harper?<bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>, "charlieparkermla"Received: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 2:54 PMFrom: John Bennett <jb@sierraclub.ca>Subject: Re: i just called some of you again. Instead of calling meback Suzuki's people just surf the net and play dumb Correct?To: "Paula Boutis" <pboutis@ilercampbell.com>,"maritime_malaise" <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>Received: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 2:26 PMHe is known to Gretchen as not quiet rational.John Bennett Executive Director Sierra Club Canada 613 291 6888-----Original Message-----From: "Paula Boutis" <pboutis@ilercampbell.com>Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:18:46Gallant<Wayne.Gallant@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; maritime_malaise<maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca> Subject: RE: i just called some of you again. Instead of calling me backSuzuki's people just surf the net and play dumb Correct?I am not responding to Dave Amos' emails, but I believe I have heardhe has some "issues". I have no sense of what his involvement is withthe organization or why he is threatening law suits (my receptionistjust intercepted a call and he told her he didn't want to leave amessage and to just tell her that he would "see me in court").Does anyone have any idea what to do about this guy? Should we justignore him?Paula---------- Forwarded message ----------From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 16:01:31 -0300Subject: i just called some of you again. Instead of calling me backSuzuki's people just surf the net and play dumb Correct?Cc: maritime_malaise <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>,<bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>, charlieparkermlaJean-Patrick ToussaintSpokesperson (english), St-Lawrence Coalition(David Suzuki Foundation)514-316-4646Did that lots of people have an opinion of bugets not just DavidSuzuki and the greasy gassy oily guys such as Emera, CorridorResources and irving Oil---------- Original message ---------
From: MacKinnon, Steven - Député <Steven.MacKinnon@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Subject: Réponse automatique : Hey Higgy Methinks this news in CBC no doubt will drive your blogger buddy batshit crazy N'esy Pas???
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> (English follows)
Merci d’avoir communiqué avec le bureau de circonscription de L’hon. Steven MacKinnon, député de Gatineau. Ce courriel confirme la réception de votre correspondance.
Veuillez lire attentivement les consignes suivantes :
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· Un bref résumé de la situation;
· Nom complet tel qu’il apparaît sur votre passeport;
· Numéro de téléphone;
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Les ministères concernés :
· Agence du revenu du Canada;
· Service Canada;
· Système de paye Phénix;
· Immigration Canada;
· Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada;
· Etc.
2 - Si vous adressez votre requête à L’hon. Steven MacKinnon en sa qualité de Leader du gouvernement à la Chambre des communes, veuillez l’envoyer à :
lghc.minister-ministre.lgcc@
pco-bcp.gc.ca
Trouvez votre député fédéral :
La Ville de Gatineau est divisée entre quatre circonscriptions fédérales.
Afin d’adresser votre correspondance à votre député.e, consultez le lien suivant:
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Nous vous souhaitons une agréable journée.
Cordialement,
Bureau de Steven MacKinnon, Député | M.P - Gatineau
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Tuesday, 26 October 2021
Marc Garneau is booted out of cabinet and Mélanie Joly becomes Foreign Affairs minister
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Garneau, Marc - Député" <marc.garneau@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 14:50:53 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: "As a church pastor and an attendee, I need
to remember that the government is God's way of maintaining a public
good" Round 2 EH Higgy??
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
(An English message follows)
IMPORTANT
Veuillez noter qu’en raison du COVID-19, nous ne recevrons personne au
bureau. Il nous fera plaisir de vous venir en aide par courriel ou par
téléphone (514-283-2013).
Bonjour,
Nous vous remercions d’avoir pris le temps de nous écrire. Tenant
compte du volume élevé de courriels que nous recevons quotidiennement,
il se peut qu’il y ait un délai dans notre réponse. Veuillez noter que
dans le traitement de la correspondance, nous devons prioriser les
citoyens de la circonscription de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, par
conséquent nous vous invitons à inclure votre adresse résidentielle
dans votre communication.
Pour toutes les questions ou situations qui concernent les Affaires
étrangères Canada, veuillez les envoyer au bureau du ministre à
marc.garneau@international.gc.
Nous vous remercions de votre compréhension.
Médias seulement : Pour les demandes des médias, veuillez téléphoner :
1-343-203-7700 ou
media@international.gc.ca<
Pour les demandes du public, soyez assuré(e) que nous lirons votre
message attentivement.
Cordialement,
Bureau de l’honorable Marc Garneau,
Député de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount,
Ministre des Affaires étrangères
***
IMPORTANT
Please note that, because of COVID-19, we will not receive anybody at
our office. We will be happy to help you by email or by phone
(514-283-2013).
Dear Sir/Madam:
Thank you for taking the time to write to us. Due to the high volume
of emails that we receive daily, there may be a delay in our response.
Please note that we give priority to correspondence received from the
constituents of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, and as such, we ask
that you include your residential address in your communication.
For matters or questions that relate to Foreign Affairs Canada, kindly
send them to the Minister’s office at
marc.garneau@international.gc.
Thank you for your understanding.
Media only: For requests from the media, please contact:
1-343-203-7700 or
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For requests from the public, you can rest assured that we will
carefully read your message.
Best regards,
Office of the Honourable Marc Garneau,
MP for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount
Minister of Foreign Affairs
---------- Original message ----------
From: marc.garneau@parl.gc.ca
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 18:17:54 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks its High Time for legions of
Yankees and Minister Marc Garneau and his many lawyers to do their job
N'esy Pas Maxime Bernier?
To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
(An English message follows)
Bonjour,
Nous vous remercions d’avoir pris le temps de nous écrire. Tenant
compte du volume élevé de courriels que nous recevons quotidiennement,
il se peut qu’il y ait un délai dans notre réponse. Veuillez noter que
dans le traitement de la correspondance, nous devons prioriser les
citoyens de la circonscription de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, par
conséquent nous vous invitons à inclure votre adresse résidentielle
dans votre communication.
Pour toutes les questions ou situations qui concernent Transports
Canada, veuillez les envoyer au bureau du ministre à
mintc@tc.gc.ca<mailto:mintc@
Nous vous remercions de votre compréhension.
Médias seulement : Pour les demandes des médias, veuillez téléphoner :
1-613-993-0055 ou media@tc.gc.ca<mailto:media@
Pour les demandes du public, soyez assuré(e) que nous lirons votre
message attentivement.
Cordialement,
Bureau de l’honorable Marc Garneau,
Député de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount,
Ministre des Transports
***
Dear Sir/Madam:
Thank you for taking the time to write to us. Due to the high volume
of emails that we receive daily, there may be a delay in our response.
Please note that we give priority to correspondence received from the
constituents of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, and as such, we ask
that you include your residential address in your communication.
For matters or questions that relate to Transport Canada, kindly send
them to the Minister’s office at mintc@tc.gc.ca<mailto:mintc@
Thank you for your understanding.
Media only: For requests from the media, please contact:
1-613-993-0055 or media@tc.gc.ca<mailto:media@
For requests from the public, you can rest assured that we will
carefully read your message.
Best regards,
Office of the Honourable Marc Garneau,
MP for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount
Minister of Transport
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Guilbeault, Steven - Député" <Steven.Guilbeault@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 08:17:16 +0000
Subject: Réponse automatique : YO Melanie Joly ans Pablo Rodriguez
Methinks Steven Guilbeault, his buddy Catherine Tait and all your
former nasty minions in CBC must take courses on playing dumb N'esy
Pas?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Accusé de réception / Acknowledgment of Receipt
Merci d’avoir écrit à Steven Guilbeault, député de
Laurier–Sainte-Marie et ministre du Patrimoine canadien. Ce courriel
confirme la réception de votre correspondance. Veuillez prendre note
que votre demande sera traitée dans les meilleurs délais.
Si votre courriel touche le Patrimoine canadien, veuillez écrire à
hon.steven.guilbeault@canada.
Cordialement,
Le bureau de circonscription de Steven Guilbeault
---------------
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hon.steven.guilbeault@canada.
With our best regards,
The constituency office of Steven Guilbeault
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Anand, Anita - M.P." <Anita.Anand@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Fri, 7 May 2021 08:18:26 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: YO Frank Clegg Anita Anand and the Rogers
legal team cannot deny publishing this debate wihile CBC and CTV
denied that I was runing for a seat in Parliament again while suing
the Queen Correct?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Hello,
Thank you for reaching out to the office of Anita Anand, Member of
Parliament for Oakville. Please rest assured that your message will be
brought to her attention and we will make every effort to respond
promptly.
If you have not already included your address and postal code, please
respond to this email with that information. Please note that our
priority is to respond to inquiries from Oakville residents as this
email account is connected to our constituency office in Oakville, ON.
Inquiries relating to the Ministry of Public Services and Procurement
will be forwarded to the appropriate department for consideration and
response.
For the most up to date information on the Coronavirus (COVID-19), you
may visit www.canada.ca/coronavirus. Check back often, as this site
changes daily with updates.
For direct updates from MP Anand, you may visit the following websites
or sign-up for our email list:
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* Sign up for our email list<http://eepurl.com/gW3UrH>
Thank you again for reaching out to the office of Anita Anand.
Sincerely yours,
Anita Anand
Member of Parliament/Députée for Oakville
301 Robinson Street, Oakville, Ontario L6J 1G7
Tel: (905) 338-2008
---------- Original message ----------
From: Randy.Boissonnault@parl.gc.ca
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 15:57:12 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Minister Qualtrough RE "Litigation Lmbo"
Please enjoy an email that you and your fellow members of the PCO
ignored for way past too long
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
Hello,
Thank you for writing to my office. I value hearing from Edmonton
Centre constituents and stakeholders. Your email will be read. My team
and I will be happy to respond.
This email is an automatic response to let you know that your
correspondence has been received. Please do not reply.
As we prioritize responding first to residents of Edmonton Centre,
please provide your postal code, if you have not done so already.
Should you need it, this link will help you confirm who your Member of
Parliament is: https://bit.ly/1BgbGyd.
I will reply as soon as possible whether your issue pertains to you
personally or if you have written to me on a matter related to my
LGBTQ2 responsibilities or other legislative duties.
If another government department or Member of Parliament can better
address your inquiry, we will forward your email to the appropriate
office and invite them to respond to you.
Thank you again for writing to me.
Kind regards,
Randy Boissonnault
Member of Parliament for Edmonton Centre
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister on LGBTQ2 Issues
E-mail: randy.boissonnault@parl.gc.ca<mailto:randy.boissonnault@
Website: http://rboissonnault.liberal.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/R.
Twitter and Instagram: @R_Boissonnault
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Bonjour,
Merci d'avoir ?crit ? mon bureau. J'appr?cie lire les ?lecteurs et les
intervenants d'Edmonton-Centre. Votre courriel sera lu et mon ?quipe
et moi serons heureux d'y r?pondre.
Ce courriel est une r?ponse automatique pour vous faire savoir que
votre correspondance a bien ?t? re?ue. S'il vous pla?t ne r?pondez
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s'il-vous-pla?t veuillez nous fournir votre code postal si vous ne
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Je vous r?pondrai d?s que possible si votre enjeux vous concerne
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responsabilit?s sur les enjeux LGBTQ2 ou ? d'autres t?ches
l?gislatives.
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| David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> |
| Automatic reply: YO Higgy say hey to your sneaky CBC buddies for me will ya??? |
| Krista Ross <kristar@frederictonchamber.ca> | Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 10:24 PM | |
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> | ||
MP Rodger Cuzner reads his annual Christmas poem
Joan Kingston, a registered nurse, is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. (CBC)
Morgan Peters
Chief Executive OfficerAfter completing a Bachelor of Arts in History and English at St. Francis Xavier University, Morgan acquired a Bachelor of Laws degree at UNB and has called Fredericton home ever since. Prior to coming to the chamber, Morgan practiced law in the community before moving onto the post-secondary education sector.
Nicholas Sehl
A graduate of St. Francis Xavier University and the University of New Brunswick, Nicholas Sehl is a Policy Researcher, Historian and Ph.D. Candidate at the University of New Brunswick, specializing in Worldview Studies. He has conducted numerous community policy research projects in Atlantic Canada. During his time in Fredericton, he has been an active volunteer with organizations and boards such as the Fredericton Community Foundation, Fredericton Youth Hockey Association, and St. Thomas University’s Research Ethics Board.
Playing a key role in the development and implementation of the policy, advocacy, and communications initiatives of the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce, Nicholas manages the public policy research, development, and advocacy efforts to further the interests of chamber members.
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Saturday, 23 September 2017
While Bill Morneau is in Fat Fred City talking to Perrin Beatty Mulroney' first Minister of National Revenue perhaps they should review a motion I filed in Federal Court before he became a Cabinet Minister
From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)" fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 15:17:58 +0000
Subject: RE: While Bill Morneau is in Fat Fred City talking to Perrin Beatty Mulroney' first Minister of National Revenue perhaps they should review a motion I filed in Federal Court before he became a Cabinet Minister
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your comments.
Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos commentaires.
-----Original Message-----
From: David Amos
Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2017 9:16 AM
To: greg.byrne@gnb.ca ; Jack.Keir ; rick.doucet ; blaine.higgs ;
Dominic.Cardy ; kelly ; David.Coon ; kristar@frederictonchamber.ca ;
Bill.Morneau@canada.ca ; advocacy@frederictonchamber.ca ;
jeff.saunders@tsdca.com ; alice.dunning@cibc.com ; jason.patchett@cibc.com ;
dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ; jennifer.warren@cibc.com ; fchamber ;
Wayne.Long@parl.gc.ca ; wayne.easter@parl.gc.ca ;
Ginette.PetitpasTaylor@parl.gc.ca ; Matt.DeCourcey
Cc: David Amos ; oldmaison ; andre ; pbeatty@chamber.ca ;
mmcmullen@chamber.ca ; gdubreuil@chamber.ca ; andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca ;
maxime.bernier
Subject: Fwd: While Bill Morneau is in Fat Fred City talking to Perrin
Beatty Mulroney' first Minister of National Revenue perhaps they should
review a motion I filed in Federal Court before he became a Cabinet Minister
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/09/while-bill-morneau-is-in-fat-fred-city.html
Saturday, 23 September 2017
While Bill Morneau is in Fat Fred City talking to Perrin Beatty
Mulroney' first Minister of National Revenue perhaps they should
review a motion I filed in Federal Court before he became a Cabinet
Minister
---------- Original message ----------
From: Brian Gallant briangallant10@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 07:18:27 -0700
Subject: Merci / Thank you Re: While Bill Morneau is in Fat Fred City talking to Perrin Beatty Mulroney' first Minister of National Revenue perhaps they should review a motion I filed in Federal Court before he became a Cabinet Minister
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
(Français à suivre)
If your email is pertaining to the Government of New Brunswick, please email me at brian.gallant@gnb.ca
If your matter is urgent, please email Greg Byrne at greg.byrne@gnb.ca
Thank you.
Si votre courriel s'addresse au Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick, svp m'envoyez un courriel à brian.gallant@gnb.ca
Pour les urgences, veuillez contacter Greg Byrne à greg.byrne@gnb.ca
Merci.
President's Office
The Honourable Perrin Beatty
President & Chief Executive Officer
613 238-4000
pbeatty@chamber.ca
Michael McMullen
Chief Operating Officer
613 238-4000 ext. 249
mmcmullen@chamber.ca
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 09:01:12 -0400
Subject: Fwd: ATTN Ronald J. MacDonald RE Federal Court File No T-1557-15 we just talked again
To: gdubreuil@chamber.ca, Ginette.PetitpasTaylor@parl.gc.ca, wayne.easter@parl.gc.ca, Wayne.Long@parl.gc.ca, Michelle.Boutin@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Guillaum (Will) Dubreuil
Director, Public Affairs & Media Relations
613.238.4000 (231)
gdubreuil@chamber.ca
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)" fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 12:06:33 +0000
Subject: RE: ATTN Ronald J. MacDonald RE Federal Court File No
T-1557-15 we just talked again
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
comments.
Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
commentaires.
---------- Original message ----------
From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 12:06:33 +0000
Subject: RE: ATTN Ronald J. MacDonald RE Federal Court
File No T-1557-15 we just talked again
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
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Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 08:05:12 -0400
Subject: Fwd: ATTN Ronald J. MacDonald RE Federal Court
File No T-1557-15 we just talked again
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Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 10:18:20 -0400
Subject: While Bill Morneau is in Fat Fred City talking to Perrin Beatty Mulroney' first Minister of National Revenue perhaps they should review a motion I filed in Federal Court before he became a Cabinet Minister
To: Bill.Morneau@canada.ca, fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca, livesey@rogers.com, Ezra@therebel.media, peacock.kurt@telegraphjournal.com, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca, nmoore@bellmedia.ca, David.Akin@globalnews.ca>, kmcparland@nationalpost.com, sfine@globeandmail.com, bowie.adam@dailygleaner.com, pm@pm.gc.ca, len.hoyt@mcinnescooper.com, Frank.McKenna@td.com, Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca
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Hey Perrin Beatty et al
Please enjoy the pdf file hereto attached Page 10 in Tab E of my
Appeal Book tells an intersting tale about Mr Morneau and mean old me.
Obviously I approached the wealthy dude Mr Morneau before polling day
just like I did with you before you won your first seat as an MP from
Montreal N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger" ???
So Mr MorneauI wonder if you checked the Federal Court docket when you
were in Fat Fred City nearly two months before I stood in court.
I must say you said some interesting things out of the gate in this interview.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/programs/informationmorningfredericton/bill-morneau-1.3521168
Bill Morneau
Air Date: Apr 05, 2016 1:00 AM AT
Information Morning - Fredericton
Bill Morneau
02:21 15:15
Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau is in Fredericton AGAIN TODAY.
Do tell do you LIEbranos dudes have any idea how many emails and
documents etc of mine you have acknowledged since 2003 or how many of
your minions have played dumb with me during during the same period of
time particularly during 5 elections I ran within against you and
Harper too?
Its truly amazing to me that I have been arguing your lawyers in
Federal Court for nearly two years and yet you still continue to play
dumb even when I get an email from the Minister of Revenue just before
I stood before the Federal Court of Appeal and Mr Morneau even
acknowledged it DUHHH???.
Mr Morneau if your minions forgot that acknowleged the receipt of many
of my aforementioned emails simply scrolll down to review. (BTW I also
added proof of one I got today and another older email that should
interest al lot of Doctors these days who don't like you closing
loopholes for them while you dudes protect your money)
Whereas as you dudes won't respond to me perhaps you will enjoy
reading what the news dudes say about you. I know I do as I prepare to
file several more lawsuits. Scroll down to review some juicy ones I
have selected. Need I say that I find it commical that most of the
spin is written by the Canadian Press then the other news outfits just
republish it?
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369
BTW I am in Fat Fred City (Preparing some documents to file in Federal
Court)Perhaps Brucey Baby Livesey still is too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51CkrmrD4uA
Asking a few questions at the Bruce Livesey lecture on the Irving
lecture in Fredericton!!!
Charles Leblanc
Published on Sep 21, 2017
Maybe Brucey Baby will give me a call back and we can have a long pow
wow about why he should write another book about the Thieves of Bay
Street EH?
Livesy should have asked me long ago about the missing Yankee
transcript and webcast about Mutual Funds and what Canadian company
now owns Putnam Investments and why.
https:https://www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=90F8E691-9065-4F8C-A465-72722B47E7F2//www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=90F8E691-9065-4F8C-A465-72722B47E7F2
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the
Mutual Fund Industry
November 20, 2003 02:00 PM
The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a
series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and
Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.”
Archived Webcast
Witness Panel 1
Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
Director - Division of Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mr. Robert Glauber
Chairman and CEO
National Association of Securities Dealers
Eliot Spitzer
Attorney General
State of New York
Everybody knows I am the whistleblower who caused the hearing. All you
got to do is put pages 1 and 2 and 13 together then pick up the phone
and ask me a few questions. I am not a shy guy and we already talked
before N'esy Pas Brucey Baby?
https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right
This part of the article about Livesey's' book was truly funny to me.
http://nationalpost.com/afterword/book-review-thieves-of-bay-street-by-bruce-livesey
Book Review: Thieves of Bay Street, by Bruce Livesey
"And no crook in Canada has come close to the US$52-billion stolen by
Bernard Madoff while the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
which had massive reports accusing him of fraud, looked the other way.
Gaming the system is not a uniquely Canadian talent."
Livesey's many Media Co-op buddies and everybody else in the know in
Fat Fred City knew in 2009 that I was involved in making Madoff change
his plea to guilty. You know Werner Bock, Danny Boy Fitzgerald and
his well heeled daddy Tony quite well CORRECT Tracy Baby?
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2009/03/david-amos-to-wendy-olsen-on.html
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From: "Olsen, Wendy (USANYS)" Wendy.Olsen@usdoj.gov
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:21:08 -0400
Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY
To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, USANYS-MADOFF
USANYS.MADOFF@usdoj.gov, "Litt, Marc (USANYS)" Marc.Litt@usdoj.gov Cc:
webo webo@xplornet.com, vasilescua@sec.gov, friedmani@sec.gov,
krishnamurthyp@sec.gov
Thank you for your response.
Wendy Olsen
Victim Witness Coordinator
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From: David Amos [mailto:david.raymond.amos@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:48 AM
To: USANYS-MADOFF; Olsen, Wendy (USANYS); Litt, Marc (USANYS)
Cc: webo; vasilescua@sec.gov; friedmani@sec.gov; krishnamurthyp@sec.gov
Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY
Ms Olsen
Thank you for keeping me informed.
Yes unseal all my emails with all their attachments immediately and
make certain that the US Attorny's office finally practices full
disclosurement as to who I am and what my concerns are as per the Rule
of Law within a purported democracy.
As you folks all well know I am not a shy man and I have done nothing
wrong. It appears to me that bureacratic people only use the right to
privacy of others when it suits their malicious ends in order to
protect their butts from impreacment, litigation and prosecution.
The people in the US Attorney's Office and the SEC etc are very well
aware that I protested immediately to everyone I could think of when
the instant I knew that my correspondences went under seal and Madoff
pled guilty so quickly and yet another cover up involing my actions
was under full steam. Everybody knows that.the US Government has been
trying to keep my concerns about the rampant public corruption a
secret for well over seven long years. However now that a lot of
people and their countries in general are losing a lot of money people
are beginning to remember just exactly who I am and what i did
beginning over seven years ago..
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
506 756 8687
P.S. For the record Obviously I pounced on these Yankee bastards as
soon as the newsrag in Boston published this article on the web last
night.
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1162354&format=&page=2&listingType=biz#articleFull
http://nbmediacoop.org/2017/08/05/nb-media-co-ops-8th-annual-general-meeting-with-bruce-livesey/
NB Media Co-op’s 8th Annual General Meeting with Bruce Livesey
Obviously even your media pals the Irvings wrote about Mr Morneau this week
but if you are like you blogger pal Chucky Leblanc and don't like to
read then just watch what what is left of Ezzy Levant's rebels have to
say.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkIJNDDifK8
Liberal Finance Minister's inherited wealth, tax havens
Rebel Canada
Published on Sep 5, 2017
Sheila Gunn Reid of TheRebel.media was prompted by a Liberal MP's jab
at farmers living in "gated communities" to investigate how one of his
bosses lives: https://www.therebel.media/gated_comm...
https://www.telegraphjournal.com/tribune/story/100348832/bill-morneau-canada-tax-reform-fredericton-canadian-chamber-of-commerce?source=story-top
Minister's visiting N.B. to tackle tough tax talk
ADAM BOWIE The Daily Gleaner
September 21, 2017
Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau will visit Fredericton this
weekend to discuss his government's proposed tax reforms with business
leaders from across the country during the Canadian Chamber of
Commerce's annual general meeting.
Krista Ross, CEO of the Fredericton chamber, said Morneau is expected
to make a presentation, then field questions from the room as part of
a question-and-answer session.
In a news conference to be held afterwards, she said, five local
business professionals will share their concerns about how the
proposed changes - which the government insists are designed to make
the taxation model more "fair" - could affect their operations.
She said she's grateful Morneau will attend the meeting to hear
directly from the Canadian business community.
"We're hopeful that he will be receptive to our comments," she said.
"So far, we haven't seen a lot of movement. We've been told that he's
looking at making some tweaks [to the proposed changes]. But we think
that, first of all, we need some more time to have a better
consultation."
Perrin Beatty, president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce,
said it'll be an important opportunity to further debate these
potential changes.
“We are grateful to Minister Morneau for taking time to speak to our
network about these proposed changes. In my 10 years at the chamber, I
have never seen an issue that generated greater concern among our
members,” he said in a news release.
Morneau has said the government is currently in "listening mode,"
hoping to gather feedback about the changes they've proposed.
He's said the proposal has been supported by a number of national
organizations, including the Canadian Labour Congress, the Canadian
Nurses Association, Canadians for Tax Fairness, the Canadian
Association of Social Workers, the Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives and the Broadbent Institute.
The current tax system allows someone earning $300,000 to use a
private corporation “to save about as much as the average Canadian
earns in a year,” Morneau wrote in a letter he sent to three National
Democratic Party MPs who had criticized the changes.
“This leads to situations where an incorporated doctor can be taxed at
a lower rate than a nurse practitioner or police officer.”
- With files from The Canadian Press.
https://globalnews.ca/news/3711319/bill-morneau-small-business-tax-plan/
Bill Morneau tries to soothe Liberal MPs’ fears over small business
tax plan backlash
By Joan Bryden The Canadian Press
August 31, 2017 7:52 pm
Bill Morneau tries to soothe Liberal MPs’ fears over small business
tax plan backlash
By Joan Bryden The Canadian Press
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Finance Minister Bill Morneau speaks with reporters following a
meeting at the Assembly of First Nations annual general meeting in
Regina on Thursday, July 27, 2017.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau speaks with reporters following a
meeting at the Assembly of First Nations annual general meeting in
Regina on Thursday, July 27, 2017.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Taylor
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OTTAWA – Bill Morneau is scrambling to calm the fears of nervous
Liberal backbenchers who’ve been inundated with complaints about the
finance minister’s plan eliminate loopholes that give some wealthy
small business owners an unfair tax advantage.
The finance minister hosted an hour-long conference call Thursday with
Liberal MPs, aimed at listening to their concerns, giving them the
tools to counter what he considers rampant misinformation about his
plan and reassuring them that the government is open to adjusting the
proposals to avoid any unintended consequences.
That’s in addition to dozens of one-on-one calls Morneau and his staff
have been making in recent weeks to quell anxiety among government
caucus members.
READ MORE: Small business owners angry about proposed Liberal tax changes
The conference call came as Liberal MPs prepared to air their concerns
and push for changes to the proposals during a caucus retreat next
week in Kelowna, B.C.
And it came as opposition to the proposals intensified.
Some 35 organizations across the country representing doctors,
lawyers, farmers, financial planners, homebuilders, shop owners and
other incorporated small businesses came together Thursday to create
the Coalition for Small Business Tax Fairness – billed as “a unified
voice to oppose” the proposed tax changes.
READ MORE: Conservative leader Andrew Scheer warns small business tax
could kill jobs on trip to Alberta
“These proposals, while intended to target the wealthy, will hurt
middle-class business owners from every sector of the economy,” said
Dan Kelly, president of the Canadian Federation of Independent
Business, a member of the coalition.
“In ten years at the Canadian chamber, I’ve never seen an issue that
has generated greater concern among our members,” added Perrin Beatty,
president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, another coalition
member.
Amid that rhetoric, Morneau spokesman Daniel Lauzon confirmed that the
minister spent more than an hour Thursday on a conference call with
Liberal backbenchers.
WATCH: How proposed tax changes will affect Calgary businesses
“The purpose of the call was really for the minister to listen to his
colleagues, to dispel some myths and clearly state why the notion of
tax fairness and our promise to the middle class are really at the
heart of what we’re proposing here,” said Lauzon.
“And that was an important conversation to have, and an important
conversation to have ahead of Kelowna.”
The backlash has been building since mid-July, when Morneau released a
controversial, three-pronged plan aimed at closing tax loopholes used
by a growing number of small businesses, creating what he called an
“unfair playing field.”
One change would restrict the ability of business owners to lower
their tax rate by sprinkling income to family members in lower tax
brackets, even if those family members do no work for the business.
Another would limit the use of private corporations to make passive
investments in things like stocks or real estate.
WATCH: Canadians pay on average 42.5 per cent of their income in taxes: report
The third change would limit the ability to convert a corporation’s
regular income into capital gains that are typically taxed at a lower
rate.
Among the myths Morneau is trying to dispel is the coalition’s
contention that his proposals will impact all small business owners,
two thirds of whom are middle-class Canadians earning less than
$73,000 per year.
Morneau contends the proposed change to passive investment income will
have negligible impact on anyone making less than $150,000 per year.
“Under this amount there is very little benefit from the loophole
because you could simply max out your RRSP and TFSA (tax free savings
account),” said Lauzon.
READ MORE: Federal tax changes could be ‘catastrophic’ for Nova Scotia doctors
“But the more you make, the more you stand to benefit from these
loopholes, which effectively provide a tax sheltered account over and
above what is available to you, me and everyone else.”
Finance officials argue that closing the loophole will affect only
those small business owners who still have money to shelter from taxes
after they’ve maxed out their RRSPs and TFSAs each year – something
only three per cent of Canadians can afford to do.
That’s consistent, they maintain, with the Liberal government’s core
principle of making the wealthiest one per cent of Canadians pay more
so that taxes for the middle class can be reduced and services
increased.
Other “myths” include the argument – made by the coalition in a letter
Thursday to Morneau – that corporations use passive investments as
insurance against emergencies and unforeseen costs. Finance officials
say any money set aside for business purposes won’t be impacted by the
changes, which will apply only to investments made for personal
benefit by the business owner.
READ MORE: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says TransLink is paying
its executives too much
The coalition argues that the so-called loopholes are intended to
recognize the greater risks small business owners face, including
using their family homes as collateral against business loans and
having no access to unemployment insurance.
But Finance officials counter that those risks are recognized by a
host of other preferential tax measures afforded to small businesses,
including the lowest small business tax rate among G7 countries. The
intent, they say, was never to create an unlimited tax shelter for the
wealthy who incorporate their businesses.
Over the past 15 years, officials say the number of
Canadian-controlled private corporations has increased by 600,000, to
1.8 million, with many small business owners – particularly
professionals such as doctors – incorporating to take advantage of the
tax loopholes.
© 2017 The Canadian Press
http://nationalpost.com/opinion/kelly-mcparland-why-do-fair-tax-crusaders-trudeau-and-morneau-suddenly-look-so-nervous
Kelly McParland: Why do tax crusaders Trudeau and Morneau suddenly
look so nervous?
Trudeau and Morneau are standing behind their privileges while trying
to remove them from others
Kelly McParland
"Of the two, Morneau is by far the richer. He has family wealth and
marital wealth, having wedded into one of Canada’s richest families.
He has numbered companies on top of numbered companies. He reportedly
has an investment company based in Alberta, which is a long way from
the family home in Ontario. Is Morneau pulling a Mike Duffy, claiming
a benefit in one province even though everyone knows he lives
elsewhere?
We have no way of knowing, because neither the prime minister nor
finance minister has provided the transparency needed to find out.
That’s their right and privilege, and they’re standing behind their
privileges while trying to remove them from others."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/morneau-finance-minister-tax-changes-liberal-government-1.4302751
'It could be catastrophic': Morneau draws criticism from business,
concerns from N.S. premier
Finance minister in Halifax today talking about controversial tax
changes for small businesses
The Canadian Press Posted: Sep 22, 2017 3:51 PM AT
Finance Minister Bill Morneau is in Halifax today for his "listening
tour" about Ottawa's controversial tax proposals, drawing criticism
from some small business owners and concerns from Nova Scotia's
Liberal premier.
Morneau met with local small business owners at a library in downtown
Halifax, and said afterwards he heard concerns about the changes, but
also an understanding that a system is needed that is fair for all
Canadians.
Proposed tax changes could drive doctors out of country, physician warns
He met later with Premier Stephen McNeil, who told reporters Friday
that he was concerned about the impact the tax changes could have on
health-care recruitment in a province already dealing with a family
doctor shortage.
"I've raised the issues that I've heard from Nova Scotians and I've
raised my concerns that I have with them as well around the impact I
believe it will have on our province," McNeil said at the Nova Scotia
Legislature.
Ottawa doctor joins group backing proposed tax reforms
"The opposition is clearly wrong in looking at this solely as a
financial one for the province. There's a much greater risk in my view
— looking at what will this do around health-care recruitment, doctors
and health-care providers."
Level playing field
Morneau's proposal has drawn complaints from doctors, lawyers, tax
planners and other small business owners who have used incorporation
to reduce their income tax burden.
But Morneau said the changes are meant to end tax advantages that some
wealthy business owners have unfairly exploited and to ensure all
Canadians have a level playing field.
Bill Morneau meeting
Finance Minister Bill Morneau (centre) meets with Gatineau business
leaders as Greg Fergus (left), Liberal MP for Hull Aylmer, looks on in
Gatineau, Que., on Sept. 20. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand)
McNeil said the status quo allows doctors to plan for their retirement
and is also an important tool for small business owners that allows
them to reinvest in their businesses or to weather a change in the
economy.
"It's an important tool that entrepreneurs need to have to be able to
do that, otherwise there's only one other avenue for them: to go try
to find leverage somewhere else from a lending institution and we
believe the mechanism in place has worked well for the province," said
McNeil.
'Could be catastrophic'
Doctors Nova Scotia, the association that represents all physicians in
the province, said the organization is "absolutely concerned" about
the changes and a meeting is being held in Halifax on Saturday with
about 300 doctors to discuss the issue.
Kevin Chapman, the association's director of partnerships and finance,
said the province gave doctors the right to incorporate in the
mid-1990s as a way of retaining and recruiting physicians "at a time
they were leaving the province in fairly significant numbers."
Kevin Chapman
Kevin Chapman is director of partnerships and strategy for Doctors
Nova Scotia. (CBC)
"The irony is not lost on us that what incorporation was intended to
do back in 1995, it will have the opposite effect if these changes go
through. It could be catastrophic," said Chapman, adding that 75 per
cent of the province's doctors are incorporated.
"Physicians can't raise the rates. They are bound by contract in terms
of what they can charge.… So they have no way to offset the reductions
they might feel from these tax changes. We're running the risk that
physicians will naturally migrate to other jurisdictions where they
can make up that lost earning — or they'll retire."
Restrictions on income sprinkling
Morneau first released the three-part tax plan in mid-July.
The tax proposals include restrictions on the ability of business
owners to reduce their tax rate by sprinkling their income to family
members in lower tax brackets, even if those family members do not
contribute to the company.
Saskatoon business owners protest federal tax changes
Morneau also proposed limits on the use of private corporations to
make passive investments that are unrelated to the company. Another
change would limit business owners' ability to convert regular income
of a corporation into capital gains, which are typically taxed at a
lower rate.
Tax loophole is 'simply wrong,' says Vancouver doctor backing
federal reform proposal
Morneau has said there is a lot of misinformation circulating about
the impacts of the proposals and Ottawa has been trying to bring
clarity to the debate.
The government launched a 75-day public consultation period in July,
which ends Oct. 2. Morneau has said he's listening to feedback about
the proposals and he's open to making changes, if necessary.
Is it a done deal?
Matthew MacKenzie was one of a handful of small business owners
invited to Friday's closed-door meeting in Halifax. He and his wife
own two companies: MacKenzie Atlantic Tool & Die and MacKenzie
Healthcare Technologies.
He said that while he agrees that it is unfair for business owners to
sprinkle income among their kids and parents, he does not agree that
it is unfair to split it with a spouse, given the added risk that
comes along with business ownership.
Doctor who backs tax reforms says it 'just makes sense to pay into society'
"The minister was quite clear that this is still a proposed
legislation, nothing is in stone and they are consulting. I don't know
if it truly felt like that today to me or to anybody else in that
room," said MacKenzie.
"I feel pretty strongly by the tone in the room and the tone by Mr.
Morneau that there are a lot of decisions that they've made that
they're going to stick to regardless of what concerns are made by the
general public or by business owners. Specifically, in relation to
income splitting."
Morneau takes his consultation tour to Fredericton on Saturday to the
Canadian Chamber of Commerce's annual general meeting.
Pallister, small business owners blast Trudeau government's tax reforms
With a file from Global News
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Subject: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing today in Federal
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minions who think they are above the law and the rest of us as well
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david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, emb.ottawa@mfa.is, pmilliken@cswan.com,
lmcquaig@sympatico.ca, Bill.Morneau@canada.ca,
glenn@glennsigurdson.com, con.winnipeg@mfa.is, benedikt@ucalgary.ca,
j.o.jonsson@accesscomm.ca, brinklow@upei.ca,
gord@prospectfinancial.net, jacqueline@girouardconsultant.ca,
iceland@forum-americas.org, kalbfleischa@bennettjones.com,
robert.hickey@mcinnescooper.com, rmellish@cbcl.ca,
n.remillard@forum-americas.org, postur@dmr.is, Stephen.Horsman@gnb.ca,
mike.obrienfred@gmail.com, andre@jafaust.com, jbosnitch@gmail.com,
leanne.murray@mcinnescooper.com, David.Coon@gnb.ca, gopublic@cbc.ca,
cbcinvestigates@cbc.ca, jeremy.keefe@globalnews.ca,
kelly@lamrockslaw.com, Crhis@duffie.ca
Cc: miami@forum-americas.org, hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca,
Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.gc.ca, bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca,
jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca, fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca
May 24th
https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
April 3rd
https://archive.org/details/April32017JusticeLeblancHearing
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/05/oh-my-my-this-what-i-get-from-feds-just.html
Trust that I don't care what Chucky Leblanc, of Cpl Horseman and Cst
Urquhart and their many cohorts bullshit about mean old me anymore.
Its my turn to turn the worms and watch them squirm as I bust their
balls in a bigtime political fashion while going after my old Panhead
that their evil buddies in the Fat Fred City Finest stole from me in
2007 then put Fat Fred City in its fine old review mirror.
However a lot of taxpayers may enjoy an email I got from the woman who
oversees the crooks in Revenue Canada just before I went to court
today N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK_LvCWoCwQ
Liberal Minister Stephen Horsman nomination meeting is tonight!!!!
Charles Leblanc
Published on May 24, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU3kcK6RdL8
David Amos Federal Court Date is today at 2:00pm at the Federal Building!!!
Charles Leblanc
Published on May 23, 2017
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/05/oh-my-my-this-what-i-get-from-feds-just.html
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Oh My My this what I get from the Feds Just before I appear before the
Federal Court of Canada AGAIN
Methinks a proud court jester just made fools out of Her Majesty the
Queen's minions right after Victoria Day EH?
https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
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From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)" fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 15:56:05 +0000
Subject: RE: Nicholas Rémillard holds a law degree from the University
of Ottawa Therefore he should certianly understand the documents I
sent and answer me in writing
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
comments.
Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
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---------- Original message ----------
From: Póstur FOR postur@for.is
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 15:56:38 +0000
Subject: Re: Nicholas Rémillard holds a law degree from the University
of Ottawa Therefore he should certianly understand the documents I
sent and answer me in writing
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received
Kveðja / Best regards
Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office
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From: "Public Safety MCU / Sécurité publique UCM (PS/SP)"
ps.publicsafetymcu-securitepubliqueucm.sp@canada.ca
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 15:55:59 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Nicholas Rémillard holds a law degree from
the University of Ottawa Therefore he should certianly understand the
documents I sent and answer me in writing
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Merci d'avoir écrit à l'honorable Ralph Goodale, ministre de la
Sécurité publique et de la Protection civile.
En raison d'une augmentation importante du volume de la correspondance
adressée au ministre, veuillez prendre note qu'il pourrait y avoir un
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From: "Jensen, Jan" jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 15:55:36 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Nicholas Rémillard holds a law degree from
the University of Ottawa Therefore he should certianly understand the
documents I sent and answer me in writing
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
I will be out of the office until Thursday May 25, 2017 and I will
have limited access to email during that time. If you require
immediate assistance, please contact my assistant at (902) 426 1798.
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/05/re-my-calls-about-peter-milliken.html
Friday, 19 May 2017
Re My calls about Peter Milliken, Iceland and The Federal Court of
Canada File # T-1557-15 and the upcoming hearing on May 24th in
Fredericton New Brunswick
For the public record after I received the responses found below I
call Ingrid back. Trust that she was not nearly as nice to me as she
was on Friday. Anyway after she denied reading my emails that the
computers of her bosses in Iceland acknowledged, she told to keep my
calls to Iceland at minimum. I can only presume that order also
applies to their spokespersons in my native land as well. Correct Mr
Mellish et al?
Birgitta Jonsdottier and her old paly Julian Assane or anyone else
should find this Interesting if one considers the fact that the former
Icelandic Prime Minister in October of 2008 promised to get back to me
and never did. Then after the worldwide ecomomy to a nosedive and he
was ousted the Icelandic Minister of Finance apologized for the delay.
Howver to this very day Iceland has NEVER answered the HARD COPY I
sent them byway of their Ambassador in Ottawa and the Speaker of the
Canadian House by tracked Canada Post in the spring of 2006. At lease
the Canadian lawyer Peter Millliken was alway polite to me even the
Kevin Vickers and his many buddies in the RCMP etc NEVER were.
Go Figure why I must sue Iceland in the USA someday EH?.
http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2014/05/yo-birgitta-who-is-more-of-crook-julian.html
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Min.Mail / Courrier.Min (CRA/ARC)" PABMINMAILG@cra-arc.gc.ca
Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 13:10:52 +0000
Subject: Your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes - 2017-02631
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
Mr. David Raymond Amos
motomaniac333@gmail.com
Dear Mr. Amos:
Thank you for your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes,
and for your understanding regarding the delay of this response.
This is an opportunity for me to address your concerns about the way
the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) deals with aggressive tax planning,
tax avoidance, and tax evasion by targeting individuals and groups
that promote schemes intended to avoid payment of tax. It is also an
opportunity for me to present the Government of Canada’s main
strategies for ensuring fairness for all taxpayers.
The CRA’s mission is to preserve the integrity of Canada’s tax system,
and it is taking concrete and effective action to deal with abusive
tax schemes. Through federal budget funding in 2016 and 2017, the
government has committed close to $1 billion in cracking down on tax
evasion and combatting tax avoidance at home and through the use of
offshore transactions. This additional funding is expected to generate
federal revenues of $2.6 billion over five years for Budget 2016, and
$2.5 billion over five years for Budget 2017.
More precisely, the CRA is cracking down on tax cheats by hiring more
auditors, maintaining its underground economy specialist teams,
increasing coverage of aggressive goods and service tax/harmonized
sales tax planning, increasing coverage of multinational corporations
and wealthy individuals, and taking targeted actions aimed at
promoters of abusive tax schemes.
On the offshore front, the CRA continues to develop tools to improve
its focus on high‑risk taxpayers. It is also considering changes to
its Voluntary Disclosures Program following the first set of program
recommendations received from an independent Offshore Compliance
Advisory Committee. In addition, the CRA is leading international
projects to address the base erosion and profit shifting initiative of
the G20 and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development, and is collaborating with treaty partners to address the
Panama Papers leaks.
These actions are evidence of the government’s commitment to
protecting tax fairness. The CRA has strengthened its intelligence and
technical capacities for the early detection of abusive tax
arrangements and deterrence of those who participate in them. To
ensure compliance, it has increased the number of actions aimed at
promoters who use illegal schemes. These measures include increased
audits of such promoters, improved information gathering, criminal
investigations where warranted, and better communication with
taxpayers.
To deter potential taxpayer involvement in these schemes, the CRA is
increasing notifications and warnings through its communications
products. It also seeks partnerships with tax preparers, accountants,
and community groups so that they can become informed observers who
can educate their clients.
The CRA will assess penalties against promoters and other
representatives who make false statements involving illegal tax
schemes. The promotion of tax schemes to defraud the government can
lead to criminal investigations, fingerprinting, criminal prosecution,
court fines, and jail time.
Between April 1, 2011, and March 31, 2016, the CRA’s criminal
investigations resulted in the conviction of 42 Canadian taxpayers for
tax evasion with links to money and assets held offshore. In total,
the $34 million in evaded taxes resulted in court fines of $12 million
and 734 months of jail time.
When deciding to pursue compliance actions through the courts, the CRA
consults the Department of Justice Canada to choose an appropriate
solution. Complex tax-related litigation is costly and time consuming,
and the outcome may be unsuccessful. All options to recover amounts
owed are considered.
More specifically, in relation to the KPMG Isle of Man tax avoidance
scheme, publicly available court records show that it is through the
CRA’s efforts that the scheme was discovered. The CRA identified many
of the participants and continues to actively pursue the matter. The
CRA has also identified at least 10 additional tax structures on the
Isle of Man, and is auditing taxpayers in relation to these
structures.
To ensure tax fairness, the CRA commissioned an independent review in
March 2016 to determine if it had acted appropriately concerning KPMG
and its clients. In her review, Ms. Kimberley Brooks, Associate
Professor and former Dean of the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie
University, examined the CRA’s operational processes and decisions in
relation to the KPMG offshore tax structure and its efforts to obtain
the names of all taxpayers participating in the scheme. Following this
review, the report, released on May 5, 2016, concluded that the CRA
had acted appropriately in its management of the KPMG Isle of Man
file. The report found that the series of compliance measures the CRA
took were in accordance with its policies and procedures. It was
concluded that the procedural actions taken on the KPMG file were
appropriate given the facts of this particular case and were
consistent with the treatment of taxpayers in similar situations. The
report concluded that actions by CRA employees were in accordance with
the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct. There was no
evidence of inappropriate interaction between KPMG and the CRA
employees involved in the case.
Under the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct, all CRA
employees are responsible for real, apparent, or potential conflicts
of interests between their current duties and any subsequent
employment outside of the CRA or the Public Service of Canada.
Consequences and corrective measures play an important role in
protecting the CRA’s integrity.
The CRA takes misconduct very seriously. The consequences of
misconduct depend on the gravity of the incident and its repercussions
on trust both within and outside of the CRA. Misconduct can result in
disciplinary measures up to dismissal.
All forms of tax evasion are illegal. The CRA manages the Informant
Leads Program, which handles leads received from the public regarding
cases of tax evasion across the country. This program, which
coordinates all the leads the CRA receives from informants, determines
whether there has been any non-compliance with tax law and ensures
that the information is examined and conveyed, if applicable, so that
compliance measures are taken. This program does not offer any reward
for tips received.
The new Offshore Tax Informant Program (OTIP) has also been put in
place. The OTIP offers financial compensation to individuals who
provide information related to major cases of offshore tax evasion
that lead to the collection of tax owing. As of December 31, 2016, the
OTIP had received 963 calls and 407 written submissions from possible
informants. Over 218 taxpayers are currently under audit based on
information the CRA received through the OTIP.
With a focus on the highest-risk sectors nationally and
internationally and an increased ability to gather information, the
CRA has the means to target taxpayers who try to hide their income.
For example, since January 2015, the CRA has been collecting
information on all international electronic funds transfers (EFTs) of
$10,000 or more ending or originating in Canada. It is also adopting a
proactive approach by focusing each year on four jurisdictions that
raise suspicion. For the Isle of Man, the CRA audited 3,000 EFTs
totalling $860 million over 12 months and involving approximately 800
taxpayers. Based on these audits, the CRA communicated with
approximately 350 individuals and 400 corporations and performed 60
audits.
In January 2017, I reaffirmed Canada’s important role as a leader for
tax authorities around the world in detecting the structures used for
aggressive tax planning and tax evasion. This is why Canada works
daily with the Joint International Tax Shelter Information Centre
(JITSIC), a network of tax administrations in over 35 countries. The
CRA participates in two expert groups within the JITSIC and leads the
working group on intermediaries and proponents. This ongoing
collaboration is a key component of the CRA’s work to develop strong
relationships with the international community, which will help it
refine the world-class tax system that benefits all Canadians.
The CRA is increasing its efforts and is seeing early signs of
success. Last year, the CRA recovered just under $13 billion as a
result of its audit activities on the domestic and offshore fronts.
Two-thirds of these recoveries are the result of its audit efforts
relating to large businesses and multinational companies.
But there is still much to do, and additional improvements and
investments are underway.
Tax cheats are having a harder and harder time hiding. Taxpayers who
choose to promote or participate in malicious and illegal tax
strategies must face the consequences of their actions. Canadians
expect nothing less. I invite you to read my most recent statement on
this matter at canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/news/2017/03/
statement_from_thehonourabledianelebouthillierministerofnational.
Thank you for taking the time to write. I hope the information I have
provided is helpful.
Sincerely,
The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier
Minister of National Revenue
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From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 11:25:08 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo Bill Morneau I am listening to your Liebrano pal
Victor Boudreau talking to the sneaky CBC dude Terry Seguin right now
about why he and Rogers and Gallant bolted
To: David Amos
The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
comments.
Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
commentaires.
---------- Original message ----------
From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)" fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 08:23:40 +0000
Subject: RE: Methinks NB's Mindless Energy Minister Rick Doucet and
your evil buddies David Coon, Andre Faust, Mark D'Arcy and CBC should
enjoy the June 15 and Sept 21, 2017 transcripts of the EUB hearings
N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc?
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
comments.
Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
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commentaires.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 11:25:20 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo Bill Morneau I am listening to your Liebrano pal
Victor Boudreau talking to the sneaky CBC dude Terry Seguin right now
about why he and Rogers and Gallant bolted
To: David Amos
Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick. Please be
assured that your email will be reviewed and if a response is
requested, it will be forthcoming.
Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du
Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré(e) que votre courriel sera examiné
et qu’une réponse vous parviendra à sa demande.
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 07:25:02 -0400
Subject: Yo Bill Morneau I am listening to your Liebrano pal Victor
Boudreau talking to the sneaky CBC dude Terry Seguin right now about
why he and Rogers and Gallant bolted
To: "Bill.Morneau"
minhsal@leg.gov.mb.ca, premier
"brian.gallant"
Cc: David Amos
asilnicki@healthcoalition.ca, "Gilles.Blinn"
Enjoy my blog about the topic
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/01/re-grinch-that-stole-national-health.html
Tuesday, 3 January 2017
Re The grinch that stole a national health accord Yo Bill Morneau you
should tell your Liebrano pal Victor Boudreau that I just talked to
the socalist Ms. Silnicki again and she remembered Mean Old Me
http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/infomornfred_20170103_92696.mp3
---------- Original message ----------
From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 14:07:23 +0000
Subject: RE: Re The grinch that stole a national health accord Yo Bill
Morneau you should tell your Liebrano pal Victor Boudreau that I just
talked to the socalist Ms. Silnicki again and she remembered Mean Old
Me
To: David Amos
The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
comments.
Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
commentaires.
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 14:07:29 +0000
Subject: RE: Re The grinch that stole a national health accord Yo Bill
Morneau you should tell your Liebrano pal Victor Boudreau that I just
talked to the socalist Ms. Silnicki again and she remembered Mean Old
Me
To: David Amos
Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick. Please be
assured that your email will be reviewed and if a response is
requested, it will be forthcoming.
Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du
Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré(e) que votre courriel sera examiné
et qu’une réponse vous parviendra à sa demande.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 09:45:24 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Yo Bill Morneau I have been challenged to make Federal
Case out of asserting my Right of Access to Health Care
To: asilnicki@healthcoalition.ca
Cc: David Amos
http://www.healthcoalition.ca/about-us/team/
Canadian Health Coalition
251 Bank Street, Suite 212
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1X3
(613) 688-4973
Send your feedback to: hello@healthcoalition.ca
Media Inquiries: asilnicki@healthcoalition.ca
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-health-accord-coalition-physicians-1.3909652
New Brunswick slammed as 'grinch that stole' a national health accord
Canadian Health Coalition 'discouraged' by bilateral deal, but
Canadian Medical Association 'pleased'
By Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, CBC News Posted: Dec 22, 2016 6:15 PM AT
"The Canadian Health Coalition wants the federal, provincial and
territorial governments to return to the table and work out a national
health accord, says national co-ordinator Adrienne Silnicki.
(Twitter/Adrienne Silnicki)"
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 10:07:10 -0400
Subject: Re The grinch that stole a national health accord Yo Bill
Morneau you should tell your Liebrano pal Victor Boudreau that I just
talked to the socalist Ms. Silnicki again and she remembered Mean Old
Me
To: "Bill.Morneau" , "Cathy.Rogers" , bruno.battistini@nbhrf.com,
premier , gopublic , "steve.murphy" , csousa.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org,
premier , rosemary.barton@cbc.ca, ministre@msss.gouv.qc.ca,
minhsal@leg.gov.mb.ca, premier , premier , PREMIER , premier , premier
, premier , "victor.boudreau" , "brian.gallant" , briangallant10 ,
BrianThomasMacdonald , "jake.stewart" , jbosnitch@gmail.com, oldmaison
, andre , sallybrooks25 , "sally.gomery" , "hon.ralph.goodale" ,
"hon.melanie.joly" , "Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc"
Cc: David Amos , asilnicki@healthcoalition.ca, "Gilles.Blinn"
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 20:55:38 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo Bill Morneau I have been challenged to make Federal
Case out of asserting my Right of Access to Health Care
To: David Amos
The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
comments.
Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
commentaires.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 20:55:41 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo Bill Morneau I have been challenged to make Federal
Case out of asserting my Right of Access to Health Care
To: David Amos
Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick. Please be
assured that your email has been received and it will be reviewed. If
a response is requested, it will be forthcoming.
Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du
Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré(e) que votre courriel a bien été
reçu, qu’il sera examiné et qu’une réponse vous parviendra à sa
demande.
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Subject: Fwd: Sooner or later somebody in NATO will read this and want to talk to you N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau?
To: <ottamb@um.dk>, <david.mcguinty@parl.gc.ca>, dominic.leblanc <dominic.leblanc@parl.gc.ca>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, <francois-philippe.champagne@parl.gc.ca>, pierre.poilievre <pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca>, Nathalie.G.Drouin <Nathalie.G.Drouin@pco-bcp.gc.ca>, Greta.Bossenmaier <Greta.Bossenmaier@hq.nato.int>, <melanie.joly@ised-isde.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>
Embassy of Denmark in Canada
47 Clarence Street, Suite 450
Ottawa, ON, K1N 9K1
Tel (613) 562 1811
(Visa applicants, click here before calling)
Denmark summons top U.S. diplomat after reports of American influence operations in Greenland
Public broadcaster report indicated 3 Americans with ties to Trump administration raised suspicion
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From: Ministerial Correspondence Unit - Justice Canada <mcu@justice.gc.ca>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 15:36:22 +0000
Subject: Automatic Reply
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Thank you for writing to the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 12:35:14 -0300
Subject: Fwd: Sooner or later somebody in NATO will read this and want
to talk to you N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau?
To: "Brenda.Lucki" <Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
Mickael.Dekker@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, "Greta.Bossenmaier"
<Greta.Bossenmaier@hq.nato.int
<Candice.Bergen@parl.gc.ca>, "pierre.poilievre"
<pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
"Bill.Hogan" <Bill.Hogan@gnb.ca>, "Marco.Mendicino"
<Marco.Mendicino@parl.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, "Mark.Blakely"
<Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "rob.moore" <rob.moore@parl.gc.ca>
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 11:51:51 -0300
Subject: Fwd: Sooner or later somebody in NATO will read this and want
to talk to you N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau?
To: info@rusembassy.ca, "Melanie.Joly" <Melanie.Joly@parl.gc.ca>
Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/
Joly calls Canadian official's attendance at Russian Embassy event
'unacceptable'
Event at embassy in Ottawa was celebrating Russia Day
CBC News · Posted: Jun 13, 2022 8:15 AM ET
The flag flies outside the Russian Embassy in Ottawa on March 26,
2018. Canada's foreign affairs minister says a Canadian official's
decision to attend a reception there on Friday was 'unacceptable.'
(Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says it was unacceptable for a
Canadian official to have attended a reception hosted by the Russian
Embassy and promised that no similar incidents would occur again.
The statement follows reporting by the Globe and Mail that Yasemin
Heinbecker, the deputy chief of protocol at the Global Affairs
department, attended a Russia Day celebration at the Russian Embassy
in Ottawa Friday night. The holiday commemorates Russia's
constitutional reform at the end of the Soviet era.
Heinbecker's attendance comes as Canada and its allies have pushed
back against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a
"special military operation."
"This is unacceptable. No Canadian representative should have attended
the event hosted at the Russian Embassy [and] no Canadian
representative will attend this kind of event again," Joly wrote in a
tweet Sunday night.
She reiterated that Canada continues to support Ukraine.
City of Ottawa denies 'outrageous' request to fly Russian flag
Questions linger over what will happen to Russian assets frozen,
blocked by Canada
A Global Affairs Canada spokesperson said the decision to send a
protocol officer to the reception was made by the department.
"No Canadian representative should have attended the event hosted at
the Russian Embassy and no Canadian representative will attend this
kind of event in the future," said the GAC statement.
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 11:44:44 -0400
Subject: Sooner or later somebody in NATO will read this and want to
talk to you N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau?
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'We're the schmucks that are paying for the whole thing,' President Trump says
https://twitter.com/
David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos @FloryGoncalves and 49 others
Here the first lines of my latest lets see if CBC blocks it
http://davidraymondamos3.
#Trudeau #NATOSummit2018 #Trump
Sooner or later somebody in NATO will read this N'esy Pas?
Statement of Claim Federal Court of Canada File # T-1557-15
Survey Says??? YUP
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/
David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos @FloryGoncalves and 49 others
Garry Moore Even the BBC is calling us out. My reply Methinks I called
out BBC et al in an ethical fashion but too bad so sad some of my
replies were disabled Surprise Surprise N'esy Pas? #Trudeau
http://davidraymondamos3.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/
Trump's claim that NATO will boost defence spending disputed
French president says allies confirmed intention to meet 2% goal by
2024 and no more
The Associated Press · Posted: Jul 12, 2018 3:44 AM ET
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David R. Amos
Content disabled.
Sooner or later somebody in NATO will read this N'esy Pas?
Statement of Claim Federal Court of Canada File # T-1557-15
A portion of Statement # 83
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:
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.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/
Trump says NATO allies like Canada are 'delinquent' on military
spending. Is he wrong?
'We're the schmucks that are paying for the whole thing,' President Trump says
John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted: Jul 11, 2018 6:10 PM ET
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Garry Moore
Even the BBC is calling us out.
Show 13 older replies
david mccaig
@Robert Paul
Baloney
David R. Amos
@david mccaig PolitiFact
Statement of Claim Federal Court of Canada File # T-1557-15
A portion of Statement # 83
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:
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.
David R. Amos
@David R. Amos continued
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.
David R. Amos
Content disabled.
@David R. Amos continued
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.
David R. Amos
Content disabled.
@David R. Amos Continued
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.
There is a lot more
David R. Amos
@Garry Moore Methinksl I called out BBC et al in an ethical fashion
but too bad so sad some of my replies were disabled Surprise Surprise
N'esy Pas?
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:35:43 -0400
Subject: ATTN Trevor Kerr RE Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP RE NATO etc
Methinks you should read this email real slow then say Hey to May,
Trump and Trudeau for me N'esy Pas?
To: trevor.kerr@fco.gov.uk
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Trevor Kerr
80 Elgin Street
Ottawa Ontario K1P 5K7
Canada
Email trevor.kerr@fco.gov.uk
Office +1 613 364 6134
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From: ukincanada@fco.gov.uk
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 16:27:54 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: ATTN Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP RE NATO etc
Methinks you should read this email real slow then say Hey to May,
Trump and Trudeau for me N'esy Pas?
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Trudeau says Canada can meet NATO's military spending benchmark by 2032
Poilievre won't commit to NATO 2% target, says he's 'inheriting a dumpster fire' budget balance
'I make promises that I can keep and right now we are, our country, is broke,' Conservative leader says
Federal
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to the media in a school
park during a press conference in Montreal on Friday, July 12, 2024. (The Canadian Press/Christinne Muschi)Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he won't commit to meeting the two per cent NATO defence spending target if he becomes prime minister.
"I make promises that I can keep and right now we are, our country, is broke," Poilievre said. "I'm inheriting a dumpster fire when it comes to the budget.
"Every time I make a financial commitment, I'm going to make sure I've pulled out my calculator and done all the math. People are sick and tired of politicians just announcing that they're going to spend money without figuring out how they're going to pay for it."
Poilievre made the remarks in Montréal after being asked why he hasn't yet committed to the NATO benchmark of spending two per cent of annual GDP on the military.
Poilievre says he cannot commit to NATO benchmark due to ‘dumpster fire’ budget situation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to reach the target by 2032 at the NATO summit in Washington D.C. on Thursday after facing criticism for lagging behind alliance partners.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell met with Trudeau in Washington on Tuesday. After the meeting, McConnell published a post on X: "It's time for our northern ally to invest seriously in the hard power required to help preserve prosperity and security across NATO."
In May, a group of U.S. senators from both major parties sent a letter to Trudeau urging the Liberal government to boost defence spending to the NATO target.
"It's clear now Justin Trudeau is seen as an absolute joke on the world stage," Poilievre said in reaction to allies' criticism of Canada's defence spending.
Poilievre said Thursday his plan to boost defence spending hinges on cutting funding to "dictators, terrorists and multinational bureaucracies."
"I will crack down on corruption, back office bureaucracy and procurement bungles, and I will use the savings from that to reinforce our military," he said.
Poilievre said that a future Conservative government would "buy equipment based on best value, to make our money go further" and would replace the military's "woke culture with a warrior culture" to boost recruitment.
"When the previous Conservative government was in office, we weren't hearing these criticisms. Why? Because we were delivering. It wasn't because we were spending more, it's because we were delivering more," he said.
In fact, between 2012 and 2015 the Conservatives faced substantial criticism for cutting the Department of National Defence budget by $2.7 billion annually in order to reach a balanced budget.
And after the Afghan war, the government of then-prime minister Stephen Harper cancelled or delayed decisions on several high-profile defence programs.
For budgetary reasons, it shelved a decision to buy modern close-combat vehicles for the army and delayed a program to buy replacement anti-aircraft systems for the army. It also put off buying the F-35 stealth fighter after the auditor general and the Parliamentary Budget Office accused the government of not doing enough homework on the purchase.
Canada spends about 1.37 per cent of its GDP on the military and the federal government says it plans to reach 1.76 per cent by the end of the decade.
Since coming to power in 2015, the
Trudeau government's military
NATO says that under the last Conservative government, military spending in Canada from 2008 to 2014 ranged from 0.99 per cent of GDP in 2013 to 1.39 per cent in 2009.
The alliance began tracking member nations' defence spending as a percentage of GDP in 1974.
In 1974, Canada spent an estimated 2.4 per cent of its GDP on the military. That placed it second from the bottom among 14 NATO members, ahead of Luxembourg and just behind the Netherlands.
The 1990s and the dissolution of the Soviet Union saw those numbers fall off a cliff. Defence budgets were gutted and Canada was spending about 1.2 per cent of GDP on defence — which is roughly where the defence budget stands today.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Senior writer
Peter Zimonjic is a senior writer for CBC News. He has worked as a reporter and columnist in London, England, for the Daily Mail, Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph and in Canada for Sun Media and the Ottawa Citizen. He is the author of Into The Darkness: An Account of 7/7, published by Random House.
With files from the CBC's Murray Brewster
Trudeau says he has 'full confidence' in Freeland following reports of tensions between PMO and minister
Senior source says Freeland not resonating with voters in the way PMO had hoped
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered a firm defence of Chrystia Freeland Thursday following reports of an increasingly tense relationship between his office and the finance minister.
"She has been a close friend, an ally and a partner in doing really big things for Canada, and will continue to be," Trudeau said during his closing news conference from the annual NATO summit in Washington.
"I have full confidence in her abilities and the work we're going to be doing together."
Trudeau's comments came after the Globe and Mail reported that tensions between Freeland and the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) — including Trudeau's chief of staff Katie Telford — are increasing due to the Liberals' recent economic messaging and low approval ratings.
Trudeau is asked if he wants to replace Freeland as finance minister
The prime minister was also asked Thursday about rumours of internal discussions about recruiting former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney as finance minister.
"I have been talking with Mark Carney for years now about getting him to join federal politics. I think he'd be an outstanding addition at a time when Canadians need good people to step up in politics," he said.
Despite what Trudeau is saying publicly, CBC News has also learned of tensions behind the scenes.
A senior government source told CBC News that Freeland was not resonating with voters in the way the PMO had hoped. The source added that such tensions are to be expected when the government is facing headwinds.
The government's recent woes have prompted intense discussions among Liberals. The Liberals' unexpected byelection loss in Toronto last month prompted one backbench Liberal MP to publicly call on Trudeau to resign as leader. Other members of caucus have also expressed frustrations in private.
Former
governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England Mark Carney speaks
during the Canada 2020 Net-Zero Leadership Summit in Ottawa on
Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)
Polling has consistently shown the Liberals trailing Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives.
A second senior government source acknowledged the tensions, saying "everyone will be in support of her (Freeland) until they're not."
"That is the way these things roll," the source said.
CBC News is not identifying the sources, as they are not authorized to discuss these matters publicly.
A spokesperson for the PMO insisted there are no tensions with Freeland.
"These assertions are not accurate. The prime minister and his office have full confidence in Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland," wrote Ann-Clara Vaillancourt.
"The Deputy Prime Minister has been working tirelessly and effectively to serve Canadians since she was first appointed to cabinet in 2015."
A Liberal MP, who spoke on the condition they not be named, told CBC News they believe the general mood in caucus indicates a desire for change, including to the way the government communicates on issues like affordability. They added the communication problems are not limited to Freeland.
The MP also told CBC they haven't heard from caucus members calling for Freeland to be moved out of finance.
Despite requests from some Liberal MPs to meet over the summer to address the party's faltering fortunes, the party's caucus chair Brenda Shanahan has said a meeting won't be possible until September.
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Mélanie Joly's surprise visit to China is first by Canadian foreign minister in 7 years
Joly set to hold talks with her Chinese counterpart on Friday
Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is making a surprise visit to to China in an effort to thaw relations between the two countries — the first face-to-face talks in Beijing involving a Canadian foreign minister in nearly seven years.
Joly is in Beijing at the invitation of Wang Yi, the Chinese foreign ministry said. Wang is China's foreign minister and a director of the all-powerful Communist Party of China's Central Committee.
A senior Canadian government official with direct knowledge of the visit told CBC News the meeting between the two foreign ministers on Friday is a "big step in the right direction" and "an important one" aimed at repairing the deteriorating ties between the two countries.
Those ties have soured in recent years after China's detention of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor — detentions Canada maintains were arbitrary — and recent reports of Chinese political interference in this country's politics.
The source told CBC News the visit has been discussed for a while but came together "over the course of a couple of weeks" and was finalized without the help of international partners.
In a statement, Joly's office says the ministers will "discuss possible avenues for collaboration on common challenges" and will also "exchange views on concrete ways to enhance the already deep ties between the people of Canada and China."
"As the world faces increasingly complex and intersecting global issues, Canada is committed to engaging pragmatically with a wide range of countries to advance our national interests and uphold our values," Joly said in a statement provided by her office.
"As described in Canada's Indo-Pacific Strategy, we must maintain open lines of communication and use diplomacy to challenge where we ought to, while seeking co-operation in areas that matter most to Canadians.
"I look forward to a productive meeting."
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told journalists in his regular briefing Thursday that Joly and Wang "will have in-depth communication on China-Canada relations and issues of common concern to promote the improvement and development of bilateral relations."
The senior Canadian government source said the trip is also being seen as a way to open the door to other ministerial visits in the future. The source said the two countries have the potential to work together on a number of issues, such as climate change and the environment.
The source said a "big question mark" lingers over the prospect of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visiting the country soon, the source said:
"At the core, [Joly] will defend Canada's national interests, while keeping ... the door open for further collaboration on common interests," the source said, adding Joly should be expected "to continue her diplomacy, to set the tone for the relationship through dialogue."
Troubled relations
This is Joly's first trip to this country since her appointment as foreign minister in October 2021. Joly last met her Chinese counterpart in February, on the sidelines of a global security conference in Munich.
Canada's relationship with China entered a deep freeze following Beijing's detention of Kovrig and Spavor in December 2018. Their arrests were widely seen as retaliation for the Vancouver arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, at the behest of the U.S. to face fraud charges related to American sanctions against Iran.
Although all three were released in 2021, tensions continue and Canada's spy agency has said it believes the Chinese government interfered in both the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.
More recently, Canada said it is considering a plan for potential tariffs to protect Canada's electric vehicle supply chain from what the Trudeau government calls unfair Chinese competition.
Despite that, when Joly and Wang met in February in Germany, the two foreign ministers signaled the thaw in diplomatic ties meant a path forward for negotiations on the most sensitive issues dividing the two countries.
"It is in the fundamental interests of both countries to promote the stabilization of China-Canada relations from further deterioration and achieve the improvement and development of bilateral relations," a readout — or summary — of the meeting released by China's foreign ministry said at the time.
"The economies of China and Canada are highly complementary and there is no conflict of fundamental interests between the two sides. The two sides are not rivals, let alone enemies, and should be partners of cooperation."
The last Canadian foreign affairs minister to visit China was Chrystia Freeland in 2017. Prime Minister Trudeau visited the country in December of that year, when Canada and China appeared poised to announce the formal start of negotiations toward a free trade agreement.
All hopes of that were dashed when the "two Michaels" were detained 12 months later, and bilateral relations between the two countries hit what Beijing described as "rock bottom" and a "freezing point" compared to any time since diplomatic ties were first established in 1970.
Trudeau says trip will "reset the relationship" with China
Friday's high-level visit by Joly comes just weeks after China's new top envoy began his post in Ottawa. The new Chinese Ambassador to Canada Wang Di — who officially began on June 26 — said at the time of his appointment that "China attaches importance to its relations with Canada."
The ambassador is quoted as saying that China "stands ready to work with Canada to promote healthy and stable development of the bilateral relations on the basis of mutual respect, seeking common ground while putting aside differences and win-win co-operation," in a statement released by the embassy.
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Date: Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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China angered by NATO's charge that it's a 'decisive enabler' of Russia's war in Ukraine
Hungary signed off on NATO statement but doesn't want alliance to become 'anti-China'
China on Thursday criticized a draft statement from the NATO summit in Washington, D.C., that described it as a "decisive enabler" of Russia's war effort in Ukraine.
Beijing continues to pose systemic challenges to Europe and to security, the planned statement also said.
Outgoing NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said this week at a news conference in Washington that China "is propping up Russia war's economy" in what he termed a "major strategic shift."
A spokesperson for the Chinese mission to the European Union described the draft as "full of Cold War mentality and belligerent rhetoric, and China-related content full of provocations, lies, incitement and smears."
"China's core position on the Ukraine issue is to promote peace talks and political settlement, which has been widely recognized and appreciated by the international community," said the spokesperson.
China has broken with the United States and its European allies over the war in Ukraine, refusing to condemn Russia's invasion or even to refer to it as an act of aggression in deference to Moscow. Its trade with Russia has grown since the invasion, at least partially offsetting the impact of Western sanctions.
WATCH l Retired major, a former NATO official, on the alliance's uncertain future with U.S.:
Strong NATO is ‘good for the United States,’ whether Biden or Trump wins: NATO secretary general
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jin said at a regular press briefing Thursday that the county's trade with Russia is legitimate.
"On the Ukraine crisis, NATO hyped up China's responsibility. It makes no sense and comes with malicious intent," said Lin. "We urge NATO to reflect on the root cause of the crisis and what it has done, and take concrete action to de-escalate rather than shift blame."
Chinese troops in Belarus for drills
Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attended a meeting of leaders or top officials from the 10 Shanghai Co-operation Organization countries in Kazakhstan.
This week, Chinese troops are in Belarus for joint drills near the border with Poland, a NATO member. The exercises are the first with Belarus, an ally of Russia, with which it shares a single-party system under President Alexander Lukashenko, whose regime cracked down brutally on mass protests against his rule in 2020. Lin described the joint training as a normal military operation that is not directed at any particular country.
Beijing put forward a 12-point paper more than a year ago that set out general principles for ending the war, but did not get into specifics. It received a lukewarm reception at the time in both Russia and Ukraine.
Chinese officials on Thursday also repeated charges that NATO has expanded its presence to the Asia-Pacific Region, saying it disrupts the prosperity and stability of the region.
Leaders of Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and Australia are in attendance at the NATO summit in the U.S., having forged stronger ties with the security alliance amid rising concerns over China's aggressions in the South China Sea.
NATO member Hungary hasn't specifically commented on the draft statement, but Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told Hungary's state television on Thursday it does not want, and will not support, NATO becoming an "anti-China" bloc.
Earlier this week, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban paid an unexpected visit to Beijing, meeting with Xi to discuss a potential Ukraine peace deal.
Hungary has become an important trade and investment partner for China, in contrast with many other European nations, who are seeking to become less dependent on Beijing.
With files from The Associated Press
From: PMO-CPM <pm@pm.gc.ca>
Date: Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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To: <PM_AN_E@list.pm.gc.ca>
July 11, 2024
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Yesterday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on the margins of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit in Washington, D.C., United States of America.
The Prime Minister reiterated his condemnation of Russia’s increased indiscriminate attacks on civilians, including Russia’s recent abhorrent attack on Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, and he offered further support in the wake of these attacks. He also underscored how these horrific attacks have only served to further strengthen NATO’s unity and resolve in support of Ukraine as Russia continues its unjustifiable war of aggression.
Prime Minister Trudeau reaffirmed Canada’s ongoing and unwavering support for Ukraine. He noted Canada’s commitment to provide an additional $500 million in military assistance to Ukraine as part of NATO’s Pledge of Long-Term Security Assistance for Ukraine, as well as further support to enhance F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots through the Ukraine Defense Contact Group Air Force Capability Coalition.
The leaders also exchanged views on Ukraine’s efforts toward a just and sustainable peace. They noted the need to continue building on the success of the recent Summit on Peace in Ukraine in Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 15 to 16, 2024, including Canada’s commitment to host a Ministerial event on Working Group Four to discuss the return of prisoners of war, unlawfully detained civilians, and illegally deported children.
The leaders discussed progress that has been made to provide critical assistance to Ukraine, including at this year’s NATO Summit. They also noted Ukraine’s progress as it continues on its path toward Euro-Atlantic integration and NATO membership.
Prime Minister Trudeau and President Zelenskyy reaffirmed their intention to remain in close and regular contact.
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What does a byelection in Nanaimo-Ladysmith have in common with a Ukrainian comedian?
More than you might think. Or nothing. Bear with me for a few minutes.
The byelection tomorrow will be another window for something "different" to happen. And when I say "different," I mean something other than the typical outcome.
If you've been paying attention to the results of some recent provincial elections (and international ones, too), you'll notice small changes that have the potential to turn into something bigger.
In New Brunswick's provincial election back in September, voters showed they wanted change. OK, that's not unusual. What was unusual is where many of them chose to park their votes.
New Brunwsickers voted in a minority Conservative government - with the Greens and the People's Alliance of New Brunswick winning three seats apiece and holding the balance of power.
Last month, P.E.I's election saw another vote for change. Despite the economy's positive performance, voters in that province turfed the governing Liberals and voted in a Conservative minority government, with the Greens forming the Official Opposition.
As two former premiers from those provinces told me, voters increasingly are looking beyond the usual binary choice between voting Liberal or Conservative.
Is something going on here? If so, what?
It's hard to know, and I hesitate to use the term 'populism' because it conveys so many different things to different people right now. But what I do see is a clear appetite for change, anxiety about the status quo and a desire among a growing number of voters to see less-traditional options as vehicles for that change - a way to reject the status quo.
Former New Brunswick premier Brian Gallant, who was turfed in September's election, told me recently it would be a big mistake for federal parties to ignore this trend.
So what does that mean for Monday's byelection? I don't know. I gave up on predicting elections back in 2015, when I told a group of much more senior reporters that there was no way Albertans would ever vote for change. (Very smooth move on my part.)
But the Greens have a shot, and a decent one in Nanaimo, as my colleague Éric Grenier points out.
According to Éric's poll tracker, the Greens are just six points behind the NDP nationally. The Greens have struggled (as they did in P.E.I.) to convert that popular support into actual wins. But along with the newly-formed People's Party of Canada (helmed by ex-Tory Maxime Bernier), they certainly throw something different into the mix heading into October.
The electorate itself also appears to be different this time - less confined to traditional voting patterns, more willing to try something new.
Vassy Kapelos is host of Power & Politics, weekdays at 5 p.m. ET on CBC News Network.
Power Lines
The Power & Politics Power Panelists on where the big parties will be focused this week
Amanda Alvaro president and co-founder of Pomp & Circumstance
The Liberals will likely continue to highlight that Andrew Scheer and his campaign director were recently caught holding behind-closed-doors strategy sessions with oil industry executives and shadowy third party groups. While the Conservatives strategized about "silencing environmental critics," the Liberals will continue to focus on the importance of a real plan to fight climate change
Rachel Curran senior associate at Harper & Associates Consulting
The Conservatives will be focused this week on issues designed to keep the government on the defensive: SNC-Lavalin; the trial of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and the recent revelation that retiring Liberal MP Andrew Leslie will be testifying for the defence; and ongoing provincial opposition to Trudeau's carbon tax, as articulated in clear terms by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney in his testimony before the Senate on Bill C-69. The Conservatives will also be playing some defence of their own, as the Liberals press Scheer for his own climate change plan.
Kathleen Monk principal at Earnscliffe Strategy Group
New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh is trying to catch the eye of Canadians who are looking for a new progressive champion, now that 44 per cent of Liberal voters report they disapprove of Justin Trudeau's performance. Singh is starting to lay out his key policy offers for Canadians, such as affordable medicine, access to housing and a Canadian version of AOC's "Green New Deal." With just a few sitting weeks left in this Parliament, Singh has an important opportunity to hold Liberals accountable and will continue to put corporate influence over the Liberals under the spotlight.
Poll Tracker Takeaway
Éric Grenier's weekly look at key numbers in the political public opinion polls.
On the face of it, the polls have been all over the map this past week.
Surveys by the Angus Reid Institute and Léger have given the Conservatives a lead of 13 percentage points over the Liberals. Nanos Research put the edge at just three points, while Ipsos suggested it was four. Forum Research split the difference with a seven-point margin.
The natural reaction might be to throw up your hands. But this is actually how it should be.
The Canada Poll Tracker currently shows the Conservatives with a lead of just over seven points nationwide. If that's the current political environment, then we should expect to see polls giving the Conservatives a double-digit edge, with others showing a gap within the theoretical margin of error.
Assume that these polls have a margin of error of about three points. Online surveys cannot calculate a margin of error in the same way as random surveys, but they are designed to replicate the same kind of accuracy — and a seven-point Conservative lead easily turns into a gaping 13-point edge when you add three points to the Conservative tally and take three points away from the Liberals.
Similarly, that seven point gap turns into a tight one-point margin just as easily. Suddenly we go from majority territory to a toss-up.
So don't worry too much about the differences between individual polls. They can still paint the same overall portrait — and right now, it's one that doesn't look good for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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We want to know what YOU want to know.Jim Hilson from Medicine Hat, Alta., emailed to ask… "I understand the reluctance of political parties to disclose too much too early. That just sets them up as a target. They have to keep electors on board and without giving away too much to the enemy. When is the right time for disclosure from a political party as to what they want to make the backbone of their campaign?"
The short answer is that there is no "right" time to release major parts of your eventual campaign platform. Most parties try to stagger announcements of significant policy initiatives to win as much attention as possible, and to force their opponents to respond. And, as you note, some parties prefer to wait to avoid having another party steal, incorporate, or otherwise assume all of parts of their plans.
For example, voters already have a good idea of how most of the parties plan to address climate change, and that's put pressure on the Conservatives to release their own plan before the summer, long before the formal campaign will begin this fall.
Most parties still time their campaign announcements to lead up to the formal release of a final, costed platform at some point in the campaign. Again, there's no firm rule about when a platform should be released.
Take 2015 as an example. The Liberals released the final, costed version of their platform on Oct. 5 while both the NDP and Conservatives unveiled their versions a few days later on Oct. 9.
The Greens were first-past-the-post, so to speak, when party leader Elizabeth May released her party's full platform on Sept 9.
There's a new wrinkle in this election. The Liberals passed legislation to allow the Parliamentary Budget Officer to give political parties the option of providing "independent and non-partisan" analysis of how much their platforms will cost taxpayers. So far, only the Liberals and Greens have given clear commitments to use the PBO's costing service, so stay tuned.
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Friday 2 April 2021
Russia warns NATO against deploying troops to Ukraine
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Ukraine says Russia massing troops on border; U.S. warns Moscow
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Ukraine has been locked in a conflict with Russian-backed separatists since 2014. (AFP)
KYIV, UKRAINE -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday accused Moscow of building up troops on his country's border as the United States warned Russia against "intimidating" Ukraine.
Kiev has been locked in a conflict with Russian-backed separatists since 2014, and this week Ukrainian officials reported Russian troop movement in annexed Crimea and on the border, near territories controlled by Moscow-backed separatists.
On Thursday, Zelensky's ministers discussed the escalating security situation with Western allies including U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin.
"Muscle-flexing in the form of military exercises and possible provocations along the border are traditional Russian games," Zelensky said in a statement.
He accused Moscow of seeking to create "a threatening atmosphere" as Kiev hopes to resume a ceasefire brokered last year.
The U.S. State Department said it was "absolutely concerned by recent escalations of Russian aggressive and provocative actions in eastern Ukraine."
"What we would object to are aggressive actions that have an intent of intimidating, of threatening, our partner Ukraine," State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters.
Some observers say the reported Russian troop buildup is a test for the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden, who caused an uproar in Moscow last month by calling his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a "killer".
This week, Moscow and Kyiv blamed each other for a rise in violence between government forces and Kremlin-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, which has undermined the ceasefire.
Zelensky said 20 Ukrainian servicemen had been killed and 57 wounded since the start of the year.
Separately, the military announced that a Ukrainian soldier was wounded in an attack it blamed on separatists.
'READY FOR AN OFFENSIVE'
On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of Defence Austin called his Ukrainian counterpart Andriy Taran, Ukraine's defence ministry said.
Austin said during the call that Washington would "not leave Ukraine alone in the event of escalating Russian aggression", the ministry said.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba for his part discussed the "aggravation by the Russian Federation of the security situation" on the frontline with his Canadian counterpart Marc Garneau.
Ukraine's military intelligence accused Russia of preparing to "expand its military presence" in the separatist-controlled eastern regions of Donetsk and Lugansk.
In a statement, the intelligence service said it "does not rule out" an attempt by Russian forces to move "deep into Ukrainian territory".
A high-ranking Ukrainian government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, claimed that the Russian army was practising "military co-ordination" with separatists.
"From mid-April their combat units will be ready for an offensive," the official told AFP.
WEST SHOULD NOT 'WORRY'
Moscow has repeatedly denied sending troops and arms to buttress the separatists and Putin's spokesman stressed on Thursday that Moscow is at liberty to move troops across its territory.
"The Russian Federation moves its armed forces within its territory at its discretion," spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, but he did not directly confirm a troop buildup on the Ukrainian border.
He added that "it should not worry anyone and does not pose a threat to anyone".
The war in eastern Ukraine broke out in 2014 when Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula following a bloody uprising that ousted Ukraine's Kremlin-friendly president Viktor Yanukovych.
On Wednesday, the Pentagon said U.S. forces in Europe had raised their alert status following the "recent escalations of Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine".
Mark Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, also spoke with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts, Valery Gerasimov and Ruslan Khomchak.
Khomchak said this week that 28,000 separatist fighters and "more than 2,000 Russian military instructors and advisers" are currently stationed in eastern Ukraine.
On Thursday, the deputy head of Zelensky's office, Roman Mashovets, called for joint drills with NATO forces to "help stabilise the security situation".
Zelensky was elected in 2019 promising to end the years-long conflict, but critics say a shaky ceasefire was his only tangible achievement.
The fighting has claimed more than 13,000 lives since 2014, according to the United Nations.
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Russia warns NATO against deploying troops to Ukraine
Moscow will act to ‘ensure its security’ if the alliance intervenes in the conflict, which has seen fresh fighting.
2 Apr 2021
![Renewed front-line clashes between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatist forces have gripped eastern Ukraine in recent weeks [File: Gleb Garanich/Reuters]](https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_NYUZ3BYc63efXXUM3rhpZwXD-pxefWCmvdzRR7MvNLqTVcdETFb9LSKnFopA781zO4vXnTDjlpI7olqj2vgAaXa3QkabnvUGX6NMiUpVd757qy7hFihmrXqIX9O_UeP6-FQ1_jSojpvlTHdICDgEP9jJsbfTfOyOv313vtQryUfo-wzNfrAk4GU-chh0whVG7Zs-U9ERCOXp53GXCC-2UOhEOHz7UtsNtyUJ1Bi_qvsbSbr1e0=s0-d-e1-ft#https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2020-03-17T172153Z_1735282055_RC2TLF9GNTGK_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-UKRAINE-EAST.jpg?resize=770%2C513)
Renewed front-line clashes between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatist forces have gripped eastern Ukraine in recent weeks [File: Gleb Garanich/Reuters]
Russia has warned NATO against deploying troops to Ukraine, saying such a move would escalate tensions nears its borders, amid renewed fears over the region’s long-simmering conflict.
Moscow’s comments came after NATO voiced concern on Thursday over what it said was a large Russian military build-up near eastern Ukraine, with leading member the United States pledging to stand by Ukraine in the event of any Russian “aggression”.
Renewed front-line clashes have gripped the region in recent weeks.
Russia earlier said an escalation in the conflict in Ukraine’s Donbass region could “destroy” Ukraine.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday that the situation at the contact line in eastern Ukraine between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatist forces was concerning, and that multiple “provocations” were taking place there.
Peskov also said Russia would be forced to respond if NATO troops were deployed to Ukraine as he insisted Russia was not threatening Ukraine.
“There is no doubt such a scenario would lead to a further increase in tensions close to Russia’s borders. Of course, this would call for additional measures from the Russian side to ensure its security,” he said, without specifying which measures would be adopted.
“Russia is not threatening anyone, it has never threatened anyone.”
Ukraine has been battling pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions since 2014, following Moscow’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula after an uprising that toppled Ukraine’s Kremlin-friendly President Viktor Yanukovych.
Moscow and Kyiv this week blamed each other for a rise in violence that has undermined a ceasefire brokered last year.
Peskov’s comments came after the US warned Russia against “intimidating” Ukraine, with both Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling their Ukrainian counterparts to stress support.
The Pentagon said earlier this week that US forces in Europe had raised their alert status following the “recent escalations of Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine”.
Moscow, Kyiv trade barbs
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday accused Russia of massing troops on the border and said 20 Ukrainian servicemen had been killed since the start of the year.
Ukraine’s military intelligence accused Russia of preparing to “expand its military presence” in the separatist-controlled regions.
Moscow has repeatedly denied sending troops and arms to support the separatists. The Kremlin has said that Russia is at liberty to move troops on its own territory.
“Russia is not a participant of the conflict,” Peskov said on Friday, accusing Ukraine’s armed forces of “multiple” provocations in the region.
A senior Russian official also dismissed reports of a plan to attack Ukraine as “fake”.
“Russia is not interested in any conflict with Ukraine, especially a military one,” deputy foreign minister Andrei Rudenko told state news agency RIA Novosti.
To date, the fighting in the region has killed more than 13,000 people, according to the United Nations.
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Top US national security officials call counterparts as Russia and Ukraine tensions rise
By Oren Liebermann and Barbara Starr, CNN
Updated 8:54 PM ET, Wed March 31, 2021
(CNN)Top US national security officials have spoken with their Ukrainian counterparts, and America's top general held a call Wednesday with his Russian opposite number amid concern over Russian military activity in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, including what the US deemed a violation of a ceasefire by Moscow that led to the deaths of four Ukrainian soldiers last week.
Canadian warship transits South China Sea as diplomatic tensions remain high
HMCS Calgary passed near the disputed Spratly Islands, claimed by both China and the Philippines
The
HMCS Calgary, shown here returning to Victoria in 2008, passed through
the South China Sea while travelling from Brunei to Vietnam on Monday
and Tuesday. (Deddeda Stemler/The Canadian Press)A Canadian warship sailed through sensitive waters near China this week amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
The Department of National Defence says HMCS Calgary passed through the South China Sea while travelling from Brunei to Vietnam on Monday and Tuesday.
The passage did not go unnoticed by China, which shadowed the Canadian ship, according to a Defence official speaking on condition of anonymity.
China claims much of the sea as its territory and has been greatly expanding its military presence in the area. Many of those claims have been rejected by China's neighbours and several international rulings.
The Calgary's passage could aggravate tensions with Beijing, which has been engaged in a diplomatic dispute with Ottawa since Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was arrested at the Vancouver airport in December 2018.
Beijing subsequently arrested two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, in what the federal government and others have described as an act of retaliation in response to Meng's detention.
Meng is now facing possible extradition to the U.S. to face fraud allegations, while China has launched court proceedings against Kovrig and Spavor behind closed doors in recent weeks.
Department of National Defence spokesperson Daniel Le Bouthillier confirmed the Calgary passed near the disputed Spratly Islands — which both China and the Philippines claim and where the Chinese military has set up facilities and equipment.
Demonstrating support for allies
He said the South China Sea was the most practical route for the warship. Canadian officials have previously denied trying to send any message when warships have passed through waters claimed by China.
But documents obtained by The Canadian Press last year show such passages are often discussed at the highest levels of government before being approved.
One transit by HMCS Ottawa through the South China Sea's Taiwan Strait last year was described in the documents as having "demonstrated Canadian support for our closest partners and allies, regional security and the rules-based international order."
Defence officials were told to keep quiet about the Ottawa's trip in September 2019, three months after Chinese fighter jets buzzed two other Canadian ships making the same voyage.
NATO scrambles jets 10 times to track Russian military planes across Europe
(CNN)NATO scrambled fighter jets 10 times Monday to track and intercept an unusually "rare peak" of Russian bombers and fighters flying over the North Sea, Black Sea and Baltic Sea, according to a NATO official.
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation sues the CBC for withholding advertising expenditure numbers
A taxpayers group is suing the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for refusing to disclose how much taxpayer money it spent on advertising over five years.
Author: Clayton DeMaine
A taxpayers group is suing the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for refusing to disclose how much taxpayer money it spent on advertising over five years.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation applied with the Federal Court on Friday to review the CBC’s decision to withhold dollar figures in a heavily redacted document provided in response to a FOI request on the broadcaster’s advertising expenditures.
The lawsuit aims to compel the state-funded broadcaster to be transparent about its use of taxpayer dollars.
Ryan
Thorpe, an investigative journalist with the CTF filed an
access-to-information request on Jan. 26, 2024, asking the CBC to
disclose its annual spending on advertising for the previous five years.
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the middle of March last year, the CBC shared a heavily blacked-out
spreadsheet with the information requested, the dollar figures,
redacted.
To do this, the CBC invoked section 18(b) of the Access to Information Act,
which exempts the information request if it could “reasonably be
expected” to “prejudice the competitive position of the institution” or
if it interferes with contracts or other negotiations.
Disagreeing with the exemption application, the CTF filed a complaint with the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada. The office is a government agency charged with investigating complaints about federal institutions’ handling of FOIs.
On Jan. 14, 2025, the commissioner released a report supporting the CBC’s position, prompting the CTF to seek judicial review.
The notice of application states the CTF wants the court to declare that the CBC improperly used the exemption in the Act, to quash the decision and to order the state broadcaster to disclose the full and unredacted documents.
“We weren’t even looking for so much as you know which companies got the contracts which, we think we’re still should be entitled to,” Devin Drover, General Counsel for the CTF told True North. “They wouldn’t even give us something as simple as how much the dollar figure of the aggregate expenditures on advertising each year.”
Drover said that because taxpayers fund the CBC – it received $1.4 billion in taxes last year – Canadian taxpayers are entitled to know how much of their money is being spent, including on things such as advertising.
“When you look at all of the ratings right now with the CDC, a lot of their programs have abysmal ratings, and at the same time, they’re asking for more money every year,” Drover said.”We think taxpayers have a right to know why or how their money is being spent at the CBC, and because they failed to provide it, we’ve had no choice but to start an action in federal court requesting that the court force the disclosure of this information.”
He said the CTF’s ultimate goal is to uphold the principle of Canadians’ right to transparency and accountability in government institutions.
Drover said there’s nothing particularly special about what they hoped to discover from the advertising expenditures, especially when compared to the CTF’s earlier discoveries of executives receiving fat bonuses.
In August, a survey commissioned by the CTF, conducted by Leger, found that 69% of Canadians opposed the CBC paying out $18.4 million tax dollars to bonuses in that year.
He
said this is just one of many discrepancies the CTF has had with the
CBC regarding access to information requests. Drover said there are “a
number” of requests the taxpayer advocate group have made which now lay
in various stages of appeals.
“Whether that’s early
stages with arguing with the CBC on getting the information disclosed to
things under review by the OIC to what we’ve now reached on this
particular complaint, which is a court action,” Drover said.
He said in general, the requests are an attempt to gain clarity on how the CBC is operating, especially since funding the CBC is a “live issue” in the next general election. He said that, on the one hand, the Conservatives vowed to defund the organization, while the Liberals pledged an increase and even double its funding for the state-sponsored broadcaster.
“Voters have a right to be informed and express their opinion on how their tax dollars are being used,” Drover said. “Without this information, Canadian citizens are being devoid of that right to freedom of expression.”
Chuck Thompson the head of public affairs at the CBC, told True North that it stands by its use of the exemption in the Access to Information Act, citing it can be done if it’s reasonably expected to cause harm to the corporation.
“That exemption was properly applied in this instance, as confirmed by the Office of the Information Commissioner,” he said. “We are reviewing the application filed by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and will respond to it in due course.”
Additional information on : T-616-25
Type : Federal Court
Nature of Cause : Access to Information
Office : Ottawa Language : English
Type of Action : Non-Action
Filing Date : 2025-02-24
Party Information:
| Party Name | Solicitor | Lawyer(s) / file no |
|---|---|---|
| CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (THE) | - | - |
| Canadian Taxpayers Federation | DEVIN DROVER | DROVER, DEVIN |
| Thorpe, Ryan | - | - |
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Devin Drover
Atlantic Director and General Counsel
Devin Drover joined the CTF as the Atlantic Director and General Counsel in 2024 after working for five years in private legal practice representing clients in legal actions against municipal, provincial and federal governments. This advocacy work brought him all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as all levels of court in Newfoundland and Labrador and various administrative bodies.
Devin holds combined Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration degrees from Dalhousie University, as well as a Bachelor of Science (Economics) degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador.
During his studies, Devin served as the Atlantic Coordinator for the CTF’s student organization, Generation Screwed; a researcher and writer for True North News and the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies; and, as a chapter leader for Runnymede Society, a national constitutional law membership organization.
In his free time, Devin enjoys spending time with his wife Melissa, and walking their dog, Gigi, in his hometown of St. John’s, NL.
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The Government of Canada announces the appointments of Ellen C.
Desmond and Nirmala Naidoo as regional members of the Canadian
Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
OTTAWA, ON, June 25, 2020 /CNW/ - The Honourable Steven Guilbeault,
Minister of Canadian Heritage, today announced two new appointments to
the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
(CRTC): Ellen C. Desmond as regional member for Atlantic and Nunavut,
and Nirmala Naidoo as regional member for Alberta and Northwest
Territories. Each will serve a five-year term.
Ellen C. Desmond, of New Brunswick, is the Director of Legal and
Administration with the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board.
Prior to joining the Energy Board in 2006, Ms. Desmond was engaged in
private practice for over 12 years. Ms. Desmond received a Bachelor of
Arts from St. Thomas University, a Bachelor of Law from the University
of New Brunswick (UNB), a Masters in Social Work from Carleton
University and a Masters in Law from York University. She has taught
on a part time basis at UNB Law School for several years. Ms. Desmond
is the current Chair of the Administrative Law Section for the
Canadian Bar Association (New Brunswick Branch), a member of the Board
for Symphony New Brunswick, a member of the Accounting and Auditing
Standards Oversight Council, and the Atlantic Canada Lead for Women
General Counsel Canada.
Nirmala Naidoo, of Alberta, is a veteran award-winning television
anchor, journalist and communications expert. She has worked for CTV's
W5, NBC London, Christian Science Monitor Television (London), Visnews
(London), and Middle East Broadcasting (London). She was the evening
news anchor for Global Calgary and CBC Calgary. She is an outspoken
advocate and keynote speaker for human rights issues. Ms. Naidoo is
also a champion of environmental sustainability and worked as a senior
manager for the Alberta Climate Change Office and Executive Director
for Green Calgary. She holds a Bachelor's degree in arts from the
University of Alberta and an Honours Bachelor's degree in journalism
from Carleton University.
The CRTC is an administrative tribunal that regulates and supervises
broadcasting and telecommunications on behalf of Canadians. The
Commission is dedicated to ensuring that media content creators and
consumers have access to a world-class communication system that
promotes innovation and enriches their lives.
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"Today, I have the pleasure of announcing the appointments of Ellen C.
Desmond and Nirmala Naidoo as regional members of the CRTC. Their
extensive expertise in the industry will be strong assets to the CRTC.
I am confident that they will play a pivotal role in bringing forward
their respective region's perspectives. Congratulations to both of
you! These positions were previously occupied by Christopher MacDonald
and Linda Vennard, and I'd like to thank them both for the proven
leadership they displayed during their time at the CRTC."
—The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Heritage
Quick Facts
In 2016, the Government of Canada adopted a new approach to
Governor-in-Council appointments. This approach respects the principle
of diversity and is based on an open, transparent and merit-based
selection process. It results in the recommendation of competent
candidates who reflect Canadian diversity.
As they become available, all appointment opportunities within the 16
organizations in the Canadian Heritage Portfolio are posted on the
Governor in Council Appointments website. Those interested can apply
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Subject: RE: While Bill Morneau is in Fat Fred City talking to Perrin Beatty Mulroney' first Minister of National Revenue perhaps they should review a motion I filed in Federal Court before he became a Cabinet Minister
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File No T-1557-15 we just talked again
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Subject: While Bill Morneau is in Fat Fred City talking to Perrin Beatty Mulroney' first Minister of National Revenue perhaps they should review a motion I filed in Federal Court before he became a Cabinet Minister
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Hey Perrin Beatty et al
Please enjoy the pdf file hereto attached Page 10 in Tab E of my
Appeal Book tells an intersting tale about Mr Morneau and mean old me.
Obviously I approached the wealthy dude Mr Morneau before polling day
just like I did with you before you won your first seat as an MP from
Montreal N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger" ???
So Mr MorneauI wonder if you checked the Federal Court docket when you
were in Fat Fred City nearly two months before I stood in court.
I must say you said some interesting things out of the gate in this interview.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/programs/informationmorningfredericton/bill-morneau-1.3521168
Bill Morneau
Air Date: Apr 05, 2016 1:00 AM AT
Information Morning - Fredericton
Bill Morneau
02:21 15:15
Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau is in Fredericton AGAIN TODAY.
Do tell do you LIEbranos dudes have any idea how many emails and
documents etc of mine you have acknowledged since 2003 or how many of
your minions have played dumb with me during during the same period of
time particularly during 5 elections I ran within against you and
Harper too?
Its truly amazing to me that I have been arguing your lawyers in
Federal Court for nearly two years and yet you still continue to play
dumb even when I get an email from the Minister of Revenue just before
I stood before the Federal Court of Appeal and Mr Morneau even
acknowledged it DUHHH???.
Mr Morneau if your minions forgot that acknowleged the receipt of many
of my aforementioned emails simply scrolll down to review. (BTW I also
added proof of one I got today and another older email that should
interest al lot of Doctors these days who don't like you closing
loopholes for them while you dudes protect your money)
Whereas as you dudes won't respond to me perhaps you will enjoy
reading what the news dudes say about you. I know I do as I prepare to
file several more lawsuits. Scroll down to review some juicy ones I
have selected. Need I say that I find it commical that most of the
spin is written by the Canadian Press then the other news outfits just
republish it?
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369
BTW I am in Fat Fred City (Preparing some documents to file in Federal
Court)Perhaps Brucey Baby Livesey still is too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51CkrmrD4uA
Asking a few questions at the Bruce Livesey lecture on the Irving
lecture in Fredericton!!!
Charles Leblanc
Published on Sep 21, 2017
Maybe Brucey Baby will give me a call back and we can have a long pow
wow about why he should write another book about the Thieves of Bay
Street EH?
Livesy should have asked me long ago about the missing Yankee
transcript and webcast about Mutual Funds and what Canadian company
now owns Putnam Investments and why.
https:https://www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=90F8E691-9065-4F8C-A465-72722B47E7F2//www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=90F8E691-9065-4F8C-A465-72722B47E7F2
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the
Mutual Fund Industry
November 20, 2003 02:00 PM
The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a
series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and
Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.”
Archived Webcast
Witness Panel 1
Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
Director - Division of Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mr. Robert Glauber
Chairman and CEO
National Association of Securities Dealers
Eliot Spitzer
Attorney General
State of New York
Everybody knows I am the whistleblower who caused the hearing. All you
got to do is put pages 1 and 2 and 13 together then pick up the phone
and ask me a few questions. I am not a shy guy and we already talked
before N'esy Pas Brucey Baby?
https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right
This part of the article about Livesey's' book was truly funny to me.
http://nationalpost.com/afterword/book-review-thieves-of-bay-street-by-bruce-livesey
Book Review: Thieves of Bay Street, by Bruce Livesey
"And no crook in Canada has come close to the US$52-billion stolen by
Bernard Madoff while the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
which had massive reports accusing him of fraud, looked the other way.
Gaming the system is not a uniquely Canadian talent."
Livesey's many Media Co-op buddies and everybody else in the know in
Fat Fred City knew in 2009 that I was involved in making Madoff change
his plea to guilty. You know Werner Bock, Danny Boy Fitzgerald and
his well heeled daddy Tony quite well CORRECT Tracy Baby?
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2009/03/david-amos-to-wendy-olsen-on.html
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From: "Olsen, Wendy (USANYS)" Wendy.Olsen@usdoj.gov
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:21:08 -0400
Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY
To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, USANYS-MADOFF
USANYS.MADOFF@usdoj.gov, "Litt, Marc (USANYS)" Marc.Litt@usdoj.gov Cc:
webo webo@xplornet.com, vasilescua@sec.gov, friedmani@sec.gov,
krishnamurthyp@sec.gov
Thank you for your response.
Wendy Olsen
Victim Witness Coordinator
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Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:48 AM
To: USANYS-MADOFF; Olsen, Wendy (USANYS); Litt, Marc (USANYS)
Cc: webo; vasilescua@sec.gov; friedmani@sec.gov; krishnamurthyp@sec.gov
Subject: RE: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY
Ms Olsen
Thank you for keeping me informed.
Yes unseal all my emails with all their attachments immediately and
make certain that the US Attorny's office finally practices full
disclosurement as to who I am and what my concerns are as per the Rule
of Law within a purported democracy.
As you folks all well know I am not a shy man and I have done nothing
wrong. It appears to me that bureacratic people only use the right to
privacy of others when it suits their malicious ends in order to
protect their butts from impreacment, litigation and prosecution.
The people in the US Attorney's Office and the SEC etc are very well
aware that I protested immediately to everyone I could think of when
the instant I knew that my correspondences went under seal and Madoff
pled guilty so quickly and yet another cover up involing my actions
was under full steam. Everybody knows that.the US Government has been
trying to keep my concerns about the rampant public corruption a
secret for well over seven long years. However now that a lot of
people and their countries in general are losing a lot of money people
are beginning to remember just exactly who I am and what i did
beginning over seven years ago..
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
506 756 8687
P.S. For the record Obviously I pounced on these Yankee bastards as
soon as the newsrag in Boston published this article on the web last
night.
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1162354&format=&page=2&listingType=biz#articleFull
http://nbmediacoop.org/2017/08/05/nb-media-co-ops-8th-annual-general-meeting-with-bruce-livesey/
NB Media Co-op’s 8th Annual General Meeting with Bruce Livesey
Obviously even your media pals the Irvings wrote about Mr Morneau this week
but if you are like you blogger pal Chucky Leblanc and don't like to
read then just watch what what is left of Ezzy Levant's rebels have to
say.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkIJNDDifK8
Liberal Finance Minister's inherited wealth, tax havens
Rebel Canada
Published on Sep 5, 2017
Sheila Gunn Reid of TheRebel.media was prompted by a Liberal MP's jab
at farmers living in "gated communities" to investigate how one of his
bosses lives: https://www.therebel.media/gated_comm...
https://www.telegraphjournal.com/tribune/story/100348832/bill-morneau-canada-tax-reform-fredericton-canadian-chamber-of-commerce?source=story-top
Minister's visiting N.B. to tackle tough tax talk
ADAM BOWIE The Daily Gleaner
September 21, 2017
Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau will visit Fredericton this
weekend to discuss his government's proposed tax reforms with business
leaders from across the country during the Canadian Chamber of
Commerce's annual general meeting.
Krista Ross, CEO of the Fredericton chamber, said Morneau is expected
to make a presentation, then field questions from the room as part of
a question-and-answer session.
In a news conference to be held afterwards, she said, five local
business professionals will share their concerns about how the
proposed changes - which the government insists are designed to make
the taxation model more "fair" - could affect their operations.
She said she's grateful Morneau will attend the meeting to hear
directly from the Canadian business community.
"We're hopeful that he will be receptive to our comments," she said.
"So far, we haven't seen a lot of movement. We've been told that he's
looking at making some tweaks [to the proposed changes]. But we think
that, first of all, we need some more time to have a better
consultation."
Perrin Beatty, president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce,
said it'll be an important opportunity to further debate these
potential changes.
“We are grateful to Minister Morneau for taking time to speak to our
network about these proposed changes. In my 10 years at the chamber, I
have never seen an issue that generated greater concern among our
members,” he said in a news release.
Morneau has said the government is currently in "listening mode,"
hoping to gather feedback about the changes they've proposed.
He's said the proposal has been supported by a number of national
organizations, including the Canadian Labour Congress, the Canadian
Nurses Association, Canadians for Tax Fairness, the Canadian
Association of Social Workers, the Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives and the Broadbent Institute.
The current tax system allows someone earning $300,000 to use a
private corporation “to save about as much as the average Canadian
earns in a year,” Morneau wrote in a letter he sent to three National
Democratic Party MPs who had criticized the changes.
“This leads to situations where an incorporated doctor can be taxed at
a lower rate than a nurse practitioner or police officer.”
- With files from The Canadian Press.
https://globalnews.ca/news/3711319/bill-morneau-small-business-tax-plan/
Bill Morneau tries to soothe Liberal MPs’ fears over small business
tax plan backlash
By Joan Bryden The Canadian Press
August 31, 2017 7:52 pm
Bill Morneau tries to soothe Liberal MPs’ fears over small business
tax plan backlash
By Joan Bryden The Canadian Press
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Finance Minister Bill Morneau speaks with reporters following a
meeting at the Assembly of First Nations annual general meeting in
Regina on Thursday, July 27, 2017.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau speaks with reporters following a
meeting at the Assembly of First Nations annual general meeting in
Regina on Thursday, July 27, 2017.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Taylor
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OTTAWA – Bill Morneau is scrambling to calm the fears of nervous
Liberal backbenchers who’ve been inundated with complaints about the
finance minister’s plan eliminate loopholes that give some wealthy
small business owners an unfair tax advantage.
The finance minister hosted an hour-long conference call Thursday with
Liberal MPs, aimed at listening to their concerns, giving them the
tools to counter what he considers rampant misinformation about his
plan and reassuring them that the government is open to adjusting the
proposals to avoid any unintended consequences.
That’s in addition to dozens of one-on-one calls Morneau and his staff
have been making in recent weeks to quell anxiety among government
caucus members.
READ MORE: Small business owners angry about proposed Liberal tax changes
The conference call came as Liberal MPs prepared to air their concerns
and push for changes to the proposals during a caucus retreat next
week in Kelowna, B.C.
And it came as opposition to the proposals intensified.
Some 35 organizations across the country representing doctors,
lawyers, farmers, financial planners, homebuilders, shop owners and
other incorporated small businesses came together Thursday to create
the Coalition for Small Business Tax Fairness – billed as “a unified
voice to oppose” the proposed tax changes.
READ MORE: Conservative leader Andrew Scheer warns small business tax
could kill jobs on trip to Alberta
“These proposals, while intended to target the wealthy, will hurt
middle-class business owners from every sector of the economy,” said
Dan Kelly, president of the Canadian Federation of Independent
Business, a member of the coalition.
“In ten years at the Canadian chamber, I’ve never seen an issue that
has generated greater concern among our members,” added Perrin Beatty,
president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, another coalition
member.
Amid that rhetoric, Morneau spokesman Daniel Lauzon confirmed that the
minister spent more than an hour Thursday on a conference call with
Liberal backbenchers.
WATCH: How proposed tax changes will affect Calgary businesses
“The purpose of the call was really for the minister to listen to his
colleagues, to dispel some myths and clearly state why the notion of
tax fairness and our promise to the middle class are really at the
heart of what we’re proposing here,” said Lauzon.
“And that was an important conversation to have, and an important
conversation to have ahead of Kelowna.”
The backlash has been building since mid-July, when Morneau released a
controversial, three-pronged plan aimed at closing tax loopholes used
by a growing number of small businesses, creating what he called an
“unfair playing field.”
One change would restrict the ability of business owners to lower
their tax rate by sprinkling income to family members in lower tax
brackets, even if those family members do no work for the business.
Another would limit the use of private corporations to make passive
investments in things like stocks or real estate.
WATCH: Canadians pay on average 42.5 per cent of their income in taxes: report
The third change would limit the ability to convert a corporation’s
regular income into capital gains that are typically taxed at a lower
rate.
Among the myths Morneau is trying to dispel is the coalition’s
contention that his proposals will impact all small business owners,
two thirds of whom are middle-class Canadians earning less than
$73,000 per year.
Morneau contends the proposed change to passive investment income will
have negligible impact on anyone making less than $150,000 per year.
“Under this amount there is very little benefit from the loophole
because you could simply max out your RRSP and TFSA (tax free savings
account),” said Lauzon.
READ MORE: Federal tax changes could be ‘catastrophic’ for Nova Scotia doctors
“But the more you make, the more you stand to benefit from these
loopholes, which effectively provide a tax sheltered account over and
above what is available to you, me and everyone else.”
Finance officials argue that closing the loophole will affect only
those small business owners who still have money to shelter from taxes
after they’ve maxed out their RRSPs and TFSAs each year – something
only three per cent of Canadians can afford to do.
That’s consistent, they maintain, with the Liberal government’s core
principle of making the wealthiest one per cent of Canadians pay more
so that taxes for the middle class can be reduced and services
increased.
Other “myths” include the argument – made by the coalition in a letter
Thursday to Morneau – that corporations use passive investments as
insurance against emergencies and unforeseen costs. Finance officials
say any money set aside for business purposes won’t be impacted by the
changes, which will apply only to investments made for personal
benefit by the business owner.
READ MORE: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says TransLink is paying
its executives too much
The coalition argues that the so-called loopholes are intended to
recognize the greater risks small business owners face, including
using their family homes as collateral against business loans and
having no access to unemployment insurance.
But Finance officials counter that those risks are recognized by a
host of other preferential tax measures afforded to small businesses,
including the lowest small business tax rate among G7 countries. The
intent, they say, was never to create an unlimited tax shelter for the
wealthy who incorporate their businesses.
Over the past 15 years, officials say the number of
Canadian-controlled private corporations has increased by 600,000, to
1.8 million, with many small business owners – particularly
professionals such as doctors – incorporating to take advantage of the
tax loopholes.
© 2017 The Canadian Press
http://nationalpost.com/opinion/kelly-mcparland-why-do-fair-tax-crusaders-trudeau-and-morneau-suddenly-look-so-nervous
Kelly McParland: Why do tax crusaders Trudeau and Morneau suddenly
look so nervous?
Trudeau and Morneau are standing behind their privileges while trying
to remove them from others
Kelly McParland
"Of the two, Morneau is by far the richer. He has family wealth and
marital wealth, having wedded into one of Canada’s richest families.
He has numbered companies on top of numbered companies. He reportedly
has an investment company based in Alberta, which is a long way from
the family home in Ontario. Is Morneau pulling a Mike Duffy, claiming
a benefit in one province even though everyone knows he lives
elsewhere?
We have no way of knowing, because neither the prime minister nor
finance minister has provided the transparency needed to find out.
That’s their right and privilege, and they’re standing behind their
privileges while trying to remove them from others."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/morneau-finance-minister-tax-changes-liberal-government-1.4302751
'It could be catastrophic': Morneau draws criticism from business,
concerns from N.S. premier
Finance minister in Halifax today talking about controversial tax
changes for small businesses
The Canadian Press Posted: Sep 22, 2017 3:51 PM AT
Finance Minister Bill Morneau is in Halifax today for his "listening
tour" about Ottawa's controversial tax proposals, drawing criticism
from some small business owners and concerns from Nova Scotia's
Liberal premier.
Morneau met with local small business owners at a library in downtown
Halifax, and said afterwards he heard concerns about the changes, but
also an understanding that a system is needed that is fair for all
Canadians.
Proposed tax changes could drive doctors out of country, physician warns
He met later with Premier Stephen McNeil, who told reporters Friday
that he was concerned about the impact the tax changes could have on
health-care recruitment in a province already dealing with a family
doctor shortage.
"I've raised the issues that I've heard from Nova Scotians and I've
raised my concerns that I have with them as well around the impact I
believe it will have on our province," McNeil said at the Nova Scotia
Legislature.
Ottawa doctor joins group backing proposed tax reforms
"The opposition is clearly wrong in looking at this solely as a
financial one for the province. There's a much greater risk in my view
— looking at what will this do around health-care recruitment, doctors
and health-care providers."
Level playing field
Morneau's proposal has drawn complaints from doctors, lawyers, tax
planners and other small business owners who have used incorporation
to reduce their income tax burden.
But Morneau said the changes are meant to end tax advantages that some
wealthy business owners have unfairly exploited and to ensure all
Canadians have a level playing field.
Bill Morneau meeting
Finance Minister Bill Morneau (centre) meets with Gatineau business
leaders as Greg Fergus (left), Liberal MP for Hull Aylmer, looks on in
Gatineau, Que., on Sept. 20. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand)
McNeil said the status quo allows doctors to plan for their retirement
and is also an important tool for small business owners that allows
them to reinvest in their businesses or to weather a change in the
economy.
"It's an important tool that entrepreneurs need to have to be able to
do that, otherwise there's only one other avenue for them: to go try
to find leverage somewhere else from a lending institution and we
believe the mechanism in place has worked well for the province," said
McNeil.
'Could be catastrophic'
Doctors Nova Scotia, the association that represents all physicians in
the province, said the organization is "absolutely concerned" about
the changes and a meeting is being held in Halifax on Saturday with
about 300 doctors to discuss the issue.
Kevin Chapman, the association's director of partnerships and finance,
said the province gave doctors the right to incorporate in the
mid-1990s as a way of retaining and recruiting physicians "at a time
they were leaving the province in fairly significant numbers."
Kevin Chapman
Kevin Chapman is director of partnerships and strategy for Doctors
Nova Scotia. (CBC)
"The irony is not lost on us that what incorporation was intended to
do back in 1995, it will have the opposite effect if these changes go
through. It could be catastrophic," said Chapman, adding that 75 per
cent of the province's doctors are incorporated.
"Physicians can't raise the rates. They are bound by contract in terms
of what they can charge.… So they have no way to offset the reductions
they might feel from these tax changes. We're running the risk that
physicians will naturally migrate to other jurisdictions where they
can make up that lost earning — or they'll retire."
Restrictions on income sprinkling
Morneau first released the three-part tax plan in mid-July.
The tax proposals include restrictions on the ability of business
owners to reduce their tax rate by sprinkling their income to family
members in lower tax brackets, even if those family members do not
contribute to the company.
Saskatoon business owners protest federal tax changes
Morneau also proposed limits on the use of private corporations to
make passive investments that are unrelated to the company. Another
change would limit business owners' ability to convert regular income
of a corporation into capital gains, which are typically taxed at a
lower rate.
Tax loophole is 'simply wrong,' says Vancouver doctor backing
federal reform proposal
Morneau has said there is a lot of misinformation circulating about
the impacts of the proposals and Ottawa has been trying to bring
clarity to the debate.
The government launched a 75-day public consultation period in July,
which ends Oct. 2. Morneau has said he's listening to feedback about
the proposals and he's open to making changes, if necessary.
Is it a done deal?
Matthew MacKenzie was one of a handful of small business owners
invited to Friday's closed-door meeting in Halifax. He and his wife
own two companies: MacKenzie Atlantic Tool & Die and MacKenzie
Healthcare Technologies.
He said that while he agrees that it is unfair for business owners to
sprinkle income among their kids and parents, he does not agree that
it is unfair to split it with a spouse, given the added risk that
comes along with business ownership.
Doctor who backs tax reforms says it 'just makes sense to pay into society'
"The minister was quite clear that this is still a proposed
legislation, nothing is in stone and they are consulting. I don't know
if it truly felt like that today to me or to anybody else in that
room," said MacKenzie.
"I feel pretty strongly by the tone in the room and the tone by Mr.
Morneau that there are a lot of decisions that they've made that
they're going to stick to regardless of what concerns are made by the
general public or by business owners. Specifically, in relation to
income splitting."
Morneau takes his consultation tour to Fredericton on Saturday to the
Canadian Chamber of Commerce's annual general meeting.
Pallister, small business owners blast Trudeau government's tax reforms
With a file from Global News
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Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 20:13:02 -0400
Subject: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing today in Federal
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minions who think they are above the law and the rest of us as well
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david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, emb.ottawa@mfa.is, pmilliken@cswan.com,
lmcquaig@sympatico.ca, Bill.Morneau@canada.ca,
glenn@glennsigurdson.com, con.winnipeg@mfa.is, benedikt@ucalgary.ca,
j.o.jonsson@accesscomm.ca, brinklow@upei.ca,
gord@prospectfinancial.net, jacqueline@girouardconsultant.ca,
iceland@forum-americas.org, kalbfleischa@bennettjones.com,
robert.hickey@mcinnescooper.com, rmellish@cbcl.ca,
n.remillard@forum-americas.org, postur@dmr.is, Stephen.Horsman@gnb.ca,
mike.obrienfred@gmail.com, andre@jafaust.com, jbosnitch@gmail.com,
leanne.murray@mcinnescooper.com, David.Coon@gnb.ca, gopublic@cbc.ca,
cbcinvestigates@cbc.ca, jeremy.keefe@globalnews.ca,
kelly@lamrockslaw.com, Crhis@duffie.ca
Cc: miami@forum-americas.org, hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca,
Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.gc.ca, bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, mcu@justice.gc.ca,
jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca, fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca
May 24th
https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
April 3rd
https://archive.org/details/April32017JusticeLeblancHearing
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/05/oh-my-my-this-what-i-get-from-feds-just.html
Trust that I don't care what Chucky Leblanc, of Cpl Horseman and Cst
Urquhart and their many cohorts bullshit about mean old me anymore.
Its my turn to turn the worms and watch them squirm as I bust their
balls in a bigtime political fashion while going after my old Panhead
that their evil buddies in the Fat Fred City Finest stole from me in
2007 then put Fat Fred City in its fine old review mirror.
However a lot of taxpayers may enjoy an email I got from the woman who
oversees the crooks in Revenue Canada just before I went to court
today N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK_LvCWoCwQ
Liberal Minister Stephen Horsman nomination meeting is tonight!!!!
Charles Leblanc
Published on May 24, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU3kcK6RdL8
David Amos Federal Court Date is today at 2:00pm at the Federal Building!!!
Charles Leblanc
Published on May 23, 2017
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/05/oh-my-my-this-what-i-get-from-feds-just.html
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Oh My My this what I get from the Feds Just before I appear before the
Federal Court of Canada AGAIN
Methinks a proud court jester just made fools out of Her Majesty the
Queen's minions right after Victoria Day EH?
https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
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From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)" fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 15:56:05 +0000
Subject: RE: Nicholas Rémillard holds a law degree from the University
of Ottawa Therefore he should certianly understand the documents I
sent and answer me in writing
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
comments.
Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
commentaires.
---------- Original message ----------
From: Póstur FOR postur@for.is
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 15:56:38 +0000
Subject: Re: Nicholas Rémillard holds a law degree from the University
of Ottawa Therefore he should certianly understand the documents I
sent and answer me in writing
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received
Kveðja / Best regards
Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office
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From: "Public Safety MCU / Sécurité publique UCM (PS/SP)"
ps.publicsafetymcu-securitepubliqueucm.sp@canada.ca
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 15:55:59 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Nicholas Rémillard holds a law degree from
the University of Ottawa Therefore he should certianly understand the
documents I sent and answer me in writing
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Merci d'avoir écrit à l'honorable Ralph Goodale, ministre de la
Sécurité publique et de la Protection civile.
En raison d'une augmentation importante du volume de la correspondance
adressée au ministre, veuillez prendre note qu'il pourrait y avoir un
retard dans le traitement de votre courriel. Soyez assuré que votre
message sera examiné avec soin.
*********
Thank you for writing to the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
Due to the significant increase in the volume of correspondence
addressed to the Minister, please note that there may be a delay
processing your email. Rest assured that your message will be
carefully reviewed.
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Jensen, Jan" jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 15:55:36 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Nicholas Rémillard holds a law degree from
the University of Ottawa Therefore he should certianly understand the
documents I sent and answer me in writing
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
I will be out of the office until Thursday May 25, 2017 and I will
have limited access to email during that time. If you require
immediate assistance, please contact my assistant at (902) 426 1798.
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/05/re-my-calls-about-peter-milliken.html
Friday, 19 May 2017
Re My calls about Peter Milliken, Iceland and The Federal Court of
Canada File # T-1557-15 and the upcoming hearing on May 24th in
Fredericton New Brunswick
For the public record after I received the responses found below I
call Ingrid back. Trust that she was not nearly as nice to me as she
was on Friday. Anyway after she denied reading my emails that the
computers of her bosses in Iceland acknowledged, she told to keep my
calls to Iceland at minimum. I can only presume that order also
applies to their spokespersons in my native land as well. Correct Mr
Mellish et al?
Birgitta Jonsdottier and her old paly Julian Assane or anyone else
should find this Interesting if one considers the fact that the former
Icelandic Prime Minister in October of 2008 promised to get back to me
and never did. Then after the worldwide ecomomy to a nosedive and he
was ousted the Icelandic Minister of Finance apologized for the delay.
Howver to this very day Iceland has NEVER answered the HARD COPY I
sent them byway of their Ambassador in Ottawa and the Speaker of the
Canadian House by tracked Canada Post in the spring of 2006. At lease
the Canadian lawyer Peter Millliken was alway polite to me even the
Kevin Vickers and his many buddies in the RCMP etc NEVER were.
Go Figure why I must sue Iceland in the USA someday EH?.
http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2014/05/yo-birgitta-who-is-more-of-crook-julian.html
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Min.Mail / Courrier.Min (CRA/ARC)" PABMINMAILG@cra-arc.gc.ca
Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 13:10:52 +0000
Subject: Your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes - 2017-02631
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
Mr. David Raymond Amos
motomaniac333@gmail.com
Dear Mr. Amos:
Thank you for your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes,
and for your understanding regarding the delay of this response.
This is an opportunity for me to address your concerns about the way
the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) deals with aggressive tax planning,
tax avoidance, and tax evasion by targeting individuals and groups
that promote schemes intended to avoid payment of tax. It is also an
opportunity for me to present the Government of Canada’s main
strategies for ensuring fairness for all taxpayers.
The CRA’s mission is to preserve the integrity of Canada’s tax system,
and it is taking concrete and effective action to deal with abusive
tax schemes. Through federal budget funding in 2016 and 2017, the
government has committed close to $1 billion in cracking down on tax
evasion and combatting tax avoidance at home and through the use of
offshore transactions. This additional funding is expected to generate
federal revenues of $2.6 billion over five years for Budget 2016, and
$2.5 billion over five years for Budget 2017.
More precisely, the CRA is cracking down on tax cheats by hiring more
auditors, maintaining its underground economy specialist teams,
increasing coverage of aggressive goods and service tax/harmonized
sales tax planning, increasing coverage of multinational corporations
and wealthy individuals, and taking targeted actions aimed at
promoters of abusive tax schemes.
On the offshore front, the CRA continues to develop tools to improve
its focus on high‑risk taxpayers. It is also considering changes to
its Voluntary Disclosures Program following the first set of program
recommendations received from an independent Offshore Compliance
Advisory Committee. In addition, the CRA is leading international
projects to address the base erosion and profit shifting initiative of
the G20 and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development, and is collaborating with treaty partners to address the
Panama Papers leaks.
These actions are evidence of the government’s commitment to
protecting tax fairness. The CRA has strengthened its intelligence and
technical capacities for the early detection of abusive tax
arrangements and deterrence of those who participate in them. To
ensure compliance, it has increased the number of actions aimed at
promoters who use illegal schemes. These measures include increased
audits of such promoters, improved information gathering, criminal
investigations where warranted, and better communication with
taxpayers.
To deter potential taxpayer involvement in these schemes, the CRA is
increasing notifications and warnings through its communications
products. It also seeks partnerships with tax preparers, accountants,
and community groups so that they can become informed observers who
can educate their clients.
The CRA will assess penalties against promoters and other
representatives who make false statements involving illegal tax
schemes. The promotion of tax schemes to defraud the government can
lead to criminal investigations, fingerprinting, criminal prosecution,
court fines, and jail time.
Between April 1, 2011, and March 31, 2016, the CRA’s criminal
investigations resulted in the conviction of 42 Canadian taxpayers for
tax evasion with links to money and assets held offshore. In total,
the $34 million in evaded taxes resulted in court fines of $12 million
and 734 months of jail time.
When deciding to pursue compliance actions through the courts, the CRA
consults the Department of Justice Canada to choose an appropriate
solution. Complex tax-related litigation is costly and time consuming,
and the outcome may be unsuccessful. All options to recover amounts
owed are considered.
More specifically, in relation to the KPMG Isle of Man tax avoidance
scheme, publicly available court records show that it is through the
CRA’s efforts that the scheme was discovered. The CRA identified many
of the participants and continues to actively pursue the matter. The
CRA has also identified at least 10 additional tax structures on the
Isle of Man, and is auditing taxpayers in relation to these
structures.
To ensure tax fairness, the CRA commissioned an independent review in
March 2016 to determine if it had acted appropriately concerning KPMG
and its clients. In her review, Ms. Kimberley Brooks, Associate
Professor and former Dean of the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie
University, examined the CRA’s operational processes and decisions in
relation to the KPMG offshore tax structure and its efforts to obtain
the names of all taxpayers participating in the scheme. Following this
review, the report, released on May 5, 2016, concluded that the CRA
had acted appropriately in its management of the KPMG Isle of Man
file. The report found that the series of compliance measures the CRA
took were in accordance with its policies and procedures. It was
concluded that the procedural actions taken on the KPMG file were
appropriate given the facts of this particular case and were
consistent with the treatment of taxpayers in similar situations. The
report concluded that actions by CRA employees were in accordance with
the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct. There was no
evidence of inappropriate interaction between KPMG and the CRA
employees involved in the case.
Under the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct, all CRA
employees are responsible for real, apparent, or potential conflicts
of interests between their current duties and any subsequent
employment outside of the CRA or the Public Service of Canada.
Consequences and corrective measures play an important role in
protecting the CRA’s integrity.
The CRA takes misconduct very seriously. The consequences of
misconduct depend on the gravity of the incident and its repercussions
on trust both within and outside of the CRA. Misconduct can result in
disciplinary measures up to dismissal.
All forms of tax evasion are illegal. The CRA manages the Informant
Leads Program, which handles leads received from the public regarding
cases of tax evasion across the country. This program, which
coordinates all the leads the CRA receives from informants, determines
whether there has been any non-compliance with tax law and ensures
that the information is examined and conveyed, if applicable, so that
compliance measures are taken. This program does not offer any reward
for tips received.
The new Offshore Tax Informant Program (OTIP) has also been put in
place. The OTIP offers financial compensation to individuals who
provide information related to major cases of offshore tax evasion
that lead to the collection of tax owing. As of December 31, 2016, the
OTIP had received 963 calls and 407 written submissions from possible
informants. Over 218 taxpayers are currently under audit based on
information the CRA received through the OTIP.
With a focus on the highest-risk sectors nationally and
internationally and an increased ability to gather information, the
CRA has the means to target taxpayers who try to hide their income.
For example, since January 2015, the CRA has been collecting
information on all international electronic funds transfers (EFTs) of
$10,000 or more ending or originating in Canada. It is also adopting a
proactive approach by focusing each year on four jurisdictions that
raise suspicion. For the Isle of Man, the CRA audited 3,000 EFTs
totalling $860 million over 12 months and involving approximately 800
taxpayers. Based on these audits, the CRA communicated with
approximately 350 individuals and 400 corporations and performed 60
audits.
In January 2017, I reaffirmed Canada’s important role as a leader for
tax authorities around the world in detecting the structures used for
aggressive tax planning and tax evasion. This is why Canada works
daily with the Joint International Tax Shelter Information Centre
(JITSIC), a network of tax administrations in over 35 countries. The
CRA participates in two expert groups within the JITSIC and leads the
working group on intermediaries and proponents. This ongoing
collaboration is a key component of the CRA’s work to develop strong
relationships with the international community, which will help it
refine the world-class tax system that benefits all Canadians.
The CRA is increasing its efforts and is seeing early signs of
success. Last year, the CRA recovered just under $13 billion as a
result of its audit activities on the domestic and offshore fronts.
Two-thirds of these recoveries are the result of its audit efforts
relating to large businesses and multinational companies.
But there is still much to do, and additional improvements and
investments are underway.
Tax cheats are having a harder and harder time hiding. Taxpayers who
choose to promote or participate in malicious and illegal tax
strategies must face the consequences of their actions. Canadians
expect nothing less. I invite you to read my most recent statement on
this matter at canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/news/2017/03/
statement_from_thehonourabledianelebouthillierministerofnational.
Thank you for taking the time to write. I hope the information I have
provided is helpful.
Sincerely,
The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier
Minister of National Revenue
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 11:25:08 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo Bill Morneau I am listening to your Liebrano pal
Victor Boudreau talking to the sneaky CBC dude Terry Seguin right now
about why he and Rogers and Gallant bolted
To: David Amos
The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
comments.
Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
commentaires.
---------- Original message ----------
From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)" fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 08:23:40 +0000
Subject: RE: Methinks NB's Mindless Energy Minister Rick Doucet and
your evil buddies David Coon, Andre Faust, Mark D'Arcy and CBC should
enjoy the June 15 and Sept 21, 2017 transcripts of the EUB hearings
N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc?
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
comments.
Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
commentaires.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 11:25:20 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo Bill Morneau I am listening to your Liebrano pal
Victor Boudreau talking to the sneaky CBC dude Terry Seguin right now
about why he and Rogers and Gallant bolted
To: David Amos
Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick. Please be
assured that your email will be reviewed and if a response is
requested, it will be forthcoming.
Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du
Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré(e) que votre courriel sera examiné
et qu’une réponse vous parviendra à sa demande.
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 07:25:02 -0400
Subject: Yo Bill Morneau I am listening to your Liebrano pal Victor
Boudreau talking to the sneaky CBC dude Terry Seguin right now about
why he and Rogers and Gallant bolted
To: "Bill.Morneau"
minhsal@leg.gov.mb.ca, premier
"brian.gallant"
Cc: David Amos
asilnicki@healthcoalition.ca, "Gilles.Blinn"
Enjoy my blog about the topic
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/01/re-grinch-that-stole-national-health.html
Tuesday, 3 January 2017
Re The grinch that stole a national health accord Yo Bill Morneau you
should tell your Liebrano pal Victor Boudreau that I just talked to
the socalist Ms. Silnicki again and she remembered Mean Old Me
http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/infomornfred_20170103_92696.mp3
---------- Original message ----------
From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 14:07:23 +0000
Subject: RE: Re The grinch that stole a national health accord Yo Bill
Morneau you should tell your Liebrano pal Victor Boudreau that I just
talked to the socalist Ms. Silnicki again and she remembered Mean Old
Me
To: David Amos
The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
comments.
Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
commentaires.
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 14:07:29 +0000
Subject: RE: Re The grinch that stole a national health accord Yo Bill
Morneau you should tell your Liebrano pal Victor Boudreau that I just
talked to the socalist Ms. Silnicki again and she remembered Mean Old
Me
To: David Amos
Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick. Please be
assured that your email will be reviewed and if a response is
requested, it will be forthcoming.
Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du
Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré(e) que votre courriel sera examiné
et qu’une réponse vous parviendra à sa demande.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 09:45:24 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Yo Bill Morneau I have been challenged to make Federal
Case out of asserting my Right of Access to Health Care
To: asilnicki@healthcoalition.ca
Cc: David Amos
http://www.healthcoalition.ca/about-us/team/
Canadian Health Coalition
251 Bank Street, Suite 212
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1X3
(613) 688-4973
Send your feedback to: hello@healthcoalition.ca
Media Inquiries: asilnicki@healthcoalition.ca
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-health-accord-coalition-physicians-1.3909652
New Brunswick slammed as 'grinch that stole' a national health accord
Canadian Health Coalition 'discouraged' by bilateral deal, but
Canadian Medical Association 'pleased'
By Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, CBC News Posted: Dec 22, 2016 6:15 PM AT
"The Canadian Health Coalition wants the federal, provincial and
territorial governments to return to the table and work out a national
health accord, says national co-ordinator Adrienne Silnicki.
(Twitter/Adrienne Silnicki)"
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 10:07:10 -0400
Subject: Re The grinch that stole a national health accord Yo Bill
Morneau you should tell your Liebrano pal Victor Boudreau that I just
talked to the socalist Ms. Silnicki again and she remembered Mean Old
Me
To: "Bill.Morneau" , "Cathy.Rogers" , bruno.battistini@nbhrf.com,
premier , gopublic , "steve.murphy" , csousa.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org,
premier , rosemary.barton@cbc.ca, ministre@msss.gouv.qc.ca,
minhsal@leg.gov.mb.ca, premier , premier , PREMIER , premier , premier
, premier , "victor.boudreau" , "brian.gallant" , briangallant10 ,
BrianThomasMacdonald , "jake.stewart" , jbosnitch@gmail.com, oldmaison
, andre , sallybrooks25 , "sally.gomery" , "hon.ralph.goodale" ,
"hon.melanie.joly" , "Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc"
Cc: David Amos , asilnicki@healthcoalition.ca, "Gilles.Blinn"
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 20:55:38 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo Bill Morneau I have been challenged to make Federal
Case out of asserting my Right of Access to Health Care
To: David Amos
The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
comments.
Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
commentaires.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 20:55:41 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo Bill Morneau I have been challenged to make Federal
Case out of asserting my Right of Access to Health Care
To: David Amos
Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick. Please be
assured that your email has been received and it will be reviewed. If
a response is requested, it will be forthcoming.
Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du
Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré(e) que votre courriel a bien été
reçu, qu’il sera examiné et qu’une réponse vous parviendra à sa
demande.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/federal-minister-sisson-mine-9.7108609
Federal minister hopes to ‘move up’ Sisson Mine decision
Tim Hodgson calls proposed project ‘a fantastic card’ for New Brunswick to play for mineral exports
The federal natural resources minister says Ottawa hopes to accelerate the timeline for the Sisson Mine project.
Tim Hodgson said during a trip to New Brunswick that it could take until next year for Northcliff Resources to commit to building the mine, but that could change.
“The final target for an investment decision there is 2027, and we are working with New Brunswick and the proponent to see if we can move that up,” he told CBC News in an interview.
The $579-million project would extract tungsten and molybdenum from deposits in the Nashwaak River watershed northwest of Fredericton.
Last November, Prime Minister Mark Carney listed it among the projects forwarded for possible designation by the Major Projects Office, a designation that would trigger federal support.
Even without that designation, the mine will be eligible for faster approvals and help with financing, Hodgson said.
Ottawa looks to accelerate Sisson mine timeline“That’s a decision that gets worked out by the Major Projects Office and the proponent, and that’s ongoing right now,” Hodgson said.
Northcliff has not responded to interview requests from CBC News.
The company said in a Feb. 5 news release that it is updating its 2013 feasibility study and working on meeting the 40 conditions of the province’s environmental impact assessment issued in 2015.
Among those conditions are a water-quality monitoring plan, air quality approval, modelling for potential tailings-pond failures, an emergency response plan and a start of construction within five years.That start-work deadline has been extended three times by the province since 2015.
The province estimated a decade ago the mine could generate $280
million in royalties over its 27-year lifespan. (Submitted by Sisson
Mining Ltd.)There’s been no progress on the mine in the last decade because of low mineral prices on the global market.
But concern about China’s dominance in the supply of tungsten has revived interest in the project.
The U.S. government put $20.7 million Cdn into the project last May, and Hodgson’s department put up another $8.2 million in August to support the feasibility study.
Ottawa is also working on offtake agreements and price floors — two tools that would lock in long-term buyers for the minerals at a viable price.
“When you look at our G7 allies, when you look at our NATO allies, they are desperate for a new source of tungsten,” Hodgson said.
“That’s a fantastic card for Canada to play. That’s a fantastic card for New Brunswick to play.”
Premier Susan Holt has cited the mine as a cornerstone of her aspiration to kickstart the provincial economy as a way of coping with a large budget deficit.
The province estimated a decade ago the mine could generate $280 million in royalties over its 27-year lifespan.
John Herron, the provincial natural resources minister, says the federal effort to secure buyers for the minerals will make the mine more attractive to investors, which in turn should provide Northcliff with the capital required to push ahead.
“The good work that the federal government is doing on establishing price floors and offtake arrangements with European partners and the like — that is the role where we need to help the most from the federal government,” he said.
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Why We Vote Ep. 164: The Ballot Battles Continue with Attorney Harry MacDougald
Trump former DOJ lawyer Jeffrey Clark joins the CFPB
The Trump administration has installed Jeffrey Clark at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, bringing to the watchdog agency a former Trump lawyer who was indicted as part of the president's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Jeffrey Clark | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs | |
Acting | |
| Assumed office March 5, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Dominic Mancini (acting) |
| United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division | |
| Acting September 5, 2020 – January 14, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Ethan Davis (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Brian Boynton (acting) |
| United States Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division | |
| In office November 1, 2018 – January 14, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | John Cruden |
| Succeeded by | Todd Kim[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jeffrey Bossert Clark April 17, 1967 (age 58) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) University of Delaware (MA) Georgetown University (JD) |
Jeffrey Bossert Clark (born April 17, 1967)[2] is an American lawyer who is Acting Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget.[3] Clark was Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division from 2018 to 2021. In September 2020, he was also appointed acting head of the Civil Division. In 2020 and 2021, Clark allegedly helped then-president Donald Trump attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Clark's actions in that endeavor were reviewed by the District of Columbia Bar – the entity authorized by law to pursue attorney discipline and disbarment in the District of Columbia – which recommended discipline to the DC Court of Appeals in July 2022,[4][5][6] and in August 2024 its Board on Professional Responsibility recommended a two year suspension of his law license.[7] In July 2025, the board recommended to the appeals court that Clark be disbarred.[8][9] He was identified as an unindicted co-conspirator in the federal prosecution of Donald Trump over attempts to overturn the 2020 election.[10] On August 14, 2023, he was indicted along with 18 other people in the prosecution related to the 2020 election in Georgia.[11]
After Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election and Trump refused to concede while making false claims of fraud, Clark worked on ways to cast doubt on the election results.[12][13] Trump considered installing Clark as head of the Department of Justice when acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen refused to lend credence to Trump's false claims of fraud,[5][12] but backed off when faced with the prospect of mass resignations within the Department of Justice if he made the change.[14] Clark resigned from the Department of Justice on January 14, 2021, after controversy over his post-election actions.[15]
After the end of the Trump administration, Clark was briefly named the Chief of Litigation and Director of Strategy at the conservative-libertarian New Civil Liberties Alliance.[16][17][18] On December 1, 2021, the House committee on the January 6 attack voted to recommend contempt of Congress charges against Clark after he refused to comply with a subpoena.[19]
As of June 2022 Clark was working as a Senior Fellow and Director of Litigation at the Center for Renewing America, a conservative think tank founded by his friend Russell Vought, former director of the Office of Management and Budget.[20]
Early life and career
Clark was born on April 17, 1967, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2][21] He graduated from Father Judge High School in the Holmesburg section of Northeast Philadelphia.[22] He was on the parliamentary debate team at Harvard College, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in economics and history in 1989. He received a Master of Arts in urban affairs and public policy from the University of Delaware in 1993, and a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1995.[2]
After graduating from law school, Clark clerked for Judge Danny J. Boggs of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Cincinnati, Ohio).[23]
Clark joined Kirkland & Ellis as a lawyer during 1996–2001 and 2005–2018. During 2001–2005, he served in the George W. Bush administration as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Department.[23] At Kirkland & Ellis, Clark represented the United States Chamber of Commerce in lawsuits challenging the federal government's authority to regulate carbon emissions and the Environmental Protection Agency's "endangerment finding," while also a part of the team representing BP in lawsuits related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.[24]
From 2012 to 2015, he was a member of the governing council of the American Bar Association's Administrative Law Section.[2] He is also a member of the Federalist Society.[25]
Assistant Attorney General
In June 2017, Clark was nominated by President Donald Trump to become the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division.[26] He was confirmed by the Senate on October 11, 2018.[27] Within the division, Clark "developed a reputation for pushing aggressive conservative legal principles and taking a hands-on approach that drew kudos from some colleagues but often frustrated career lawyers on his team."[28]
Clark had opposed regulation of greenhouse gases.[29] In 2010, he had characterized US efforts to regulate greenhouse gases as "reminiscent of kind of a Leninistic program from the 1920s to seize control of the commanding heights of the economy."[30][31]
While Assistant Attorney General, Clark tried to delay the DOJ in seeking criminal and civil charges against North Dakota pipeline operator Summit Midstream Partners for its role in the largest-ever inland spill of waste water from oil drilling. Clark's attempts to delay the case led prosecutors under his supervision to go directly to Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen with the prosecutors arguing that Clark's rationale for delaying the case was inconsistent with "decades of case law". Ultimately, the DOJ proceeded with the case, which would become one of the largest water pollution cases in U.S. history. Summit Midstream Partners ultimately pleaded guilty and incurred $36.3 million in civil penalties.[32]
Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division
In September 2020, he was also appointed acting head of the Justice Department's Civil Division with the support of Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen.[33][34] Upon becoming the acting head of the civil division, Clark attempted unsuccessfully to include the government in lawsuits concerning defamation against Trump by E. Jean Carroll, who has accused Trump of raping her,[33][35] and against a former friend of First Lady Melania Trump.[33]
Attempts to overturn results of 2020 presidential election
In late December 2020 and early January 2021, Clark tried unsuccessfully to get the Justice Department to support Trump's attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.[34][36] After Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, Trump refused to concede and strove to overturn Biden's win, making false claims of election fraud. Clark became an ally of Trump in his attempt to overturn the election results. Clark was introduced to Trump by Republican congressman Scott Perry.[22][37] In late December 2020 Clark urged acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, his deputy Richard Donoghue, and other top Justice Department officials to have the Department announce it was investigating serious election fraud issues. They rejected the suggestion; Rosen and his predecessor William Barr had resisted pressure from Trump to interfere with or cast doubt on the election results.[38]
On December 28, 2020, Clark emailed Rosen and Donoghue a draft letter[39] which he reportedly had discussed with Perry, requesting they sign it. The letter had been emailed to Clark 20 minutes earlier by Ken Klukowski, senior counsel to Clark and a former legal analyst for Breitbart News; Klukowski had co-authored a 2010 book titled, The Blueprint: Obama’s Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency.[40]
The draft letter was addressed to officials in the state of Georgia, saying that the Justice Department had evidence that raised "significant concerns" about the election results in multiple states, contradicting what Barr had publicly announced weeks earlier. The letter suggested the Georgia legislature should "call itself into special session for [t]he limited purpose of considering issues pertaining to the appointment of Presidential Electors". Both Rosen and Donoghue refused to sign the letter, and it was never sent.[41][42]
In early January 2021, Clark challenged an intelligence briefing top Justice Department officials had received from Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe finding there was no evidence foreign powers had interfered with voting machines. He claimed intelligence community analysts were withholding information, saying he had heard that "a Dominion machine accessed the Internet through a smart thermostat with a net connection trail leading back to China."[43]
Attempted appointment as Acting Attorney General
Also in January, Trump considered replacing Rosen with Clark,[9] because he was disappointed that Rosen would not support his unsupported claims of fraud, while Clark had worked on ways to cast doubt on, or even overturn, the election results.[12] Trump expected that if Clark became acting attorney general, he would reverse the decisions of previous attorneys general and publicly declare that DOJ had serious concerns about the election results. In particular he would open an investigation into supposed election fraud tainting the Georgia election, the results of which would compel Georgia officials to void Biden's win in that state.[34][36] When Clark told Rosen that Trump intended to appoint him to replace Rosen, the Department's remaining senior leaders – including Donoghue and Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel Steven Engel – agreed they would all resign if Rosen was removed. After Rosen and Clark presented their arguments to Trump in a White House meeting, Trump decided not to pursue the option.[34][36]
Clark denied that he had plotted to replace Rosen, who had mentored Clark when both worked at the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis, or that he recommended any action based on inaccurate material. He added that he could not discuss any conversations he had with Trump or with Justice Department lawyers because of legal privilege. Clark further noted that he had been the lead signatory on the Justice Department's letter opposing a claim that Vice President Mike Pence had the power to reject electoral votes for Biden when Congress met to certify the result.[34]
Clark's alleged cooperation with Trump to remove Rosen and to use the Justice Department's power to alter Georgia's election results was met with surprise by many of Clark's friends, colleagues, and acquaintances, who had previously viewed him as an "establishment lawyer" rather than a part of the "Trumpist faction of the party."[33]
On December 14, 2021, the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack released the contents of a text message dated Sunday, January 3 from an unknown person to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows which read: "I heard Jeff Clark is getting put in on Monday. That's amazing. It will make a lot of patriots happy and I'm personally so proud that you are at the tip of the spear and I can call you a friend."[44]
Resignation and investigation
Clark resigned from the Justice Department on January 14, 2021.[15] On January 25, 2021, the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General, Michael E. Horowitz, launched "an investigation into whether any former or current DOJ official engaged in an improper attempt to have DOJ seek to alter the outcome of the 2020 Presidential Election."[45][46] In early August, Rosen and Donoghue told the inspector general and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that Clark helped Trump attempt to subvert the election.[47][48]
In October 2021, an ethics complaint against Clark, regarding his conduct when attempting to overturn the 2020 election, was filed with the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.[49][50]
On October 7, 2021, the Senate Judiciary Committee released new testimony and a staff report.[51] They "reveal that we were only a half-step away from a full-blown constitutional crisis as President Donald Trump and his loyalists threatened a wholesale takeover of the Department of Justice (DOJ). They also reveal how former Acting Civil Division Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark became Trump's Big Lie Lawyer, pressuring his colleagues in DOJ to force an overturn of the 2020 election."[52]
On October 13, 2021, the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol subpoenaed Clark for testimony and documents.[53] On December 1, 2021, the committee voted to recommend criminal charges of contempt of Congress against Clark.[54] On February 2, 2022, at an appearance before the committee, he refused to answer any substantive questions, asserting his right against self-incrimination in excess of 100 times.[55]
On June 22, 2022, federal investigators searched Clark's home but did not immediately release details of which agency conducted the search or what they were looking for. According to Clark's boss at the Center for Renewing America, Russell Vought: "DOJ law enforcement officials ... put him in the streets in his pajamas, and took his electronic devices."[56] The search came one day before the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack held a televised hearing that addressed Clark's alleged role in attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election.[57]
Media Matters reported the next day that in May 2022 Clark promoted the disproven Dinesh D'Souza film 2000 Mules while taunting law professor Steve Vladeck and Democratic elections attorney Marc Elias on Twitter. He asked Elias, who had thwarted every lawsuit Trump's legal team had pursued after the election, "Were you part of the massive multi-State operation #TrueTheVote uncovered?"[58]
On July 22, 2022, Clark was accused of violating ethics rules by the D.C. Bar Office of Disciplinary Counsel, which filed ethics charges against him for alleged interference in the administration of justice in relation to his alleged efforts to keep Trump in power.[59] The disciplinary counsel's complaint noted that Clark was told numerous times by acting U.S. attorney general, Jeffrey A. Rosen and acting deputy U.S. attorney general, Richard P. Donoghue, that there was no evidence to support Clark's allegations of election fraud. Despite this, Clark directed Kenneth Klukowski, who joined the Justice Department after the 2020 presidential election, to conduct research on submitting unauthorized electors to Congress. This research, according to the complaint, was then allegedly used by Clark to draft a "proof-of concept" letter to election officials in Georgia, which included several false or misleading statements, including that the state's election results were fraudulent and that the state legislature needed to convene a special session.[60] In April 2024, the Disciplinary Counsel recommended that Clark be disbarred.[61] In July 2025, the District of Columbia Board of Professional Responsibility recommended that he be disbarred, and referred the matter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. The board said that attorneys "cannot advocate for any outcome based on false statements" or encourage others to take such actions, but Clark had "persistently and energetically sought to do just that on an important national issue".[8]
In August 2023, Clark was indicted along with 18 other people in the Georgia election racketeering prosecution, related to Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.[11] Clark was allegedly warned by the Deputy White House Counsel that should Trump refuse to leave office there would be "...riots in every major city in the United States," according to the indictment.[62] Though it did not identify him by name, it was determined he was unindicted "Co-conspirator 4," in the federal prosecution of Donald Trump over attempts to overturn the 2020 election.[10] Clark was said to have responded, "That's why there's an Insurrection Act."[62] In the aftermath of Trump v. United States, Clark was removed from the federal indictment by the Department of Justice.[63]
Later career
In August 2021, Clark was named the Chief of Litigation and Director of Strategy for the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA),[16] a 501(c)3 nonprofit which describes itself as a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights organization whose goal is "to protect constitutional freedoms from violations by the Administrative State." Since its founding in 2017,[64] by 2023, the NCLA, a member of the State Policy Network, has received, from among others, $3.6 million from the Charles Koch Foundation.[65][66] The organization's current focus is opposition to vaccine mandates and other COVID-19-related regulations and orders.[67] In October, after Clark received a congressional subpoena regarding his participation in the January 6 attack on the Capitol, his name disappeared from the NCLA site, though it had been restored by the time of his indictment.[18]
Clark later became the Senior Fellow and Director of Litigation at the Center for Renewing America, a conservative think tank that focuses on combatting critical race theory that was founded by Trump's OMB director and Clark's friend Russell Vought.[20][68]
On August 14, 2023, Clark, along with 18 co-defendants, was indicted by a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, for violations of the Georgia RICO Act relating to attempts to overturn results in the 2020 presidential election.[69] Clark turned himself in to the Fulton County Jail on August 25.[70] On September 5, 2023, Clark, along with co-defendants Mark Meadows and John Eastman, waived his arraignment and entered a written not guilty plea.[71]
Clark has collaborated to Project 2025; he is thanked for his contribution to Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States".[72]
On February 7, 2025, Clark was installed as a senior advisor in the Director's Front Office at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.[73][74]
Trump ally Jeffrey Clark should be disbarred over 2020 election effort, DC panel says
By Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press
Posted Jul 31, 2025 05:35:11 PM.
Last Updated Jul 31, 2025 09:15:49 PM.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Clark, the former Justice Department official who aided President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, should be stripped of his law license, a Washington disciplinary panel ruled on Thursday.
Clark, who is now overseeing a federal regulatory office, played a key role in Trump’s efforts to challenge his election loss to Joe Biden and clashed with Justice Department superiors who refused to back his false claims of fraud.
The D.C. Board of Professional Responsibility’s recommendation will now go to the D.C. Court of Appeals for a final decision.
Under the second Trump administration, Clark has been serving as acting head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, a part of the Office of Management and Budget that is responsible for reviewing executive branch regulations.
OMB spokesperson Rachel Cauley said in a post on X that “this latest injustice is just another chapter in the Deep State’s ongoing assault on President Trump and those who stood beside him in defense of the truth.”
“JEFF CLARK has been harassed, raided, doxed, and blacklisted simply for questioning a RIGGED election and serving President Trump,” she wrote.
At issue in the D.C. bar proceedings was a letter that Clark, as an assistant attorney general in the first Trump administration, drafted that said the Justice Department was investigating “various irregularities” and had identified “significant concerns” that may have impacted the election in Georgia and other states. Clark wanted the letter sent to Georgia lawmakers, but Justice Department superiors refused.
The board said disciplinary counsel proved that Clark made “intentionally false statements” when he continued to push for the Justice Department to issue the letter after being told by superiors that it contained falsehoods.
“Lawyers cannot advocate for any outcome based on false statements and they certainly cannot urge others to do so,” the board’s report said. “Respondent persistently and energetically sought to do just that on an important national issue. He should be disbarred as a consequence and to send a message to the rest of the Bar and to the public that this behavior will not be tolerated.”
Clark’s attorney, Harry MacDougald, argued during disciplinary hearings last year that the letter was part of the debate that normally occurs between lawyers and that punishing Clark in those circumstances would have a “chilling effect.”
“They want disbar Jeff Clark for the heresy of privately recommending further investigations of the 2020 election,” MacDougald said in an email Thursday. “This is a pure thought crime and a travesty of justice.”
Clark’s conflict with Justice Department superiors culminated in a contentious, hourslong meeting at the White House on Jan. 3, 2021, in which Trump openly considered installing Clark as acting attorney general, according to a Senate Judiciary report. Several officials in the Jan. 3 meeting told Trump they would resign if he put Clark in charge at the Justice Department.
Another close Trump ally, Rudy Giuliani, was disbarred in Washington last year, months after he lost his law license in New York for pursuing false claims Trump made about his 2020 election loss.
Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press
Jan. 6 panel to vote on contempt charges against former DOJ official
Politics Dec 1, 2021 9:36 AM ESTWASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection will vote on pursuing contempt charges against a former Justice Department official Wednesday as the committee aggressively seeks to gain answers about the violent attack by former President Donald Trump's supporters.
The vote to pursue contempt charges against Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department lawyer who aligned with Trump as he tried to overturn his election defeat, comes as Trump's top aide at the time, chief of staff Mark Meadows, has agreed to cooperate with the panel on a limited basis. Clark appeared for a deposition last month but refused to answer any questions based on Trump's legal efforts to block the committee's investigation.
If approved by the panel, the recommendation of criminal contempt charges against Clark would go to the full House for a vote as soon as Thursday. If the House votes to hold Clark in contempt, the Justice Department would then decide whether to prosecute.
The panel has vowed to aggressively seek charges against any witness who doesn't comply as they investigate the worst attack on the Capitol in two centuries. The Justice Department has signaled it is willing to pursue those charges, indicting longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon earlier this month on two federal counts of criminal contempt.
READ MORE: Ex-Trump aide Meadows cooperating with House Jan. 6 panel
Attorney General Merrick Garland said then that Bannon's indictment reflects the department's "steadfast commitment" to the rule of law after Bannon outright defied the committee and refused to cooperate.
Clark's case could be more complicated since he did appear for his deposition and, unlike Bannon, was a Trump administration official on Jan. 6. But members of the committee argued that Clark had no basis to refuse questioning, especially since they intended to ask about matters that didn't involve direct interactions with Trump and wouldn't fall under the former president's claims of executive privilege.
In a transcript of Clark's aborted Nov. 5 interview, released by the panel on Tuesday evening, staff and members of the committee attempted to persuade Clark to answer questions about his role as Trump pushed the Justice Department to investigate his false allegations of widespread fraud in the election. Clark had aligned himself with the former president as other Justice officials pushed back on the baseless claims.
But Clark's attorney, Harry MacDougald, said during the interview that Clark was not only protected by Trump's assertions of executive privilege, but also several other privileges MacDougald said Clark should be afforded. The committee rejected those arguments, and MacDougald and Clark walked out of the interview after around 90 minutes.
According to a report earlier this year by the Senate Judiciary Committee, which interviewed several of Clark's colleagues, Trump's pressure culminated in a dramatic White House meeting at which the president ruminated about elevating Clark to attorney general. He did not do so after several aides threatened to resign.
Despite Trump's false claims about a stolen election — the primary motivation for the violent mob that broke into the Capitol and interrupted the certification of Democrat Joe Biden's victory — the results were confirmed by state officials and upheld by the courts. Trump's own attorney general, William Barr, had said the Justice Department found no evidence of widespread fraud that could have changed the results.
Trump, who told his supporters to "fight like hell" the morning of Jan. 6, has sued to block the committee's work and has attempted to assert executive privilege over documents and interviews, arguing that his conversations and actions at the time should be shielded from public view.
Clark is one of more than 40 people the committee has subpoenaed so far. The panel's chairman, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, wrote in Clark's subpoena that the committee's probe "has revealed credible evidence that you attempted to involve the Department of Justice in efforts to interrupt the peaceful transfer of power" and his efforts "risked involving the Department of Justice in actions that lacked evidentiary foundation and threatened to subvert the rule of law."
READ MORE: Why Congress is looking closely at the Jan. 6 rally
After Clark refused to answer questions, Thompson said it was "astounding that someone who so recently held a position of public trust to uphold the Constitution would now hide behind vague claims of privilege by a former President, refuse to answer questions about an attack on our democracy, and continue an assault on the rule of law."
A lawyer for Meadows, George Terwilliger, said Tuesday that he was continuing to work with the committee and its staff on a potential accommodation that would not require Meadows to waive the executive privileges claimed by Trump or "forfeit the long-standing position that senior White House aides cannot be compelled to testify before Congress."
Terwilliger said in a statement that "we appreciate the Select Committee's openness to receiving voluntary responses on non-privileged topics." He had previously said that Meadows wouldn't comply with the panel's September subpoena because of Trump's privilege claims.
Thompson said that Meadows has provided documents to the panel and will soon sit for a deposition, but that the committee "will continue to assess his degree of compliance."
Under the tentative agreement, Meadows could potentially decline to answer the panel's questions about his most sensitive conversations with Trump and what Trump was doing on Jan. 6.
Still, Meadows' intention to work with the panel is a victory for the seven Democrats and two Republicans on the committee, especially as they seek interviews with lower-profile witnesses who may have important information to share. The panel has so far subpoenaed more than 40 witnesses and interviewed more than 150 people behind closed doors.
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Associated Press writer Eric Tucker contributed to this report.
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Brian Lupo, “CannCon”, is a business owner turned Marine combat veteran turned journalist and podcaster. The name “CannCon” is short for Cannabis Conservative. A huge proponent of medical cannabis for combat veterans suffering from PTSD and other ailments, he was in a documentary called, “Unprescribed,” written by Steve Elmore and featuring Boone Cutler.
CannCon started podcasting after the death of George Floyd and the insinuating racial divide was promoted heavier than ever by the mainstream. Promoting the idea of focusing on politicians rather than each other, he began doing short videos on issues in local communities heavily impacted by the riots.
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During the early 2000s, MFS and five other mutual fund companies in the Boston area were investigated by Massachusetts and New Hampshire regulators. That same year, the Securities and Exchange Commission alleged that MFS made "false and misleading" statements in its fund prospectus about its policy on market trading and market timing. This was part of a wide-ranging investigation; see 2003 mutual fund scandal for additional details. MFS paid $350 million to settle state and federal fraud charges. MFS appointed Robert Pozen as non-executive chairman from 2004 to 2010.[7] MFS implemented company reforms to inform investors about fees, keep fund boards independent and create deterrents to market timing. This ended "soft-dollar" arrangements which allowed the swapping of brokerage commissions for market research and data.
From 2010 to 2020, assets under management grew from $253 billion to $528.4 billion.
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MFS Mutual Fund Fraud Litigation
| Court: | United States District Court for the District of Maryland |
| Case Number: | 04-md-15863 |
| Class Period: | 12/15/1998 - 12/08/2003 |
Following a hearing on May 3, 2004 in the massive mutual fund litigation, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland appointed BLB&G client the City of Chicago Deferred Compensation Plan as Lead Plaintiff in the securities fraud class action against Massachusetts Financial Services Company ("MFS"), the investment advisor to the MFS Funds, and others.
On March 1, 2006, the Court sustained the Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint, allowing the case to move forward against certain defendants.
SUMMARY OF ALLEGATIONS:
The Complaint in this litigation alleges that MFS and certain of its senior executives were aware of, engaged in and facilitated "timing" trades in the MFS Funds: a money-making act involving short-term trading in and out of a mutual fund. The technique is designed to exploit inefficiencies in the way mutual fund companies price their shares by allowing certain customers to trade shares at distorted prices that no longer reflect the true value of the fund. As a result, those few customers permitted to engage in market timing typically reap huge profits, the cost of which are borne primarily by the long-term investors in the relevant fund.
The public filings issued by the Defendants stated that, "MFS funds do not permit market-timing or other excessive trading practices that may disrupt portfolio management strategies and may harm fund performance." In reality, however, the Defendants knew, or recklessly disregarded, the fact that trades were being timed and that these timed trades negatively and materially impacted the MFS Funds, thereby causing significant losses to investors in the MFS Funds.
On February 5, 2004, MFS agreed to entry of a cease and desist order by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") against MFS and John W. Ballen ("Ballen"), MFS's current chief executive officer, and Kevin R. Parke ("Parke"), MFS's current president and chief investment officer ("Cease and Desist Order"). Specifically, the SEC found that MFS, Ballen and Parke allowed widespread market timing trading in certain MFS Funds from at least late 1999 through October 2003, in contravention of the Funds' public disclosures. In particular, MFS explicitly informed certain select brokers in a written memo that "unrestricted" trading would be permitted in certain MFS funds (known internally at MFS as "Unrestricted Funds"), including the Massachusetts Investors Growth Stock Fund, "even if a pattern of excessive trading has been detected." Not only did MFS selectively enforce its market-timing policies, but executives at MFS facilitated the frequent trading in and out of certain MFS Funds by steering select investors to these "Unrestricted Funds." As the Cease and Desist Order confirms, as much as $2 billion in timing money flowed into MFS Funds during the Class Period.
Internal MFS documents and policies acknowledged that market timing was detrimental to long-term shareholders. In fact, as early as June 2000, an internal presentation entitled "Market Timing Wheel of Terror," warned that "[l]ong term investors are being penalized" by market timing activity. Nevertheless, the market timing activity persisted in the MFS "Unrestricted Funds." Moreover, MFS's select enforcement of its trading policies also included late trading, which alone caused well over $100 million in investor losses. And, as further alleged in the complaint, various brokers and financial institutions also participated in the market timing schemes, to the detriment of ordinary investors.
MFS's policy of allowing market-timing and steering select investors to the "Unrestricted Funds" was adopted as a means to increase profits by luring market timing assets so as to increase funds under management, and, therefore, increase fees paid to MFS for investment advisory services. These additional assets under management also resulted in an increased bonus pool from which MFS employees, including Ballen and Parke, were paid excessive compensation. During this period, none of the above detailed material information was disclosed to the members of the Class. In addition to the profits from their market timing, MFS also profited by charging ordinary investors hundreds of millions of dollars in management fees while breaching their fiduciary duties to those very same investors.
On May 20, 2010, the Court preliminarily approved proposed settlements, totaling $75,042,250, that would resolve this litigation. On October 25, 2010, the Court entered Judgments granting final approval to the settlements and entered separate Orders granting Plaintiffs' Counsel's application for an award of attorneys' fees and expenses and approving the Plan of Allocation of the settlement proceeds.
The claims administration process has concluded and the net settlement fund has been fully disbursed. This matter is considered closed.
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
IN RE MUTUAL FUNDS INVESTMENT
LITIGATION
This Document Relates To:
In re MFS
04-md-15863-04
MDL 1586
Case No. 04-MD-15863
(Judge J. Frederick Motz)
BRUCE RIGGS, et al., Individually and
On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated,
Plaintiff,
v.
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL
SERVICES COMPANY, et al.
Defendants.
Case No. 04-cv-01162-JFM
CONSOLIDATED AMENDED CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT
Dated: September 29, 2004 BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER
& GROSSMANN LLP
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Dated: September 29, 2004 TYDINGS & ROSENBERG LLP
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Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 Time: 10:00 AM
Topic
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1
-
Mr.
William H.
Donaldson
ChairmanSecurities and Exchange Commission
Witness Panel 2
-
Mr.
Matthew P.
Fink
PresidentInvestment Company Institute
-
Mr.
Marc
Lackritz
PresidentSecurities Industry Association
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2003 Time: 02:00 PM
Topic
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1
-
Mr.
Stephen M.
Cutler
Director - Division of EnforcementSecurities and Exchange Commission
-
Mr.
Robert
Glauber
Chairman and CEONational Association of Securities Dealers
-
Eliot
Spitzer
Attorney GeneralState of New York
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry: Understanding the Fund Industry from the Investor’s Perspective
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 Time: 10:00 AM
Topic
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1
-
Mr.
Tim
Berry
TreasurerState of Indiana
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Honorable
Gary
Gensler
ChairmanU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
-
Mr.
James K.
Glassman
Resident FellowAmerican Enterprise Institute
-
Mr.
Don
Phillips
Managing DirectorMorningstar, Inc
-
Mr.
Jim
Riepe
Vice Chairman of the Board of DirectorsT. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry: Fund Operations and Governance.
Date: Thursday, February 26, 2004 Time: 02:00 PM
Topic
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1
-
Mr.
Jack
Bogle
FounderThe Vanguard Group
-
Ms.
Mellody
Hobson
PresidentAriel Capital Management
-
Mr.
David
Pottruck
President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of DirectorsCharles Schwab
-
Mr.
David
Ruder
Former ChairmenU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry: The Regulatory Landscape
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 Time: 10:00 AM
Topic
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1
-
Ms.
Lori
Richards
Director, Office of Compliance, Inspections, and ExaminationsSecurities and Exchange Commission
-
Mr.
Paul
Roye
Director, Division of Investment ManagementSecurities and Exchange Commission
-
Ms.
Mary
Schapiro
Vice Chairman of NASD and President of NASD Regulatory Policy & OversightNational Association of Securities Dealers
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Honorable
David M.
Walker
Comptroller General of the United States
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry: Fund Operations and Governance
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 Time: 10:00 AM
Topic
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1
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Professor
Mercer
Bullard
Associate Professor of LawUniversity of Mississippi School of Law
-
Mr.
William D
Lutz
Professor of EnglishRutgers University
-
Mr.
Robert
Pozen
Non-Executive ChairmanMassachusetts Financial Services Co.
-
Ms.
Barbara
Roper
Director of Investor ProtectionConsumer Federation of America
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry: Fund Costs and Distribution Practices
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 Time: 02:30 PM
Topic
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1
-
Honorable
Daniel K.
Akaka (D-HI)
United States Senator
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Honorable
Susan
Collins (R-ME)
United States Senator
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Honorable
Peter
Fitzgerald (R-IL)
United States Senator
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Honorable
Carl
Levin (D-MI)
United States Senator
Witness Panel 2
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Mr.
Paul G.
Haaga, Jr.
Executive Vice President and Director of Capitol Research and Management Company, and Chairman of the Investment Company Institute
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Mr.
Chet
Helck
President and Chief Operating OfficerRaymond James Financial
-
Mr.
Thomas
Putnam
Founder and CEOFenimore Asset Management
-
Mr.
Edward
Siedle
Founder and PresidentThe Benchmark Companies
-
Mr.
Mark
Treanor
General Counsel and Head of Legal DepartmentWachovia Corporation
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry: The SEC's Perspective
Date: Thursday, April 8, 2004 Time: 10:00 AM
Topic
Witnesses
Witness Panel 1
-
Mr.
William H.
Donaldson
ChairmanSecurities and Exchange Commission
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REVIEW OF CURRENT INVESTIGATIONS
AND REGULATORY ACTIONS REGARDING
THE MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY
HEARINGS
BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE ON
BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS
FIRST AND SECOND SESSION
ON
INVESTIGATIONS AND REGULATORY ACTIONS REGARDING THE
MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY AND INVESTORS’ PROTECTION
NOVEMBER 18, 20, 2003, FEBRUARY 25, 26, MARCH 2, 10, 23, 31, AND
APRIL 8, 2004
Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
REVIEW OF CURRENT INVESTIGATIONS
AND REGULATORY ACTIONS REGARDING
THE MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2003
U.S. SENATE,
COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS,
Washington, DC.
The Committee met at 10 a.m. in room SD–538 of the Dirksen
Senate Office Building, Senator Richard C. Shelby (Chairman of
the Committee) presiding.
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN RICHARD C. SHELBY
Chairman SHELBY. The hearing shall come to order.
This hearing is part of the Committee’s ongoing oversight of the
mutual fund industry. Today, the Committee will review current
investigations and enforcement proceedings and examine regu-
latory actions taken to date in order to fully inform and guide the
Banking Committee’s consideration of possible legislative reform.
On September 30, 2003, this Committee first examined the scope
of problems confronting the mutual fund industry. At that time,
Chairman Donaldson testified about the SEC’s ongoing enforce-
ment actions and described the SEC’s regulatory blueprint for
adopting new regulations aimed at improving the transparency of
fund operations and stopping abusive trading practices. Since
Chairman Donaldson’s testimony, we have learned that improper
fund trading practices are a widespread problem that fund insiders,
brokers, and privileged clients have profited from at the expense of
average investors.
In early September, New York Attorney General Spitzer uncov-
ered arrangements through which brokers facilitated improper
trades for their clients in certain prominent mutual funds in ex-
change for large, fee generating investments. Since this initial set-
tlement, we have learned the extent to which both intermediaries,
such as brokers, and fund executives have engaged in illicit trading
activities. We have read about the backhanded ways by which the
brokers colluded with their customers to disguise improper trade
orders to make them appear legitimate, thus evading detection by
mutual fund policing systems.
Even in situations where mutual funds attempted to halt im-
proper trading activity, certain brokers created fictitious names
and account numbers to fool fund compliance officers and to con-
tinue trading. Recent investigations have also revealed that mutual
fund executives and portfolio managers have actively engaged in
improper trading activity. And these allegations are particularly
troubling because fund executives and portfolio managers have
represented themselves as protecting client assets, but they failed
by either knowingly permitting improper trading by brokers or
actively engaging in illegal trading activities themselves.
Such practices may not only violate prospectus disclosures, but
also violate the fiduciary duties that funds owe to their share-
holders—the duties to treat all shareholders equitably and to pro-
tect shareholder interests. Further, regulators have indicated that
they may soon file charges against funds that have selectively
disclosed portfolio information to certain privileged investors and
fund executives that may have engaged in illegal insider trading by
acting on the basis of nonpublic information.
As this Committee made clear during Chairman William H.
Donaldson’s September 30 appearance here, a regulatory response
to improper trading activities is just one of the many actions that
the SEC must take to address the many troubling issues that have
come to light in the mutual fund industry. This Committee remains
concerned with the transparency of fund operations and ensuring
that investors can learn how their fund is being managed. It has
become very, very apparent that many of the questionable fund
practices that are now being examined are not just the result of a
few bad actors, but are longstanding industry practices that have
largely gone unregulated and not well disclosed to, or understood
by, most investors.
Therefore, this Committee must take a comprehensive look, I be-
lieve, at the industry to determine if the industry’s operations and
practices are consistent with investors’ interests and the greater
interests of the market. It may be that we must consider possible
realignment of interests to ensure that mutual funds are operating
as efficiently and fairly as the market and investors demand. We
will examine fund disclosure practices regarding fees, trading costs,
sales commissions, and portfolio holdings. So, we will continue to
question the conflicts of interest surrounding the relationship be-
tween the investment adviser and the fund and how potential
changes to fund governance and disclosure practices may minimize
these conflicts.
We will also focus on fund sales practices to ensure that brokers
sell suitable investments to their clients, provide adequate disclo-
sure of any sales incentives, and give clients any breakpoint dis-
counts to which they are entitled.
Chairman Donaldson has told this Committee that the SEC has
the necessary statutory authority to reform the mutual fund indus-
try and is in the process of conducting a comprehensive rulemak-
ing. As we have learned in other contexts, however, additional reg-
ulation is not the only answer. Late trading is clearly illegal and
market timing is actively deterred and policed. Despite prohibitions
and warnings, these activities continued unabated because of the
inadequate compliance and enforcement regimes at the SEC, the
mutual funds and the brokers. Whether due to a lack of resources
or other pressing priorities, mutual fund abuses simply did not re-
ceive adequate attention from the SEC. Although recent enforce-
ment actions indicate that priorities have changed, we need to
and halt future fund abuses.
Vigorous enforcement remains the key to restoring integrity to
the fund industry, and Attorney General Spitzer’s timely actions
once again demonstrate, I believe, the significant role that States
play in prosecuting fraud and abuse in the securities markets. Re-
gardless of the number of rules or amount of resources, it would
be impractical to expect the SEC to detect every single fraud and
manipulation in the fund industry. Therefore, the mutual funds
and the brokerage houses themselves must proactively adopt new
compliance measures to detect fraud and abuse. For many years,
participants in the mutual fund industry maintain industry ‘‘best
practices.’’ These practices, however, have clearly proven to be in-
adequate as brokers and funds have disregarded conflicts of inter-
est and colluded at the expense of investors without detection.
Although funds and brokers owe different types of duties to their
investors, both groups have an obligation to refrain from knowingly
ignoring their clients’ interests and profiting at their expense.
With over 95 million investors and $7 trillion—yes, $7 trillion—
in assets, mutual funds have always been perceived as the safe
investment option for average investors. America has become a Na-
tion of investors, but there is no doubt that recent revelations
about mutual funds have caused very many to question the per-
ceived fairness of the industry. Many are surprised to learn that
the mutual fund industry is plagued by the same conflict that was
at the root of the Enron scandal and the global settlement—one set
of profitable rules for insiders and another costly set for average
investors.
Beyond the legal concepts of fiduciary duties and transparency,
there is a more fundamental principle that should underlie the
operation of the mutual fund industry and our securities markets
in general.
This principle is that securities firms and mutual funds should
not neglect investors’ interests and knowingly profit at their ex-
pense. Until firms can demonstrate an ability to abide by this
ideal, investors will not trust the markets, nor should they. In our
own way, Congress, the SEC and regulators, and industry partici-
pants must collectively work to reform the mutual fund industry in
order to restore investor confidence. I believe, we must reassure in-
vestors that mutual funds are a vehicle in which they can safely
invest their money and not fall victim to financial schemes. The
mutual fund industry is simply too important to too many Ameri-
cans to do otherwise.
Examining the mutual fund industry is a priority for this Com-
mittee, and I look forward to working with my fellow Committee
Members, especially Senators Enzi, Dodd, and Corzine, all of whom
have already expressed significant interest in this issue.
Our first witness today is Chairman Bill Donaldson, and on the
second panel we will hear from Matthew Fink, President of the In-
vestment Company Institute, and Marc Lackritz, President of the
Securities Industry Association.
Now, I will call on my Members.
Senator Sarbanes.
Chairman
MFS Investment Management
and
Visiting Professor
Harvard Law School
“REVIEW OF CURRENT INVESTIGATIONS AND REGULATORY ACTIONS
REGARDING THE MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY:
FUND OPERATIONS AND GOVERNANCE”
COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE
Committee for this opportunity to present my views on appropriate reforms for the mutual fund
industry.
My name is Robert C. Pozen and I am from Boston, Massachusetts. I am currently
Chairman of MFS Investment Management, which manages approximately $140 billion for
approximately 370 accounts including over 100 mutual funds serving approximately six million
investors. I am also a visiting professor at Harvard Law School and author of the textbook The
Mutual Fund Business (2 ed. Houghton Mifflin 2001).
I commend the Committee for engaging in a deliberative and broad-ranging review of the
operations and regulation of the mutual fund industry. While I welcome questions about any
aspect of the fund industry, I will limit my testimony today to three areas where I believe that MFS is helping to set important new standards for the fund industry:
The current system of paying for goods and services with “soft dollars”, taken out of
brokerage commissions, is detrimental to mutual fund shareholders. The use of “soft dollar”
payments makes it virtually impossible for a fund manager to ascertain the true costs of executing trades because execution costs are bundled together with the costs of other goods and services such as research reports and Bloomberg terminals. If these costs were unbundled, then fund managers could pay cash out of their own pockets for independent research or market data, and could negotiate for lower execution prices for fund shareholders.
broker on Wall Street, the trader pays five cents a share for execution plus a broad range of
goods or services from the executing broker or third parties: e.g., securities research, market data and brokerage allocations to promote fund sales. These goods and services are paid in “soft dollars”: that is, they are bundled into the five cents per share charge in a non- transparent
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be required to pay five cents per share by the full-service broker.
In other words, it is almost impossible to obtain a price discount from a full-service
Wall Street firm for executing a large fund trade. However, that firm is willing to provide an in-kind
discount in the form of soft dollars that can be used to purchase various goods or services. This is
more than a technical pricing oddity. The key point is this: a price discount on the trade (for
example, from five cents to three cents per share) would go directly to the mutual fund and its
shareholders. In-kind services like market data services go directly to the fund management
company and only indirectly to the mutual fund and its shareholders.
MFS has already eliminated the use of “soft dollars” to promote sales of mutual fund
shares. Since January 1, 2004, MFS has been paying cash out of its own pocket to broker-
dealers to promote fund sales. While the SEC has proposed a rule to this effect, MFS has
switched from soft dollars to cash to promote fund sales regardless of whether and when the SEC
adopts its rule.
More dramatically, earlier this month MFS decided to stop using soft dollars to pay for
third-party research1 and market data. Again MFS will pay cash out of its own pocket for these
items. MFS estimates that this decision will cost the management company $10 to $15 million per
year. Yet MFS has agreed not to raise its advisory fees for its funds over the next five years.
Why is MFS willing to take the lead on getting off the addiction to soft dollars and moving to the healthy environment of price discounts?
1 We are not stopping the use of “soft dollars” for proprietary research and other services. Only recently has the SEC issued a concept release on accounting for all the elements of a bundled commission. SEC Release IC-26313 (Dec. 19, 2003).
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MFS will issue an individualized quarterly statement, rather than a general listing of fund expenses in basis points, which will show each fund shareholder a reasonable estimate of his or her actual fund expenses in dollar terms.
various categories of fund expenses in basis points. The table might say, for instance:
Advisory Fee 53 bp
Transfer Agency Fee 10 bp
Other Fees 2 bp
12 b-1 Fee 25 bp
Total Expenses 90 bp
Nevertheless, some critics have argued that mutual fund investors need customized
expense statements. By that, these critics mean the actual expenses paid by a shareholder in
period. For example, we would have to compute the exact expenses of a shareholder who held
Fund A from January 15 until March 31 without reinvesting fund dividends; another shareholder
who held Fund B for the whole year and reinvested all fund dividends; and yet another
shareholder who held Fund C from February 1 until June 15 as well as from August 22 until
December 11 (during both periods, assuming no record date for fund dividends occurred).
This type of customized expense statement would, in my opinion, involve enormous
computer programming costs. The program would have to track the holdings of every fund
shareholder on a daily basis, take into account whether a fund dividend was reinvested or paid
out to the shareholder, and apply monthly basis point charges to fund balances reflecting monthly
appreciation or depreciation of fund assets. Of course, these large computer costs would
ultimately be passed on to fund shareholders.
At MFS, we will provide every fund shareholder with an estimate of his or her actual
expenses on their quarterly statements.2 We can do this at an affordable cost by making one
reasonable assumption—that the fund holdings of the shareholder at the end of the quarter were
the same throughout the quarter. Although this is a simplifying assumption, it produces a good
estimate of actual fund expenses since most shareholders do not switch funds during a quarter.
Indeed, this assumption will often lead to a slightly higher estimate of individualized expenses
than the actual amount because some shareholders will buy the fund during the quarter and other
shareholders will reinvest fund dividends during the quarter.
In addition, MFS will send its shareholders in every fund’s semi-annual report the
total amount of brokerage commissions paid by the fund during the relevant period as well as the
fund’s average commission rate per share (for example, 4.83 cents per share on average). But
this information on brokerage commissions should be separated from the fund expense table
because all the other items in the table are ordinary expenses expressed in basis points. By
contrast, brokerage commissions are a capital expense added to the tax basis of the securities
held by the fund, and brokerage commissions are expressed in cents per share.
2 These individualized expenses will not include brokerage costs because they are capitalized in the cost of the portfolio
security.
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The mutual fund industry has a unique governance structure: the fund is a separate entity from its external manager. The independent directors of the fund must annually approve the
terms and conditions of the fund’s contract with its external manager. Of course, the independent directors usually reappoint the management company. In an industrial company, how often do the directors throw out the whole management team? But the independent directors of most mutual funds, in my experience, do represent fund shareholders by negotiating for contract terms and monitoring potential conflicts of interest.
industry. To begin with, over 75% of the board is comprised of independent directors, who elect their own independent chairman. The chairman leads the executive sessions of independent directors, which occur before or after every board meeting. The independent chairman also helps set the board’s agenda for each meeting. A lead independent director could definitely take charge of the executive sessions and a lead director could also help set the board’s agenda. Thus, it
does not matter which title is employed; the key is to insure that a senior independent director
plays these two functions.
In many boards, the independent directors have their own independent counsel, as
the MFS boards do. But the independent directors of the MFS funds are going one step further by
appointing their own compliance officer. This officer will monitor all compliance activities by MFS
as well as supervise the fund’s own activities, and will report regularly to the Compliance
Committee of the Board (which itself is composed solely of independent directors).
On the management company side, MFS is the only company I know of that has a
non-executive chairman reporting to the independent directors of the MFS funds. This is a new
position designed to assure that the management company is fully accountable to the funds’
independent directors.
Finally, MFS as a management company has established the new position of Executive Vice President for Regulatory Affairs, and filled the position with a distinguished industry veteran. In addition, MFS has hired a distinguished law firm partner as its new general
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This high profile position within MFS is more than symbolic; it represents the great significance
given by MFS to these regulatory functions. While these functions are performed in most fund
management companies, it is rare to see the person in charge of these functions having the title of executive vice president and serving on the executive committee of the firm.
Conclusions
In summary, MFS is trying to establish standards of best practices in three important
areas to fund shareholders:
proposing and adopting a myriad of rules on disclosure requirements and substantive prohibitions or the fund industry—which overlap to a degree with the efforts of the fund management firms.
Because the SEC and the management firms are making such serious efforts to develop
higher behavioral norms for the mutual fund industry, it might be useful for Congress to monitor these efforts before finalizing a bill on mutual fund reforms. These are complex issues that may be better suited to an evolutionary process, led by an expert public agency with the flexibility to address the changing legal and factual environment.
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I was glad to get the call from 902 491 6817 Perhaps we should talk ASAPEX-5.3 4 dex53.htm OPINION OF COX & PALMERExhibit 5.3
July 30, 2010
General Partner of Connors Bros. Holdings, L.P.
c/o Centre Partners Management, LLC
30 Rockefeller Plaza, 50th Floor
New York, NY 10020
The holders of the Notes (as hereinafter defined)
Re: Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, Connors Bros. Clover Leaf Seafoods Company
and Bumble Bee Capital Corp. (the “Issuers”) – Issue of Exchange Notes Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as New Brunswick and Nova Scotia counsel to Connors Bros. Clover Leaf Seafoods Company (“CBCLSC”), Clover Leaf Holdings Company (“CLHC”), K.C.R. Fisheries Ltd. (“KCR”) and 6162410 Canada Limited (“6162410”) in connection with the issuance of Exchange Notes (as defined in the Indenture) for the 7.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”) pursuant to a registration rights agreement dated as of December 17, 2009 between the Issuers, certain guarantors and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Jeffries & Company Inc. and Barclays Capital Inc., as initial purchasers (the “Initial Purchasers”).
We refer to each of CLHC, KCR and 6162410 as an “Opinion Guarantor” and together with CBCLSC as the “Opinion Parties”. Except as otherwise defined in this opinion, capitalized terms used below shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture.
In that connection, we have examined an executed copy of the following (or, in certain circumstances, an electronic copy of the following together with a facsimile of a corresponding signature page or pages, which we have assumed constitute a true and complete executed copy):
(a) the Purchase Agreement dated December 10, 2009 between Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, CBCLSC, Bumble Bee Capital Corp., as Issuers, the Guarantor named therein and the Purchasers named therein (the “Purchase Agreement”); Patrick Fitzgerald | Partner
Direct 902 491 4117 Main 902 421 6262 Fax 902 421 3130 Email pfitzgerald@coxandpalmer.com
Purdy’s Wharf Tower | 1100-1959 Upper Water Street Halifax NS
Correspondence PO Box 2380 Central Halifax NS B3J 3E5
July 30, 2010
(b) the Indenture dated December 17, 2009, between Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, CBCLSC, Bumble Bee Capital Corp., the Guarantors named therein and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Trustee (the “Indenture”);
(c) the Registration Rights Agreement dated December 17, 2009 between Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, CBCLSC, Bumble Bee Capital Corp., as Issuers to the Initial Purchasers, and the Guarantors named therein (the “Registration Rights Agreement”);
(d) the Regulation S Guarantee dated as of December 17, 2009 wherein CLHC, KCR and 6162410, inter alia, are Guarantors named therein (the “Regulation S Guarantee”); and
(e) the Rule 144 Guarantee dated as of December 17, 2009 wherein CLHC, KCR and 6162410, inter alia, are Guarantors named therein (the “Rule 144 Guarantee”). The documents in clauses (a) through (e) are collectively referred to as the “Transaction Documents”.
In connection with the foregoing, we have examined execution forms of the Transaction Documents and relied upon such statutes and regulations, public records and certificates of government officials and such other records and documents as we have deemed necessary for the opinions expressed below, including the following:
(a) certificates from an officer of each of the Opinion Parties dated December 17, 2009; and
(b) resolutions or certified copies of resolutions of the directors of the Opinion Parties authorizing, inter alia, the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party (the “Resolutions”). We have also considered such questions of law as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed.
We express no opinion herein as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Province of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (the “Provinces”) and the laws of Canada applicable therein. In particular, to the extent the laws of the Provinces would require the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction; no opinion is expressed as to the laws of such jurisdiction.
July 30, 2010
Based upon and subject to the foregoing and the assumptions and qualifications set out at the end of this opinion, we are of the opinion that, on the date hereof:
1. Each of the Transaction Documents has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Opinion Party that is a party thereto.
2. The Guarantee of each Opinion Guarantor to be endorsed on the Notes has been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered by each Opinion Guarantor.
3. The Exchange Notes have been duly authorized by CBCLSC. The foregoing opinions are subject to the following assumptions and qualifications:
(a) That the Transaction Documents constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of all parties thereto and that all parties thereto (excluding the Opinion Parties) are duly incorporated (if incorporated) and validly existing;
(b) The genuineness of all signatures;
(c) The authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals; and
(d) The conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. We consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 to be filed by the Issuers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Yours very truly, /s/ Cox & Palmer Cox & Palmer
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Eh Ckayton Baby. Now you must understand I must sue the Crown in Canada ASAP in order to have a purported warrant for my arrest revoked in the USA in order that I may return to the USA and sue this Yankee named Neil Kerstein as he has obviously requested. However first I will sue my Gaurdian Ad Litem Brian Bixby's law firm of Burns and Levinson in Canada for allowing this malice to occur in the first place. That Yankee bastard helped to write the Probate Manual for the Commonwealth of Massachustts. Methinks he above all should understand it.What say you Clayton Ruby? Would you like to argue this this stuff in a criminal mater in front of a jury before I sue you along with Bixby and Franky Boy McKenna. No shit I would prefer that you made false criminal allegations against me in Canada so that the matter could not be dismissed and I would have the right to demand a jury of my peers in order argue the likes of you. That is the very same right that I have been denied in the USA for way past too long. What I am most concerned with today is getting my name legally on a ballot in Nova Scotia ASAP. I will worry about snotty Upper Canadain lawyers like you later. I have given you enough today to put your panties in a knot EH? You keep on fighting for the rights of Pit Bulls in far off Ontario and watch a fierce Maritime political animal at play. Say hey to Eddy Greenspan and his pal Lord Conrad Black for me Will ya?Veritas Vincit David Raymond Amos
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