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.
“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.”
With files from Silas Brown
Anything but Politics with David Myles - S01 E01 - Hon. Mélanie Joly [The Pilot] [Filmed 10/15/2025]
Tuesday, 26 October 2021
Marc Garneau is booted out of cabinet and Mélanie Joly becomes Foreign Affairs minister
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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?
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Subject: Réponse automatique : YO Melanie Joly ans Pablo Rodriguez
Methinks Steven Guilbeault, his buddy Catherine Tait and all your
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Subject: Automatic reply: Yo Minister Qualtrough RE "Litigation Lmbo"
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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
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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 ;
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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)
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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
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---------- 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
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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
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Subject: RE: ATTN Ronald J. MacDonald RE Federal Court
File No T-1557-15 we just talked again
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From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
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
To: jeff.saunders@tsdca.com, alice.dunning@cibc.com,
jason.patchett@cibc.com, dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
jennifer.warren@cibc.com, kristar@frederictonchamber.ca,
Bill.Morneau@canada.ca, advocacy@frederictonchamber.ca
andrew.scheer@parl.gc.caCc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
---------- Original message ----------
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Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 14:19:46 +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
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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
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From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
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
--------- Forwarded message ----------
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
-----Original Message-----
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.
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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 17:13:10 -0700
Subject: Out of office Re: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing
today in Federal Court and the notes I read from as I argued the
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Subject: RE: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing today in
Federal Court and the notes I read from as I argued the Queen's sneaky
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From: Póstur FOR postur@for.is
Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 00:15:21 +0000
Subject: Re: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing today in
Federal Court and the notes I read from as I argued the Queen's sneaky
little minions who think they are above the law and the rest of us as
well
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 20:13:02 -0400
Subject: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing today in Federal
Court and the notes I read from as I argued the Queen's sneaky little
minions who think they are above the law and the rest of us as well
To: postur@for.is, postur@irr.is, postur@fjr.stjr.is,
birgittaj@althingi.is,smarim@althingi.is, marie@mariemorneau.com,
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,
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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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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
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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
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Kveðja / Best regards
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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---------- 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
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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
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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
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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)"
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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"
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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
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correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
comments.
Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
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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
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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>
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Public broadcaster report indicated 3 Americans with ties to Trump administration raised suspicion
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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>
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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.
"Russian officials will not be invited to Canada Day events hosted by
the department."
Diplomats from other countries attended
Russian Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov said he appreciated
Heinbecker coming to the event.
"We believe diplomacy is an all-weather instrument and diplomatic
protocol is an important part of upkeeping the bilateral
communications. Diplomacy is about dialogue," he said in a statement.
"We don't look at Canada through the adversarial optic and are ready
to patiently wait when [Prime Minister Justin] Trudeau's cabinet or
the next government come to understand that it's in Canadian national
interest to pursue good-neighbourly relations with Russia."
The embassy said Joly was also invited to the reception and said
diplomats from other countries attended.
Since the assault in Ukraine began in February, the Canadian
government has imposed sanctions on individuals with ties to Russia
and sent military supplies, including ammunition, to aid Ukrainian
troops.
Last week, the RCMP disclosed that assets and transactions worth more
than $400 million Cdn have been sanctioned as a result of Moscow's war
on Ukraine.
CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
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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?
To: pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "Gerald.Butts" <Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
"Katie.Telford" <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "andrew.scheer"
<andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>, "nathan.cullen"
<nathan.cullen@parl.gc.ca>, "maxime.bernier"
<maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>, "elizabeth.may"
<elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca>, nuntiatura@nuntiatura.ca,
ukincanada@fco.gov.uk, embassy.ottawa@mfa.gov.al,
mission.ott@mfa.gov.hu, emb_ca@ukremb.ca, emb_ca@mfa.gov.ua,
palestinegd@gmail.com, "icemb.ottawa" <icemb.ottawa@utn.stjr.is>,
emb.ottawa@maec.es, sloembassy.ottawa@gov.si, emb.ottawa@mzv.sk,
ottawa@embassy.mzv.cz, ottamb@um.dk, croemb.ottawa@mvep.hr,
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<mdcohen212@gmail.com>, gopublic <gopublic@cbc.ca>, Newsroom
<Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, amba.benin@yahoo.ca, "boris.johnson.mp"
<boris.johnson.mp@parliament.
<nigel.farage@europarl.europa.
http://www.embassynews.ca/
http://davidraymondamos3.
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
'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
1169 Comments
David R. Amos
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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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Commenting is now closed for this story.
Garry Moore
Even the BBC is calling us out.
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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
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@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
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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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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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Thursday, 11 July 2024
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
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
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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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Catharine Tunney is a reporter with CBC's Parliament Hill bureau, where she covers national security and the RCMP. She worked previously for CBC in Nova Scotia. You can reach her at catharine.tunney@cbc.ca
Thursday, 11 July 2024
China angered by NATO's charge that it's a 'decisive enabler' of Russia's war in Ukraine
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Subject: Last week Viktor Orbán was meeting with Xi Now Melanie Joly is in China???
To: Greta.Bossenmaier <Greta.Bossenmaier@hq.nato.int
Cc: nia_ig.fct <nia_ig.fct@navy.mil>
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.
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Subject: Last year Viktor Orbán said It was up to Biden to decide when peace will materialize. Now he is meeting with Xi to discuss a potential Ukraine peace deal???
To: Greta.Bossenmaier <Greta.Bossenmaier@hq.nato.int
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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
Subject: Readout
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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Monday 6 May 2019
Voters everywhere are in no mood for the same-old
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Voters everywhere are in no mood for the same-old
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Voters open to something different
Vassy Kapelos, host of Power & Politics
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.
Tap here to go to the full Poll Tracker
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Ask Us
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.
— Chris Hall, CBC National Affairs Editor and host of CBC Radio's The House
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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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Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2021 16:20:15 -0300
Subject: Hey Jim perhaps many Yankees should say YO to Premiers Moe
and Higgy and all of Queen Dizzy Lizzy"s minions before another
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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]
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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Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks the evil lawyer Howie Cooper made a
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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.
By
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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Subject: The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada has filed a bad faith bargaining complaint against the Canada Revenue Agency
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
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David Raymond Amos
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On behalf of the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of National Revenue, I thank you for your correspondence, which she received on October 8, 2023.
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 22:01:25 +0000
Subject: RE: CRTC Reference: 770193 YO Minister Guilbeault Say Hey to
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 18:59:54 -0300
Subject: Fwd: CRTC Reference: 770193 YO Minister Guilbeault Say Hey to
the lawyers Melanie Joly and Ellen Desmond for me will ya?
To: hon.steven.guilbeault@canada.
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martine.turcotte@bell.ca, sylvie.gadoury@radio-canada.ca
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Minister Guilbeault Announces Two New Appointments to the CRTC Français
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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.
Quotes
"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
online.
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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
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Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2017 9:16 AM
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Dominic.Cardy ; kelly ; David.Coon ; kristar@frederictonchamber.ca ;
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
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---------- 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
The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
comments.
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
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
To: jeff.saunders@tsdca.com, alice.dunning@cibc.com,
jason.patchett@cibc.com, dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
jennifer.warren@cibc.com, kristar@frederictonchamber.ca,
Bill.Morneau@canada.ca, advocacy@frederictonchamber.ca
andrew.scheer@parl.gc.caCc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
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From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)" fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 14:19:46 +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.
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---------- 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.
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
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
-----Original Message-----
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.
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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: RE: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing today in
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 00:15:21 +0000
Subject: Re: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing today in
Federal Court and the notes I read from as I argued the Queen's sneaky
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well
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 20:13:02 -0400
Subject: Here ya go folks please enjoy the hearing today in Federal
Court and the notes I read from as I argued the Queen's sneaky little
minions who think they are above the law and the rest of us as well
To: postur@for.is, postur@irr.is, postur@fjr.stjr.is,
birgittaj@althingi.is,smarim@althingi.is, marie@mariemorneau.com,
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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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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
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Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 15:56:38 +0000
Subject: Re: Nicholas Rémillard holds a law degree from the University
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Kveðja / Best regards
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
comments.
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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.
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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)"
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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.

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