CHARLES GETS TO SAINT JOHN AND TAKE A GUESS WHO'S WAITING???

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I left the Capital early this morning and headed for Saint John for a doctor appointment.






It took a little while to get a drive but once I did? The guy drove me right to the front doors of the Hearings for the propose Pipeline at Trade and Convention Centre.






Once there, I decided that I would take a few pictures for my blog.



There were around 80 people present and a few waved at me when I walked through the doors.



I noticed Ivan Court giving his presentation.







I quickly walked up front and took this picture of Ivan.



I felt someone watching over me so I turned around and behold - A Police officer of the Saint John Police Force.








If looks could kill? I would have been dead.



I believe that the cop made me nervous because I didn’t take one still photo of the officer.






The Chairperson quickly reminded me not to pass the propose line.







The Police Officer came to me and said - Charles? Step outside for a minute!


My God? I must be the only good law abiding citizen who on the Saint John Police Force most wanted? I wonder why???..lol


I didn't know the officer and I didn’t know what was going on but once out the door I noticed this guy taking pictures of me and the cop.


I quickly returned the favor but his flash was more powerful than mine.






The Police Officer must have felt that he wasn’t taken seriously because I was too busy fighting with the Irving employee and I will admit that he won the battle of the pictures...lol..







Then I focused my attention with the cop who let it known that I shouldn’t be causing trouble at the meeting? If I cause any problems? He will take care of me.


I quickly answered - Trouble??? All I’m doing is taking pictures for my blog site.


Afterwards, a reporter told me that yesterday afternoon, two individuals showed up at the meeting and cause a disturbance.

This morning, I never check my emails so therefore I didn't know any of this.

Here's the story -

. Non-registered intervener shuts down hearings

Procedure Panel members leave after irate man ignores chairwoman's order to stand down

Bruce Bartlett
Telegraph-Journal
As published on page B3 on November 15, 2006

SAINT JOHN - The National Energy Board hearing was shut down for an hour Tuesday after an irate Saint John man, who was not registered as an intervener, tried to question the experts about the proposed natural gas pipeline route.

A large part of the morning was taken up by one of the man's supporters, Westfield Road resident Fran Oliver, who is registered to question witnesses provided by Emera, the company hired to build the pipeline from the LNG plant at Mispec to the U.S. border.

Oliver quizzed the expert panel of witnesses about the company's efforts to make the public aware of the proposed route and tried to get an affidavit from Ed Poley of South Bay admitted as evidence even though the evidence-taking phase of the hearing ended several week ago.

Oliver said Poley's home is within 100 metres of the proposed corridor and he was never contacted by Emera and learned about the proposed route too late to register as an intervener.

Following a morning break, Oliver invited Poley to sit beside her and handed the microphone over to him. When he started questioning the panel he was cut off by board chairwoman Sheila Leggett who asked him if he was registered.

When he said no, Leggett asked him to stand down and after he refused she ordered the recording of the hearing stopped. When he refused again to step away from the microphone, Leggett and the two other members of the panel, who have some of the powers of judges, left the room, effectively closing the hearing down.

Poley spent a few more minutes shouting at people working for the pipeline company before he left on his own. In the meantime a call was made to the police department and officers responded but found nothing to respond to. Poley was long gone.

"This was a situation that was blown way out of proportion," said Sgt. Don Cooper, of the city police when contacted at the end of the day.

After Oliver finished her questioning of the panel, a lawyer for the NEB asked final questions of the panel who were the experts on the routing, environmental concerns and lands.

The board's lawyer asked Emera what plans it had to deal with concerns of natives about the land being crossed in the pipeline route as well as plans for keeping noise levels down when drilling under the St. John River between Pokiok in the North End and Milford on the West Side.

If any archeological sites are found during the digging the provincial government will be immediately notified and any such site will be treated with respect, said Chris Blair, who is responsible for the environmental impact part of the project.

One area outside the city was identified as a potential native burial ground but testing of the site has found no evidence, said Blair. Testing continues with the knowledge of the Union of New Brunswick Indians.

He also said the company will follow Health Canada guidelines for noise reduction when drilling the horizontal hole under the river.

In the afternoon the final panel of experts for the hearing, with expertise in engineering design, safety and risk analysis, was sworn in to give evidence.

The hearing is expected to run for 12 hours today from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and continue every day, except Sunday, until Nov. 20.


The meeting were going ok since they began.


One day there’s trouble and Charles shows up the next day? Always something?


I’ll write more on the meeting once I’m in Fredericton.