It was brought up to my attention that readers who has Rogers cable internet haven't received any emails from me in weeks!!!
If you're on my list? Please tell me if you have been receiving my daily updates?
Merci!!!!
Saturday, April 22, 2006
DID ROGERS TELEVISION BLOCK ME???
FOUR CANADIAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN!!!
The four Canadians killed have been identified. From top: Cpl. Matthew Dinning, Lieut. William Turner, Bombardier Myles Mansell and Cpl. Randy Payne. (National Defence)
I say that we should get the hell out of that country!!!!
How many more Canadians have to be killed before we get the message????
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I say that we should get the hell out of that country!!!!
How many more Canadians have to be killed before we get the message????
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WHY ARE THE IRVINGS GOING AGAINST TANKER MALLEY????
NB Telegraph-Journal | Editorials
As published on page A7 on April 22, 2006
This Speaker must resign
When the legislature resumes sitting Tuesday, one issue will dominate: whether Tanker Malley should sit as Speaker.
He should not - and the most persuasive argument why he should not is the impact his apparent deal-making has had on political debate.
Tankerpalooza has edged out concerns about rising gas and electricity prices, job losses, nursing home fees and overcrowded classrooms as the leading topic of discussion. The MLA's actions and the government's reactions have brought the legislature to a standstill, at a time when these issues and a host of others require action.
What Mr. Malley and the Tory government have done is permissible within the rules of the legislature. But the blatant political bartering they have engaged in is distasteful. Across the province, people are saying the government gave in to unreasonable demands for the sake of clinging to power. At least one Conservative MLA has echoed these concerns, accusing Mr. Malley of blackmail.
It is clear Mr. Malley has lost the confidence of the majority of MLAs and the majority of New Brunswickers. If he remains Speaker, it will bring further disrespect to that distinguished and impartial office, to the legislature, and to the province as a whole - a shame that Premier Bernard Lord and the government must share.
Consider this:
€¢ Mr. Malley made outrageous demands as the price of his support for the government, and left the Tory party when they were not met. These demands allegedly included a promotion for himself, a job for a friend, a judgeship for another friend, and new funding for his riding.
€¢ He sought and won election as Speaker. By parliamentary tradition, the Speaker must vote with the government for the sake of continuing debate. By allowing Mr. Malley, an Independent, to seek the Speaker's chair unopposed, the government was able to take his free vote out of play and convert it to a government vote. Mr. Malley also received the perks accorded the Speaker's chair - a higher salary, a larger office and a government vehicle.
€¢ Having effectively preserved the government's voting majority in the legislature, Mr. Malley announced he would return to the Tory caucus, ensuring the government would also enjoy a majority on legislative committees. And why wouldn't he? The majority of his demands were met, including a promotion for himself, a job for his friend "Judy", and more money for his riding.
€¢ In defiance of the tradition that Speakers keep a low political profile, Mr. Malley has been bragging about his importance to the Conservative government. In recent interviews with Miramichi media, he has claimed he was responsible for key elements in the Conservative budget, unveiled while he was sitting as an Independent and serving as Speaker.
Mr. Malley has claimed Miramichi will receive new government spending as a result of his floor-crossing. Miramichiers appear to be reaping the benefits, judging from the more than $1.5 million in funding Conservatives announced in the region Thursday.
This is not the sort of behaviour New Brunswickers expect from the highest officer of the legislature, or from the premier and his cabinet. It makes a mockery of the ideal of responsible government.
Mr. Malley has not done his constituents any favours, either. Thanks to his involvement, the government's decision to fund important and legitimate projects, such as water and sewage repair, has been tainted with the appearance of patronage. As long as Mr. Malley is involved in funding announcements, New Brunswick taxpayers will wonder whether Miramichiers are getting their just rewards, or just getting rewarded.
Mr. Malley should resign, allowing a new election for Speaker to be held. And, in the name of integrity, it must be done under the watchful public eye of a free vote.
Tankerpalooza has gone on long enough - far beyond its 15 minutes of fame, or the borders of political gamesmanship.
It's time to cancel the show.
ACCESS TO JUSTICE????
ACCESS TO JUSTICE
Would you call it a fair legal system?
- if you were imprisoned for over 20 years for a murder you did not commit
- if a parole officer circulated false reports making serious and unfounded allegations against you, resulting in longer and harsher prison time
- if you had to wait until parole, about a quarter-century later, to be in a safe enough position to take legal action against this parole officer
- if your lawyer then represented your case inadequately, could not take it to trial because he failed to pay his dues, instead disappeared with your file, and yet was not held accountable by the Law Society
- if you were too poor to afford another lawyer, and could not find a lawyer to take your case for free or on a percentage basis
- if the only legally trained advocate available to help you was not allowed by the Law Society to do so because he was not a lawyer, and yet was not allowed by the Law Society to become a lawyer because of his legal activism
- if one of the people making this decision about your advocate was in a clear conflict of interests, as the lawyer representing the parole officer
against you
- if the Law Society, Legal Aid, the Justice Minister, and the Court, despite these circumstances, all refused to ensure proper legal representation for you
For additional information:
Vaughn Barnett, the Advocacy Collective
Phone/Fax (506) 457-4559
Would you call it a fair legal system?
- if you were imprisoned for over 20 years for a murder you did not commit
- if a parole officer circulated false reports making serious and unfounded allegations against you, resulting in longer and harsher prison time
- if you had to wait until parole, about a quarter-century later, to be in a safe enough position to take legal action against this parole officer
- if your lawyer then represented your case inadequately, could not take it to trial because he failed to pay his dues, instead disappeared with your file, and yet was not held accountable by the Law Society
- if you were too poor to afford another lawyer, and could not find a lawyer to take your case for free or on a percentage basis
- if the only legally trained advocate available to help you was not allowed by the Law Society to do so because he was not a lawyer, and yet was not allowed by the Law Society to become a lawyer because of his legal activism
- if one of the people making this decision about your advocate was in a clear conflict of interests, as the lawyer representing the parole officer
against you
- if the Law Society, Legal Aid, the Justice Minister, and the Court, despite these circumstances, all refused to ensure proper legal representation for you
For additional information:
Vaughn Barnett, the Advocacy Collective
Phone/Fax (506) 457-4559
FREDERICTON CITY HALL SHOULD HAVE MORE PRIDE FOR THE NEW BRUNSWICK FLAG!!!!
Fredericton is the Capital of New Brunswick right??
ADHD PREACHER HAS A BLOG SITE!!!!!
TANKER MALLEY'S ASSISTANT NICK BROWN ASKING FOR GUIDANCE FOR NEXT WEEK'S SHOWDOWN AT THE NEW BRUNSWICK LEGISLATURE??????
Yes, it's going to be a very rough ride. Not even Religion can stop it from blowing over!!!!
It's going to be a war in there!!!!!
It's going to be a war in there!!!!!
WILL TONY HUNTJENS APOLOGIZES TO THE HOUSE ON TUESDAY????
Abel LeBlanc felt his pride took a huge hit last week when he was forced to apologized???
Will Tony Huntjens do the same????
GOD'S MINUTE!!!!!
THEN THE LITTLE CHILDREN WERE BROUGHT TO HIM THAT
HE MIGHT PUT HIS HANDS ON THEM AND PRAY, BUT THE
DISCIPLES REBUKED THEM. BUT JESUS SAID, "LET THE
LITTLE CHILDREN COME TO ME, AND DO NOT FORBID THEM,
FOR OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN." AND HE LAID
HIS HANDS ON THEM AND DEPARTED FROM THERE.
( MATTHEW 19:13-15 *NJKV )
Dear Charles,
Now it is well known how much Jesus loves little
children, so today I will share with you a message that I
have received from one of our Subscribers. For we know
that out of the mouths of babes' come amazing things!
Now if you know the Bible - even a little - you'll find this
hilarious! It comes from a Christian elementary school;
kids were asked questions about the Old & New Testaments.
Hopefully, this was a Kindergarten Class!
The following statements about the Bible were written by
the children; they have not been retouched or corrected
(i.e. incorrect spelling has been left in.)
1. In the first book of the bible, Guinessis, God got
tired of creating the world, so he took the Sabbath off.
2. Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree. Noah's
wife was called Joan of Ark. Noah built an ark, which the
animals come on in pears.
3. Lot's wife was a pillar of salt by day, but a ball of
fire by night.
4. The Jews were a proud people and throughout history
they had trouble with the unsympathetic Genitals.
5. Samson was a strongman who let himself be led astray
by a Jezebel like Delilah.
6. Samson slayed the Philistines with the axe of the
Apostles.
7. Moses led the Hebrews to the Red Sea, where they made
unleavened bread which is bread without any ingredients
8. The Egyptians were all drowned in the dessert.
Afterwards, Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten
ammendments.
9. The first commandment was when Eve told adam to eat
the apple.
10. the seventh commandment is thou shalt not admit
adultery.
11. Moses died before he ever reaches Canada. Then Joshua
led the Hebrews in the battle of Geritol.
12. The greatest miracle in the Bible is when Joshua told
his son to stand still and they obeyed him.
13. David was a Hebrew king skilled at playing the liar.
He fought with the Finklesteins, a race of people who
lived in Biblical times.
14. Solomon, one of David's sons, had 300 wives and 700
porcupines.
15. When Mary heard that she was the mother of Jesus, she
sang the Magna Carta.
16. When the three wise guys from the east side arrived,
they found Jesus in the manager.
17. Jesus was born because Mary had an immaculate
contraption.
18. St. John the blacksmith dumped water on his head.
19. Jesus enunciated the Golden Rule, which says to do
one to others before they do one to you. He also
explained, a man doth not live by sweat alone.
20. It was a miracle when Jesus rose from the dead and
managed to get the tombstone off the entrance.
21. The people who followed the lord were called the 12
decibels.
22. The epistles were the wives of the apostles.
23. One of the opossums was St. Matthew who was also a
taximan.
24. St. Paul cavorted to Christianity. He preached holy
acrimony, which is another name for marriage.
25. Christians have only one spouse. This is called
monotony.
_____________________
With My Love & Prayers,
Pastor Allen
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Friday, April 21, 2006
AN ADHD INDIVIDUAL PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD ON THE STREETS OF THE CAPITAL???
lol...I noticed this young guy this afternoon preaching the good words of the Lord.
Hours later, he was gone. Maybe if he finds this web site? He can share his experience in here?
Hours later, he was gone. Maybe if he finds this web site? He can share his experience in here?
MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL LIBERAL PARTY TO HAVE CHARLES CHARGE BY THE R.C.M.P.???
I received this email 30 minutes ago. This guy sent me a rude email last year demanding that I remove him.
Since he was way up there in the Federal Liberal Party? I told him that I would keep him on my list!
Is this the new policy of the Federal Liberal Party???
I'll be in Andy Scott office this morning and asks some questions?
Freedom must remain in Canada!!!!
This is the email
Steven MacKinnon wrote:
I am, today, sending your spam, along with my repeated requests to be removed from your list, to the RCMP. This is my last request. Remove me from your e-mail distribution.
Since he was way up there in the Federal Liberal Party? I told him that I would keep him on my list!
Is this the new policy of the Federal Liberal Party???
I'll be in Andy Scott office this morning and asks some questions?
Freedom must remain in Canada!!!!
This is the email
Steven MacKinnon
I am, today, sending your spam, along with my repeated requests to be removed from your list, to the RCMP. This is my last request. Remove me from your e-mail distribution.
GOD'S MINUTE!!!!
NOW GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT IS GREAT GAIN.
FOR WE BROUGHT NOTHING INTO THIS WORLD, AND IT
IS CERTAIN WE CAN CARRY NOTHING OUT.
( 1 TIMOTHY 6:7 *NKJV )
Dear Charles,
In this World today it is so easy to get caught up trying to
make money, that it can become number one in our lives. We
may even forget at times how very short our human life is
compared to our Eternal life! FOR WHAT IS YOUR LIFE? IT
IS EVEN A VAPOR THAT APPEARS FOR A LITTLE TIME
AND THEN VANISHES AWAY. ( JAMES 4:14 )
We also may become easily distracted by those around
us, who are so consumed by the love of money that
they have lost sight of what is most important! If the truth
be known those people often have very unhappy lives, for it
is written; THE LOVE OF MONEY IS A ROOT OF ALL
KINDS OF EVIL, FOR WHICH SOME HAVE STRAYED
FROM THE FAITH IN THEIR GREEDINESS AND PIERCED
THEMSELVES THROUGH WITH MANY SORROWS.
( 1 TIMOTHY 6:10 )
Now that doesn't mean we should live a life of poverty
at all. For God wants His Children to prosper, after all
He said; BE STRONG AND VERY COURAGEOUS, THAT
YOU MAY OBSERVE TO DO ACCORDING TO ALL THE
LAW WHICH MOSES MY SERVANT COMMANDED
YOU; DO NOT TURN FROM IT TO THE RIGHT HAND OR
TO THE LEFT, THAT YOU MAY PROSPER WHEREVER
YOU MAY GO. ( JOSHUA 1:7 )
So when others distract you it is important to remember
that as a Child of God you have an even better life ahead of
you! A life without pain, sorrow, sickness or any other
adversity! One with the Angels, Arc-Angels and all the
Company of Heaven. An Eternal life with God and your
loved one's who have already passed before you. So
always; SET YOUR MIND ON THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON
THINGS ON THE EARTH. ( COLOSSIANS 3:2 ) For
then you will find true peace and happiness when you do!
Therefore Charles; I PRAY THAT YOU MAY PROSPER IN
ALL THINGS AND BE IN HEALTH, JUST AS YOUR SOUL
PROSPERS. Amen. ( 3 JOHN 2 )
With My Love & Prayers,
your servant Allen
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Thursday, April 20, 2006
IT WAS ONE YEAR AGO TODAY I MADE MY PRESENTATION TO THE CANADIAN SENATE OF THE IRVING MONOPOLY OF NEWSPAPERS IN NEW BRUNSWICK!!!!
I made about a month ago, two months ago, I said that I wanted to make a presentation. In the past, I made a presentations in front of standing committees in New Brunswick. They told me yesterday I only have four minutes. I was disallowed to make a presentation like everybody else. Could you tell me why?
The Chairman: Essentially, sir, the problem is we only have a little over a day and a half. We would like to have more; we would like to have a week, but we do not.
Mr. LeBlanc: Who chose these people?
The Chairman: The Steering Committee of the Transport and Communications Committee has spent a long time looking at all the long list of witnesses, and I am very sorry if you feel you have not been treated justly, but we are doing the best we can.
Mr. LeBlanc: I just wanted to go on record because I was told this morning that B.C. has four minutes, and also New Brunswick. You cannot compare the population of New Brunswick to B.C. I mean there is more media, there are more newspapers in B.C. than here. Here we have a major problem.
But I have ADHD, attention deficit hyperactive disorder. I like to take my time on issues, but this morning I apologize for the way I am.
I hitchhiked a ride from Fredericton.
Sorry, I should take my hat off, but I hitchhiked from Fredericton to be here.
So I just want to go on record that I have been, as the Senator from Sackville knows, that I have been very outspoken.
I am the most outspoken citizen in this province for this issue.
So what I will try to do, I would like to relax so I can concentrate on the issue at hand, but I have four minutes.
The Chairman: I will give you five minutes, how is that?
Mr. LeBlanc: Thank you very much.
The Chairman: Because you hitchhiked all the way here.
Mr. LeBlanc: I hitchhiked, yes, and believe me, I had to listen to two riders who were complaining about what I am talking about. They agree with me 100 per cent.
Okay, here we go and I will try to put everything that I can. I hate to rush, but when I was told yesterday four minutes, I said, “Oh my God, that is almost impossible.”
I was born in Memramcook. I lived in Saint John for 18 years. I have worked at the Irving Shipyard, and I am now living in Fredericton. I started to write letters to the editor l’Évangéline, that is a French paper, and I enjoy writing.
I enjoy spreading my views with other people. I have a column in the River Valley News.
It has not been Irving bought yet, maybe, I do not know why. Maybe the Irvings know what is going on through this paper.
That is why they are not buying it.
I am allowed to write anything I want.
I will leave you a copy. It is a bi-weekly paper that is now owned by Irving.
During the frigate program, I was very well-known in Saint John to write my letters to the editor.
I wrote and got printed 500 letters to the editor.
Not too many people in this province can say that.
If I wrote letters supporting the Irvings, they would turn around and say, “Oh, what a suck-up.”
If I wrote against them, they would say, “Hey, don’t you know who your boss is?”
Well, on both sides, I could have vent, but I had the right to condemn the Irvings, had the right to praise the Irvings.
Then the Telegraph Journal, then something happened, I was working for a company, then I had a protest going on in front of the Golden Ball and the next thing you know there was a story in the Evening Times Globe stating that Charles LeBlanc was fired three times.
That was not true, and they allowed me to write a little letter to the editor, but the damage had already been done by Saint Johners to know the truth.
That is how the Irvings run it.
We heard a lot about Jamie Irving. Jamie Irving is a nice kid. I met Jamie, a very nice guy.
When I found out he was the editor, the publisher of the King’s County Record -- I am talking fast because I only have four minutes, I am trying, there are some many issues -- when I found out that Jamie was the publisher of the King’s County Record, I said “Okay, he is a good kid.”
Then I walked by through McAllister Place and then I saw a used picture on the King’s County Record, “J.D. Irving Sawmill record production.”
On the front page of the King’s County Record, that should have been in the workplace. What was it doing on the front page of the King’s County Record that J.D. Irving Sawmill produced record products?
Then there was a big pollution spill in West Saint John on Christmas day.
I wrote a letter to the editor about it.
It was denied. So I do not know what was going on. There were changes made.
I made a complaint to the Atlantic Press Council and what happened, Ken Simms from Halifax was surprised once I told him I wrote 500 letters to the editor.
He said “500?” “My God,” he said “there is a procedure here.
Then suddenly they stop. We will investigate this.” So Peter Haggert, he is from Ontario, he is the publisher of the Telegraph Journal.
He called me and he told me, “We will not print critical letters of the Irvings by former employees.”
So I turned around and I said, “Okay, so that means if there are 6,000 people in the shipyard that are former employees, they cannot write letters in the paper.”
Then, Rob Link from the Evening Times Globe, I wrote a letter, he told me, “We have to investigate what you wrote.” I said, “Investigate? I wrote 500 letters to the editor.
Why do you suddenly have to investigate?”
In the summer of year 2003, Peter Haggert from the Telegraph Journal, wrote a column and told the readers, “We will only print one letter by one writer on any issues once a month.”
So I was shocked. Now, they are stopping people from writing letters to the paper.
Three weeks later they announced that Saint John Ship Building was closed.
So, those three regular writers that wrote about the shipyard, they had their say, then they had to wait a whole month.
I mean, that is not right.
New Brunswickers’ rights are being denied, and that is what I am very concerned about.
In the summer of 2003, I decided to set up a tent in front of the legislature and I was protesting against the use of Ritalin for ADHD, stopping young kids, five years old, from being forced on these drugs, and next thing you know, it took 50 days for the press, the Daily Gleaner, to cover this story.
The Irving press never covered this story.
We are not talking about a tent that was in a cow field. It was in front of the legislature.
The citizens of Fredericton -- I am sorry I am talking so fast, I am just going fast -- the citizens of Fredericton were wondering, “How come we have never seen this in the Gleaner?”
It took 50 days. So what happened, suddenly, they stole my tent.
To make a long story short, I got good coverage at the end, but it took 50 days.
I turned around and came here to Champlain Place to collect names for my petition.
I collected 10,000 signatures and the Acadians, les Acadiens, they knew who I was because l’Acadie Nouvelle covered this story totally.
The Moncton Transcript, they never did.
The English side. See, this is what I am talking about.
The Chairman: I do not like having to cut anybody off.
Mr. LeBlanc: It is a damn shame.
The Chairman: I do not like it; we do not like it. But you are not the only one that we need to hear from.
Mr. LeBlanc: No, I made a presentation.
Senator Trenholme Counsell: Mr. LeBlanc, I think there is no doubt that in the end you have made a very important point about Ritalin and ADHD, but your main frustration in this case, and I do not want to go back regarding your employment with the Irvings and all those other things.
I know you as a person who has taken a very strong and valid and important position on ADHD.
Do you feel satisfied in the end? It is like Terry Fox, you do not get recognition right away?
Do you feel now that you have achieved your goal?
Mr. LeBlanc: No, I understand your question, but like I said, I had to speak so fast.
It had nothing to do if I reached my goal on Ritalin.
My goal for freedom of speech, that is the problem.
When you have Frank McKenna come to me when I was protesting, I met him in Fredericton.
I have known him for a long time, he came to me and he said, “Charles, how come we have not seen any letters from you lately?”
It is the freedom of speech. I do not want to compare the Irvings to this province to Germany.
We do not go around and execute people. But do not forget, when Hitler took power, he took power of the media.
The media here, they call it Brunswick News, is Irving News.
I mean, my issue of Ritalin, okay, did I succeed?
I do not know, but this is not the point.
The point is to have people, New Brunswickers, be allowed the freedom of speech and they are denied big time.
Like I said, I wish I could have made my presentation in whole.
We were talking about advertising. I heard one person from the Telegraph Journal say, “If you do not pay your bills, we own all the newspapers.”
The Senate, this committee must - see, I am just trying to answer a question and trying to get some more here.
Quickly, the Irvings gave St. Thomas University $1 million to study journalism, to train journalists.
Why did the Irvings give $1 million to St. Thomas and l’Université de Moncton?
These people, when they go out, they are not going to write critical stories of the Irvings.
Look, it is freedom of speech.
The Chairman: Mr. LeBlanc, I am going to give Senator Munson a chance to ask a question if he wants, but I am also going to ask you please, because we are running out of time, but you do a blog so, you know how to do email.
Could you send us a letter outlining your difficulties?
In the meantime, I will undertake tomorrow, when we have representatives of Brunswick News here, to ask if they have a written policy on letters to the editor.
Senator Munson: If there is another message you want to give us, I would certainly accept that. I would throw out the easy question for you if you missed one or two things in a minute or so.
Mr. LeBlanc: I really appreciate that.
One thing that I was concerned of is that during the 1997 federal election, J.K. Irving wrote a letter to the editor and it was printed on the front page. I did not know what was going on, but maybe it was good because Paul Zed lost.
Maybe that is why he lost because J.K. Irving told the public to vote for his son-in-law, but we will never know.
The question is still there?
I was allowed a week later to condemn J.K. in his letters to the editor, and I have seen him face to face and trust me, he just looked at me and said, “I own the paper and I will put the damn letter anywhere I want to.”
But anyhow, that is his point.
But the bottom line is, personally I respect the Irvings. J.D. Irving, J.K. Irving’s son, is totally out of control.
It is like Mr. Burns on the Simpsons. “I will crush you with my bare hands.”
The Chairman: Thank you, Mr. LeBlanc. You made your point for us here.
Mr. LeBlanc: My blog is Charles LeBlanc, ADHD.
The Chairman: Thanks very much.
(French follows - continuing with The Chairman -- J’invite ...)
(Apr̬s anglais Рcontinuing with the Chairman)
J’invite maintenant M. Gilles Haché.
The Chairman: Essentially, sir, the problem is we only have a little over a day and a half. We would like to have more; we would like to have a week, but we do not.
Mr. LeBlanc: Who chose these people?
The Chairman: The Steering Committee of the Transport and Communications Committee has spent a long time looking at all the long list of witnesses, and I am very sorry if you feel you have not been treated justly, but we are doing the best we can.
Mr. LeBlanc: I just wanted to go on record because I was told this morning that B.C. has four minutes, and also New Brunswick. You cannot compare the population of New Brunswick to B.C. I mean there is more media, there are more newspapers in B.C. than here. Here we have a major problem.
But I have ADHD, attention deficit hyperactive disorder. I like to take my time on issues, but this morning I apologize for the way I am.
I hitchhiked a ride from Fredericton.
Sorry, I should take my hat off, but I hitchhiked from Fredericton to be here.
So I just want to go on record that I have been, as the Senator from Sackville knows, that I have been very outspoken.
I am the most outspoken citizen in this province for this issue.
So what I will try to do, I would like to relax so I can concentrate on the issue at hand, but I have four minutes.
The Chairman: I will give you five minutes, how is that?
Mr. LeBlanc: Thank you very much.
The Chairman: Because you hitchhiked all the way here.
Mr. LeBlanc: I hitchhiked, yes, and believe me, I had to listen to two riders who were complaining about what I am talking about. They agree with me 100 per cent.
Okay, here we go and I will try to put everything that I can. I hate to rush, but when I was told yesterday four minutes, I said, “Oh my God, that is almost impossible.”
I was born in Memramcook. I lived in Saint John for 18 years. I have worked at the Irving Shipyard, and I am now living in Fredericton. I started to write letters to the editor l’Évangéline, that is a French paper, and I enjoy writing.
I enjoy spreading my views with other people. I have a column in the River Valley News.
It has not been Irving bought yet, maybe, I do not know why. Maybe the Irvings know what is going on through this paper.
That is why they are not buying it.
I am allowed to write anything I want.
I will leave you a copy. It is a bi-weekly paper that is now owned by Irving.
During the frigate program, I was very well-known in Saint John to write my letters to the editor.
I wrote and got printed 500 letters to the editor.
Not too many people in this province can say that.
If I wrote letters supporting the Irvings, they would turn around and say, “Oh, what a suck-up.”
If I wrote against them, they would say, “Hey, don’t you know who your boss is?”
Well, on both sides, I could have vent, but I had the right to condemn the Irvings, had the right to praise the Irvings.
Then the Telegraph Journal, then something happened, I was working for a company, then I had a protest going on in front of the Golden Ball and the next thing you know there was a story in the Evening Times Globe stating that Charles LeBlanc was fired three times.
That was not true, and they allowed me to write a little letter to the editor, but the damage had already been done by Saint Johners to know the truth.
That is how the Irvings run it.
We heard a lot about Jamie Irving. Jamie Irving is a nice kid. I met Jamie, a very nice guy.
When I found out he was the editor, the publisher of the King’s County Record -- I am talking fast because I only have four minutes, I am trying, there are some many issues -- when I found out that Jamie was the publisher of the King’s County Record, I said “Okay, he is a good kid.”
Then I walked by through McAllister Place and then I saw a used picture on the King’s County Record, “J.D. Irving Sawmill record production.”
On the front page of the King’s County Record, that should have been in the workplace. What was it doing on the front page of the King’s County Record that J.D. Irving Sawmill produced record products?
Then there was a big pollution spill in West Saint John on Christmas day.
I wrote a letter to the editor about it.
It was denied. So I do not know what was going on. There were changes made.
I made a complaint to the Atlantic Press Council and what happened, Ken Simms from Halifax was surprised once I told him I wrote 500 letters to the editor.
He said “500?” “My God,” he said “there is a procedure here.
Then suddenly they stop. We will investigate this.” So Peter Haggert, he is from Ontario, he is the publisher of the Telegraph Journal.
He called me and he told me, “We will not print critical letters of the Irvings by former employees.”
So I turned around and I said, “Okay, so that means if there are 6,000 people in the shipyard that are former employees, they cannot write letters in the paper.”
Then, Rob Link from the Evening Times Globe, I wrote a letter, he told me, “We have to investigate what you wrote.” I said, “Investigate? I wrote 500 letters to the editor.
Why do you suddenly have to investigate?”
In the summer of year 2003, Peter Haggert from the Telegraph Journal, wrote a column and told the readers, “We will only print one letter by one writer on any issues once a month.”
So I was shocked. Now, they are stopping people from writing letters to the paper.
Three weeks later they announced that Saint John Ship Building was closed.
So, those three regular writers that wrote about the shipyard, they had their say, then they had to wait a whole month.
I mean, that is not right.
New Brunswickers’ rights are being denied, and that is what I am very concerned about.
In the summer of 2003, I decided to set up a tent in front of the legislature and I was protesting against the use of Ritalin for ADHD, stopping young kids, five years old, from being forced on these drugs, and next thing you know, it took 50 days for the press, the Daily Gleaner, to cover this story.
The Irving press never covered this story.
We are not talking about a tent that was in a cow field. It was in front of the legislature.
The citizens of Fredericton -- I am sorry I am talking so fast, I am just going fast -- the citizens of Fredericton were wondering, “How come we have never seen this in the Gleaner?”
It took 50 days. So what happened, suddenly, they stole my tent.
To make a long story short, I got good coverage at the end, but it took 50 days.
I turned around and came here to Champlain Place to collect names for my petition.
I collected 10,000 signatures and the Acadians, les Acadiens, they knew who I was because l’Acadie Nouvelle covered this story totally.
The Moncton Transcript, they never did.
The English side. See, this is what I am talking about.
The Chairman: I do not like having to cut anybody off.
Mr. LeBlanc: It is a damn shame.
The Chairman: I do not like it; we do not like it. But you are not the only one that we need to hear from.
Mr. LeBlanc: No, I made a presentation.
Senator Trenholme Counsell: Mr. LeBlanc, I think there is no doubt that in the end you have made a very important point about Ritalin and ADHD, but your main frustration in this case, and I do not want to go back regarding your employment with the Irvings and all those other things.
I know you as a person who has taken a very strong and valid and important position on ADHD.
Do you feel satisfied in the end? It is like Terry Fox, you do not get recognition right away?
Do you feel now that you have achieved your goal?
Mr. LeBlanc: No, I understand your question, but like I said, I had to speak so fast.
It had nothing to do if I reached my goal on Ritalin.
My goal for freedom of speech, that is the problem.
When you have Frank McKenna come to me when I was protesting, I met him in Fredericton.
I have known him for a long time, he came to me and he said, “Charles, how come we have not seen any letters from you lately?”
It is the freedom of speech. I do not want to compare the Irvings to this province to Germany.
We do not go around and execute people. But do not forget, when Hitler took power, he took power of the media.
The media here, they call it Brunswick News, is Irving News.
I mean, my issue of Ritalin, okay, did I succeed?
I do not know, but this is not the point.
The point is to have people, New Brunswickers, be allowed the freedom of speech and they are denied big time.
Like I said, I wish I could have made my presentation in whole.
We were talking about advertising. I heard one person from the Telegraph Journal say, “If you do not pay your bills, we own all the newspapers.”
The Senate, this committee must - see, I am just trying to answer a question and trying to get some more here.
Quickly, the Irvings gave St. Thomas University $1 million to study journalism, to train journalists.
Why did the Irvings give $1 million to St. Thomas and l’Université de Moncton?
These people, when they go out, they are not going to write critical stories of the Irvings.
Look, it is freedom of speech.
The Chairman: Mr. LeBlanc, I am going to give Senator Munson a chance to ask a question if he wants, but I am also going to ask you please, because we are running out of time, but you do a blog so, you know how to do email.
Could you send us a letter outlining your difficulties?
In the meantime, I will undertake tomorrow, when we have representatives of Brunswick News here, to ask if they have a written policy on letters to the editor.
Senator Munson: If there is another message you want to give us, I would certainly accept that. I would throw out the easy question for you if you missed one or two things in a minute or so.
Mr. LeBlanc: I really appreciate that.
One thing that I was concerned of is that during the 1997 federal election, J.K. Irving wrote a letter to the editor and it was printed on the front page. I did not know what was going on, but maybe it was good because Paul Zed lost.
Maybe that is why he lost because J.K. Irving told the public to vote for his son-in-law, but we will never know.
The question is still there?
I was allowed a week later to condemn J.K. in his letters to the editor, and I have seen him face to face and trust me, he just looked at me and said, “I own the paper and I will put the damn letter anywhere I want to.”
But anyhow, that is his point.
But the bottom line is, personally I respect the Irvings. J.D. Irving, J.K. Irving’s son, is totally out of control.
It is like Mr. Burns on the Simpsons. “I will crush you with my bare hands.”
The Chairman: Thank you, Mr. LeBlanc. You made your point for us here.
Mr. LeBlanc: My blog is Charles LeBlanc, ADHD.
The Chairman: Thanks very much.
(French follows - continuing with The Chairman -- J’invite ...)
(Apr̬s anglais Рcontinuing with the Chairman)
J’invite maintenant M. Gilles Haché.
ARE THE KNIVES CLOSELY BEHIND SHAWN GRAHAM BACK???
Next week will be a very interesting one in the Legislature.
The announcements for projects are in full swing but there’s still no election call?
There just has to an election because one year from now? Close to 90% of New Brunswickers will forget all these goodies.
Ever since Bernard Lord got first elected, he always blamed the bad policies of Frank McKenna. 
Frank was a bad person I guess?
These days, it’s a total different approach.
Bernard Lord has been telling Shawn Graham that he wants an election because the knives are behind his back.
The Liberals wants a new leader!!!
The names of Mike Murphy and Kelly Lamrock are always mentioned. 
But guess what???
Never once have I heard of any infighting.
Lets says that Shawn Graham would have lost the by-election in Saint John Harbour?
There would have been a call to get rid of Shawn Graham but this is not the case. 
Bernard Lord got slaughtered and the message was clear.
The Liberals are so close to being in power that they can smell and taste it.
They wouldn’t be stupid enough to begin infighting within the Party ranks.
That would be ridiculous and very foolish!!!
I might add that I would be the first one to confront any candidate.
Shawn deserves a second chance as leader because he came just 18 votes short of becoming Premier of New Brunswick.
New Brunswickers are not stupid. They saw something wrong with Bernard Lord and didn’t give me a free ride.
The party of 200 days of change was over!!!
The issue of VLT’S came and Bernard Lord did call a referendum on the issue.
After the coin operators spent millions in advertissmsnts and the Ministers of the Cabinet told the media that if the machines goes? Get ready for very deep cuts in social services and health Care.
After all this blackmail? It was almost 50-50!!!
You would have believe that Bernard Lord would have some sympathy towards the 49% of the people who voted to remove these machines?
You know like shutting down the machines for one day? < Sunday >
The issue of drugging our kids is another issue.
The bottom line is that Bernard Lord is not interested in listening to New Brunswickers.
Some days? I truly believe that he thinks he's a King???....lol
Bernard Lord offered Bernard Richard a 10 year job as Ombudsman. 
He called an election 6 months after and lost big time! Even after they spent a lot of money in the riding of Shediac-Cape-Pele.
Then came Saint John Harbour and look what happened there? 
I also heard that the P.C.’s did their own private poll and found out that they’re going to lose the next Provincial election in a big way!
The only important issue these days is to stay long enough in office to be able to collect a pension.
New Brunswickers are demanding changes but Bernard Lord is not listening. 
Thank God? This is not the month of June or July because the Chambers would be very hot.
Everyone would vote on any issue just to get the heck out of the Legislature.
Maybe if the Liberals can stall the Government in their tracks?
Bernard will lose his temper and call a quick election?
Am I going to make a prediction of what’s going to happen next week at the Legislature?
Of course not!!! 
My track record is not a good one in making predictions.
I might add that I’m not the only one.
But one thing is certain??? It would be an very interesting week at the New Brunswick Legislature.
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