UPDATES - OCTOBER 4TH
NOVA SCOTIA ELECTION
Voters with disabilities don’t want to be forgotten
Julia Wong is a videojournalist with Global News. By Julia Wong
http://globalnews.ca/news/876497/voters-with-disabilities-dont-want-to-be-forgotten/
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Sweden topped the list of 91 countries in the Global AgeWatch Index, released Tuesday, followed by Norway, Germany and the Netherlands.
Canada ranked second overall on the health status measure, behind Switzerland, the index showed.
Canada ranks in top 5 of world’s best places to grow old
By Armina Ligaya, Financial Post October 1, 2013
Canada, thanks to our universal health care system, old age pension program and a relatively long life expectancy, ranked a healthy number 5 on the index compiled by HelpAge International, an advocacy group for older people.
It’s not surprising that Canada ranked so high, but Canadians don’t often recognize how good we have it here, said John Hirdes, a professor at the University of Waterloo’s School of Public Health and Health Systems.
http://www.theprovince.com/business/Canada+ranks+world+best+places+grow/8983917/story.html
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Group urges low-income Nova Scotians to vote
PAUL McLEOD OTTAWA BUREAU
pmcleod@herald.ca @CH_PaulMcLeod
Low-income Nova Scotians need to get out the vote to have their voices heard, a group of antipoverty advocates said Wednesday.
The advocates said poverty is not on the radar during this provincial election and no par ty is proposing meaningful improvements.
Wayne MacNaughton said he was tired of the focus-grouped pitches only b eing made to families and the middle class while politicians ignore single, low-income Nova Scotians such as himself.
“Poverty hasn’t been on the radar screen," MacNaughton said. “No one’s been talking about poverty.
“We need government to start paying attention to people that are on the lowest end of the scale."
He and others spoke to about a dozen people at Veith House in Halifax. The Community Advocates Network organized the event.
Although speakers expressed frustration with all three major parties, the event served as a get-out-the-vote push for Nova Scotians who rely on government assistance.
The speakers said politicians will not start talking about issues su ch as income assistance and affordable housing until they s ee affected people voting.
MacNaughton said he was disappointed with the NDP government, is taking a “pox-on-alltheir- houses" approach and will spoil his ballot.
Fellow activist Ann Duffy was more forgiving.
Duffy said the NDP government did make some positive changes, but she would like to see much more done.
For that to happen, she said, people need to start discussing issues such as poverty and mental health .
“Poverty is something that’s real, that you live with every day and that people need to think about when they’re voting in this election ."
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Raise a Reader contest winners
Winners of The Chronicle Herald’s Raise a Reader contest:
• Madison Hunt, 9, Grade 4, Waverley Memorial School, Windsor Junction
• Alex Frank, 8, Grade 3-4, Windsor Forks District School, Martock
• Kathryn Verge, 11, Grade 6, Portland Estates Elementary, Dartmouth
• Ben King, 10, Grade 5, Portland Estates Elementary, Dartmouth
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McILVEEN: When it comes to politics, negative spin obscures reality
October 2, 2013 - 5:16pm By CLAIRE McILVEEN
NDP Leader Darrell Dexter, Progressive Conservative Leader Jamie Baillie and Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil get fitted with microphones before taking part in a television broadcast at CBC Halifax in September. (TIM KROCHAK/Staff)
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Why would you fire somebody?
If I ran a business, a pink slip would go out if somebody were flubbing the job or doing something illegal or immoral.
I wouldn’t fire someone because of a mistake, a failure to sell himself, an ambitious competitor was badmouthing him or he'd been paying attention to his job instead of sucking up to the powers that be.
That last scenario is the situation the NDP finds itself in as we approach Tuesday’s provincial election.
Granted, the Dexter government has baggage. Voters were annoyed when, despite the 2009 recession, Dexter broke an election promise and raised the HST.
Dexter himself has admitted his administration mishandled the axing of the Yarmouth ferry.
His government was in power during the MLA expenses scandal and ended up wearing much of the public’s disapproval, even though all three main parties had a hand (many hands out, in fact) in that one. But compared to the plummy patronage contracts and dirty government kickback schemes that enriched the ruling parties or their good ol’ boys early in my journalism career, Dexter’s sins, like charging his bar fees to the province, seem almost quaint.
The NDP has been roundly criticized for giving loans to businesses, but argue loans are forgivable only if companies produce jobs — you know, employment that will keep my college-aged daughter here instead of pursuing the big bucks, like her Cape Breton cousins, in Alberta.
And, despite the loud, righteous indignation leading up to Oct. 8, you can bet business subsidies will be on the agenda on Oct. 9, no matter who gets elected.
Dexter’s biggest mistake has been allowing the Opposition, particularly the Liberals, to set the unrelentingly negative storyline for his administration.
For whatever reason, he has failed to stand up for himself and his government until the last week or so — too little, too late.
As in life, it’s not always what you do. It’s what you are perceived to be doing.
Asked last week why he has been so slow to vigorously defend his record, Dexter said being premier is difficult and time-consuming, particularly when major industries are failing.
I don’t have a problem with Jamie Baillie, the Progressive Conservative leader. As a former anti-poverty group member, my idea of what government should and can do in society is very different from Baillie’s. But he has been fair and measured in his criticisms of his opponents.
I do have a problem with Stephen McNeil, whose platform is thin (creative use of white space, we call it in the newspaper business) and who, it seems to me, is not above massaging the facts in his pursuit of the premiership.
For example:
1. McNeil, a seemingly affable and pleasant fellow, said in last week’s CBC debate that the provincial budget isn’t balanced — but it is. (Even Baillie, a chartered accountant, has made no such allegation).
2. In the same debate, McNeil said the URB had rejected Emera’s Maritime Link proposal. The URB accepted the proposal but only if certain conditions for acquiring cheaper blocks of electricity were met.
3. McNeil frequently refers to the “NDP efficiency tax” on power bills. According to our files, former Tory energy minister Richard Hurlburt announced funding in 2008 for the agency that became Efficiency Nova Scotia. It is independent of both Nova Scotia Power and the province and is regulated by the Utility and Review Board.
The NDP have made some good policy decisions: balancing the budget without wholesale job losses, setting up community emergency care clinics in underserved communities, funding insulin pumps for children and regularly raising the minimum wage, which helps young people and part-time workers.
So much so that McNeil has promised to carry out NDP spending promises, which, in political terms, is saying the guy you’re trying to defeat is competent and has good ideas.
Dexter is running on his record and Baillie has a fairly detailed platform that explains his plans. McNeil has promised increased funding to education, to break Nova Scotia Power’s monopoly and to reduce the number of health boards, but has been vague on how he would implement those promises or what else, if elected, he intends to do.
So there you have it — voters poised to throw out a hard-working guy whose administration has, to many observers, been competent on the big issues but lousy at selling itself to the public, and to elect a guy with a thin platform, a good PR machine and, at times, a tenuous grasp of the facts.
But, hey — that’s politics.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/1158073-mcilveen-when-it-comes-to-politics-negative-spin-obscures-reality
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE- VOTE FOLKS.... WE LIVE IN A FREE NATION - LOOK AROUND THE WORLD- VOTE- VOTE - VOTE
Support democracy
With the upcoming election, it distresses and saddens me very much indeed that, as in the past elections, there will be a high number of people who will not be voting and a larger portion who have never voted.
We are all guilty of complaining about the politicians for whatever reason, some justified and others maybe not so justified, but living in a democracy sure beats living in a dictatorship with terrorism at every turn. I feel very strongly that those who will not be voting in this election, but in particular those who have never voted at all, should think really hard about what people have done to give us a democratic country and our freedom and, moreover, continue on a daily basis to maintain those values, especially the ones who never come back home.
I hope and pray with all my heart that at least some of these people will vote. It would certainly be the least they could do.
George E. Beatty, Canning
and...
Vote or be surprised
In a large Canadian city many years ago there was a mayor who was much beloved and respected by most of the citizens. At the appropriate time, an election was held and he was expected to win another term by a landslide. Then, on election day, the weather turned bad, rain and windy. Because the mayor was expected to win handily, many of his supporters decided to stay home.
Why bother? The weather was just too nasty, and he was going to win anyway.
However, his main opponent, who belonged to a particular political party, figured this out and many workers got on the phones, called and drove people to the polls all day long. The next morning, to everyone’s surprise, the city had a new mayor.
If voters decide to not vote in an election, the results can be surprising and often unwelcome.
Robert Johnstone, Lower Sackville
and...
yep ... it was dief.... who was betrayed by his own party- in the night of a thousand knives....
DIEF MADE Dog-poll quip
On Oct. 2 in the letters section, Sandra Holloway attributed a quote about dogs knowing what to do with poles to Jean Chrétien.
I was always told by my dad that it was John Diefenbaker’s long ago comment criticizing the reliability of polls.
Mr. Chrétien was witty, but I don’t think that was his quip.
Colin MacEachern, Cole Harbour
AND...
UNHAPPY? Vote anyways
There’s more to casting a ballot than voting for a particular party or candidate. If you are disillusioned by our political process and don’t vote because of it, you can use your vote to make a statement.
If you don’t like any of the choices on the ballot, leave it blank. Or if a party of your choice is not on the ballot, mark in, say, a G for the Green Party or an A for the Atlantica Party, parties that are not on all the ballots. If you think that proportional representation is worth a try, then mark in PR in a couple of the boxes.
The point is that, while the parties are big on polling because they don’t have to pay attention to polls, they’re not so big on referenda because they do. But the election is an official expression of the will of the people and it’s a rare chance to express your thoughts in making it your own personal referendum.
When the votes are counted, your choice will be tabulated as a rejected ballot. Imagine if the rejected ballots outnumbered the others?
Cast your ballot.
Ron Fraser, Kingston
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SCHNEIDEREIT:
Red tsunami alert for Nova Scotia ridings
October
1, 2013 - 4:52pm By PAUL SCHNEIDEREIT
Premier
Darrell Dexter and Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil during the CTV leaders
roundtable on Monday. (TED PRITCHARD/Staff)
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Nova
Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil.
If
the polls are to be believed — and my take is they’re not mistaken — in less
than a week this province will be led by a new man and new party.
That’s
democracy. And, I should add, that’s politics. One minute you’re riding an
historic orange wave into power, the next you’re being dragged away by the
undertow from an onrushing red one.
McNeil
and the Liberals are clearly poised to win this election. But — to paraphrase
an old saying about elections — I think what’s happening is more about an
electorate deciding that Darrell Dexter and the NDP are going to lose it.
Watching
Monday night’s CTV roundtable debate between McNeil, Dexter and Tory Leader
Jamie Baillie, the premier seemed at times almost exasperated by the situation
in which he’s now apparently trapped.
At
one point, the premier rattled off a list of accomplishments by his NDP
government in the last four years. Balanced budget. Highest credit rating ever.
Highest level of foreign investment in North America among provinces and U.S.
states. A 10 per cent drop in the percentage of low income Nova Scotians.
So
why, moderator Steve Murphy interjected, wasn’t he then up, instead of behind,
by 30 points in the polls? “Sometimes,” the premier replied, stumbling a bit,
“the message just doesn’t get through.”
Dexter
might have well have answered: “Good question.”
The
problem for the NDP was not that messages weren’t getting through, it was that
they were, far too often, the wrong messages.
Dexter’s
tin ear during the expense scandal. The monumentally ill-advised decision to
plunge ahead with pulling the plug on the Yarmouth ferry without a clear plan
for a replacement. The first contract arbitration legislation, which solved a
problem that didn’t exist and was widely seen as a gift for the party’s union
base.
Disbanding
Voluntary Planning, an effective vehicle for independently gauging public
opinion on controversial issues, shocked many as the last thing you’d expect an
NDP government to do. Taking a legalistic, combative approach in dealing with
former residents of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children who alleged they
were physically, mentally and sexually abused.
Playing
hardball with the SPCA over a reasonable request to increase the paltry funding
for animal cruelty investigations, which, predictably, blew up spectacularly in
the government’s face. Championing the Muskrat Falls Emera-Nalcor deal so
wholeheartedly before the regulator had even sized up the risks — and they
found significant risks — to Nova Scotia ratepayers.
There
are, unfortunately for the NDP, more examples, but that’s enough. Meanwhile,
the NDP’s accomplishments never seemed to gain similar traction.
Negative
sentiment towards the NDP has gotten so pervasive that they’re being blasted
for something every other government, Liberal and Tory, in the last 30 years
has done — increasing the province’s net debt.
The
net debt under Gerry Regan’s Liberals grew to about $775 million in the 1970s.
Tory John Buchanan’s governments (1978 to 1993) saw the net debt shoot upwards
to around $7 billion. Liberal governments through the rest of the ’90s watched
the net debt climb to roughly $9 billion. Under the Tories (John Hamm and
Rodney MacDonald), the net debt had hit $12.3 billion by 2009.
Under
the NDP, net debt has increased to about $14 billion — an increase of $1.7
billion.
Reducing
net debt is important, but the province was in much more dire financial shape
in 2000-2011, when the net debt to GDP ratio — a critical measure of a
government’s ability to service its debt — was nearly 49 per cent. Today it’s
around 33 per cent. (Greece, by comparison, is at 156 per cent).
There’s
seemingly little time for such details, however, when you’re busy lighting the
torches and sharpening the pitchforks.
The
polls may turn out to be wrong. I doubt it, but who knows, maybe there’ll be a
zombie apocolyse. No, I suspect, in a week’s time, Nova Scotians will be sizing
up the drastically altered political landscape they’ve just created.
Paul
Schneidereit is an editorial writer and columnist.
BEST
COMMENT:
The
first sitting government in Nova Scotia to not win a second term Paul ..
So
perhaps the folks that replace them will be mindful of that people here really
are sick and tired of the same old same old from the NS Government.
The
NDP lost not because they were stupid or even because they did a worst job than
their predecessors - they lost because they abrogated their basic
responsibility to remain independent of the bureaucracy they are supposed to
oversee on our behalf.
I
am honestly pleased that Mr McNeil will likely win this election, but if he
should happen upon this comment, I think he should remain mindful of the above
observations every day he sits as Premier.
Because
while we live in a province where you can breakdown on the side of the road and
not wait more than 5 minutes before someone stops to help -- we live in a place
where almost every decision appears to be made for the benefit of virtually
everyone, except us.
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PLEASE SIGN PETITION- evil paedophile Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh slithers past laws 2 abuse little Canadian boys and on 2 India 2 rape and abuse Inaia boys...
Public Inquiry into the Ernest Fenwick Macintosh sexual abuse cases: Call your MP's, MLA's and demand a public inquiry into the MacIntosh case. Please help us get these victims justice
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Sexual
Abuse Network calls for public inquiry into MacIntosh case
Posted
on October 2, 2013
The
Sexual Abuse Network of Canada has launched an online petition calling for a
public inquiry into the case of Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh.
Network
director Dave Mantin said Tuesday that he isn’t satisfied with the internal
review announced last week by federal Justice Minister Peter MacKay into why it
took 12 years to extradite MacIntosh to Canada after several sex-related
charges were first laid in 1995.
The
Nova Scotia Court of Appeal quashed MacIntosh’s 18 convictions on charges of
gross indecency and indecent assault stemming from his alleged sexual assault
of boys in the Port Hawkesbury area during the 1970s. In doing so, the court
cited the violation of his right to a quick trial and inconsistencies in victim
testimony.
“The
internal review won’t cover half the problems that led to this guy getting
off,” said Mantin.
According
to a government new release, the federal review will include “an analysis of
the government of Canada’s actions in relation to the extradition, passport and
border control aspects of the MacIntosh case.”
The
provincial government and RCMP have conducted reviews of their own into the
delays in bringing MacIntosh to trial. In its July report, the Nova Scotia
Public Prosecution Service found that its Port Hawkesbury office was understaffed
and unable to deal with the complexities of the case while also carrying out
its other duties.
Mantin
has a list of 10 questions he says only a public inquiry would answer.
They
include, why did a Department of Justice attorney sign off on a deal that
resulted in MacIntosh’s passport being renewed twice, in 1997 and 2002, despite
a Canada-wide warrant existing for his arrest?
As
well, he alleges the Canadian embassy in New Delhi had documents showing that
MacIntosh was travelling back and forth to Montreal despite the warrant for his
arrest.
“Something
isn’t right,” said Mantin.
His
petition, which went online Sunday, had 295 supporters as of Tuesday afternoon.
It can be found on the network’s Facebook site.
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How
about answering these questions in the MacIntosh case
Posted
on September 28, 2013 by Dave Mantin
Please
sign our petition below, this case deals with both federal jurisdiction and
provincial , many law enforcement agencies again federal and provincial ,
passport Canada, border patrol, embassy
offices. ONLY a public inquiry will be able to question everyone involved under
oath.
SIGN
PETITION HERE
If
your not familiar with this case these are some of the questions that need to
be answered. There is no logical answer for any of these questions other than
complete incompetence or a cover up. We feel a public inquiry will answer these
questions.
It
has come to light that there was another man that came forward and filed a
official police report against Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh in 1992. No wheres in
any of the documentation that the R.C.M.P has provided has included this
information including their review of the case . I was also made aware that it
was the R.C.M.P that took the complaint in the first place.
So
Question 1, What happened to the first complainant in 1992 ?? we can get back
to this in a minute.
Question
2 If in fact there was a documented
complaint against MacIntosh in 1992 within the R.C.M.P system, why was there
not more effort in 1995 to detaining him with now 2 documented complaints about
sexual crimes against children . ( Remember he WAS convicted in the 70's of the
same crimes with multiple victims in that case )
Question
3 in
May of 1998 MacIntosh was put in the passport control list , and the
court date was set for May 26, 1998, this case never seen a judge instead this
is was what said
“
The Cape Breton Post has obtained documents filed with the federal court in the
course of the application. The trail ends on April 20, 1998, with a simple
one-page notice of discontinuance containing only a few sentences.
“The
applicant (MacIntosh) hereby withdraws his application for judicial review,
without costs payable to either party.
“The
respondent (the Attorney General of Canada) hereby consents to the applicant
withdrawing his application for judicial review, without costs payable to
either party.”
The
document was signed by MacIntosh’s lawyer, Ronald Lunau, and Department of
Justice lawyer Anne Turley.
Why
would Anne Turley sign off on the withdrawal and how did he keep his passport
.??
Question
4 On June 17, 1997, the chief Crown
attorney for Cape Breton requested that extradition be undertaken. But not
until December 1997 did the director of public prosecutions initiate the formal
request. The paperwork for this request was not completed until Aug. 14, 1998.
At
this point, the extradition request came under federal jurisdiction. And then
the major delays started. Between 1998 and 2003, the extradition request
languished. The RCMP conducted some additional investigations with additional
complainants, but the extradition request to the Indian government was never
completed.
The
Court of Appeal notes that the complete extradition package was finally ready
by July 3, 2003. But it was not forwarded to India until July 2006. Federal
justice officials never explained this gap in proceedings.
Once
India was informed of the extradition request, they acted with alacrity.
MacIntosh was arrested on April 5, 2007 and extradited on May 26, 2007. He
first appeared in provincial court in Port Hawkesbury on June 8, 2007.
But
then there were even more delays. From June 2007 to May 7, 2008, the Crown
delayed its required disclosure.
This
one is a 2 parter, 1 what was the delays between 1998 and 2003? and what were the delays between 2003 and
2004.
Question
5 Now we know for a face that the police were contacted while MacIntosh had a
Canadian warrant for his arrest, in Montreal with what officers describe as a
young indian boy, Instead of sending officers in montreal to go pick him up,
they leave a message with what I hope was not another victim of macintosh.
Shortly after that phone call MacIntosh hops back on a plane with that boy back
to India. We know from the media that a reporter spoke to a family that said
Macintosh took their son to Montreal for a holiday. This information was
confirmed with the new deli police in India.
The
Question is , after many more victims came forward and speaking to the
community, who would the police call and warn him?? ( Remember this was a
Canadian wide warrant, there is no procedural delay in making the arrest, any
law enforcement agency could of gone and picked him up )
Question
6
After
MacIntosh is arrested the crown only uses 6 our of the 9 victims to keep the
costs down is my opinion . He was found guilty and charges were overturned in
the lower court on count of his right being violated. Now why did the crown not
pick up the 3 other cases they have on the desk and give those victims
justice???? ok ill get back to this one 2
Question
7
After
the Supreme court decision again why has the crown not filed charges with these
other 3 documented cases ??
Question
8
After
the Supreme court decided that they would hear the leave application from the
N.S crown , some new victims came forward and gave statements and was told that
MacIntosh was only here on a extradition and could not be charged by law with
any other crimes until after the supreme court renders its verdict. Where are the new charges??
Question
9
After
13 years where is the justice for these victims????
These
are just a few questions that should be answered within these reviews , but
only a public inquiry will get to the truth and be made public.
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Saint
John faces lawsuit involving child sex abuse allegations against Ken Estabrooks
Posted
on September 27, 2013 by Dave Mantin
Saint
John faces lawsuit involving child sex abuse allegations against Ken Estabrooks
Alison ClementsSep 27, 2013 06:59:36 AM
?John
McKiggan
SAINT
JOHN, N.B. – A Halifax lawyer is in the process of drafting a class action
lawsuit against the city of Saint John on behalf of a number of alleged victims
of Ken Estabrooks.
The
former Saint John police officer was convicted in 1999 of sexually abusing four
young victims.
Estabrooks
died in 2005.
Dozens
more have come forward since a new investigation into the matter was launched
last year.
John
McKiggan tells the Rick Howe Show financial compensation is not what motivated
the victims to contact his firm.
“Not
a single one of them as mentioned that as a reason that they had contacted me.
There’s no amount of money that will change what happened to these kids. Are
they entitled? Sure. Will it change what happened to them? No.”
McKiggan
says the lawsuit will be filed soon.
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RCMP
alert public to release of high risk offender
Posted
on September 27, 2013 by Dave Mantin
RCMP
alert public to release of high risk offender
Lawrence
PowellPublished on September 26, 2013
High-risk
sex offender Shane Smith will be living in Aylesford, RCMP say.
The
RCMP is informing the public of the release of a high risk offender, Shane Leon
Smith who will be residing in the Aylesford area.
Shane
Smith, 36-years-old, will be released from Dorchester Penitentiary on Friday,
Sept. 27 after completing a sentence for sexual assaults and other
offences. Smith has been assessed as
being a high risk offender and has been deemed a high risk to re-offend. His
victims have included both males and females ages four to 18 years old.
For
two years Smith will be on numerous conditions including restrictions on any
activity, including the internet, that involves contact with children under the
age of 16 years or being within 100 meters of any public park, public swimming
area, daycare center, school ground or community center where one might
reasonably expect children under the age of 16 to be present.
This
information is provided to alert members of the public of his presence in our
community so they may take suitable precautionary measures. RCMP are warning
that any form of vigilante activity or other unreasonable conduct will not be
tolerated.
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Federal
gov’t launches internal review of Fenwick MacIntosh case
Posted
on September 27, 2013 by Dave Mantin
Federal
gov’t launches internal review of Fenwick MacIntosh case
Ernest
Fenwick MacIntosh Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh is shown at the Nova Scotia Court of
Appeal in Halifax on Oct. 7, 2010. (Andrew Vaughan / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
THE
CANADIAN PRESS
Published Friday, September 27, 2013 1:54PM
ADT
OTTAWA
— The federal government says it will conduct an internal review of its
involvement in the case of Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh.
The
former Cape Breton businessman had 17 sexual abuse convictions thrown out when
the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal ruled that his case took too long to get to
trial.
The
Supreme Court of Canada upheld that decision earlier this year, saying the
14-year delay it took to bring the matter to trial was unreasonable.
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MacIntosh
was in India working as a consultant when the sex abuse allegations first
surfaced in 1995, but he wasn’t extradited to Canada until 2007 and his first
trial didn’t start until 2010.
Justice
Minister Peter MacKay says the review’s findings will be made public by Oct.
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Updates
soon to come
Posted
on September 27, 2013 by Dave Mantin
Since
the overwhelming amount of calls, we have not been able to update out site. In
the past few says I have been talking with some new volunteers that want to
help our cause and is website savvy.
Hopefully this will fill the gap in our web services for the public.
If
you have any questions about our sites or our services feel free to send us an
email.
Dave
Mantin snapmantin@gmail.com
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you can leave a message in out general email box and someone will be with you
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No
plans for federal inquiry into MacIntosh case
Posted
on April 25, 2013 by Dave Mantin
Nova
Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter said he can’t understand why Ottawa is ruling out
a public inquiry into the case of Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh after Canada’s top
court concluded it took too long to bring sex offence charges against him to
trial.
Federal
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said Thursday he has no plans for an inquiry, a
decision Dexter said his government will try to change.
“The
facts of the case are deeply disturbing, so why would you not agree to some
kind of review?” Dexter said.
Ernest
Fenwick MacIntosh heads from Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in Halifax in 2010.
The federal justice minister says there are no plans for an inquiry into the
delays in the MacIntosh case.Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh heads from Nova Scotia
Court of Appeal in Halifax in 2010. The federal justice minister says there are
no plans for an inquiry into the delays in the MacIntosh case. (Andrew
Vaughan/Canadian Press)
He
said the province’s request for an inquiry was not intended to assign blame.
“Whenever
there is a failure in a system there is a tendency in that system to want to
defend themselves. That’s not the function of a review and that is not what
politicians should be doing.”
Earlier
this week, the Supreme Court of Canada rejected the Crown’s appeal of a lower
court ruling that tossed out 17 sex offence convictions against MacIntosh.
The
court said the provincial Crown took too long to bring the former Cape Breton
businessman to trial on charges involving boys in the 1970s.
MacIntosh
was working in India when the allegations first surfaced in 1995, but he wasn’t
extradited to Canada until 2007 and didn’t go to trial until 2010.
Nicholson
said Thursday that when the federal Conservatives came to power, they acted
swiftly to have MacIntosh extradited.
“This
matter was expedited after we came into office,” he said. “A request for
extradition was made in July of 2006 and within a year the individual was
returned to Canada.”
Dexter
had said the provincial government was willing to co-operate if Ottawa decided
to examine the circumstances surrounding the delay in getting MacIntosh back to
Canada.
He
said he will continue to approach Ottawa to see if there are other options to
address the MacIntosh case, which he believes has shaken the public’s confidence
in the justice system.
Nova
Scotia conducting review
Nova
Scotia is conducting its own review of how the case was handled by its Public
Prosecution Service. A report is expected to be provided to Justice Minister
Ross Landry next month.
“We
want to see how that is going to turn out, but by no means will that
necessarily be the end of the story,” Dexter said.
Both
of Nova Scotia’s opposition parties said Nicholson’s response had switched the
onus back to Dexter.
Liberal
justice critic Michel Samson said the premier should call an immediate public
inquiry.
“The
premier should be calling the federal government and say I’m doing this … but
with or without you Nova Scotians deserve answers.”
Progressive
Conservative Leader Jamie Baillie said the delay in calling an inquiry doesn’t
serve the public interest.
“This
need not be complicated. It shouldn’t involve two levels of government pointing
the finger at each other to see who will go first,” he said.
A
complainant in the MacIntosh case as well as the Sexual Abuse Network of Canada
have called for an external review to find out what happened.
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Dexter
asks Ottawa for inquiry into MacIntosh case
Posted
on April 25, 2013 by Dave Mantin
Nova
Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter says the province wants the federal government to
call a full inquiry into the case of Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh.
Dexter
says Justice Minister Ross Landry is meeting with his federal counterpart in
Ottawa today to make the request.
On
Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Canada rejected the Crown’s appeal of a lower
court ruling that tossed out 17 sex offence convictions against MacIntosh.
The
court said the Crown took too long to bring the former Cape Breton businessman
to trial on charges involving boys in the 1970s.
MacIntosh
was working in India when the allegations first surfaced in 1995, but he wasn’t
extradited to Canada until 2007 and didn’t go to trial until 2010.
Landry
has said the province will conduct an internal review that will also deal with
the role of the federal government in the case.
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Alleged
victim calls for public inquiry in Fenwick MacIntosh case
Posted
on April 25, 2013 by Dave Mantin
Alleged
victim calls for public inquiry in Fenwick MacIntosh case
you
can view the news video with link below.
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Sexual
Abuse Network calls for public inquiry into MacIntosh case
October
1, 2013 - 7:32pm By AARON BESWICK Truro Bureau
The
Sexual Abuse Network of Canada has launched an online petition calling for a
public inquiry into the case of Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh.
Network
director Dave Mantin said Tuesday that he isn’t satisfied with the internal
review announced last week by federal Justice Minister Peter MacKay into why it
took 12 years to extradite MacIntosh to Canada after several sex-related
charges were first laid in 1995.
The
Nova Scotia Court of Appeal quashed MacIntosh’s 18 convictions on charges of
gross indecency and indecent assault stemming from his alleged sexual assault
of boys in the Port Hawkesbury area during the 1970s. In doing so, the court
cited the violation of his right to a quick trial and inconsistencies in victim
testimony.
“The
internal review won’t cover half the problems that led to this guy getting
off,” said Mantin.
According
to a government new release, the federal review will include “an analysis of
the government of Canada’s actions in relation to the extradition, passport and
border control aspects of the MacIntosh case.”
The
provincial government and RCMP have conducted reviews of their own into the
delays in bringing MacIntosh to trial. In its July report, the Nova Scotia
Public Prosecution Service found that its Port Hawkesbury office was understaffed
and unable to deal with the complexities of the case while also carrying out
its other duties.
Mantin
has a list of 10 questions he says only a public inquiry would answer.
They
include, why did a Department of Justice attorney sign off on a deal that
resulted in MacIntosh’s passport being renewed twice, in 1997 and 2002, despite
a Canada-wide warrant existing for his arrest?
As
well, he alleges the Canadian embassy in New Delhi had documents showing that
MacIntosh was travelling back and forth to Montreal despite the warrant for his
arrest.
“Something
isn’t right,” said Mantin.
His
petition, which went online Sunday, had 295 supporters as of Tuesday afternoon.
It can be found on the network’s Facebook site.
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Nova Scotia
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Please follow this page to get the latest updates on the cases within N.S. If you were sexual abused and would like help please contact us at 506 609 5725 or email sancanadahelp@gmail.com.
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CANADA-
2 BILLION RISING-breaking the chains/Classified is a hero 2 child
victims-bullied-abused WTF???/St Mary's Canada Students stepping up tackle
rape, abuse of women, kids/IDLE NO MORE CANADA FIRST PEOPLES- 10,000
years/SHANIA/CLASSIFIED/ABUSED/VIDEOS/M.A.D.D.
Nova
Scotians want inquiry in2 Nova Scotia Home 4 Coloured Children.... biggest
mistake NDP made...
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MAKING
A MARK: Hands-on approach pays off at Lunenburg school
October
1, 2013 - 5:50pm By FRANCES WILLICK Education Reporter
Students
hike along the coast between Broad Cove and Green Bay during the 2012
inquiry-based learning coarse at Lunenburg's Bluenose Academy. (KAJTEK
JASKOWIAK)
.
When
Kajtek Jaskowiak says he likes to take his students out of their comfort zone,
he really means it.
Unless
they consider ticks, homesickness and the occasional burnt pot of food
“comfort.”
Jaskowiak
is one of several teachers who contribute to Bluenose Academy’s course in
enquiry-based learning. The full-year class at the Lunenburg school covers
subjects including science, technology, family studies and art.
Jaskowiak’s
portion of the course focuses on outdoor leadership. It helps engage students
who may otherwise have a hard time concentrating.
“It’s
trying to get the students who kind of struggle or get a little squirrelly in
class to get out of their desk and be hands-on,” he says.
And
it pays off.
“A
lot of the behaviour issues you see in some classes, you don’t see any of those
things. The kids are really engaged and motivated to try some of these things.
You see a different side of some of these students that you don’t usually see
in the hallways.”
Students
learn practical things such as menu planning, food preparation, cooking, knot
tying, fire building and other skills. But they also gain what Jaskowiak calls
“transferable life skills,” such as confidence, leadership and team-building.
“Some
of these kids might never camp again, but they’ll have learned the idea of how
you can learn new skill sets by working at something, either individually or as
a team to accomplish a shared goal.
“Some
of them are pretty surprised and pretty proud of what they accomplish.”
Jaskowiak’s
outdoor leadership module will culminate in a three-day, two-night backpacking
trip at the end of this month. The dozen or so Grade 9 students will hike a
coastal trail from Broad Cove to Green Bay.
Students
plan the entire journey and take turns making decisions during the trip in
consultation with the group.
Jaskowiak
is expecting a few minor hiccups.
“Some
of these kids have never cooked a meal in their lives. So there’ll be a few
burnt pots, but that’s kind of where the experiential element comes in. They
learn through doing it and making the small mistakes.”
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ORIGINAL BLOG:
PLEASE REMEMBER NOVA SCOTIA- Canada's Federal Election May 2, 2011- 41st- 42nd October 19, 2015
Conservatives 166 seats,
NDP 103 seats,
Liberals 34 seats
This is becoming a dirty election ... and it shouldn't..... between liberals and ndp especially....
Nova Scotia's 3 candidates 4 leader of Nova Scotia- Dexter NDP- Baillie PC- MacNeil-Liberal debate 2day
NOVA SCOTIA ELECTION: the problems and the good... and why until election day 40% of undecided will change the whole scheme of voting.... because we are politics weary imho.... and...same ole... same ole...
imho.... Darrell Dexter is the everyman - the working folk - Dexter is who we are and we love him.... all parties love this guy...
Jamie Baillie- comes across as honest, genuine and a loving family man who truly cares and speaks our language...
Stephen MacNeil- seems like The Michael of Nova Scotia... and why... millions of federal liberals silently voted the tories 2 a federal majority because the intellectual fireside chats instead of working folk friendly.... just will not cut it...and 99% of the world is sick and tired of crapshoots with our actual lives in the real... true ... on the streets- the actual world lifesyles.... unemployment, disadvantages hurt.... and like many voted 4 MacNeil in last Nova Scotia election because he seemed like the best candidate...
2day..... frankly, feel Dexter didn't do so bad.... imho- no worse than any others would in these hard times of same hat regardless of party politics...
BUT... GUESS WHAT....
THIS TIME...I TRULY BELIEVE LOTS NOVA SCOTIANS...will actually vote on their loyalty 4 their candidates in their ridings and who they trust and like the most- regardless of political stripes (they are all the same as the article below smilingly states...imho) .... and the liberals have some truly stirling candidates.... as do the tories and the NDP are no slouches either....but the candidates will rule.... and who-ever wins the leadership... will be because of the candidates in their ridings.... just wait and see...
... and NDP could have done lots worse.... hate the salmon fish lice spreading disease cooke etc... and mink farms.... and wish when elected... these folks would actually rule by the wishes of Nova Scotians....we value our education of our children.... love our elders... our disabled... our troops and our way of life.... and all the crashes and burning in this world... we need the bad with the good sometimes...
... in a hard and harsh world - the intellectual chat fireside elections have $$$$ destroyed our financial world, along with 7 billion population and the ineffective United Nations costing the world $$$8 trillion dollars a year so they can luxuriously chat and do nada.... women are NOT equal.... 5.5 billion women and kids murdered in the Congo...on going... Zimbabwe... Rwanda Peacekeeping disaster that UN and world media silently allowed 800,000 people of Rwanda be deliberatly murdered... USA owes China and other nations 40$$$$TRILLION DOLLARS.... and the Muslim world is completely destroying itself.... and on and on...and 45% of world's youth cannot get a job... we are smart and educated and u can't hide the pure news no matter how much media hacks try...
Meanwhile in little Nova Scotia- like many Canadians we want safe economy (check Italy, USA, EU, Africas etc..) jobs, education, decent care and progress 4 the taxes we cough up.... the slashing of paycheques and jobs at a whim.... and frankly... 2day just praying... that whoever gets elected... will actually encourage all parties 2 work 2gether...4 each and all of us. It's time.
In our riding we have 3 extraordinary candidates- any will be excellent.... and all are well liked... truly well liked... a farmer, a teacher, social worker/ worker with addictions and disabilities..... so u see... to me and many friends... the political stripes of Canada have become so blurred and seems that way in Nova Scotia as well....that we trust the people we know- in our communities and our lives.
And folks -Nova Scotia in the world's scheme of things - looking around our planet 2da- we can only continue 2 get better and will...and please vote... imho
NOVA SCOTIA ELECTION.... this will make ya all smile....and ain't that the damm truth
LEGER: A stump speech you’ll never hear
September 30, 2013 - 5:00am By DAN LEGER
http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/1157243-leger-a-stump-speech-you-ll-never-hear
