The Bizarre Case of "Admiral Mark Norman"
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The only thing that scares me about Ezra Levant is thought that I share a planet with people like that.He actually displays and quotes the legal documents there wiener breath.
The facts sure seem to scare you everytime don't they?
Ezra Levant does not get the credit he deserves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For instance last year - federal Conservatives made a request for information.............................................
and then handed over the paper work..............................................
that reveals our Environment Minister- the notorious "Climate Barbie" McKenna.............................................................
IS THE BIGGEST FUEL HOG in the LIE-beral govt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Climate Barbie FLIES MORE OFTEN in gas guzzling air planes than even our Foreign Affairs Minister!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And you have to figure being involved in FOREIGN AFFAIRS would require travel outside the country!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But such is the HYPOCRISY of our Climate Barbie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Norman was tasked by Harper cabinet to talk to Davie shipyard about leasing deal
Vice-Admiral Mark Norman not only had the blessing of the former Conservative cabinet to deal with a Quebec shipyard, he was authorized to speak with it directly in the run-up to the signing of a $668 million leasing contract, CBC News has learned.
The revelation raises further questions about the handling of the RCMP's investigation into allegations the military's former second-in-command leaked sensitive cabinet information about the contract.
It also peels back the curtain on some of the thinking that may have gone into the Crown's decision to stay the single breach-of-trust charge against Norman, who at one time commanded the Royal Canadian Navy. "Mark Norman was acting within his authority and with cabinet authority," Peter MacKay, who held both the justice and defence portfolios under then-prime minister Stephen Harper, told CBC News.
"Having taken the decision that we did via cabinet committee, and therefore giving Mark Norman the green light to proceed, he would have had [the] authority to speak to the Davie shipyard."
The vast majority of the 12 alleged leaks of cabinet information that were the focus of Norman's court case took place under the former Conservative government, which scrambled in the run-up to the 2015 election to secure a temporary supply ship for the navy over the opposition of some parts of the public service and the military.
It isn't clear whether the Mounties or the Crown knew before laying the breach-of-trust charge that Norman had clear marching orders from the Harper government.
That information would have been contained in a pile of Conservative-era cabinet documents that the current Liberal government fought to keep secret. "The RCMP didn't have it, and didn't look for it," said Norman's lawyer Marie Henein last week at a news conference after the Crown stayed the charge against her client.
"I don't think they were suppressing anything. I think the full picture of how these very complicated contracts are negotiated, and what the life of this particular contract was ... It was far more complicated, far more sophisticated and was not completely looked at." The RCMP last week defended the thoroughness of its investigation. When contacted by CBC News on Monday about the latest information, the federal police force declined to comment.
"We are not in a position to provide further comments on the matter," said the unsigned email statement from the RCMP.
'Full faith in our institutions'
In the Commons on Monday, Justice Minister David Lametti turned aside opposition attacks and persistent allegations of political interference in the case by expressing "full faith in our institutions," including the Mounties.
"The charges in question were laid by the [director of public prosecutions]," he said. "The process was managed by the DPP and the stay was decided by the prosecution service. Evidence was gathered by the RCMP, turned over to the prosecution. DPP and prosecutor have both stated there was no government interference or contact." The case against Norman, who was relieved last year as the vice chief of the defence staff, came apart last week when the Crown said it did not have a reasonable chance of conviction based upon new information submitted in a brief by the defence team.
The lead prosecutor refused to say what that information was, conceding it was new evidence that the prosecution had not seen before.
Since then, three former Conservative cabinet ministers have acknowledged they gave interviews to Norman's lawyers, providing details and context regarding was going on when the Harper government approved the lease of the MV Asterix from the Davie shipyard in Levis, Que. The leasing plan was opposed by federal shipbuilding and defence bureaucrats, who wanted to either compete the lease proposal with other shipyards or wait and force the navy to make do until the eventual delivery of permanent supply ships, expected some time in the 2020s.
The Harper cabinet decided to do an end-run around those opposed to the short-term lease — including the former chief of the defence staff, the now-retired Gen. Tom Lawson.
MacKay said Norman "had a unique and important role to play in this procurement, which was made on an emergency basis."
He said Norman acted as so-called "super project manager" tasked with delivering the lease deal.
"Cabinet would have given Mark Norman and the defence department the authority to move forward on this procurement. So, yes, he was very often speaking to Davie shipyard," MacKay said.
www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-norman-supply-ship-davie-harper-mackay-1.5134548
Vice-Admiral Mark Norman not only had the blessing of the former Conservative cabinet to deal with a Quebec shipyard, he was authorized to speak with it directly in the run-up to the signing of a $668 million leasing contract, CBC News has learned.
The revelation raises further questions about the handling of the RCMP's investigation into allegations the military's former second-in-command leaked sensitive cabinet information about the contract.
It also peels back the curtain on some of the thinking that may have gone into the Crown's decision to stay the single breach-of-trust charge against Norman, who at one time commanded the Royal Canadian Navy. "Mark Norman was acting within his authority and with cabinet authority," Peter MacKay, who held both the justice and defence portfolios under then-prime minister Stephen Harper, told CBC News.
"Having taken the decision that we did via cabinet committee, and therefore giving Mark Norman the green light to proceed, he would have had [the] authority to speak to the Davie shipyard."
The vast majority of the 12 alleged leaks of cabinet information that were the focus of Norman's court case took place under the former Conservative government, which scrambled in the run-up to the 2015 election to secure a temporary supply ship for the navy over the opposition of some parts of the public service and the military.
It isn't clear whether the Mounties or the Crown knew before laying the breach-of-trust charge that Norman had clear marching orders from the Harper government.
That information would have been contained in a pile of Conservative-era cabinet documents that the current Liberal government fought to keep secret. "The RCMP didn't have it, and didn't look for it," said Norman's lawyer Marie Henein last week at a news conference after the Crown stayed the charge against her client.
"I don't think they were suppressing anything. I think the full picture of how these very complicated contracts are negotiated, and what the life of this particular contract was ... It was far more complicated, far more sophisticated and was not completely looked at." The RCMP last week defended the thoroughness of its investigation. When contacted by CBC News on Monday about the latest information, the federal police force declined to comment.
"We are not in a position to provide further comments on the matter," said the unsigned email statement from the RCMP.
'Full faith in our institutions'
In the Commons on Monday, Justice Minister David Lametti turned aside opposition attacks and persistent allegations of political interference in the case by expressing "full faith in our institutions," including the Mounties.
"The charges in question were laid by the [director of public prosecutions]," he said. "The process was managed by the DPP and the stay was decided by the prosecution service. Evidence was gathered by the RCMP, turned over to the prosecution. DPP and prosecutor have both stated there was no government interference or contact." The case against Norman, who was relieved last year as the vice chief of the defence staff, came apart last week when the Crown said it did not have a reasonable chance of conviction based upon new information submitted in a brief by the defence team.
The lead prosecutor refused to say what that information was, conceding it was new evidence that the prosecution had not seen before.
Since then, three former Conservative cabinet ministers have acknowledged they gave interviews to Norman's lawyers, providing details and context regarding was going on when the Harper government approved the lease of the MV Asterix from the Davie shipyard in Levis, Que. The leasing plan was opposed by federal shipbuilding and defence bureaucrats, who wanted to either compete the lease proposal with other shipyards or wait and force the navy to make do until the eventual delivery of permanent supply ships, expected some time in the 2020s.
The Harper cabinet decided to do an end-run around those opposed to the short-term lease — including the former chief of the defence staff, the now-retired Gen. Tom Lawson.
MacKay said Norman "had a unique and important role to play in this procurement, which was made on an emergency basis."
He said Norman acted as so-called "super project manager" tasked with delivering the lease deal.
"Cabinet would have given Mark Norman and the defence department the authority to move forward on this procurement. So, yes, he was very often speaking to Davie shipyard," MacKay said.
www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-norman-supply-ship-davie-harper-mackay-1.5134548
What was in the bag ? Like Cretien’s buddies and their bags full of taxpayer hundred dollar bills ?
Commons apologizes to Mark Norman as opposition MPs press for committee probe
The House of Commons voted unanimously today to apologize to Vice-Admiral Mark Norman for his legal ordeal, just days before opposition MPs are expected to push for a full-blown House of Commons committee investigation into the handling of the controversial criminal case.
Conservative MP Lisa Raitt proposed the motion, which saw the Commons recognize Norman "for his decades of loyal service to Canada, express regret for the personal and professional hardships he endured as a result of his failed prosecution and apologize to him and his family for what they experienced during their legal conflict with the government."
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and several members of his cabinet were not in the Commons for the vote.
More:www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-norman-davie-shipyard-supply-ship-1.5135573
The House of Commons voted unanimously today to apologize to Vice-Admiral Mark Norman for his legal ordeal, just days before opposition MPs are expected to push for a full-blown House of Commons committee investigation into the handling of the controversial criminal case.
Conservative MP Lisa Raitt proposed the motion, which saw the Commons recognize Norman "for his decades of loyal service to Canada, express regret for the personal and professional hardships he endured as a result of his failed prosecution and apologize to him and his family for what they experienced during their legal conflict with the government."
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and several members of his cabinet were not in the Commons for the vote.
More:www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-norman-davie-shipyard-supply-ship-1.5135573
Of course Trudeau wasn’t there , his job is flying off in his personal aircraft ( taxpayer funded Challenger jet ) promoting sunny ways and taking selfies . Parliament that’s for the little people .
Be a pretty damn quiet website if you timed out every shrieking anus on the board.
DOn't worry trudOWE and Horgan are working hard to ensure BC becomes a have ot province again.
OH YES Hoid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT IS STARTING to make sense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Which is why LIE-berals have TOLD SO MANY LIES about it all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LIE-berals find the truth to be BAD FOR LIE-beral business!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But Hoid...................................................
UNLIKE YOU.................................................
Our idiot Boy Justin cannot simply IGNORE what he disapproves of!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LIE-berals CANNOT hide the truth about the Walkerton Water Disaster.........................................
meaning they CANNOT HIDE the fact that DRUNKEN IMBECILE CIVIL SERVICE UNION HOGS........................................
were in charge of producing the drinking water that KILLED SEVEN PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And sickened HUNDREDS MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LIE-berals CANNOT HIDE the shameless bribery and election chicanery connected to the LAVALIN SCANDAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LIE-berals cannot hide the DELIBERATE MESS they are making of the navy destroyer purchase contract!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nor can LIE-berals HIDE THE FACT that the ONLY REASON LIE-berals attacked Norman is because he is NOT A LIE-beral!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LIE-berals cannot HIDE the Phoenix Pay System DISASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Harper AUTHORIZED about six million dollars in start up funds to EXPERIMENT and see if the idea MIGHT BE USEFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But it was SCREW UP LIE-berals and their civil service union HOGS who threw the EXPERIMENT INTO HIGH GEAR and spent over
a BILLION DOLLARS ON A TOTAL SCREW UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
With Phoenix now- as of today, May 15, 2019 - costing us AN Additional $167 MILLION DOLLARS TO BRING IBM CORPORATE WORKERS ONTO GOVT STAFF...........................................................
in a frantic LIE-beral effort to clean up SOME of the Phoenix MESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LIE-berals have SPENT ONE THOUSAND TIMES MORE on Phoenix than Harper ever permitted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yet LIE-berals want to blame Harper for the MESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LIE-berals SCORNED Harper for having a $1.5 billion dollar deficit- which he HAD PLANS TO KILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yet Our idiot Boy and his loser LIE-berals have had a SERIES of deficits - in the $20 billion to $30 billion dollar range..........................
WITH NO PLAN how to end the red ink we are DROWNING IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If LIARS like Hoid were forced to ONLY SPEAK TRUTH................................................
people like HOID would be SILENT FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, a Libtard party member with connections to Irving wanted Irving to get the contract, not Davie. SO yeah, it all makes sense. Team Groper being the morally bankrupt douchebags they have consistently proven themselves to be, were perfectly happy to destroy the reputation and career of Norman in the name of cronyism. No surprise you'd support it. Leftist trash has always been morally bankrupt, emotionally immature, grossly hypocritical, poorly educated, kind'a like religious idiots.