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​​​​​​​10.2.2 Compilation of Events - Partial Excerpt

Jeremy Butler, Placement Consultant, acting as an agent for Proctor & Redfern Limited, approached the writer without solicitation or invitation from the writer.

 

Mr. Butler held out promises of an employment opportunity with Proctor & Redfern Limited and a very specific career path. Upon completion of an interview and negotiation process, Proctor & Redfern Limited held out the same promises with respect to employment and career to the writer.

 

On February 13, 1998, the writer accepted the employment offer from Proctor & Redfern Limited (P&R).

 

For the record, P&R lured the writer away from a full time employment position in Burlington, Ontario very close to the writer’s residence. (See attached Offer letter dated February 13, 1998)

 

Mr. Butler later informed the writer that he himself had some reservations about placing the writer at P&R. The reason being that Mr. Butler had been looking for someone to fill this position for over one (1) year.

 

The writer met the requirements of the position perfectly and Mr. Butler knew exactly the type of individual who P&R was looking for based upon the criteria that P&R provided Mr. Butler.

 

However, Mr. Butler strongly suspected that P&R did not understand what they really wanted themselves.

 

Later, Mr. Butler admitted that the writer had not been allowed to assume the position that he had been hired for. 

 

Mr. Butler stated that the writer “might as well be flipping pancakes for a living because this is doing absolutely nothing to further your career”

 

March 2, 1998

The writer commenced employment at Proctor & Redfern Limited.

 

March 3, 1998

​The writer met with Mr. Lynn Morgan, P. Eng., Manager of Instrumentation and Automation to discuss the writer’s short, medium and long term objectives.

 

Mr. Morgan informed the writer that there is no point in setting objectives at P&R because the writer cannot accomplish any objectives due to the management problems at P&R.

 

Mr. Morgan has stated many times, during the writer’s year plus employment period with P&R, that the writer can not accomplish his goals or assume the position he was hired for because of a long list of Mr. Morgan’s personal issues with regard to P&R management and it’s policies.

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March 5, 1998

The writer developed his own Goals List independent of Mr. Morgan. The writer typed up his resume for P&R.

 

During the writer’s year plus employment period with P&R, Mr. Morgan has never assigned the writer to any projects.

 

Mr. Ron Whitmell, C.E.T., Project Leader, Instrumentation and Automation assigned the writer to the three (3) projects, which the writer participated in.

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The duration of these projects was to last a total of a couple of months to provide the writer with an introduction to the P&R system prior to the writer assuming the position he was hired for.

 

The  Burlington Wastewater Plant SCADA Project Upgrade.

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The writer successfully completed the three projects and more: 

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• City of London, SCADA Due Diligence Audit;​

• Elgin and Huron Water SCADA Systems,  Due Diligence Auditor/Analyst;​

• Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Radio Feasibility Study, Radio Communications Feasibility Study and Long Term Implementation Planning​;

• Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, SCADA Strategic Plan Review, Strategic Plan Review of the Water Distribution and Wastewater Collection SCADA System​;

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During the writer’s year plus employment period with P&R, the writer has never been allowed for even one (1) day to assume the employment position that was held out to the writer by P&R.

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In March 1998, Mr. Ron Whitmell approached the writer. Mr. Whitmell informed the writer that he had serious concerns with regard to Mr. Morgan’s competency and that he felt that the writer should consider taking over the instrumentation department as the Engineering Manager.

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Mr. Whitmell informed the writer that Mr. Morgan would sign his name to his work and take credit for it.

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The writer informed Mr. Whittmell that Mr. Morgan had edited the writer's report on on of his projects and signed his name to it.

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The writer questioned Mr. Morgan, Mr. Morgan said his Father had be an English Teacher, Mr. Morgan claimed to be a 'Word Smith'

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The conversation continued and Mr. Whittmell described project where Mr. Morgan and Mr. Dillane had created problems onsite.

 

One was a pipeline project in Ontario. Upon listening, the writer asked if this was the name of the pipeline project.

 

Mr. Whittmell confirmed it was. The writer some years past had been commissioning a large gas pipeline district station (SCADA) in Saskatchewan, Canada when he received calls from a Young Engineer working in Ontario who said he was going to quit his position as he was trapped onsite with two (2) idiots and could not leave.

 

He had nicknamed them Heckle and Jeckle for their perceived incompetence.

 

The writer  advised him, to reconsider and speak to the Project Manager based in Calgary, Alberta. He did.

 

Mr. Whittmell confirmed that it was Mr. Morgan and Mr. Dillane. Mr. Whittmell had heard of the problem from within P&R.

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Mr. Whitmell said he was fed up and would be moving to another position within the company. He had enough.

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Mr. Whitmell informed the writer that he was going to discuss this whole situation with Mr. Rod Holme, P.Eng., Vice President. 

 

The writer informed Mr. Whitmell that he had been hired for a completely different function and intended to pursue the career path offered by P&R.

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Mr. Russell Racey, C.E.T., Computer Systems Integrator, Instrumentation and Automation, echoed Mr. Whitmell’s concerns even more strongly. Mr. Racey demanded that the writer protect him, P&R’s clients and the public from Mr. Morgan.

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After watching a Senior co-worker attempt to figure out a PLC Specification Sheet for several days. I enquired, what experience he had in the Automation Industry. His answer made me concerned w.r.t. our ability to perform on projects with the current staffing levels. He said, I trying to learn.

 

The writer received permission from Mr. Ohashi to perform a Skills Survey on the Water Wastewater Automation Group' staff to assess our capability to perform on upcoming projects.

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The writer prepared a question based spread sheet.

 

It included Electrical Engineering, Cable Layout, MCC's, MCC Schematics, P&ID Drawings, Instrumentation, Panel Design, System Design, PLC, DCS, RPU, RTU, Computer based and Industrial Human Machine Interfaces (HMI/MMI) Specification, Configuration, Programming, Communications, Systems Engineering Drawings, Process Engineering, Documentation, Post Project Support, Presentations, Training, etc.

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Skills that an Engineer may need in an Engineering or Systems Integration Company.

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I conducted brief assessments with all the Department members. Fiinally Mr. Morgan the Instrumentation Department Engineering Manager. 

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The Results were awakening.

 

Mr. Morgan said NO to all the skills areas. I asked, what related skills do you have?

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Mr. Morgan said, I specified some instrumentation about 15 years ago. I have not done any for at least 10 plus years.

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Later, I was made aware that Mr. Morgan had allegedly falsely cultivated a reputation in industry via his apparent miscreant methods of being a 'SCADA Guru'

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Acronym SCADA: Supervisory Control Automated Data Acquisition System

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The only department member other them myself that had related skills and experience was Mr. Russel Racey.

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I vetted Mr. Racey confirming he was quite technical skilled, experience and capable. Mr. Whitmell had already left the departmental group, as he previously stated.

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​​Mr. Morgan has on many occasions admitted that he has no automation, control systems, communications or computer expertise. His expertise is field instrumentation and he has allowed himself to become out of date in that field. Mr. Holme confirmed this.

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In April, 1998, Mr. David Ohashi, P.Eng., Manager Water and Wastewater Group, informed the writer that he had only two (2) choices: one (1) that the writer could become the Instrumentation Department Engineering Manager or that the writer had to leave the department and go work for Mr. Jamie Powell in the Information Systems Department.

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Mr. Ohashi informed the writer that he only had these two (2) choices and that the position that the writer had been hired for was not an option. The writer informed Mr. Ohashi that he intended to pursue the career path offered by P&R and the position he had accepted in his job interview.

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Mr. Ohashi, as an agent of management, offered the writer the Engineering Manager’s position over fifty (50) times until the writer finally accepted the position.

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Note: There was no written job offer, no commensurate financial compensation, no budget, etc. I was very skeptical.

 

Mr. Ohashi informed the writer that Mr. Rob Andrews, P.Eng., President, supported this action and if Mr. Ohashi had any trouble in getting the writer installed as the Engineering Manager that Mr. Andrews would make sure that it happened.

 

Mr. Ohashi informed the writer that the writer would have to discuss this with Mr. Rod Holme but it was a formality.

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It never happened! 

 

I enquired to Mr. Ohashi as to why Mr. Andrews did not follow though. Mr. Ohashi alleged that Mr. Andrews wanted 'Plausible Deniability' This is the first time that I heard this phrase at P&R but NOT the last time.

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May 5, 1998

The writer scheduled a meeting with Mr. Morgan, Mr. Dillane, C.E.T., Instrumentation and Automation, and Mr. Ohashi to discuss the proposed Concise Business Plan that the writer had prepared for the Integration of Automation Technologies and Information Systems Technologies.

 

The meeting was scheduled for 10:00AM, however, the above-mentioned subjects met without the writer at 10:00AM to discuss another alleged project.

 

At 11:30AM these individuals left the meeting, the writer suggested that we meet after lunch. Mr. Morgan informed the writer that they had already covered the subject of Integration of Automation Technologies and Information Systems Technologies in the meeting they just had and that they would be busy later this afternoon and could not meet with the writer.

 

The writer suggested that we meet for fifteen (15) minutes so that he could quickly present the plan. Mr. Morgan agreed but did not want to meet in a conference room. The writer had to present a rushed version of the plan on the office floor.

 

The writer went to lunch with Mr. Morgan, Mr. Dillane and Mr. Ohashi where discussion of the plan continued.

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Mr. Ohashi informed the writer that he should possibly consider leaving P&R and starting his own company, if the writer wanted to accomplish the goals that he was hired by P&R to implement.

 

Mr. Morgan, Mr. Dillane and Mr. Ohashi had no interest in discussing any other possible options or solutions.

 

During the writer’s year plus employment period with P&R, Mr. Lynn Morgan, Mr. Dillane and Mr. Ohashi provided no support, what so ever, towards the purpose for which the writer had been hired.

 

These gentlemen on many occasions demonstrated by their actions and words that the writer would not be allowed to assume the position that he had been hired for and expressed verbally that the writer should leave P&R.

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​June 1998

The writer was forced into a Project Management position against his will, and above the writer’s objections.

 

The writer was forced to assume the role of Project Manager on the South Peel SCADA Project by Mr. Ohashi.

 

The duration of the project was to run until the end of 1999.

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Additional Background Information for the period of 1998 - 1999 when the writer was employed as a Senior Engineer - Project Manager for Proctor & Redfern Limited (Now Earthtech)

 

In 1998-1999, Mr. David Ohashi P.Eng., Water Wastewater Manager for Proctor & Redfern (P&R) (Now Earthtech) stated that he had been planning his career over the last 13 plus years in the consulting business, making contacts in all the Municipalities throughout Ontario.

Mr. Ohashi reported that his retirement portion of his plan was to secure a position as a government employee were he could provide his friends with government contracts.

 

Specifically, Mr. Ohashi wanted to secure a senior management position in Municipal Government in either the Regional Municipality of Peel, or Halton Region.

 

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Mr. Ohashi reported that he planned on providing Mr. David Norris, Sirron Systems Inc. with contracts for SCADA services (Automation and Instrumentation). Mr. Norris ran a one-man company off of his kitchen table in a small apartment at the time.  (See attached resume)

Sirron Systems Inc.

400 Webb Drive, Suite 1803

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

L5B 3Z7

Phone: (905) 279-1268

Fax:     (905) 279-0772

E-mail: dnorris@sirron.net

Web:     www.sirron.net

 

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Mr. Ohashi P.Eng., Water Wastewater Manager for Proctor & Redfern (P&R) made  proposition(s) to the writer (Project Manager) that would require the writer to give Mr. Norris, Sirron Systems Inc. $250,000 of SCADA contract work on the South Peel SCADA Upgrade Project at inflated rates, and in return when Mr. Ohashi secured his government position he would allow the writer to open his own business and get government contracts without having to worry about bidding on them.

The writer refused this proposition from Mr. Ohashi.

 

Follow-up:

Mr. Norris, Sirron Systems moved to Carlisle, Ontario purchased a large home, has hired many employees and has a fleet of trucks, he performs all the SCADA work for Halton Region, except for some major plant upgrades. Sirron trucks and vans can be seen in front of the Burlington WTP, Burlington Skyway Plant, the Mid Halton Plant, etc. every week. Sirron Systems is paid higher then industry standards rates for its services.

 

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Mr. Ohashi reported that he planned on providing his friend Mr. Tim Sutherns, P.Eng. contracts to develop Regional Standards. Mr. Sutherns was an engineer with Acres at the time.

Mr. Sutherns quit his position with Acres opened a company called Eramosa Engineering Inc. and developed the Halton Regional Standards.

Eramosa Engineering Inc.

176 Speedvale Avenue West

Guelph, Ontario, N1H 1C3

Phone: 519.763.7774

Fax: 519.763.77

 

Follow-up:
It must be noted that it appears that there is presently serious problems with the Halton Regional
Standards, especially with the SCADA Tag standards. The Region of Halton (ROH) operations staff cannot understand them. Experienced established engineering vendors report that cannot make sense of them.

 

The ROH operations staff at the Burlington WTP have insisted that English language description be provided on all instruments, as the ROH Tag Standard is so poor.

 

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In 1998-1999, Mr. David Ohashi P.Eng., Water Wastewater Manager for Proctor & Redfern P&R) (Now Earthtech) reported to the writer that while on company paid time he acted as a driver on a vacation trip to the USA for Senior Management Staff of the Regional Municipality of Peel.

The government employees of the Regional Municipality of Peel included Mr. Mark Schiller, his direct boss, and another ranking government employee.

Mr. Ohashi subsequent to the trip complained that although he was paid for his time Proctor & Redfern (Now Earthtech), would only pay for a portion of the vacation trip expenses because they did not wish to leave an audit trial.

Mr. Ohashi stated, "This is business development. Mark Schiller has given millions of dollars of work to P&R without us even having to bid on it, and he will give more because of this trip"

With regard to the award of the South Peel Operations contract valued at $200 to $300 million dollars, Mr. Ohashi stated that he felt it would be beneficial to the established Ontario Municipal Consulting Firms; who have existing relationships with the Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA), if OCWA won the operations contract rather then the French and US companies who were competing for the government contract.

Note: These companies in some cases reportedly spent approximately a million dollars in the
preparation and submission of their responses to this government tender.

Mr. Ohashi stated that he was concerned that if the French or US companies won the contract they would provide engineering consulting work to firms outside of Ontario.

Mr. Mark Schiller, Regional Municipality of Peel reported that he was the individual reviewing and making recommendations on the bid package submission for the South Peel Operations Contract both in the Municipal building located at 10 Peel, and in his home.

Mr. Ohashi had a very personal relationship with Mr. Schiller; Mr. Ohashi reported that the visited Mr. Schiller in his home while Mr. Schiller reviewed and evaluated the submission packages.

 

Mr. Schiller drank alcohol while Mr. Ohashi did not. Mr. Ohashi reported that he influenced Mr. Schiller's decision.

 

Mr. Ohashi later stated, "Mark is a nice guy but he is not that smart and needed help in deciding on what to do"

OCWA was awarded the contract.

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September 2, 1998

The writer’s Six (6) month anniversary date with P&R.

 

Follow-up Note:

As of April 30, 1999, Mr. Morgan or Mr. Holme or anyone ever did provided the writer with a six (6) month review.

 

September 16, 1998

The writer met with Mr. Moosa Ismail, Vice President and Mr. Holme to discuss the writer assuming the position of Engineering Manager.

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October 19, 1998

The writer met with Mr. Ismail and Mr. Rod Holme a second time to discuss the writer assuming the position of Engineering Manager.

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December 9, 1998

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The writer met Mr. Rod Holme.

 

The writer directly asked Mr. Holme, do you want me to assume the Engineering Manager’s position? Yes or No?

Response: Mr. Holme did not respond.

 

The writer directly asked Mr. Holme; do you want me to assume the position that I was hired for?

Yes or No?

Response: Mr. Holme did not respond.

 

The writer directly asked Mr. Holme, do you want me to in the company?

Yes or No?

 

If not, the writer would consider a settlement package of sufficient size that the writer could rebuild his life and career while not putting the writer’s family at a financial disadvantage.

Response: Mr. Holme did not respond.

 

The only response that Mr. Holme would give was that he wanted the writer to focus on the South Peel SCADA Project and ensure that it was successful.

 

Shortly after this meeting, the writer met with Ms. Erin Mahoney, P.Eng., Principal and discussed the above conversation.

 

The writer again put forward the option of P&R providing him with a settlement package so that the writer could rebuild his life and career while not putting the writer’s family at a financial disadvantage.

 

Response:

Ms. Mahoney reassured the writer and emphasized that the writer should focus his attention on the South Peel SCADA Project.

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February 12, 1999

The writer observed that his office bookshelf had been removed from his office at P&R, 45 Green Belt Drive, Don Mills Ontario.

 

The contents of the bookshelf appeared to have been thrown onto a table, spilling onto the floor.

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February 19, 1999​

The writer observed that his office chair had been removed from his office at P&R, 45 Green Belt Drive, Don Mills Ontario.

 

The writer performed a quick search of the local offices and found the missing chair in Mr. Morgan’s office.

 

The writer returned the chair to his office at P&R, 45 Green Belt Drive, Don Mills Ontario.

 

When Mr. Morgan came into the office, Mr. Morgan stated, “Oh you must need the chair more than me” Mr. Morgan then walked away.

 

Later the writer asked if Mr. Morgan knew who had taken the writer’s bookshelf the previous week. Mr. Morgan replied “If you are not in the office you can not expect that anything will remain in your office”, Mr. Morgan then walked away.

 

February 26, 1999

The writer observed that his office table had been removed from his office at P&R, 45 Green Belt Drive, Don Mills Ontario.

 

The writer’s office appeared to have been ransacked with documents being strewn on the floor.

 

The writer picked up the documents, returned some to the offices from which they had been sourced and placed the remainder of what was left in P&R files and in the P&R system.

 

At that point, the writer’s office was essentially empty. The writer could not leave anything in his office at P&R, 45 Green Belt Drive, Don Mills, Ontario because Mr. Morgan had informed the writer  “ you can not expect that anything will remain in your office”

 

March 2, 1999

The writer’s one (1) year anniversary date with P&R.

 

Follow-up Note: As of April 30, 1999, the writer had not been provided with a one (1) year review by Mr. Morgan or Mr. Holme or anyone.

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March 2, 1999

Mr. Ohashi informed the writer that P&R management is planning on terminating the writer’s employment as soon as the South Peel SCADA Project is completed or when it is sufficiently completed for Mr. Claudio Cuffolo to take over.

 

Mr. Ohashi further stated that the reason the writer is not being allowed to assume the position for which the writer had been hired for or the engineering manager’s position was not because the writer had not performed exceptionally, he had. It was because P&R knew that the writer would not invest the $80,000 to $180,000 into the company that principals were encouraged to do.

 

Mr. Ohashi further stated that it was not personal. It was just the way that P&R did business. P&R principals are extremely fearful of senior staff leaving the company. P&R will not allow anyone to assume the type of high technology position that the writer was hired for because they are civil engineers and do not understand the technology or the associated business sector. The only way that the writer would be able to assume the position he had been hired for would be if the writer invested in P&R. In other words, enter into personal servitude with P&R having leverage over the writer’s personal finances.

 

Mr. Ohashi stated that P&R knows that you will never invest and therefore you are finished. The writer responded, if that is the type of financial commitment that is required, P&R should have disclosed it to me prior to the job offer. Mr. Ohashi stated, if they did, no one would ever accept a job offer as it is such a bad deal.

 

The writer was informed later that P&R intended to discredit the writer professionally.

 

Note: Mr. Ohashi left the employ of P&R on March 5, 1999

Prior to leaving P&R, Mr. Ohashi in conjunction with Ms. Erin Mahoney P.Eng., Divisional Manager, Water & Wastewater Group arranged for the hiring of Mr. Claudio A. Cuffolo as the Engineering Manager, Instrumentation & Automation, P&R.

Mr. Cuffolo is not a P.Eng., and after a brief investigation it appeared that Mr. Cuffolo did not graduate from college nor University, Mr. Cuffolo is a friend of Mr. Ohashi. (See attached resume)

 

March 18, 1999

Ms. Mahoney, P.Eng.,  who  self admittedly has no  technical expertise and very little understanding in the area’s of automation,  control systems, SCADA systems and information systems and Mr. Cuffolo, who is not a Licensed Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario and who has had no involvement in the Peel Project, jointly and summarily dismissed and over ruled the writer’s very serious concerns both as Project Manager and as a Licensed Senior Professional Engineer with regard the Project,  Public Welfare and Public Safety.

 

Please refer to the stamped Special Occurrence Reports (SOR’s), dated March 22, 1999, referenced as SOR990322-1 and SOR990322-2 and entered into the P&R Project File Number EO-98453-A.

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Note:

Dallas Stinson a government employee in the Regional Municipality of Peel wrote a letter to his superiors stating concern for the Essential Services Drinking Water System in Peel Region.

 

The writer also submitted documentation to the same effect to P&R, then withdrew as Project Manger on the Peel Region project on April 26, 1999, and left P&R for professional reasons on April 27, 1999.

 

April 7, 1999

Ms. Mahoney left the writer a voice mail message indicating that Mr. Morgan informed Ms. Mahoney that the writer had, in the his possession, a System Architecture Drawing and the Work Scope Document for the South Peel SCADA Project.

 

The writer had previously informed Ms. Mahoney that he did NOT have these documents in his possession.

 

Ms. Mahoney insisted that the writer have these documents delivered to Ms. Mahoney by noon on Thursday April 8, 1999.

 

Ms. Mahoney stated “the other thing is that taking a look at your office, it looks like, I guess, according to Lynn (Mr. Morgan) there was a System Architecture Drawings up on the wall which seems to be gone, as well as, the documents that was on your bookshelf.

 

I am just wondering where these documents are, if you have taken them for project purposes. That’s fine but could we get copies left with us here in the office for our reference”

 

The writer did NOT have these items in his possession.

 

The writer, on his own time and at his own expense, traveled to P&R’s office located at 45 Green Belt Drive, Don Mills, Ontario.  The writer opened P&R’s project file cabinet pulled the allegedly missing documents, photocopied them, put the original documents back in the file and placed the copies on Ms. Mahoney’s desk.

 

It should be noted that the project file cabinet, which contains the project documents, is approximately ten (10) feet from Ms. Mahoney’s office.

 

 The writer informed Ms. Mahoney by voice mail of exactly where the documents actually resided and informed Ms. Mahoney of the unauthorized removal of office furniture and possibly project data from the writer’s office on February 12th, 19th and 26th, 1999.

 

Ms. Mahoney never respond to the writer again with regard to the alleged missing project documents but did issue an e-mail on April 8, 1999 regarding the removal of office furniture.

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April 21, 1999

The writer sends an e-mail message to Mr. Morgan that the writer is sick and will not be into work on April 21, 1999 at 7:33 AM.

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April 22, 1999

The writer sends an e-mail message to Mr. Morgan that the writer is still sick and will not be into work on April 22, 1999 at 7:37 AM.

 

At 11:49 AM, Ms. Mahoney e-mails the writer to “Please come to the head office for a meeting with me and Claudio at 10:00AM on Friday April 23. This meeting is mandatory. Confirm your attendance with me by e-mail or voice by 5 PM today.”

 

At 1:21 PM, the writer responds to Ms. Mahoney by e-mail “I am sorry but I can not attend due to health reasons. If you could please respond via e-mail as to the nature and agenda of this meeting, I will re-schedule ASAP”

 

Note: Ms. Mahoney has never responded as to why this meeting is being held, its purpose or the agenda. The writer does not understand what a “Mandatory Meeting” is or how to prepare for it.

 

April 23, 1999

The writer sends an e-mail message to Mr. Morgan that the writer is still sick and will not be into work on April 23, 1999 at 10:04 AM.

 

Ms. Mahoney e-mails the writer to “Please provide me with a letter from your doctor stating that (a) that due to your medical condition you are unable to attend work at our offices. I expect you to be in the head office for this meeting at 10 AM. When you come in to the office on Monday you can provide me with the letter”

 

The writer is very sick and is also confused because:

1. Ms. Mahoney never responded as to why this meeting is being held, its purpose or the agenda. The writer does not understand what a “Mandatory Meeting” is or how to prepare for it

2. The writer does not work for Ms. Mahoney. The writer’s employment offer clearly states that the writer “will report to Mr. Rod Holmes, P. Eng., Vice President, however, on day to day matters you will report to Lynn Morgan, Manager, Instrumentation” The writer has never been informed in writing he is reporting or working for anyone but Mr. Rod Holmes, P. Eng., Vice President, or Mr. Lynn Morgan, Manager, Instrumentation.

3. The writer does not understand why Ms. Mahoney would want a letter stating that he cannot attend work in P&R’s offices. The writer simply had a bad case of the flu. Others in the Water Wastewater Group routinely call in sick and do not have to supply such a letter. Why is the writer being singled out?

 

However, out of professional courtesy, the writer went to the doctor’s office and got a sick note stating that the writer has the flu.

 

Late in the evening when the traffic was not very busy on the QEW, against the writer’s better judgment, the writer drove from Burlington, Ontario to Don Mills, Ontario to ensure that Ms. Mahoney received her sick note first thing on Monday morning.

 

The writer placed it in her office and copied Mr. Ian MacLeod, Human Resources.

 

The writer suffering from dizziness, high fever, headache and upset stomach drove back to Burlington, Ontario and got back into his sick bed.

 

April 26, 1999

The writer ceased to be the Project Manger on the South Peel SCADA Project, EO-98453 as of the close of business on Tuesday April 26, 1999.

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April 27, 1999

The writer’s employment with P&R terminated as of the close of business on Tuesday April 27, 1999.

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In May 1999, Mr. Ohashi became the Halton Region HUSP Manager, and later the Special
Projects Manager for Halton Region. 

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On or about May 21, 1999, Mr. Ohashi P.Eng., Halton HUSP Manager contacted the writer via telephone at the writer’s home from Halton Region's Municipal building located on Bronte Road in Oakville, Ontario and informed the writer that he was now the Halton HUSP Manager, he had a $100 million dollar budget that year, and expected to have the same the following year.

 

Further, that the writer was now being blacklisted in Ontario and would never work as a professional engineer again.

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In May 1999, Mr. Ron Dekker, P.Eng., Owner Serdek Automated Systems informed the writer that:
Ms. Erin Mahoney P.Eng., Divisional Manager, Water & Wastewater Group, P&R, Mr. Claudio A. Cuffolo Engineering Manager, Instrumentation & Automation, P&R, and Mr. Lynn Morgan,  Instrumentation and Control Manager, P&R approach Serdek Automated Systems and informed him that if Serdek had anything to do with the writer, P&R (Earthtech) would consider it a conflict of interest with regard to contracts.

Job opportunities previously held out were rescinded to the writer.

Serdek had contracts with the Earthtech.

 

The writer has not worked in engineering since 1999.

 

In May 1999, Mr. Tom Langstaff, Bristol Babcock informed the writer that Ms. Erin Mahoney P.Eng., Divisional Manager, Water & Wastewater Group, P&R, Mr. Claudio A. Cuffolo Engineering Manager, Instrumentation & Automation, P&R, and Mr. Lynn Morgan,  Instrumentation and Control Manager, P&R informed Bristol Babcock that if they had anything to do with the writer, P&R (Earthtech) would consider it a conflict of interest with regard to contracts.

 

References previously offered freely were rescinded to the writer.

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Bristol had contracts with the Earthtech.

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The writer has not worked in engineering since 1999.

On June 15, 1999, the writer receives the attached harassing e-mail in the writer’s home from Mr. Ohashi suggesting that the writer consider a lower paying non-engineering position, Advanced Technology Analyst.

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On or about June 16, 1999, the writer received the following harassing voice mail message on the writer’s home voice mail from Mr. Ohashi.

 

“Hi Bruce:

 

Its David Ohashi, I trust you got my e-mail on the job posting in Halton.

 

Just thought you would like a nice government job for a change.

 

Hey, the deal on Earthtech buying P&R goes down tomorrow.

 

Though you would like to know that too.

 

So if you are going to do anything to stop it, now’s yours chance.

 

Anyway give me a buzz, 905…I don’t know what my number is.

 

You know it, 825-6000”

 

On July 15, 1999, the writer receives the attached harassing e-mail in the writer’s home from Mr. Ohashi suggesting that the writer consider a lower paying non-engineering position, Systems Programmer/Analyst.

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In September 1999, the writer secured employment as a Rockwell Software Product Manager with Gerrie Electric Wholesale Limited.

 

Gerrie Electric wrongfully attempted to reduce the writer’s salary package by twenty plus thousand dollars, and later upon the writer refusing the wrongful salary reduction terminated the writer on February 25, 2000.

 

The only reason given was that the writer was being fired just like he had been fired from his previous jobs, and because the writer had a resume on the Internet.

 

The writer had not been fired from his previous jobs!  However, Gerrie Electric had been informed differently.

 

Note: Gerrie Electric had received large automation orders from the Region of Halton in 2000, and subsequently got the exclusive contract/agreement to provide PLC hardware to the Region of Halton.

 

In January 2002, the writer accepted a lower paying position as a Project Coordinator with North America Construction Ltd. (NAC)

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During the summer of 2002, Mr. Scott McPherson, North America Construction Ltd.(NAC), Project Manager for the Burlington WTP Project informs the writer that Mr. David Ohashi, Special Projects Manager, Region of Halton has approached Mr. Jonathan Hazenberg, an NAC employee, and made direct and pointed inquiries with regard to the writer’s employment with NAC, the writer’s position and responsibilities, etc.

 

Note: At this point in time Mr. Hazenberg has never met the writer and is working on another project for the Region of Halton, the Burlington Skyway Project. The writer was working on the Burlington WTP Project.

 

Mr. McPherson indicated that Mr. Hazenberg’s reaction was that the writer posed a possible problem to NAC and the Region of Halton.

 

Mr. McPherson assured the writer not to worry; he explained to Mr. Hazenberg that Mr. Ohashi had some type of personal issue with the writer and to ignore the incident.

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In January 2003, the writer was given a $20,000 raise by NAC on his annual review.

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In February 2003, Mr. Hazenberg P.Eng. wrongfully terminated the writer without cause within hours of Mr. Hazenberg P.Eng. assuming the NAC Project Manager’s position at the Burlington WTP Project; which the writer was employed on.

 

Note: Mr. Hazenberg just recently received his P.Eng. designation.

 

The writer has obtained documentation via the Privacy Act from Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) that indicates the writer's employers have organized and contacted the writer's present employer resulting in the writer sustaining the loss of his gainful employment in the amount of $XX,XXX per year.

 

The attached HRDC Supplementary Record of Claim states: "Employer stated that they had been warned by a customer and claimant's former employers that claimant had a history of having disputes with his employers"

In the attached Memorandum Form dated March 19, 2003 Mr. Jonathan Hazenberg, P. Eng. Project Manager states: "I felt Bruce was more of a liability to be on-site given his track record with previous employers and he obviously wanted to leave so I simply granted his request"

Note: The writer's employer first fired the writer without cause, and then later claimed the writer was laid off due to shortage of work, then hired the writer's replacement, then later admitted the writer had been fired.

The writer would like to bring to your attention that the since leaving the employ of Proctor & Redfern Limited (Now Earthtech) in 1999, the writer has been unable to secure any professional employment in his field.

It appears that the writer is being prevented from securing, and retaining gainful employment via a campaign of defamation, libel and slander.

 

This must stop and be remedied.
 

Yours truly,

 

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Bruce Boyes P.Eng.

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