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NEWS SENATE REFORM NEWS FINANCE Monsef, LeBlanc LeBlanc backs away from Morneau to reveal this expected to shed week Trudeau’s whipped vote on assisted light on deficit, vision for non- CIBC economist partisan Senate dying bill, but Grit MPs predicts $30-billion By Abbas Rana are ‘comfortable,’ call it a By Derek Abma Senators are eagerly waiting to hear this week specific details The federal government is of the Trudeau government’s plan expected to shed more light on for a non-partisan Red Cham- Charter of Rights issue the size of its deficit on Monday, ber from Government House and one prominent economist Leader Dominic LeBlanc and Members of the has predicted it will be at least Democratic Institutions Minister Joint Committee $30-billion—about three times Maryam Monsef. on Physician- what the Liberals promised dur- The appearance of the two Assisted ing the election campaign—due to ministers at the Senate stand- Suicide, lower-than-expected tax revenue ing committee will be the first pictured at from a slow economy and the time the government has pre- a committee need for more fiscal stimulus. sented detailed plans to reform meeting on the “The $10-billion [deficit] was the Senate. Also, this is the first Hill. The Hill the figure that was out there official communication between Times photograph based on the projection that the the House of Commons and the by Jake Wright economy was growing faster Senate on Mr. Trudeau’s views on and revenues would be coming the Senate’s future. in faster,” CIBC World Markets chief economist Avery Shenfeld— Continued on page 4 Continued on page 15

NEWS SENATE NEWS PUBLIC SERVICE Senate Short-term Modernization work Committee assignments formed, Rachel Aiello on doctor-assisted suicide saying The Hill Times earlier in the week it’s too early to determine how that they were “comfortable” with stymie federal chairman Liberals late last week were the vote will go without see- the whipped vote. Sen. McInnis backing away from whipping the ing the bill, but Liberal MPs on public service vote on the government’s upcom- the Special Joint Committee on Continued on page 24 chosen without ing and controversial legislation Physician-Assisted Dying told renewal: union leaders election NEWS LIBERAL RESEARCH BUREU By Derek Abma By Abbas Rana Liberals’ $2.4-million research Union leaders are calling on After months of delay, the the federal government to provide Senate last week formed a special bureau headed by Thalmann, Bosch younger employees with clearer committee to modernize the Red By Laura Ryckewaert a party is in government or paths to long-term careers as a Chamber, but already some com- opposition, the parliamentary- way of making the public service mittee members are questioning The Liberals’ $2.4-million funded caucus research bureaus a more attractive place to work why the Senate’s caucus leaders research bureau is now “fully are a “very important part of for millennials. functioning” with almost 30 Continued on page 6 staffers hired, and whether Continued on page 26 Brett Thalmann and Kevin Bosch. Continued on page 17 2 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 FEATURE BUZZ

y’s Steakhouse’s Ottawa location is up winning a landslide victory in that vote. Hpoised to close after Feb. 27, putting an In a blog posting earlier this month, Mr. end to an establishment that for more than Cleary said if he could do it over again, he ON three decades has been a regular gathering would not have run for the Tories provincially. THE place for politicians, their staffers, lobby- “I knew a few days into the election that I HEARD HILL ists, journalists, and other players on the didn’t have a chance,” he wrote. “The anti-To- Y EREK BMA Ottawa political scene. ry tide was too strong, combined with voter B D A After failing to come to an agreement anger at my decision to ‘betray’ the NDP. with its landlords at the Queen Street “If I had my time back would I have building it occupies on the ground fl oor, made the same decision? No, the public it became public in September that the backlash—particularly on social media— Ottawa Hy’s would close after its lease was absolutely devastating to my family.” expired in February. Yet, explaining his decision, Mr. Cleary Last Thursday, a crew from CBC’s This talked about his close relationship with Hour Has 22 Minutes, including on-air person- Paul Davis—up until recently, the Conser- Ottawa’s popular ality Mark Critch, showed up to fi lm some foot- vative premier of Newfoundland—and how age for an episode scheduled to air March 1. he pressured the former Conservative fed- Karyn Byrne, a spokeswoman for the eral government under Stephen Harper to watering hole, Hy’s, Hy’s chain, which includes other locations in compensate the province for concessions Vancouver, Whistler, B.C., Calgary, Winnipeg, on fi sh-processing made as part of the free- and Toronto, said there are no special events trade deal with the European Union. approaches fi nal day planned as the Ottawa location approaches He also talked about his opposition to its fi nal day, though business is brisk. the extent of infl uence labour unions have “It’s a last hurrah for a lot of people on NDP policy and his support for disaf- who had Hy’s Ottawa near and dear to fi liating the federal NDP from provincial their hearts,” she said. “We don’t have branches, explaining that “the federal NDP anything in particular scheduled, though has an in-it-to-win-it attitude, while the This Hour Has we certainly have lots of our loyal guests provincial NDP was/is content to serve as a 22 Minutes’ coming in to pay a visit.” social conscience.” star Mark Nonetheless, word is getting around that Mr. Cleary said he got along well with Critch, left, former CBC journalist Don Newman and federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, though stopped by colleague Andrew Balfour, both of whom he did have “issues with the OLO (Op- Hy’s Ottawa now work for lobbying and communications position Leader’s Offi ce),” which Mulcair location to fi lm fi rm Navigator, are organizing a party at occupied before the last election. a segment last Hy’s for the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 24. week and had On the role Hy’s has played in Ottawa, some fun with Ms. Byrne said: “I think it certainly serves New fi ction book from Global News’ a great place in the community, not just as Tom Clark and a fantastic restaurant, but certainly as a Postmedia’s Maher due CTV’s Don communications hub outside of the norm Martin. The this summer, oh yeah for Members of Parliament, as well as jour- restaurant is nalists. It’s been a great place to come and slated to close exchange information.” Feb. 27. The Hill Ms. Byrne said that while the company Times photograph is not currently seeking another Hy’s by Jake Wright location in Ottawa, “that’s not to say in the future there won’t be opportunities.” Former NDP MP Cleary regrets run for PCs in Newfoundland

Postmedia’s Stephen Mayer has written a crime thriller that’s due out in August. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Postmedia political journalist Stephen Maher has written a second book coming out later this year about crime and intrigue, and set in Nova Scotia. Former NDP MP Ryan Cleary says he his deci- We benefit. The book is called Salvage, according to sion to run for the Progressive Conservatives a description on the website of publishing Sensible rules for NHPs – Give Canadian consumers safety and provincially in Newfoundland caused a ‘public company Dundurn, and will be available in pa- backlash’ that was ‘devastating to my family.’ choice with sensible rules for NHPs that stop unlicensed internet sales. perback and as a digital download in August. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright It’s based around a character named GMO Labelling – Canadians have a right to know what’s in the Phillip Scarnum who, while sailing along food they eat: Mandate GMO labelling! Former NDP MP Ryan Cleary—who lost the south coast of Nova Scotia, fi nds an two different elections with two different abandoned lobster boat, which he hauls in, parties within two months—has some regret hoping for a hefty salvage fee. about his last decision to run for the Progres- However, a dead fi sherman, full of bul- sive Conservative Party in the Newfound- let holes, ends up washing up on a nearby land and Labrador provincial election. beach, and police start questioning the main Mr. Cleary, who represented the riding character about it. Some Mexican gangsters of St. John’s-Mount Pearl for the NDP who are missing about 100 kilograms of co- between 2011 and 2015, lost the riding to caine also take an interest in Mr. Scarnum. Liberal Seamus O’Regan in the October Mr. Maher has taken leave from Post- federal election. media as he participates in a Nieman Fel- He then chose to run for the Tories in lowship at Harvard University until June. Safe & effective NHPs – look for the NPN. the Nov. 30 Newfoundland election in the His fi rst novel was a political thriller called riding of Windsor Lake, and was soundly Deadline, released in 2013. Visit chfa.ca to learn more. defeated by Liberal candidate Cathy Ben- Visit chfa.ca to learn more. nett. The Liberals under Dwight Ball ended Continued on page 34 On Canada’s Side. Sophisticated marine engineering made for our Arctic climate goes into each Coast Guard vessel built by Canada’s defence and security companies. Not only are our ports and channels, DEFENCEANDSECURITY.CA from coast to coast to coast, kept safe and secure, but our equipment is used on world-leading expeditions to map and chart the Great North.

IMAGE: CANADIAN COAST GUARD-FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA. 4 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 NEWS SENATE REFORMS Monsef, LeBlanc to reveal Trudeau’s vision for non-partisan Senate, this week

Senators eagerly rently, the independent advisory board is reviewing applications of waiting to hear the potential candidates and is expect- ed to recommend 25 candidates to government’s views Mr. Trudeau by Feb. 25, of which he on the Senate. is to select the fi rst fi ve. In the 105-member Red Cham- ber, there are 45 Conservative Continued from page 1 Senators, 27 Liberals, 11 Indepen- dents, and 22 vacant seats. Mani- “We wanted to get it from the toba Liberal Sen. Maria Chaput government what’s the intention, has announced her intention to what’s the long-term purpose, retire by March 1. Two Liberals because when you [fundamen- and one Conservative—Quebec tally] change … an institution, it Liberal Sen. Céline Hervieux-Pay- has some impact and sometimes, ette, Toronto Liberal Sen. David as we say, the law of unintended Smith, and Quebec Conservative consequences,” Quebec Liberal Sen. Michel Rivard—are sched- Sen. Serge Joyal said in an inter- uled to retire later this year. view with The Hill Times. “You The Trudeau government has can have generous intentions, announced it will not appoint but the way it’s materialized, it’s any Senator to the position of implemented, might have serious government Senate leader, who impact in terms of how the insti- has traditionally been responsible tution is operating.” to shepherd government legisla- Mr. LeBlanc (Beauséjour, tion, serve as the chief govern- N.B.) and Ms. Monsef (Peterbor- ment spokesperson in the Upper ough-Kawartha, Ont.) are appear- Chamber, and answer questions ing before the Senate’s Standing on behalf of the government in Committee on Rules, Procedures the Senate with an annual offi ce and the Rights of Parliament on budget of about $1-million. Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. in Room Instead, the government has 160-S of Centre Block on Parlia- said that one of the fi rst fi ve new ment Hill. The two ministers are Senators will be appointed to the appearing at the request of com- position of government Senate mittee members and will offer representative, a new position more details about the Prime Min- that currently does not exist with- ister Justin Trudeau’s (Papineau, in Senate rules. The precise role Que.) vision for the Senate. and responsibilities of the govern- “We’re interested in learning ment Senate representative were more about the government’s still unclear as of last week. view of change in the Senate,” Since the Liberals took over Quebec Liberal Sen. Joan Fraser, power in early November, there’s who is chairwoman of the com- no government Senate caucus as mittee, told The Hill Times. “The the Conservatives are the opposi- Government House Leader Dominic LeBlanc, top left, and Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef will appear Senate is master of its own tion party and the Liberals are the before the Senate’s Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament Committee on Wednesday to discuss the govern- destiny, but the government is “third-party” or a “recognized party” ment’s plans for Senate reform. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright responsible for appointing Sena- in the Chamber. It remains to be tors, and also the whole question seen if the Independent Senators of government leadership versus will form a caucus of their own, and caucus chairperson—also for the government. I don’t know diversity in its new appointments. the government representative, will join one of the two other par- receive additional salaries. what kind of party they’re going to “For me, the most important and we just thought it would be ties, or will serve as individuals. Since the Liberal Cabinet was be because they can’t be a political [point] is that they make sure that appropriate to invite them to The Senate’s Internal Economy sworn in on Nov. 4, Liberal Sena- party because the Prime Minister when they select [new Senators] come and explain to us.” Budgets and Administration Com- tors in leadership positions have doesn’t want political parties. He that there’s diversity to refl ect the Sen. Fraser said the committee mittee has set aside an annual bud- only been getting their regular wants to destroy political parties new Canada and, secondly, there’s will take the government’s view get of $925,000 for the new Senators salaries without top-ups be- and he’s calling these Indepen- gender parity,” said Sen. Jaffer. to account to adjust or change the in case they choose to form their cause, according to Parliament of dent Senators. I have no idea how All Senators interviewed for Senate rules in the coming weeks own caucus. According to the cur- Canada Act, there’s no salary for they’re going to operate.” this article said that in addition and months. rent Senate rules, for a caucus to be Senators holding leadership posi- British Columbia Liberal Sen. to the members of the Standing In the midst of the Senate recognized and receive a budget, it tions other than with the govern- Mobina Jaffer said she hopes she Committee, a signifi cant number of expenses scandal, Mr. Trudeau must have at least fi ve Senators. The ment or opposition. will get more information about the other Senators are also expected to booted all Liberal Senators from amount of the budget also depends Meanwhile, in the absence government’s plans for the Senate. attend this meeting as all Senators the national caucus in early 2014, on the size of the caucus and is of more information on how the “Now, hopefully, we’ll fi nd out,” want to know the government’s arguing that he wants to make the determined by the Senate’s Internal government wants to reform the said Sen. Jaffer who is also a mem- views on Senate reform. Senate a non-partisan Chamber. Economy Committee. Senate, Senators on both sides ber of the Senate Rules Committee. “It will be the fi rst time that there Since becoming Prime Minis- The Conservatives’ annual of the aisle have been awaiting “I’m very excited about them will be a formal meeting with gov- ter after the Oct. 19 election, Mr. caucus budget is $1.3-milllion and details since the last election. coming because they’re coming to ernment representatives and a clear Trudeau has taken steps to fi ll the Liberals’ annual caucus bud- “I have no idea what the explain to us what they’re going exposé of the government’s intention vacant seats in the Upper Chamber get is $1.1-million. government is going to do,” said to do to the people [Senators] that with the Senators,” said Sen. Joyal. with Independent Senators, con- According to Senate rules, the Saskatchewan Conservative Sen. are most affected. So, it’s nice that Newfoundland and Labrador trary to traditional Senate appoint- government leader gets $80,100 in David Tkachuk, a member of the we’re now talking to each other as Conservative Sen. David Wells, ments based on party affi liation. addition to the regular Senator’s Senate Rules, Procedures and the to how we proceed and we’re look- a member of the Senate Rules Mr. Trudeau is slated to appoint salary of $142,400. Similarly, the Rights of Parliament Committee. ing forward to hearing from them Committee, declined a comment at least 26 Senators this year on the opposition leader receives a sala- “My understanding is from what the plans for the Senate are.” for this article, saying he wants recommendation of an indepen- ry boost of $38,100. Other Senate what I know publicly by the Prime Sen. Jaffer said one of the to hear from the two ministers dent advisory board. 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A new Senate least for now), where the committee is even having problems getting off committee has been the ground and where its timetable may very much make it irrelevant. I formed to make the believe this is in line with the oppo- institution more sition leader’s favour, with our mute consent. Rather, current efforts are democratic, though moreover oriented to delaying any its chairman was changes and how to preserve the existing power structure. Agree- selected without a ably, the status quo is much more comforting and easier to many. Yet vote from committee the Senate’s best interests and our members. responsibilities demand otherwise. In my opinion, we need to elevate this debate and need to everyday Continued from page 1 concern by our leadership and Senators. How best to do so?” have chosen a chairman without Last week, Sen. Carignan told an election when the committee is The Hill Times that he had a meet- mandated to fi nd ways of making ing with Sen. Massicotte recently the Senate more transparent, open, and provided him with more democratic, and accountable. information and assured him that In interviews last week, Nova the Senate leadership is serious Scotia Conservative Sen. Stephen about Senate reform. Greene and Quebec Liberal Sen. Sen. Massicotte also confi rmed Paul Massicotte told The Hill that he met with Sen. Carignan Times they support the committee and Liberal Senate Leader James chairman, Nova Scotia Conserva- Cowan (Nova Scotia) and both as- tive Sen. Thomas McInnis, but sured him that they want to deliver that the leadership should have concrete results on Senate reform. let committee members elect Quebec Liberal Sen. Serge their chairperson. Both Sena- Joyal, a member of the Senate tors described Sen. McInnis, a Modernization Committee, said former provincial politician, as a that before making any judgment, “very good choice” and said he’s the committee should be given “reform-minded” and “fair.” time to complete its work. He “I support him [but] the process said that he can understand Sen. could be better,” Sen. Greene said. Massicotte’s frustration, but the Through his assistant, Sen. Mc- process will take time. Innis declined an interview request. Sen. Joyal added that he’s Sen. Massicotte said the election optimistic the committee will be of committee chairs, vice-chairs able to deliver results to reform and committee members is one of the Senate. the key reform ideas that the Sen- “I can understand his frustration, ate Modernization Committee will but sometimes it takes time before review in the coming weeks. He you reach consensus. In the Senate, said hopefully the committee will especially on an issue like that, it’s approve that in the future, all com- not preordained by the govern- mittee chairpeople and vice-chair- ment. It stems from the Senators people should be elected through themselves,” Sen. Joyal said. “The proper election processes. job of convincing the Senators is “That’s one of the things we’ve up to anyone of us. There has been got to correct,” said Sen. Massi- evolution of minds in the Senate in cotte. “Some of my colleagues think Conservative Senate Leader Claude Carignan (Mille Isles, Que.), in an interview with The Hill Times, said that the Senate relation to that, and there’s now a that until there’s a consensus for Modernization Committee will study the process to choose committee chairs and if the committee comes to the conclu- certainly a consensus to adapt the change, the old way is acceptable.” sion that it needs to be changed, the Senators can recommend that to the Senate. The Hill Times photograph by Steve Gerecke institution to contemporary needs Choosing committee chairpeo- and to make sure that the institution ple, vice-chairpeople and member- satisfy its constitutional role.” ship of high-profi le committees will hold its fi rst meeting on committee to fi le interim reports and sicotte told The Hill Times three Before Sen. Massicotte’s such as the powerful Internal Wednesday, Feb. 24. The member- a fi nal report by June 1. It remains to weeks ago. “I’m not demeaning public expression of frustration, Economy, Budgets and Administra- ship includes nine Conservative be seen if the Committee will be able anybody. I just haven’t heard very three Conservative and Liberal tion, is one of the tools that leader- Senators, three Liberals and two to complete its work by June. much and I’m concerned that peo- Senators had quit their caucuses ship of both the Conservatives and Independents. At the fi rst meet- Sen. Massicotte, however, hoped ple are—human nature is being in disappointment over lack of Liberals use to reward and punish ing, the committee will discuss that the committee should complete such—resisting change, including progress on Senate reform and Senators to keep them in line. details related to the overall plan its work by May so that the Senate the leadership.” are now sitting as Independents. Conservative Senate Leader and process that will be used to could have adequate time to evalu- A week after that, he wrote an Earlier this month, Sen. Ringuette Claude Carignan (Mille Isles, study Senate modernization. Also, ate and endorse its recommenda- email to Liberal Senators ex- announced that she was resigning Que.), in an interview with The the committee members will of- tions before Parliament adjourns pressing similar sentiments. from the Senate Liberal caucus, Hill Times, said that the Senate fi cially confi rm Sen. McInnis as for the summer recess at the end of “I appreciate the uncertainty and before that, New Brunswick Modernization Committee will their chair at this meeting. June. He said his Senate colleagues of our course, but all the more Conservative Sen. John Wallace study the process to choose com- In the coming weeks, the com- and Canadians want to see a con- reason to develop a clear under- and Quebec Conservative Sen. mittee chairs and if the committee mittee will study all ideas that crete path toward Senate reform. standing of our probable choices Jacques Demers resigned from comes to the conclusion that it have come out from Senators “People want to see real re- and risks, to thereafter defi ne their caucuses in November and needs to be changed, the Senators over the last few years, including sults. Most of us feel very strongly our objectives, strategy and how December, respectively. can recommend that to the Senate. the election of caucus offi cers; that the Senate has to change. The we would like [to] achieve such. “Individually, a lot of people “The committee will be able to electing chairpeople, vice-chair- public wants a more modern Sen- Why let simple destiny choose by on both sides of the current sit- study, to make recommendations people, and members of standing ate, a more responsive Senate, a default our course, without our ting situation in the Senate have about all our procedures, includ- committees; electing the Speaker; more transparent Senate. Most of possible infl uence and position- been trying for more change, ing the process to choose mem- replacing Question Period with us feel that,” he said. ing?” Sen. Massicotte wrote in an but for one reason or another, it bers of committees, and we will “Issues Period”; webcasting and Before the committee was an- email, obtained by The Hill Times, seems that we’re still in this sta- see the recommendation of the televising Senate proceedings; nounced last week, Sen. Massicotte that he sent to his Senate caucus tus quo. It’s not good enough for committee,” said Sen. Carignan. “If and a larger communications was one of the Senators from both colleagues on Feb. 10. me and it’s not good enough in they recommend to elect the chair budget to promote the Senate parties who were openly express- “Related to this broader discus- regards to the aspirations of the of this committee also, it will be standing committee reports. ing frustration about the lack of sion, I am particularly concerned Canadian people or the institu- something that they could study The Senate Modernization Com- progress on changing the inner with our lack of momentum on tion,” Sen. Ringuette told The Hill and recommend.” mittee has been established in re- workings of the Senate. Senate Reform. In my opinion, Times earlier this month. The 15-member special com- sponse to a motion that was passed “Obviously, frustration exists it has been neatly delegated to a [email protected] mittee on Senate Modernization in December, which required the with many Senators,” Sen. Mas- committee to ‘make it go away’ (at The Hill Times Competition guarantees the best for Canada.

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EDITORIAL HOUSE SITTINGS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR MPs should be sitting more, Parliament isn’t ‘just’ there to hear not less in House of Commons constituents: Lib MP Fisher e: “Number of break weeks ‘obscene’ supposed to be. his year, the House of Commons he said, and many years it’s been less than ‘MPs should re-evaluate use of time,’ The good MPs work hard in Ottawa, has 26 break weeks, or constituency 100. By comparison, in the 1980s, in a R T says parliamentary expert,” (The Hill but by the time they get back to their weeks, and 26 sitting weeks in Ottawa, normal year, the House sat about 160 days. Times, Feb. 15, p. 1). I may be a rookie MP, constituency—the meetings have piled up which works out to be about 130 sitting That’s a big decline over the last 30 years. but I’ve been an “on the ground” mu- and their schedules are crammed. An MP days a year. It’s not a lot of sitting days. Moreover, Prof. Levy said he thinks the nicipal councillor for the better part of a is split between Ottawa and their constit- As well, MPs are talking about cutting patchy House calendar this year is “detri- decade. The majority of politicians I have uency—and our house schedule refl ects out Friday sittings altogether. But if they mental to the legislative process,” which met take their jobs very seriously. that adequately this year. do away with Friday sittings, our federal will lead to more obstruction and more use In Laura Ryckewaert’s story Prof. In the article, Prof. Levy stated that the legislators who take three-month summer of time allocation to avoid and delay. Gary Levy called constituency weeks a view of Parliament “is just there to hear breaks and fi ve or six week Christmas As well, he said with parties now in “holiday from… parliamentary duties.” your constituents”—and he disapproved. breaks, should sit a few more weeks a permanent campaign mode, constituency I’m sure many MPs wish constituency If you aren’t listening and engaging year in December and January and they weeks are also a “huge advantage to in- weeks were akin to holidays. In the ar- your constituents you cannot act on their could be accomplishing so much more. cumbents” and have already encouraged ticle, Prof. Levy used the antiquated term behalf. I don’t want to be a “leap year” “I think getting rid of Fridays is a parties without representation in certain “break week” when constituency weeks politician, who’s only seen every four good idea because a lot of legislatures ridings “to set up alternate structures,” like are anything but. years looking for votes. I want to be part do that, but if you get rid of Fridays, get the NDP’s satellite offi ces in Montreal Admittedly, in the beginning I expect- of my community. rid of some of the break weeks as well,” and Saskatchewan. He’s right. ed that constituency weeks would allow Sure, Parliament isn’t “just” there to Carleton University professor Gary Levy, The Procedure and House Affairs Com- for life/work balance. I thought I would hear constituents. During constituency the former longtime editor of the Cana- mittee is currently studying “initiatives toward have time for the offi ce and more time weeks we engage the public—we listen. dian Parliamentary Review and a former a family-friendly House of Commons,” includ- for my wife and two children. I still miss Then we evaluate,we research, and we Library of Parliament researcher who ing potentially removing Friday sitting days family time and events even though I am take action in Ottawa based on that out- worked on several parliamentary commit- and reallocating those hours to a four-day in the riding. reach. Effectively, we bring our constitu- tees over the years, told The Hill Times. week with one double sitting day, prompted During constituency weeks we still ents’ voices to Ottawa. That’s the job. “The numbers they have now of break by a motion tabled by Government House have many of our parliamentary duties Although Parliament isn’t just in weeks, I think, is obscene, frankly.” Leader Dominic LeBlanc on Jan. 28. on top of constituency work. Commit- existence to hear constituents—it is there The House Affairs Committee, mean- Acting House of Commons Clerk Marc tee prep doesn’t go away. Hard work on solely for them. while, is looking at the merits of doing Bosc suggested to MPs on Feb. 2 three private members’ bills and research still As MPs we cannot forget that human away with Friday sittings, among other areas the House Affairs Committee could takes place. We have numerous meetings aspect—this job is about the people. reforms, but, as Prof. Levy told The Hill explore, including the timing of votes, the with constituents, events to attend and Liberal MP Darren Fisher Times, MPs should re-examine their over- days and times of sittings, and the impact never-ending outreach. That’s the way it’s Dartmouth-Cole Harbour, N.S. all use of time in Ottawa. of not sitting Fridays, as well as the pos- “The MPs will tell you they work hard sible usefulness of a parallel Chamber as during break weeks and they hate when exists in the U.K., for example. you call it a holiday, but it is a holiday It makes sense to eliminate the Friday from Parliament. They go out into the sittings in order for MPs to get to travel Conservatives anything but dead constituencies and they have all kinds of to far-fl ung ridings and to have more fami- meetings and they’re very busy and they ly time, but as Prof. Levy rightfully pointed work hard, I don’t deny that, but it’s a out, MPs should also consider the use of hen Justin Trudeau in an interview Liberals making it much more diffi cult holiday from their parliamentary duties time as a whole, not just the so-called fam- Wwith an infl uential BBC current for them to keep some of their irrespon- and I think that’s a problem,” he said. ily friendly aspect. And as it stands, there affairs show in London right after his sible election promises. Hardly seems The most number of days the House sat are too many break weeks. MPs should stunning election victory said, “I left them the right time to institute a national in a year in the last decade was 129 days, change that in 2017. in the dust,” this was more impulsive opti- carbon reduction strategy. The cost of mism than reality. Not quite! the Syrian refugee resettlement pledge Actually, Mr. Trudeau won his major- was supposed to be $200-million but will ity with 39 per cent of the vote, precisely likely come in at three or four times that as did prime minister Stephen Harper amount. Mr. Trudeau’s blind commit- in 2008, which means that 60 per cent of ment to all 94 recommendations from the voters did not vote for the Liberals. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission for truth is Mr. Harper left his party in very First Nations could prove very expensive. good shape and in so doing has restored Higher defi cits, payroll taxes, carbon normal politics to Canada by building taxes and increased income taxes will be the Conservative Party as a credible needed to fi nance irresponsible promises. alternative to the Liberal Party who like Mr. Trudeau will provide a gold mine to think of themselves as the ruling party of ammunition for a capable Conservative in Canada. opposition with his mistaken, short- Who could ever say that 70 years of sighted and reckless management of the Liberal rule in our short history is healthy fi nances of the nation and the govern- democracy. It’s about as healthy as the ment’s non-existent foreign policy. The Communist Party ruling the Soviet Union new government has hurt seniors and for 74 years. The Conservatives have families by cutting the tax-free savings more than a few reasons to be optimis- account level in half and eliminating the tic. Mr. Harper has clearly distinguished universal child care benefi t. himself from John Diefenbaker and Brian Conservatives must resist the tempta- Mulroney who both left the Conservatives tion to go back to “Progressive” Conser- devastated. The Conservatives received vatism, learn from mistakes made in the nearly 32 per cent of the vote and still election, regain votes from Canada’s ma- have a healthy 99 seats in Parliament. jor cities and continue to embrace sound Dark economic realities are already economic and security policies and prove clouding the “sunny ways” agenda of the they are “a government in waiting.” new government. Sagging oil prices and Gerald Hall a low loonie will reduce revenue for the Nanoose Bay, B.C.

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Mulcair was the architect of the Mulcair may have diffi culty Sherbrooke Declaration, which became his way of demonstrating to nationalist Quebecers that he was one of them. That is probably staying out of the numbers game why they were so shocked to wit- ness his support for multicultur- alism by way of the niqab. They knew the Liberals were strong If it takes more than does it take 70 per cent of a party supporters of multiculturalism, so to affi rm a leader and only 50 per the Grit head-covering stance was two-thirds of a party cent to break up a country? expected. Mulcair’s orchestration of the But not so for Mulcair, who to affi rm a leader, Sherbrooke Declaration and the was supposed to be “one of them.” how can you not killing of the Clarity Act was a Nowhere was the nationalist streak deadly electoral mistake in most of more visible than when Mulcair ask the same for a the country, except Quebec. It was attacked Trudeau’s father for his country? the one error he did not even men- position on the War Measures Act. tion in recent interviews providing The timing couldn’t have been an autopsy of his own mistakes. worse, as it was the anniversary Mulcair’s biggest challenge of Pierre Trudeau’s death, and will be to re-establish socialist Justin hit him right between the credentials. The voting public may eyes on that, and on the number prefer the moderate middle. But that Trudeau considered defi ni- the New Democratic Party base tive for referendum purposes. SHEILA COPPS tilts defi nitely leftward. Nine Supreme Court judges Party insiders are not very validated the Clarity Act and happy about an election where contradicted Mulcair. TTAWA—New Democratic their leader deliberately posi- Most anglophone Canadians OLeader Tom Mulcair may tioned the platform to the right of New Democratic Leader Tom Mulcair may have diffi culty staying out of the who could remember supported have diffi culty staying out of the Liberal leader Justin Trudeau. numbers game. He is doing his best to avoid the trap, saying he will work to Trudeau’s 1970 actions. By attack- numbers game. He is doing his Mulcair acknowledges that secure the support of all party members. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade ing him and by vowing to repeal best to avoid the trap, saying he mistake, saying it was his deci- the Clarity Act, Mulcair lost seats will work to secure the support of sion to play it safe, an electoral Topp running the operation for hurt, but the winning party also in Atlantic Canada and Ontario all party members. choice that turned out to be fatal. Premier Notley and recruiting the had the same position. that otherwise might have sur- But Mulcair may not have a He also says he has cleaned castoffs from the good ship Mulcair. So reading too much into that vived the purge. choice, with NDP Party President house. Some of his longest-serv- They have a good three years call is not borne out by overall By refusing to refl ect on the Rebecca Blaikie tossing around ing allies have headed West to to hone their governing skills in election results. Mulcair’s state- problem that he created with the a challenge even more onerous work for Premier Rachel Notley. Alberta with the hope of coming ments on the niqab were more Sherbrooke Declaration, Mulcair than the one that sunk former That is hardly a demotion, but a back to be part of a winning na- pointed than those of Justin ignores a big factor in his defeat. Conservative leader, ousted prime recognition that those who have tional team in the next election. Trudeau. But his speaking style in If it takes more than two- minister Joe Clark. tasted the potential sweetness of Meanwhile, if Mulcair really general was more aggressive. thirds of a party to affi rm a When the party president cites power actually want to work in wants to dig deep, he has to ac- Trudeau ran a very positive leader, how can you not ask the a number, the die is cast. No one government. knowledge a couple of fl aws in his campaign, while Mulcair admit- same for a country? can blame Mulcair for staying Languishing for four more own post-election post mortem. ted his lawyerly rational ap- Sheila Copps is a former away from the numbers game. years in a rebuilding mode on the The leader put a tremendous proach was not appreciated. deputy prime minister and a Many before him have suffered federal scene is certainly not as amount of emphasis on his It goes deeper than that. former Jean Chrétien-era Cabi- from that fatal mistake. attractive as actually delivering principled stand in favour of the And that is why the referendum net minister. She is a registered But it also begs the question policy today. niqab, pointing to insider polling question cannot be overlooked lobbyist. on the silent killer of sitting New Mulcair has his own nemesis out that saw his party drop 20 points when New Democrats refl ect on [email protected] Democrats in the last election. Why in Alberta with former rival Brian overnight. For sure the decision their choice for future leader. The Hill Times

POST-PARTISAN PUNDIT MANNING CONFERENCE

Conservative activists and thinkers are back in Ottawa, congregating this week for My conservative manifesto the annual Manning Centre Conference, hosted by Not that long ago, If you’ve never heard of it, the Is such a balance between Preston Manning, pictured. Manning Conference is an event principle and politics achievable? If you’ve never heard of it, Conservatives, where people on the right side Absolutely. the Manning Conference of the ideological spectrum meet Ronald Reagan’s Republicans; is an event where people stinging from to discuss and debate everything Margaret Thatcher’s Conservatives, on the right side of the electoral defeat and from mundane political tactics to Mike Harris’ Progressive Con- ideological spectrum meet lofty philosophical ideals. servatives—all these parties won to discuss and debate unceremoniously And oh yeah, there’s also tons elections by running on strong, everything from mundane dumped from power, of gossiping. principled conservative platforms political tactics to lofty At any rate, one topic that’s So it can be done. philosophical ideals. The Hill staged an agonizing sure to get lots of play at this And for what’s its worth (which Times photograph by Jake Wright year’s Manning Conference is the is probably not a lot) I’d like to of- retreat from our future of the once mighty Conser- fer my own suggestions as to what support, these are values which Yet, I know where I stand in nation’s capital. But vative Party. a Conservative Party should bring will help the Conservative Party any such debate: I stand for indi- After all, as the Conservatives to the table in terms of its values. win the next election and, most vidualism, I stand for tolerance, now they’re back. prepare for the hard work of It’s actually a simple fi ve-point importantly, these are values and I stand for free markets. rising up from the ashes, think- manifesto: which will make Canada a better, Indeed, I believe now more ers and activists who support the •A Conservative Party should freer, more prosperous place. than ever Canada needs a prin- party will need to ask themselves place the power of the individual Will every conservative out cipled Conservative Party in Ot- lots of key questions. over the power of government. there agree with my take? tawa, which will present a stark Questions such as: What will the •A Conservative Party should Of course not. and clear ideological alternative Conservative Party stand for? What promote free markets and free Elements exist within the con- to the left-wing, pro-big govern- GERRY NICHOLLS values will it represent? What will be speech. servative movement and within ment, big spending Liberals. its priorities? Should the next Con- •A Conservative Party should the party which will have a differ- So to all you conservatives servative leader take lots of selfi es? advocate for government that ent vision as to what constitutes attending the Manning Centre AKVILLE, ONT.—Not that What I’m trying to say here is, is smaller, less costly, and less “true” conservatism. Conference, please keep my fi ve Olong ago, Conservatives, activists must help the party de- intrusive. Some will argue conservatism is points in mind when pondering stinging from electoral defeat fi ne and articulate a modern, 21st •A Conservative Party should more about imposing moral values the future. and unceremoniously dumped century brand of “conservatism.” support a strong, well-equipped than it is about individualism, others If activists don’t stand up for from power, staged an agonizing And since we’re talking about a military. will claim conservatives must em- true conservative principles and retreat from our nation’s capital. political party here, they also need to •A Conservative Party should brace Liberal-style big government values, then who will? But now they’re back. come up with a brand of conserva- oppose too much government economic policies, still others will Gerry Nicholls is a communi- Or at least conservative activists tism that’s not only true to its ideo- interference and regulation in busi- equate conservatism with fanning cations consultant. and thinkers are back in Ottawa, logical principles, but which is also nesses and in our individual lives. the fl ames of populist resentment. www.gerrynicholls.com congregating this week for the an- capable of winning enough broad In my view, these are con- That’s fi ne. Debate is healthy [email protected] nual Manning Centre Conference. public support to win elections. servative values Canadians will and should be encouraged. The Hill Times 10 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 IMPOLITIC NDP Mulcair may survive, but for how long?

them in a more fl attering light. wrong. In fact, he reports “a strong Nor is there any indication, While Tom Mulcair Unlike other professions, the lon- feeling that the campaign we put in the fi rst weeks of the new may prevail in April, ger you’ve been around, the less together can be repeated. We got Parliament, that Mulcair is welcome you may be. (Ask Jean very close—closer than we’ve ever about to change his style, or his a less than 70 per Chrétien. See Jim Prentice.) been—and people are convinced it preoccupations. If anything, he cent endorsement None of this bodes well for is there for us the next time.” is comfortably settling into the Thomas Mulcair. In April, the New This does not sound promis- NDP’s traditional role: national will be seen as Democratic Party leader must ing. In fact, this is delusional. The scold, humourless fault-fi nder, tepid, or provisional. apply for his job all over again at NDP’s problem was not “mes- perpetual outsider. a federal party convention in Ed- saging,” as some have argued. It Mulcair’s prosecutorial style Whether he is the monton, the fi rst since the NDP’s certainly wasn’t the leader’s work in Question Period was effective devastating collapse in October. It ethic; he, and his wife, were every- against the cold and authoritarian one to lead his seems unfair, but Mulcair’s long where. And Mulcair can discourse Stephen Harper, but it works less party into the next experience in public life will count articulately and insightfully on the well against Trudeau’s feel-good for little—indeed, it could be held problems facing the country; he Liberals. The two parties are closer The reason Tom Mulcair’s NDP election in four against him. He will look, in an era is far more precise and confi dent, on the issues, too. Is Mulcair going failed was a lack of originality, hope years will become a of fresh faces, too familiar. still, than Justin Trudeau. to lambast the Liberals for run- and daring—in their campaign Nonetheless, early speculation It certainly wasn’t the beard— ning larger-than-expected defi cits, iconography and in their message. matter of constant, is that he will survive the manda- although Mulcair’s personal style after Mulcair’s no-defi cit pledge The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright covert conversation. tory leadership review, largely be- does not scream “generational during the campaign disillusioned cause no serious challenger has yet change.” (As he has pointed out, so many in his own party? While Mulcair may prevail in emerged. He may also benefi t from American progressives are cur- Even his attack on Trudeau’s April, a less than 70 per cent en- the weary indifference of lifelong rently enthralled with a 74-year-old much-delayed policy on ISIS— dorsement will be seen as tepid, or New Democrats, like columnist Senator from Vermont, who isn’t withdraw the planes, triple the provisional. Whether he is the one to and pundit Gerry Caplan, who con- exactly a newcomer to politics.) number of advisors, signifi cantly lead his party into the next election fessed recently that he doesn’t care The reason the NDP failed increase humanitarian aid—falls in four years will become a matter of what happens in Edmonton. was a lack of originality, hope short. Mulcair insists on an “exit constant, covert conversation. SUSAN RILEY Like many party veterans, and daring—in their campaign strategy” where none is possible; The Liberals are not invulner- Caplan chides Mulcair for run- iconography and in their mes- he barely acknowledges the able and a winsome smile will ning a cautious, conservative and sage. What did they propose to $1-billion in new humanitarian only carry them for so long. But, ATINEAU, QUE.—Politics is uninspiring campaign—for ceding do about climate change—and aid, long an NDP preoccupation; for now, Mulcair’s intense, com- Ga cruel and unusual business. Jack Layton’s moving deathbed why did they rarely mention it? he belabours the distinction be- bative personality is a liability It squanders too much attention message (“Love is better than Why did they oppose Trudeau’s tween “combat” and “non-combat” against this youthful, idealistic, on colourful clowns. It prefers hanger. Hope is better than fear.”) modest income tax hike on the as if the war on ISIS was unfold- buggy crowd—a government less charm, or novelty, to depth and to Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. But richest Canadians in favour of ing at a university debating club. concerned with policy detail than experience. It rewards slogan- most of Mulcair’s critics are silent a corporate tax hike? Why not The Conservative opposition with marketing hope. spouting bullies and undervalues for now, too broken-hearted, per- both? And, when Mulcair refused is hitting false notes, too—com- Unfortunately for Mulcair, his kindness, intelligence and quiet haps, to push for change. to participate in any debate—in- plaining about Liberal interfer- job description has changed un- competence. Meanwhile, Mulcair has offered cluding the big, English-language ence in National Energy Board derneath him. But that’s politics. Most politicians, no matter what is advertised as an apol- network debate—unless Stephen decisions, for instance, is pretty Susan Riley is a veteran politi- how impressive their resumes, ogy—an acknowledgement, at Harper did, he only looked ar- rich—but interim leader Rona cal columnist who write regularly emerge from years in offi ce with least, that the campaign failed and rogant; more interested in big- Ambrose, less fi erce but no less for The Hill Times. their reputations diminished—in that he bears responsibility. But footing the prime minister than pointed, is doing at least as well [email protected] tatters, even—until history recasts he doesn’t say what, exactly, went in talking to Canadians. as Mulcair. The Hill Times

IN PROGRESS CPP REFORM

to represent between 23 and 25 per cent of the population by 2036, up from 14 per cent in 2009. CPP expansion crucial test for Back in 2013, before Morneau entered politics—while serving as an executive at Morneau Shepell, a human resources consulting com- new fi nance minister pany and the largest administrator of retirement and benefi ts plans Canadians can’t would just never be quite strong years of ragging the puck on With these numbers, it’s little in Canada—he co-authored The enough to move on increasing CPP pension reform. New numbers, wonder over half of Canadians Real Retirement: Why You Could afford another four contributions and payouts. released last week by the Broad- aged 55 to 64 without a workplace Be Better Off Than You Think, and So you can imagine how Cana- bent Institute, show us why. pension—55 per cent—have sav- How to Make That Happen. years of ragging the dians who voted for change felt Statistician Richard Shilling- ings that represent less than one Following the December meet- puck on pension when they woke up in Decem- ton has been studying poverty year’s worth of the resources they ing of Canadian fi nance minis- ber to these headlines following and the design of social supports need to supplement government ters, The Toronto Star’s Thomas reform. New Liberal Finance Minister Bill for seniors for over 30 years. The programs, namely Old Age Secu- Walkom pointed out that in the numbers, released Morneau’s fi rst meeting with his Institute commissioned him to rity (OAS), Guaranteed Income book, Morneau writes, “there is provincial counterparts: look at an under-studied cohort Supplement (GIS) and the Canada no retirement crisis in Canada, last week by the “Finance ministers go slow of Canadians—near-retirees aged Pension Plan/Quebec Pension Plan. that the elderly may work past 65 Broadbent Institute, on CPP reform as economic 55 to 64 without an employer And fewer than 20 per cent if their pensions are skimpy and concerns bite,” reported CBC. pension. have enough savings to support that most seniors can live per- show us why. “Trudeau government wimps out Drawing on the most recent the supplemented resources re- fectly well on 50 per cent of their on Canada Pension Plan reform,” data available from Statistics quired for at least fi ve years. pre-retirement income.” bellowed The Toronto Star, noting Canada, what Shillington discov- Already, the seniors’ poverty Walkom posited that “this may the Liberals had campaigned dur- ered is alarming. rate in Canada stands at 11.1 per explain his laissez faire approach ing the same sluggish economy Among this group of Cana- cent, up from 3.9 per cent in 1995. to the CPP. But it isn’t exactly on a promise of enhancing CPP. dians nearing retirement with The situation is particularly dire what his party and leader cam- A mere seven weeks later, no accrued employer pension among single seniors—28 per paigned on.” Morneau is striking a different benefi ts—representing about half cent of single female seniors and Seven weeks later, Morneau is SARAH SCHMIDT tone, saying CPP enhancements or 47 per cent of this cohort—the 24 per cent of single male seniors sounding less laissez faire. Let’s are coming “this calendar year.” median value of their retirement are living in poverty. wait and see what he sounds like We don’t know if these assets is just over $3,000. If that Just imagine what the poverty in June when he meets again with TTAWA—During the Harper mixed-messages refl ect a com- number doesn’t shock you, con- rate among seniors will be in 20 provincial ministers to discuss CPP. Oyears, we got used to hearing munications failure on the part sider this: among those earning years if this cohort of near-retir- Here’s to hoping we don’t hear the well-worn line about why now of a rookie fi nance minister still between $25,000 and $50,000, the ees moves into retirement without Tory talking points about why a was not the time to expand the trying to fi nd his groove. And it’s median value of their retirement an enhanced CPP and improved sluggish economy means we need Canada Pension Plan. too early to tell if the impression assets is just $250. government benefi ts. to push off enhancing CPP. Again. The economy was still too frag- Morneau left in December refl ects Those earning between Imagine the effects on the Sarah Schmidt is the director ile, the Conservatives told us over the government’s thinking or if $50,000 and $100,000 are doing economy if the purchasing power of of communications for the Broad- and over again—leaving the dis- his more recent musings do. better, but not nearly well enough, seniors plummets along with their bent Institute. tinct impression that the economy, What we do know is Cana- with median retirement assets fi nancial security. According to Sta- [email protected] even if fi ring on all cylinders, dians can’t afford another four totalling $21,000. tistics Canada, seniors are projected The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 11 FEATURE PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS

The glass atrium of the new ‘It’s a very small building, addition that connects to the main hall is pictured. The two- but it’s very rich,’ new storey addition sits between the historic Sir John Hill space opens with A. Macdonald building and the National Press Theatre, Sir John A. Macdonald previously an empty courtyard with some parking. The Hill Building addition Times photograph by Jake Wright There’s now an meaning it needed to be “physically and visually compatible with, subordinate to extra 33,400 square- and distinguishable from” it. “We don’t want to make it like Disney feet of space for World and just kind of do the same archi- Parliamentarians. tecture over again,” he said. The addition, with limestone and bronze Before construction, it dominating its façade, was intended to be was simply an empty an expression of “its own time,” said Mr. Brandt, but with a similar “big stone box” courtyard with some look as the original building. parking space beside the Complimenting an historic space is “much harder when you’re putting an ad- Old Bank of Montreal dition on, like, a Greek temple, which the original building is,” said Mr. Brandt. While building. Now it’s so it was a “huge concern” whether the addi- much more. tion would blend with the street-scape, he’s happy with the result. Construction wrapped up last spring, the building to function like a conference original eastern exterior of the Sir John BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT and the building was offi cially handed over facility, such as food storage and new A. Macdonald Building to still be visible, to the House of Commons administration bathrooms. It also includes a loading dock including from street view. here’s some new square footage avail- for management in the summer. It opened facing Wellington Street, which is easy for Glass technology has come a long way in Table on the Hill with the new addition for use in September. Since then, about pedestrians to miss behind bronze doors the last 10 to 15 years, said Mr. Brandt, and it’s to the historic Sir John A. Macdonald 50 events have been held in the building, that match the overall façade. a “very exciting time for glass in architecture.” Building, which includes a multi-purpose including orientation sessions for new “It’s got such a prominent location across Bronze wall-length panels along the room and was designed to be a contempo- MPs, ministerial briefi ngs, and legislative from Parliament Hill, we couldn’t just create back west wall of the atrium can be moved rary, modern match to the main heritage associations have also met in the space. an ordinary loading dock. We had to do it in to accommodate food serving stations or hall, say architects involved in its design. Already, the renovation of the building a very discreet manner,” said Mr. Clusiau. tables. Large doorways connect the atrium “It’s a very small building, but it’s very and the design of its addition have been It’s now an extra 33,400 square-feet of to the gold-toned and limestone- and rich,” said David Clusiau, a senior principal lauded by Canada’s architectural com- space for Parliamentarians. Before construc- marble-fi lled heritage hall. at NORR Ltd., who was head of the build- munity with four awards, including the tion, it was simply an empty courtyard with Up stairs wrapped around a large, red ing design team. National Trust for Canada 2015 Corner- some parking space beside the old bank, Cape Breton marble slab, on the top fl oor of The fi nal product, specifi cally the glass stone Award for Heritage Rehabilitation/ largely blocked from view by a screen wall. the addition is a large multi-purpose room atrium connecting the new infi ll addition to Adaptive Use and the City of Ottawa 2015 “It fi lls in a missing tooth in the street- that can fi t as many as 200 people, with a the heritage building, came together even Urban Design Award for Excellence of scape of Wellington. … We were able to fi ll “crush room” in front featuring a large better than expected, he said. Urban Infi ll—Low Rise. that in with something that I think is quite fl oor to ceiling window facing the Hill. On “The glass roof is supported on glass Overall, the building has been renovated complimentary to the buildings on either the right is a smaller multi-purpose space blades, glass beams. … It casts this series to replace West Block’s old Confederation side,” Mr. Clusiau said. (including a kitchenette), built above and of bands across the whole façade of either Room as the go-to spot for special parlia- A glass atrium connects the two-storey into the old heritage building. As well, the the existing building or the new, depend- mentary and ceremonial events on the Hill. addition to the original building and serves addition is topped with a green roof. ing on the time of day, and it is stunning,” The addition serves as the main en- as a lobby for building guests to mingle “It’s got a million-dollar view looking he said. “Even if you’re walking down the trance through which Hill visitors enter as they enter. The atrium was designed as out over the Parliament buildings,” said Mr. street and peek in at the right time, you’ll the building, as it’s where the security an all-glass enclosure, with glass walls to Brandt of the addition’s view. see it. It’s pretty dramatic.” screening is set-up. It also includes space the north and south, and a glass ceiling [email protected] “We always did the glass for this idea of for the “support functions” required for supported by glass beams, allowing the The Hill Times an outdoor space, but not recognizing that the structure itself would create this beau- tiful pattern on that wall; that is a pretty neat discovery.” Previously the Old Bank of Montreal building—and originally the bank’s main Ottawa branch, built between 1930 and 1932—the building at 144 Wellington St. was renamed in January 2012. Construction on the Sir John A. Mac- donald Building began a few months later in April 2012 and included asbestos remov- al, stripping back the old interior including teller booths, seismic upgrades, masonry restoration, replacing electrical and other systems, and the construction of a new two-storey infi ll addition in a courtyard to the west of the building. The renovation cost about $99-million and is part of Public Service’s plan to fi x up the entire parliamentary precinct. The build- ing has been a classifi ed heritage space since 1986 and was used as a bank until 2005. EllisDon Corp. was awarded the con- tract for construction management for the building, while NORR was awarded the main design contract and worked with MTBA Associates Inc., which focuses on heritage conservation. Mark Brandt, senior conservation architect at MTBA, said his job was to ensure the design of the new addition “was in harmony” with the original building, 12 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 THE WAR ROOM MEDIA PARTY

of the legislature, with more power than any judge or MPP—repeatedly Where’s Ezra when I need him? acted like a child on social media. After I voiced those criticisms, Marin went after me at the Law Ezra Levant likes ernment—the chances are pretty the subject. But when I learned that the defence of Ezra and the Rebel Society of Upper Canada. I’m a good that Ezra has taken a run at the attorney general of Ontario was TV gang? Yep. Me. On my website, lawyer, and Marin and his acolytes to rail against the you. He’s good at it. getting close to having Ezra (and on Twitter, on Facebook, in various apparently want me disbarred. For Over the years, Ezra and I likely Kory) charged criminally— media interviews, I angrily said that being, you know, critical of Marin. Media Party, but have (briefl y) been friends, and for on-air promotion of hatred governments shouldn’t ever decide Because I’m fi ghting them off we have (mostly) hated each against an identifi able group—I who is a journalist—and that they all on my lonesome, I have reluc- where is he in other’s guts. He’s sued me, I’ve intervened. Instead of being on should leave Ezra and Co. alone. tantly asked for help. Some folks sued him. He’s gone after me spring break vacation with my After a day or so of this, the Alberta have made donations to a puny my fi ght against professionally, I’ve done likewise. wife and kids, I spent hours on NDP executed a whiplash-inducing legal defence fund, and some André Marin? It’s been nasty. the telephone trying to calm the reversal. Ezra would be allowed in. have spoken up on my behalf. I’m In 2011, however, our mutual waters. And get Ezra to apologize At this point, you are prob- grateful to them. friend Kory Teneycke was start- on-air, which, eventually, he and ably wondering (a) why I kicked But from Ezra and the Rebels— ing up Sun News Network, and he Sun News did. No charges laid, off this column with the biblical the ones who, you know, talk about wanted us on it. But not if Ezra and Ezra doesn’t go to jail. references and (b) why I went to the importance of free speech all I were going to keep fi ghting with Fast-forward three years, to the wall for Ezra et al. the time? The ones who I have gone each other. So we agreed to stop example number two. Alberta Well, on the latter point, I’m to the proverbial wall to defend? fi ghting. We didn’t become besties Premier Rachel Notley takes kind of wondering the same thing Nada. Zero, zippo, zilch. Not a and start hanging out together, leave of her senses, and decides WARREN KINSELLA myself, but here’s why. peep. They refuse to say a word— naturally, but we laid down our she is going to pick a fi ght with Ontario’s now-former ombuds- a single word—in the Marin v. arms. He did his thing, I did mine. Ezra and his Rebel TV online man, Andre Marin, doesn’t like me. Kinsella battle, which bears more Now, this is where the Bible start-up thing. She is going to bar There’s a reason for that. In than a passing resemblance to ORONTO—It being Lent and all, stuff comes in. Pay attention. him and his ersatz rebellion from the past, I’ve been pretty critical of the Notley v. Levant battle, which TI was canvassing Scripture and— On two occasions, I have tried to press conferences. Marin because I thought he was a leads me to my biblical analogy, bear with me here—I was reminded be a good Catholic, and I have come Now, Ezra likes to call guys like vain, thin-skinned bully. Because I and to my conclusion. of Ezra Levant and his Rebels. to Ezra’s defence. Almost exactly me “the Media Party.” He says, over thought he didn’t act like a repre- The Rebel folks demand cruci- Rona Ambrose may think she three years ago, then, Ezra went on and over, that most of Canada’s sentative of the legislature, he acted fi xion. And, when they get it, they is the leader of the opposition, TV and said various horrible things journalists and editors aren’t me- like a six-year-old with a bad temper. always complain about the view. but she isn’t. Ezra is. As a lawyer, about the Roma people. Or, as he dia—they’re an actual lefty political Because Marin and his senior team And, if you’re up there too, be- a political assistant, a magazine called them, gypsies. Among other party, conspiring to impose a One have been the subject of several ing crucifi ed with them? publisher, a newspaper columnist, things, he said the Roma “a culture World Latte Government, human human rights complaints, all settled Well, too bad, so sad. You’re a TV talk-show host, Ezra has al- synonymous with swindlers…one rights commissions, political cor- with secrecy agreements. Because the Media Party. ways done one thing: get under the of the central characteristics of that rectness, Volvos, and month-long he used public money to buy himself Warren Kinsella is a Toronto- skin of the purportedly progressive culture is that their chief economy is Sean Penn fi lm festivals. The Media wide-screen TVs for his home and based lawyer, author, and commenta- establishment. If you are a Liberal, theft and begging.” He went on like Party, in other words. body wash and whatnot. Because he tor. He has been a special assistant to a New Democrat, or a “Progressive” that for a while. Well, guess what? When socialist has given contracts worth a quarter prime minister Jean Chrétien. Conservative—if you work for the Now, I’m married to a person overlord Rachel Notley made her million dollars to a friend. And [email protected] CBC or The Toronto Star or a gov- who is Roma. I’m not neutral on dumb decision, guess who rallied to because he—a quasi-judicial offi cer The Hill Times

OPINION BIOTECHNOLOGY Canada’s biotechnology industry ready to take centre stage, now

Now is the time to ith the Canadian dollar forestry, mining, oil & gas, manu- workforce. All told, the Canadian Wand the price of oil hitting facturing and agriculture maintain biotech ecosystem is an economic Minister of Innovation, Science and explore measures historical lows it is not surpris- their competitiveness in the global strength that positions Canada well Economic Development Navdeep ing that while at the recent World bio-economy. to successfully deliver innovation Bains recently wrote in The Hill Times, that will support Economic Forum in Davos, Prime The Prime Minister’s com- to a world looking for solutions. ‘innovation is about new ideas and and reward Minister Justin Trudeau was ments in Davos were underscored Importantly, in achieving his approaches that can improve our lives.’ asked about Canada’s economic recently in The Hill Times opinion stated objective of making Canada The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright innovation and prospects in the face of this eco- piece penned by the Minister of a “nation of innovation,” the minister entrepreneurship. nomic headwind. Trudeau quite Innovation, Science and Economic highlighted the important strategic core of biotech is very mobile. If correctly noted Canada’s eco- Development, Navdeep Bains, who role government plays to “cultivate a Canada is not establishing itself With a competitive nomic strength lies in its diver- wrote, “innovation is about new culture of innovation and entrepre- as a place supportive of invest- innovation agenda sity, which includes being home ideas and approaches that can neurship” by “providing the neces- ment and commercialization then to great science and innovation, improve our lives.” In this regard, sary conditions to enable a thriving entrepreneurs will have no choice and accompanying which has led to the development Canada is excelling. Canadian innovation ecosystem across Can- but to commercialize in more sup- of a world leading biotech sector. scientists and biotech companies ada is essential.” The industry will portive jurisdictions, taking with hosting conditions, This represents an important are presently working to: develop continue to develop new science them the economic benefi ts that Canada’s recognition of the biotechnology cancer treatments using shrews and innovation but tax policy, regu- accompany commercialization. sector as both a stand-alone eco- and mosquitos; develop new vac- latory effi ciency, programs such These are certainly important biotechnology nomic engine but also one which cines using tobacco leaves; produce as IRAP and SR&ED all combine considerations as the government industry is well can be the catalyst for Canada’s jet fuel from mustard seeds; turn to establish the hosting conditions prepares the 2016 budget and de- global economic competitiveness. soybeans into auto parts; improve necessary to attract the talent and velops its innovation agenda go- positioned to build The world’s population is pre- farming and aquaculture pro- investment needed to successfully ing forward. With the dollar and on its natural dicted to grow to over nine billion ductivity; reduce dependence on commercialize innovation. energy prices showing no signs people by 2050. This exponential petroleum-based products, to name In recognizing the strategic of an early recovery, Canada will strengths to growth brings with it enormous some of the innovations emerging economic asset biotechnology be counting on other sectors to challenges as nine billion people from Canadian scientists and being represents, Canada is not alone. create economic growth and jobs. become a global will require new medicines, food, developed by Canadian biotech Other nations are also acutely Accordingly, now is the time to leader and support energy, and material goods. companies. aware of this economic opportu- explore measures that will sup- Moreover, as populations and The comments of both the nity and are quickly moving to port and reward innovation and Canada’s economic economies grow, it will be essen- Prime Minister and the minister develop and support domestic entrepreneurship. With a competi- competitiveness tial to develop more effi cient and of innovation refl ect Canada’s innovation by establishing policy tive innovation agenda and ac- less impactful ways for humans to long and successful history in the frameworks supportive of innova- companying hosting conditions, more broadly. grow, manufacture, and live. Within development of modern biotech- tion and investment. Bains has Canada’s biotechnology industry the social imperative of addressing nology. Indeed, as a result of past correctly identifi ed developing is well positioned to build on this daunting global challenge lies success and innovation, Canada the innovation agenda as an im- its natural strengths to become the enormous economic opportu- is now home to a thriving biotech portant step to keeping pace with a global leader and support nity for the innovative solutions ecosystem consisting of clusters other nations. At its very core, Canada’s economic competitive- biotechnology delivers. Canadian in every province which bring biotechnology is built on a trans- ness more broadly. biotechnology can play a central together: world-class universities formative idea and its supporting Andrew Casey is president and ANDREW CASEY role in addressing these global and research institutes; biotech science. Unlike many other indus- CEO of BIOTECanada. challenges but also in helping entrepreneurs; large multinational tries with large infrastructure or [email protected] key domestic industries such as players; and a highly-educated immovable assets, the “idea” at the The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 13 OPINION AGRI-FOOD SYSTEM

nized. Canada’s food system is an economic engine that gener- Five steps to redefi ne Canada’s ates wealth. It can improve our ecosystems and the health of our citizens. But the sector shies away from embracing a common pur- agri-food system for the future pose. It certainly doesn’t speak with “one voice.” “Enhancing trust” offers up a goal that most can BY DAVID MCINNES AND DON LENIIHAN their part. So are food providers. based on fact, not faith—and that ers and customers because of this rally around. As an increasingly They compete for each customer requires reliable information and credibility. important sector, this should help ith one of the safest food and depend on reliable sources transparency. There are fi ve steps Third, being sustainable is not it win more supportive policies at Wsystems anywhere, Ca- of ingredients and foods; many to build genuine trust in Canada’s just good “PR”; it’s about produc- home. The sector’s value can be nadians can trust the food they grocery stores now offer “sustain- agri-food system. These measures tivity. The food sector has been leveraged abroad, too. By being eat. But consumers here and ably-sourced” seafood. provide the basis for a Canada- improving water use, optimizing global leaders in the management abroad are pushing the bounds of Ethics, health, and provenance wide action plan. fertilizer application and lowering of natural capital, for instance, what “trust” means to them. Can are also infl uencing people’s deci- First, demonstrating trust energy costs. Waste is generating Canada could better infl uence Canada lead the world in redefi n- sions. Consumers can buy “cage- is the foundation. We already new revenue streams for some, international food rules and stan- ing trust for the future? free” eggs, “low sodium” soups and measure food safety incidents. who are using manure to pro- dards in ways that would support Food costs are a primary con- “shade-grown” coffee. The array Credible, national measures duce electricity in bio-digesters. our national interests. cern for many consumers. Nev- of choices is impressive. But a should track the agri-food sec- Managing natural capital has real The issue of trust—when ertheless, a wide range of other deeper concern is being signalled. tor’s performance on environ- economic value and reinforces the broadly considered—is redefi n- issues is increasingly important, The foods we have been enjoying ment, nutrition and other factors. positive image of the sector. Sus- ing food systems for the future. from the quality of animal care to have come at a cost. At the forum, Industry and government can tainability should drive business The strategic opportunity for the impact of food production on delegates heard about the declin- decide on the right benchmarks and government decisions and Canada is embracing this change the planet. ing nutritional quality of food and and disclose them. This is a key strategies across the food system. and building on our advantages. The agri-food sector is grap- agriculture’s signifi cant environ- way to help secure the “social Fourth, innovating differently Canada could become a global pling with the best ways to meet mental footprint. licence” to operate: avoiding re- is vital. Considerable cross-cutting leader in producing food that these rising expectations and Confi dence in the global food strictive regulations and minimiz- scientifi c challenges face all actually enhances the health of remain competitive. Enhancing production system is being tested. ing public criticism and consumer countries’ food production, such our ecosystems and improves trust could be the key to both. This actually creates a huge op- skepticism. as adapting to climate change and the nutrient-quality in our food. This was the fi nding of a recent portunity for Canada. If Canada Second, our efforts to reinforce sequestering more carbon. A new The question now is whether forum in Ottawa attended by agri- could build even greater trust, the Canadian food brand could be innovation system must better stakeholders are willing to work food specialists and leaders from it could redefi ne and leverage more sophisticated. Canada is of- coordinate our scientists so that re- together to make this happen. across the country and abroad. the country’s agri-food “brand.” ten thought of for its clean water search and investment are focused David McInnes, president & Food systems around the Strengthening consumer trust and good soil but what demon- and reach beyond their organiza- CEO, Canadian Agri-Food Policy world, they said, are under pres- while not disrupting our competi- strates this? Ireland, for example, tional silos. Setting shared national Institute (CAPI), and Don Leni- sure. Climate change is one rea- tiveness could be the cornerstone has pledged that its exports will research priorities, with public and han, senior associate, Canada son. The challenge of increasing of a new food strategy. This is the be 100 per cent sustainable. It’s private sector involvement, would 2020. This article is based on food production without depleting route to raising the bar on our time to back up our claims. Given be an excellent start. This will en- CAPI’s report Achieving What’s “natural capital” (such as water) competitors both in the Canadian our natural advantages and sound able Canada to remain a reliable Possible for Canada’s Agri-Food or ruining ecosystems is an- market and abroad. governance practices, Canada can and high quality food supplier. Sector. other. Consumers are conscious However, trust cannot be aim high. We could be the food Fifth, the sector’s economic [email protected] of these threats and want to do blind. Consumer trust must be “supplier of choice” for consum- importance should be recog- The Hill Times

OPINION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

nants. Toronto recently became 6. Establish a sovereign wealth fund the 100th municipal government Many countries endowed with Seven political winners in Canada to pass an environ- extensive reserves of oil, gas, coal, mental rights declaration since and minerals have allocated a por- 2014, illustrating a groundswell of tion of revenues from these nonre- public support for this approach. newable resources into funds that for Trudeau to strengthen provide economic resilience, stabi- 4. Amend free trade deals to lize currencies, and ensure benefi ts remove special rights for foreign for future generations. Norway has investors a fund generated from oil and gas environmental protection Investor State Dispute Settle- revenues that is worth more than ment mechanisms provide foreign $1 trillion, while other major oil investors with powerful legal producers have funds worth more rights to challenge government than $750-billion. The Harper gov- fulfi ll the extensive green com- ture deaths, millions of cases of policies and actions that they ernment rejected the International Canada is the only mitments set forth in the Liberal preventable illnesses, and billions of allege adversely affect their in- Monetary Fund’s recommendation wealthy industrialized platform, Throne Speech, and dollars in wasted health-care expen- vestments. Already sued 38 times that Canada establish such a fund mandate letters. Barring some ditures could be prevented every under NAFTA, Canada will face but Prime Minister Trudeau should country lacking unexpected cataclysm, it seems year through a comprehensive and additional lawsuits for billions in heed the IMF’s advice. a national plan to likely that most of these pledges preventive approach. damages if it lives up to its prom- will be fulfi lled over the course of ises to tackle climate change. 7. Lead an international initiative reduce the terrible toll the next 18 to 24 months. 2. Establish a national pollution tax Canada should not ratify any to phase out developmental that environmental Yet, other vitally important envi- Economists and environmen- more trade deals including ISDS, neurotoxins ronmental policy issues have been talists fi nd common ground on the including the Trans Pacifi c Part- While claiming nothing is hazards, from air and deferred. Work needs to begin short- need to correct the free market’s nership and the Canada-EU Trade more precious than our children, ly in order to lay the foundations for failure to put a price on pollution. Agreement, until these provisions we continue to allow the use of water pollution to ongoing progress in the second half Canada trails all other wealthy are removed or reformed. toxic chemicals that can irre- contaminated food of this government’s term. western nations in using taxes versibly damage the developing Here is a wide-ranging list of to discourage pollution, despite 5. Create a national solar schools brain. Developmental neurotoxins and toxic substances, seven political winners that fulfi ll evidence that this approach is initiative including lead, manganese, and infl ict on our health. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s environmentally effective while The price of solar panels has toluene should be phased out objective of fi nding solutions that spurring innovation and com- fallen dramatically, transforming globally by an international treaty advance Canada’s economic inter- petitiveness. If Canada applied solar from an off-grid hippy niche based on the successful model ests while concurrently strengthen- pollution taxes at just the average product into the fastest growing of the Stockholm Convention on ing environmental protection. level of OECD nations, it would renewable energy technology in Persistent Organic Pollutants. generate an additional $8-billion the world. Putting solar roofs on Taking these seven steps in ad- 1. Develop a National Health and in annual revenue. schools will have educational, dition to fulfi lling existing commit- Environment Strategy employment, and innovation ben- ments would catapult Canada into a DAVID R. BOYD Canada is the only wealthy 3. Recognize that every Canadian efi ts. Australia did this for thou- position of global leadership, saving industrialized country lacking a na- has the right to live in a healthy sands of schools, while commu- lives, protecting the environment, tional plan to reduce the terrible toll environment nities from British Columbia to and transforming our economy into ENDER ISLAND, B.C.—In that environmental hazards—from Such a law would be a catalyst Nova Scotia have demonstrated a shining model of sustainability. POttawa, the machinery of air and water pollution to contami- for a comprehensive strengthen- that these projects can succeed in Dr. David R. Boyd teaches en- government is reversing course nated food and toxic substances— ing of Canadian environmental Canada as well. Simultaneously vironmental law and policy at the after a decade of environmental infl ict on our health. Experts from standards, many of which lag supporting solar training pro- University of British Columbia backsliding. Newly-minted Cabi- the Canadian Medical Association behind world leaders in protect- grams for electricians and roofers and at Simon Fraser University. net ministers and reinvigorated and World Health Organization ing human and ecosystem health would ensure that there are quali- [email protected] public servants are scrambling to estimate that thousands of prema- from pollutants and contami- fi ed workers to do the jobs. The Hill Times 14 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 CANADA & THE 21ST CENTURY FEDERAL BUDGET Morneau’s budget will set path for Trudeau government’s full term in offi ce

Finance Minister Bill ORONTO—When Finance Minister Bill an election year) with a balanced budget, is cent. A decade ago, in January 2005, 62.6 TMorneau fi nally gets around to present- dead. Indeed, after fi nding that its calculations per cent of Canadians of working force age Morneau will need to get his ing his budget—and so much seems to be for the middle-class tax cut were off by an were employed, 67.3 per cent were actually on hold until he does—he will be setting annual $1-billion and making new spending participating in the labour force, and the budget right, which means the path for the Trudeau government’s full commitments since the election, the Liberals unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent. We are putting what’s best for term in offi ce. Unfortunately for him, there have shifted their pledge from balancing the still playing catch up. If 62.6 per cent Cana- are few, if any, rabbits he can pull out of budget to lowering the federal debt to GDP dians of working age had been employed Canada ahead of what the the hat to get the economy roaring again. ratio every year for four successive years; an last month, instead of 61.2 per cent, an extra federal Liberals promised in The Liberal platform contains many easier, though far from easy, target. 424,000 Canadians would have had jobs. promises, some of them wise—such as The Liberal platform boasts that its The Organization for Economic Coopera- their platform. spending more on infrastructure—some stimulus measures would signifi cantly tion and Development, in its latest forecast, has highly dubious—such as cancelling plans boost economic growth and that this in projected growth in the Canadian economy to bring the retirement age for the Old Age turn would “translate into additional bil- this year of a measly 1.4 per cent, compared Security pension back down to 65 from the lions of dollars per year in the fi scal bot- to the two per cent projection for 2016 it Harper government’s plan to slowly raise it tom line.” But seeing will be believing. made last year. For next year, it has lowered to 67—and others that were simply shame- The latest employment numbers show its forecast to 2.2 per cent, from 2.3 per cent. less pandering for votes—such as lowering that in January, 61.2 per cent of Canadians of These forecasts, of course, do not include any the small business tax rate. working force age were employed, that 65.9 additional growth that may be generated by DAVID CRANE In fact, there is almost universal agreement per cent of Canadians of working force age Morneau’s budget. The fall update Morneau that the Liberal platform’s fi scal plan—with were actually participating in the workforce, presented shortly after assuming the Finance three years of defi cits followed by a fourth (in and that the unemployment rate was 7.2 per portfolio forecast growth of two per cent this year, though this also did not include any im- pact from Morneau’s forthcoming budget. Clearly, Morneau has to introduce a stimu- lative budget. Indeed, the need for stimulative fi scal policy has been evident since 2010-11, ND when the Conservatives opted for a balanced ON FEBRUARY 22 SEE budget strategy instead. But this was a last- minute conversion by the Liberals to budget defi cits. Until this past summer, Liberals had been attacking the Conservatives for running budget defi cits. As with much of the Liberal GENOMICS ON THE HILL platform, this conversion was born more of political expediency than any sustained com- mittment to Keynesian economics. Too much reliance on fi scal policy, if there is an excessive build up of public debt, can create problems for the economy and the fi nancial system. “But these costs,” Timothy Lane, deputy governor of the Bank of Canada said in a recent speech, “needed to be assessed against concerns that prolonged monetary policy stimulus may result in an excessive YOUR RIDING build-up of private sector vulnerabilities.” Loose monetary policy has indeed contribut- ed the build-up of household debt, overpriced YOUR RIDING housing, over-leveraged investments, corpo- rate takeovers instead of new investments, and increased inequality as the wealthy have seen a sharp rise in the value of their fi nancial and other assets. The problem looking ahead is that there YOUR RIDING are few signs of confi dence that conditions YOUR RIDING will improve. Business in not investing or spending on R&D, compared to a decade ago or longer. A crucial indicator of the lack of confi dence is the low rate of interest for 10-year Government of Canada bonds, cur- YOUR RIDING rently at about 1.8 per cent. This is surely an indication that fi nancial markets expect weak investment, low infl ation, and low interest rates to continue for some time. This implies weak demand for capital because business does not see new investment opportunities. Morneau’s fi rst budget, then, has to be to increase demand. But it needs to be done in a smart way. He has to bring in measures to accelerate innovation and business investment and to get more money into the hands of those CHANCES ARE, LEADING GENOMICS RESEARCH who are most likely to spend, those with the lowest incomes rather than just the middle IS HAPPENING IN YOUR REGION TODAY. class. Boosting the federal minimum wage would put pressure on provinces to follow suit, Come to “Genomics on the Hill” to learn about the groundbreaking discoveries being for example. Unfortunately, the Liberal platform made in health, agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, environment, energy does little to encourage business investment or and mining. Meet the scientists behind the research and see how local businesses in to accelerate innovation. But Morneau’s fi rst your riding are benefiting from it. budget will need to show that the government takes the innovation challenge much more seri- ously than the Liberal platform did. WHEN RSVP Morneau’s fi rst budget will tell us much February 22nd 2016, 4-7pm Lucy Sorensen on what we can expect over the next four years. He needs to get it right, which means WHERE 613-751-4460 EXT. 210 [email protected] putting what’s best for Canada ahead of Centre Block, Room 256-S what the Liberals promised in their platform. David Crane can be reached at crane@ interlog.com. [email protected] The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 15 NEWS ECONOMY & DEFICITS Morneau expected to shed light on defi cit, CIBC economist predicts $30-billion

Economists are Finance Minister Bill urging the federal Morneau is government to facing a defi cit of at least spend money on $30-billion in the coming infrastructure as year, according a way to boost the to economist Avery economy. Shenfeld, which is three Continued from page 1 times what the Liberals promised one of about a dozen external during the economists Finance Minister Bill election Morneau (Toronto Centre, Ont.) campaign. recently met with as part of pre- The Hill Times budget consultations—told The photograph by Hill Times. “That projection is Jake Wright now out the window. “Even to do the stimulus that the Liberals talked about dur- ing the campaign would be on the order of a $20-billion defi cit, and that doesn’t look like enough medicine now, given the state of the economy. I think we’re look- ing at something like $30-billion, nancial, meanwhile, is forecasting shortfall as much as possible. Mr. Wright said that beyond of a one-year stimulus package, or higher.” $50-billion in defi cits over the next “To the degree that defi cits “roads and rails,” the government and the long-term structural needs Last Friday, reports indicated two years, or $25-billion in defi cits help spark economic growth, could make investments in things of our economy,” Mr. Hodgson told that Mr. Mourneau would reveal in each of the next two years. it does so at the cost of future such as worker-retraining programs The Hill Times. “It’s been our more information about the size Craig Wright, chief economist growth because that money has and technology such as broadband view, as an organization, that we’ve of the defi cit on Monday, accord- for Royal Bank of Canada, also met to be paid back,” Mr. Mallett said. networks, which would help improve under-invested in infrastructure for ing to government sources. with Mr. Morneau this month. Mr. While interest rates are low the economy’s productivity. a long time, like for decades.” Earlier in the week, the offi ce Wright said the government is on now, they won’t always be and “If you look at the long-run Mr. Hodgson said when as- of Mr. Morneau referred to the track to run defi cits in the range of debt incurred now will be vulner- speed limit for Canada, it’s sessing various proposals, the minister’s remarks in the House of $20-billion to $25-billion over the able to future interest-rate hikes, driven by labour-force growth government needs to look at ones Common on Tuesday, Feb. 16, when next couple of years, factoring in Mr. Mallett said. and productivity growth,” he said. that have “a clear payback in asked for comment on this defi cit likely initiatives that go beyond the The federal budget is expected “And labour-force growth, with terms of strengthening the per- estimate. During Question Period Liberals’ campaign promises. to come down in March. Many the aging demographics, is slow- formance of the local economy. … on this day, Mr. Morneau declined While he supports stimulus economists are calling on the ing, so our speed limit is going to Clearly, there are always going to to say—when asked by Conserva- spending, Mr. Wright said he would government to spend signifi cantly move along with our productivity be potholes and hockey rinks that tive MP Lisa Raitt (Milton, Ont.), prefer a “fi scal anchor” in form of on infrastructure to stimulate the numbers. So I would like any new need to be repaired, but shouldn’t her party’s fi nance critic—what the a target for when the budget is economy in the short term and initiatives to be looked at through we be doing things to get goods government’s “defi cit cap” is for the expected to return to balance. fulfi ll long-terms needs. that productivity lens.” and services to the border faster, coming budget. “Increasingly, it’s looking less “Find infrastructure projects Asked about how near-term to allow more small businesses “Mr. Speaker, we believe that likely we’ll get a [balanced bud- that the economy needs in the infrastructure spending should to engage in international com- the right question to ask is what get] over the [government’s] fi scal longer term anyway, and put compare with how the previous merce, things like that?” we are going to do in order to projection,” Mr. Wright said. people to work doing them,” Mr. Conservative government respond- Specifi cally, Mr. Hodgson cited improve the economy for all The Liberals had said during Shenfeld said. ed to the recession in 2008-09, Mr. things such as “border crossings, Canadians,” Mr. Morneau said in last year’s election campaign that When asked what type of Shenfeld said: “I think if you look the adequacy of our port system, response. “We were elected on they would balance the budget by infrastructure the government at the list of what was done the transportation infrastructure,” a plan to grow the economy in the fourth year of their mandate. should spend money on, Mr. last time, it had some important as well as “urban infrastructure order to help those Canadians However, in the House last Tuesday, Shenfeld said: “This is a national projects, but it also had a bit of a and public transit” as areas that who are struggling, who are most Mr. Morneau said: “We will work government so it’s important fl avour of, ‘We get a gazebo here should be considered for federal vulnerable, and those middle- to lower the debt-to-GDP ratio that they look at national priori- and a curling rink there.’ So I think investments. class Canadians to do better.” throughout our term. We will be ties. What it isn’t is giving every there’s going to be an effort made “We’ve been doing the re- Mr. Shenfeld said a $30-billion disciplined in our spending. We still mayor their wish list for a new to perhaps concentrate some of search showing how much time defi cit is reasonable. He said this want to achieve a balanced budget, garden or hockey rink. It’s about the money in perhaps some larger people are wasting stuck in traffi c would represent about 1.5 per but we also recognize that it is not fi xing infrastructure that’s broken projects rather than sprinkling in cities,” he said. “So getting them cent of the Canadian economy, going to be easy in this economy.” and needs repair in any event, fairy dust over the economy in to work and saving them half an which compares favourably to Mr. Wright said the commit- and building what’s needed to every single riding.” hour of their lives every day is the federal defi cit in the United ment to lower the debt-to-GDP support economic growth in the Mr. Wright also warned another form of payback for us as States, “and their economy’s much ratio has become the govern- private sector over time. against making “shovel-ready” a a society.” stronger than ours.” ment’s fi scal anchor, instead of a “It’s roads, bridges, but there’s major factor when assessing op- Mr. Mallett warned that when He added that with currently projected balanced-budget date. a pretty broad range of projects portunities for government invest- governments spend on infrastruc- low interest rates, now is a good “I like [to see a balanced budget] that could be looked at.” ment, which he said happened ture as a way of stimulating the time for the government to bor- out there on the horizon … but the Mr. Shenfeld said priority too much when the government economy, poor decisions can be row money in order to spend next-best outlook is a trend decline should be given to projects that initiated stimulus spending in made. more on the economy. in the debt-to-GDP ratio. But the are deemed most benefi cial, as response to the 2008-09 recession “The temptation is to hurry “The alternative is that provin- challenge with that is that you have opposed to worrying about which “This will be, I hope, more up and plant some infrastructure cial governments end up borrow- some control over debt and you ones are “shovel-ready.” thought out and less focused just in there,” he said. “It may mean ing more, and they would do so at have no control over GDP.” “I think it’s less imperative on what’s shovel-ready,” he said. that you’re not putting the right a higher cost,” Mr. Shenfeld said. Ted Mallett, chief economist to fi nd the project that can be Glen Hodgson, chief econo- amount of money into the right He said that it’s safer for govern- with the Canadian Federation of started the earliest and more mist for the Conference Board kind of projects. You’re hurrying ment to borrow more money than Independent Business, estimated imperative to fi nd the project of Canada, was also among the the process and, as a result, it for the private sector and individu- the government’s fi rst defi cit that will have the longest-lasting economists that met with Mr. may not be the best investments als to become more indebted, which would hit $15-billion, if based just impact on the economy.” Morneau and also spoke before over time.” would happen if the economy failed on promises the Liberals have al- Mr. Shenfeld said that “infra- the House Finance Committee Mr. Mallett said the longer- to grow adequately. ready made, due to the dampened structure isn’t just boring roads last week. He agreed investments term benefi t of an investment “We already have a household economic outlook. and bridges; it would include are needed in infrastructure, and should take priority over the sector that’s run up their own Mr. Mallett, who was also infrastructure and support of the some attention needs to be paid to shorter-term economic boost. debt levels, and at this point, it among the economists meeting tech sector and the service sector what kind of projects will provide “There’s no point in spending might be safer to have the govern- with Mr. Morneau this month, as well,” though he declined to the economy with the most effec- a lot of money on a spark that ment doing a bit more borrowing said that while defi cits are some- elaborate on whether this meant tive long-term impact. doesn’t start a fi re,” he said. and spending,” Mr. Shenfeld said. times appropriate, the govern- things such as broadband net- “I think we need to separate [email protected] A report from National Bank Fi- ment should minimize the budget works in rural and remote areas. between the short-term spend, sort The Hill Times The life-changing power of university research in Canada and around the world

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univcan.ca/innovators @univcan THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 17 NEWS PUBLIC SERVICE Short-term work assignments stymie federal public service renewal: union leaders

Offi cials with PSAC and move into a public-service careers. … What has happened is that people were not offered PUBLIC SERVICE CAPE says increasing bridging into indeterminate positions any- more, so young people are either not bridged rates of casual and term in at all or they’re offered term positions. FIGURES FROM employment within the “So I think if there’s one place to start— and it’s a quick win—it would be for the PRIVY COUNCIL federal government government to establish a policy again that CLERK’S 2015 is preventing the when you bridge students in, you bridge them into indeterminate positions.” REPORT ON recruitment of younger Ms. Hladun said one result of the increasing use of short-term positions for PUBLIC SERVICE workers for the long term. government work is that people often end up spending shorter periods of time in any Number of federal employees in 2014: one department before fi nding another 257,138, down from 262,817 in 2013 Continued from page 1 temporary position in another department. As Treasury Board President Scott Brison deals “If you’re moving around, you don’t have with the issue of attracting younger workers to Proportion of federal workers in permanent As government offi cials, such as Treasury time to participate in any kind of additional the public service, union leaders are recom- positions in 2014: Board President Scott Brison (Kings-Hants, training and really get some of that knowl- mending that more people be hired into perma- 86.6%, down from 87.6% in 2013 N.S.), wrestle with the problem of large edge from the other workers that are there,” nent positions, rather than term or casual roles. cohorts of public servants approaching she said. “If you’re going to be able to stay for The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright Proportion of federal workers in term positions retirement age, leaders from both the Public a longer time, it’s going to enhance the pub- in 2014: Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and lic service that’s delivered for Canadians.” To do this, he said: “We need less rigid 8.3%, up from 8.1% in 2013 the Canadian Association of Professional Linda Duxbury, a professor with Carleton hierarchies, fewer layers of bureaucracy, Employees (CAPE) tell The Hill Times that University’s Sprott School of Business who more open and transparent decision-making, Proportion of federal workers in casual positions increasing use of “precarious” employment— specializes in workplace issues, agreed that a culture of intelligent risk-taking, more in 2014: such as term and casual job positions—is a the prevalence of temporary positions is a opportunity for continuous learning, and 3.1%, up from 2.5% in 2013 key element limiting the government’s ap- turn-off to many younger workers in terms greater mobility in and out of government.” peal as a career choice for younger workers. of sticking around for careers with the public The issue of short-term employment was Average age of federal workers in 2014: “We’re forcing [new employees] into service. Those that do take such jobs tend be not directly addressed in this article. Mr. Bri- 44.9 casual positions and into very precarious on the verge of leaving whenever they can son was not available for comment, and his situations,” said Emmanuelle Tremblay, get more stable employment, she said. offi ce did not respond to an emailed question Proportion of federal workers in 2014 by age groups: president of CAPE. “It defi nitely puts them “The government seems to expect about whether increasing the proportion Under 25: 3.1% at a disadvantage, and when you hire them loyalty and that people will want to wait of permanent positions within the public 25-34: 17.9% through a temp agency or something, it’s not around, but young people don’t see it that service is part of the government’s plans for 35-44: 27.5% giving them stability. And they have high way,” she said. “So yes, it’s a massive issue.” attracting younger workers. 45-54: 32.7% student debt, they can’t buy their fi rst home, Ms. Hladun said other issues that are [email protected] 55-64: 17.0% they can’t start planning for a family.” detriments to attracting younger workers The Hill Times Over 64: 1.9% Ms. Tremblay said if the government to the public service include unreasonable does not step up with better opportuni- workloads, forced overtime, a lack of pro- ECONOMIC CLUB ties, a lot of young talent will be lost to vision for reasonable work-life balances, the private sector. However, given the vast and not enough training. OF CANADA amount of young people she sees work- “It really puts [new employees] at a dis- ing in these temporary positions through- advantage coming into a workforce where out government, Ms. Tremblay said she’s everyone is basically just trying to keep Leading Disruption: Building Resilient convinced there is much interest among their head above water,” she said. millennials—generally those born between The Privy Council clerk’s report from Students, Universities, and Communities the early 1980s and early 2000s—to have last year said the average age of all federal careers with the federal government. public employees was 44.9 in 2014. The Feridun Hamdullahpur the resources — talent and “I’m absolutely positive about that, average age of executives was 50.4, it was President and Vice-Chancellor, research — Canada needs that there’s a lot of young people in those 54.6 for associate deputy ministers and 58 University of Waterloo with speed and scale. workplaces that are eager to get those jobs for deputy ministers. … and to be able to replace people who are The report said the proportion of fed- The historic role of the university is sacrosanct: develop and University of Waterloo planning to retire,” she said. “And if they eral employees aged 25 to 34 fell to 17.9 disseminate knowledge. But as the knowledge economy President Feridun are given the opportunity to get a stable per cent in 2014 from 18.6 per cent a year intensifies its demand for intelligent, innovative university Hamdullahpur, leader job rather than just a casual contract with before. The percentage who were of the age graduates, stakeholders are asking hard questions: is a of Canada’s most no benefi ts, with no stability, of course of 55 to 64 rose to 17 per cent from 16.7 per university education in its current form relevant to the innovative university, will they’ll jump on that occasion.” cent, and those 65 or older rose one-tenth needs of the 21st century economy? Does it develop skills talk about an enhanced Marianne Hladun, PSAC’s regional ex- of a percentage point to 1.9 per cent. employers value, abilities alumni can market, and research role for universities in ecutive vice-president for the Prairies, who’s Grouped into 10-year cohorts, the report and innovation that communities can leverage for broad- today’s economy that also in charge of issues concerning young said the largest proportion of federal work- based prosperity and the common welfare? drives regional innovation and responds to challenges workers, said: “Having people come in as a ers, or 32.7 per cent, was between 45 and 54 facing the traditional university model. By leveraging term doesn’t allow them to really invest in in 2014. That was down from 33.1 per cent a Yes it does, but mostly through a 20th century model the “additive” approach to post-secondary education, their positions. So [the government has] to year earlier. The next highest proportion of that leaves too much opportunity on the table. Canadian look at creating full-time positions where workers was between 35 and 44, represent- leading universities can build more resilient students, millennials can come in and see themselves ing 27.5 per cent of the federal workforce, up universities need to embrace deep positive change to supply academic institutions, and communities. progressing through the organization.” from 27 per cent a year earlier. The annual report from former Privy The report said the total number of Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 Council clerk Janice Charette to former federal government workers declined to prime minister Stephen Harper last year 257,138 in 2014 from 262,817 in 2013. 11:45 am - 1:30 pm , The Fairmont Chateau Laurier, 1 Rideau Street, Ottawa on the state of the public service said the “I think in light of the cuts that the federal ~ proportion of government workers who are government has gone through in the last Individual member ticket price $89, Individual Non-Member ticket price $110. in permanent positions fell to 86.6 per cent number of years, bringing new workers in, Tables of 10 available. Lunch will be served. Advance registration is required – as of March 2014 from 87.6 per cent one bringing young workers in that have a differ- numbers are limited. For tickets call (613) 369-4363, visit year earlier, or to 222,721 indeterminate ent perspective is critical to keep the vibrancy workers overall from 230,238. The propor- of the public service,” Ms. Hladun said. www.economicclub.ca tion of term workers rose to 8.3 per cent Ms. Hladun said if the government can- from 8.1 per cent over that time, while the not renew the public service ranks with Official Presenting Sponsor: Thank you to our Annual Sponsors: percentage of casual workers rose to 3.1 younger workers to replace those who are per cent from 2.5 per cent. poised to retire, “there is nowhere to trans- Ms. Tremblay said when she started in the fer that knowledge, and it makes it diffi cult public service 16 years ago, co-op students to maintain a level of service to Canadians could be “bridged in” to permanent positions when you lose that type of knowledge.” after two or three semesters in a placement. 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hilltimes.com/events/CJR.html THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 19 DIGITAL WORLD ONTARIO Why the Ontario Music Fund is in need of tuning

past two years with a commitment from reduced after an appeal to the provincial Ontario As the Canadian Premier Kathleen Wynne to make the On- Information and Privacy Commissioner. Premier cultural sector faces tario Music Fund a permanent program to After months of delay, the released docu- Kathleen support the industry. ments excluded virtually all relevant infor- Wynne created new challenges and The millions of taxpayer dollars ear- mation about the funding applications. The the Ontario opportunities in the marked for the music industry represents a OMDC redacted the objectives of the funding, Music Fund major success for the industry lobby, which the planned activities, recipients’ track record, a permanent digital age, there is shifted several years ago from focusing on communications plan, timeline of activities, an- program to unquestionably an digital copyright reform to identifying new ticipated outcomes, and fi nancing. An appeal support the sources of government fi nancial support. is currently before the Commissioner. industry. important role for Yet despite the industry accolades, the When asked about the appropriate- The Hill Times Ontario program suffers from a surprising ness of the lack of disclosure, a ministerial photograph by government support. Yet lack of transparency with virtually no public spokesperson responded that, “program Jake Wright the secrecy associated with information on how the money is actually guidelines and evaluation criteria are made spent. Moreover, according to documents public. Applications are evaluated accord- job. In addition to the new full-time jobs, the Ontario Music Fund obtained under provincial access to infor- ing to this criteria and applicants are pro- another 569 full-time jobs were retained, and the results to date mation laws, the Liberal government has vided with feedback if they request it once still well short of 2,000 fi gure. exaggerated the impact of the fi rst round of the funding decision is communicated to The investment results were not much provide a cautionary tale funding with the creation of relatively few them.” In other words, the Ontario govern- better. Recipients reported spending less on the need for greater new full-time positions and limited interna- ment supports the secretive approach in than $7 million in private equity and support, tional investment in the province. which the public has seemingly no right to under half of the provincial government transparency, oversight, The Ontario Media Development Corpo- know how its money is spent. investment. Moreover, while Coteau pro- ration, which administers the program on be- Not only is the lack of transparency sur- moted the benefi ts of attracting recording and accountability in half of the government, announced the fi rst prising, but government documents suggest to Ontario, the data indicates that only 15 public funding programs. round of Ontario Music Fund recipients in that the initial results are underwhelming. international artists recorded in the province September 2014. The big recording company When asked about the results in an inter- and that the total international investment in winners were the three major foreign record view last year, Michael Coteau, the Minister Ontario recording studios was $213,277. labels (Sony Music Entertainment Canada, of Tourism, Culture, and Sport, claimed that As the Canadian cultural sector faces new Universal Music Canada, and Warner Music the fund created 2,000 jobs and that over challenges and opportunities in the digital age, Canada), who averaged over $830,000 per $24-million in revenue was brought into the there is unquestionably an important role for company. By comparison, the 36 successful sector in the fi rst year alone. government support. Yet the secrecy associated Canadian record companies garnered an Those claims led to a second access with the Ontario Music Fund and the results to average of $115,000. to information request on the program date provide a cautionary tale on the need for MICHAEL GEIST The OMDC identifi ed the recipients and results. Once again, the OMDC was unwill- greater transparency, oversight, and account- the total grant amount, but it provided no ing to release specifi c details on the results ability in public funding programs. details on specifi c projects, programs, or of any funded organization. Instead it Michael Geist holds the Canada Re- TTAWA—Earlier this month, the Brit- how the money would be spent. I sub- provided a spreadsheet with de-identifi ed search Chair in Internet and E-commerce Oish Columbia government unveiled sequently fi led an access to information data on all program recipients. Law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty a new $15-million dollar music fund to request for the records associated with ten The data indicates that contrary to of Law. He can be reached at mgeist@uot- support the local music industry. The fund of the largest funding awards. The OMDC Coteau’s claims, there were only 263 new tawa.ca or online at www.michaelgeist.ca. matches a similar Ontario initiative that responded with a fee estimate of $11,659.10 full time jobs created by the fund, a cost [email protected] has doled out nearly $30-million over the for the information, which was only to taxpayers of $57,000 per new full-time The Hill Times

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ernment House leader Dominic LeBlanc condemned them as an “abuse of process,” Stephen Harper’s disputed late- although they were approved and signed by the Governor General. With much un- necessary fanfare, LeBlanc went on to take the unprecedented step of publicly calling term appointments all about politics on most of the appointees to submit their resignations, or voluntarily withdraw, and giving them a deadline to respond. One could speculate that the Liberals The appointments had been ORONTO—Relatively few Canadians The well-established caretaker convention wanted to impress even more fi rmly in the published in the Canada Tknow what an order-in-council is. Few prohibits governments from making such public’s mind that Harper was a schemer, far may realize that an O-in-C, proclaimed by appointments during election campaigns. from transparent, and that underhanded and Gazette before the election the Cabinet, has the same force in law as About 1,500 positions are subject to O- unsavoury methods were the standard modus an enactment by Parliament. Many will in-C appointments by the federal govern- operandi of his government. There is substan- campaign began. If the be surprised to learn that Prince Edward ment. Most get little attention but this batch tial evidence to support the charge. However, appointments were as fl agrant Island, British Columbia, and the North- by the late Conservative government raised the Liberals in this case protest too much. west Territories became parts of Canada many eyebrows and drew the condemna- Liberal Senator Percy Downe, who an abuse as the Liberals through O-in-Cs of the British government. tion of Justin Trudeau’s new Liberal govern- handled appointments for Jean Chrétien, claimed, they ought to have More than a month after the October ment. Many of the appointments were made has noted that the new government is free election, there were news reports that not “at pleasure,” that is, at the discretion of the to rescind the appointments, most of which raised the issue during the long before the election campaign had government; they can be terminated as eas- had not come into force before the swearing begun, Stephen Harper’s Conservative gov- ily as they were made, by another O-in-C; in of the new Liberal government in Novem- election campaign. ernment had made 49 O-in-C patronage ap- the rest of the appointments were made ber. No one can contend that withdrawing pointments to various boards including the subject to “good behaviour,” requiring that a an “at pleasure” appointment is problematic. National Energy Board, and to some senior cause be demonstrated for dismissal. As for those “good behaviour” appointees, positions such as CEO of Canada Post. Past Liberal governments have also some of whom may litigate if they are denied Many of the appointments were renew- made late-term pre-election appointments, their position, their success in a court of law als, some taking effect during the election but they have not been future appoint- is questionable, and in the court of public NELSON WISEMAN campaign. Other appointments are to take ments, so this lot of Conservative appoint- opinion it is doubtful. It may be diffi cult to effect in the future, including one in 2019. ments may have broken new ground. Gov- claim “good behaviour” if the position and term to which you’ve been appointed has not yet involved any behaviour at all. Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose has made clear that her party has no problem with the government cancelling the ap- pointments, so there was no need to beat up on the Conservatives any more than the public had already beaten them down. There was even less need to make a public show of writing the appointees and asking them to withdraw voluntarily. The new government’s commitment to an “open, merit-based appointments system” is laud- able, but the government’s action inap- propriately shames the appointees, many of whom clearly merited the positions to which they had been appointed. LeBlanc’s letter was not consistent with the “sunny ways” Trudeau has been preaching. The late-term appointments by the Con- servatives are troubling because of the dis- regard shown for Parliament, something of which past Liberal governments have been guilty as well. Parliament has no opportu- nity to discuss an O-in-C before it is signed by the Governor General. Under the Stand- ing Orders, the government is required to table O-in-C appointments in Parliament within fi ve sitting days of their publication. Because Parliament and its committees were not sitting at the time, they were de- nied the opportunity to weigh in. Although it cannot revoke O-in-C appointments, Par- liament, through its committees, may call on appointees or nominees to appear and answer questions about their competence and qualifi cations for the positions. The Conservatives’ skirting of the spirit of the rules, and their denial of any op- portunity for Parliamentary scrutiny, made LeBlanc’s attack appear at fi rst glance spot on, but the appointments had been pub- lished in the Canada Gazette before the election campaign began. If the appoint- ments were as fl agrant an abuse as the Liberals claimed, they ought to have raised the issue during the election campaign. Perhaps they did not do so because they had learned that campaigning on an abuse- of-Parliament issue is not a vote-getter. In 2011, the minority Conservative government was brought down on a contempt-of-Par- liament motion, something that had never happened before. In the subsequent election campaign, Michael Ignatieff and Liberal ads made much of the government’s disdain for Parliament. The public responded by return- ing a Conservative majority. This was a comment, perhaps, on the public’s understanding and estimation of the dignity of Parliament. Nelson Wiseman is a professor in the Department of Political Science and the director of the Canadian Studies Program at the University of Toronto. [email protected] The Hill Times L’énorme pouvoir de la recherche universitaire au Canada et dans le monde

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univcan.ca/innovation @univcan 22 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 INSIDE POLITICS LIBERALS Liberals sidelining Rae, perhaps unfairly

He is not miffed, he does Now that Trudeau has moved that it quoted senior Liberals crediting Rae with not feel snubbed, they say. Liberal house into an elite neighbourhood, the hard work that led to the Trudeau victory, many are wondering why there is no room touting him for Washington, the UN, London, Is he owed something by at the inn for Rae. Israel, or as head of the inquiry into missing a party that wouldn’t be Rae, a political survivor with the stitches and murdered indigenous women. to prove it, would likely be the fi rst to tell you He was passed over for Washington and where it is if Bob Rae didn’t there are no obligatory rewards for those who the UN. roll up his sleeves and don ply his trade, but what makes this case rare is Trudeau, who took the baton from Rae, a hard hat when it was that the former interim party leader and On- rebuilt the moribund party, invigorated its tario premier has let it be known through as- fundraising and took it to last October’s needed? So far, I guess not. sociates he would have welcomed the chance improbable majority, has the unfettered right to represent this government in Washington to choose—or reject—anyone he wants in his or at the United Nations. inner circle or as a representative abroad. Liberal sources say Rae offered to make Our political culture seems to know any contribution the new government what to do with former leaders or leader- might fi nd helpful. ship rivals. We make them travel. There have been discussions, although Brian Mulroney made Joe Clark his TIM HARPER not directly between Trudeau and Rae. No external affairs minister. Former Liberal promises or offers have been made and Rae leader Stéphane Dion shows signs of is certainly not campaigning for a job. But becoming a shining global affairs minister Before Justin Trudeau arrived to rebuild the TTAWA—Before Justin Trudeau arrived to his view, on the outside looking in, is a sub- for Trudeau. Barack Obama made Hillary foundation, the Liberal house was sagging Orebuild the foundation, the Liberal house ject of much speculation. Clinton his secretary of state. badly and threatening to collapse. was sagging badly and threatening to collapse. “Rae almost guaranteed a role in Trudeau But what about those who held the It remained standing because Bob Rae held it It remained standing because Bob Rae government, insiders say,’’ blared one head- undermanned front lines of battle until the together. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright held it together. line in the wake of the Liberal victory and white knight could saddle up? Trudeau reached back into the comfortable Dalton McGuinty bullpen and chose David MacNaughton for Washington. MacNaughton co-chaired Trudeau’s Ontario campaign last autumn. He was once the principal secretary to McGuinty and was succeeded by Gerald Butts, who now holds that post for Trudeau. The UN post went to Marc-André Can saliva from a shrew Blanchard. Rae, the son of a diplomat, spent part of his youth in Washington and would have been a natural fi t for a job that has gone to politicians help improve healthcare? in the past, including Stephen Harper appoin- tees Michael Wilson and Gary Doer and Jean Chrétien appointee Frank McKenna. He would have been the same natural fi t at the UN, where in recent years former politicians Stephen Lewis (a Mulroney appointee) and Allan Rock (a Paul Martin appointee) served with distinction. There had been suggestions that Rae may have alienated some around Trudeau by re- signing his Toronto Centre seat, but senior gov- ernment offi cials adamantly deny there is any bad blood and say this rather awkward dance is merely a matter of fi nding the right fi t. Rae’s resignation actually allowed Trudeau’s team to reach out to a hand-picked candidate—Inter- national Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland. Jobs are being fi lled and senior govern- ment offi cials still laud Rae, even if his post- election contribution is unfi lled. Nobody is saying never, they maintain. Previous interim leaders Bill Graham (who stepped down to allow Rae to run) and Herb Gray had better fates after holding the fort, but Rae is 67 and this government is focused on generational renewal. Rae did Trudeau and his team the biggest of favours by getting out of the way, bowing to the inevitable and realizing it was time for the younger, fl ashier Trudeau. Only one way to find out: Until then, in his interim post, he expertly grilled the Harper government, made himself endlessly available to the media, spoke out on many progressive issues Trudeau inherited and Biotech the heck out of it. travelled to sell the Liberal brand—something he continued right through the 2015 election. The job as interim Grit maintenance- man-in-chief fell to him after the Michael Can spit from a shrew help treat cancer? Yes. Ignatieff debacle. This is one great example of a biotech solution. From stem cell Friends say Rae is not sitting by the phone. He has a full plate, as a lawyer work- treatments to vaccines preventing illness, from manufacturing ing as a negotiator for First Nations, work on bioplastics to growing a sustainable food supply, Canada’s biotech diplomatic and international commissions and public speaking. He has written a book industry is changing the world. since leaving politics. He is not miffed, he does not feel snubbed, they say. Is he owed something by a party that More solutions at biotech.ca wouldn’t be where it is if Rae didn’t roll up his sleeves and don a hard hat when it was needed? So far, I guess not. Canadian biotech. The science of amazing. Tim Harper is a national affairs writer for The Toronto Star. This column was released on Feb. 19. [email protected] The Hill Times FREE READER EVENT EVENTS

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hilltimes.com/events/GE.html 24 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 NEWS PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED DYING LEGISLATION LeBlanc backs away from whipped vote on assisted dying bill, Oliphant says ‘it’s good’

Continued from page 1 Pictured top left and clock- Two weeks ago, Government House wise at the Leader Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, Joint Commit- N.B.) declared the vote on the eventual tee at Physi- right-to-die legislation will be a whipped cian-Assisted vote for the Liberal caucus because it’s a Dying Com- Charter of Rights and Freedoms issue, but mittee: Benoit he told The Globe and Mail on Friday that Pelletier and the government will now decide whether Lib MP René MPs will be forced to vote for the legisla- Arseneault; tion after the parliamentary committee Lib MP Rob releases its report and not until the bill is Oliphant; Lib drafted. MPs Brenda “We decided to delay the decision about Shanahan, whether or not it’s a whipped vote. It’s Julie Dabrusin, premature to come to a fi nal conclusion Denis Lemieux, like that,” Mr. LeBlanc told The Globe and and John Al- Mail. “We’re going to discuss the bill and dag; and NDP the committee report in our caucus and we MP Murray will make the decision as to how the bill be Rankin and handled once the bill is introduced in the Mr. Pelletier. House.” The Hill Times House Chair of the Special Joint Com- photographs by mittee on Physician-Assisted Dying and Jake Wright Liberal MP Rob Oliphant (Don Valley West, Ont.) told The Hill Times that he was re- lieved the Liberals have backed off on the presented, something they want to sup- news on Friday. committee he’s looking forward to seeing whipped vote, for now. port.” “I’m comfortable with it in the sense what the Liberals bring forward in terms of “When I watched the news on television Mr. Oliphant wouldn’t comment on that in Parliament, the decision we’re going legislation. or read the articles and it’s mostly about whether this was discussed in caucus, or to be making is on the structure of the leg- “I’ll be looking to see if that legislation the whipping of a vote. … Having spent speculate on why the Liberals backed off, islation coming out of the Supreme Court refl ects the views of the committee, one really hundreds of hours in the last month but he said he wasn’t involved in any dis- of Canada decision, which is a Charter hopes that all the work we’ve done has a on making sure that we have a careful cussion about the whipped vote. He also decision,” Ms. Dabrusin said. value,” he said. substantial report that is thorough and ev- said no one in the Liberal caucus has dis- Both the Conservatives and NDP cau- The committee began its study of the erything I want the discussion to be about cussed with him the content of the report. cuses have been told it will be a free vote. February 2015 Supreme Court decision our ideas,” Mr. Oliphant told The Hill Times. Mr. Oliphant told reporters last week The news that this wouldn’t be the case for regarding right-to-die legislation on Jan. 18 “My fi rst reaction is good,” he said. that he is confi dent Justice Minister Jody the government members had opposition and heard from 61 witnesses over 15 meet- Liberals late last week were back- Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver Granville, MPs questioning whether the government ings, as of the end of last week. ing away from whipping the vote on the B.C.) will “pay attention to our, our report already has the legislation drafted. It’s expected the committee will meet government’s upcoming and controversial and will do her best to fi nd a way to make “It’s very disappointing to hear that again on Tuesday to fi nalize the draft re- legislation on doctor-assisted suicide say- sure that the law is balanced.” Dominic LeBlanc would come out and say port that it began work on Feb. 5. Accord- ing it’s too early to determine how the vote The Joint House and Senate Commit- the vote is whipped before even seeing the ing to MPs, the report will be in the spirit will go without seeing the bill. tee on Physician-Assisted Dying is due to contents of this report. It really raises the of the Carter ruling, but will also have to But Mr. Oliphant and other Liberal MPs report back to the House with legislative question in my mind whether this entire address age, advance directives, including The Hill Times spoke with earlier in the recommendations by the end of this week, exercise is a sham and that the govern- dementia, and psychological suffering. It week say they are “comfortable” with the it was given a Feb. 26 deadline when the ment has legislation in its back pocket that will be in broad policy language and a “fed- whipped vote, because as they were told at committee was struck in early December, it’s ready to go forward with regardless of eral framework that looks at the Criminal the start of the session, the Liberal caucus but according to Mr. Oliphant, the report is what this committee does,” Conservative Code and other issues,” Mr. Oliphant told will have whipped votes on: Charter issues, now almost fi nalized and will be ready by MP and member of the committee Michael The Hill Times. platform issues, and confi dence matters. Thursday, Feb. 25. Cooper (St. Albert-Edmonton, Alta.) told The committee members The Hill Times “Obviously it’s a Charter issue so I The government will then have to draft The Hill Times. spoke will all emphasized that their biggest expect, and we’ve been told there are three legislation, consider the committees fi nd- “It raises the question of whether this challenge is fi nding an appropriate balance things that will be whipped: Charter issues, ings, and table the bill in the House with was a genuine effort to reach a consensus between patients’ rights, vulnerable people, platform issues, and confi dence matters, enough time to have it pass through the or whether it was a forgone conclusion and the conscience rights of physicians. and this is a Charter issue,” Mr. Oliphant House and Senate Justice committees and and nothing more than an exercise in The committee had been given a said before the news broke on Friday, but debate processes by the time the House is public relations from the standpoint of the mandate to consult broadly, taking into later he expressed relief. scheduled to rise. government and that would be very disap- consideration existing research, and to “So that takes this off the table for now “It’s kind of a funny conversation to pointing,” he said. review laws in other countries. The com- and we can have that discussion later and have at this point because we don’t even Liberal MP Sean Casey (Charlottetown, mittee was granted permission to travel we’ll be presenting a report in the House have the legislation in front of us. I don’t P.E.I.), parliamentary secretary to the min- both within and outside Canada, however, on Thursday,” said Mr. Oliphant. “My hope personally have a problem with it,” Liberal ister of justice, was in attendance at most that did not end up happening. Witnesses is that all MPs in the House and every MP and committee member Julie Dabrusin meetings, according to Mr. Cooper. came to Ottawa, in most cases, and others party will see in the work that the commit- (Toronto-Danforth, Ont.) told The Hill NDP MP and member of the commit- video-conferenced. tee has done and in the legislation that is Times before The Globe and Mail broke the tee Murray Rankin (Victoria, B.C.) told the The Hill Times

LIST WITNESSES AT THE SPECIAL JOINT PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED DYING COMMITTEE:

Feb. 4, 2016 Feb. 2, 2016 Jan. 28, 2016 Jan. 26, 2016 • As an individual, Lawyer Gerald Chipeur • As an individual Carolyn Ells, associate professor, medicine, • As an individual, Bakerlaw Lawyer David Baker • External Panel on Options for a Legislative Response to • As an individual, McGill University Professor Margaret Biomedical Ethics Unit at McGill University • As an individual, Jocelyn Downie, professor, Faculties of Carter v. Canada Somerville • Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association Law and Medicine, Dalhousie University • Provincial-Territorial Expert Advisory Group on Physician- • Alliance of People with Disabilities Who Are Supportive of • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia • As an individual, Hon. Steven Fletcher Assisted Dying Legal Assisted Dying Society • Criminal Lawyers’ Association • As an individual, Trudo Lemmens, professor, Faculty of • Canadian Association for Community Living • Dying With Dignity Canada Law & Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Jan. 25, 2016 • DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada • Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada Toronto • As an individual Peter Hogg, scholar in residence, Blake, • Society of Rural Physicians of Canada • Council of Canadians with Disabilities Cassels & Graydon LLP • The Canadian Medical Protective Association Feb. 1, 2016 • Dying With Dignity Canada • Barreau du Québec • Alzheimer Society of Canada • Department of Health Feb. 3, 2016 • British Columbia Civil Liberties Association Jan. 27, 2016 • Canadian Council of Imams • College of Family Physicians of Canada • Canadian Medical Association Jan. 18, 2016 • Canadian Paediatric Society • Dying With Dignity Canada • Canadian Nurses Association • Department of Justice’s Jeanette Ettel, senior counsel, Hu • Canadian Unitarian Council • Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms • Canadian Pharmacists Association man Rights Law Section • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health • Canadian Cancer Society • Canadian Psychiatric Association • Department of Justice’s Joanne Klineberg, senior counsel, • Coalition for HealthCARE and Conscience • First Nations University of Canada • Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians Criminal Law Policy Section THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 25

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HOUSE OF COMMONS SENATE Canada Award, 2016 • C-2, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (second reading) • No government bills have passed into the Senate yet this session. • C-4, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations Act and the Income Tax Act (second reading) ROYAL ASSENT RECEIVED • C-3, Appropriation Act No. 4, 2015-16 • C-5, An Act to repeal Division 20 of Part 3 of the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1 (second reading) THE WEEK AHEAD Denis Don Hazel Naheed MONDAY, FEB. 22 • The Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee will meet in-camera • The House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Agenda and at 9:30 a.m. in Room 160-S, Centre Block to consider their draft Coderre Iveson McCallion Nenshi Procedure will meet in-camera at 9 a.m. in Room 7-52, 131 Queen agenda and to discuss their study on best practices and on-going St. to discuss committee business. challenges relating to housing in First Nation and Inuit communities • The House Offi cial Languages Committee will meet at 3:30 p.m. in in Nunavut, Nunavik, Nunatsiavut and the Northwest Territories. Centre Block, Room 253-D to discuss committee business. • The Senate Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament • The House Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Human Committee will meet in-camera at 9:30 a.m. in Room 356-S, Centre Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons Block to consider a draft agenda. with Disabilities Committee will meet in-camera at 3:30 p.m. in the • The Senate Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources Valour Building, Room 306 to discuss committee business. Committee will meet at 5 p.m. in Room 9 in The Victoria Building • The Senate National Security and Defence Committee will meet to study emerging issues related to its mandate and will hear from at 1 p.m. in Room 2, Victoria Building to discuss Canada’s Tim McMillan, president and CEO of the Canadian Association of national security and defence policies, practices, circumstances Petroleum Producers. Madeleine Gregor Colette Mike and capabilities. It will hear from Pierre Blais, chair and Michael Redfern Robertson Roy Laroche Savage Doucet, executive director of the Security Intelligence Review WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24 Committee; Assistant Auditor General of Canada Nancy Cheng and • The House Liaison Committee will meet at 1 p.m. in the Valour AG principals Gordon Stock and Nicholas Swales; From the Offi ce Building, Room 268 to elect the chairs and discuss committee of the Communications Security Establishment Commissioner J. business. William Galbraith, executive director and commissioner Honourable • The Senate Human Rights Committee will meet at 11:30 a.m. in Jean-Pierre Plouffe; and Retired Lieutenant-Colonel John Selkirk, Room 9, Victoria Building to study Bill S-201, an Act to prohibit and Executive Director of Reserves 2000. prevent genetic discrimination. It will hear from Dr. Ronald Cohn, and Stephen W Scherer of The Hospital for Sick Children and the TUESDAY, FEB. 23 University of Toronto; the Canadian Human Rights Commission’s • The House Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee Marcella Daye and Marie-Claude Landry; Patricia Kosseim and will meet at 8:45 a.m. in Centre Block, Room 237-C to receive Daniel Therrien of the Offi ce of the Privacy Commissioner; and a briefi ng from Information Commissioner of Canada Suzanne Bruce Ryder, professor at the Osgoode Hall Law School. 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Procedure will meet in-camera at 8:45 a.m. in Centre Block, Room Ontario. 112-N to discuss studies and activities. • The Senate Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament • The House Status of Women Canada Committee will meet at 3:30 Committee will meet at 6:45 p.m in Room 160-S, Centre Block In celebration, the Institute on Governance will honour p.m. in Centre Block, Room 253-D to receive a briefi ng by the to hear from Government House Leader Dominic LeBlanc, and Minister of Status of Women Patty Hajdu; and Meena Ballantyne Minister of Democratic Institutions Maryam Monsef. a group of extraordinary Mayors of Canadian cities. and Anik Lapointe of Status of Women Canada. • The Senate Transport and Communications Committee will meet • The House Government Operations and Estimates Committee will at 6:45 p.m. in Room 2 of the Victoria Building. Its agenda has not With remarks from: meet at 3:30 p.m. in the Valour Building, Room 306 to discuss been made public. committee business. 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party and by party standing. previously director of multicultural “In the Conservative years, communications in to Mr. Ignatieff [research bureau staff] weren’t as leader, and also worked on Mr. Liberals’ $2.4-million even allowed to talk to the media; Trudeau’s leadership campaign. they were completely invisible,” Ms. Cotton was most said Mr. Kinsella. recently director of operations At other times, research bu- to the Ontario Liberal Minister reau staff are regulator communi- for Community Safety and research bureau headed cators to journalists, he added. Correctional Services and is also “When you watch CTV News a former Liberal Senate aide. or CBC News every night, at She’s also previously worked for least once a week there’s a story Ontario’s Minister of Health and by Thalmann, Bosch showing up there that Kevin Long-term Care and is married Bosch came up with. You just to Brian Kaufmann, a policy don’t know about it. These guys and regional affairs adviser to Parliamentary are very important in the larger Indigenous and Northern Affairs scheme of things,” he said. Minister Carolyn Bennett. research bureau With the Liberals now in Lars Wessman, executive offi ces are discreet government, the Liberal research assistant to Mr. Thalmann, was bureau will have a change of pace, until recently associate executive entities on the Hill, said Mr. Kinsella. Unlike opposition director of Ottawa Riverkeeper. parties, government is supported Linda Hooper, who was manager tucked away in by the non-partisan public service, of fi nance and administration in offi ces a few streets which provides policy research and the LRB before the election and helps draft legislation. Opposition is a former aide to Liberal MP down from the parties don’t have similar support Borys Wreznewskyj, continues in main precinct and in challenging legislation or the same role. drafting amendments. Thomas Gagné, a former providing internal “For the opposition, [research Quebec Liberal, is a special support to each party bureau’s are] essential. You would assistant for research, along not have a functioning opposition with Ben Parsons, who was a caucus, as well as the without it,” he said. researcher in the LRB during the That said, how MPs use last Parliament and worked in the party leaders offi ces Brett Thalmann, research bureaus vary by 2015 campaign war room. and the offi ces of top, is managing individual, said Mr. Kinsella: Emily Trogen, a former aide to director of the LRB, “Some MPs don’t use the LRB Liberal MP Ted Hsu and a former House leaders and and Kevin Bosch is at all. They just feel they don’t constituency assistant to Liberal caucus whips. deputy director in need to or they know their issues MP Peter Milliken, is a special the offi ce, pictured and they’ve got staff they’ve got assistant for caucus services here with Prime confi dence in. And others depend and planning, as is Doug Vidal- Continued from page 1 Minister Justin on them for everything.” Hernandez and Frédéric Côté. Trudeau. Photographs Current LRB managing director, Andy Singh is deputy director the whole operation,” says courtesy of Facebook Mr. Thalmann, was most recently of parliamentary affairs in the Warren Kinsella, CEO of Daisy and Twitter director of operations for Ontario LRB, while Marty McKendry Consulting and a former Liberal for the federal party in the lead-up is a special assistant for war-room strategist. to the 2015 election. Before that, parliamentary affairs. “The prime minister would be he was part of the 2013 leadership Mr. McKendry worked on relying on them [research bureau transition team after serving digital social media for the 2015 staff], in addition to what they as deputy national campaign national Liberal campaign and is a do for caucus and some Cabinet director for Mr. Trudeau’s bid for former Senate staffer and former ministers, to assist him on political leadership. He’s also previously policy adviser to Liberal MP stuff that you can’t ask the public The LRB offi ces are located in available resources from the worked at Queen’s Park for the Sean Casey. His LinkedIn profi le service to do,” Mr. Kinsella told the Valour Building at 131 Queen St. Library of Parliament,” said Mr. Ontario Liberals. indicates he was a staff writer for The Hill Times last week. Last Parliament, Michael Thalmann. Originally from Alberta, the Royal Canadian Air Farce for Caucus research bureaus, as McNair oversaw the LRB as He added that LRB staff help deputy LRB director Mr. Bosch just over a year in 2008—and on described by House rules, exist to director of policy, research and answer “any kind of question” was a research analyst for the the non-satire side, was a sailor support Members of Parliament in parliamentary affairs to the from MPs, help “direct caucus to Alberta Liberals in the mid-to-late with the Canadian Forces. He also carrying out their parliamentary leader, aided by Marci Surkes as resources,” help connect MPs to 1990s before moving to Ottawa has a background in law. duties. That includes research senior manager for policy and departments, help craft “template to work for the Liberals on Jenn Kuss is a team lead for on other parties, aiming to dig research. Ms. Surkes is now chief responses,” and also recently helped Parliament Hill. Over the years, communications in the LRB, while up political dirt or bombshells to of staff to Public Safety Minister to “lead training of MPs’ staff.” Mr. Bosch has largely stuck to the Kait LaForce is a writer. Earaj lob at opponents, and providing Ralph Goodale (Regina-Wascana, “[In December] we had a bit party’s research bureau and is a Inam is a design assistant in the information to caucus members and Sask.) and Mr. McNair is now of a crunch to get a basic [offi ce] former LRB director. He was also communications branch, while their staff. policy director in the Prime framework in place so that we previously director of campaign Marine Detraz handles francophone Parliamentary research bureau Minister’s Offi ce (PMO). could support caucus,” including research on Paul Martin’s 2003 communications. Cameron Sabadoz offi ces are discreet entities on This time around, Brett in setting up Hill offi ces. leadership campaign. is a policy adviser. the Hill, tucked away in offi ces a Thalmann is head of the LRB Mr. Thalmann said “some early Ashley Wright, who worked in Amanda Campbell is a special few streets down from the main as managing director, aided by emphasis” was put on hiring LRB the LRB last Parliament as a special assistant for the Northern and precinct and providing internal longtime Liberal researcher staff with parliamentary experience, assistant for caucus services, is Western Region, while John support to each party caucus, as Kevin Bosch as deputy director. but generally he “wanted to build now director of caucus services and Hearn is a special assistant for well as party leaders’ offi ces and As LRB managing director, Mr. a diverse team that refl ects the planning in the offi ce. Ian Perkins, the Atlantic. Nadine Medawar, the offi ces of House leaders and Thalmann liaises and coordinates makeup of the country.” who worked closely alongside who ran as the party’s candidate caucus whips. with deputy chief of staff and The LRB’s role, as he sees it, Mr. Thalmann in organizing in in Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie, The Liberal caucus most often deputy principal secretary is also to help MPs to “effectively” Ontario for the federal party during Que., in the last election, is now refers to its national caucus Jeremy Broadhurst over in the engage and communicate with their the 2015 campaign, is director of a senior adviser for Quebec. research bureau by its acronym, PMO. constituents, said Mr. Thalmann. For parliamentary affairs. Mr. Perkins Former Ontario Liberal staffer “the LRB,” while the NDP has Mr. Thalmann said his offi ce is example, he said LRB staff, working has experience working as a senior Tahiya Bakht, who worked in the dubbed its bureau “NDP caucus the “front line” resource for Liberal with the Finance Minister’s offi ce, adviser to then Liberal Veterans provincial caucus research bureau, services,” and the Conservatives MPs and their staff, and as a result, helped to put together a “pre-budget Affairs minister Albina Guarnieri, is special assistant for Ontario. call it the “Conservative Resource focus was put on hiring staff with consultation kit that MPs could use” is a former war room staffer, and Alan Ning, a former fi eld Group” or “the CRG.” parliamentary experience right in their constituencies, “and then is also a former aide to Liberal MP organizer for the federal party, is Funded by Parliament, each away in November, after the Oct. feed that information right into the Jim Karygiannis. a special assistant for operations recognized party on the Hill—that 19 election. The offi ce is now “fully Finance Department’s big online John Delacourt, brother and outreach, as is Angad Dhillon, is those with at least 12 sitting operational,” with staff largely consultation.” to Toronto Star reporter a fi eld organizer for the party in members—is allocated a budget to now in place, he said. There are 28 Research bureaus often also Susan Delacourt, is director of the Peel region near Toronto in support a caucus research bureau staffers currently working in the share similar talking points and communications in the LRB, 2015. Kazim Habib, a youth based on caucus size. The Liberal offi ce. research with pundits who appear while Melissa Cotton is director organizer for the federal party research bureau has been allocated “We’re the main offi ce that on evening political shows, and of operations and outreach. in Ontario in 2015 and a former a budget of $2.4-million for 2015- supports Liberal MPs, and that variably reach out to media A former aide to Liberal MP intern, is also a special assistant 16, while the budget for the CRG ranges from assistance with with dirt or other leaks, said Mr. Sukh Dhaliwal and former MP Joe for operations and outreach. is $2.3-million, and the NDP has communications products to Kinsella. But the approach of Volpe, Mr. Delacourt, who was part [email protected] $1.4-million to work with. research above and beyond the each research bureau varies, by of the 2015 campaign team, was The Hill Times EVENTS A discussion on: PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED DEATH

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On February 16 Hill Times Events presented a substantive discussion on Physician-Assisted Death (PAD). Moderated by Catherine Clark, the panel addressed issues surrounding PAD in Canada and how the government must proceed as it approaches the deadline to implement new legislation.

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Fisheries Minister Tootoo Son of Natural Former Harper press David Clements is George Young is back Resources Minister secretary Catherine communications direc- on the Hill as chief Jim Carr, Ben Carr, Loubier is now a vice- tor to Health Minister of staff to Fisheries hires chief of staff, pictured, works for president at Citoyen Jane Philpott. Photo- and Oceans Minister Canadian Heritage Optimum in Montreal, graph courtesy of LinkedIn Hunter Tootoo. Minister Mélanie Joly. Que. Photograph courtesy Photograph courtesy of Heritage Minister Joly Photograph courtesy of of LinkedIn LinkedIn LinkedIn hires Carr as director

for federal party leadership, and again for Ben Carr, son of Bob Rae’s 2009 bid—both of which were new Liberal Natural ultimately unsuccessful. Mr. Carr worked briefl y under the for- Resources Minister Jim mer Liberal government as parliamentary Carr, is now director of assistant to then Treasury Board president Democratic Institutions Jesse Kancir, pictured, is now Peter Cleary, pictured, is Ms. Reg Alcock starting in 2005, as indicated Minister Maryam Monsef has a policy adviser to Health Philpott’s director of parlia- parliamentary affairs by his LinkedIn profi le. He’s also a former hired Jennifer Austin, pictured, Minister Jane Philpott. Photo- mentary affairs. Photograph to Canadian Heritage research assistant with the University of as her D.-Comms. Photograph graph courtesy of LinkedIn courtesy of LinkedIn Winnipeg’s Institute of Urban Studies, courtesy of LinkedIn Miniser Mélanie Joly. among other experience. Pierre-Olivier Herbert is now press Liberal leader’s offi ce in the last Parliament, secretary to Ms. Joly and joins her offi ce Health Minister Philpott is now a special assistant for the Atlantic ormer Liberal party national direc- straight from a gig as press attaché to bolsters staff team regional desk in Ms. Philpott’s offi ce. Ftor George Young has been recruited Quebec Liberal Minister for Immigration, Former departmental staffer Kathryn to serve as chief of staff to Fisheries and Diversity and Inclusion, Kathleen Weil. Mr. Health Minister Jane Philpott has also Nowers is now a policy adviser in the Oceans Minister Hunter Tootoo, Hill Herbert was recruited to work in Ms. Joly’s recently welcomed a number of new staff minister’s offi ce. She’s previously worked at Climbers has learned. offi ce, having already served in a similar to her ministerial offi ce team. Public Safety Canada, Aboriginal Affairs and Mr. Young, who started last week, was capacity as press aide for Ms. Joly’s 2013 David Clements is now director of com- Northern Development Canada, and Human until recently, working for the City of Ot- campaign to become Montreal mayor. He munications to Ms. Philpott. Until recently, Resources and Social Development Canada. tawa as a strategic support coordinator and has also previously worked for TC Trans- he was a director at the Canadian Institute Jesse Kancir is also a new policy advis- is a former communications director for continental in Montreal in a number of for Health Information since 2010 and er in the minister’s offi ce. A past-president the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. He has roles over the years. before that was vice president of the Ca- of the Canadian Federation of Medical Stu- a long history with the Liberal Party, dat- Sandra Aubé has been hired as an issues nadian Health Services Research Founda- dents for a year starting September 2013, ing back to the early 1990s when he was manager to the minister, and Hill Climbers tion. Mr. Clements was executive director Mr. Kancir is also founder of the Medical executive director of the Ontario Liberals has learned that staffer Victor Esposito is a of Health Canada’s health-care innovation Humanities Student Working Group at the after working in the private sector—in- legislative assistant to Ms. Joly. secretariat, an advisory panel that deliv- University of Toronto where is studied a cluding for McCain, Kraft Foods, and the Public Services and Procurement ered a report, Unleashing Innovation, to doctor of medicine. National Cheese Company—for more than Minister Judy Foote has recruited Hill and the federal government in July 2015. Mr. Kancir has been a member of board two decades overall. Knowlton senior consultant Jessica Turner He has previously worked for Nature of directors of the Association of Faculties After a long hunt for a chief of staff to to serve as her ministerial press secretary. Canada, the Canadian Agency for Drugs of Medicine of Canada since April 2014. run Mr. Tootoo’s ministerial offi ce—the last Ms. Turner is a former communica- and Technologies in Health and is a former A 2010 Vancouver Olympic torchbearer, of Cabinet without one—Mr. Young has tions offi cer with the Department of Public senior communications offi cer with the he studied a bachelor in biotechnology and fi nally been recruited to the role. Safety and Emergency Preparedness. She B.C. ministry of Health Services. He also economics at the University of Waterloo, Over his years of involvement with the briefl y served as a communications vol- spent two years in the late 1990s as a then a master of science in International Liberals, Mr. Young has served as na- unteer for the federal Liberal Party in Ot- reporter for Black Press in Victoria, B.C. health Policy at the London School of Eco- tional director of the federal party (on two tawa ahead of the party’s 2013 leadership Of late, Mr. Clements has been an adjunct nomics and Political Science before earning separate occasions), as director of opera- race and in 2012, volunteered as co-chair professor with Carleton University’s health his MD. He also studied a master’s degree in tions to Stéphane Dion when Mr. Dion was of communications for the UN Women sciences faculty. public policy at the University of Cambridge. Liberal leader, and he worked under the Canada National Committee, according to Peter Cleary has been hired as director Democratic Institutions Minister former Liberal government in the offi ces her LinkedIn profi le. of parliamentary affairs, scooped straight Maryam Monsef has hired Jean-Bruno of the ministers for Fisheries and Oceans, Taras Zalusky, a former executive out of the offi ce of the Ontario Minister for Villeneuve as press secretary and issues National Defence, and National Revenue director of the Ukrainian Canadian Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Jeff Leal manager and last week was his fi rst in the over the years and was also chief of staff Congress (UCC), which represents the where he’s been chief of staff since March minister’s offi ce. Mr. Villeneuve previously ainian Canadian community, is now to Tony Ianno when he was minister of Ukr 2015, and a senior adviser before that. Mr. was working as an assistant director of me- director of policy to Public Services and state for Families and Caregivers in prime Cleary has been working with the Ontario dia relations at Immigration, Refugees and Procurement Minister Judy Foote. Mr. minister Paul Martin’s government. Liberals for a number of years, including for Citizenship Canada up until Feb. 12, and Zalusky was until recently executive Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly the minister of Health and Long-Term Care he’s also previously worked with Canada’s director of the UCC since 2010. Mr. Za- recently welcomed Ben Carr, a former high and the minister of Community and Social foreign service. lusky, also a former Liberal Hill staffer, school teacher, active Liberal and son of Natu- Services. Jennifer Austin is director of commu- served as chief of staff for the Canadian ral Resources Minister Jim Carr, as her new He worked on Sandra Pupatello’s 2012 nications to the minister. Before joining observer mission to ensure fair elections ministerial director of parliamentary affairs. bid for the Ontario party leadership, and the minister’s offi ce earlier this month, Ms. in Ukraine in 2012. Before joining Ms. Joly’s offi ce earlier was the Ontario Liberal Party’s Eastern Austin was director of marketing and com- Lesley Sherban is now a special assis- this month, Mr. Carr spent the last three- Ontario regional co-lead for the 2011 pro- munications at 4-H Canada. She’s previ- tant for Ontario to Ms. Foote while Mi- and-a-half years teaching at Kelvin High vincial election. Mr. Cleary is also a former ously worked for the Canadian Internet chelle Delaney is the minister’s executive School in Winnipeg, Man., and coaching constituency assistant and community Registration Authority and was director assistant. Lorraine Stevenson, meanwhile, the school’s junior varsity football team, liaison to the Liberal MPP for Northumber- of communications for Scouts Canada for has been hired as executive assistant to and before that briefl y taught Grade land-Quinte West, Ont. Lou Rinaldi. about seven years before that from 2002 to chief of staff Gianluca Cairo. 6 French immersion at Robert H. Smith Jordan Crosby is now in Ms. Philpott’s 2009, according to her LinkedIn profi le. Science Minister Kirsty Duncan has public school in Winnipeg. offi ce as assistant to the parliamentary Ms. Austin’s online profi le indicates she’s bolstered her ministerial team, hiring John Mr. Carr served as a senior political secretary for health, Liberal MP Kamal previously worked as a legislative assistant to Burnett as director of policy and Stephanie adviser on his dad’s 2015 campaign in Win- Khera. Mr. Crosby was a special assistant an MP on the Hill and is a former Senate aide. Muccili as a policy adviser. nipeg South Centre, Man., having run his for operations and outreach in the Liberal Small Business and Tourism Minister Véronique Perron is now Ms. Duncan’s 2014 nomination campaign in the riding. leader’s offi ce last Parliament, and briefl y Bardish Chagger is up two more exempt press secretary, while Diana Mendes, Mr. Carr is a former president of the Young helped out in the PMO after last fall’s fed- staff, having hired Farees Nathoo as a previously Ms. Duncan’s aide as the MP Liberals of Canada Manitoba branch and eral election before landing a spot on Ms. special adviser and Daniel Arseneault as for Etobicoke North, Ont., has moved over was a national campaign liaison for elec- Philpott’s team. director of parliamentary affairs. to her new ministerial offi ce as a special tion readiness for the federal party in 2008. Mark Livingstone, who was also a special assistant for parliamentary affairs. Rob He also previously was Manitoba cam- assistant for operations and outreach in the Continued on page 29 paign manager for Scott Brison’s 2006 bid Rosenfeld is the minister’s chief of staff. THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 29 HILL CLIMBERS POLITICAL STAFFERS

Mr. Pasloski is set to chair the Council of the Federation this year, the fi rst territo- rial premier to do so, and Canada’s pre- ‘Something about this place’ miers are set to meet in Whitehorse, Yukon July 20 to 22. In his new role, Mr. Laking public affairs at Citoyen Optimum in Montreal, for me to contribute to their growth and their is helping to coordinate this meeting, and Continued from page 28 Que., at the beginning of the month. performance and their job creation.” has some helpful experience under his belt, A former marketing adviser with Supe- Ms. Loubier said her new job will put to having helped organize the Arctic Council Meanwhile, Justice Minister Jody Wilson- rior Propane in Calgary, Alta., Ms. Loubier use “all my experience in public affairs and Ministerial meeting in Iqaluit, Nunavut last Raybould has hired Sebastian Cooper to previously worked for Lawrence Cannon, communications.” April while working for Ms. Aglukkaq. serve as her assistant, while Joanne Ghiz has fi rst when he was minister for transport and James Maunder, former chief of staff to Myles Atwood, previously a special been hired as a senior communications ad- infrastructure and later when he was foreign former industry minister James Moore in assistant in the Conservative PMO, is now viser. Ms. Ghiz previously worked as a media affairs minister. She’s worked for interna- the last Parliament, is now working as a manager at Manulife Financial. A former relations offi cer at the Canada Science and tional non-profi t One Drop in Montreal, director of government and regulatory af- Conservative Party intern, he fi rst joined Technology Museums Corporation. Que., and for a time was vice president of fairs at Xplorenet Communications, which the PMO in 2010 as executive assistant to A former Queen’s Park staffer up to corporate and government affairs at Hill and describes itself online as Canada’s lead- the director of tour and scheduling. 2011, including to the Ontario Liberal Knowlton’s Montreal offi ce before joining ing rural broadband internet provider, as Ashley McArthur, former director of ministers for Northern Development, Mr. Harper’s PMO in 2013. indicated by his LinkedIn profi le. policy to then minister of state for Western Mines and Forestry and Natural Resourc- Reached by Hill Climbers earlier this Ted Laking, former communications direc- Economic Diversifi cation, began her new es, Ms. Ghiz is also a former assistant to month, Ms. Loubier said, “it was a privilege tor to former health minister Leona Aglukkaq, gig as manager of research and public P.E.I. Liberal Senator Elizabeth Hubley. to serve” under the Conservative govern- has returned to his home stomping grounds affairs at Canada’s Accredited Zoos and Ms. Ghiz is former P.E.I. premier Robert ment and that she’s “delighted” to join up North and is now in a new political ring Aquariums (CAZA) earlier this month, as Ghiz’s younger sister. Their father, the late Citoyen Optimum’s team. as director of planning and strategy to Yukon indicated on LinkedIn. Ms. McArthur be- Joe Ghiz, was also premier of P.E.I. and “It’s really a fi rm that prioritizes excellence Premier Darrell Pasloski since December. gan working on the Hill following the 2008 relatedly, Ms. Ghiz is married to former and values entrepreneurial spirit, that was Mr. Laking worked on the Hill for a federal election and over the years also Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty’s son, important,” said Ms. Loubier. “My goal here will number of years, including as a policy ad- worked as a legislative aide to Conserva- Jamie McGuinty. be to advise entrepreneurs and decision-mak- viser to John Duncan when he was Indian tive MPs Deepak Obhrai and Tim Uppal, ers so they can achieve the impact they desire affairs minister in the Harper government who was defeated last fall. and the outcome they desire in public affairs and later as policy adviser and director of [email protected] NDP MP Caron hires and communications, and I think that’s a way communications to Ms. Aglukkaq. The Hill Times Soule as a Hill staffer

George Soule is back on the Hill after a brief break post-election, now as an aide to NDP MP Guy Caron, the MP for Rimouski- Neigette-Témiscouata-Les Basques, Que. “After the election, there were a lot of cuts to the budget which resulted in cuts to jobs, so … a whole bunch of us found ourselves out of work, which, such is politics,” Mr. Soule told Hill Climbers last week. “Guy knew I was looking a little bit and I actually wasn’t sure I was going to come back here, but there’s something SCHOOL’S OUT... about this place and Guy is a great MP.” Director of media for the federal party during the 2015 campaign, Mr. Soule was a senior caucus press secretary for the of- COME AND SEE US fi cial opposition NDP last Parliament. Until recently, he had spent his years on the Hill working at the leader’s offi ce and at the cau- cus services level, starting in 2009 when he was fi rst hired as caucus press secretary. A former chair of the Canadian Federa- tion of Students, Mr. Soule has also worn the hat of regional press secretary and became press secretary to the NDP leader in 2012 after Thomas Mulcair stepped into the role. He stepped away from the Hill for THE CANADA SCHOOL OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE paternity leave in 2013 after his daughter, Madeleine, was born. She became familiar to many on the Hill in the last Parliament, is no longer offering retirement seminars and Mr. Soule joked that while caucus members were happy to see him return, they were “even happier to see Madeleine.” So far, Mr. Soule said working in an MP’s offi ce is a “different” kind of job, com- pared to central caucus offi ces. “MPs have constituents directly look- ing for help and needing their help. … The demands of an MP are different from the demands of a leader,” he said. The Retirement Planning Institute The NDP is now the third party in the House of Commons, and some have ques- The largest provider of retirement seminars to the Public Service....established in 1986 tioned the party’s viability as opposition under a Liberal government. “The result of the election wasn’t what is now expanding its offering outside the National Capital Region. we were hoping for, but when I started we had seven fewer MPs than what we have now, and you build from that,” he said. “I got involved politically in the ‘90s because of Liberal cuts and because of the massive slashing to social programs and Liberals making promises that they never intended to keep.… I think as the years go by people will start to see how important it is to have a progressive opposition to Liberals.” Former CPC Cabinet staffers fi nd their feet Catherine Loubier, former press secretary www.rpi-ipr.com and senior adviser for Quebec to former prime minister Stephen Harper, began a new job as vice-president of strategic consulting and 30 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 FEATURE HOUSE COMMITTEES Agriculture and Agri- Eglinski and NDP MP Nathan Cullen and security, including the efforts Members: of the Government of Canada to A primer Food Committee Liberal MP John Aldag implement and support the United Liberal MP William Amos Nations Security Council resolutions Chair: Liberal MP Liberal MP Mike Bossio on women, peace and security, as Pat Finnigan Liberal MP Darren Fisher well as sexual violence in confl ict on House Vice-Chairs: Con- Liberal MP Mark Gerretsen and women’s leadership in confl ict servative MP Bev Conservative MP Martin Shields resolution and peace-building. Shipley and NPD Conservative MP Ed Fast MP Ruth Ellen Work: This committee will be the Government committees, Brosseau one to study any environmental law Members: changes, like the government’s new Operations and Liberal MP Pierre Breton climate change plans and national Estimates Committee Liberal MP Francis Drouin emission reduction targets. As well, members, agendas Liberal MP Alaina Lockhart the committee is mandated to cover Chair: Conser- Liberal MP Lloyd Longfi eld anything related to the Offi ce of the vative MP Tom Liberal MP Joe Peschisolido Commissioner of the Environment Lukiwski Almost all House All of the available 22 Liberal Conservative MP Jacques Gourde and Sustainable Development, En- Vice-Chairs: Lib- MPs who have been assigned to Conservative MP Chris Warkentin vironment Canada, Parks Canada eral MP Yasmin committees have at least one committee, and of the Work: The committee met last and the Canadian Environmental Ratansi and NDP 16 Conservative female MPs, 14 week in-camera to discuss com- Assessment Agency. MP Erin Weir elected their chairs, are on a committee. Two Conserva- mittee business and it could be ex- Members: but just 16 per cent, tive MPs, Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia- pected to touch on the effects of the Finance Committee Liberal MP Ramez Ayoub Lambton, Ont.) and Dianne Watts Trans-Pacifi c Partnership Agree- Liberal MP Francis Drouin or four of the 25 (South Surrey-White Rock, B.C.), ment on Canadian agriculture Liberal MP David Graham industry, something chair Liberal Chair: Liberal MP committees, are are on more than one, while Wayne Easter Liberal MP Raj Grewal Conservative MPs Alice Wong MP Pat Finnigan has expressed he Liberal MP Nick Whalen would like to hear investigated. Vice-Chairs: Con- chaired by women, (Richmond Centre, B.C.) and servative MP Ron Conservative MP Steven Blaney and 40 per cent, or 10 Diane Finley (Haldimand-Norfolk, Liepert and NDP Conservative MP Kelly McCauley Ont.) do not sit on any. The New Canadian Heritage MP Guy Caron Work: The committee is responsi- of 25 of committee Democrats have 18 women in their Committee Members: ble for looking at the annual expen- caucus and 11 of them were given Liberal MP Raj Grewal ditures of central departments and chairs, are rookies. committee roles. Chair: Liberal MP Liberal MP Steven MacKinnon agencies, as well as overseeing the Hedy Fry Liberal MP Jennifer O’Connell Privy Council Offi ce, the Prime Min- Aboriginal Affairs and Vice-Chairs: Con- Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette ister’s Offi ce, Treasury Board, Public BY RACHEL AIELLO Northern Development servative MP Larry Liberal MP Francesco Sorbara Services and Procurement Canada Conservative MP Lisa Raitt and Shared Services Canada. s of now, almost all House Maguire and NDP Committee Conservative MP Phil McColeman committees have elected MP Pierre Nantel A Work: The committee is work- their chairs but just 16 per cent, Members: Health Committee Chair: Liberal MP ing on drafting a report on their or four of the 25 committees Liberal MP Pierre Breton Andy Fillmore marathon pre-budget hearings last are chaired by women, and 40 Liberal MP Julie Dabrusin Chair: Liberal MP Vice-Chairs: week. Once that is completed this per cent, or 10 of 25 of commit- Liberal MP Seamus O’Regan Bill Casey Conservative MP committee’s winter and early spring tee chairs are rookies. Accord- Liberal MP Darrell Samson Vice-Chairs: Con- David Yurdiga and will likely be dominated by studying ing to The Hill Times review of Liberal MP Dan Vandal servative MP Len NDP MP Charlie Conservative MP Peter Van Loan the government’s budget bill. Webber and NDP committee makeups, male and Angus veteran MPs are still dominating Conservative MP Kevin Waugh MP Don Davies Members: Work: This committee will spend Members: the top roles at House of Com- Liberal MP Gary Anandasangaree Fisheries and Oceans mons Committees, despite the at least 10 meetings studying the Liberal MP Ramez Ayoub Liberal MP Mike Bossio state of the news industry, including Committee Liberal MP Doug Eyolfson infl ux of new women and fi rst- Liberal MP Rémi Massé time MPs in this Parliament. local news, media concentration, and Liberal MP Darshan Singh Kang Liberal MP Michael V. McLeod how digital media fi ts in. As well, it Chairs: Liberal Liberal MP John Oliver By the end of last week 25 of the Liberal MP Don Rusnak MP Scott Simms 29 House and joint House and Senate will undertake a review of the state Liberal MP Sonia Sidhu Conservative MP Cathy McLeod of Canadian museums with a focus Vice-Chairs: Conservative MP Colin Carrie committees had named their chairs, Conservative MP Arnold Viersen Conservative MP and have begun holding or schedul- on local and community museums. Conservative MP K. Kellie Leitch Work: The committee has not Robert Sopuck Work: ing meetings with the ministers in A work agenda has not fi nalized its agenda but it’s ex- and NDP MP Fin been fi nalized but topics dis- charge of their respective fi les. Citizenship and pected to be called upon to study Donnelly cussed as potential study issues at The four committees still to any legislative changes that come Immigration Committee Members: this committee include: the health name their chairs (expected this from the promised Liberal review Liberal MP Pat Finnigan impacts of marijuana, palliative week) are: the Joint Committee of all First Nations-related federal Chair: Liberal MP Liberal MP Ken Hardie and home care, organ donation, on Library of Parliament; the legislation as well as likely any Borys Wrzesnews- Liberal MP Bernadette Jordan the cost of pharmaceuticals, and Joint Scrutiny of Regulations changes to the funding cap that kyj Liberal MP Ken McDonald safe injection sites. Committee; the House Liaison First Nations peoples currently Vice-Chairs: Con- Liberal MP Robert Morrissey committee which is made up of experience if included in the up- servative MP Da- Conservative MP Mel Arnold all the House committee chairs; coming budget. vid Tilson and NDP Conservative MP Mark Strahl Human Resources, and the newly formed House Pay MP Jenny Kwan Work: The committee is Skills and Social Equity Committee. Access to Information, Members: expected to head up any study Development and the Other than the House Pay Liberal MP Shaun Chen related to the Liberals’ promised Equity Committee, just one other Privacy and Ethics Liberal MP Ali Ehsassi restoration of funding to federal Status of Persons with House committee, Status of Wom- Committee Liberal MP Randeep Sarai ocean science and monitoring Disabilities Committee en has more than four female Liberal MP Marwan Tabbara programs and bring the percent- members. There are also two com- Chair: Conserva- Liberal MP Salma Zahid age of protected marine coastal Chair: Liberal MP mittees—Access to Information, tive MP Blaine Conservative MP Michelle Rempel areas up to fi ve per cent by 2017. Bryan May Privacy, and Ethics, and Industry, Calkins Conservative MP Bob Saroya Vice-Chairs: Con- Science, and Technology—that Vice-Chairs: Lib- Work: Liberals plan to introduce Foreign Affairs servative MP Bob have no women on them at all. eral MP Joël Light- changes to the Citizenship Act in the Zimmer and NDP There are only being 26 per bound and NDP next few weeks to put an age limit on and International MP Niki Ashton cent women in the House, and the MP Daniel Blakie the language test for new immigrants Development Members: Liberals appointed 28 of their 50 Members: to apply for Canadian citizenship, Committee Liberal MP Wayne female MPs to either Cabinet or Liberal MP Bob Bratina which was brought in by the Con- Long to be parliamentary secretaries, Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith servatives in 2014 as part of its con- Chair: Liberal MP Liberal MP Yves Robillard and four female MPs (Conserva- Liberal MP Wayne Long troversial Bill C-24, Strengthening Robert Nault Liberal MP Dan Ruimy tive Interim Leader Rona Ambrose Liberal MP Rémi Massé Canadian Citizenship Act. Expect Vice-Chairs: Liberal MP Ramesh Sangha (Sturgeon River-Parkland, Alta.) Liberal MP Raj Saini this committee to take on studying Conservative MP Liberal MP Filomena Tassi Green Party Leader Elizabeth May Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux those changes. As well, it’s likely it Dean Allison and Conservative MP Gérard Deltell (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) and Conservative MP Pat Kelly will look into the ongoing Syrian NDP MP Hélène Conservative MP Mark Warawa Bloc Québécois MPs Marilène Gill Work: The committee has not refugee resettlement at some point. Laverdière Work: It’s likely that this com- (Manicouagan, Que.) and Monique fi nalized its agenda but the gov- Members: mittee will be charged with study- Pauzé (Repentigny, Que.) ineli- ernment has promised to reform Environment Liberal MP Peter Fragiskatos ing Bill C-4, the An Act to amend gible to be on committees, that left the Access to Information Act in and Sustainable Liberal MP Michael Levitt the Canada Labour Code, the just 56 eligible female MPs to fi ll an effort to make government in- Liberal MP Marc Miller Parliamentary Employment and the more than 300 spots on House formation more accessible, includ- Development Committee Liberal MP Raj Saini Staff Relations Act, the Public committees. ing applying the Access to Infor- Liberal MP Jati Sidhu Service Labour Relations Act and On most of the standard House mation Act to the Prime Minister’s Chair: Liberal MP Conservative MP Tony Clement the Income Tax Act that repeals committees of 10 MPs, the Liber- Offi ce and to all Cabinet ministers’ Deborah Schulte Conservative MP Peter Kent Conservative union bills. als have six MPs, the Conserva- offi ces and removing the $5 fi ling Vice-Chairs: Con- Work: The committee is under- tives three, and the NDP one. fee on access requests. servative MP Jim taking a study on women, peace Continued on page 31 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 31 FEATURE HOUSE COMMITTEES Procedure and House Liberal MP Nicola Di Iorio Liberal MP Fayçal El-Khoury House International Trade Affairs Committee Liberal MP Bernadette Jordan Liberal MP Geng Tan Chair: Liberal MP Conservative MP Harold Albrecht Committee to study Trans-Pacifi c Larry Bagnell Conservative MP John Brassard Vice-Chairs: Con- Conservative MP Garnett Genuis servative MP Blake Conservative MP Tom Kmiec Richards and NDP NDP MP Pierre-Luc Dusseault Partnership Agreement MP David Christo- Members representing the Senate: pherson To be determined Members: Work: This committee has not Continued from page 30 Library of Parliament NDP MP François Choquette Liberal MP Arnold Chan Members: met yet and has no pending work, Joint Committee Liberal MP David Graham but will be responsible for scruti- Liberal MP Mauril Bélanger Liberal MP Ginette Petitpas Taylor Industry, Science and Liberal MP Linda Lapointe nizing statutory instruments. Members: Liberal MP Ruby Sahota Status of Women Committee Technology Committee Liberal MP Paul Lefebvre Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld Liberal MP Angelo Iacono Liberal MP Darrell Samson Chair: Conservative MP Marilyn Conservative MP Jamie Schmale Gladu Chair: Liberal MP Liberal MP Michael Levitt Liberal MP Dan Vandal Conservative MP Scott Reid Vice-Chairs: Liberal MP Pam Dan Ruimy Liberal MP Eva Nassif Conservative MP Sylvie Boucher Work: Currently the committee Damoff and NDP MP Sheila Vice-Chairs: Liberal MP Don Rusnak Conservative MP Bernard Généreux is studying possible initiatives to Malcolmson Conservative MP Liberal MP Marc Serré Work: The committee does make the House of Commons more Members: Alexander Nut- Liberal MP Gagan Sikand not have a work plan yet, but family-friendly, including doing Liberal MP Sean Fraser tall and NDP MP Liberal MP Scott Simms it’s expected to study the Liber- away with Friday sittings, chang- Liberal MP Karen Ludwig Brian Masse Conservative MP Gordon Brown als’ promises to develop a new ing the House’s sitting hours and Liberal MP Eva Nassif Members: Conservative MP Kerry Diotte offi cial languages plan to support sitting weeks and using technology Liberal MP Ruby Sahota Liberal MP René Arseneault Conservative MP Todd Doherty English and French linguistic to further debate parliamentary Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld Liberal MP Chandra Arya Conservative MP Jim Hillyer minorities and to establish a business outside the House. Conservative MP Rachael Harder Liberal MP Frank Baylis NDP MP Anne Minh-Thu Quach free online service for learning Conservative MP Karen Vecchio Liberal MP Majid Jowhari Work: This committee is in English and French as second Work: This committee hasn’t Liberal MP Lloyd Longfi eld charge of helping direct the day- languages. Public Accounts fi nalized an offi cial agenda, but it Conservative MP Maxime Bernier to-day functioning of the Library Committee received a briefi ng from Status of Conservative MP Earl Dreeshen of Parliament, as well as playing a Pay Equity Committee Women Canada offi cials last week Work: This committee is in role in the direction of the Library Chair: Conserva- and will hear from Status of Women charge of studying everything of Parliament. tive MP Kevin Members: Minister Patty Hadju this week. related to industry and technol- Sorenson Liberal MP Matt DeCourcey It’s expected the committee will be ogy capability; scientifi c research Vice-Chairs: Lib- National Defence Liberal MP Julie Dzerowicz tasked with the Liberal promise to and development; telecommuni- eral MP Alexan- Committee Liberal MP Eva Nassif implement a federal gender vio- cations policy; investment, trade, dra Mendès and Liberal MP Terry Sheehan lence strategy and action plan. small business and tourism; and Chair: Liberal MP Liberal MP Sonia Sidhu NDP MP David rules and services that support Stephen Fuhr Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld Christopherson the effective operation of the Vice-Chairs: Conservative MP Dan Albas Members: Transport, Infrastructure marketplace. Conservative MP Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu Liberal MP Chandra Arya and Communities Cheryl Gallant Conservative MP Dianne Watts Liberal MP T.J. Harvey Committee International Trade and NDP MP Ran- NDP MP Sheri Benson Liberal MP Paul Lefebvre dall Garrison Work: This committee was Liberal MP Brenda Shanahan Committee Liberal MP Jati Sidhu Chair: Liberal MP Members: struck with the task of studying Judy Sgro pay equity and is expected to pro- Conservative MP Joël Godin Chair: Liberal MP Liberal MP Darren Fisher Vice-Chairs: pose a plan to adopt a “proactive Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre Mark Eyking Liberal MP Mark Gerretsen Conservative MP federal pay equity regime.” Work: Last week, the commit- Vice-Chairs: Liberal MP Jean Rioux Luc Berthold and Liberal MP Sherry Romanado tee began studying the fall 2015 Conservative MP report of the Auditor General of NDP MP Linda Randy Hoback Liberal MP Sven Spengemann Physician-Assisted Duncan Conservative MP James Bezan Canada. As the standing audit and NDP MP Dying Committee committee for Parliament it will Members: Tracey Ramsey Conservative MP Pierre Paul-Hus Liberal MP Vance Badawey Work: This committee will take also be in charge of reviewing Members: Joint Chairs: Con- the government’s annual multi- Liberal MP Sean Fraser Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal on any study related to the Cana- Liberal MP Ken Hardie dian government’s involvement in servative Senator billion-dollar public accounts. Liberal MP Peter Fonseca Kelvin Kenneth Liberal MP Angelo Iacono Liberal MP Linda Lapointe the fi ght against ISIS, and anything Liberal MP Gagan Sikand relating to other missions, as well the Ogilvie and Lib- Public Safety and Liberal MP Karen Ludwig eral MP Robert Conservative MP Kelly Block Liberal MP Kyle Peterson Canadian Armed Forces, generally. National Security Conservative MP Dianne Watts Oliphant Conservative MP Gerry Ritz Vice-Chairs: Committee Work: This committee has not Conservative MP Dave Van Kesteren Natural Resources Conservative MP fi nalized its work agenda but will likely be responsible for studying the Work: This committee has Michael Cooper Chair: Liberal MP Committee Liberals’ $125-billion over 10 years elected to immediately begin and NDP MP Mur- Robert Oliphant infrastructure spending plans. studying the Trans-Pacifi c Part- Chair: Liberal MP ray Rankin Vice-Chairs: Con- nership Agreement. It decided to James Maloney Members Repre- servative MP Larry conduct at least six meetings on Vice-Chair: Conser- senting the Senate: Miller and NDP MP Veterans Affairs this topic and will be travelling vative MP John Liberal Senator Matthew Dubé Committee across Canada holding hearings. Barlow and NDP James S. Cowan Members: It will report back to the House by MP Richard Can- Liberal Senator Liberal MP Pam Chair: a to-be-determined deadline. Liberal MP nings Serge Joyal Damoff Neil Ellis Members: Conservative Senator Nancy Ruth Liberal MP Nicola Di Iorio Vice-Chairs: Con- Justice and Human Liberal MP T.J. Harvey Conservative Senator Judith G. Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith servative MP Rob- Rights Committee Liberal MP Denis Lemieux Seidman Liberal MP Marco Mendicino ert Kitchen and Liberal MP Michael V. McLeod Members Representing the Liberal MP Sven Spengemann NDP MP Irene House of Commons: Chair: Liberal MP Liberal MP Marc Serré Conservative MP Erin O’Toole Mathyssen Liberal MP John Aldag Anthony House- Liberal MP Geng Tan Conservative MP Alain Rayes Members: Liberal MP René Arseneault father Conservative MP Candice Bergen Work: This committee’s agenda Liberal MP Bob Bratina Liberal MP Julie Dabrusin Vice-Chairs: Con- Conservative MP Shannon Stubbs has not been fi nalized but it’s expect- Liberal MP Doug Eyolfson Liberal MP Denis Lemieux servative MP Ted Work: NDP MP Richard Can- ed to study the government’s even- Liberal MP Colin Fraser Liberal MP Brenda Shanahan Falk and NDP MP nings said he would like to have tual reforms of the anti-terrorism law, Liberal MP Alaina Lockhart Conservative MP Mark Warawa Murray Rankin the committee study the softwood Bill C-51. As well, the government Liberal MP Sherry Romanado Conservative MP Harold Albrecht Members: lumber industry, but that hasn’t has pledged to introduce a bill to get Conservative MP Alupa Clarke been decided yet. The committee’s NDP MP Brigitte Sansoucy handguns off the street and to repeal Liberal MP Chris Bittle Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall mandate includes the energy, for- Work: This committee is changes made by Bill C-42, the Com- Liberal MP Colin Fraser Work: The committee would estry, minerals and metals sectors currently working on its report mon Sense Firearms Licensing Act. Liberal MP Ahmed Hussen like to plan outreach to veterans and the earth sciences sector. based on its fi ndings after 13 Liberal MP Iqra Khalid across Canada and will be respon- meetings on Parliament Hill sible for evaluating the Liberals’ Liberal MP Ron McKinnon Scrutiny of with 61 witnesses on the issue promised changes to veterans’ ser- Conservative MP Michael Cooper Offi cial Languages of physician-assisted dying. The Regulations Joint vices. 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McKay, Marco Medicino, T.J. Harvey, John That afternoon, the bureau sent out a Barlow, Don Davies, Francis Drouin, Kellie notice to members of the Parliamentary Leitch, Gord Brown, Ben Lobb, Nathan Press Gallery to let them know that at- ON Cullen, and Christine Moore, as well as tending the group’s reception at the Shaw THE Senator Jim Munson. Their ringers were Centre could be a welcome option when HEARD HILL Ben Delaney from the national sledge- compared to waiting out the “transit rush.” hockey team and Shaun Van Allen, another Despite the weather, offi cials reported BY DEREK ABMA ex-Senator (as in the hockey team). the event as being “a great success.” During The event is intended to raise aware- the reception, the group emphasized the ness of Canadian Tire’s Jumpstart charities, need to encourage more young people to which help underprivileged kids partici- get into the profession of welding, as tje pate in organized sports and activities. average age of a welders in Canada stands at 54. Welding Bureau Look who showed up Reporters beat throws out invitation to for Flag Day parliamentarians in stranded journalists charity hockey game

Continued from page 2 Parliamentary Press Gallery members defeated Hill politicians last week in the The Ottawa third annual Canal Classic hockey game Citizen’s Jason played on the Rideau Canada. Fekete holds the The journalists beat the parliamentar- championship ians by score of 22-15. It was the third of trophy after his such events, with each side each having From the left, Annabelle Archambault from hockey team of one victory in the previous two years. Veterans Affairs, Josh Arless from the offi ce gallery journal- The media team this year was com- Justin Trudeau was among the guests at last of Liberal MP Sherry Romanado, Eleanore ists beat a team prised of Steve Rennie, Andy Blatchford, Tuesday’s Flag Day celebration at Centre Block Catenaro of the PMO, and Alex Howell from the of parliamen- Barrie McKenna, Hugo de Grandpré, Da- hosted by House Speaker Geoff Regan and the offi ce of Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes tarians in the vid Akin, Andrew Thomson, Lee Berthiau- Pearson Centre for Progressive Policy . He is enjoy some food and refreshments during last annual Canal me, Mike De Souza, Jason Fekete, James joined here by (from left) Greg Stulen, Gary week’s reception of the Canadian Welding Classic last Munson, BJ Siekierski, Mike Woods, and Gladstone, Beatrice Keleher Raffoul, Anthony Bureau. Photograph by Cynthia Münster week. The Hill Phillipe-Vincent Foisy. They also got some DiCarlo, Andrew Cardozo, Alicia Natividad, Times photography help from Dom Cozzolino of the Canadian Jonathan Calof, Sharon Fernandez, and Roy by Jake Wright men’s sledge-hockey team and former Ot- As Ottawa struggled with a record Sengupta. Photograph courtesy of the Pearson Centre tawa Senators captain Laurie Boschman. snowfall last Tuesday, the Canadian Weld- for Progressive Policy The parliamentarians team was made ing Bureau was offering an alternative to up of MPs Rodger Cuzner, Geoff Regan, journalists waiting for delayed buses dur- [email protected] Adam Vaughan, Matt DeCourcey, John ing the evening rush hour. The Hill Times Customize Your Work

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Members of Equal Voice with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie at the Rideau Club on Feb. Female politicos, PM, 17 for Equal Voice’s celebration of the 88 women elected to the 42nd Parliament. pack Rideau Club for House Speaker Geoff Regan chatting with PC Nepean- Equal Voice’s welcome Raylene Lang-Dion as Lesia Carleton MPP Lisa Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Babiak looks on. MacLeod. with Equal Voice’s Nancy Peckford and some of to the Hill shindig the children of attendees.

kay ladies, now let’s get in forma- for those who needed it during the event. Otion, as Beyoncé says. And in so many There was a full roster of other words that was the direction to the dozens speakers, including Barbara Dumont- of female Members of Parliament fi lling Hill an Anishinaabe community leader Equal Voice’s Denise Siele and Conservative A snapshot of the many female elected the room overlooking the Hill at the Rideau who before performing an honour song, Senator Nancy Ruth. representatives in attendance. Club on Wednesday night as they gathered declared “it’s 2016 and it’s a great day to for an historic photo opportunity organized be a woman in Canada”; Equal Voice’s by Equal Voice, the non-partisan group National Chair Lynne Hamilton, who dedicated to getting more women elected. said Canadian politics “was due for a Many of the 88 female MPs elected into the makeover”; PC Nepean-Carleton MPP 42nd Parliament, along with female MLAs Lisa MacLeod who joked that there is and MPPs, staffers, lobbyists, and a few only one job in Ottawa that is for men NDP MP Christine Moore and journalists fi lled the once men-only Ottawa only, “shovelling snow,” and implored the her baby Daphnee with Justin Mr. Trudeau and Massey Anishinaabe community leader club on Feb. 17 for the party. women in the room to consider where Hoveyda. Barbara Dumont-Hill. It was a full house of politicians from they’re standing, a traditionally male- Trudeau. all levels of government and where female dominated, and male founded space; and empowerment was the theme of the eve- Green Party Leader Elizabeth May—who Photographs by ning. Early in the evening, people mixed in true Liz May style—by the end of the Cynthia Münster and mingled, making introductions while evening got everyone in the room to yell anxiously awaiting the arrival of Prime “I am a feminist.” Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife So- But, by the end of the evening, even the phie Grégoire-Trudeau. lady-loving, and Spice Girls Girl Power Fashionably late, Mr. Trudeau and Ms. embracing Party Central was feeling like Grégoire-Trudeau arrived, fl anked by assis- a bad feminist. The speeches, albeit each Eva Nassif with Sophie Status of Women Minister Patty Hajdu holding Denise Siele and Green tant Tommy Desfossés, photographer Adam unique seemed to go on for too long to all Gregoire-Trudeau. Ms. Moore’s baby Daphnee. Party Leader Elizabeth May. Scotti, and PMO press secretary Cameron come to the same point: more women = Ahmad. They made their rounds in the room better politics. We get it, it’s 2016. A line saying hello and taking selfi es with nearly that to Party Central lost all its genuine everyone in the room. Party Central watched sentiment after CBC’s Peter Mansbridge the swarm of self-facing cameras and smil- revealed it to be a Gerald Butts creation. ing women of all ages crowd in to get snaps. House Speaker Geoff Regan and his It was the fi rst time a sitting Prime Minister wife, Nova Scotia Labour and Advanced has ever attended an Equal Voice event, but Education Minister Kelly Regan, Health Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau and NDP Status of Women just when the rounds of photos seemed to Minister Jane Philpott and lots of Liberal Co-Chair of Equal Voice Ottawa Ms. Siele was emcee for the critic and MP Sheila come to an end, Party Central thought, “sure- MPs were at the event. Raylene Lang-Dion. evening. Malcolmson. ly, he will make a speech, or say something, Liberal MPs Karen McCrimmon, Pam right?” But no, he was off. Goldsmith-Jones, Salma Zahid and her Throughout the evening, servers circled staffer Jeff Jedras, John Oliver, Sven the room with trays of beverages and Spengemann and his staffer Adrian Zita- delicious snacks, including tomato and Bennett, Adam Vaughan, Joyce Murray, bocconcini skewers, a salmon and cream Pam Damoff, Gudie Hutchings, Yvonne cheese spoonful, vegetarian spring rolls, Jones, Karina Gould, Celina Caesar- fi sh cakes, chicken kebabs, goat cheese Chavannes, Kyle Peterson, Ruby Sahota, tarts, and Party Central’s favourite, a Thai Anita Vandenbeld, Bardish Chagger, Iqra Patty Hajdu. steak and mango square on an ornate Khalid, and Ginette Petitpas Taylor were Barbara Dumont-Hill addressing attendees. twisted spoon. all there. A little after Mr. Trudeau and his en- Conservative MPs Kellie Leitch, Cathy tourage left the building, Status of Women McLeod and Marilyn Gladu, and NDP MPs Minister Patty Hajdu took to a podium at Christine Moore, Nikki Ashton, Sheila the front of the space and gave an impas- Malcolmson, Georgina Jolibois, Tracey sioned speech about why she got into poli- Ramsey, Cheryl Hardcastle, and Rachel tics, acknowledging the barriers women Blaney were all there too. often face. Ms. Hajdu also brought news Other attendees included: Equal Voice’s to the event, announcing that soon her Nancy Peckford, Denise Siele, Mary Anne department would be seeking proposals to Carter, Scott Thurlow; Conservative Sena- bring more women into the public sphere, tor Nancy Ruth; United States Ambassador Ms. Hajdu and Minister of Small Business and including how to employ indigenous to Canada Bruce Heyman and his wife Johnson & Johnson’s Lesia Babiak. Tourism Bardish Chagger. women to empower their communities and Vicki; Johnson & Johnson’s Lesia Babiak; how to remove barriers to women’s civic Canada 2020’s Susan Smith; RBC’s George participation. Wamala; NWAC’s Jenn Jefferys; Eco- Ms. Hajdu also called up NDP MP nomic Club of Canada’s Natasha Morano; Christine Moore, who she described as the Environics’ Greg MacEachern; strategist “changing face” of 2016 politics, because Kathleen Monk; Shaw’s Alayne Crawford; she’s bringing her baby Daphnée with her and Actua’s Kristina Martin. Liberal MP Joyce Murray and U.S. as she does her work. The two were in atten- [email protected] Liberal MPs Anita Vandenbeld and Conservative Senator David Ambassador to Canada Bruce dance and Equal Voice provided childcare The Hill Times Celina Caesar-Chavannes. Wells and Raylene Lang-Dion. Heyman. 36 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 FEATURE EVENTS

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Métro- politain Brasserie, 700 Sussex Dr. Please confi rm your attendance All-Party Ocean Caucus to hold at [email protected] by Friday, Feb. 19. Canadian Health Food Associa- tion’s Welcome Reception—Ca- nadian Health Food Association (CHFA): Parliamentarian Welcome Oceans on the Hill event, Feb. 22 Reception, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Parliamentary Restaurant, Rooms their roles as elected offi cials and in Ottawa. For more information, or 613-226-4187. 601 & 602, please RSVP to An- how to contribute more effectively call the PMO Press Offi ce at 613- Maclean’s and L’Actualité to Host drew Stewart at (613) 233-8906 to the parliamentary budget and 957-5555. ‘Welcome to the Hill’ Event—Ma- or [email protected] estimates process. The workshops, Opportunities for Europeans to clean’s magazine and L’Actualite´ Canadian Parliamentary Press which are $299 to $349 a pop, participate in research activi- will host a ‘Welcome to the Hill’ Gallery’s 150th Anniversary Launch— depending on when you register, ties at Agriculture and Agri-Food event on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at the Feb. 23, Foyer of the House of or $500 to $550 for the two, will Canada—Feb. 23, 9 a.m.-10:30 Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa Commons, cash bar. happen on Feb. 22. a.m. Eastern Standard Time. for MPs. This two-hour cocktail Launch of the All-Party Ocean Canada’s Public Policy Forum and reception will feature a speaker WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24 Caucus in the 42nd Parliament—Da- Universities Canada will host the and past Parliamentarians who will Liberal Caucus Meeting—The vid Miller, president and CEO of webinar, which also features the share their wisdom; as well they Liberals will meet in Room 237-C WWF-Canada, and the All-Party opportunities for Europeans to will honour the annual Lifetime Centre Block on Parliament Hill. Ocean Caucus co-chairs, Liberal participate in research activities Achievement Award winner. The For more information, please call MP Scott Simms and NDP MP within Agriculture and Agri-Food event is by invitation only. Liberal Party media relations at me- Parliamentary Fin Donnelly will host an ‘Oceans Canada’s research centres as For- Annual Food & Consumer [email protected] or 613-627-2384. on the Hill’ event. Sustainable eign Research Participants (FRP). Products of Canada Executive Recep- Conservative Caucus Meet- seafood and refreshments, Feb. 22, Speaker: Charles Kounkou, senior tion for MPs—Meet the largest ing—The Conservatives will meet Room 238-S Centre Block, 5:30 planning offi cer, Science and manufacturing employer in Canada. for their national caucus meeting. Calendar p.m.-7:30 p.m. RSVP to Gayle Mc- Technology Branch, Agriculture MPs are invited to meet CEOs from For more information, contact Cory Clelland, gmcclelland@wwfcanada. and Agri-Food Canada. across the industry that employs Hann, director of communications, org 613-232-2512. Helping With Furniture & nearly 300,000 Canadians in more Conservative Party of Canada at MONDAY, FEB. 22 environment, and energy and min- The Entertainment Software Asso- HWF613 Press Conference—The than 6,000 manufacturing sites [email protected] ing. Hosted by Genome Canada. ciation of Canada (ESAC)—Is pleased event will highlight the launch in every region of the country. Join NDP Caucus Meeting—The NDP House Sitting—The House is sit- Feb. 22 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in to announce that its annual show- of HWF’s services to furnish us for a conversation about how caucus will meet from 9:15 a.m.- ting on Monday, Feb. 22, and will Room 256-S, Centre Block. RSVP case for parliamentarians and Hill homes of displaced members of the food, beverage, and consumer 11 a.m. in Room 112-N Centre sit every weekday until Feb. 26, it to Lucy Sorensen telephone: 613- staff will take place on Monday, Feb. the Ottawa community, including products sector has become the top Block, on Wednesday. Please call breaks for one week, returns March 751-4460, ext. 210 or genomic- 22, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the newly-arrived Syrian refugees. manufacturing industry in Canada the NDP Media Centre at 613-222- 7 to March 11, breaks for one [email protected]. Chateau Laurier’s Drawing Room. Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and and why it should remain a top pri- 2351 or [email protected] week, returns March 21-25, breaks Workshop for MPs on How to The Canadian Video Game Industry Refugee 613 director Louisa Tay- ority for government. The reception eBay Canada Reception for two weeks, returns on April 11 Maximize Role in Budget, Estimates Showcase is one of the most excit- lor will highlight activities, Feb. will take place on Tuesday, Feb. Celebrating Entrepreneurs—eBay and sits until April 22, breaks for Process—Geoff Dubrow, a former ing annual events on the Hill. You’ll 23, 10:30 a.m. 1380 Star Top 23, 2016 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Canada asks Parliamentarians and th one week, returns May 2 for three Liberal Hill staffer who now works be able to play some of the best Rd. Confi rm attendance catana@ Quebec Suite, Fairmont Chateau advisers to come celebrate its 11 weeks until May 20, breaks for one as a governance consultant special- new video games and technologies hwfottawa.org or 819-661-9514. Laurier, 1 Rideau St., Ottawa. Annual Entrepreneur of the Year week, and returns again on May 30. izing in assessing and training par- and learn more about this dynamic Canadian Produce Marketing As- Please RSVP to: [email protected] or Awards at the Métropolitain Bras- It’s scheduled to sit for four weeks liamentary oversight committees, sector of the Canadian economy. If sociation reception with Chef Michael 416-510-2480. serie (700 Sussex Dr., Ottawa) until Thursday, June 23. is offering workshops for new MPs you’d like to confi rm your participa- Smith—Join the Canadian Produce “Unmuzzled at the Met”—Debi on Feb. 24, from 5:30 p.m.-9 Genomics on the Hill—Meet and their legislative staffers on Feb. tion, RSVP to [email protected] or Marketing Association and Chef Mi- Daviau, president of the Profes- p.m. Attendees must register at some of Canada’s most renowned 22 in Ottawa. Mr. Dubrow, along 416-620-7171, ext. 252. chael Smith and see how fun and sional Institute of the Public [email protected] with genomic scientists and “end us- with former NDP MP Paul Dewar, TUESDAY, FEB. 23 easy eating fruits and vegetables Service of Canada (PIPSC), invites their name, title and offi ce. ers” who are applying genomics to former Liberal MPs Peter Milliken can be. Tuesday, Feb. 23, from you to join scientists and other benefi t Canadians across many sec- and Shawn Murphy, and former Cabinet Meeting—Prime Min- 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Canadian federal public service profession- tors including health, agriculture, ister Justin Trudeau is expected Room, Fairmont Chateau Laurier, 1 als for some candid conversation Conservative MP James Rajotte, Continued on page 37 forestry, fi sheries and aquaculture, will teach MPs how to maximize to hold a Cabinet meeting today Rideau St. RSVP: [email protected] and celebration. Tuesday, Feb. 23, ECONOMIC CLUB OF CANADA Closing the Gap: A New Era for First Nations in Canada

National Chief approach to governing. Perry Bellegarde What does it mean for business and the Assembly of First Nations economy? AFN National Canada is entering a new era when it comes to First Chief Perry Bellegarde, Nations. Assembly of First Nations National Chief leader of the Perry Bellegarde put forward a comprehensive and national organization ambitious agenda for fundamental change, progress representing First and partnership aimed at closing the gap in the quality Nations in Canada, of life between First Nations people and Canada. Prime will speak to the goals Minister Justin Trudeau has said “no relationship is and objectives of First more important” than the one with Indigenous Peoples, Nations and how we declaring the constitutionally guaranteed rights of can all work together Canada’s First Nations “a sacred obligation.” National to close the gap, and Chief Bellegarde and First Nations across the country achieve real change and reconciliation. On March 7, join are now ready to embark on a new path with Canada, National Chief Bellegarde to learn what Closing the Gap one based on respect, rights and a new nation-to-nation means for Canada’s future. Tuesday, March 7th, 2016 11:45 am - 1:30 pm , The Fairmont Chateau Laurier, 1 Rideau Street, Ottawa Speech at 12 pm, lunch to follow ~ Individual member ticket price $89, Individual Non-Member ticket price $110. Tables of 10 available. Lunch will be served. Advance registration is required – numbers are limited. For tickets call (613) 369-4363, visit www.economicclub.ca

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Income Inequality: The Canadian For more information or to RSVP, 12 noon-1 p.m. The Evening tance to Canadians, such as health THURSDAY, MAY 26 Story Book Launch—Feb. 25, 5:30 please contact Cynthia Waldmeier in The Maritimes Sponsors and care, investing in infrastructure p.m.-7:30 p.m., the Métropolitain at 613-233-8906 or cynthia@ Citizen Advocacy board Members projects and fi nancial literacy. For Liberal Biennial Convention—The Brasserie, 700 Sussex Dr., Ottawa. impactcanada.com. will join invited members of the more information, contact Susan federal Liberals will hold their The Institute for Research on Pub- Forum for Young Canadians MP Senate and House of Commons Murray ([email protected]). convention in Winnipeg, Man., lic Policy (IRPP) is pleased to invite Reception—The Forum for Young for a chowder lunch in the House Thursday, May 26, to Sunday, May you to join Graham Fox, president Canadians is a unique educational Speaker’s Salon to raise awareness WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 29, 2016. of the IRPP, and the editors, to program that brings high school for Citizen Advocacy Ottawa. This The Agricultural Institute of Conservative Convention—The Calendar federal Conservatives will hold their launch Income Inequality: The students from across the country to is the offi cial launch of Evening in Canada Conference—It will be Canadian Story, Volume V in the Ottawa for a week-long, behind-the- The Maritimes. Citizen Advocacy’s holding a conference, April 13-14 convention in Vancouver, B.C., May series The Art of the State. scenes look at federal politics on Par- annual gala is raising funds for its on “Disseminating Agricultural 26 to May 29, 2016. Continued from page 36 Rising income inequality has liament Hill. All MPs are invited to Everyday Champions program. This Research.” Delegates will be part of TUESDAY, JUNE 7 been at the forefront of public de- join these smart and ambitious youth event is by invitation only. For more a national dialogue on the place of bate in Canada in recent years, and from all over Canada for an evening information, call Virgilia Partridge, agricultural research to re-establish Registration Now Open CIPMM’s WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24 it is now among the top priorities of reception on Tuesday, March 8, at Citizen Advocacy of Ottawa, at Canada as a leading developer of 27th Annual National Workshop—June our new government. The guest of the Sir John A. Macdonald building 613-761-9522, ext. 240 or email innovative and sustainable agricul- 7-8, 2016. The workshop fee is $875 Universities Canada presents honour will be Jean-Yves Duclos, (144 Wellington St.), from 6 p.m. to to [email protected] tural products and technologies. plus HST and includes access to all Innovators to Know – Celebrating minister of Families, Children and 9 p.m. If you have any questions, or Forum for Young Canadians MP Re- Smart Global Development keynote and breakout sessions. More Canada’s Research Excellence— Social Development Canada. to learn more about Forum for Young ception–The Forum for Young Canadi- conference—This event will explore than 400 delegates from PWGSC, What do pulsars, pollution and Canadians, please check out the ans is a unique educational program the role of higher education in ESD, DND, HC, RCMP, CSEC, DFATD, psychology have in common? Meet TUESDAY, MARCH 1 website http://forum.ca/, or contact that brings high-school students advancing sustainable development DFO, TBS, NRCan, IC, AAND, CIC, outstanding Canadian researchers Statistics Canada Announces Catherine McDonald Tel: (613) 233- from across the country to Ottawa goals, April 13-14, at the Delega- and LAC. Senior government offi cials and innovators who are improv- GDP for February—Statistics Canada 4086, Email: cmcdonald@forum. for a week-long, behind-the-scenes tion of the Ismaili Imamat, Ottawa. from the lead departments and ing Canadians’ quality of life and to release the GDP by industry, ca. To RSVP to this reception, please look at federal politics on Parliament Organizers and sponsors: Aga Khan agencies will be at the networking contributing to Canada’s prosperity. national, for February on March 1, contact Laura Seguin at lseguin@ Hill. All MPs are invited to join these Foundation Canada, Academics reception. There will be exhibitors, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016 from 6 2016. summa.ca or call 613-235-1400. smart and ambitious youth from all without Borders, International subject matter experts representing p.m.-8 p.m. For more information, Can Canada Become an Innova- Canadian Cattlemen’s Associa- over Canada for an evening reception Development Research Centre. Un- both the public and private sectors. please contact [email protected]. tion Nation and Why Does it Matter? tion—Invitation to an evening of on Wednesday, March 23, at the Sir dertaken with fi nancial support https://willow.reg-system.com/login. Samara Canada Shindig—Samara Bell Lecture with Kevin Lynch—Tues- Canadian beef, Canadian beer and John A. Macdonald building (144 of: Global Affairs Canada. aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f2016CIPMMNW Canada is hosting a shindig on Feb. day, March 1, 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Canadian whisky—Sir John A. Mac- Wellington St.), from 6 p.m. to 9 24, 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at the Aulde MAY 2017 River Building, Carleton University, donald Building, 144 Wellington p.m. If you have any questions, or to WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27 Dubliner Pub (second fl oor), 62 1125 Colonel By Dr., Ottawa. Free. St., Ottawa, Ont. 6:30 p.m.-8:30 learn more about Forum for Young Donner Canadian Foundation Conservative Party Leadership William St., Ottawa. Cash bar, light Contact information, 613-520- p.m. RSVP by email to: rsvp@ Canadians, please check out our Award Ceremony—The 18th an- Convention—The Conservatives snacks provided. 2600, ext. 2995, cassie.hodgins@ cattle.ca by March 4. website http://forum.ca/, or contact niversary of the Donner Prize to will elect their next leader on May MLI’s Sir Wilfrid Laurier Celebra- carleton.ca. Climate Action after Paris— Catherine McDonald. Tel: (613) 233- reward excellence and innovation in 27, 2017, Dan Nowlan, chair of tion Dinner—The Macdonald-Laurier Citizens for Public Justice, Ecology 4086, email: cmcdonald@forum. public policy writing by Canadians the party’s leadership election Institute will celebrate the life and WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 Ottawa, and the Polaris Institute ca. To RSVP to this reception, please for 2015-2016, will be held on organizing committee announced legacy of Sir Wilfrid Laurier on Writers’ Trust of Canada An- co-host a panel discussion of next contact Laura Seguin at lseguin@ Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 6 last week. The party is urging February 24, 2016 at the Canadian nounces Shortlist March 2—On steps for faith communities on cli- summa.ca or call 613-235-1400. p.m. at The Carlu, 444 Younge St. Conservative Party members to buy Museum of History, 100 Rue Laurier, Wednesday, March 2, the Writers’ mate change. Wednesday, March 9, Invitation only. memberships or renew them in Gatineau, Que. MLI’s distinguished FRIDAY, APRIL 8 Trust of Canada will announce the from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Cen- order to vote. For more information, speaker panel includes Bob Rae. shortlist for the $25,000 Shaugh- tretown United Church, 507 Bank NDP Federal Convention—The WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 contact Cory Hann, director of com- Tickets $150, tables of eight nessy Cohen Prize for Political Street. cpj.ca/next-steps-climate federal NDP will meet for a policy munications, Conservative Party of $1,050. Register at macdonald- Canadian Rail Summit 2016— Writing. The announcement will be convention April 8-April 10 at the Canada, at 613-697-5614. laurier.ca/events or contact Patricia THURSDAY, MARCH 10 Canadian Rail Summit 2016, made by press release at 6 a.m. Shaw Centre, Edmonton, Alta. The Parliamentary Calendar is a at 613-482-8327 x104. For more Canada’s leading rail event. Explore EST. On Wednesday, April 20 at OEA-CABE Spring Policy Confer- Rick Devereux is the convention’s free listing. Send in your political, information, please contact patricia. cutting-edge products and services 10 p.m. EST, the prize winner will ence: “Canada’s Economy: Does director. For more information, cultural, or governmental event in [email protected]. from 50 tradeshow exhibitors, be announced at the Politics and it Stay or Does it Grow?”—The call the NDP in Ottawa at 1-866- and choose from a wide variety of a paragraph with all the relevant THURSDAY, FEB. 25 the Pen Gala in Ottawa. Details of Ottawa Economics Association 525-2555. technical and conference sessions details under the subject line the authors and their nominated and the Canadian Association for on key industry issues such as ‘Parliamentary Calendar’ to news@ Manning Centre Conference TUESDAY, APRIL 12 books will be available on the Business Economics will host its competitiveness, safety and emerg- hilltimes.com by Wednesday at 2016: Recharging The Right—Ot- Writers’ Trust website: writerstrust. annual spring policy conference Canadian Life and Health Insur- ing technologies. Register at www. noon before the Monday paper. Or tawa, Shaw Centre, 55 Colonel com. Last year’s winner was Joseph on Thursday, March 10, 2016 at ance Industry Advocacy Day—Under railcan.ca/crs2016 and for more fax it to 613-232-9055. We can’t By Drive, Ottawa. Journalist Heath for Enlightenment 2.0: Re- the Chateau Laurier Hotel. This the theme “Working Together for a information, contact Janet Greene guarantee inclusion of every event, panel: How Does the Conserva- storing Sanity to Our Politics, Our full-day event will feature keynote Better Canada,” industry CEOs will at 613-564-8109 jgreene@railcan. but we will defi nitely do our best. tive Movement Recharge? With Economy, and Our Lives. addresses from Postmedia’s Andrew be in Ottawa to meet with Parlia- ca or Lynn Raby at 613-237-3888 [email protected] panelists Chantal Hébert, Anthony Coyne and Glen Hodgson, Confer- mentarians about issues of impor- or [email protected] The Hill Times Furey, Paul Wells, and Mercedes THURSDAY, MARCH 3 ence Board of Canada. The four Stephenson, moderated by Jim Nestlé Canada Parliamentary sessions throughout the day will Armour; Focus on Municipalities Reception—All parliamentarians discuss silver bullets for growth, with Stephanie Kusie; Conserva- are invited to join Nestlé Canada’s international trade and investment, tives on cannabis, with Dr. Karen business leaders from across the green growth, and skills and talent. O’Keefe, Dr. Dean Vause, and Matt country to celebrate 150 years of Click here for more details.” Bufton, and moderated by Dr. Nestlé ‘Good Food, Good Life’. Bacon & Eggheads Breakfast— Daniel Lindsay; Green conservativ- From Nescafé to Kit Kat, Purina PAGSE presents a talk ‘Rethinking ism, with Ross McKitrick, Chris Beneful to Nespresso, the event Cyberattacks: New Strategies to Regan and Andrew Coyne; youth will showcase Nestlé’s brands Counter the Mounting Costs to lunch with Garnett Genuis, Rachael and product diversity, as well as Business and Threats to Canada’s Harder, and Alupa Clarke; The Im- Nestlé’s proud history and com- Security’ with Scott Knight, Royal portance of Political Training, with mitment to helping Canadians live Military College of Canada. Thurs- Morton Blackwell; The State of the healthier, happier lives. May 3, 6 day, March 10, 7:30 a.m. Conservative Movement, with André p.m.-8 p.m., Daly’s Restaurant, Parliamentary Dining Room, Centre Turcotte; C2C Journal Panel, with The Westin Ottawa Hotel. RSVP to Block. No charge to MPs, Senators Sarah MacIntyre, Lydia Milijan, Laura Seguin [email protected] or & Media. All others, $25. Pre- and Paul Bunner; Wither American call 613-235-1400. registration required by Monday, Conservatives? With Michael March 7, by contacting Donna Gerson and Ray Pennings; Future MONDAY, MARCH 7 Boag, PAGSE [email protected] or Premiers, with Brian Jean, Patrick A Taste of the Arctic 2016—In call 613-991-6369. Brown, Jamie Baillie and Brian Pal- Prime Minister Trudeau to lister (video); First Past Its Prime?: its sixth year, ITK’s A Taste of the Arctic has consistently drawn Attend State Dinner in Washing- Examining Electoral Reform, with ton, D.C.—Prime Minister Justin Scott Reid, Nick Loenen, Jonathan hundreds of Ottawa foodies and infl uential decision-makers keen to Trudeau and his wife Sophie Rose, and Tasha Kheiriddin; Labour Grégoire-Trudeau will meet for the Pains: How to Improve Fairness for sample some northern culture and cuisine in the national capital. A fi rst time in Washington, D.C., with Taxpayers, with Charles Lammam; U.S. President Barack Obama and Debt, Defi cits, and Deceit, with Ian Taste of the Arctic will take place on March 7, from 6 p.m. to 10 Michelle Obama. The two will be Brodie, Aaron Gunn, and Adrienne welcomed for an offi cial visit and Batra; The Grey Tsunami: Preparing p.m., at the National Arts Centre, 53 Elgin St., Ottawa. state dinner at the White House on for Canada’s Aging Population, wiht Thursday, March 10. It will be Mr. Dr. Merrilee Fullerton, Nadeem TUESDAY, MARCH 8 Trudeau’s fi rst offi cial visit to the Esmail, and William Robson; A Canadian Chiropractic Associa- U.S. since winning offi ce. The two Win/Win Solution to Aboriginal Af- are supposed to focus their talks fairs, with Brian Lee Crowley, Elmer tion Reception—The Canadian Chi- ropractic Association, the national on economic, climate, security and Ghostkeeper, and Chuck Strahl; border matters, according to CNN. Technology and Politics in the 21st voice of the chiropractic profession which represents over 8,500 li- For more information, call the PMO Century, with Kady O’Malley; and Press Offi ce at (613) 957-5555. the Keynote Address, with Interim censed doctors of chiropractic, will

Conservative Party Leader Rona be hosting a reception on March 8 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 Ambrose. To register, manningcen- in Room 602 in the Parliamentary tre.ca, or call the Manning Centre Restaurant from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. All Chow Down for Charity—Speaker at 403-255-8100, or email info@ Senators, Members of Parliament, of the House of Commons Salon, manningcentre.ca and staff are invited to attend. Room 216-N, March 23, 2016 38 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016 EDITOR’S NOTE: NEWSPAPER AWARDS Hill Times fi nalist for four OCNA Newspaper Awards

Laura Ryckewaert’s story, left, about Maher Arar has been nominated for best news story in the OCNA’s Better Newspaper Awards and Mark Burgess’ story, ‘Love, cigarettes and Tories answering NDP phones: takes from the Hill’s lockdown,’ has been nominated for best feature story.

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“What do you think of whipped votes in the House of Commons? Do they happen too often? When are they okay?”

KATE CORY IAN MATHIEU R. CAMILLE PURCHASE HANN WAYNE ST-AMAND LABCHUK Liberal strategist Conservative strategist NDP strategist Bloc Québécois strategist Green strategist

“We made a strong com- “‘We will make free votes in the “This question can get compli- “Physician-assisted dy- “Forcing MPs to vote along mitment to Canadians that we House of Commons standard prac- cated really quickly. MPs are elected ing is the perfect example of a party lines restricts their abil- would bring a new tone—and tice.’ Where is that from? The Liberal to represent their constituents. They case where we should not ity to represent their constitu- a new style—of government to Party’s election platform from just are also elected on a party platform. impose a party line on a vote in ents, which is why the Green Ottawa. An important part of four months ago. Yet we’ve watched Once elected, they have a constitutional the House. It is an extremely sen- Party has a long-standing policy this promise focuses on giving as this Liberal government goes responsibility to hold the government sitive issue that concerns basic against whipping votes. We Canadians a stronger voice in on, they clamp down more on their accountable. On some issues these dif- values. In Quebec we created strongly oppose any attempt to the House of Commons. One benches. Even their Parliamentary ferent roles are in confl ict and must be a non-partisan committee to disempower MPs simply for the way to do this is by limiting the Secretary for National Defence, John reconciled before an MP casts their vote. study the subject from all sides sake of partisan convenience. circumstances in which Liberal McKay, was surprised his boss was “In terms of holding the government and, most importantly, to avoid Whipped votes are a threat to Members of Parliament are re- telling him he couldn’t vote his own to account, having a free and open de- imposing a predetermined point democracy. quired to vote in solidarity with conscience on an issue as important bate can be as important as how they of view. This approach enabled “It’s critical to remember Cabinet. as assisted suicide. Instead he has to vote. When our elected representatives Quebeckers and elected repre- that MPs are elected by vot- “During the election, we follow Justin Trudeau’s lead. gather to debate important issues, it sentatives to make an enlight- ers—not party bosses. Yet, in made our position clear. For “As analysis after analysis has would be grand if they didn’t just end ened decision based on their the old-line political parties, members of the Liberal caucus, shown in the past, our Conservative up in a free for all—where talking values. MPs are routinely bullied into all votes will be free votes with Party is the most democratic, al- points and wedge issues, like pipelines “Why would Justin Trudeau’s falling into line through threat three important exceptions: fi rst, lowing more free votes for our MPs or Israel, are simply hurled at each Liberals establish a committee of punishment, including not those that implement the Lib- than any other party in the House of other across the fl oor. to grapple with this subject if the being allowed to speak in the eral electoral platform; second, Commons. For the Liberals, it cer- “For the NDP, free votes have gener- leader was simply going to tell House or even being thrown those that concern traditional tainly looked good in their platform, ally not been a big issue. Our caucus has his MPs how to vote? By forcing of the party. Tying the hands of confi dence matters, such as the and they received applause for it, been able to have robust yet respectful Liberal MPs to vote the party MPs undermines the ability of budget; and third, those that ad- but talk is cheap. And when it comes conversations that lead to a consensus line on physician-assisted dy- individual voters to have their dress our shared values and the down to actually following through, position. Keep in mind that when you ing, Government House Leader perspectives represented in our protections guaranteed by the like with so many of their other big actually agree on things there’s no need Dominic LeBlanc is turning a hu- political institutions. Charter of Rights and Freedoms. commitments, they’re failing. No for a leader to whip the vote. man issue into a partisan one. In “For the Green MPs, the duty “Parliament must be a place balanced budget, no revenue neutral “I believe more free votes are 2016, we expect our legislators to of representing constituents where people can do serious tax hikes, no $10-billion defi cit caps better, while being mindful of the have more freedom in debates of is sacred, and Green MPs will work on behalf of their constitu- and now no free votes. potential tyranny of the majority. In this nature. It would be a breath always be free to put their con- ents, make their voices heard, “I’ll give them one thing, they’re a democracy, we should never put of fresh air for our democratic stituents or conscience ahead of and hold the government to consistent. Liberals haven’t yet met human rights, or minority rights, up to system.” orders from the party leader’s account. We are working hard to a promise they wouldn’t break.” a vote.” offi ce.” do just that.”

® FROM 2006 TO 2015 illegal tobacco robbed Canadians of over $15* BILLION

HOW MUCH WILL Up to $2 billion per year until the Federal IT COST CANADIANS IN THE FUTURE? Government takes action to stop illegal tobacco* WHO IS The 175 organized crime groups WINNING? involved in contraband tobacco**

WHAT IS THE The Federal Government needs to GOVERNMENT DOING? take action on illegal tobacco NOW

* National Academy of Science, Understanding the US Illicit tobacco market (2015), Page 93-94 and Estimate based on federal and provincial contraband levels estimates and projected tobacco tax revenues in federal and provincial budget documents **http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pubs/tobac-tabac/tobacco-tabac-strat-2008-eng.htm