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Bring Senate Expense- Claim Disputes out of 'Arbitrary,' 'Secretive' SAMARA Spotlight bad behaviour in the HoHouse CANADA Natural P. 6 Resources Middling ISG gets a Policy reviews Briefi ng for party budget boost The Myanmar you’re not leaders p. 6 seeing in the heading news pp. 14-15 pp. 17-25 into 2018 Powers, Whittington pp. 10-11 TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 1493 CANADA’S POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2017 $5.00 News Senate expenses News House spending Internal Economy Board Bring Senate expense- approves ‘new standard’ of claim disputes out of House spending above $500M BY CHARELLE EVELYN While the 2018-19 fi gure ap- proved at a Dec. 7 meeting—the ouse of Commons spend- fourth open session of the power- Hing is on track to remain ful committee in charge of House ‘arbitrary,’ ‘secretive’ spending—is $4-million less than above the half-billion-dollar mark next fi scal year, as the the total spending already ap- Board of Internal Economy ap- proved for the current fi scal year, proved a $507-million budget it’s still more than $31-million meetings: Sen. McPhedran for Members of Parliament, above the amount initially bud- House offi cers, and the staff geted for this year, as presented who support them. in the 2017-18 main estimates. The Senator wants all consideration of travel claims to be done in the The committee’s Dec. 7 vote In February, when those open, but critics say appealing rejected claims casts a shadow over marks the fi rst time House of estimates were tabled, pro- Commons spending has been jected spending for MPs and the Upper Chamber’s already tarnished expense-related reputation. approved with a starting point of more than $500-million in cash. Continued on page 16 News Veterans aff airs Department leaves veterans in ‘fi nancial limbo,’ behind on half its targets BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN the department’s worst results. The vast majority of injured anada’s Veterans Affairs veterans are waiting more than CDepartment is behind on four months to learn if they half of its performance targets, qualify for fi nancial support. department results released Only 26 per cent of veterans last month reveal, which op- waiting on their disability award position MPs call unacceptable have applications that are less and a “horrible performance” than 16 weeks old. The depart- built off systemic problems. ment goal is for 80 per cent of Veterans Affairs missed 14 applicants to meet that 16-week of 26 targets for the 2016-17 threshold. Similarly, only 29 per year, fi ling 54 per cent under cent of disability pension ap- Independent Senator Marilou McPhedran appeared before the Senate Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets, and Administration “attention required,” leading to plications were under the four- on Dec. 7 to contest a rejected travel-expense claim and the process by which the claim was denied. She will appear before the delayed decisions on veteran month mark. The department Publications Mail Agreement #40068926 committee again on Dec. 14 as part of a separate expense-claim appeal. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade services like career training, was also behind on its decisions long-term care and disability for those claiming disability. BY CHARELLE EVELYN But a Conservative Senator says tion Committee on Dec. 7 to have a support. “We are looking at the entire Sen. Marilou McPhedran’s (Manito- public airing of a travel claim that “The situations [veterans] disability application process, n Independent Senator says ba) multiple appeals were a useless had already been rejected once by face, they need service right from intake to decisions, to Ashe repeatedly appealed a exercise that only served to bring the Senate fi nance administration away,” said NDP veterans expedite decisions and respond denied spring travel-expense up bad memories of the Senate’s and twice by an Internal Economy affairs critic Irene Mathys- to Veterans’ needs more quickly,” claim not because she wants to be expense scandal of a few years ago, Committee subgroup. sen (London-Fanshawe, Ont.). said spokesperson Marc Les- reimbursed, but rather she wants to and her appeals were rightly denied. “I am very concerned about “People cannot sit in fi nancial coutre by email in response to The Hill Times, move the way Senators’ expenses Sen. McPhedran appeared be- secretive processes with arbitrary limbo over and over again.” questions from are disputed out from an “arbitrary” fore the Senate’s powerful Internal Disability decisions and ap- and “secretive” forum. Economy, Budgets, and Administra- Continued on page 27 plications represented some of Continued on page 26 2 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2017 | THE HILL TIMES From left, Al MacKay, chair of the Travers Debates Committee, Heard on the Hill Joan Travers, volunteer Tom by Shruti Shekar Bradley, and Jennifer Conley, of the Carleton Advancement offi ce. Photograph Look out leukemia! courtesy of Al Lego LeBlanc comes MacKay with well of good wishes The two will write a series that will be for fi sheries minister published by the national news wire service. The Love Actually party is On a side note, the fellowship is also now fi nancially self-sustaining. back on folks! marily covering trade. It’s been a privilege Chair of the debate committee, Al to work with so many smart and talented MacKay, said that proceeds from the It looks like the Love Actually movie people these past 7 years at iPolitics,” Travers Debates hosted in October, which viewing party is back on this year hosted Mr. Siekierski tweeted. totaled to $40,000, plus proceeds from pre- by the creator of the party, iPolitics colum- Prior to joining the media compa- vious debates, additional private contribu- nist, Susan Delacourt. ny, Mr. Siekierski was a trade consultant tions and the $20,000 that was matched by Ms. Delacourt said that the party was with Grey Clark Shih and Associates for Carleton University “puts the fellowship hosted on and off since 2009, and this year one year in 2009. on a basis where the annual $25,000 award is going to be on Dec. 17 at the Black Rose Earlier this month, journalist James can be maintained in perpetuity.” pub, which is part of the Heart and Crown iPolitics Munson, who had been at for six The fellowship commemorates James collection of pubs in the ByWard Market in years, also moved over to Bloomberg to Travers, who was a reporter, foreign downtown Ottawa. work for its environment publication. correspondent, and general manager And who doesn’t love the movie? The of Southam News, editor of The Ottawa holiday-themed fi lm was released back in Citizen, executive managing editor of The 2003 and has a slew of actors including Co- Too critical to leave unread Toronto Star, and national columnist lin Firth, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, for The Star when he died March 3, 2011. Keira Knightley, and Hugh Grant. A new book “It has everything in it—including poli- Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc was about how tics—and great cast, great music,” Ms. Dela- transformed into a Lego fi gure after he Canada man- Separated at birth, eh? court said, adding that in the past, journalists announced he was diagnosed with leukemia. ages threats and Ottawa’s political folk have attended. Photograph courtesy of PoliLego’s Twitter to some of its Ms. Delacourt noted she hit pause on infrastructures the movie party for a few years because during disas- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, then Liber- ook out leukemia! Lego LeBlanc ters has been al Party leader, made it a punchline during comes with well of good wishes for L released, titled a press gallery dinner speech that didn’t sit fi sheries minister Too Critical very well with her. It wasn’t under the best circumstance to Fail: How She added that the year before the din- that Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc Canada Man- ner, which was probably around 2012, Mr. was transformed into a Lego fi gure, as it ages Threats Trudeau’s now senior political adviser Gerald happened shortly after he announced his to Critical Butts had attended, which could have contrib- cancer diagnosis, but we’re choosing to Infrastructure . uted to the joke happening the year after. view it as a small silver lining. The authors She noted that after he made the joke at the “Sending our best wishes to the legend- of the book, dinner, which she had attended with Mr. Butts, arily witty Minister of Fisheries and #Beau- Kevin Quigley, Ben Bisset, and Bryan she thought: “Really? That’s the only thing you séjour MP Dominic LeBlanc (@DLeBlanc- Mills, explore the vulnerabilities and know about me? That I love Love Actually? So NB). If laughter is the best medicine, you are regulatory challenges that cause threats to Photographs courtesy of Facebook and Hill Times I suspended festivities for a few years.” halfway to beating this. #cdnpoli #nbpoli,” safety and security for the government and fi le photograph Partygoers are forewarned: Ms. Dela- Twitter user @PoliLego tweeted Dec. 8. private sector during disaters. court has had some issues with strangers The popular account transforms politicians The three researched natural disasters, Newly elected Liberal MP Churence trying to attend this party this year when into Lego fi gures as and when events unfold. pandemics, industrial failures, cyber-at- Rogers, left, looks a lot like veteran Liberal she created the Facebook invite on Nov. Mr. LeBlanc announced on Dec. 6 that tacks, and terrorist threats to come to their MP Denis Paradis. 24. She also noted there is very limited he was battling chronic lymphocytic leu- own original conclusions. spacing in the bar so if you’re interested to kemia and was diagnosed after a physical In particular, the book provides a lens to make sure you seek an invitation.
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