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per cent a year earlier. The Institute for Research on Public On a regional basis, Policy is hosting a workshop for journal- that level of trust ists about the Indian Act on Friday, April ranged from 56 per 28 in . It will be moderated by cent in the Atlantic Jennifer Ditchburn, editor-in-chief of the Heard on the Hill to 37 per cent in the organization’s Policy Options publication. West—and as low as 27 The expert panelists there will be Carleton per cent in . His University public policy professor Frances by Derek Abma trust among females was Abele, law profes- 46 per cent compared to 40 sor and Opaskwayak Cree Nation member per cent among males. Douglas Sanderson, and Roger D. Jones, The poll also in- founding president of the Indigenous Bar cluded some interest- Association. Trump’s dairy ing results related It will be held between 1 and 3 p.m. at to marijuana, the the International Development Research recreational use Centre at 150 Kent St., on the eighth floor. Do you trust this for which is slated Those interested in attending are asked to offensive triggers guy? For the most to become legal next register through the events section at irpp. people polled by year. Fifty-one per org. The cost is $25, or free for students. Environics, the cent said they trust answer was no. The pharmacies to sell barbs in Conservative Hill Times photograph by and distribute pot, Champion bell ringers Jake Wright 39 per cent said they trust the government announced to set the prices, and just 13 per cent said they trusted the marijuana manufacturing House Speaker last week leadership race announced the winners of the national industry. This is good news for those in the public relations industry, who should have Carillon Composition Competition, which Mr. Scheer responded with a link to the no shortage of calls from this sector over is based on the art of playing music with message in both official languages. the next year or so. the kinds of bells and chimes that make When asked about the tweet, Pierre-Luc noise in the Peace Tower. Jean, from Mr. Blaney’s campaign, said in The winner in the open category was an email that Mr. Scheer has had a habit of Munk academic to tell Scott Allan Orr, a Toronto native who’s cur- sending emails to Conservative members Canada to toughen up on rently a doctoral student of heritage science about supply management in French only. at Britain’s Oxford University. His piece is Nancy Bishay, a spokeswoman for world stage called Festive rondo, and it will be played Mr. Scheer, responded to that charge as for the public for the first time this Canada Day by the country’s dominion carillonneur, follows in an email to The Hill Times: “At The director of the University of Toron- Andrea McCrady, at the Peace Tower. times, when responding to a timely issue, to’s Munk The winner of the youth category—for sometimes one language goes out before School people who were 26 or younger as of Jan. 1 another … but the message remains the of Global this year—was Lucus Oickle, who is origi- same in both languages. And as one of the Affairs nally from and is now living few campaigns with a candidate that is will be in in Japan with his wife. His composition, bilingual, that is important.” Ottawa Fifteen Decades, will also debut on Canada on the Day, but at the Soldiers’ Tower in Toronto. Conservative leadership candidate Maxime morning Bernier, seen here during this year’s Manning Angus campaign goes off of May Centre Conference in Ottawa, agreed with much 2 to tell of what U.S. Donald Trump said last week the beaten path Canada Search underway for about Canada’s supply-managed dairy sector. that its parliamentary poet laureate The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright “nice guy” approach .S. President Donald Trump’s shot to inter- Stephen Toope will be speaking Officials are Uat Canada’s dairy industry provided national on the Hill on May 2. The Hill looking for some fodder for Conservative leadership affairs Times photograph by Jake Wright a successor candidates to fight about last week. isn’t going to cut it anymore. to current After Mr. Trump promised something Stephen Toope will be appearing at the parliamentary would be done in reaction to what he called Parliamentary Restaurant that day for an poet laureate “very unfair” practices in Canada’s supply- event that goes from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m., as George Elliott , left, greets staff at Shacklands managed dairy sector, Conservative leader- part of the Big Thinking lecture series put Clarke. Brewing in Toronto. Photograph courtesy of Charlie ship candidate wrote an on by the Federation for the Humanities Parliament open letter to the U.S. president, which was Angus’s Facebook and Social Sciences. of Canada published in . Promotional material for the event said photograph Charlie Angus’s campaign to become In it, Mr. Bernier said he “was very that, given the changes underway with so by Jonathon NDP leader is taking him to some loca- pleased when I saw that you stole one of many countries key to the global order Harrington tions not called Tim Hortons, which are not my best lines by denouncing supply man- of things, like the , China, always obvious stops for other politicians. agement as an ‘unfair thing.’ I have been Great Britain, and Russia, Canada needs For example, last week he made a stop making this same point since the begin- a “tough-minded focus” and “more diverse at a brewpub in an industrial section of ning of my campaign a year ago.” relationships.” Toronto called Shacklands Brewing. Mr. Bernier said he agreed with Mr. “Being a nice guy, a toque on the head He described his visit in a Facebook Trump that Canada’s supply-managed of America, won’t be nearly enough,” an post: “When my team was approached by Nominations are being sought for some- dairy sector is unfair to U.S. farmers, but email from the Federation said. an anarchist brewing group (Shacklands one to serve as Parliament’s eighth-ever added that he is “mostly sorry for a much Brewery) to host a meet and greet at their poet laureate. larger group: the 35 million place on a dead-end industrial road in the The position, currently held by George who are paying on average twice as much Indian Act slaughterhouse district, I said we have to Elliott Clarke since Jan. 1, 2016, was estab- as they should for their eggs, chicken and make this happen. Justin [Trudeau] and lished in 2001 to “promote the importance dairy products.” workshop do their meet and greets at and value of poetry among all Canadians,” But he added that if, as prime minster, he the Timmies (to show they are in touch with planned according to a press release last week from was discussing this issue with Mr. Trump, he ‘ordinary’ Canadians). But we are having a the Library of Parliament. would also bring up the softwood lumber blast going out to places like Shacklands.” this week As set out in the industry, which he said is regularly hit with The company took note of Mr. Angus’s Act, the person in this position can be illegal tariffs and quota limits. description of it as “anarchist” and replied With renew- involved in roles such as composing poetry, Conservative leadership opponent Erin on its Facebook page, “to be honest we are ing and sponsoring poetry readings, and advising O’Toole, in response, tweeted at Mr. Ber- more anarcho-syndicalist, but we will take improving the parliamentary librarian on the library’s nier, “Someone should tell @MaximeBer- a compliment when an honest politician Canada’s poetry collection, among other things. nier that you don’t negotiate with the U.S. gives one.” relation- The poet laureate is to hold their role by sitting on their side of the table.” ship with for up to two years. Because the current Another leadership candidate, Andrew its indig- one is an anglophone, the next one will be Scheer, had a message posted on the Face- Trudeau’s trust level down enous chosen from the francophone community. book page of pro-supply-management group, popu- Policy Options editor-in-chief The deadline for nominations is July 3. A Les amis de la Gestion de L’offre et des Ré- slightly in Environics poll lation Jennifer Ditchburn will moderate selection committee chaired by parliamen- gions, that said, unlike Prime Minister Justin being a a discussion about the Indian Act. tary librarian Sonia L’Heureux is to submit Trudeau and Mr. Bernier, he will “stand up The level of trust survey respondents common The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright three candidates to House Speak Geoff for our producers and our rural areas.” have in Prime Mister was theme Regan and Senate Speaker George Furey, Another Conservative leadership can- down slightly this year in Environics Com- with the current federal government, it could who will then make a final selection. didate, , initially saw only a munications’ annual CanTrust Index survey. help journalists to understand the 141-year- People can make nominations online at French version of this post and tweeted at The poll, taken online of 1,500 Cana- old law that has provided a basis for much of www.parl.gc.ca/poet. 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“It was something he [Mr. Morneau] would consider,” said Mr. Ehsassi. Lawyers in Liberal Liberal MP (St. Catharines, Ont.), also a lawyer, told The Hill Times he has also heard concerns about this change from the legal community. He said that caucus push back against he’s awaiting the details from the Finance Department as to how this change will affect all professionals, including law- yers. Mr. Bittle said the reason why he eliminating deferred-tax hasn’t heard from constituents of affected professional backgrounds could be that the budget was tabled only last month and most still don’t know about it. He said he provision, say Morneau has conveyed the feedback from the legal community to Mr. Morneau. “My hope is that there’ll be an analysis open to change and that access to justice won’t be impact- ed by any of these changes. But I know that Finance Minister , left, pictured the minister is concerned and won’t take with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, tabled any actions that would negatively impact clients who don’t have the means to pay up the federal budget on March 22 in which he Critics say the proposed Canadians’ access to the justice system,” front by using contingency fees and other proposed to eliminate billed-basis accounting types of deferred-payment arrangements,” Mr. Bittle said. for certain professions. The Hill Times photograph by budget measure would Another lawyer Liberal MP, Nicola Di wrote René Basque, president of the Ca- Jake Wright prevent lawyers from nadian Bar Association in an email to The Iorio (Saint-Léonard-Saint-Michel, Que.), Hill Times. “These arrangements increase said dozens of his constituents from a va- serving clients who can’t access to justice by allowing people who riety of professional backgrounds phoned retsen said that if his colleagues are correct have been wronged—and would otherwise or emailed his office on this issue. He said in their claim, then it’s a “different social pay upfront. not be able to afford it—to seek justice.” he met with Mr. Morneau and found him issue” and must be addressed separately. He added: “Virtually every lawyer who to be open to hearing arguments against “If we have a problem with people access- the change. ing the justice system, then that’s a different Continued from page 1 provides service to clients of modest means who cannot afford to pay until something “I’ve received comments from the social issue that we need to deal with sepa- else happens—like a settlement comes professionals in a variety of sectors—ac- rately,” said Mr. Gerretsen. “We need to make from their income tax bills for that period. through, or a matrimonial home sells— countants, lawyers, physicians, dentists, sure that the proper measures are in place In the March 22 budget, Mr. Morneau will be affected unless they can afford to engineers,” said Mr. Di Iorio. to make sure that people have the ability to proposed to eliminate this tax deferral, finance their client’s case over multiple “They’re obviously displeased with access the justice system.” and announced that this provision will years, i.e. not be paid and pay tax on the the fact that they could be faced with a He said that the law should be the same be phased out in the next two years. This fees that they have not yet earned. scenario where they would be paying taxes for all Canadians and all should pay the means that even if the work is not billed, “Very few lawyers who practice in these on money they have not collected. It is tax in the year they undertake their work. work in progress has to be included in the ‘personal plight’ areas can afford this. And our role, when we receive reactions from “It’s the right thing to do. You should be taxable income and taxes have to be paid if they can’t afford to practice—and pay— the Canadian people, that we go and ad- paying tax on work that you do based on even if the bills have not been collected. in this way, they will have to say no to cli- dress them and raise them with the proper the year you do the work in,” he said. The government estimates this measure ents who need their assistance. That’s how minister. I’ve raised it with the minister of A Finance Department official told The will generate $425-million over the next this proposal impacts access to justice.” Finance.” Hill Times that the government proposed three fiscal years. Mr. Basque said his organization’s Liberal MP Julie Dzerowics (Davenport, the change in the budget to make tax laws In interviews last week, Liberal MPs representatives have met with the Finance Ont.), who is not a lawyer, said she has not equal to all Canadians. said that of all the professionals, lawyers Department to explain their point of view discussed this issue with Mr. Morneau, but “The government’s decision was an- will be the most affected by this change, and to understand the scope and applica- knows that many of her colleagues have. She nounced in Budget 2017 as part of mea- especially the ones practising the employ- tion of this proposed change, and discus- said the Department of Finance is taking this sures designed to bring tax fairness to the ment law, family law, medical malpractice, sions are ongoing. issue “seriously” and looking into the con- middle class, and eliminate tax advantages consumer protection, wills and estates, and Mr. Ehsassi said that of all the profes- cerns of MPs and other stakeholders. available to some at the expense of others,” class action law suits. Lawyers who prac- sionals, this proposed change would hit “The minister of Finance recognizes the official said. tise this kind work often do it on a contin- the lawyers the hardest. He said he did not that this is a concern on behalf of a “Legislation to implement a number of gency basis for many clients who cannot get any calls from his constituents on this number of MPs,” said Ms. Dzerowicz. “It’s budget measures, including tax measures, pay upfront legal fees. These lawyers only issue, but about 10 lawyers had called him something that the Finance officials are has already been introduced in Parliament. It get paid if they win the case, and these and raised concerns. seriously looking into.” is the government’s intention to introduce a cases can go on for years. He said this change means lawyers Liberal MP (Kingston second budget implementation bill later this The Canadian Bar Association told The might have to stop providing services and the Islands, Ont.), also not a lawyer, year, and to include in that bill amendments Hill Times that the proposed change in the to clients who cannot pay their fees. Mr. said he supports Mr. Morneau’s budget to the Income Tax Act to enact this and other budget will “make it virtually impossible” Ehsassi said he and at least four or five proposal to eliminate the work-in-progress budget measures not included in the bill for lawyers to provide their services to cli- other Liberal MPs with legal backgrounds deferral. He disagreed with the concerns of already before Parliament.” ents who cannot pay their fees up front. have contacted Mr. Morneau on this issue his colleagues who think it could impede [email protected] “Lawyers presently accommodate many and he has agreed to reconsider. the Canadians’ access to justice. Mr. Ger- The Hill Times

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3530, boulevard Saint-Laurent, bureau 400, Montréal (Québec) H2X 2V1 t 514 844-2624 tc 514 844-5041 6 monday, april 24, 2017 | the hill times News Lobbyists registry shows Irving companies keeping close contact with federal officials

The lobbying registration for It’s unclear how Irving Shipbuilding indicates it wants to have input into the much Irving government’s National Shipbuild- ing Strategy, noting that it was lobbying is related selected in 2011 to build combat to the controversial vessels as part of this program. Discussions about in-service review of a supply- support for Halifax-class frigates are also listed as a reason for its ship contract to a federal lobbying. Irving Shipbuilding falls under competitor. the umbrella of J.D. Irving Ltd., which was fourth biggest lobby- ist in January with 15 reports. In Continued from page 1 February it had 10, and in March had seven, which was still more Irving Shipbuilding regularly than vast majority of organiza- meets with government officials tions registered to lobby the on current and future needs of government. the Royal Canadian Navy. This is Besides the spokesman from not uncommon or unusual. We file Irving Shipbuilding, no one from monthly communication reports J.D. Irving responded to a request as required by the Lobbying Act for comment on the company’s that detail reportable interactions lobbying activity. with government officials. We The registrations on the feder- certainly understand the need for al lobbying database for both J.D. transparency in our interactions Irving and Irving Shipbuilding with government and fully sup- list James Irving as their co-chief port the purpose and intent of the executive officer and the person lobbyist registry.” responsible for their registrations. It’s unclear how much of these Fisheries, Oceans and Ca- discussions with government nadian Coast Guard Minister have been related to the leak Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, about the government’s review of N.B.) has declared to the ethics Treasury Board President Scott Brison, top left, is among the members of the Trudeau cabinet most often lobbied a $660-million supply-ship con- commissioner his friendship with by Irving companies along with Public Services Minister Judy Foote, Foreign Affairs Minister , and tract for Chantier Davie Canada Mr. Irving and has promised not Finance Minister Bill Morneau, above left, Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay, and Innovation Minister Navdeep Inc., just outside of Québec City, to involve himself in decisions Bains, according to the federal lobbyists registry. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright awarded by the previous Conser- that affect Mr. Irving’s business vative government. interests. for Feb. 16, Jan. 17, and Jan. 5, financial support for an Atlantic The Irving family was seventh The leak occurred shortly after Treasury Board President and Innovation Minister Navdeep salmon restoration project that in ’s 2017 the Liberal government took power Scott Brison (Kings-Hants, N.S.) Bains (Mississauga-Malton, Ont.) it’s involved in, pending mari- rankings of Canada’s richest peo- in November 2015, and reports have is among the senior government for Jan. 26. juana legalization, the Softwood ple, with an estimated net worth indicated this was behind a suspen- officials listed most often in the Justin To, deputy policy direc- Lumber Agreement with the of $7.65-billion and companies sion for Vice-Admiral Mark Norman Irving companies’ lobbying filings. tor for Prime Minister Justin United States, government hous- under their control thought to be and an RCMP investigation. He is named in separate communi- Trudeau (Papineau, Que.), shows ing projects for the North, the worth about $10-billion. cation reports from both J.D. Irving up in four communications National Shipbuilding Strategy, The federal lobbying registra- and Irving Shipbuilding for March reports from Irving Shipbuilding exports of Canadian paper to the tions for both J.D. Irving and Irving 16. International trade is listed as this year—for March 31, March 8, U.S., and climate-change policy. Shipbuilding indicate their main the topic of discussion in the filing Feb. 23, and Jan. 22. For the three Besides Mr. Brison, cabinet addresses as 300 Union St. in from J.D. Irving, while the Irving most recent occasions, defence is ministers showing up on J.D. Saint John. Irving Oil lists a main Shipbuilding filing lists defence as listed as the subject matter, and Irving’s lobbying reports this year address of 10 Sydney St. in Saint the topic. government procurement is indi- include Mr. MacAulay for March John, which Google Maps shows Mr. Brison is named in three cated on the earlier one. 23, and Ms. Freeland for Feb. 23 is a block away and a three-minute other communication reports Former PMO senior adviser and Jan. 31. walk from 300 Union St. The from Irving Shipbuilding for 2017. Cyrus Reporter is named in an There’s also Irving Oil Ltd., websites for J.D. Irving and Irving One for Feb. 27 notes govern- Irving Shipbuilding communica- which is controlled by other mem- Oil also indicate their headquar- ment procurement as the topic tion report for Jan. 18. Others in bers of the family, such as Kenneth ters are in Saint John, though the discussed, the one for Jan. 26 says Mr. Trudeau’s office had contact Irving and Sarah Irving. Irving Oil website for the Irving Shipbuilding industry was the subject, and the with the company in late 2016, in- filed no lobbying communication indicates its headquarters are in report for Jan. 9 also lists govern- cluding chief of staff Katie Telford reports for March but had nine in Halifax, where its shipyard is. ment procurement. and principal secretary Gerald February and four in January. [email protected] When asked for some ad- Butts on Nov. 23, according to the Irving Oil’s registration indi- The Hill Times ditional context and details registry. cates it wants to consult with the Irving Shipbuilding president Kevin about these discussions, Jean- Asked if he could provide any government on things such as McCoy. Photograph courtesy of Irving Luc Ferland, spokesman for Mr. more details about discussions the North American Free Trade Shipbuilding Brison, replied in an email that he with Irving companies’ officials, Agreement’s treatment of oil and 10 busiest “meets regularly with Canadians, PMO spokesman Cameron Ahmad gas, Canada’s energy strategy, It’s become known that, around stakeholders, and organizations said in an email: “Staff in the office and environmental regulations. federal lobbyists the time of that leak, Irving Ship- across the country. Lobbyists are of the prime minister meet regu- The proposed Energy East pipe- building sent a letter to Defence required to report these meetings larly with stakeholders and orga- line, which would stretch from in March by Minister ( according to the rules set out in nizations from across the country. to Irving Oil’s refinery in communication South, B.C.) and Public Services the Lobbying Act. This enhances Meetings with stakeholders are Saint John, N.B., is not explicitly Minister Judy Foote (Bonavista- integrity and transparency and regularly reported by lobbyists as identified in its lobbying filings. reports: Burin-Trinity, N.L.), asking for helps to maintain Canadians’ per the rules set out in the Lob- However, the registration does a review of this contract. Irving trust in the public institutions that bying Act. As such, you may refer refer to “oil and gas infrastruc- Shipbuilding president Kevin serve them.” to the registry of the Office of the ture projects subject to National Canadian Home Builders’ Association 50 McCoy has said the timing of that Among the other cabinet Commissioner of Lobbying.” Energy Board review.” Engineers Canada 41 letter was merely a coincidence. An ministers Irving Shipbuilding Beyond its shipbuilding divi- Among the federal officials Discovery Air Defence 31 email from Vice-Admiral Norman has filed communication reports sion, J.D. 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E ditorial Letters to the Editor Liberals should be Policy failure in Conservative Party congratulated for keeping leadership race, says Ottawa reader e: “Conservative MPs criticize Gilm- there has been little talk about how this particular promise Rore for floating Conservative Party Canada will position itself as the world shakeup, take aim at his marriage to transitions to a lower-carbon economy. ood for the Liberals for following through about the children. The proposed legislation Liberal minister,” (The Hill Times, April Will the new Conservative leader take Gon their 2015 election campaign promise includes a maximum sentence of 14 years in 12, p. 1). On May 27, the Conservatives opportunities to recapture Canada’s share to legalize recreational marijuana. prison for providing marijuana to someone will elect their new leader. As a non-par- of the clean energy business globally? Will The Liberals promised to legalize, regulate, under the age of 18. That’s the same maximum tisan Canadian, I am very disappointed he/she support a fair and meaningful and restrict access to marijuana, and according sentence for making child pornography or with the far-right social policies proposed carbon fee? What kind of a future do they to legislation tabled earlier this month, that’s sexually assaulting someone under 16. Selling by the candidates and agree with Scott aspire to pass on to our grandchildren? exactly what’s going to happen. alcohol to a minor in Ontario carries a maxi- Gilmore’s criticism. The recent contest The writing is on the wall: the trend Considering what’s going on with deficits mum penalty of one year. You decide: which of represents a policy failure. to clean energy is irreversible. There is that are way beyond $10-billion a year with these things is more like the other? I was hoping for policies addressing no future in investing in pipelines and no end in sight, and Canada’s electoral system Health Minister Jane Philpott is focused Canada’s future in a world with evermore oilsands expansion. Instead, our govern- that will remain first-past-the-post for at least on health and public education to make sure severe climate disruption. What is needed ment should begin serious efforts now the next election and probably beyond, kept Canadians are aware of the potential health are bold proposals to replace the inad- to diversify the economy and support a election promises are no given. risks of marijuana, just as there is public infor- equate environmental policies that the just transition for workers and commu- As former Liberal prime minister Jean mation produced about tobacco and alcohol. Liberal government has implemented and nities. The need for strong leadership in Chrétien told CBC and CTV last week, it’s The Liberals hope to get this law passed actually move the country toward meet- steering Canada toward the new reality about time marijuana was legalized in Can- and in place by July 2018. That’s an ambi- ing the commitments of the Paris accord. has never been more urgent. ada. He and his government tried unsuccess- tious timeline and it is hard right now to see With the exception of Conservative Penny Henderson fully back in 2003 to decriminalize possession how this will all play out politically. leadership candidate , Ottawa, Ont. of small amounts of cannabis, but the bill died As Liberal pundit Greg MacEachern said when Parliament was prorogued. in this week’s issue of The Hill Times, “The “What was bothering me very much was challenge may be for the [next] election, where some kids will do the mistake of using it, this is in terms of implementation and rollout, and they will have a criminal record, and and sometimes in the early days—whether it’s Foreign aid biggest source of international they could not cross the border anymore to the Affordable Care Act in the United States, the United States. That was something that I or the Phoenix pay system—sometimes new funding for poorest countries could not accept, and I wanted to change it,” systems do not roll out perfectly.” Mr. Chrétien told CTV’s Power Play. The Senate is a crapshoot because the t is disingenuous of the Trudeau govern- from DFIs, on the other hand, mainly ben- But this is also politically risky. independent Liberals, the Conservatives, and ment to tout the implementation of a new efit middle-income countries—not surpris- An Angus Reid Institute poll released even the Trudeau-appointed Liberals, none of I Development Finance Institution (DFI) ing, since they have the capacity to take on last week found that 63 per cent of respon- whom are officially part of the government while at the same time announce that there debt. Depriving the poorest in order to help dents were strongly or moderately in fa- caucus. “That’s where a huge amount of the is no plan to increase international assis- the less poor is hardly a matter of pride for vour of the Liberals’ marijuana legislation, uncertainty will be for this piece of legisla- tance. Foreign aid is the biggest source of a country that proclaims its humanism and while 37 per cent were opposed to it. tion,” noted Navigator’s Will Stewart. international funding for the poorest coun- aspires to be a world leader. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale made But as the government’s point man on tries in the world, including those in the Chitra Ramaswami the Liberal strategy clear: legalization will be this file, Liberal MP , told us last grip of conflict or natural disaster. Loans Calgary, Alta. more effective in keeping the kids safe and they week, “a certain amount of political risk is can cut off the cash to organized crime. acceptable. I think that’s what Canadians Mind you, the government may be overdo- expect of us in order to do what’s right.” ing it somewhat just to prove they are thinking The Hill Times We need to do what’s best for the people of Canada in our trade agreements

ow that Donald Trump has singled cient than the free market, and better for Nout dairy supply management as farmers, they think we should get rid of it. unfair for trade, all of the laissez-faire What we need to get rid of is the clauses folks are coming out of the woodwork in our free trade agreements that don’t to argue that we need to do away with allow us to do what’s best for the people supply management. It would do us well of Canada. to keep their argument clear in our head. Brett Hodnett Because supply management is more effi- Gatineau, Que.

Canada reduces aid to developing countries, just like Trump

alala Yousafzai, the young woman heard the news that we reduced our aid Mfrom Pakistani activist who won the to developing countries as a fraction of Nobel Peace Prize and is now a proud our GDP, and in fact are following Donald new Canadian, might be having second Trump. thoughts. She said where Canada goes, Randy Rudolph others will follow. She must not have Calgary, Alta.

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A woman across the aisle snapped at me, angrily observ- Canadian babies cry because they can ing that she could hear the whole conversation, and it was distract- ing her from the book she was eye the other day, and necessi- become the centre of their par- have to adapt to the world and trying to read. My take on Canadian tated a more in-depth review. ents’ universe. not the other way around. I apologized profusely, the Ca- The article by Wency Leung In many instances, that means Anyone who has spent a life- nadian way, and muted the sound baby whiners is published recently in the Journal the condition for getting kids to time in politics, will understand while I tried to whisper my way that, in a single of Pediatrics. examined a British sleep involves the selfless rocking exactly what I mean. My daughter, through ensuing phone calls. study of world meta-data compar- of upset babies until they finally Danelle, was the first child born to The rail car was like a tomb, generation, we have ing 8,700 babies in the first month collapse exhausted into their a sitting Canadian parliamentarian with people happily buried in of life. parents’ arms. thirty years ago last month. their business, and certainly not turned children into It claimed that 34 per cent of Sleep issues continue for many Some of her earliest photos talking to each other. Canadian babies cried more than Canadian children well into ado- involve sleeping in a box in the Compare that to an early the centre of our three hours a day at least three lescence. The self-help sections corner of a political campaign morning bus trip I took in Mexico days a week. of most bookstores are replete office. She was born in March of last January. It was 6 a.m. and I universe, instead of That level of discomfort, medi- with tomes on how to conquer 1987 and three months later, we stumbled aboard in the dark, only encouraging them to cally characterized as colic, puts the sleep problem when children were in the throes of an important to be rudely awaken by a blast of Canada on the top of the heap simply won’t. byelection in the neighbouring populist mariachi music com- become a part of ours. when it comes to baby whiners. My take on Canadian baby riding of Hamilton Mountain. She ing from the boom box perched Even other northern countries whiners is that, in a single gen- was still breast-feeding, so wher- behind the seat of the driver. were not close, with only 5.5 per eration, we have turned children ever I went, she followed along. It was his box, and his collec- of Danish babies and 6.7 per cent into the centre of our universe, But we decided not put her in tion of music, designed to shake of German newborns suffering instead of encouraging them to a quiet room. any early morning commuter the same discomfort. become a part of ours. Danelle is 30 now and she can out of a sleepy stupor in a single What followed was a compel- How many times have you easily sleep through a hurricane decibel. ling analysis of some potential, visited the home of a frazzled or thunderstorm. No other passenger on the bus and inconclusive scientific rea- new parent, hoping to congratu- Some of the qualities that took any notice of the noise. In sons behind the high level of colic late them on this wonderful time make Canadians popular on the fact, some were singing along and amongst Canuck babies. in their lives, only to be told you international stage, including our tapping their feet to the rhythm of I am no scientist, but after a must speak in a whisper because concern for the collective, and our the music. S heila Copps quarter century in active politics, the baby is sleeping. obsession with peace, order, and Mexicans do not require their I consider myself a student of the So well-meaning adults put the good government, tend to make children to be raised in a cone of Copps’ Corner social sciences. So what follows, whole socializing aspect of family us hypersensitive to noise. silence. Nor do they suffer much is a political take on why Cana- life on hold in an effort to create Just last week, I was travelling from colic. TTAWA—‘Boo hoo: Canadian dian babies cry. the perfect peaceful environment to Ottawa by train, chatting with a Sheila Copps is a former Jean Obabies cry more.’ Because they can. for their offspring. friend on Facetime, which meant Chrétien-era cabinet staffer and a That intriguing headline in From the moment they are I say, bring on a little chaos. I the discussion on both ends was former deputy prime minister. The Globe and Mail caught my born, modern Canadian babies believe it is good for children to audible to fellow travellers. The Hill Times

going negative makes sense in the context of the campaign you’re running either because you’re Don’t let the media dictate strategy coming under attack from the other side or because the other side’s “unfavourables” offer too Indeed, whenever such negative good a target to resist. A strategist has to ads hit the airwaves, the media’s More importantly, you have initial reaction to them will almost to explain to the candidate why accept the fact that always be subtle variations of “Oh any negative reaction to your God, how I hate them!” ad campaign from the media is media pundits will And the script is pretty much actually irrelevant, since the ads most likely detest and predictable are designed to sway voters not Sometimes media pundits will columnists. publicly berate his or blast a negative ad as an attack It might also help to bring up on “civil discourse”; sometimes the provincial her tactics, especially they’ll say it’s laughably “simplis- election of 2013. tic”; sometimes they will call it If you recall, that’s the elec- if those tactics involve “bullying” or “wedge politics” or tion the B.C. NDP, under the then the use of so-called “dumbing down” debate to the leadership of Adrian Dix, ran lowest common denominator. a campaign that was brimming ‘negative ads.’ And, of course, here in Cana- with positivity; Dix denounced da, the most commonly employed negative politics and promised to insult is to label a negative ad an stay on the high road. “American-style attack.” As Dix’s campaign manager, Also predictable is that pun- Brian Topp, would later write, dits, columnists, and editorial “This was ….widely praised in the writers will typically follow up media.” their vehement denunciations Yet unfortunately for the NDP, with a heartfelt plea for all politi- such media praise didn’t insulate cians to shelve their attack ads The B.C. Liberals, led by Christy Clark, didn’t seem to care much about the Dix from the real world. and to commit themselves to be- media’s opinion in the 2013 provincial election and basically sunk the NDP In fact, the B.C. Liberals, who ing positive and to talking more with relentless and highly effective attacks, writes Gerry Nicholls. Ms. Clark didn’t seem to care much about about the issues and to staying on was defeated in her riding, but was re-elected in a subsequent byelection. The the media’s opinion, basically Gerry Nicholls the moral high …. Zzzzzz. Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia sunk the NDP with relentless and Post-Partisan Pundit Oops sorry, I dozed off there highly effective attacks, attacks for a second. once likened to a street gang mem- all, nobody wants to be assailed which Dix failed to respond to Where was I? ber!) but that hardly matters. in the press for destroying demo- in kind, because he wanted to AKVILLE, ONT.—A political Oh yes, my point is, if you’re a More worrisome is your candi- cratic decency. remain positive. Ostrategist has to learn how to political strategist you need to un- date or your donors might panic This is why if a campaign has So in the end, although Dix’s deal with hate. derstand all this, meaning if you at the media’s negative reaction decided to go on the attack, the positive strategy may have won Or more specifically, a strate- go negative against an opponent, to your ads and thus might call strategist in charge must prepare him the hearts of pundits, it also gist has to accept the fact that you must expect and you must be upon you to discard your aggres- the candidate for the inevitable likely ended up losing him the media pundits will most likely ready for any media blowback. sive approach and get positive. negative media reaction. support of voters. detest and publicly berate his or For one thing, the media will In short, they’ll want the me- That means plainly laying out Gerry Nicholls is a communi- her tactics, especially if those probably call you all sorts of names, dia to say nice things about the the strategic purpose behind any cations consultant. tactics involve the use of so-called i.e. “Lord of Darkness,” “Merchant campaign. attack (it helps if you have polling www.gerrynichholls.com “negative ads.” of Venom,” “Attack dog,” (I was And that’s just normal. After data to back you up), i.e. maybe The Hill Times 10 monday, april 24, 2017 | the hill times Comment That day the bearded Republican in New Hampshire warned us about Trump

we had gone door-knocking for her we walked away and went to the shelter under my school desk in the Racism divides the in a heavily Republican district. “If next door in search of votes. But event a North Vietnamese fighter United States. But we don’t get shot by a right-wing I swear—I swear!—an epiphany jet figured out how to travel 8,584 lunatic carrying an assault rifle, we is what I experienced, in spades. miles without refuelling or being fear of wartime was will have had a good day,” I told my I was practically thrown to the spotted—was what every Ameri- wife, as we approached the beard ground, Damascus-like. can, of every political stripe, feared what united it. and his truck. For months, Hillary Clinton’s most. Racism was what divided Lisa asked him if he planned campaign had been dutifully the states. But fear of wartime was to vote Democrat, up and down reminding everyone that Donald what United the States. the ticket. He grunted. Trump was a vile, venal, racist, And, here was Donald Trump, “Can we count on your sup- groper. Every day, Clinton and the saying on the campaign trail that port for Hillary?” she said, sweet mainstream media said: “Donald NATO was useless, or sort-of calling as pie. My wife isn’t just beautiful Trump is a racist jerk.” for someone to shoot Hillary Clinton, and smart, she’s sweet, too. Except there was a problem. or repeatedly praising violence at his The beard looked like he Having lived in the Deep South rallies, or wondering why the U.S. U.S. President DonaldTrump, pictured wanted to spit. “Clinton’s a crook,” as a kid, I knew what it was. It had nukes if it didn’t use them, or during the U.S. presidential election. he said, as the Interstate hummed was this: Donald Trump may threatening wars and walls against Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore nearby. “She should be locked up.” have been a racist jerk, sure. But all and sundry. War was Donald W arren Kinsella We had already heard this millions upon millions of Ameri- Trump’s thing. He liked it. The War Room many times that morning, and not cans were racist jerks, too. Rac- The United States had been ter wanted to start wars. The people just from bearded Republicans. ism—from slavery to Jim Crow to here before, of course. In 1964, the listened. The ad only ran once, but it A few registered Democrats had segregation to the assassinations Republicans had anointed Barry destroyed Barry Goldwater. LBJ was ORONTO—The bearded Repub- said it to us, too. of Dr. King and Malcolm X and Goldwater as their presidential re-elected in a landslide. Tlican regarded us suspiciously. Lisa was undeterred. “But beyond—was woven through candidate. Goldwater was Trump As I watch Donald Trump He had been washing his pick- Trump has got a few ethics prob- their history of the United States, before Trump was Trump. He was a giddily dropping the “mother of up truck (naturally) and listening lems, sir,” she said, still smiling at like a foul, feral snake. racist, too, and he praised extrem- all bombs” on Afghanistan, or to country music on the radio the beard. “He’s under all sorts of By calling Donald Trump a ism and the John Birch Society and bombing , or sending a U.S. (ditto). It was blindingly bright investigations.” racist jerk, Hillary Clinton was guns and promised to use nukes soldier to his death in Yemen, or Saturday morning in August in The beard shrugged, looking like merely reminding millions of oth- against the Commies. threatening war with North Ko- New Hampshire, and we were out he wanted to return to his pickup er racist jerks why they needed to So what did the LBJ-led rea—as I watch all those things—I knocking on doors for our candi- truck, or shoot us with an assault vote for him. It wasn’t an attack, Democrats do about Goldwater? think of that bearded guy in New date, Hillary Clinton. rifle. “She’s a crook,” he insisted. “But you see. It was a Get Out The Vote They didn’t go after him about Hampshire, washing his pickup The beard squinted. He Trump is going to start a war.” strategy in reverse. racism, so much. They went after truck one sunny Saturday morn- grunted. Afterwards, Lisa swore that But war? The war that the his fetish for war. ing in August. He warned us. He My wife and I worked on she did not recall the heavens Trump-loving New Hampshire They put together an ad called warned Hillary Clinton. Clinton’s presidential campaign in parting at that moment, or a host beard had mentioned? War—hav- “Daisy”—I know this, because I We didn’t listen. Maine and at her Brooklyn head- of angels heralding the arrival of ing lived in Texas during Vietnam, named my consulting firm after that Warren Kinsella is a Liberal quarters. But this was the first time a political epiphany. She insisted and having been taught to take ad—and warned everyone Goldwa- pundit.

gee policy but refrained from openly Contrast that with what the ous as spending a night at the criticizing the U.S. move. president had to say on the theatre with Ivanka Trump, but it When Trump cut foreign-aid heels of his first face-to-face may yield more reliable results. Canada wears funding for contraception and fami- meeting with Trudeau less than So far, Trudeau’s velvet-glove ly-planning programs, the Canadian two months ago and consider approach to the Trump adminis- government raised its own contribu- that there were no major public tration enjoys widespread support tion but otherwise kept its peace. disagreements between the two in this country. velvet glove to Ditto as the American admin- governments over the interval. But that comes with the under- istration confirmed its determina- “We have a very outstanding lying assumption that the glove tion to walk away from the Paris trade relationship with Canada. is not an empty one and that an treaty on climate change. We’ll be tweaking it,” Trump iron hand will manifest itself in shake hands Earlier this month, the prime opined in mid-February. defence of Canada’s interests. minister offered Canada’s full “We’ll be doing certain things That did happen on Tuesday. support for Trump’s unilateral that are going to benefit both of In a strongly worded letter, decision to launch airstrikes on a our countries.” Trudeau’s envoy to Washington, with U.S. Syrian military facility in retalia- At the time, that statement was David MacNaughton, refuted tion for the regime’s chemical gas greeted with jubilant relief in Trump’s contention that Canada’s attack on civilians. some Canadian quarters. dairy policy was wreaking havoc There are trade issues on which it will be In the process, Trudeau soft- That jubilation was somewhat on American dairy farmers. pedalled his party’s long-standing premature. Still, up to now, Canada’s difficult to continue to present a united commitment to multilateral inter- Anyone professing surprise at efforts on the U.S. front have un- front as the war of words turns into a full- national action. the sight of the U.S. president blow- folded on a rare bipartisan basis. A few days later, the prime ing hot and cold on the same issue Former prime minister Brian fledged negotiation. Canada’s dairy and minister called for the removal of over a matter of weeks has not been Mulroney has been providing the Bashar Assad regime. keeping track of Trump’s first three Trudeau with insider advice on poultry supply management system is not Somewhat predictably, no months in the White House. American trade dynamics. amount of prime ministerial ap- There is plenty of evidence Conservative interim leader far from the top of the divisive list. peasement is turning out to be that he is, to put it politely, a cha- has struck a sup- enough to keep Canada on the meleon type of politician. portive role in her own visits to Justin Trudeau has played nice with good side of the Trump White Trump tends to blend his rheto- the U.S., as has Donald Trump, routinely bending House and off the president’s ric to his environment, as often as Premier Brad Wall, a premier over backward to avoid taking the ever-changing hit list. not to the detriment of consistency. otherwise known as the prime new administration head-on. On April 18, he lashed out at the But if anyone still harboured minister’s chief provincial critic. Parsing the prime minister’s North American Free Trade Agree- the delusion that a nascent bond But there are trade issues comments on Trump’s eventful ment (NAFTA) in general and between Trudeau and Trump would on which it will be difficult to first three months, one would be Canadian dairy policy in particular. shelter Canada from this presi- continue to present a united front hard-pressed to find anything but “In Canada, some very unfair dent’s volatile approach to policy- as the war of words turns into a kind words about the new occu- things have happened to our dairy making, this week’s developments full-fledged negotiation. pant of the White House. farmers, and others, and we’re go- should have settled the issue. Canada’s dairy and poultry sup- Chantal Hébert When the president moved to ing to start working on that,” Trump Crafting alliances on Capi- ply management system is not far Inside Politics suspend the American told a Wisconsin audience. tol Hill and in the states’ legis- from the top of the divisive list. program and to ban citizens from “NAFTA has been very, very bad. latures—as Canada has been Chantal Hébert is a national af- six Muslim-majority countries from We’re going to make some very big attempting to do as part of an all- fairs columnist for The . ver since last fall’s American travelling to the U.S., Trudeau issued changes, or we’re going to get rid of hands-on deck political lobbying This column was released on April 20. Epresidential election campaign, a tweet to restate Canada’s pro-refu- NAFTA once and for all,” he added. operation—may not be as glamor- The Hill Times The Hill Times | monday, april 24, 2017 11 Comment Canada will not significantly improve its poor productivity performance

While the economy looks better than a year ago, the improvements are marginal and the danger we face is that by focusing on short-term results we are missing the much more important, bigger picture. While Finance Minister Bill Morneau, pictured on March 22 with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the Hill, did some of the things that the IMF urges on innovation and infrastructure, his speech failed to provide a serious analytical framework for the challenges facing Canada, no clear set of policy priorities, and no indication of how individual policy actions connected to an overall game plan. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

these kinds of numbers, nor will it create by some 40 per cent from current levels to be on building constituencies of support the promised middle-class jobs. which, they say, could have “a large posi- for the next election. It was more a political The IMF points to a fundamental is- tive effect on the long-term level of GDP in game plan than an economic game plan. sue critically relevant for Canada’s future those countries.” It is time for the government to put aside well-being. This is the serious slowdown in I recently re-read Finance Minister Bill its eagerness for selfies and other forms of advanced economies in the growth of what Morneau’s budget speech. Surprisingly, self-admiration and start talking frankly economists call multi-factor or total-factor the word “productivity” seems nowhere to and credibly to Canadians about the real productivity, which is a proxy for innova- be found. And while Morneau did some of challenges, starting with productivity, that David Crane tion. When productivity is growing, IMF the things that the IMF urges on innova- we face and the choices that must be made. Canada & the 21st Century managing director Christine Lagarde said tion and infrastructure, his speech failed While the economy looks better than a year in a recent speech, “it allows us to substan- to provide a serious analytical framework ago, the improvements are marginal and the tially grow the economic pie, creating larger for the challenges facing Canada, no clear danger we face is that by focusing on short- ORONTO—As the International Mon- pieces for everyone.” But when productivity set of policy priorities, and no indication of term results we are missing the much more Tetary Fund tells us in its latest World growth is absent or negligible, then there how individual policy actions connected to important, bigger picture. Economic Outlook, the prospects for the are negative consequences for growth and an overall game plan. David Crane can be reached at crane@ global economy, and with it the Canadian incomes—and middle class jobs. Rather, in a speech that was both partisan interlog.com. economy, are looking better. But the risks Population aging, the slowdown in and self-congratulatory, the focus seemed The Hill Times are on the downside, and looking better global trade and the ongoing legacy of the doesn’t mean the future is looking great. global financial crisis are all factors influ- Canada’s economy is forecast to grow encing the productivity slowdown, accord- just 1.9 per cent this year, after growing a ing to IMF research. modest 1.4 per cent last year and a weak “One thing is clear,” Lagarde said, “we 0.9 per cent in 2015. Next year, the IMF need more innovation, not less. Market MELANOMA MONDAY says, Canada could grow 2.0 per cent, but forces alone will be able to deliver that just 1.8 per cent, further into the future, in boost because innovation and invention MAY 1, 2017 Melanoma 2022. This is a far cry from the growth rates are to some degree public goods. we were used to well before the financial Smartphone technologies, for example, crisis of 2008-09. In 1999-2008, the Cana- have hugely benefited from state funding— dian economy grew at an annual average from the internet to GPS to touch screens.” SPOTS? rate of 2.9 per cent. But governments also need to remove Worse still, business is not investing for barriers to competition, cut red tape, en- the future. Non-residential business invest- courage entrepreneurship, invest more in ment fell 8.4 per cent last year, according education and training, improve tax incen- DON’T CHANGE’EM. to , following an 11.5 per tives for R&D along with other supports, cent decline in 2015. Likewise, business and overall encourage private investment. spending on machinery and equipment In a separate staff paper—Gone with CHECK’EM. continues to be weak, in 2016 at just 90 the Headwinds: Global Productivity— IMF per cent of the level in early 2007. Capital economists warn that “if sustained, low spending in manufacturing is projected to productivity growth would have profound BOOK YOUR APPOINTMENT FOR be 4.4 per cent lower in 2017, following a adverse implications for progress in global 14.9 per cent decline in 2016. living standards, the sustainability of A SKIN CANCER SCREENING Business investment in in-house re- private and public debts, social protection search and development, another form of systems, and the ability of macroeconomic Dr. Mariusz Sapijaszko, President of investment in the future, is projected to policies to respond to future shocks.” In the Canadian Dermatology Association, have fallen to $17.7-billion last year, com- Canada’s case, our publicly funded uni- pared to $17.9-billion in 2015 and $18.5-bil- versal healthcare system, with an aging invites you to meet with our experts, get lion in 2014, based on the annual survey population, would be at risk, while younger yourself checked out, and discuss issues of R&D in Canadian industry by Statistics Canadians would face the burden of higher Canada. According to the OECD, Canadian debt and the possibility of declining liv- around patient health and safety. business ranks 23rd among 30 nations in ing standards compared to their parents. spending on R&D as a share of GDP. Overall, the economists suggest that the Our lack of competitiveness in the deceleration the growth of productivity Co-hosted by the Honourable Geoff Regan, global economy can be seen in our current contributed on average about 40 per cent Speaker of the House of Commons, Mr. Bill account position—the difference between of the output loss in advanced economies. what we sell and earn in the rest of the That is a big number. Casey, M.P. and the Canadian Dermatology world and what we buy and must send (as In the longer run, which is where Association. interest and dividends) to the rest of the government can have the biggest influ- world. 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what happened centuries ago to other once-Buddhist, now-Muslim countries from Afghanistan to Burma’s (not) Mother Teresa Indonesia. If Suu Kyi ignores that ugly fact, she risks handing the country back to the army. Aung San Suu Kyi is undoubtedly doing what she can to limit Even when she was asked by Nelson Mandela had it easy the BBC whether the Burmese by comparison. Like her, he the army’s cruelty in Rakhine state, but she is not going to throw army’s actions in Rakhine were gained his status as a secular aggressive, she refused to agree. saint by steadfastly demanding away Burma’s first chance of a real democracy after almost 60 Instead she produced the kind democracy through decades of of diversionary talk that the imprisonment, but when he be- years of military rule by going public about it. It’s not sainthood, Sean Spicers of the world spout came South Africa’s first freely but it does qualify as wise political leadership. under pressure: “I think there’s elected president in 1994 he a lot of hostility [in Rakhine]. really had the power. There was It’s killing Muslims as no fear that the apartheid regime Rohingya minority, Muslims of cially against the Rohingyas. It is well, if they think that they are might come back and evict him. Bengali descent who live in Rakh- the one issue on which the major- collaborating with authorities … He made wise decisions, gave up ine state in south-western Burma. ity of the population agrees with It’s people on different sides of the presidency after one term, Since an outbreak of communal the generals, not with Aung San a divide.” and died still a saint. violence between Buddhists and Suu Kyi—and she has no control No it’s not. It’s the army tor- Aung San Suu Kyi has no Muslims in the state in 2013, the over how the army behaves. turing and murdering Muslims such luck. She has, miraculously, army has treated the Rohingyas After decades of house arrest almost at random in northern persuaded a clique of greedy, with great brutality, and at least and years of campaigning, “the Rakhine in retaliation for a ter- autocratic, hyper-nationalist gen- 100,000 have fled into neighbour- lady” (as she is known in Burma) rorist attack on police outposts erals to surrender most of their ing Bangladesh for safety. finally took power from the army that happened months ago, and political power voluntarily. But Gwynne Dyer The repression has been par- last year. But the army-written that the victims had nothing to do it was a deal in which she had to Global Affairs ticularly bad in the past year, with constitution gives the soldiers with. Most of the local Buddhists guarantee them freedom of action many Rohingyas in the northern complete control of all “secu- support the attacks on Muslims, in their own domain, although part of the state raped or mur- rity matters,” and indeed does but it’s men in uniform who carry she intends to re-write that con- ONDON, —“I’m dered by the army, and foreign not even permit her to be the them out. stitution when she can. Ljust a politician,” said Burma’s critics have begun to describe the president. (They wrote it spe- Aung San Suu Kyi didn’t order In the meantime, she is un- leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, in a events in Rakhine state as “ethnic cifically to ban Burmese citizens the soldiers to commit these doubtedly doing what she can to BBC interview last week; “I’m no cleansing.” with foreign relatives, like her crimes, and she can’t order them limit the army’s cruelty in Rakh- Mother Teresa.” Fair enough: she “I think ethnic cleansing is British-born sons, from becoming to stop. She can’t even publicly ine state, but she is not going to has a country to run, and an army too strong an expression to use president.) condemn them, because the army throw away Burma’s first chance to hold at bay. But she’s no Nel- for what is happening,” she said So the “state counsellor,” as she might turn against her—and of a real democracy after almost son Mandela either, and that has in the BBC interview, and a new is officially known, is in power, because most Buddhists in Burma 60 years of military rule by going deeply disappointed some people wave of (foreign) outrage swept but not very securely. The army probably approve of the army’s public about it. It’s not sainthood, (including fellow holders of the over her. could decide to take power back actions too. but it does qualify as wise politi- Nobel Peace Prize) who expected It is not too strong an expres- at any moment, although it would Burmese Buddhists are para- cal leadership. better of her. sion at all. There is great preju- probably face massive popular re- noid about the perils of a Muslim Gwynne Dyer is an indepen- The issue that most upsets dice among Burmese Buddhists sistance if it did. For that reason, take-over. It’s ridiculous, given dent journalist whose articles are them is her refusal to take a firm against the country’s four per she doesn’t go out of her way to the tiny size of the Muslim minor- published in 45 countries. stand on the mistreatment of the cent Muslim minority, and espe- pick fights with the generals. ity, but there is real fear about The Hill Times

I would like to frame these Public Safety remarks by recalling something Minister Ralph that former CSIS director Jim Goodale, Can we please Judd once said (I think he said pictured in a it publicly but I couldn’t find it): Hill scrum. we in Canada really have to stop CSIS and the “lionizing” terrorists and people RCMP don’t who mean to do us harm. I could have the luxury stop lionizing not agree with Judd more. of time or What he was referring to was resources to our bizarre practice in this coun- waste on non- try as seeing anyone who goes threats, writes public about being of interest to Phil Gurski. terrorists and The Hill Times CSIS or the RCMP as an innocent citizen caught up in a Kafkaesque photograph by state character assassination. Jake Wright The media often portray these extremists? people as average Canadians who never did anything—ever—wor- The bottom line is that CSIS and the thy of the attention of our spies able, but the state does itself no So can we for once not join the and cops. It is as if CSIS and the favours by not providing context ‘woe-is-us’ brigade of Canadians RCMP have reasonable grounds to suspect RCMP practise what I have called to help comprehend why they do who have tried to convince the ‘telephone book profiling’—the the investigations they do. nation that they were of interest or believe that a threat to national security random opening of a phone Even when someone does to state security agencies un- book every morning and decid- present a defence for state agen- necessarily and irresponsibly? exists and that is why they have the ing to harass (i.e. investigate) the cies (I have done so on several oc- Yes, where there were mistakes first name your finger lands on casions), this gets short shrift and made and people suffered we can mandate to carry out investigations. (eyes closed of course). Sound is almost always edited in a way look at compensation—we do ridiculous? I hope so for it is. Our to undermine the argument being that pretty well in this land. But Canadians who claim to have been protectors don’t have the luxury made. It is as if the broadcasters to take someone’s story at face tortured in Syria with the alleged of time or resources to waste on have decided that the public is value and treat them as some complicity of the Canadian govern- non-threats. much more interested in listening kind of hero for coming forward ment and CSIS have settled their Watch any documentary—The to uncorroborated claims made is not commendable. As an aside, case, it is time for a comment. A Fifth Estate, W5, etc.—and you by the victims rather than present we call this kind of information few weeks have passed and I for will see that the alleged ‘terrorists’ a balanced report. Whatever the ‘single-source uncorroborated’ one can now make a few observa- get all kinds of time to complain motivation, Canadians are not and that is rarely a good way to tions in a little less emotional way. about being followed/interrogat- getting the whole picture. gather intelligence. Before I do so I need to make ed/tortured and are never called The bottom line is that CSIS and Sorry, the true heroes of this it clear that I have no intention of to answer why they think that the RCMP have reasonable grounds tale are the men and women of Phil Gurski looking at the specifics of that case they may have appeared on the to suspect/believe that a threat to CSIS and the RCMP, not those Security & anti-terrorism or of any other for reasons both government radar. You will also national security exists and that whom they have investigated. personal and legal. I happened to notice very little time allotted to is why they have the mandate to Phil Gurski’s latest book is work at CSIS when a lot of this the government side. This is, of carry out investigations. And those Western Foreign Fighters: The TTAWA—Now that the recom- was going on and I am still bound course, largely due to the fact that investigations are justified on those Threat to Homeland and Inter- Omendations of the Iacobucci to restrictions placed on me then no government will talk on the re- grounds and have both stopped ter- national Security (Rowman and Commission in Canada have fi- and now. So please take my words cord about ongoing investigations rorist acts and saved lives. For that Littlefield). nally been implemented and three as a general commentary. or court cases. All understand- they deserve our gratitude. The Hill Times The Hill Times | monday, april 24, 2017 13 Opinion Wynne’s housing plan a potpourri of politics

But if there is more at play than pure ronto expressways, was summarily rebuffed The greatest failing in speculation in Toronto’s frenzied real estate by Wynne. This is her chance to make up. Kathleen Wynne’s 16-point market, Premier Kathleen Wynne’s plan is There is also more politics than policy unlikely to make much difference. in the Liberal government’s plan to expand plan is not her fault. It The centrepiece of the plan—a 15-per- rent controls to all units, including those cent tax on foreign non-residents who buy built since 1991. is that the real cause of homes in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Rent controls can work if they are combined area around Toronto—is fatally flawed. with massive public expenditures for housing. skyrocketing home prices— First, there is no evidence that foreign- But on their own, they usually don’t. As On- low, low interest rates—is ers are fuelling the surge in housing prices. tario’s government con- Even Ontario Finance Minister Charles ceded in 1991 when it eliminated rent controls outside the provincial Sousa estimates that, at most, non-resi- on new units, they can make matters worse. dents are involved in only eight per cent of That is probably what will happen here. government’s control. housing sales. Still, there are some good ideas in Wyn- Second, any number of foreigners ne’s 16-point plan. One is a proposal to let would be either exempted from the tax or municipalities levy higher property taxes If there is more at play than pure speculation eligible for a refund. on vacant land approved for new housing. in Toronto’s frenzied real estate market, Ontario These range from foreigners enrolled This could persuade developers sitting on Premier Kathleen Wynne’s plan is unlikely to for two years as a student in Ontario, to fully serviced land to build. make much difference, writes Thomas Walkom. those who have legally worked for one Another is to leave the much-battered The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright year in the province, to those who have Greenbelt alone. Developers have been urg- become citizens or permanent residents. ing the government to ease restrictions on But they are high also because the A broadly based speculation tax that covers growth in the Greenbelt around Toronto in money required to fund such dreams is Canadians as well as foreigners would make order to let them build more subdivisions. unusually cheap. more sense. But for a government already low Wisely, the Wynne government has Wynne and Sousa can’t do anything in the polls, it would be a political nightmare. decided that in this, at least, it will not ac- about the latter. Bank of Canada Governor Thomas Walkom Better to focus on foreign non-residents, commodate them. Stephen Poloz can, but, for his own good Inside Politics even if doing so won’t accomplish much. The premier has pledged to sell off excess reasons, won’t. Foreigners can’t vote. government land in order to “leverage” more If the central bank were to hike short- Similarly, a proposal to let Toronto housing. That could work out. Or it could term interest rates, the Canadian dollar ORONTO—Ontario’s new Fair Housing and other municipalities levy a tax on be a giant Harbourfront-style barbecue for would rise and the country’s recover- TPlan is a potpourri of politics with a vacant homes probably won’t make much developers. History favours the barbecue. ing export industries would suffer. Poloz few good ideas mixed in. substantive difference. Even if this is a The greatest failing in Wynne’s 16-point won’t countenance that. So, he keeps rates If Toronto and surrounding areas are in- widespread problem, it is easy to make an plan is not her fault. It is that the real cause low, lets the bubble build and leaves it to deed caught up in an irrational real estate empty home look occupied. of skyrocketing home prices—low, low elected governments to find solutions. bubble, the measures announced Thursday But her proposal does allow Wynne to interest rates—is outside the provincial Which is what Wynne’s government may well burst it. As the Dutch discovered repair relations with Toronto Mayor John government’s control. didn’t quite do here. during the tulip craze of the 17th century, , an enthusiastic proponent of the tax. Housing prices are high in the Toronto Thomas Walkom is a national affairs bubbles based on nothing are easily de- Tory’s last attempt to impose a new area in part because a lot of people want to columnist with The Toronto Star. flated once the speculators’ bluff is called. municipal levy, through road tolls on two To- live here. The Hill Times

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The conventional phase of the Korean structure which, through a Cold War quirk, Under an alternative conflict ended with an armistice agree- is headed by the U.S. and reports to the scenario, Canada could ment finalized on July 27, 1953. That same American Joint Chiefs of Staff rather than day the 16 nations that contributed combat the UN Security Council. Its combat mis- be drawn into such a forces in support of the United States and sion dissolved with the 1978 creation of the South Korea war effort through a coalition Combined Forces Command melding U.S. protracted conflict not just known as the United Nations Command and South Korean troops on the Korean (UNC) convened in Washington to sign the peninsula under Washington’s leadership, through its membership of Joint Policy Declaration Concerning the but the UNC remains active to this day. the UNC but also, under Robert Karniol Korean Armistice. The UNC is now a vehicle to engage the The joint declaration states that “if North Korean military on issues relating to certain circumstances, Foreign policy there is a renewal of the armed attack … the armistice, though its effectiveness has we should again be united and prompt to been limited since Pyongyang moved to un- through its Article Five ONTREAL—Canada could be drawn resist.” This doesn’t have the legal status of dermine this beginning in 1991. It also serves Mmilitarily into a renewed conflict on a treaty commitment but, rather, is a politi- the political function of maintaining interna- NATO commitment to the Korean peninsula through a little- cal pledge by the signatories to seriously tional engagement on the Korea issue, with collective defence. known agreement it signed in 1953, which consider another armed intervention. 16 nations still signed on together the U.S. remains actively in force. The UNC was formed as a war-fighting and associate member South Korea. More subtly, the UNC provides the com- mand structure for a new coalition of forc- es that could quickly assemble in response to the outbreak of war. The UNC-Rear headquartered at Yokota Air Base in Japan, with a Status of Forces Agreement in place since 1954 to provide the legal framework, adds substance to this contingency. Of central importance, the UNC-Rear has access to seven air and naval bases in Japan, allowing member-states to funnel through troops and equipment destined for the Korean peninsula. Support material, such as bridging equipment and lengths of fuel pipeline, are also stockpiled in Japan Tokyo itself has no military intent towards Pyongyang but it is this critical role, together with the parallel presence of substantial American fighting forces, that attracts North Korean concern to Japan. The Canadian Defence Attache in Seoul is twin-hatted as Ottawa’s representative to the UNC and a Canadian officer currently serves as deputy commander of the four- strong UNC-Rear headquarters. Though the decision on whether to fight in the event of a second Korean War is ultimately a political one, everything is in place to smooth the process for Canada and others. In such an eventuality Ottawa’s military involvement would certainly centre on the Air Force and probably involve special forces as well, perhaps supplemented by some naval components. An inflow of regular Canadian ground forces is highly unlikely as current strategic thinking has the highly capable South Koreans assum- ing responsibility for ground operations while the U.S. (and potential allied forces) contribute air and maritime assets. A further consideration, though, is that a second Korean War is likely to be swift and brutal. Fighting would be truncated by Pyongyang’s limited fuel reserves, severely limiting its conventional operations to (by some estimates) a period of 30-90 days. Even if Canada decided to lend support, then, it might well be over before Ottawa could act. Or maybe not, as some ana- lysts have suggested that, having learned lessons from the wars in Afghanistan and , North Korea could effectively concede the conventional phase and focus, instead, on a guerrilla campaign involving cached supplies and its substantial special forces contingent. Under an alternative scenario, Canada could be drawn into such a protracted con- flict not just through its membership of the UNC but also, under certain circumstances, through its Article Five NATO commitment to collective defence. Robert Karniol served for 20 years as Asia-Pacific editor for the British periodi- cal Jane’s Defence Weekly, based in Bang- kok. He currently lives in . The Hill Times The Hill Times | monday, april 24, 2017 15 Opinion Building a better world through education

Malala Today, around the world, people look to Canada and admire Yousafzai its values. All this means Canada is well placed to show global and Prime Minister leadership on behalf of the hundreds of millions of children Justin Trudeau, around the world who dream of getting a quality school education. pictured April 12 in Centre initiative of the Norwegian gov- It is for these reasons that Block just ernment, which brought together Malala’s call is so compelling. after she global education, business, and We can build a better world by arrived to technology leaders—documented investing in education, especially Parliament that under current trends only by educating girls. Educated girls Hill with one out of 10 young people will be grow up to be educated women, her parents. on track to gain basic secondary- who can claim their rights, pro- The Hill Times level skills in 2030. vide for their families, take care photograph by Yet these skills will be the of their own health and the health Jake Wright absolute minimum necessary for of their families, become leaders Julia Gillard the future job market. About 90 in their communities, and invest Global leadership per cent of young people in some in their own children’s education. of the world’s most vulnerable This year is already a pivotal Canada is already recognized can provide the global leadership communities will not attain these year for global education, includ- for its commitment to education the world needs; leadership that USTRALIA—A young basic skills, meaning they will ing recognition by the G7 of the through being a leading donor to is driven by a spirit of compas- Awoman addresses Parliament face very limited, indeed poten- role of education in addressing and key partner of GPE since its in- sion, a determination to include in Ottawa, and her voice engages tially dire options, for the future. the spread of extremism and radi- ception. We are grateful Canada has not exclude and a commitment to a nation and resonates around the Despite clear evidence educa- calization among young people, agreed to host our board meeting feminist principles. world. Through her courage and tion is the key to prosperity, particularly in countries facing in June. I know there is a sense of Today, around the world, peo- passion, and her extraordinary better health care, and more internal strife. excitement about having the Board ple look to Canada and admire its work advocating for the transfor- peaceful societies, aid to educa- Several concurrent critical meet in Canada for the first time. values. All this means Canada is mative power of education, espe- tion went backwards by 14 per initiatives are underway globally Later in 2017, GPE will be well placed to show global leader- cially for girls, Malala Yousafzai cent between 2010 and 2014, even to advance the goal of qual- asking the global community to ship on behalf of the hundreds of reminds us that education is a though overall development aid ity education for all children, replenish our funding so we can millions of children around the human right. increased by eight per cent. including addressing financing continue our mission of building world who dream of getting a But worldwide, 263 million This lack of international and restoring education for chil- strong, high quality, and inclusive quality school education. children and young people are will means we face a looming dren affected by conflict, famine, school systems in almost 90 of the As Malala said to Parliament out of school and approximately global crisis that threatens global and crisis. world’s poorest countries. Malala recently, “If Canada leads, the 130 million more children at- prosperity and stability, as well as In this spirit, the Global Part- has asked the Government of world will follow.” tending primary school are not blighting the lives of hundreds of nership for Education supports Canada to host the event and Julia Gillard is the board chair learning. millions of children. The solution Malala’s request to make girls’ we would be delighted to have of the Global Partnership for The International Commission is increased investment in educa- education a central development Canada as replenishment host. Education and the former prime on Financing Global Education tion by developing countries, and theme of Canada’s G7 presidency By prioritizing international minister of Australia. Opportunity—a specially created public and private donors. next year. support for education, Canada The Hill Times Giving the best chance to succeed

It is time for a change in government of the family for their first year are usually considerably higher refugees. Indeed, when in March in Canada and provides a wide than welfare rates, which are 2016 the government scaled back policy. This coming October, when the range of contacts and skills to all the government provides. (It the staff processing Syrian refu- help them settle successfully. should be acknowledged that the gee applications, many sponsor- government sets a target for the number of While a settlement agency offers government pays for health care, ship groups—as many as 3,000— a single caseworker to assist the child tax benefits, and language were left in the lurch. refugees to be welcomed in 2018, it should refugee family, a sponsorship training for all refugees.) Since then, sponsored Syrian give first priority to sponsorship groups group has a dozen or more people Sponsorship has the additional refugee families have been trick- who are helping not as a job but benefit of enhancing our sense ling into Canada. But it is acknowl- willing to host refugees recommended by as a personal commitment. The of community as neighbours, edged by the government that group finds appropriate housing friends, professional acquain- thousands of them are still waiting the United Nations as the most vulnerable. and helps make the necessary tances, fellow parishioners and to join their sponsors in Canada. medical, educational, and social others work closely together It is time for a change in gov- bureaucracy refers to them) and connections for the family. and strengthen their relation- ernment policy. This coming Octo- 9,000 as citizen-sponsored. The sponsorship model was ships, thereby building a stronger ber, when the government sets a Many GAR families suffered invented in Canada in the 1970s notion of Canadian society and target for the number of refugees for weeks in cramped hotel rooms and was widely adopted for the citizenship. to be welcomed in 2018, it should as overworked settlement agen- 60,000 refugees from Vietnam, No other country has yet ad- give first priority to sponsorship cies (on which the government Laos, and Cambodia (often opted this very successful model, groups willing to host refugees relies) found they didn’t have the referred to as Boat People) who although many are looking at it recommended by the United Na- resources to provide much help. came here in that era. Most of now, with active encouragement tions as the most vulnerable. GAR families were typi- them were hosted by citizen by our government. And the government should cally visited just once a week by groups, so there is considerable Given all this, one would ensure that the sponsorship John Sewell agency staff in their hotel for an available evidence about the suc- assume that government policy demand is met before adding Refugees hour or so. Settlement agencies cess of the sponsorship model. would prioritize sponsorship for government-assisted refuges to were simply overwhelmed trying The government’s own studies refugees. But it does not. the target. to find housing, clothing, and show sponsored refugees do better Rather, the government’s first That change would be best for ORONTO—One lesson we other essentials. Many GARs felt in the short and long term than priority has been GARs. Each the refugees coming to Canada as Tlearned from the influx of abandoned. government-assisted refugees. year the government sets out well as for the many Canadians to Canada in late 2015 However, refugees assigned Not only does citizen spon- the number of GARs it intends hoping to play their part in assist- and early 2016 is that refugees to a citizen sponsorship group sorship have better results; it is to bring to Canada and treats ing them. supported by a citizen sponsor- were treated much better. That’s also less costly for the govern- sponsored refugees as extras. This John Sewell, former mayor of ship group are far more likely to because citizen sponsorship ment. That’s because most of the practice has become known as Toronto, is a member of Can- succeed than those backed by the provides refugees with a whole living expenses for the refugee the principle of “additionality.” ada4Refugees.org. The full paper government. group of individuals who are families—housing, food, clothing, This might make sense if there proposing the policy change can Of the 25,000 Syrian refugees committed to helping one particu- etc.—are borne by the group, not were a shortage of sponsorship be found at https://canada4refu- brought to Canada in that period, lar family. by the government. groups willing to adopt a refugee gees.org/a-new-policy-for-set- 16,000 came as Government As- The sponsorship group raises As well, the living expenses family. But that has certainly not tling-refugees-in-canada/ sisted Refugees (or GARs, as the enough funds to pay for the costs provided to sponsored refugees been the case regarding Syrian The Hill Times 16 monday, april 24, 2017 | the hill times Opinion Trump’s aggression toward North Korea wrong, but doing nothing hasn’t worked either

someone puts a solution on the table, and fact, for the record, the problem started Diplomacy didn’t work for the last 60 years. The Korean the debate moves from the problem to the when Trump was only seven years old. proposed solution. The only diplomatic accomplishment problem was already there on Jan.19, 2017, when Donald The terrorism debate was between the was a ceasefire negotiated after the mili- Trump was just a really rich real estate mogul. do-nothing approach of Barak Obama tary intervention in 1950-54 after North or the do-something approach of Trump. Korea invaded South Korea. Now Obama is out, terrorism is still here, For 60 years, diplomats did nothing ORONTO—Now that Donald Trump but the problem is Trump. We talk about while several dictators starved their own Thas (probably) sent the U.S. fleet terrorism only to express “sadness, soli- country, worked on a nuclear arsenal, towards North Korea, “pacifists” and some darity, and the strongest condemnation” and threatened the world with fake or academics are up in arms against the after beheading videos come out. real atomic bombs. “warmongering” American president. But for now, back to North Korea. The only good news was a headline One recent headline in The Globe and Granted, Trump’s approach is wrong, from another newspaper telling us, Mail said, “Only diplomacy can cool the Ko- but this is only one part of the equation. “North Korea’s missile failure provides rean peninsula.” Agreed, but someone must The second is to explain why diplomacy brief relief.” I assume the “failure” was explain why diplomacy did nothing in the didn’t work for the last 60 years. The negotiated by diplomats. The real concern Angelo Persichilli Korean Peninsula for the past 60 years. Korean problem was already there on seems to be the American fleet in the Here it is how it works. When we have Jan.19, 2017, when Donald Trump was Pacific. Politics a problem, we do nothing about it until just a really rich real estate mogul. In Do we need a military intervention? The best answer to continue the tradi- tional debate would be “yes.” This would help the oral peacemakers bring the Advertisement discussion into the usual cliché between “warmongers” and “pacifists.” War against peace; how can they lose that debate? Unfortunately, I am a peacenik, too. JOINT DECLARATION I am against the bombings and we must pursue a diplomatic solution. (24 April 2017, Ottawa) The question now is: what’s next? George Bush, the 41st and 43rd presi- dents, and the Clintons, 42nd and the e, as the Turkish Canadians Peace and defamatory activities due to hatred inferred from almost 45th, are peaceniks too. They are Solidarity Platform-TCPSP on behalf of all a biased reading of the history. now criticizing the bombing approach of W Trump, but they all adopted it in the past. responsible Canadian Turks, who are sincerely Thus, we did not and will not forget the They bombed and invaded Iraq, Afghani- attached to both of their countries, would like attacks of Armenian terrorist organizations stan, bombed Serbia and Libya, and were to share with the public our stance vis-a-vis an against Turks and Turkish officials in Canada in favour of bombing Syria as well. But including threats to bomb Toronto Metro. We the warmonger is Trump. important issue continuing to be a source of And this takes us into Syria’s debate intercommunal disagreement and controversy. also remember the organizations which tried to and the Obama Doctrine. As Jeffrey The dismantling of the was find excuses to such terror attacks. We wish that Goldberg wrote in the April 2016 issue not an option but the outcome of an Allied war our fellow Canadians see the real intention and of The Atlantic, it all started “Friday, August 30, 2013… the day the sagacious strategy. During the Great War not only numerous bitter consequences of this kind of propaganda Barack Obama peered into the Middle non-Muslim, but even Muslim subjects of the and defamatory activities. Eastern abyss and stepped back from Ottoman Empire were instrumentalized to such As we strive to strengthen the visibility of the the consuming void.” It was at the time when Bashar Assad was already gassing an extent that 600 years lasted mosaic of the Canadian Turkish community in Canada, we children and civilians. Ottoman society were obliterated. do not accept that another community blatantly Obama explains in a celebrated inter- We, as Turkish Canadians, remember and announces its future defamatory activities against view about why he did not send troops into Syria. His explanations, all valid, honour the sufferings and pain of all subjects our homeland in this year of 2017. are the list of mistakes made by Trump’s of the Ottoman Empire of different ethnic and No one in this country should play diaspora predecessors, going all the way back to religious backgrounds including some of the politics. It is the duty of every citizen of this John F. Kennedy. Obama did not want to have another Vietnam. He did not want to Ottoman Armenians during the Great War. country to defend peaceful co-existence of have another Iraq or Afghanistan where Singling out the sufferings of one group serve multicultural nature of Canada. the Americans, he said, spent over a tril- nothing, but the distortion of the history. It is Every citizen of this country should defend lion dollars with less than good results. It did not make political or military sense disrespect to the memories of all those perished peaceful co-existence of multicultural nature of to send American troops into Syria. And in the war. We want to remember all losses of the Canada. We act in this way and expect the he didn’t. Was it a good decision? We will Great War in an embracing manner rather than in same from others. However, we regretfully see never know because we don’t know the an exclusionary and divisive way. Millions of Muslim that some of the Canadian citizens are not ready consequences of the alternative. However, we now know that we have Turkish civilians also perished during the war. for it and thus trying to prevent cultural activities two dictators, Assad in Damascus and We sadly observe that some communities of others. Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang. The first has in our peaceful country, Canada, are still We expect our Government and representatives gassed civilians and children, again, and the second keeps building nuclear weap- continuing their defamatory activities in 2017 in the Canadian Parliament to make possible ons and threatening the world. against our community here and abroad. reconciliation between communities and refrain What should we do? Wait for Assad We still remember unfortunate consequences from complicating historical discussion by further to gas more children? Jong Un to finish building his atomic arsenal? Vladimir that occurred in our recent history as a result of politicizing it. Putin to become the defender of the “free world?” In the meantime, beware of Don- ald Trump! Diplomacy, diplomacy, my friends. Angelo Persichilli is a freelance jour- nalist and a former citizenship judge for the Greater Toronto Area. He was also a director of communications to former TURKISH CANADIANS PEACE AND SOLIDARITY PLATFORM prime minister Stephen Harper and is the former political editor of Corriere Canadese, Canada’s Italian-language newspaper in Toronto. The Hill Times The Hill Times Policy Briefing April 24, 2017 Aviation

An enhanced Airports Airport Government regime for air ask for privatization support for passenger government still on table Bombardier rights help to reduce despite to be tested security- budget snub, before WTO By Transport Minister screening lines warns industry PAGE 18 By Marco Vigliotti By Marco Vigliotti By Denis Calnan PAGE 19 PAGE 20 PAGE 21 Trudeau government remains mum Feds, Liberals ready Privatizing on pricing Canadian to sacrifice Canada’s emissions pilots disagree country’s airports is a from over extent to airports for bad idea interprovincial vetting foreign quick cash flights pilots By Conservative MP By Liberal Senator By Marco Vigliotti By Denis Calnan Dennis Dawson PAGE 22 PAGE 23 PAGE 24 PAGE 24 18 monday, april 24, 2017 | the hill times Policy Briefing Aviation

and deliver a safe and innovative transpor- tation system that promotes trade and eco- Enhanced protection nomic growth, a cleaner environment, and the well-being of Canadians. One of the key themes of the Transport 2030 strategic plan is improving the traveller experience of air passengers’ in Canada. Current federal legislation under the Canada Transportation Act already outlines various obligations for domestic rights on the way and international air carriers, as well as certain rights and recourse for travellers when they feel they are not treated proper- ly. The act also provides a means, through The new regime would establish clear standards for the Canadian Transportation Agency, to assist, mediate, and adjudicate disputes. how passengers are to be treated in various situations, After hearing from Canadians, and Transport Minister Marc Garneau is promising looking closely at practices under the air new legislation in the coming weeks that will including cases of overbooking, delays, cancellations, long passenger rights regimes in the United better protect air passengers’ rights. Photograph States and European Union, I am propos- courtesy of Flickr delays on the tarmac, or lost or damaged baggage. ing a new regime that takes the best prac- tices from each. Strengthened rights for air travellers is actions are unacceptable in Canada. But The legislation I will introduce will just one of the changes we plan to make in Canadians are naturally wondering what seek to give a mandate to the Canadian the near future, in our quest to improve the air carriers can and cannot do. Transportation Agency to develop new travelling experience for Canadians. When you buy an airline ticket, you regulations to strengthen air passenger I also intend to introduce legislation to expect and deserve that the airline will rights. The new regime would establish liberalize international ownership restric- respect its agreement with you. When the clear standards for how passengers are to tions, expanding them from 25 per cent to terms of that agreement are not fulfilled, be treated in various situations, including 49 per cent of voting interests for Canadian you should know your rights as a passen- cases of overbooking, delays, cancella- air carriers. Broader international owner- ger, and be entitled to clear, transparent, tions, long delays on the tarmac, or lost ship should bring more competition to and enforceable compensation, and certain or damaged baggage, to name just a few. the Canadian air sector. This will mean Transport Minister Marc Garneau standards of treatment when things do not Minimum compensation to be paid to pas- more choice, and possibly lower prices for Air passengers go as planned. sengers will be established under certain Canadians. To that end, I intend to introduce legis- circumstances through the development of Transportation 2030 continues to guide lation to clarify the responsibilities of air the regulations. our efforts to prepare our transportationst wo weeks ago, I was disturbed, as carriers and the rights of travellers. The We are taking a balanced approach system for the challenges of the 21 centu- Tmany Canadians were, by the appalling proposed legislation, which I will introduce because we recognize that Canada’s avia- ry. With the forward-looking plan our gov- incident that took place on board a United in the coming weeks, grows out of consul- tion industry is an important contributor to ernment has developed, we can improve Airlines flight, when a passenger was forc- tations I held last year with stakeholders our economy and a major employer. While the transportation system so that it better ibly removed from his seat. throughout the transportation system, we have no intention of placing an undue serves our country in the decades to come. I, like most others, found the incident including members of the public at large. economic burden on air carriers that would Marc Garneau is the federal Transport shocking and upsetting. When I learned The result of those consultations is Trans- affect their competitiveness or the cost of minister and MP for Notre-Dame-de- about this event, I wrote to all the airlines portation 2030, an integrated national air travel, a clear regime should be in place Grâce-Westmount, Que. operating in Canada to tell them such strategy to support the Canadian travellers to protect air passengers. The Hill Times

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every ticket, not enough of the Ultra-low-cost- money is getting to CATSA,” Mr. Gooch said. carriers are poised “We now understand that to disrupt Canada’s funds given to CATSA in the most recent budget are insufficient to airline market, with provide the same level of service as last year, when we saw wait WestJet the latest times grow to over an hour at peak times at some airports.” to indicate plans to For Mr. Gooch the answer is enter this space. clear; the government needs to continue to invest in improving technology. By Marco Vigliotti He pointed out that Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre- anada’s airport authorities are Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount,Que.) Cexpressing frustration with “outlined significant commitments” the long lines greeting passen- to improve the service at screening gers undergoing routine security in a highly publicized speech last screening, and are calling on Ot- November, saying “we need to get tawa to dedicate more resources that work back on track.” to curb growing wait times. The minister, he noted, talked “Passengers have told Cana- about the need for service stan- dian airports and airlines alike dards and to be competitive with that this is their biggest service airports in other countries. complaint,” said Daniel-Robert Meanwhile, CATSA already Gooch, president of the Canadian has a multi-year plan to inno- Airports Council, which advo- vate through technology, but Mr. cates for the authorities that oper- Gooch said, “Budget 2017 seems ates the country’s airports. to have frozen those implementa- Under the existing system, the tion plans.” federal government owns most of He also claimed that recent Daniel-Robert Gooch of the Canadian Airports Council is calling for Ottawa to allocate more resources to ease wait the country’s busiest airports, but policy changes have seen airports times facing passengers going through security screening at Canada’s largest airports. Photograph courtesy of the Canadian they are operated by not-for-profit shoulder a larger share of secu- Airports Council governing bodies that rely exclu- rity costs previously covered by sively on private funds. They also the federal government. the cap on the percentage of “Together with Indigo, second largest carrier, said the 25 pay rent to the government for Mr. Gooch argued that while foreign investors in airliners that will develop a Canadian ULCC per cent cap on foreign owner- use of the airport, yet are largely federal policy seems designed to are granted voting rights for all with a strong financial foundation ship should only be increased if responsible for funding new have to passengers cover the en- carriers to 49 per cent. and broad international experience, the United States does so as well. infrastructure and repairs, among tire cost of air travel, there needs Jetlines, which has suggested implementing a model that has met But now the company appears other services. to be a discussion and some it could lower the base fares of- with success around the globe,” the poised to get involved in the push Mr. Gooch said there’s “always consideration given to how other fered elsewhere for flights by 30 company said in a statement. for cheaper air travel. Last week, a lot of interest in the price of jurisdictions conduct business, to 35 per cent, said the request “The customers and share- it announced plans to launch its air travel,” and cost competitive- with many of the busiest airports was made to facilitate investment holders of this new ULCC will own ultra-low-cost carrier, pro- ness is of “particular interest” to in the U.S. and overseas receiving into the company by international benefit from the capital, talent, vided it receives pilot agreement airports that compete with U.S. government subsidies. investors that “specialize” in in- best-practices, and strong indus- and regulatory approvals by the airports just across the border. Government funding aside, the vesting in and supporting startup, try presence introduced through end of the year. But for the largest facilities in economics of flying in Canada ap- ultra-low cost carriers around the this partnership with Indigo.” In a statement, Westjet said the Canada, the problem is how to deal pear poised for major upheaval. world. Jetlines’ funding partner is Jet air travel industry has “changed with the influx of travellers moving Vancouver-based Jetlines and A 2016 survey found that Metal. remarkably” since its inception in through their gates—and infra- Calgary-based charter airliner Canada has the world’s highest In late March, Jetlines an- 1996, when the concept of a low- structure is not the culprit, he said. Enerjet have announced their costs for international air travel, nounced it has entered into cost airline was still relatively new. Although some areas have intentions to become the coun- and the sixth highest costs for an agreement with Intervis- However, today there are more seen runway and airspace get try’s first ultra-low-cost carri- domestic flights. tas Consulting to support the than 100 low-cost airlines around congested, Mr. Gooch noted that ers (ULCC), a popular business Increasing the ownership development of the of the com- the world, with ultra-low-cost carri- airports have invested $22-billion model in Europe in which flights cap from 25 per cent to 49 per pany’s route structure for its first ers a relatively recent development. into their infrastructure since are offered for significantly less, cent was also a recommenda- 15 aircraft, along with a defined “As the price-sensitive con- 1992 to be able to handle the though often without the expect- tion included in the review of startup schedule for its first four sumer seeks out alternatives to growth, all of which was paid for ed luxuries currently provided by the Canada Transportation Act Boeing 737 aircraft. what is presently available, we by travellers through user fees. traditional airliners. The flights completed by former federal According to the company, believe there is no better airline However, over the past 10 are typically offered for a flat-rate cabinet minister the plan is to provide market suited to bring ULCCs to Canada years, passenger traffic has grown but most everything else, from in December 2015. research and network-planning than WestJet; after all WestJet pi- by about 32 per cent, and 5.4 per checked baggage to extra leg The European Union has a 49 support to assist Jetlines in its oneered low-cost travel in Canada cent in the past year alone, which room, is offered for a extra fee. per cent cap, while New Zealand development and implementation in 1996,” the company said. he argued is putting strain on the Both firms requested and and Australia, the latter of which of a viable network plan. “There is much work to be government services offered there, received exemptions from the fed- is only slightly less populated than Jetlines said it will look done from now until we plan to namely those performed by the eral government in November to Canada, have no such restrictions. to “capitalize on unserved and un- launch at the end of 2017 and Canadian Air Transport Security increase the share of their respec- Enerjet announced its inten- derserved markets” by providing much more news to share with Authority (CATSA). tive companies owned by foreign tions last fall to partner with U.S.- more price competitive options you in the weeks and months to And funding may be the problem. entities from 25 to 49 per cent. based Indigo Partners to “fast-track both domestically and to key sun come.” “While travellers pay an air The Trudeau government has development” of an ultra-low-cost- destinations. [email protected] travellers security charge on said it would eventually increase carrier for Canadians. Last fall, WestJet, Canada’s The Hill Times 20 monday, april 24, 2017 | the hill times Policy Briefing Aviation Airport privatization still on table despite budget snub, warns industry group

It was revealed last fall that Prime Min- Although it wasn’t Airliners and some airport ister Justin Trudeau’s (Papineau, Que.) gov- discussed in last ernment had asked international investing month’s budget, the operators, in addition giant Credit Suisse to study the benefits of federal government is to opposition parties, privatizing some Canadian airports. still weighing privatizing Airports in Toronto, Vancouver, Montre- Canada’s busiest airports, have come out against a al, Calgary, , Ottawa, Winnipeg, including Montreal’s and Halifax—the country’s busiest—will be Pierre Elliott Trudeau prospective plan to sell off reviewed individually, including through Airport, pictured, says on-site visits, as part of the study, report- John McKenna of the ’s busiest airports. ed The Globe and Mail. Transport Association of Privatizing Canadians airports was Canada. Flickr photograph By Marco Vigliotti recommended by former cabinet minister courtesy of Abdallah H David Emerson in his review of the Canada elling off Canada’s busiest airports Transportation Act, tabled in December 2015. Sremains on the radar for the Trudeau In February, Toronto-based think-tank the through improved quality, lower prices, that’s what we’re worried about,” he ex- government despite failing to appear in the C.D. Howe Institute released a report con- or both. Airports can’t just raise prices for plained, noting that for the Toronto airport 2017 budget, warns the group representing cluding that selling off airports would gener- travellers,” Mr. Robbins said. alone, investors would likely seek to drum mid-sized and small domestic airliners. ate big windfalls for the government without He added that Canada’s airports cur- up $300-million in returns annually. John McKenna, president and CEO of major price increases for passengers. rently generate nearly $2-billion annually “It’s a lose-lose for airlines and passengers.” the Air Transport Association of Canada “Selling equity stakes in Canada’s major in cash flow, a portion of which could Higher fees at airports to bolster returns (ATAC), said he received a call the day airports could raise between $7.2-billion to be provided as returns to investors without for investors would likely increase the after the budget came down last month as $16.6-billion for investment in other critical increasing costs for travellers. number of Canadian passengers that cross part of what was clearly a government- social and economic infrastructure even after However, the proposed privatization the border to seek out cheaper deals state- sponsored poll based on the questions paying off their existing debt,” said Steven plan wasn’t well received elsewhere. side, Mr. McKenna warned. asked, although it was not explicitly stated. Robbins, author of the think-tank’s report, A The National Airlines Council of Canada, “We already have a leakage of five million The second question posed to him was if Better Flight Path: How Ottawa Can Cash In representing airlines such as Air Canada and [passengers a year] going across the border he supported privatizing the busiest airports on Airports and Benefit Travellers. WestJet, told the Toronto Star that privatiza- now. What’s it going to be if fees go up five, in Canada, which are owned by the federal He maintained that selling equity stakes tion “would fail the most elementary test of 10, 15 per cent in all the airports? It’s not government but leased to non-for-profit in the facilities would not change the stewardship of the public interest.” going to be good for the long-term develop- governing bodies that are financed mostly by competitive pressures operators face from Meanwhile, the operators of the Ottawa, ment of our airports,” he said, adding that the fees charged to passengers and airlines. other airports and modes of travel. Vancouver, and Calgary airports came to- C.D. Howe Institute was the only entity to “So clearly it’s still on the agenda,” he said. “Air travellers are highly price sensi- gether to launch a public campaign against support selling off the facilities. ATAC represents most domestic airlines tive, and this means that any investor- the plan, which includes the website noair- The International Air Transport Associa- except the major two ones: Air Canada and owned airport would seek to maximize portselloff.ca. tion, which represents some 265 airlines that WestJet. revenues by boosting its value proposition When reached by The Hill Times, the collectively comprise 83 per cent of global National Airports Council, which repre- air traffic, said in a statement the Canadian sents domestic airports, refused comment government should eliminate airport rent, on the issue, citing the diverse perspectives not seek privatization, to improve the “com- of its membership. petitiveness” of Canada’s aviation sector. In the run-up to budget last month, “The Canadian government has already senior Liberals maintained that no deci- pocketed about $5-billion as the histori- sion on selling the airports had been made, cal landlord of airport property. That’s a and despite weeks of frenzied speculation, $5-billion disincentive to travel, to visit this privatization was not mentioned in the an- wonderful country, or to plan a business nual spending blueprint. trip,” Alexandre de Juniac, the IATA’s chief When reached last week, Delphine Denis, executive, said in a statement. a spokesperson for Transport Minister Marc “Eliminating Crown rents would boost Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Canada’s GDP by over $300-million an- Que.), reiterated that no decision has been nually, create more than 4,000 jobs, and made on airport privatization. generate an additional $111-million in tax “The government continues to study the receipts. This should be the priority.” issue and no decisions have been made,” The proposal is also strongly opposed she told The Hill Times in a statement. by the federal Conservatives and NDP. The government, she said, will continue Writing in The Hill Times, Conserva- trying to develop a “strong, integrated, and tive MP and transport critic Kelly Block modern transportation system” by support- (Carlton Trail-Eagle Creek, Sask.) said it’s ing “greater choice, better service, lower “concerning” that while Canada remains costs, and new rights for middle-class one of the world’s most expensive jurisdic- Canadian travellers.” tions for airlines to operate in and fly out Mr. McKenna, however, urged the of, “the most significant overhaul of the Liberals to resist the temptation to take a air sector that is under consideration by short-term revenue boost at the expense of this government could likely result in even air passengers, warning that privatization higher airfares for travellers.” would increase costs across the board. In the House last month, NDP Leader Tom Currently, airports in Canada pay about Mulcair (Outremont, Que.) asked the prime $300-million in rent annually, money that minister to hold off on any proposal to priva- would evaporate if the facilities were sold tize the airports because he never mentioned off to private interests, he said. this as a campaign promise in 2015. Mr. McKenna estimated the price tag of the “I am wondering if the prime minister could Montreal or Calgary airport at between $3-bil- show Canadians exactly where in the Liberal lion and $4-billion, while the Vancouver airport election platform this was ever mentioned. would likely net between $5-billion and $6-bil- Since he has no mandate to do so, will the lion, a price easily dwarfed by the busiest facil- prime minister guarantee that he will not ity, the Toronto Pearson International Airport. privatize Canadian airports?” Mulcair asked. On the other hand, potential buyers would The NDP government of Alberta has also want to seek out, at minimum, a five per cent voiced its opposition to privatizing airports. return on their investment, he theorized. Brian Mason, the province’s Infrastructure Therefore, if investors forked over minister, told The Globe and Mail late last $5-billion to purchase a single airport, they year that such a move would cost consumers would want to see at least $250-million more and be of no benefit to airports, even it annually in revenue, roughly the same cost if its puts “billions and billions of dollars in currently spent in rent at all federal facili- the federal government’s pockets that they ties, according to Mr. McKenna. can spend on other things.” “That translates into higher costs for [email protected] carriers, higher costs for passengers, and The Hill Times

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sation while the company is in the midst low export subsidies. of major layoffs, taxpayers should be That’s what this Canadian and Quebec concerned that the Government will not money looks like “because so much of what Government enforce the loan’s conditions.” Bombardier produces is ultimately ex- Mr. Rowlands said this can end up with ported,” said Mark Warner, a Canadian and firms playing their governments against American lawyer at MAAW Law. each other, with the companies pointing to Mr. Warner said an interesting thing about support for the financial aid their competitors are getting this case is that it may be one of the first times as evidence that they are in need of the same. that a country has challenged what he called “So you play this game and the losers end “Quebec Inc.,” referring to Caisse de dépôt et up typically being the taxpayers,” he said. placement du Québec (CDPQ) which manages Bombardier to be While the Brazilians have asked for the pension funds for public insurance plans consultations at the WTO, it could lead full and which also entered a financial agreement trade litigation in Geneva. with Bombardier. “I think the Brazilians are going to have a Providing some insight into the relation- tested before WTO tough time,” said Lawrence Herman, a trade ship between governments and Bombar- lawyer at Herman and Associates and a dier, Mr. Warner, a former legal director senior fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute. at the Ministry of Economic Development to release the details of the agreement, but Mr. Herman said that the Quebec and and Trade in Ontario, said “they are a very ‘You get into a position they refuse to do so.” Canada contributions toward the company tough company to give money to.” As a result, Mr. Aubin said it’s “unclear will be able to sustain a challenge. He said it tends to hold out on taking where the firm becomes so as to whether the government entered into But he said “when the government partici- money from governments until “they get politically important that it’s an agreement that protects good jobs. We pates on commercial terms in a venture … that the money on the terms they want.” would expect that any plan for Bombardier is probably permitted under the WTO agree- Mr. Herman said if the decision is almost like it’s too big to fail.’ would include the protection of good jobs.” ment, because it isn’t the kind of direct infusion pushed to a WTO panel, the implications of Ms. Block said: “If the Liberals will not of capital, or the forgoing of revenue.” the final ruling, after months and perhaps demand accountability from Bombardier The strength of Brazil’s challenge may years of uncertainty, will be a clarification By Denis Calnan executives in terms of increased compen- be found in the WTO rule that doesn’t al- on this sort of government investment. n international complaint by Brazil Aand its aircraft manufacturer Embraer could test the legitimacy of the financial re- lationship between Bombardier Inc. and the Canadian and Quebec governments. On Feb. 7, it was announced that the federal government is lending $372.5-mil- lion to Bombardier, interest-free. The federal government said its funding Every Day. “will support thousands of good middle- class jobs, strengthen the long-term competitiveness of Bombardier, and help to build the aircraft of the future.” A day after the federal government’s announcement, Brazil launched a formal com- plaint against Canada before the World Trade Organization, saying that this amounted to a subsidy that distorts the market and will have a negative affect on Brazil’s economy. The federal loan came after Quebec’s US$1-billion investment into the compa- ny’s C-Series aircraft program last year. Many Canadians question the govern- ment’s investment in the company in the first place. Every flight. “I’m not typically a big fan of these things,” said Dane Rowlands, director of the Norman Paterson School of Interna- tional Affairs at Carleton University. “You get into a position where the firm be- comes so politically important that it’s almost like it’s too big to fail,” he said. “So governments frequently end up directing money in their direction, and its understandable politically be- cause you want to be able to say, ‘Look at how many jobs we’ve saved and this is a high-tech sector and isn’t this great that we’re doing this.’ But it’s not easy to be able to say what would have been the outcome otherwise.” Every pilot. Conservative Transport critic Kelly Block (Carlton Trail-Eagle Creek, Saskatchewan) in an email to The Hill Times: “Bombardier has outstanding loans from the govern- ment and publicly stated they didn’t need the money. In general, I believe the way to encourage investment and job creation is not through handouts, but rather through lower taxes and efficient regulation. What the company needs now is new orders for the C-Series and its other products.” Ms. Block also noted: “Recently, Cana- dians have learned that even before the loan agreement is signed, the company intends to increase compensation for six executives by 50 per cent. Any expecta- Pilots prioritize safety for aircraft, passengers tions of Bombardier need to be clearly ar- ticulated by the government and included and everyone in between. in the agreement they sign off on,” she said. NDP Transport critic Robert Aubin (Trois- Rivières, Que.) said in an email: “The NDP has long called for investments to create and main- our pilots are working towards safer skies for all. tain good jobs for Bombardier’s employees.” Learn more at ACPA.CA But he added: “Not only did Bombardier employees get a lacklustre plan from the federal government, it is also unclear if the money would help them keep their jobs. We have called on the federal government

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minimum carbon price would af- price will have severe financial fect the aviation sector but argued consequences for the aviation that any measures must under- sector without reaping the in- stand the fundamental structure tended reductions in emissions. of the industry. Writing in The Hill Times last “It’s important that environ- fall, Ms. Block pointed to a report mental initiatives recognize that commissioned by the National the very nature of the air travel Airlines Council of Canada, which industry means that the vast ma- represents the larger airliners, and jority of our flights cross provin- produced by the Delphi Group. cial and international borders,” he The report, she said, argued said in a statement. that carbon prices in the range In 2016, Canada signed an agree- being discussed by the govern- ment from the International Civil ment will not incentivize the Aviation Organization adopting an “decoupling of growth from envi- international carbon offset market ronmental impact in the aviation for air transport players. sector,” and instead concluded Mr. Dingwall said the market that compliance costs would will bring about “real emission push money out of the sector, po- reductions” while keeping the do- tentially shrinking it. mestic industry harmonized with “Taxing the sector to shrink it international competitors, and is not the way to reduce emis- should be adopted domestically. sions. Canada’s geography makes Pursuing any other model, he aviation a necessity to connect said, would make the domestic our regions,” she wrote. aviation sector “less competitive” “As the Delphi report has compared to international rivals noted, a federal carbon tax of $50 and increase costs on consumers per ton of carbon dioxide equiva- with no “demonstrable” environ- lent will not have any discernible mental benefit. impact on reducing emissions and Mr. Dingwall said NACC is should not be the primary tool recommending that any increase used by the federal government to in taxes on passengers be invest- achieve its stated objectives.” ed in green technologies, includ- According to Ms. Block, the ing the development of biofuels report also makes a strong case that will help lead to reductions that reducing emissions in the in emissions. aviation sector is dependent on Transport Minister Marc Garneau, pictured on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright When reached for comment, new aircraft technologies, includ- Marie-Pascale Des Rosiers, a ing more fuel-efficient aircraft spokesperson for Environment and engines, and the development Minister Catherine McKenna (Ot- of biofuels. tawa Centre, Ont.), said the fed- While reduction strategies re- Trudeau government eral government plans to release main the subject of fierce political a technical discussion paper in debate, no one can dispute that the future that will “provide more emissions produced by the avia- detail on the ‘federal backstop’ tion sector are on the rise. remains mum on carbon pollution pricing system.” According to the federal “The [government’s] approach government, the transportation gives provinces and territories sector, which includes aviation, the flexibility to implement a was responsible for 24 per cent pricing emissions from system that best suits their needs, of the 722 megatonnes of carbon and will ensure that all Canadian dioxide equivalent emitted in jurisdictions will have carbon 2015, second only to the oil and price in place in 2018,” she said in gas, which accounted 26 per cent interprovincial flights a statement. of total emissions. Mr. McKenna, though, called the The increase in greenhouse carbon price “another cash grab” gas emissions between 1990 and carbon emissions starting in 2018. Collectively, they constitute by the government, noting that 2015 was mostly due to a 76 per Months after The minimum price will be set at roughly 85 per cent of the popula- airlines already have to fork over cent increase in emissions in the $10 a tonne at the start of 2018 tion of Canada. roughly $100-million each year on oil and gas sector and a 42 per unveiling plans for before rising to $50 by 2022. But these provincial plans only account of the fuel excise tax. cent increase in the transporta- However, the development and cover air travel that occurs wholly “Are they going to replace that tion sector, according to Environ- a national price on implementation is being left to in their borders. with a carbon tax or going to add ment Canada. carbon, airliners still the provinces, who are responsi- For example, Alberta’s carbon to what we are already paying? In particular, the Canadian ble for determining the actual fee price on aviation jet fuel will be We don’t know what’s going to aviation sector produced 18.1 have no clarity on and how it’s collected. Ottawa is 5.17 cents per litre in 2017 and 7.75 happen with that,” he said. megatonnes of carbon in 2015, only mandating the price floor. cents per litre in 2018 for flights Mr. McKenna noted the in- up more than a megatonne from what price will be Currently, British Columbia within the province. But cross-bor- dustry has been monitoring and 2014, according to government’s and Alberta have in place carbon der flights are entirely exempted. working to control its carbon latest annual report on reducing slapped on flights taxes, additional fees attached to British Columbia has also ex- footprint for the past decade to greenhouse gas emissions in the that cross provincial carbon intensive products. Since empted international and interpro- show to Ottawa that airliners are sector. It corresponds with a $15 most of these products are used vincial flights from its carbon tax, capable of reducing pollution hike in revenue per passenger borders. for transportation purposes, these while Ontario and Quebec have without government involvement. over that span, meaning passen- taxes are being faulted for in- both exempted aviation from their The results, so far, show the ger totals were on the upswing. creasing prices for a broad swath cap-and-trade programs. industry is capable of doing just According to Statistics By Marco Vigliotti of consumer goods and services. Under the division of powers that, he said. Canada, there were 133.3 million Conversely, Ontario and Quebec in the Constitution, the federal “Given the increase of our total passengers moving through he aviation sector is still seek- are pushing forward with a cap-and- government is exclusively respon- industry of about three to five per Canadian skies in 2015, a nearly Ting clarity from Ottawa on trade system in which industrial sible for regulating interprovin- cent a year over the past 10 years, 3.5 million increase from the how carbon emissions produced polluters must ascertain credits to cial trade and commerce. we’re keeping our growth of previous year. Most of the growth by flights travelling across provin- emit a certain level of carbon. The However, the Liberals aren’t emissions well under 10 per cent,” was attributable to the roughly cial borders will be priced more government then institutes a hard revealing just yet how they intend Mr. McKenna said. 1.49 million increase in domestic than six months after the Trudeau cap on allowable emissions that ide- to address cross-border flights. “We’re already doing our share. passenger traffic and the 1.7 mil- government announced plans ally would fall over the years. “We haven’t been consulted at Why are we doing it? Because we lion hike in the international sec- to mandate a minimum national The system aims to encourage all. It’s very frustrating,” Mr. McK- are trying to show the government tor. Transborder traffic was also price on carbon. companies to limit their carbon enna said. “We’re just twisting industry can self-regulate.” up but by a far smaller margin. “We are in the dark as far footprint by allowing them to sell in the dark here, we don’t know Des Rosiers, however, argued However, it appears the indus- as that goes,” said John McK- any unused credits to less green what to expect.” the government’s carbon pricing try is becoming more efficient. enna, president and CEO of Air competitors and reap the profits. Grant Dingwall, a spokes- scheme would create an “incentive While overall emissions have risen Transport Association of Canada, All four provinces, coinciden- person for the National Airlines for continuous emissions reductions” in recent years, they have fallen which represents most domestic tally the country’s most populated, Council of Canada (NACC), while supporting the competitive- on a per capita basis. For example, airliners aside from Air Canada have or will have in place prices which represents Air Canada, ness of Canadian businesses. emissions per passenger fell and WestJet. above the $10 threshold by 2018, Aviation, WestJet, and Air Conservative MP and trans- from 105.11 grams of carbon diox- Last fall, the Liberal govern- meaning they essentially won’t be Transat, told The Hill Times that port critic Kelly Block (Carlton ide equivalent to 103.22 in 2015. ment announced that it would impacted by the Trudeau govern- the group is unaware of how the Trail-Eagle Creek, Sask.), though, [email protected] mandate a national price for ment’s proposed pricing scheme. government’s planned national believes the Liberal’s carbon The Hill Times The Hill Times | monday, april 24, 2017 23 Aviation Policy Briefing Feds, Canadian pilots disagree over extent to vetting foreign pilots

The Hill Times. The issue has come to the “To be employed by a Canadian air operator, foreign pilots must first obtain fore after a Sunwing pilot was either a Canadian commercial or airline found drunk in the cockpit transport pilot license, or obtain a Cana- dian validation of their foreign license, also of a plane before a flight. The called a Foreign License Validation Certifi- cate (FLVC),” reads the email. Slovakian national was then “To obtain a Canadian commercial or airline transport pilot license, foreign pilots taken off the plane. must meet all of the licensing requirements in Canada. These include the requirements to obtain a Canadian medical certificate, By Denis Calnan complete an application and written exam- inations, complete a flight test, and provide he Canadian government and the group proof of flight experience,” she said. Trepresenting many Canadian pilots are “Before issuing a FLVC, Transport Can- in a disagreement about the extent of vet- ada licensing staff verify that all foreign ting of foreign pilots working in Canada. pilots hold a valid licence and a medical While the Canadian Federal Pilots Asso- certificate issued by the same state that is- ciation, which is a bargaining organization sued the licence,” said Ms. Gauthier. representing about 450 professional pilots, Mr. McConnell said he maintains that says some basic checks are not being done, the proper vetting is not done. the federal government says all foreign Mr. McConnell said he does not know pilots are put through the hoops to meet all when the proper vetting practice stopped, the licensing requirements. and said that when he was a licensing Canada’s federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau, pictured in this file photo on Parliament Hill. The issue has come to the fore after a inspector at he did the The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright Sunwing pilot was found drunk in the cock- vetting that he said it now no longer does. pit of a plane before a flight. The Slovakian He said he does not know why it would national was then taken off the plane. have been cut, but that he imagines it could Miroslav Gronych, 37, pleaded guilty be due to budget cuts at some point. to having three times the legal amount of “Canadians need to have confidence alcohol in his blood. that carriers are operating safely, and Earlier this month Mr. Gronych was Transport Canada inspectors play a critical sentenced to eight months in prison. role in providing the public with the assur- Greg McConnell, national chair of the Ca- ance that the system is safe,” said Conser- nadian Federal Pilots Association, said there vative Transport Critic Kelly Block (Carlton is not enough vetting by Transport Canada. Trail-Eagle Creek, Sask.), her party’s trans- “If somebody wants to come from over- port critic, in an email to The Hill Times. seas to work in Canada and if the company “Transport Canada has a responsibility for whatever reason wants to hire that to ensure that all carriers are meeting all individual they can choose to have Trans- relevant Canadian regulations, including port Canada issue them a foreign licence those pertaining to crew training,” she said. validation. In the staff instruction, with “The NDP has been successful in pushing respect to issuing foreign licence valida- a study on aviation safety in the Transport tion, it tells the air operator to check and Committee,” said NDP transport critic Robert see if the licence and medical certificate Aubin (Trois-Rivières, Que.) in an email. are valid. That’s generally a responsibility “We find it unacceptable that Trans- that’s left up to the state or the country to port Canada instructs its personnel to not do that vetting,” he said. verify the validity of foreign pilots piloting “I don’t believe if an air operator calls licence. Since November 2015, [Transport a foreign authority and asks to check on a Minister]Marc Garneau has done nothing pilot’s licence that they’ll be forthcoming to correct these serious air safety deficien- with that information. It’s different when cies, which put Canadians the safety of Transport Canada” makes those calls, said Canadians at risk,” he said. Mr. McConnell. In an opinion piece for The Financial He said some of his members have ex- Post, Ashley Nunes, with the Center for pressed concern about the issue. Transportation Logistics at the Massachu- Mr. McConnell forwarded a document to setts Institute of Technology, said the Ca- The Hill Times identified as Transport Canada’s nadian Federal Pilots Association is wrong staff instruction document with the subject for thinking the government is better than line: “Foreign Licence Validation Certificate.” companies at validation. One section reads: “[Transport Canada] He said that “airlines have more incen- licensing staff are not required to request tive than the government does to vet pilots, licence verification unless there are concerns regardless of where those pilots are from. over the authenticity or validity of the docu- Airplanes—like the one Gronych command- ments presented. It is the responsibility of the ed—can cost upwards of $100-million. What air operator to verify that each licence holder airline would knowingly hire a pilot that is properly qualified and holds an appropriate compromises that investment, let alone the and valid licence and medical certificate. lives of customers? The answer is none.” The federal government said that the Mr. Nunes wrote in the Financial Post necessary checks are in place to ensure that unions speak about passenger safety, qualifications are valid. but “pilot unions have long supported “Transport Canada has regulations in contradictory positions. Drug testing and place to ensure that foreign pilots operat- psychological testing—important safe- ing in Canada are fully qualified,” said guards in the aviation industry—have all Natasha Gauthier, manager of media rela- been opposed by pilot unions.” tions for Transport Canada, in an email to The Hill Times

NAV CANADA The Next Level Up_1/4 size Square_FontsOutlined.indd 1 2017-04-20 3:26 PM 24 monday, april 24, 2017 | the hill times Policy Briefing Aviation Privatizing Canada’s airports is a bad idea

The government should seri- and Finance ministers, eager to Sen. Dennis There is absolutely ously consider its options before do anything that could help the Dawson it completely destroys a model government generate short-term writes that no evidence of that serves Canada and Canadi- revenue increases, balanced bud- privatizing ans well. gets, or reduced deficits. Canada’s any advantage for The current model works So much that a department airports would Canadians if the because it provides the account- like Transport Canada, which lessen the ability necessary to ensure that controlled a host of major entities accountability governance model government and airports focus like airports, CN, and Air Canada, for quality their investments on airport in- gradually experienced a narrow- service for of Canadian airports frastructure maintenance and im- ing of its sphere of operation and Canadian provement. Airport management influence, to accommodate the passengers. changes. is entrusted to non-profit organi- will of the Finance department The Hill Times zations whose role is specifically and its ministers. As a result, the photograph by to manage, operate, and develop minister of Transport, a power- Kristen Shane airport services under long-term house in cabinet since the depart- agreements. ment was created in the 1930s, On the other hand, privatiza- gradually became relegated to tee on Transport and Communica- There is absolutely no evi- tion means turning the existing that of a small player. tions tabled a report entitled The dence of any advantage for Ca- corporations into for-profit cor- If this scenario were to be Future of Canadian Air Travel: nadians if the governance model porations, thus generating profit applied to Canadian airports, the Toll Booth or Spark Plug, Report of Canadian airports changes. for shareholders instead of using travelling experience would be on the Future Growth and Global That being said, privatizing these resources to develop airport completely jeopardized. Instead of Competitiveness of Canada’s Canadian airports is a bad idea. infrastructure and fund operating privatization, the federal govern- Airports that suggests that air Hopefully, the government will Senator Dennis Dawson costs. As a result, the Canadian ment should use its influence to travel in Canada is essential for consider the interests of Cana- Privatizing airports government would not assume re- bring relevant stakeholders to the tourism, business, and connecting dian travellers before they opt sponsibility for problems or debts table to discuss systems that could communities both nationally and for a path of turbulence through incurred by the airport authori- address the inefficiencies within globally. If the government starts privatization. ARLIAMENT HILL—Priva- ties, ultimately reducing service air-travel experiences in Canada. using airport resources as a way Sen. Dennis Dawson is a Ptizing Canadian airports is a accountability to travellers. In 2012, airports were generat- to fund the Finance department, Liberal and was appointed to the very bad idea. Many of these decisions or ing more than $45 billion annually privatization would take away any Upper Chamber in 2005 by former The problem with privatization is directions are motivated by the and their operations provided over benefit airports give to the Cana- prime minister Paul Martin. clear: it favours profit over service. greed of the Finance Department 200,000 jobs. The Senate Commit- dian economy. The Hill Times Liberals ready to sacrifice country’s airports for quick cash

up with a plan on how to execute will be considered as the public Budget 2017 continues the sale. transit tax credit was eliminated Literature reviews reveal that and taxes on ride sharing services to demonstrate that the outcomes of converting major were raised. airports to for-profit monopolies Raising revenues by higher anything that can are at best mixed, and often nega- taxes and higher fees appears to increase federal tive for travellers, businesses, and be the overarching theme of all governments. Liberal initiatives to date, includ- revenues will be More often than not, the sale ing in the transport sector. of an airport leads to an un- Rather than introduce a clear considered. healthy monopoly, typified by plan that outlines substantive higher customer charges, inade- measures to ensure Canada’s quate investment, and dissatisfac- airports are more efficient and tion from the airlines that operate competitive internationally, while in and out of the airport. remaining among the best, the That’s why the vast majority minister of Transport is listless. of airport users, whether busi- Last November, at Transport ness or leisure travellers, airlines, Committee, I asked Minister Marc unions, and other aviation groups, Garneau why the government had have come out firmly against this commissioned the Credit Suisse Liberal proposal. report. His response was star- When one considers the na- tling: “I didn’t give that direction”. Conservative MP Kelly Block tional importance of airports, the The minister of Transport has secrecy surrounding who would Privatizing airports an important responsibility in be eligible to buy them greatly cabinet to facilitate efficient and concerns the sector. Foreign cost-effect transportation, and not ownership of to the Treasury. As a member of he Liberals have spent the Transport Minister Marc Garneau is ‘listless’ when it comes to producing an is capped at 49 per cent. Would cabinet, the minister of Trans- Tcash and their credit card to effective plan for Canada’s airports, writes Conservative MP Kelly Block. The Canadian airports be held to the port must be as accountable for the limit and are now looking to Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright sell off the furniture. This means same level? this decision as the minister of Canada’s major airports may be Not surprisingly, their con- Finance. up for sale. cerns have been ignored and the This response reinforces the It is concerning that while Unfortunately, as we near the While this asset sale wasn’t an- aviation sector is now the latest notion that there is no plan or vi- Canada remains one of the midpoint of the Liberal mandate, nounced in Budget 2017, there is no target of the Liberal govern- sion for aviation, and absent that, world’s most expensive jurisdic- when it comes to air travel, the minis- doubt it remains on the table. ment’s relentless attempts to raise those who depend on our airports tions for airlines to operate in and ter of Transport has very little to show. It is hard to believe that Credit revenues to fund their spending either for their business or to visit out of, the most significant over- Kellie Block is the Conserva- Suisse was hired to respond to ambitions. their family for the holidays are haul of the air sector that is under tive MP for Carleton Trail-Eagle the question: “would selling our Budget 2017 continues to being asked to pay for the Liberal consideration by this government Creek, Sask., and her party’s airports benefit the interests of demonstrate that anything that mismanagement of Canada’s could likely result in even higher Transport critic. Canadians?” but rather to come can increase federal revenues finances. airfares for travellers. The Hill Times The Hill Times | monday, april 24, 2017 25 Aviation Policy Briefing

“As the Australian consumer protection agency reported two Vxo populi on aviation weeks ago, privatization in that country has resulted in massive increases in costs for airlines What the industry advocates and experts have to say about the Canadian aviation sector. and travellers alike. Much like in Australia, in a country as vast and Daniel Robert-Gooch, Transport Minister Marc through airport screening using Jerry Dias, president of sparsely populated as our own, president of the Canadian Garneau speaking to the new technologies and new meth- Unifor, Canada’s largest whether it is to seek out job op- Airports Council, addressing Chamber of Commerce of ods, whilst improving the quality private sector union, to the portunities or connect with loved of screening.” ones, for many, air travel is the the House Finance Committee Metropolitan Montreal on House Transport Committee only option. on Sept. 29, 2016 Nov. 3, 2016 Review of the Canada on April 7 “The government’s deci- “Air travel is essential in a “When it comes to air travel, “Our members working at Transportation Act led sion to keep privatization on country such as Canada. The security is paramount and will airports are increasingly facing the table distracts from the real number of passengers using remain so. Everyone understands by ex-cabinet minister low wages and insecure work. issues and delays needed action Canada’s airports has jumped the imperative to protect travel- David Emerson, tabled in This is a well-documented phe- to fix Canada’s non-competitive 27 per cent since the economic lers in an age of heightened risk. December 2015 nomenon that is increasingly air transport cost structure and slowdown in 2009. Although But no one enjoys being delayed “Presently, Canada’s air trans- receiving attention from the policy framework.” airports are making strategic at airport security. Long lineups port system may be in the best press. infrastructure investments to at screening checkpoints should shape that it has ever been. The “As employment quality in Conservative finance meet this demand, they are be the exception, but that is not largest airlines boast renewed Canada’s airports continues to critic Gérard Deltell on selling being stymied by wait times the case. Too many Canadians are fleets, record profits and aggres- erode, our air transportation sys- at pre-board screening check- waiting too long. sive growth strategies; the quality tem faces increased potential for off Canadian airports during points at Canada’s largest “We need to do better. By of our airport and air navigation safety breaches and workplace a press scrum March 8 airports, as well as increasingly comparison, our competitor infrastructure is among the best accidents.” “We all recognize that now by CBSA [the Canadian Bor- countries are doing better. Wait in the world; and traffic continues the credit card are full thanks to der Services Agency] at our air times in , France, and to grow faster than the economy. Massimo Bergamini, the Liberal government, and now borders. Belgium range between 90 and But low fuel prices may be they’re trying to sell the furniture president and CEO of the to pay the credit card. This is the “At peak travel times, pas- 95 per cent of passengers waiting masking a number of underlying National Airlines Council sengers can wait more than an 10 minutes or less. We will work issues, and emerging challenges wrong way to play ... and this is hour to get through security at to set internationally competi- on the horizon threaten the of Canada, in response to the Liberal way.” our largest airports. While the tive targets, allowing Canada’s sustainability of the Canadian air Budget 2017, March 22 Conservative leadership can- rest of the world is setting service airports to keep up with hubs in sector’s current success. “After weeks of speculation didate Maxime Bernier in a press standards and applying innova- other countries. “Despite the importance of air around the government’s inten- release Aug. 3, 2016 tion and a risk-based approach to “To improve security screen- travel to Canada, it is increasingly tions on airport privatization, “Many Canadians do not fly, or security, Canada is falling short. ing, we will have to look at difficult for our air transport sys- and after recent leaks suggest rarely do, because they find it too This is why we are calling on the innovations, at new equipment tem to remain globally competi- privatization is still very much expensive. Many others cross the government to establish a service and technology. We will also tive, due to geography, population in play, Canadians remain in the border and fly from an American standard, so that most passen- look at CATSA governance. density, and federal policies that dark. Our organization has op- airport because it’s cheaper there. gers will be screened in under 10 Can we make it more account- inhibit growth. Not much can posed for-profit-privatization of To tolerate such a situation is minutes, as well as a more nimble able to a service standard and be done about the first two, but Canada’s airports, not on ideolog- to show disrespect to Canadian funding mechanism for CATSA its funding more responsive and policies that, in today’s context, ical grounds, but because it would consumers.” [Canadian Air Transport Security sustainable? Ultimately, we want no longer serve national interests result in higher fees for travellers [email protected] Authority].” to move more people, faster, should be revisited.” and airlines. 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youth who possess small amounts of legal pot. It would allow adults to posses up to 30 grams and grow up M arijuana to four plants at home. Vox Populi The second bill, Bill C-46, or An Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences relating to convey- on marijuana legalization legalization ances), revamps Canada’s current impaired driving laws to make it Greg MacEachern Chantal Hébert illegal to drive within two hours of Senior vice-president at The Toronto Star columnist having had an illegal level of intoxi- Environics Communications —CBC’s At Issue, April 13 presents cants in your blood, and gives law —interview with The Hill Times, April 19 “What is really enforcement new powers to request roadside tests for intoxication. “The challenge may important on this The plan to legalize and regulate be for the [next] election, is that Ontario recreational marijuana in Canada where this is in terms of and Quebec have potential is one of the most significant public implementation and roll- decided to walk policy changes pursued by a federal out, and sometimes in in tandem on this. government in recent memory, said the early days—whether … I suspect other Mr. MacEachern. it’s the Affordable Care provinces will see political risks “We’re the second country to Act in the United States, merits in trying to do this [after Uruguay] but really or the Phoenix pay system—sometimes new harmonize their regulations and their the first major government to systems do not roll out perfectly.” rules with their neighbours.” “I don’t think there is much of an introduce this. This is brand-new upside. I don’t think that a lot of—de- and gains for territory,” he said. Will Stewart spite the perception—I don’t think that Mr. MacEachern called the Managing partner the majority of the young people who announcement of the marijuana at Navigator Ltd. voted for the Liberals were sitting on the legislation “one of the govern- —interview with The Hill Times, April 19 edge of their seats waiting for this.” Liberals, say ment’s best days thus far in 2017. “At the end of It showed a government calm and the day, I think the Stephen Maher in control of a major policy shift.” bill that we’ve seen iPolitics editor and columnist He said the government appears will pass relatively April 20 political insiders to be “erring on the side of caution unchanged through and trying to establish that this was “Our blue- the House. I think a very thoughtful process and one ribbon commen- the big risk here for “Whether it’s the Affordable that they didn’t take lightly.” tators should this bill is in the Sen- Care Act in the United States or the He noted the government’s all do some One the one hand, the ate and all the uncertainties that come with Phoenix pay system, sometimes new choice of wording, discussing research today the independent Liberals of the Senate, the Liberals are keeping a systems do not roll out perfectly,” said “strict control” and “risks” associ- on the lawn on Independent Senators, and the Conserva- Greg MacEachern, a former Liberal ated, is seemingly aimed at those Parliament Hill, tive Senators that still make up a huge key election promise, Hill staffer and senior vice-president who aren’t so sure about it. where marijuana block of votes in the Senate. That’s where a of Environics Communications. Joe Jordan, a former Lib- enthusiasts will but much will depend huge amount of the uncertainty will be for Liberal MP Bill Blair (Scarbor- eral MP and senior associate at gather to mark 4/20, an annual celebra- this piece of legislation.” on what the reality of ough Southwest, Ont.), a former Bluesky Strategy Group, said tion of cannabis. Many people enjoy police chief who is also the lead fed- there were two ways the Liberals smoking marijuana, just as others like eral political player on the legaliza- could have played this—com- Ralph Goodale to drink beer. It is ridiculous that it was legalized marijuana Public Safety minister tion of marijuana as parliamentary ing out in tie-dye T-shirts or in ever illegal, and sensible people should looks like. Mountie uniforms, “and they went —CTV Power Play, April 13 secretary to the Justice minister, nod with approval that the Liberals are told The Hill Times that there’s “a lot with the Mountie uniform.” “They of course about to end a stupid chapter in our of work to do in bringing about these “They were clearly putting a have experience in history.” Continued from page 1 changes and doing it right.” fence around this to alleviate fears the United States He added that the target date that the country was going to where states have Michael Cooper around impaired driving laws. for implementation—July 1, turn into one great big Woodstock legalized cannabis. Conservative MP “At the end of the day, I think the 2018—is attainable. concert,” he said, adding that the The federal law is —CTV Power Play, April 13 bill that we’ve seen will pass rela- “The fact that there may be message was received that it’s not still prohibition. But “This govern- tively unchanged through the House. political risk in this I think is super- going to be a “free for all.” one of the cases ment, instead of I think the big risk here of this bill is seded by the fact that we need to do “This is a winner for them. I we’ll be making to the Americans is that putting the health in the Senate and all the uncertain- a better job of protecting our kids don’t think there is any political our approach, we think, will be more ef- and safety of ties that come with the independent and we need to do a better job of risk in it at all. … I think they’re fective in keeping kids safe and cutting off Canadians first, Liberals of the Senate, the Indepen- keeping our communities safe. … on solid ground there,” said Mr. the cash to organized crime.” decided to put dent Senators, and the Conservative So a certain amount of political risk Jordan, a former Liberal MP. politics first today Senators that still make up a huge is acceptable. I think that’s what According to polling data re- Jane Philpott, with a rushed and block of votes in the Senate. That’s Canadians expect of us in order to leased by Angus Reid on April 20, Health minister arbitrary timeline where a huge amount of uncertainty do what’s right,” he said. 63 per cent of Canadians surveyed —CTV Power Play, April 13 to legalize marijuana. Quite frankly, will be for this piece of legislation,” said they favour of the marijuana based upon what came out of today, said Mr. Stewart. legalization legislation, which “There are a A cannabis there are more questions than answers.” Several sources The Hill shows a growing shift in public whole range of enthusiast “What we saw today is what Justin Times spoke with pointed to legal- support for legalized marijuana. In substances in this pictured Trudeau always likes to do, which is to take ized marijuana as part of a progres- 2001, polls showed less than half of country that are legal enjoying the easy way out, to say he kept an election sive Liberal election platform that Canadians agreed with recreational to use, including 4/20 on the tobacco and alcohol, promise, and meanwhile say to the provinces brought in a new group of young pot being legal. But even now, 31 Hill. The and municipalities, ‘You do the hard work, voters into the electoral process for per cent of respondent said canna- that have tremen- Hill Times and by the way, you pick up the tab.’ ” the first time, who will be key to the bis legalization is a bad idea. dous risks associated photograph by party’s continued success. Angus Reid’s Ms. Kurl said the with them, and so we are taking a public Jake Wright health and public education focus and we’ll However, Mr. Stewart and others Liberals have likely scored a win on have a strong emphasis of making sure Ca- pointed out that legalized pot might this with younger voters by keeping NDP MP not be embraced by many new and a key election promise, but there’s nadians are aware of the potential risks.” —CTV Power Play, April 13 first-generation Canadians, where risk in being “able to competently “Decriminal- the Liberals also found a lot of sup- manage what is going to be a really ization is such an port in the 2015 election. On April 13, the government in- big transition in how law enforce- columnist important step. “We know that some of the cul- troduced two pieces of legislation in ment, how the legal system, how —CBC’s At Issue, April 13 …When we have tural communities are certainly a its effort to legalize marijuana. The society adapts to and transitions to “Unless and until a prime minister little bit more conservative in their first, Bill C-45, otherwise known as this new reality.” we see the conse- who stood up outlook on this, but if you ask the Cannabis Act, creates a legal The recent poll numbers showed quences of this, it is in the House of someone from the same cultural framework controlling the produc- that people aged 18 to 34 and Brit- hard to know exactly Commons and community who was born here or tion, distribution, possession, safety ish Columbians were the most sup- how it will play out announced that raised here how they feel about standards, and sale of marijuana portive of the bill, while Quebecers politically at the since he had become an MP he has it, they might be just as happy to that would allow adults in Canada and people aged 55 years and up federal level. If it does used this substance, to say I’m good light up a joint as anybody else,” to legally possess and use small are the least on-board. The research get into place and we with that but I don’t care about your said Angus Reid Institute execu- amounts of recreational marijuana also found that large majorities in start seeing all kinds of negative impacts— criminal record, the implications it will tive director Shachi Kurl. from licensed providers. It also cre- Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, people are freaked out by seeing people have on your life, how that will change And by the time the October ates new Criminal Code offences— and Atlantic Canada feel age re- being able to buy pot across the counter your ability to travel and to do the 2019 election rolls around, Ca- in some cases punishable by up to strictions should be higher than the in a store— that is one of the implications things you need to do in your future, nadians will be able to judge the 14 years in prison—for selling or proposed federal minimum of 18. of this, then maybe people who had not just shows a total lack of understanding reality of legalized marijuana, not giving marijuana to minors, though thought about this clearly will recoil.” of what really needs to happen today.” just the idea. there will be no criminal offence for Continued on page 27 The Hill Times | monday, april 24, 2017 27 Marijuana Legislation News

W hat you need to know about the government’s marijuana legislation A handy explainer of the Liberal government’s new marijuana laws and impaired driving changes.

W hat is allowed under new Cannabis Act for Canadians aged 18 and up? • Up to 30 grams of legal weed in public • Sharing of 30 grams amongst adults • Purchasing from a licensed retailer • Dried, fresh cannabis, and cannabis oil (edibles coming later) • Up to four plants as high 100 centimetres per residence • Making edible cannabis products at home Health Minister Jane Philpott, Liberal MP and parliamentary secretary Bill Blair, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould are the lead political players on the legalization of marijuana. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright W hat isn’t allowed under new Cannabis Act for Canadians aged 18 and up? “Each of the regions have different Continued from page 26 sense,” politically, to do so halfway • Illegal distribution or sale (tickets for small amounts, up to 14 years in jail perspectives and priorities with respect through a mandate. But he added it for larger) to this issue … and so working within As well, 66 per cent of people would kill the legislation and prob- • Possession over the limit (tickets for small amounts, up to five years that is a challenge,” he said. “But I think surveyed said they don’t think the ably make it “impossible to hit the less a day in jail for more) it’s an appropriate challenge and we’re legalization plan will stop young July 2018 timeline.” • Giving or selling to youth or using them to commit an offence (up to 14 committed to doing it right.” people from using. Whether or not prorogation this years in jail) Mr. Blair said a considerable summer would hobble marijuana legal- • Taking marijuana across international borders (up to 14 years in jail) amount of discussion has taken place ization efforts would likely depend on • Driving while impaired by a drug, or within two hours of having illegal with the senior levels of government Blair continuing as how far legislation gets in the House levels in your blood ($1,000 fine up to life in jail for dangerous driving in the provinces and territories, and by the end of the June session, with a causing death) frontman, Wilson- this will continue. maximum of seven sitting weeks to go. • Production of pot over limit at home or with dangerous materials With so much left to be deter- Raybould, Philpott, Goodale If it doesn’t get past second reading, (tickets for small amounts, up to 14 years in jail for larger) mined, it’s expected that lobbying of reintroduction would likely be less to work in lockstep provincial governments by marijuana of a setback. As has been done in the Sources said Justice Minister Jody producers will spike. past, the House could give unanimous Other restrictions aimed at protecting youth Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver Gran- Global Public Affairs’ Darrell Dex- consent to reinstate a bill in the new • Products/packaging appealing to young people ville, B.C.) and her department took ter, the former Nova Scotia premier session at the same stage it was at • Selling marijuana through self-serve displays or machines the lead on drafting the legislation, who is leading the firm’s cannabis before prorogation. • Promoting cannabis anywhere a youth might see it and she will continue to take the lead service, told The Hill Times that the Mr. Stewart said he expects the on it, including fielding questions in federal government’s approach is bills to make it to the Senate “rela- the House. Mr. Blair will continue to generally in line with what the indus- tively unchanged.” He said the Red Roles and responsibilities for be the public-facing lead for the Lib- try wants, and said he thinks com- Chamber is where the “big risks” lie, legalizing marijuana erals on this public policy issue. pleting the process by the govern- and where the most lobbying effect Already Mr. Blair has travelled ment’s intended timeline is doable. could still be had. Federal Government: across Canada to meet with senior “There will be some rough edges “With the independent Liberals of the • Establishing parameters for regulated adult access provincial and territorial officials, in the legislation that will need to be Senate, the Independent Senators, the police and fire chiefs, bylaw enforce- • Creating criminal penalties for those operating outside legal system sanded off through the process, and Conservative Senators that still make up • Setting industry standards and rules for packaging, potency, etc. ment, and public health officials, that’s entirely normal,” Mr. Dexter said. a huge block of votes in the Senate, that’s among others. He said he expects • Instituting federal licensing regime Mr. Stewart said his sense is that where a huge amount of the uncertainty • Setting minimum provincial and territorial conditions many departments to have officials plans at the provincial levels are will be,” said Mr. Stewart. get involved in the ongoing talks, • Enforcing law at the Canada-U.S. Border “more robust” than what those gov- It’s expected the directors of • Bring act into force no later than July 1, 2018 including Global Affairs, Finance ernments are “letting on in the press.” parliamentary affairs for each of the Canada, Labour, and the regional For provinces with elections set to ministers involved will also be mak- Provincial and Territorial Government: development agencies. take place between now and July 2018, ing efforts to engage with Senators • Authorizing distribution and sale “All of them will have issues that will including Ontario and British Colum- individually. • Enacting additional rules for home-growing, consumption need to be addressed,” Mr. Blair said. bia, Mr. MacEachern said he expects Mr. Blair said there’s a “good un- • Able to increase minimum age and lower possession limit Health Minister Jane Philpott they’ll wait until the election is passed derstanding” from the Parliamentar- • Creating inspection regime (Markham-Souffville, Ont.) and to move on regulation plans. ians he’s spoken with that they “can’t Public Safety and Emergency Pre- If provinces and territories don’t delay unnecessarily.” paredness Minister Ralph Goodale have a retail framework for recre- Sources say there has been no Changes to impaired driving laws: (Regina-Wascana, Sask.) also have ational marijuana in place by the negative reaction to the marijuana • Roadside oral fluid screeners ongoing roles to play alongside their time legalization takes effect, the fed- legislation from within the Liberal • Police can demand drivers provide a saliva sample if they are sus- Justice counterparts in shepherding eral law sets it up so that consumers caucus, and that what was announced pected of having drugs in their system the bill through cabinet and caucus. from those places can buy it through wouldn’t have been a surprise to • Once reasonable grounds established, could demand a blood sample Health Canada has set up a Secre- a mail system similar to the one used anyone who had been speaking with tariat for Cannabis Legalization and for medical marijuana. Mr. Blair in the lead-up to the bill’s Drug-impaired driving Regulation that will be leading the tabling, or who had read the Task • Create three new offences for having specified levels of intoxicants process at that department. As well, Force on Cannabis Legalization and within two hours of driving, levels for which will be set in regulations: this year’s federal budget earmarked Red Chamber is where the Regulation’s report. — Between two and five nanograms (ng) of THC: Maximum fine of $9.6-million over five years for a ‘big risks’ lie [email protected] $1,000 public-education and awareness cam- With a majority in the House of The Hill Times — Five ng or more of THC: A hybrid offence—mandatory penalty paign on marijuana. Commons, the government’s biggest $1,000 for first offence and scaling up to various amounts of jail Ms. Philpott is expected to answer Another challenge getting it through won’t be time for subsequent offences. health-centered questions on Bill cannabis with MPs, but rather with the Senate, — Combined THC and Alcohol: 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100 ml of C-45. Mr. Goodale will be concern- enthusiast insiders said. blood and a THC level higher than 2.5 ng is also a hybrid offence ing himself primarily with the border Mr. Blair said both Bill C-45 and pictured on questions related to the new regime C-46 are priority bills and he’ll be ad- the Hill on Transportation offence reforms and how the U.S. administration will vocating for early progress on them. 4/20. The deal with Canadian travellers. It will But he said it’s difficult to predict Hill Times • Repeal and replaces all transportation offences related to impaired continue to be illegal to transport how far they’ll get before June, when photograph by driving marijuana over the border. the House is scheduled to rise for the Jake Wright • Allow mandatory roadside alcohol screening during lawful stops Mr. Blair said the biggest chal- summer. • Increase certain maximum fines and penalties lenge will be getting the provinces Mr. Stewart raised the possibil- • Facilitate investigation and proof of blood-alcohol concentration and territories all on board and on ity the government will prorogue • Eliminate defences that encourage risk-taking behaviour the same or similar pages when it Parliament this summer, as has been comes to the regulatory frameworks. speculated. He said it “makes a lot of Source: 28 monday, april 24, 2017 | the hill times News Conservative Leadership 2017 Quebec’s 78 ridings ‘extremely important’ in Conservative leadership race, low membership Conservative leadership candidates Chris Alexander, Maxime Bernier, , and Erin O’toole. To elect their new leader, the Conservative Party members will start to receive their mail-in ballots after April 28. The Conservative Party leadership convention is taking place on May 27 in Toronto. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

election, the Conservatives won a The Conservative Party is us- Mr. Reynolds declined to say how numbers, easier to , but carried ing the preferential ballot system much time Mr. Bernier is spending in only five of the 75 seats. Follow- for the leadership contest in Quebec or other provinces. ing the 2011 election, Quebec’s which paid card-carrying mem- Conservative MP Deepak Ob- total number of seats was boosted bers who signed up with the party hrai (Calgary Forest Lawn, Alta.), campaign in, lots to 78 because of the redistribu- before March 28 will vote for up who was campaigning for his tion of electoral boundaries every to 10 leadership candidates nu- leadership in Quebec last week, 10 years to reflect the population merically, from their most to least also agreed with the significance changes across the country. preferred. The person with the of Quebec ridings, but also said of influence Since March 28, some leader- least number of first-choice votes all ridings are equal and that ship campaigns publicly released will be dropped after the first bal- he’s been campaigning in other Using an example to ex- membership numbers for their lot. The lower-ranked choices on regions of the country as well. He Conservative Party plain his point, Mr. Lukiwski, campaigns. Businessman and the eliminated candidates’ ballots said he’s not fluent in French, but who is supporting Conservative reality TV star Kevin O’Leary said will be distributed among the oth- that every time he goes to Quebec, members should MP Andrew Scheer’s (Regina- he signed up 33,366 members; er candidates and counted again. it gives him an opportunity to im- elect a Quebecer to Qu’Appelle, Sask.) campaign, said Conservative MP Michael Chong The process will be repeated until prove his French-language skills. if a riding association in Quebec (Wellington-Halton Hills, Ont.) someone receives more than 50 “Quebec is important, but so lead the party in the has 30 members and all vote in 17,000; Conservative MP Kellie per cent support. are other regions. Despite my the leadership election, a candi- Leitch (Simcoe-Grey, Ont.) 30,000; Former Conservative MP shortcomings in the language, I 2019 election which date needs the support of only and Conservative MP John Reynolds, co-chairman of still come here and it gives me an 24 to receive 80 of 100 points. In (Milton, Ont.) 10,600. Conser- Mr. Bernier’s campaign, agreed opportunity to learn French,” said will help the party in comparison, if a riding has 1,000 vative MP Maxime Bernier’s with the significance of Quebec Mr. Obhrai, who also declined members in Alberta, a leadership (Beauce, Que.) campaign would ridings, and said his candidate is to say how many days would he winning more seats in candidate will require the support not provide his numbers, but spending an “adequate” amount spend in Quebec, or which ridings Quebec, says former of 800 members to receive the said the campaign was able to of time in the province. He said he was going to campaign in. He same 80 per cent support. match Mr. O’Leary’s. Mr. Bernier the Quebec MP is trying to reach said he doesn’t want to provide Conservative MP John “I would use the term extremely and Mr. O’Leary are considered out to all corners of the country information to his opponents important, there’re 78 ridings,” said the two front-runners. Other to get as much support as he can. about his campaign strategy. Reynolds. Mr. Lukiwski who was first elected campaigns did not release their Mr. Reynolds pointed out that for Former Conservative Senator in 2004, and has been elected in membership numbers. candidates who are not fluent in Marjory LeBreton, who is sup- every election since. “So, from a At the time of the merger of the French, it’s tough to campaign porting Mr. O’Leary’s campaign, Byba Ab s Rana percentage basis, that’s a fairly PC and parties in Quebec ridings where most said the businessman is cam- high percentage of EDA’s in one in 2003, both parties agreed that for people, especially in rural areas, paigning in different regions of uebec’s 78 ridings will be “ex- province of the country.” leadership conventions, all EDAs speak only French. the country. She said Mr. O’Leary Qtremely important” in the Mr. Lukiwski said most of will have an equal 100 points each, “It’s easier [to campaign in has a team of organizers in Que- outcome of the May 27 Conserva- the 14 leadership candidates are no matter how many members Quebec] for everybody,” said Mr. bec, but declined to share details. tive Party leadership race, say spending a “fair amount of time” a riding association has. This Reynolds. “It’s an equal thing if you “He dispersed his time pretty Conservatives. in Quebec because of the poten- measure was taken to ensure that go spend the time there. But, if you evenly across the country,” Ms. The ridings have low member- tial reward with low investment no one geographical region or one are a candidate who doesn’t speak LeBreton said. “He’s been into ship numbers, which make it easier of resources and effort. wing of the party would have ad- French, how are you going to a Quebec several times.” to campaign in, but also have lots Another leadership candidate vantage in electing future leaders French-speaking riding where they Rookie Conservative MP Gé- of influence compared to ridings in and some top supporters of other of the party. Since the merger, next don’t speak English.” rard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, and major urban campaigns echoed Mr. Lukiwski’s month’s convention will be the Mr. Reynolds said if the Con- Que.), who is supporting Conser- centres where each electoral dis- views. They spoke to The Hill second time the party has elected servative Party chooses to elect a vative MP Erin O’Toole’s (Dur- trict association (EDA) could have Times in not-for-attribution based a leader. leader from Quebec it could help ham, Ont.) campaign, described more than a thousand members, interviews because they said they Quebec has the highest num- the party win the next federal it as a “mathematical observa- say Conservatives. wanted to avoid any potential ber of federal ridings in the coun- election because the Conserva- tion” that with low membership “Many of the Quebec ridings negative perception that their try after Ontario, which has 121. tives would need to make sig- numbers, it’s easier to campaign have low membership totals, and campaigns are focusing more The four Atlantic provinces have nificant gains in Quebec in 2019 and win support in Quebec. He therefore a very small amount strategically on Quebec. a combined total of 32 seats and and would have a better chance said Mr. O’Toole’s campaign team of people in certain ridings can Following the March 28 dead- Quebec has more seats than the of doing so if someone from the is working in all provinces to get have an extremely high degree of line to sign up new members, the combined total of (14), province led the party, he said. support for their candidate. influence over the entire race,” said Conservative Party is currently Saskatchewan (14) and Alberta “They’re [Quebec ridings] very “This is a mathematical observa- Conservative MP reviewing and compiling the mem- (34). The three provinces have 62 significant, it’s a large block of tion, but every member has the right (Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan, bership lists. The final numbers are seats in total. British Columbia votes, and also it’s very important to vote, and we [hope] that every Sask.) in an interview last week. expected to be announced by the has 42 seats. for us to have a leader that can member will vote,” said Mr. Deltell. Regardless of riding associa- end of this week. Traditionally, the For the May 27 leadership con- defeat Trudeau in Quebec in the “Quebec is always critical, but tion membership numbers, all 338 Conservative Party has had low vention in Toronto, party mem- next election,” Mr. Reynolds said. it’s not more critical than other ridings across the country are membership numbers in Quebec bers can vote using one of three “That’s the key.” parts because all the members will weighted equally in the leadership compared to Western Canada, such methods: mail-in their ballots; Other than Mr. Bernier, Con- have the right to vote. Technically, contest and have 100 points each, as Alberta, which is the bedrock of vote at a designated polling sta- servative MP Steven Blaney (Bel- mathematically may be, but the re- with the total 33,800 points up for the party base. tion in their region; or vote at the lechasse-Les Ethcemins-Lévis, ality is we must speak to everybody grabs. The winner will need at least In the last election, the Con- convention centre. Party members Que.) is the only other candidate from coast to coast to coast and 16,901 points, or 50 per cent plus servatives won only 12 of the will start to receive their ballots from Quebec, but is considered a every member is important.” one of the available points. 78 seats in Quebec. In the 2011 after April 28. long shot in the contest. The Hill Times The Hill Times | monday, april 24, 2017 29 Conservative leadership: who supports who

andrew saxton Sources: Media reports, The Hill Times archives, and candidate/supporter John Duncan former Conservative MP communications. Note: This list is limited to former and current political staffers, elected Maxime Bernier Michael Chong John Fraser former House Speaker and politicians, and candidates. Conservative MP Conservative MP Progressive Conservative minister Compiled by Kristen Shane and Chelsea Nash Alupa Clarke Conservative MP Conservative MP Noël Kinsella former Senate speaker and Conservative MP Victor Oh Conservative Senator Conservative Senator Conservative MP Mike Wallace former Conservative MP Elaine Allan former Conservative candidate Conservative MP Terence Young former Conservative MP Paul Seear former Conservative staffer Alex Nuttall Conservative MP Erminie Cohen former Progressive Conservative Senator Brock Stephenson former Conservative staffer erin o’toole Lynn Beyak Conservative Senator Ted Arnott Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Conservative MP Claude Carignan Conservative Senator Ted Chudleigh former Ontario PC MPP Conservative MP Nicole Eaton Conservative Senator Gary Mar former Alberta MLA, cabinet minister Conservative MP Stephen Greene Conservative Senator John McDermid former Progressive Conservative MP, minister of state rick peterson Conservative MP Leo Housakos Conservative Senator Réjean Savoie former MLA Bill Clarke former Conservative MP Conservative MP Devin Baines Conservative staffer Michael MacDonald Conservative Senator Jeff Bridge 2013 campaign manager for Conservative MP Nathan Caranci Conservative staffer Ghislain Maltais Conservative Senator the B.C. Conservatives Michael Cooper Conservative MP Yaroslav Baran former Conservative staffer Thanh Hai Ngo Conservative Senator Karen Mortfield former press secretary to a Gérard Deltell Conservative MP Susan Elliott former PC national director Kelvin Ogilvie Conservative Senator former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Conservative MP Catherine Keill former staffer to then-Alberta Progressive Conservative Larry Smith Conservative Senator Mark Mullins former adviser to federal and Ontario PCs, former Conservative MP premier and former Progressive Conservative MPs Fraser Institute director Jim Eglinski Conservative MP Alberta Wildrose MLA Harry Near former PC national campaign director, adviser to PC leader Conservative MP Scott Cyr Alberta Wildrose MLA Geoff Norquay former Conservative staffer Conservative MP Mike Ellis Alberta Progressive Conservative MLA Chisholm Pothier former Conservative staffer Conservative MP Derek Fildebrandt Alberta Wildrose MLA Bram Sepers former Conservative staffer andrew scheer Conservative MP Steven Fletcher Manitoba PC MLA, ex-federal Conservative William Stairs former Conservative staffer Conservative MP Conservative MP cabinet minister Adam Taylor former Conservative staffer David Anderson Conservative MP Kelly McCauley Conservative MP Don MacIntyre Alberta Wildrose MLA Peter White former principal secretary to Progressive John Barlow Conservative MP Cathy McLeod Conservative MP Alberta Wildrose MLA Conservative prime minister Conservative MP Conservative MP Alberta Wildrose MLA Kelly Block Conservative MP Conservative MP Laura Ross MLA Conservative MP Conservative MP Rick Strankman Alberta Wildrose MLA Conservative MP Wes Taylor Alberta Wildrose MLA Bev Shipley Conservative MP kevin o’leary Conservative MP Rick Casson former Conservative MP Robert Sopuck Conservative MP Guy Lauzon Conservative MP Conservative MP Russ Hiebert former Conservative MP Conservative MP Conservative MP Conservative MP former Conservative whip and House leader Dianne Watts Conservative MP Percy Mockler Conservative Senator Tom Lukiwski Conservative MP Conservative MP Ryan Leef former Conservative MP David Wells Conservative Senator Pierre Paul-Hus Conservative MP Nancy Greene Raine Conservative Senator Gary Lunn former Conservative minister Steve Clark Ontario Progressive Conservative Conservative MP Bob Runciman Conservative Senator former Conservative minister MPP, deputy leader Ron Atkey former Conservative minister Pat Perkins former Conservative MP Conservative MP Karla MacFarlane Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative MLA former Conservative MP John Reynolds former Conservative MP and B.C. MLA Conservative MP Laurie Hawn former Conservative MP former Conservative MP former Conservative MP Conservative MP former Conservative MP Lawrence Toet former Conservative MP Ken Hughes former Progressive Conservative MP and Alberta PC Conservative MP Randy Kamp former Conservative MP Gerry Weiner former Progressive Conservative federal minister MLA and minister Conservative MP Gerald Keddy former Conservative MP Michel Rivard former Conservative Senator former Conservative MP Conservative MP Wladyslaw Lizon former Conservative MP George Richardson former Canadian Alliance party president former Conservative MP Conservative MP Barbara McDougall former Conservative minister Kevin Falcon former B.C. Liberal MLA Marjory LeBreton former Conservative Senator Conservative MP Ted Opitz former Conservative MP Heather Forsyth former Alberta MLA and interim leader former Ontario Progressive Conservative premier Mark Warawa Conservative MP Bernard Trottier former Conservative MP John Hastings former Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Rick Perkins former Conservative candidate Conservative MP David Wilks former Conservative MP Fred Bamber councillor, municipal district of Bonnyville no. 87, Alberta Erika Barootes former political staffer to the former Alberta PC Conservative MP John Hamm former Progressive Conservative Novia Scotia Matt Whitman deputy mayor of Halifax government Denise Batters Conservative Senator premier Babu Nagalingam senior adviser to the Ontario Progressive Andrew Boddington former Ontario Progressive Conservative Norman Doyle Conservative Senator Bob Bailey Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Conservative leader Party executive director Dennis Patterson Conservative Senator Jamie Baillie Nova Scotia MLA, leader of Progressive Jeff Callaway former Alberta Wildrose Party candidate, current Erinn Broshko former federal Conservative candidate Conservative Senator Conservative Party of Nova Scotia party president Jim Burnett adviser to the Ontario PC Party leader Carolyn Stewart Olsen Conservative Senator Lorne Coe Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Nathan Giede columnist, former B.C. Conservative party candidate John Capobianco former federal Conservative candidate Scott Tannas Conservative Senator Vic Fedeli Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Marie-Claude Godue former federal Conservative candidate Mike Coates former Conservative staffer, current Hill & Knowlton vice-chair David Tkachuk Conservative Senator Michael Harris Ontario MPP Phil Green former Conservative candidate Erin Chutter former political staffer Betty Unger Conservative Senator Party MLA Adam Richardson former Canadian Alliance candidate and staffer Amanda Galbraith former Conservative staffer and Garry Breitkreuz former Conservative MP MLA Robert Strickland former Conservative candidate spokesperson for Toronto Mayor Paul Calandra former Conservative MP Yukon Party MLA Steven Barrett former Conservative staffer Ari. S. Laskin former Ontario PC staffer Royal Galipeau former Conservative MP Brian Macdonald New Brunswick Progressive Conservative MLA Éric Duhaime newspaper columnist, former Canadian Alliance adviser Sara MacIntyre former Conservative staffer former Conservative MP Norm Miller Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Aaron Gairdner former Conservative staffer Amy Mills former Conservative staffer Bryan Hayes former Conservative MP Rick Nicholls Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Emrys Graefe deputy director for the Conservative Party’s 2015 campaign Randy Pettapiece Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Peter McQuaid former party president of P.E.I. Progressive Conservatives Costas Menegakis former Conservative MP Maxime Hupé former Hill staffer Laurie Scott Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Naresh Raghubeer former aide to a former Ontario Progressive Tilly O’Neill-Gordon former Conservative MP Mark Johnson former Conservative staffer Lisa Thompson Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Conservative MPP LaVar Payne former Conservative MP Leif Malling former Conservative staffer Bill Walker Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Patrick Robert former Conservative staffer former Conservative minister Tony Oliver former vice president of the Progressive Conservative John Yakabuski Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Chris Rougier former Conservative staffer former Conservative MP Party of Newfoundland Kelly Elliott Thames Centre, Ont. councillor former CEO of the Manitoba PC Party Devinder Shory former Conservative MP Dan Robertson former Conservative staffer Jody Mitic Ottawa city councillor Lesli Tomlin former Conservative staffer former Conservative MP Dave Myette Saugeen Shores, Ont. councillor Kory Teneycke former Conservative staffer Norm Vocino former Conservative staffer former Conservative MP Dave Boushy former Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Dean Tester former Conservative staffer Wayne Anderson Alberta Wildrose MLA Frank Klees former Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Mark Whiffen past president of the Progressive Conservative Steven Bonk Saskatchewan Party MLA Michelle Branch former Bathurst, N.B. councillor Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Bill Boyd Saskatchewan Party MLA Conservative staffer Lisa Raitt Fred Bradshaw Saskatchewan Party MLA Daniel Lindsay former Conservative leadership candidate Conservative MP Greg Brkich Saskatchewan Party MLA Fred DeLorey former Conservative candidate and staffer brad trost Phil McColeman Conservative MP Jennifer Campeau Saskatchewan Party MLA James Dodds former chief financial officer for the federal Leon Benoit former Conservative MP Conservative MP Jeff Carr New Brunswick Progressive Conservative MLA Progressive Conservative Party Joseph Ben-Ami former operations director Judith Seidman Conservative Senator Lori Carr Saskatchewan Party MLA John MacDonell former Conservative chief of staff to Canadian Alliance leader Scott Armstrong former Conservative MP Nathan Cooper Alberta Wildrose House leader and MLA Dan Mader former Conservative chief of staff Mike Patton former Conservative staffer former Conservative minister Herb Cox Saskatchewan Party MLA Tausha Michaud Hill staffer John Carmichael former Conservative MP Dan D’Autremont Saskatchewan Party MLA Mike Murray former Conservative staffer, candidate Terry Dennis Saskatchewan Party MLA Dave Pierce former Conservative staffer Rob Clarke former Conservative MP Mary Collins former Progressive Conservative Minister Larry Doke Saskatchewan Party MLA steven blaney Kerry-Lynne Findlay former Conservative minister David Hanson Alberta Wildrose MLA Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu Conservative Senator Robert Goguen former Conservative MP Larry Harrison Progressive Conservative Nova Scotia MLA Jean-Guy Dagenais Conservative Senator Gary Goodyear former Conservative minister of state Jeremy Harrison Saskatchewan Party MLA Daniel Gaudreau former federal former Conservative MP Warren Kaeding Saskatchewan Party MLA Conservative candidate Conservative MP former Conservative MP Greg Lawrence Saskatchewan Party MLA Pierre-Luc Jean former Conservative staffer Conservative MP Darrel Stinson former Conservative MP Don MacIntyre Alberta Wildrose MLA Christophe Lavoie Hill staffer Conservative MP Alfie MacLeod Nova Scotia PC MLA Monte McNaughton Ontario PC MPP Bob Dechert former Conservative MP Lisa MacLeod Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Hugh Nerlien Saskatchewan Party MLA Consiglio Di Nino former Conservative Eddie Orrell Nova Scotia PC MLA Greg Ottenbreit Saskatchewan Party MLA Senator Chris Alexander Mike Cluett Halton regional councillor Kevin Phillips Saskatchewan Party MLA David Artemiw former Progressive Conservative Queen’s Park staffer Yuri Shymko former Progressive Cecil Clarke mayor of Cape Breton Regional Municipality, former Doug Steele Saskatchewan Party MLA Trent Blanchette former Conservative staffer Conservative MP and Ontario PC MPP Conservative candidate Saskatchewan Party MLA Richard Ciano principal at Campaign Research, former Ontario Alexandra Day former Conservative staffer Gordon Krantz mayor of Milton, Ont. Lyle Stewart Saskatchewan Party MLA Progressive Conservative party president Paul Egli former Conservative nomination candidate Michel A. Plourde mayor of Danville, Que. Christine Tell Saskatchewan Party MLA Michael Diamond director of operations for ex-Toronto mayor Keith Bain former Nova Scotia PC MLA Carl Urquhart New Brunswick Progressive Conservative MLA , Manitoba Progressive Conservative caucus staffer former Yukon Party MLA Glenn van Dijken Alberta Wildrose MLA Tannis Drysdale former northern VP for the Ontario Progressive Phil Gillies former Ontario Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Randy Weekes Saskatchewan Party MLA Conservative Party pierre lemieux former Yukon premier Shayne Saskiw former Alberta Wildrose MLA Steve Outhouse former Conservative Jan Dymond former political staffer John Snobelen former Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Joan Baylis Conservative staffer staffer Stephanie Gawur constituency assistant Case Ootes former deputy Kenzie Potter Conservative staffer Sander Grieve former Progressive Conservative Hill staffer Henry Lau former Conservative Party candidate Nancy Bishay former Conservative staffer Stanley Hartt former chief of staff to prime minister Brian Mulroney Adam Rodgers former Conservative Party candidate Georganne Burke former Conservative Party outreach manager Nick Kouvalis former chief of staff to Toronto mayor Rob Ford, Andrew Brander Hill assistant to Ms. Raitt and organizer principal at Campaign Research Darell Fowlie former Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Mike MacDonell former Conservative staffer Dany Renauld former federal Progressive Conservative Party deepak obhrai Conservative staffer Hamish Marshall former Conservative PMO and party staffer Corneliu Chisu former Conservative MP organizer in Quebec Jessica Oliver former Conservative staffer Marc-André Leclerc former Conservative Party staffer Joe Daniel former Conservative MP John Simcoe chief financial officer, Ontario PC Fund Jana Regimbal former Conservative staffer Stephen Taylor former Conservative nomination contestant, Mitch Wexler voter-data expert and a principal at Politrain Consulting Brooke Timpson former Conservative staffer ex-director of the National Citizens Coalition 30 monday, april 24, 2017 | the hill times Feature Book Excerpt: Donner Prize Finalist

of a Morgentaler figure who was prepared to risk prosecution to change the law, the polarizing ef- Dying in the shadows fect of the Robert Latimer case, in which the Saskatchewan farmer ended the life of his severely dis- Modern death has become a wrenching probably kill me,” given he had abled and pain-wracked child, the celebrated his eightieth birthday emergence of palliative care as political dilemma, one that grows more the previous December. Even if he the medically approved approach survived the surgery, Purdy’s “vari- to dying, and the lack of political pressing as the population ages. A Good ous old age conditions” made him will all helped stall the right to question whether his “‘quality of die movement in Canada. Death confronts our fears about dying, our life’ would be very elevated.” Furthermore, the rigid regula- On the evening of Thursday, tory grip exercised by provincial struggle for meaning, and our dread of being April 20, 2000, a year after Purdy and territorial colleges of physi- trapped by voracious medical technology in a first wrote to Hofsess, the under- cians and surgeons kept doctors ground Right to Die Society team on the approved side in the sanc- nightmare world that has abandoned caring assembled at Purdy’s house and tity-of-life stakes. If they did help gave the poet a dose of Rohypnol suffering patients, they did it in Sandra Martin’s book, A Good in pursuit of curing, no matter the cost or the diluted in a glass of Chilean wine. the shadows and kept mum about Death: Making the Most of Our Final Once Purdy was unconscious, it afterwards. Those who openly Choices, is a 2016/17 Donner Prize suffering to patients and their families. A Good Hofsess and Martens put a plastic helped patients die when they Shortlist finalist, one five books Death asks the tough question none of us can bag over his face, attached the were in excruciating pain were picked as the best public policy book collar and pumped in helium often reported to the authorities of the year. The $50,000 winner will avoid: How do we want to die? gas through a tube. Purdy died by other members of the medical be announced on May 15 in Toronto. easily and Hofsess and Martens team. That’s what happened to removed all traces of their visit. respirologist Nancy Morrison, a twenty-four hours, and I think they Unbeknownst to Hofsess, By Sandra Martin an “underground” service provider staff physician at Queen Eliza- would change that opinion.” Martens had begun freelancing for people who had approached beth II Hospital in Halifax, Nova The video went viral when as a death provider. In 2002, she y the early 1990s, there were him privately for help in ending Scotia, after the death of patient it was posted to the Internet on was arrested and charged with Bright-to-die organizations in their lives. He began by producing Paul Mills in November 1996. September 24, 2013, not only in two counts of assisting a suicide. more than two dozen countries with and selling a nine-part series of Mills, a sixty-five-year-old who the media but within the medical Her home, which housed the several hundred thousand paying booklets called “The Art and Sci- was suffering from terminal cancer profession. Here was one of their Right to Die Society office, was members and tens of millions of ence of Suicide” describing various of the esophagus, had a Do Not Re- most respected members deliver- raided. All of the organization’s unaffiliated believers, according “self-deliverance” methods, even suscitate order on his chart. Antibiot- ing a poignant and public deathbed records, books, and pamphlets to Richard N. Côté in his book, In offering plastic bags equipped with ics and tube feeding had been halted, plea to his colleagues, urging them were seized, and the covert death Search of Gentle Death: The Fight elastic in a sewn-on casing. and he had been removed from life to think like patients, not doctors. service, or as Hofsess liked to for Your Right to Die with Dignity. “I was definitely influenced by support with his family’s consent. It added an authoritative medical call it, the “underground railroad,” “The self-deliverance genie had been [Jack] Kevorkian,” the American He was receiving palliative care, but voice to a surging national debate collapsed. Martens’s preliminary freed from its bottle and had taken pathologist known as Dr. Death, he didn’t die easily. Despite massive that had reignited in both British enquiry, held in Duncan, British on a robust, self-sustaining life,” he Hofsess told me in an email in doses of narcotics over an eight-hour Columbia with the Carter chal- Columbia, lasted eight months, writes. But opposition from religious, July 2015. As a lay person, Hof- period, he was gasping for breath lenge to the law prohibiting physi- from November 2002 to June right to life, and disability groups sess had no access to prescrip- and seemingly in great pain. cian-assisted death, and in Quebec, 2003, followed by a criminal trial as well as pro-life medical ethicists tion drugs, which also became Finally, Morrison injected Mills which had tabled its medical-aid- in October 2004. A jury acquitted had also swelled, with sanctity-of-life true for Jack Kevorkian, after his with potassium chloride and nitro- in-dying legislation in June 2013, the seventy-three-year-old woman proponents articulating fears of a medical licence was suspended in glycerine, two drugs with negligible three months before Low died. on November 4. Martens never slippery slope leading to Nazi-like Michigan. That is why Kevorkian value as painkillers but a known ca- The battle with doctors over the implicated Hofsess as a death atrocities against the weak, the vul- switched to a mixture of helium pacity to stop the heart from beating. right of patients to have choices supplier, but outside the court she nerable, and the elderly. and carbon monoxide and later She was subsequently charged with in end-of-life care was far from declared her days with the right- The problem for people who carbon monoxide on its own. There first-degree murder. At her prelimi- over, however. Listening to patients to-die movement were over. She wanted “chosen” deaths was access. were also philosophical and practi- nary enquiry, doubts were raised by about how they want their lives died in January 2011, just before The terminally ill who were wealthy, cal differences between Hofsess her lawyers about the efficacy of the to end is one of the least heralded her eightieth birthday. well-connected, or daring could and Kevorkian. Hofsess went to intravenous line that was supposedly and most significant instruments As for Kevorkian, he continued find the means to end their lives, the client rather than expecting the delivering the narcotics to Mills. If in any doctor’s black bag. Putting to defy the medical profession and but many others had no choice but client to come to him. One of the the line was clogged, then how could the interests of the patient first is the law until he went a death too to suffer it out. As Ronald Dwor- reasons that Rodriguez didn’t use the potassium chloride have reached a key lesson in achieving our final kin wrote in “Assisted Suicide: The Kevorkian for her assisted death far in his defiance. Late in 1998, he the patient’s heart in order to kill human right: choice in the manner Philosopher’s Brief” in the New York in 1994, was that she was too sick provided the American television him? That defence was accepted. and timing of our deaths. Review of Books in March 1997, “the to fly halfway across the conti- program 60 Minutes with a film Morrison wasn’t sent to trial, but she Sandra Martin’s book, A current two-tier system—a chosen nent. Another distinction was that showing him performing eutha- was reprimanded by the province’s Good Death: Making the Most of death and the end of pain outside Hofsess operated in secrecy, unlike nasia with a lethal injection to College of Physicians and Surgeons Our Final Choices, published by the law for those with [medical] Kevorkian, who “wanted attention Thomas Youk, a fifty-two-year-old for actions that were “inappropriate HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., is connections and stony refusals for not for his own gratification but for man in the end stages of amyo- and outside the bounds of acceptable a 2016/17 Donner Prize Shortlist most other people—is one of the furthering ‘the crusade’—and didn’t trophic lateral sclerosis. Youk was medical practice.” finalist, one five books picked greatest scandals of contemporary mind in the least if his actions led filmed on September 17, 1998, giv- And yet that kind of compas- as the best public policy book of medical practice.” to another prosecution.” ing his informed consent before the sionate and interventionist medi- the year. Ms. Martin, an award- Given the intransigence of poli- Between mid-1999 and late procedure. Kevorkian, like Henry cal aid in dying is precisely what winning journalist and broad- ticians and medical associations 2001, Hofsess and his assistant Ev- Morgentaler before him with some patients want, including caster, writes the Long Goodbye to accommodate the wishes of a elyn Martens helped eight people respect to abortion, was daring the renowned microbiologist Donald column for The Globe and Mail. large part of the general public, die. The clients usually drank a authorities to prosecute him. Low. In February 2013, one week Her previous books include Work- Côté described how new technol- potion containing the sedative Ro- And they did, charging him after a brain scan revealed that he ing the Dead Beat: 50 Lives that ogy that circumvented doctors was hypnol, which made them uncon- with first-degree murder. He was had a midbrain tumour, he began Changed Canada and The First being developed by campaigners scious. “It’s a perfect medication for convicted and given a sentence of talking with his wife, medical Man in My Life: Daughters Write he called “euthanasia activists.” an assisted death,” Hofsess told me from ten to twenty-five years. He journalist Maureen Taylor, about about Their Fathers. Reprinted The late John Hofsess, founder of in an email. Martens would apply a was released on compassionate assisted dying. Even with Low’s with permission from HarperCol- the Right to Die Society and the mask to the person’s face attached grounds in June 2007, after eight connections in the international lins Publishers. The Donner Prize activist who helped Sue Rodriguez to a helium or debreather canister; years in prison, and died four medical community, and despite winner will be announced in To- mount a legal and political cam- once it was secured, Hofsess would years later of a pulmonary throm- his access to potent drugs, he died ronto on May 15. The winner will paign in favour of physician-assist- turn on the gas. Death was quick bosis. By then, euthanasia had the death he feared: paralyzed, receive $50,000. Each of the other ed death in the early 1990s, was the and painless and very hard to de- been legalized in the Netherlands, unable to communicate with his winners receives $7,500. most prominent Canadian in the tect by a doctor or a coroner. Belgium, and Luxembourg, and family, and sedated so that he The Hill Times underground death movement. Hofsess’s most famous client assisted suicide laws had been en- could tolerate the intolerable. Deeply discouraged by the was the poet Al Purdy. He wrote acted in the U.S. states of Oregon The couple made a video before failure of the Rodriguez chal- Hofsess in April 1999 describing and Washington. Low died so the renowned doctor A Good Death: lenge at the Supreme Court, the his ill health. He had had prostate Canada was a different could tell the medical profes- Senate committee’s subsequent surgery; subsequent X-rays had story. Hofsess, who had insisted sion that palliative care was fine Making failure to recommend abolishing shown a shadow on his lung that privately to me that he had been as a service doctors provided to the Most of the law against assisted suicide, was diagnosed as squamous carci- prepared to stand trial and go to patients, but it wasn’t so hot when Our Final and Parliament’s intransigence in noma. The doctors wanted to oper- prison for helping Purdy die, end- the roles were inverted and the Choices, by acting on the modest changes the ate, predicting they could remove ed his life in a Swiss death clinic doctor was the patient. “Why make HarperCollins in February, 2016-- the very same Senate committee had proposed, the tumour and leave Purdy with people suffer for no reason, when Publishers Hofsess began shifting his em- 80 per cent lung capacity. Purdy day that he had arranged for there’s an alternative?” Low asks in Ltd., 400 pp., phasis. He morphed the Right to wasn’t convinced. He believed that Toronto Life magazine to publish the video. “A lot of clinicians have Die Society into an “overground” “the massive invasion of my body his posthumous article on his role opposition to dying with dignity. I $27.99 political action organization and required for its removal would very in the poet’s death. The absence wish they could live in my body for The Hill Times | monday, april 24, 2017 31 Opinion

ment, new threats to Canadian livelihoods are on the horizon. Disruptive labour-saving technologies being adopted throughout the Innovation and the Western World are expected to put many work- ers out of work in the not-too-distant future. The 2017 budget therefore stressed in- novation at least in words. About $1.5 billion budget: much policy per year of new and redirected money is spent on skills and innovation, with less than a fifth spent on innovation itself. The most important measures—in dollar terms over five years—include reformed labour market left on the table agreements with the provinces ($2.075-bil- lion), expanding Employment Insurance for book, Why the West Rules—For Now, shows more flexibility for families ($886-million), Following on the work that technology, often resulting from war-mak- innovation superclusters ($950-million) and a Finance Minister Bill Morneau, pictured March ing demands, has been one of four major fac- new innovation fund ($200-million). 22, 2017. The 2017 budget wisely avoided of the Advisory Council tors explaining economic growth since 14,000 While improving skilled training is a raising capital gains taxes. With potential U.S. on Economic Growth, BC. Others include energy capture, societal worthy objective, it is unlikely to add to tax, trade and regulatory reforms in 2017, it organization (eg. urbanization) and informa- innovative capacity that depends on more will likely be the case that the next budget will the 2017 budget was long tion technology/communication. than the availability of skilled labour. have more meaningful impact on innovation by It is not just supply of innovators but Besides, much of skill training depends on reducing regulatory and tax barriers in Canada, billed as the ‘Innovation also the demand for their ideas that mat- the effectiveness of provincial educational not raise them. Let’s hope that will be the case. ters. Demand depends on entrepreneurial and training programs, which are vastly The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright Budget’. While the Trudeau businesses that put good ideas into profit- larger than federal training programs such government’s plans to boost able practice. as those funded by Employment Insurance. to achieve commercialization of research We know that Canada has many advan- In part this reflects our constitution—prov- ideas as currently done by the most suc- innovation were said to have tages relative to many countries—a relatively inces jealously guard their role in educa- cessful global institutions. Typically, this good infrastructure, political stability, good rule tion and object to federal intrusion. would require regulatory changes to been trimmed somewhat of law and a well-educated work force—but The federal government does have an encourage a stronger connection between also several economic disadvantages. We have important role in funding university and entrepreneurs and academics. by uncertainty surrounding a small market (manufacturing and services college research. Yet, the granting agency We also might want more health innova- tend to locate near large populations), a less core budgets are nominally frozen in the tion but provincial health policies often get the economic impact of dense labour pool and cold weather. To over- coming year. Some new funding is directed in the way (private medical innovators argue the Trump presidency, come these disadvantages, we have leveraged at targeted research programs. Overall, the it is easier to export product than sell it in policies including free trade to access interna- budget comes up short. Canada). Procurement, for example, is fo- the budget still contained tional markets, immigration policy to access a With the roughly $1.2-billion over five cused on costs savings, not benefits, thereby larger talent pool and business tax reform to years with new or redirected funds for inno- reducing the demand for innovations. innovation investment. improve competitiveness. These policies help vation, the funding is so low it would hardly Regulations based on old practices also contribute to a better innovation climate. budge long-term productivity rates. Even so, make it more difficult for entrepreneurs to Economist Jack Mintz Yet something is still amiss. Canada’s its logic is based on a faulty premise. implement new processes and sell new prod- growth has been less than stellar, with out- Taking advice from the Advisory Council ucts. Regulations also protect incumbents from breaks it down. put per working hour still chugging along on Economic Growth, the budget directs funds market competition, reducing the incentive to at roughly one per cent annually. Despite to “winning” sector clusters. Why such funding innovate. It is not surprising that Canada is not many good public policies adopted over is needed is unclear since one would expect at the forefront in world telecommunication the years, we have not doubled productiv- entrepreneurs in the private sector would be markets with a regulated telecommunication ity growth rates that would match some more than willing to amass the resources on sector protected from foreign competition. high-performing countries. their own to pursue profitable opportunities. Taxes can also impede innovation, espe- While our performance relative to other The budget’s focus is on six sectors: advanced cially capital gains taxes. Investors willing to Organisation of Economic Cooperation manufacturing, agri-food, clean technol- invest in new projects must sell off under- and Development countries has improved ogy, digital industries, bio-health and clean performing assets but capital gains taxes dis- since the 1990s when we were fourth-low- resources. While some initiatives may work courage them from doing so. Governments est, our relative ranking has improved only well, it is far from clear that anyone can predict looking to support venture capital uninten- because of economic slowdowns in other which sectors and companies will be success- tionally provide subsidies to poorly operated Jack M. Mintz countries since the 2008 financial crisis. ful within two decades. Government winner- companies that crowd out better performing 2017 budget Our productivity growth rate since 2011 picking strategies have been spotty at best. companies to raise capital from the market. has been better than the G7 average, but For example, Peter Lougheed’s diversification The 2017 budget wisely avoided raising worse than the OECD average (see the ta- strategies largely failed in Alberta, as shown capital gains taxes. With potential U.S. tax, conomic growth per worker depends ble). It falls behind Ireland, resource-based by Ted Morten and Meredith McDonald in a trade and regulatory reforms in 2017, it Ecrucially on two factors: innovations Australia and Mexico although ahead of paper two years ago. will likely be the case that the next budget adopted by entrepreneurs and investment. the United States and Norway. A decade from now, I suspect we won’t will have more meaningful impact on in- The 2017 federal budget is rightly focused In a recent paper published in Austra- move the productivity rate one decimal point novation by reducing regulatory and tax on innovation. Last year, it was rightly fo- lia on tax reform, I showed that Canada’s resulting from measures taken in this budget. barriers in Canada, not raise them. Let’s cused on public infrastructure. Lacking in private sector investment as share of GDP In my view, a better working model for hope that will be the case. both budgets, however, is a plan to support is far less than in most OECD countries in innovation is for government to reduce the Jack M. Mintz is the resident’s Fellow entrepreneurship and private investment, both manufacturing and services. Where burden of taxes and regulations that make and former director (2008-15) of the, School which are both critical to the adoption of we shine—the resource sector—we have entrepreneurs less willing to implement of Public Policy, University of Calgary. This new innovations. witnessed plunging investment since 2014, new projects. piece was published in Policy magazine, ed- This lack of focus on the private sector especially in oil and gas and mining. Some of the policies would encourage ited by L. Ian MacDonald. Policymagazine.ca seems rooted in a misperception of factors With improved prospects for our middle public-funded universities and colleges [email protected] leading to growth. Ian Morris, in his acclaimed class over the years through better employ- to connect better with the private sector The Hill Times 32 monday, april 24, 2017 | the hill times News West Block’s interim House Chamber takes shape as Hill construction

New House Chamber Coming: The completed steel framing for the interim House of Commons Chamber, including continues the viewing galleries, is pictured in the West Block’s courtyard on March 31. Concrete is currently being poured and installation of the glass-domed roof is ongoing, with protection put up (as shown) to allow work on the interim Chamber glass to help control the Chamber to continue at the same time. Photograph courtesy of Public Services and Procurement Canada Centre Block will lighting, and Mr. Létourneau said the installation of them would be the prime minister’s office, cur- lowing their tenure—meaning Mr. being built, and the general waiting be emptied in the complete by the end of July. rently on the third floor of Centre Rhodes was the only person to room, where among other things summer of 2018, and Under construction since Febru- Block, which will be relocated to use his. It’s been in storage in the two committee rooms are being ary 2011, the West Block building’s former prime minister Alexander Nova Scotia Archives since his built, is currently being repaired is expected to be roughly $863-million rehabilitation Mackenzie’s old office in the Mack- death in 1942, as reported by the and prepped for painting, he said. is nearing completion, with main enzie Tower. Mr. Mackenzie was CBC last fall, and was donated to “Heritage elements initially the ‘largest heritage construction on the building slated the second prime minister in Ca- the House of Commons in 2005. removed during the demolition to finish this year. The glass-domed nadian history and the first Liberal When the House resumes in are being reinstated, such as the restoration project in roof itself is estimated to make up one. The move will make Prime the fall of 2018, the chair will be salvaged marble chimney mantles $115-million of total costs. Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, used for the second-time ever by and wood trim. Wood windows Canada.’ Next up on the renovation dock- Que.) the second prime minister to another Nova Scotian, current and trim are going through final et is the Centre Block building, ever have an office in the building. House Speaker and Liberal MP preparation and installation,” said By Laura Ryckewaert which will be fully emptied during Among other things, the build- Geoff Regan (Halifax West, N.S.). Mr. Létourneau. “The massive the 2018 summer sitting recess, at ing will also include a cabinet “I would say it’s not quite as steel windows, within the general ARLIAMENT HILL—The inter- which time furniture for MP desks meeting room, offices for the comfortable as the current chair, waiting room, which have sig- Pim House of Commons Chamber and “centre aisle furniture” from various caucus House officers, the but it’s being restored,” Mr. Regan nificantly corroded over time, are being built in the West Block’s court- the current House of Commons House Speaker’s office, a cafete- told the CBC. being dismantled for repair.” yard is taking shape with concrete Chamber will be moved into the ria, a parliamentary restaurant, The Rhodes chair is being Meanwhile, the Centre Block being poured to form the visitors’ interim Chamber being built in the an interim Charles Lynch press reupholstered with green velvet to project team is “launching an galleries and about 60 per cent of the West Block’s courtyard, said Mr. theatre, and work space for the replace the old brown leather, and investigation program” to check glass roof now installed. Létourneau. The interim Chamber Parliamentary Press Gallery— its detailed carvings are also being out the state of the Centre Block “The pouring of the gallery will be in use by the start of the along with 24 MP offices and four repaired, according to the CBC. building, said Mr. Létourneau. floor started Monday [April 17] 2018 fall session. committee rooms, which are part Inside the West Block building and is scheduled for completion of its future, permanent function. itself, window installation is about in the first week of May,” Pierre- At the same time, the Govern- 75 per cent done, with the installa- Alain Bujold, spokesperson for ment Conference Centre (GCC) tion of doors “just beginning,” said Public Services and Procurement at 2 Rideau St. will serve as the Mr. Létourneau. Each floor in the Canada (PSPC), said in an email interim home for the Senate, building is at a “different level of response to The Hill Times. including its Chamber, Senate completion,” with the second and A steel frame for the viewing leadership offices, including for the third floors the furthest along. galleries is already in place, as Usher of the Black Rod, and more. “A large part of the work cur- are the large “tree trunk” steel col- The GCC has been under construc- rently underway involves pulling umns supporting the freestanding tion since 2014 and renovations cables for electrical and multime- glass-domed roof. are expected to cost $219-million dia, installation of drywall, instal- The decorative plaster ceiling in Along with pouring concrete in all by the time they’re completed lation of windows, and installa- the general waiting room of the old for the gallery “floor structure,” the in the summer of 2018. The total tion of [woodwork],” he said. train station building, now known as department said next steps include budget for the project is $269-mil- A new underground Visitor the Government Conference Centre, installing lay lights and the catwalk lion, with $50-million needed to Welcome Centre is also currently pictured March 10. Photograph courtesy that will connect the galleries sur- Workers pictured on March 17 cover other costs, including leasing being built, which is the first new of Public Services and Procurement Canada rounding the Chamber to the main installing glass on the new domed nearby temporary office space for construction on the Hill in 100 building at the third floor level. roof topping the West Block Senators and staff. years. Much of it will be completed “Detailed project cost, scope, Canadian comedian Rick building’s courtyard. Photograph courtesy MPs’ seats will be grouped in in tandem with the West Block, and schedule will be finalized in Mercer had the honour of install- of Public Services and Procurement Canada twos in the interim House Cham- with a second phase to correspond 2019, following the completion of ing the first piece of glass in the ber in the West Block’s courtyard. with work on the Centre Block the investigation program,” he said. domed roof that tops the West Block Actual construction on Centre Currently in Centre Block, with the building. Once completed, it’ll be There are also 20 to 30 “en- building’s courtyard on March 2, as Block is slated to begin in 2019, House having swelled from 308 to the main entrance for visitors to abling projects,” like re-routing documented on his CBC show, The and will take at least a decade 338 MPs last election, some MPs sit the Hill and will include security gas connections and creating Rick Mercer Report. Glass installa- to complete, though a detailed in groupings of three. While much screening facilities and more. site project offices, that are being tion for the roof is now about 60 per project time frame and costs have of the furniture for the interim Right now, the first phase of the worked on to prepare the building cent completed, said Jean-François not yet been finalized. Chamber is coming from the cur- welcome centre connected to the for major construction, he said. Létourneau, another Public Ser- “The renovation of the Centre rent space, one thing that won’t be West Block is “essentially a con- An almost $15-million contract vices spokesperson, with each piece Block, in scale, complexity, and moved is the Speaker’s chair. crete frame,” said Mr. Létourneau. for project management support weighing about 275 kilograms. time frame is expected to be the “It will not fit through the “The interior is filled with jack services for work on the Centre The glass-domed roof was largest heritage restoration project doors into the interim Chamber, posts that will support the weight Block was awarded to a joint chosen in part to maintain an in Canada,” said Mr. Létourneau. therefore risking the integrity of of the floors until the concrete venture of Colliers Project Leaders outdoor feel in the old courtyard The overall renovation of the the heritage piece,” explained Mr. has cured. These will start coming Inc. and Tiree Facility Solutions Inc. space, department officials have East Block building is set to fol- Létourneau. “This provided the down in the coming weeks and in January. As well, Public Services said, and will also help make the low Centre Block’s. opportunity of using the Speak- the area will be backfilled over is planning to announce soon the building more energy efficient. By the time Centre Block is er’s chair built for Edgar Rhodes, the summer,” he said. contract for architectural, and engi- While the glass roof won’t be so emptied in 2018, construction on who was Speaker of the House of Over in the GCC, “architectural neering, and construction manage- clear as to allow MPs or other visi- the Hill will have cost roughly Commons from 1917 to 1921.” partitions, stud-work, electrical ment consulting services for work tors to the House of Commons to $3-billion in all to date. Already, Mr. Rhodes was a former Con- and mechanical rough-ins are on the building. cloud-watch from inside the Cham- construction related to Parliament servative MP from Nova Scotia, near completion, with finish dry- A tender process for a con- ber, it will let in plenty of light— Hill’s rehabilitation has been on- representing various ridings in wall being installed throughout,” struction-management services which previously raised concerns going for more than a decade. the province over the years, and said Mr. Létourneau. contract for the East Block, post- over glare interfering with the cam- While work on Centre Block later became the province’s pre- The decorative plaster ceilings ed in February, is now closed with eras that record House proceed- is underway, the West Block will mier. Up until 1921, each House in both the concourse space of the bids currently being evaluated. ings. As a result, shutters are being serve as home to displaced House Speaker was given their own old train station, which is where [email protected] installed in between the layers of of Commons functions, including chair—which they could keep fol- the interim Senate Chamber is The Hill Times The Hill Times | monday, april 24, 2017 33 Opinion Freeland’s biases put question mark on her ability as Foreign Affairs minister

Trudeau government? She got a pass on ficult would it be to distance herself from Is she capable of her grandfather’s record with the help of her grandfather’s role? accepting that Russia has media groupthink along the lines of “we Perhaps the explanation lies in the fact can’t blame her for her Nazi grandfather.” that Freeland, like her father and grand- legitimate interests? But no one ever did. Critics blamed her father, is a devoted Ukrainian national- for knowing her grandfather was a Nazi ist who seems to harbour a deep-seated collaborator for two decades and saying hostility towards Russia. Even when she nothing, and for never denouncing him was a journalist with the Financial Times (she still hasn’t). Critics also blamed her she did not hide her fierce Ukrainian portraying him in her autobiography as nationalism—encouraging the Euromaidan almost a freedom-fighter. rebellion that became a violent coup Freeland’s grandfather Mykhailo against Russian-friendly Viktor Yanukov- Chomiak spent the entire war in occupied ich. Freeland’s take? “Their victory will be editing the Nazi-run newspaper a victory for us all; their defeat will weaken Krakivski Visti (News of Krakow) under the democracy far from the Euromaidan. We orders of the Nazi’s German governor-gen- are all Ukrainians now. Let’s do what we Murray Dobbin writes that Foreign Affairs eral Hans Frank, the man who organized can … to support them.” On March 17, the Minister Chrystia Freeland is ‘totally blinded’ M urray Dobbin the Holocaust in Poland. Chomiak ran third anniversary of the annexa- by her bias against Russia. The Hill Times Canada’s foreign policy the newspaper from editorial offices of a tion, Freeland issued a statement strongly former Polish-language Jewish newspaper, condemning Russia and stating “Canada photograph by Jake Wright Nowy Dziennik, whose editor ended up be- is steadfast in its support for the people of OWELL RIVER, B.C.—The irrational has ing murdered at the Belzec concentration .” To place Freeland in the position of Pbegun to dominate our politics as if the camp along with 600,000 other Jews. The “democracy” that resulted from the foreign minister is nothing short of reck- American virus has stealthily moved north to Just how pro-Nazi was the newspaper? 2014 coup was not quite as advertised. less. If her bias was against Luxembourg it infect our national narratives. It reflects itself Krakivski Visti was a vicious propaganda Freeland’s Nazi ghosts came to life in the would hardly matter. But the world is now in various ways but it seems that war—old tool fomenting as much hatred of Jews as new government which was chock-a-block closer to a nuclear holocaust than at any wars, current wars and future wars—have it could. The writer Juilan Tarnovych wrote with outright Nazis. The new government time since the Reagan administration. The gripped the minds of our political elite and a series “Out of Satan’s Claws” in which he had five cabinet members from the Svoboda relationship between the West and Russia their courtiers in the media. Most prob- referred to Jews as “Yid mobs,” “bastards,” Party—proud descendants of the Organiza- is now the most important geo-political is- lematic is Chrystia Freeland whose well- “rotten scum,” “bacillus,” “that riffraff— tion of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) who sue on the planet. documented hostility towards Russia raises that nest of crawling kikes,” and “a pile of fought against the Red Army alongside the Someone should ask Trudeau just questions about her suitability for the For- crawling worms.” Chomiak himself wrote Nazis. In 1941, the OUN sent a message who he is trying to please by keeping this eign Affairs post. She got off scot-free after editorials claiming Poland was “infected by to Lvov’s Jews in the form of a pamphlet flawed politician in such a powerful post. whitewashing her grandfather’s Nazi past. the Jews.” which said: ‘We will lay your heads at Murray Dobbin is a columnist based in The question is: Why is she still in one Instead, of saying (last year) “I am proud Hitler’s feet’”! The OUN and the SS arrested Powell River, B.C. of the most important cabinet posts in the to honour [his] memory today,” how dif- and executed 4,000 of the city’s Jews. The Hill Times 34 monday, april 24, 2017 | the hill times Feature Spin Doctors By Laura Ryckewaert “The Liberal government has introduced a 308-page budget implementation bill. What from it stands out to you most?”

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ast week, our govern- he easy one here is to point fter campaigning on he first thing to remember he original mandate letter to “Lment introduced the “Tout the hypocrisy. An om- “A increased transparency, “Tis that this bill is another “Tthen-House leader Dominic Budget Implementation Act— nibus bill being tabled after the the Liberals have taken a strat- broken Liberal promise. When LeBlanc tasked him with changing the next step in our ambitious Liberals promised they wouldn’t egy right out of the Conserva- he was a member of the opposi- the House of Commons Standing plan to invest in the middle do it. No one should be surprised, tive playbook by introducing a tion, Justin Trudeau tore his shirt Orders ‘to end the improper use of class and build an economy however. Time after time, the 300-page omnibus budget bill off every time the Conservatives omnibus bills and prorogation.’ Yet at that is as inclusive as it is in- Justin Trudeau Liberals have that changes almost 30 pieces of tabled a mammoth bill. During 308 pages, the budget implementa- novative. Here are just a few of proven they’d say anything to get legislation—a number of which the election campaign, the Liber- tion bill continues this Harper-era the ways the act will prepare elected. It’s just another in a long were not even mentioned in the als promised that they would omnibus trend. Canadians and their communi- line of broken promises from this budget. put an end to these colossal bills “Harper initially used omnibus ties for the changing economy government. “They criticized Stephen Harp- involving dozens of pieces of budget bills as a way of forcing and secure Canada’s place as a “But, as I said, that’s the easy er for massive budget bills that legislation and often used to force opposition MPs to pass unwanted hub of innovation. way out. I’ll actually pick a few sneaked in significant changes unacceptable amendments down changes to both environmental as- “First, the act will update things here the Liberals have to laws and regulations, but now the opposition’s throat. sessment laws and navigable waters laws to reflect the chang- quite expertly buried inside this that it benefits them, they’re do- “The Bloc Québécois has al- legislation. Now, the Liberals seem ing world of work. Targeted that will make life more expen- ing the exact same thing. ways denounced this approach, to be further muddying the waters amendments to the Canada sive for average Canadians. “This omnibus budget bill which serves neither democracy by making it more difficult for oppo- Labour Code will give feder- Inside their budget implementa- makes it easier for private nor the public. As we saw with sition MPs to scrutinize and amend ally regulated employees the tion bill, Justin Trudeau lays out investors to buy publicly owned Bill C-29 last December, the important legislation. right to request more flexible his plan to hike fees on fishing infrastructure and then help them government tried to hide from “On the face of it, changes to work arrangements, and give licenses and campsites. Surely make their profits by charging the public that it would be tak- make the Office of the Parliamen- them the job protection they it’s temporary? Wrong. The fees Canadians through more user ing away rights under the Bank tary Budget Officer an independent need while they are receiving will go up, essentially, forever. fees and tolls. It also guts the of Canada Act. The Bloc will officer of Parliament, rather than a caregiving, parental or mater- The prime minister can charge power of the parliamentary bud- continue to scrutinize every page part of the Library of Parliament, nity benefits. taxpayers over $130,000 for his get officer to hold the government of this bill to defend the interests are welcome. But the PBO changes “Second, the act will estab- Bahamas getaway, but if you accountable by independently of Quebeckers. The question now should be a stand-alone bill, particu- lish an ‘Invest in Canada Hub,’ want to take the family camping conducting studies and publish- is to find out what the Liberals larly as red flags are being raised by a new federal body dedicated for the weekend, prepare to shell ing reports that are in Canadians’ are trying to hide this time in the the likes of former PBO head Kevin to attracting leading global out even more. interests. 308-page budget implementation Page that the ‘legislation creates firms to Canada, in order to “Yes, that long weekend “It further erodes accountabil- legislation. the facade of independence.’ The bring good jobs, fresh capital, when you pack the cooler and ity by making it easier for foreign “The Liberal govern- bill proposes a detailed PBO work and new technologies to our kids, hoping to save on some air investors to take over Canadian ment’s broken promises are plan to the Speakers of the House economy. conditioning by sleeping in a tent companies without any review adding up and are beginning of Commons and the Senate, which “Third, the act will establish and taking a cheap swim, is going or job guarantees by raising the to tarnish the prime minis- Page worries could lead to politi- a new Canada Infrastructure to cost you more. Filling the wee review threshold amount from ter’s reputation.No positions It is not by legal- cians controlling the PBO’s agenda. Bank. This arm’s-length orga- ones with hotdogs and marshmal- $600-million to $1-billion. izing marijuanato advance. that he will get The bill also appears to take away nization will invest in large, lows, while you knock back a “And in terms of holding the voters to forget these broken the power of individual MPs to ask transformative projects— cold one is now hitting your bank wealthiest among us accountable, promises.” the PBO to provide cost estimates including regional transit account more thanks to the Liber- it does not contain any measures No biases of government initiatives, which plans—and create good, well- als. Justin Trudeau to the Baha- to crack down on tax evasion, to nurture. could inoculate its fact-checking paying middle class jobs today mas? No expense spared. Your even though the Liberals voted in No positions effectiveness. PBO changes, and while delivering economic family getaway to the campsite? favour of the NDP opposition day to advance. other sections like setting rules for growth for years to come. Pay up.” motion that called for a number the Infrastructure Bank, are budget- “With these measures, and of specific measures.” related but are not budgetary. This many more, we are taking the No biases bill offends the Liberals’ promise to next steps in our long-term end the use of omnibus bills.” plan to revitalize the middle to nurture. class, and ensure all Canadi- ans have the opportunity to be part of the changing economy.”

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Subscribe today! Canada's media and telecom business news you can trust. www.thewirereport.ca thewirereport.ca The Hill Times | monday, april 24, 2017 35 Book Excerpt Feature Brown people need a grand story, and there’s no one definitive account Kamal Al-Solaylee is an associate professor refuge anywhere that would have us. Some moved to North Ameri- at the School of Journalism at Ryerson ca, others to the Gulf States. Our stories and histories have spread University. His first book Intolerable: A worldwide, and we’ve created diasporic communities to protect Memoir of Extremes won the Toronto Book and showcase our heritage and, most of all, our food. Everyone Award and was a finalist for the Hilary loves our food—biryani rice, Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, a falafel, couscous, tacos—and in many ways, we’re identified with Lambda Literary Award, and CBC’s Canada what we prepare in our kitchens or serve others in our “ethnic” Reads. Born in Yemen, Al-Solaylee was the restaurants. Our bodies, too, are sometimes consumed as a slice national theatre critic for The Globe and of exotica or sexual adventurism, Mail and holds a PhD in Victorian literature a tradition that has existed in bafflingly perfect harmony with from the University of Nottingham. He lives our supposed physical inferior- ity since the heyday of racialist in Toronto. Al-Solaylee is shortlisted for the science. For much of our history, we’ve Writers’ Trust’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize been defined by others—as the brown race, as the weaker tribe, for Political Writing for his book Brown: as the civilization-ready subjects What Being Brown in the World Today Means of empires. But the time has come for us to self-identify as we wish. (to Everyone), published by HarperCollins There’s strength in numbers and comfort in knowing that one’s Canada. The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize experience is not isolated or an aberration. Whenever I get pulled winner will be announced at the Politics & aside when crossing the US bor- the Pen gala in Ottawa on May 10. der, I find it reassuring that I’m I propose that we think By Kamal Al-Solaylee sions between Sunnis and Shiites, but the essence of that moment, of brown as a continuum, HE NUMBERS AND STATS its idealism, lives on. Brown is a grouping—a metaphor, Ttell one part of the story yet another Mediterranean ghost Kamal Al-Solaylee, author of Brown: What Being Brown in the World Today of being brown in one part of ship carrying hundreds of Syrian even—for the millions of Means (to Everyone), published by HarperCollins Canada: ‘For much of our the world, North America. But or North African asylum seekers darker-skinned people history, we’ve been defined by others—as the brown race, as the weaker tribe, numbers alone can’t and don’t who were faced with a choice be- as the civilization-ready subjects of empires. But the time has come for us to reveal the personal, the emo- tween staying put or possibly per- who, in broad historical self-identify as we wish.’ tional, the stories, the heartbreaks ishing en route—and still chose terms, have missed out and triumphs behind this or that the latter. It’s the wave of refugees tone, particularly when coming ing to the subordinate and not percentage of brown clout or knocking at Europe’s doors in the on the economic and from right-wing media outlets in the dominant group. Italian and political capital. summer of 2015. The thwarted the U.S. and Canada. With the Irish Americans have lost that I propose that we think of revolutions in Syria and Libya, political gains of the rise of so-called lone-wolf attacks hyphen, and have worked their brown as a continuum, a group- as well as the ongoing instability post-industrial world and in Western cities, the pressure way toward whiteness and the ing—a metaphor, even—for the in Iraq, have led to the displace- on the average brown person mainstream; for us, the hyphen millions of darker-skinned people ment of about seventeen million are now clamouring for of Muslim origin to explain the is imprinted like a birthmark on who, in broad historical terms, people, according to 2014 figures their fair share of social incomprehensible has increased. our skin. Our transition into the have missed out on the economic from the International Organiza- Many friends find this to be prob- collective is still in progress. and political gains of the post- tion for Migration. A population mobility, equality and lematic, and I agree—but only to But perhaps we need that industrial world and are now almost half the size of Canada’s freedom. some extent. hyphen. In Europe—particularly clamouring for their fair share is scattered across refugee camps, We carry the burden of our France and Britain—coloniza- of social mobility, equality and shelters, no man’s lands. skin colour everywhere we go. tion serves as the brown people’s freedom. Past colonial powers Brown represents hundreds not the only brown face. I see the Pretending that it’s otherwise is overarching story. In North (France, Britain, Italy) must now of Nepalese, Indian, and Bangla- Iraqi or Pakistani business travel- intellectual dishonesty. I can talk America, browns don’t have the resolve the paradox of having deshi construction workers dying ler, the Colombian student, the Sri about terrorist attacks in faraway history of slavery that gives black former subjects living among daily—literally, an average of one Lankan chef or the Indian family lands—a satirical magazine in people their defining narrative. them, transforming themselves a day—to build arenas and infra- with three or four or five children, Paris, a coffee shop in Sydney— Brown people need a grand story. from nameless individuals with structure for Qatar’s 2022 World and I know that while our stories because the narrative of the As this book will show, there’s swarthy skins into neighbours, Cup. Brown is the thousands of are different, we find ourselves radical jihadist has been thrust no one definitive account but a co-workers and friends. Brown Latin children smuggled by their singled out because of our brown into my world by Western media continuum of story arcs. is the colour of the five million own parents or travelling alone skins and histories. We don’t talk and by the perpetrators of these Excerpt from Brown: What Muslims in France, most of whom across the U.S.–Mexico border in to each other, but we do exchange heinous crimes. It has become Being Brown in the World Today come from the former North hope of finding a life away from knowing glances. It’s our lot as part of my story whether I choose Means (to Everyone) by Kamal African French colonies. Brown drug wars, marauding militias brown people to be treated with to tell it or not. Hispanic and Al-Solaylee ©2016. Published by is the colour of the Pakistani and and extreme poverty. Some are suspicion when we cross borders. Filipino migrants tell me that they HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. All Indian immigrants to the United killed when they’re deported back Often we’re asked to speak experience a similar thing. If one rights reserved. Kingdom who arrived as the Raj to Central America. on behalf of a billion people and Filipina maid is caught stealing or The Hill Times gave way to post-partition chaos We are not a distinct ethnic their faith—any brown Muslim “acting immorally” in the Gulf, all and violence. group but myriad large ones with knows what that feels like. Some- are under suspicion and expected Brown is the colour of the more in common than we have times the calls for us to speak, to account for such aberrant Brown: What uprisings that have taken over acknowledged before. Eugeni- to justify actions taken by a tiny behaviour. Similarly, long- Being Brown the Arab world in the first half cists have been kept up all night fraction of our communities, are established Mexican-Americans in the World of this decade. It’s the colour worrying about our birth rates posed in good faith, as when a are drawn into debates on illegal Today Means of hundreds of thousands of and concocting ways to sterilize friend asks me to explain, say, the immigration as if they’re to blame (to Everyone), Egyptians—young and old, illiter- origins of the Sunni–Shiite hos- for any new influx. Many of them our fecund kind before we con- by Kamal ate and digitally savvy—saying taminate the purity (and beauty) tilities. Every Irish person who’s have not set foot in Mexico for “Enough” to a life of poverty and of white people. Blacks in East ever been asked about the history generations, and all are culturally Al-Solaylee, political oppression. Most of their Africa and parts of the Caribbean of the Troubles between Catholics more American than Mexican, HarperCollins revolutions have been usurped, resented us for being a market- and Protestants probably can but as sociologists tell us, hyphen- Publishers Ltd. silenced or devastated by ruling dominant minority. And for that, relate to this. Other times the ated people—like those of mixed parties and widening ethnic ten- they exiled us, forcing us to seek calls to speak have an accusatory race—are usually seen as belong- 36 The Hill Times | Monday, APRIL 24, 2017 Classifieds Information and Advertisement Placement: 613-232-5952 • [email protected]

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Jeremy Broadhurst, Zita Astravas, and Katie Telford, chief of staff to hill climbers Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in by Laura Ryckewaert this file photo. Melissa Rumble, not pictured, is now executive assistant to Ms. Katie Telford POM hires a new and principal secretary Gerald Butts, also not pictured. The Hill Times photograph executive assistant, by Jake Wright another switches assignment the seat with 45.91 per cent of the vote, a Canadian charity focused on developing while Mr. Grant came second after garner- and delivering technology programs and ing 43.53 per cent of the vote. “building awareness to connect women in Ms. Bryant studied public affairs and policy Now in the minister’s office, Ms. Swen- need with technology through mentoring,” Melissa Rumble has management at Carleton University, and son will be working closely with Marc- as described on its website. spent the summer of 2015 as an intern for the André Poirier, special assistant for Atlantic A number of communications aides re- switched assignments and Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee regional affairs, and Sylvain Bédard, a main on hand for the Conservative caucus is now executive assistant (CJPAC), as indicated on her LinkedIn profile. policy, operations and Quebec regional af- on the Hill, including: Kelsie Corey, com- As well, last month, Hersi Hujaleh bid fairs adviser. munications officer; Saro Khatchadourian, to the chief of staff and farewell to Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s Julian Ovens is chief of staff to the min- communications officer; Anthony Farrow, office to join Ms. Hajdu’s ministerial team ister. Other senior staff in the office include: communications officer; and Frédérique principal secretary. as a new policy adviser. Christopher Berzins, director of policy; Ja- Laquerre, communications adviser for Mr. Hujaleh had been hired to serve as mie Innes, director of parliamentary affairs; Quebec media relations. a policy adviser to Mr. Morneau early on Joseph Pickerill, director of communications; There’s also Mike Storeshaw, direc- he Prime Minister’s Office recently hired and Chantal Gagnon, press secretary. tor of media relations; Dennis Matthews, Nour Kechacha as an executive assis- in the government’s mandate, starting in T late 2015. He’s a former economic policy director of strategic communications; Har- tant to both PMO senior adviser Mathieu ris Ruess, manager for digital media and Bouchard and to director of administration adviser to then Liberal official opposition Conservative caucus down leader Michael Ignatieff and has been an senior strategic communications adviser; and special projects Brett Thalmann. Emily Hillstrom, press secretary for digital Until recently, Ms. Kechacha had spent economist at the Department of Finance. one communications aide Simon Robertson is director of policy and social media; Jake Enwright, press the last year working as a legislative assis- secretary and senior communications tant to Liberal MP , who and parliamentary affairs to Ms. Hajdu, Ashley Kelahear, who had been a senior while Matthew Mitschke is the minister’s communications officer working out of the adviser; Steven Woodhead, senior strategic was elected to represent Kitchener South- communications adviser; Steve van Gron- Hespeler, Ont. for the first time in 2015 chief of staff. Conservative caucus’ research bureau, has bid farewell to the Hill. ingen, strategic communications adviser; with 42.27 per cent of the vote. Ben van Duyvendyk, strategic communica- Before that, she was an operations man- Ms. Kelahear joined the staffing ranks Ministers Freeland, for the Conservatives in opposition in the tions graphic designer; Kayleigh Kanoza, ager with the National Council on Canada- social media adviser; Philippe Chartrand, Arab Relations, according to her profile on fall of 2016. She previously worked for the Champagne hire new party on the Hill during its years in govern- social media adviser; and Paul Dagenais, LinkedIn, and was previously a research new media developer. officer for the All-Party Parliamentary assistants ment, including as a caucus liaison in the Conservative research office back in 2007. Garry Keller is chief of staff to interim Group for the Prevention of Genocide and Conservative leader Rona Ambrose, who’s Other Crimes Against Humanity from Sep- Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia She later became a communications as- sistant in prime minister Stephen Harper’s responsible for the Conservative research tember 2013 to June 2014. Freeland recently hired Allison Chick to office, while David McArthur is deputy As well, Melissa Rumble has switched roles her ministerial office as the new assistant PMO in 2010 and a year later became press secretary to then Labour minister Lisa chief of staff. Directly responsible for the in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office. to her parliamentary secretary, Liberal MP operation of the research office is Mar- Previously an executive assistant to the Matthew DeCourcey. 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tor, Canada Infrastructure Bank Transition Office, shop, presented by Policy Options magazine (a digital Conservative Caucus Meeting—The Conservatives Infrastructure Canada) and Jordan Eizenga (partner, publication of the Institute for Research on Public will meet for their national caucus meeting. For more Parliamentary infrastructure M&A, Deloitte LLP). Join the OEA for Policy), will bring together three leading experts to help information, contact Cory Hann, director of commu- a panel discussion on Canada’s infrastructure needs, answer our basic questions about the Act, with the aim nications, Conservative Party of Canada at coryhann@ Calendar the government’s infrastructure investment plan and of building knowledge around this key policy question conservative.ca. the role of the Canada Infrastructure Bank. Members: facing our country. Friday, April 28, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. NDP Caucus Meeting—The NDP caucus will meet $50 prepaid on-line/$80 at the door; Non-members: Tickets and information available at: http://irpp.org/ from 9:15 a.m.-11 a.m. in Room 112-N Centre Block, $75/$100; Student members: $25/$30 (online prices irpp-event/understanding-the-indian-act/. on Wednesday. Please call the NDP Media Centre at are exclusive of HST). Tuesday, April 25, 11:45 a.m., 613-222-2351 or [email protected]. Château Laurier Hotel, Laurier Room. Details and MONDAY, MAY 1 Bloc Québécois Caucus Meeting—The Bloc Québécois registration via cabe.ca. House Sitting—The House resumes sitting after a caucus will meet from 9:30 a.m. in the La Francophonie Characteristics of a Nation-Nation Relationship: two-week break. It’s sitting weekdays from May 1-19. Room (263-S) in Centre Bock, on Wednesday. For more in- Jurisdiction—In the second event of a five-part dialogue The Senate sits from May 1-May 19. formation, call press attaché Julie Groleau, 514-792-2529. series “Characteristics of a Nation-to-Nation Relation- ship,” the Institute on Governance, with Canadians for TUESDAY, MAY 2 THURSDAy, MAY 4 a New Partnership, are bringing together experts April CCSPA Government Breakfast Reception—The Cana- Bacon & Eggheads Breakfast—The Partnership 25-26 at the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel in Vancouver to dian Consumer Specialty Products Association invites Group for Science and Engineering presents a talk, share their vision in an open forum for the future rela- all MPs, Senators and staff to their Annual Government ‘Next-Generation Technologies for Tomorrow’s Crops: tionship between the Crown and indigenous peoples, Breakfast Reception. May 2, 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at Getting to the Roots of Global Food Security’ with Leon House is and help define the characteristics of an approach Kochian, University of Saskatchewan. Thursday, May 4, the Ottawa Marriott (100 Kent Street). Please RSVP to that recognizes and respects the distinctions between Nancy Hitchins at [email protected]. 7:30 a.m. Parliamentary Dining Room, Centre Block. indigenous peoples. Keynote addresses include Senator Cabinet Meeting—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is No charge to MPs, Senators, and media. All others, Murray Sinclair and Keith Harper, former U.S. ambas- expected to hold a cabinet meeting on May 2. For more $25. Pre-registration required by Monday, May 1 by back May 1 sador to the UN Human Rights Council. For more information, call the PMO Press Office at 613-957-5555. contacting Donna Boag: Diplomatic Hospitality Group— information and to register, please visit http://iog.ca/ Big Thinking on the Hill with Stephen Toope—The next The Canadian Federation of University of Women’s Dip- characteristics-nation-nation-relationship/ or contact Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences’ Big lomatic Hospitality Group in Ottawa invites diplomats, MONDAY, APRIL 24 Corinne Carroll at [email protected]. Thinking on the Hill lecture features Stephen Toope speaking their spouses/partners, and their families to this event, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26 on “Canada: A “nice hat for America?” Toope is the director with the theme Bountiful Canada. It will feature a visit House Sitting—The House is not sitting. It breaks of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of to the Canada Food and Agricultural Museum and April 14-28 and resumes sitting again from May 1 to Arthur Hanson on China and Global Green Prosperity— Toronto and President of the Federation for the Humanities the Experimental Farm. 901 Prince of Wales Dr., and May 19. The Senate sat until April 13 and is off until Presentation by Arthur Hanson on China and Global Green and Social Sciences. He will be joined by moderator Gabriel 960 Carling Ave. 10 a.m.-noon. A nominal fee will be May 1, at which point it will sit until May 19. Prosperity, Christ Church Cathedral, 414 Sparks Street, Miller, the new Executive Director of the Federation. It is charged to help cover costs. Seven: A Documentary Play—Inter Pares presents the April 26, 7:30 p.m. Free for members of the Canada admirable to be humble and self-effacing, but that is not First 100 days into the Trump Administration—Charles Ottawa premiere of this acclaimed production, which China Friendship Society, $5 for non-members. what the world needs from Canada right now. The world Doran is one of the most influential American commen- intertwines seven true stories told by women’s rights activ- The Spirit of Budo: The History of Japanese Martial has changed fundamentally since the heyday of Pearsonian tators on Canada-U.S. relations. On May 4, he will dis- ists in Russia, Cambodia, Guatemala, Afghanistan, Nige- Arts—Catch this exhibition April 26 to May 16, 2017. internationalism. Toope will discuss how a refreshed foreign cuss the first 100 Days into the Trump administration. ria, Pakistan, and Northern Ireland. The evening will be a Open weekdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m., weekends 11 a.m.-4 policy for Canada will require tough-minded focus, and 5:30 p.m. Social Sciences Building, Room 4007, 120 conversation about violence against women and women p.m. Japanese culture demonstrations every Saturday and stronger and more diverse relationships. A hot breakfast University, University of Ottawa campus. To register or human rights defenders, and a celebration of inspiring Sunday from 2 p.m. The Embassy of Japan in Canada, will be served on Tuesday, May 2 from 7:30 am to 8:45 for more information: https://www.uottawa.ca/alumni- work to promote women’s rights. The event will begin with auditorium, 255 Sussex Dr., Ottawa. Free admission. am in the Parliamentary Restaurant, Centre Block. Free week/content/faculty-social-sciences-lecture-0. a reception at 6 p.m., followed at 7 p.m. by the inaugural FRIDAY, APRIL 28 for parliamentarians and the media, $25 for all others. For FRIDAY, MAY 5 presentation of the Peter Gillespie Social Justice Award more information and to register go to www.ideas-idees.ca/ to a Canadian organization whose work has had a positive Understanding the Indian Act—The federal govern- big-thinking or call 613-238-6112 ext. 310. Seeing Human and Climate Trauma as One—Sheila and innovative impact on women’s rights. Monday, April ment recently announced it would review the laws Ottawa Press Freedom Luncheon—Ann Telnaes, The Watt-Cloutier, environmental, cultural, and human 24. Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health, 299 Montreal and policies related to indigenous peoples, and it has Washington Post’s Pulitzer prize-winning cartoonist rights advocate, is known for her advocacy work in Rd., Ottawa. Tickets are pay what you choose. interpares. struck a cabinet working group to lead the task. Of and president of the Association of American Editorial showing the impact of global climate change on human ca/seven. these laws, the 141-year-old Indian Act stands out as Cartoonists, will be the keynote speaker at the 19th annual rights—especially in the Arctic. She will give a talk on TUESDAY, APRIL 25 one of the most complex and most reviled. What is the World Press Freedom Day luncheon and awards presenta- “Seeing Human and Climate Trauma as One.” Friday, history behind this colonial law? How does it function? tion. Telnaes will speak on “Donald Trump’s Dysfunctional May 5, at 7 p.m. Shaw Centre, Canada Hall 2, 55 Canada’s Infrastructure Outlook—The Ottawa Eco- Is there any hope we will be able to remove it from Relationship with the Press: A Cartoonist’s View.” The Colonel By Dr., Ottawa. To register or for more informa- nomics Association (OEA) invites you to a luncheon the books and replace it with a framework that better annual luncheon, hosted by the Canadian Committee for tion: https://www.uottawa.ca/alumni-week/content/alex- event featuring Glenn Campbell (executive direc- reflects a nation-to-nation relationship? This work- World Press Freedom, in partnership with the Canadian trebek-distinguished-lecture-series-0. Commission for UNESCO, recognizes the ongoing struggle for journalistic freedom by honouring winners of the MONDAY, MAY 8 annual Press Freedom Award and International Editorial House Sitting—The House is sitting this week and Cartoon contest. Tuesday, May 2. 11:30 a.m. Fairmont every weekday this week and next. It breaks May 19 Château Laurier Hotel ballroom. Tickets: https://www. for a week and returns again on Monday, May 29. It is eventbrite.ca/e/19th-annual-world-press-freedom-day- scheduled to sit every weekday from May 29 to June Arctic food, culture awards-luncheon-tickets-32899334796. 23, but it could adjourn earlier. Vision Forum—To celebrate the launch of Vision Our Whole Society: Religion and Citizenship at and Northern networ in Health Month, visit the Vision Health Forum for some Canada’s 150th–May 8-9, St. Paul University, Ottawa. light refreshments, interactive displays, and mini vision At Canada’s 150th, we need to discover a new way of expo. The Canadian Association of Optometrists, Cana- talking, thinking and acting together so that Canada’s dian Council of the Blind, Foundation Fighting Blindness, religious diversity can become a resource for our collec- and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind will be tive advancement. Building on years of experience in hosting the Vision Forum. 4-8 p.m., Room 256-S, Centre interfaith and religious-secular dialogue this conference Friends & Family Early Rate: 99 Block. For questions or to RSVP, contact Laurence Ther- will convene a range of fresh perspectives around the A er May 1: 199 rien: [email protected] or 613-241-6000, ext. 226. themes of Reconciliation, Immigration & Refugees Canadian Vintners Association Lobby Day: Vintners on and Solidarity in Diversity. Speakers include: Dr. John 6PM - 10PM the Hill—CVA’s board of directors from across Canada Ralston Saul; Prof. John Borrows; Rita Chahal; Dr. Wednesday, May 17, 2017, will be on Parliament Hill May 2 to discuss our wine Andrew Bennett; Prof. Douglas Sanderson; Dr. Ingrid National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa industry and ways to grow it. Mattson; Prof. Howard Adelman; Karen Joseph; Bishop CBC and Netflix Parliamentary Reception and Screen- Mark MacDonald; Palbinder Shergill; and Dr. Martin Business casual or best sealskin it.ca/atota ing of Anne—Join Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly, Mark. To register: http://www.interfaithconversation. parliamentarians, and staff in celebrating the stars ca/2017 and creators of the acclaimed co-production Anne on Canadian Cable Systems Alliance Parliamentary Recep- Tuesday, May 2. National Arts Centre. RSVP: rsvp@cbc. tion—The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) will ca. Further details TBA. be holding its 3rd annual reception on May 8th, 2017. The Party under the Stars—The annual Party under the event will be held in the Commonwealth Room, 2nd floor, Stars will be held on May 2 at City Hall in Ottawa with Centre Block. All MPs, Senators and Parliamentary multi-Juno Award winner Charlie Major and Indigenous staff are welcome to attend to learn about how CCSA’s Award winners Twin Flames. Join CTV’s Don Martin as independent and entrepreneurial member companies master of ceremonices, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, connect Canadians generally living outside urban markets Andrew Leslie, Candice Bergen, Mayor Jim Watson, to the Internet, to television programming and to other and councillor Jody Mitic as they join forces to raise important telecommunications services. Live music and funds for PTSD wellness. Tickets: $30 available online: catering by Dish will be on-site. Please RSVP to Cynthia tothestanandback.com or at 149 Confederation Bldg. Waldmeier at [email protected] or 613-233- Contact Cheri Elliott for more info. 613-240-5582. 8906. Chicken Farmers of Canada Hosts Chicken Tailgate Party—Parliamentarians, their staff, and industry TUESDAY, MAY 9 friends are invited to come celebrate Canadian chicken Egg Farmers of Canada Eggscellent Breakfast—All with the farmers who raise them, and share local craft MPs and Senators are invited to come meet Canada’s beer. Tuesday, May 2, from 6-9 p.m. at the Sir John A. egg farmers at the 2017 Eggscellent Breakfast. It hap- Macdonald building, 144 Wellington St. pens in the Parliamentary Dining Room, Tuesday, May The Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental 9, between 7:15 a.m.-8:45 a.m. and enjoy a delicious Health—Will be hosting their 15th Annual Champions of dish made with Canadian eggs. Please RSVP by May 2 Mental Health Awards Gala, recognizing the work of Ca- to [email protected]. nadians across the country who have helped to advance Global Impact Soirée by the Canadian Council for the mental health agenda in Canada. The event will be International Co-operation—On the occasion of Canada’s hosted by the Bruno Guevremont, Team Canada Cap- 150th anniversary, the Canadian Council for Internation- tain at the 2016 Invictus Games. The Reception will al Co-operation is hosting the Global Impact Soirée , begin at 6:00 on Wednesday May 3rd, taking place at an inspiring social event to highlight the achievements Canada Hall 1 at the Shaw Centre. For more informa- of our colleagues, community, and country, on May tion and to purchase tickets, please visit camimh.ca. 9, at the Museum of Nature, 4th floor gallery. Tickets, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 early bird special $50 until April 15, include gourmet food and one drink ticket. Regular price $65. Attire: Liberal Caucus Meeting—The Liberals will meet in cocktail/black tie. Room 237-C Centre Block on Parliament Hill. For more information, please call Liberal Party media relations at [email protected] or 613-627-2384. 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MONDAY, MAY 15 Parliamentary Donner Prize—The award for the best public policy book by Canadian will be announced in Toronto at Calendar the Donner Prize’s Gala evening. The Donner Prize encourages and celebrates excellence in public policy writing by Canadians and the winner receives $50,000 while the other nominated authors receive $7,500. The shortlist will be announced in April and the winner will be proclaimed at a gala dinner in Toronto on Monday, May 15. Last year’s winner was Donald Savoie’s What Is Government Good At? A Canadian Answer. For more information, contact the Donner Prize manager Sherry Naylor at 416-368-8253 or sherry@naylorandassoci- ates.com. TUESDAY, MAY 16 Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers Canadian of Canada—The Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) invites all Parlia- mentarians and staff to come celebrate Canadian music talent at a reception on May 16 on Parliament Hill. Dental 5:30-8:30 p.m. The event will showcase music perfor- mances from English and French top-chart artists. Association’s WEDNESDAY, MAY 17 The Council of Ontario Universities Pop-up Research Park Reception—On Wednesday, May 17 from 3-5 p.m., in the House Speaker’s Salon on Parliament Days on the Hill, House Speaker Geoff Regan will host the Research Matters Pop-Up Research Park reception in collaboration with the Council of Ontario Universi- ties (COU). The reception will showcase a number Hill May 9-10 of innovative research projects occurring at Ontario universities and will bring together researchers, students, and industry and community partners from Continued from page 38 across the province. This year, COU’s theme will fo- cus on Canada 150 by showcasing how research has helped shape over the years. All TUESDAY, MAY 9 Parliamentarians and staff are invited to attend. The Canadian Dental Association’s (CDA) Days Canada Grows On Trees—Celebrating Canada’s Sus- on the Hill—May 9 & 10, CDA’s Days on the Hill tainably Managed Natural Resource, Forests: The Forest connects leaders from Canada’s 21,000 dentists Products Association of Canada will be hosting a cocktail with parliamentarians to discuss important issues reception on May 17, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., in the pertaining to oral health. The CDA is the national Laurier Room at the Château Laurier in Ottawa. For more voice for dentistry in Canada and is dedicated to the information or to RSVP, please contact [email protected]. promotion of optimal oral health for Canadians. For ITK’s A Taste of the Arctic—ITK will host its A Taste further information, please contact Bonnie Kirkwood of Arctic May 17, 6 p.m. to 9 pm at the National Gal- at [email protected] lery of Canada. Come and experience Inuit food and An Evening with the Canadian Dental Association— entertainment including uniquely Arctic ingredients like The Canadian Dental Association (CDA) invites you to seal, caribou, arctic char, arctic berries, arctic shrimp, its annual parliamentary reception for friends of the and muskox among other options. The event also dental profession, parliamentarians, and staff on Tues- showcases Inuit culture and talented performers who day, May 9, at 5:30 p.m., Room 238-S Centre Block. demonstrate the modern conservation of Inuit traditions House Sitting—The House resumes sitting after a two-week break. It’s sitting weekdays from May Refreshments will be provided. To RSVP, please contact that keep Inuit culture strong. 1-19. The Senate sits from May 1-May 19. The Hill Times photograph by Shruti Shekar Bonnie Kirkwood at [email protected] China-Taiwan Relations: Challenges of Pushing Can- 3M Canada—3M Canada invites you to an interac- ada’s Agenda—May 17, 7:30 pm presentation by Ron tive reception showcasing Canadian science and MacIntosh, on China -Taiwan Relations: Challenges MONDAY, MAY 29 Polytechnics Canada Annual Policy Conference—The technology on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. The reception of Pushing Canada’s Agenda, Christ Church Cathedral, theme is “Building Canada through Skills and Innova- will be held at the Wellington Building (180 Wellington 414 Sparks Street. Free for members of the Canada House Sitting—The House resumes sitting on Mon- tion.” Speakers include Jamie Merisotis, Lumina Founda- Street) in Room 330, from 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. All China, $5.00 for non-members. day, May 29, and will sit every weekday from May 29 to tion, Martha Hall Findlay, Canada West Foundation, Kevin Parliamentarians are invited. Guests are asked to use THURSDAY, MAY 18 June 23, but it could adjourn earlier. King, CAE Healthcare, and Barrie McKenna, The Globe and the 197 Sparks St. entrance. Please RSVP to 3MRe- TUESDAY, MAY 30 Mail Ottawa Bureau. The one-day conference ends with a [email protected] before Friday, May 5, 2017. U.S. Tax Reform and Canadian Competitiveness—The dinner at NAIT’s culinary school, Ernest’s in Edmonton. For We look forward to seeing you there! Ottawa Economics Association (OEA) invites you to Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement’s Hill more information visit: www.polytechnicscanada.ca. Inside The Song—The Junos and the Canadian a luncheon event featuring Jack Mintz, president’s Day Breakfast—Parliamentarians are invited to come hear Music Publishers Association are inviting Canadians fellow, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, how CFHI is turning innovation into action that is having THURSDAY, JUNE 1 to get ‘Inside the Song’ with some of the country’s and adviser, EY Canada. Jack Mintz a direct impact on the health of Canadians. Health lead- A Collaborative Roadmap for Canadian Parliamentary world-renowned creators and songwriters of today’s will present his views on U.S. tax reform, Canadian ers and family members will talk about a nationwide col- Reform—Turning Parliament Inside Out: Practical Ideas biggest hits. Canadians, politicians and artists will get competitiveness, and what needs to be done to improve laboration that successfully reduced the inappropriate use for Reforming Canada’s Democracy, edited by Michael the chance to explore the behind the scenes journey private investment in Canada. Members: $50 prepaid of anti-psychotic medications and is now being imple- Chong, , and Kennedy Stewart, will launch of song writing with multi-platinum, award-winning on-line/$80 at the door; Non-members: $75/$100; mented in every nursing home in New Brunswick. The their book at Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay St., on June 1 producer/songwriter Rob Wells (Justin Bieber), Toronto Student members: $25/$30 (online prices are exclu- breakfast is by invitation only. Parliamentarians can drop in Toronto. Author proceeds will go to Samara Canada. songwriter Naomi Shobha (Tyler Shaw) and award-win- sive of HST). Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 11:45 a.m., in between 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. at the Speaker’s ning Quebec singer-songwriter Sally Folk who will debut Chateau Laurier Hotel, Laurier Room. Details and Lounge, 216-N Centre Block, Parliament Hill. For more SATURDAY, JUNE 3 a new song in celebration of Canada. The evening will registration via cabe.ca. information, contact [email protected]. Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner—Press gallery mem- be hosted by award-winning publisher Vince Degiorgio. MONDAY, MAY 22 Business Council of British Columbia Parliamentary bers are urged to bring their favourite Parliamentarian to May 9, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Riviera (62 Sparks St.) in Reception—Members of the Business Council of British this annual event. Saturday, June 3. Canadian Museum downtown Ottawa. For more information, please email House Not Sitting—The House is not sitting this Columbia (BCBC) including leaders from business, First of History. The evening will begin with a reception in the [email protected]. By invitation only. week, May 22-May 26, but resumes sitting on Monday, Nations and academia invite all Parliamentarians to join River View Salon at 5:30 p.m. The dinner will be held in WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 May 29, and will sit every weekday from May 29 to them at a reception on Tuesday, May 30, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., the Grand Hall at 7 p.m. Tickets: $113 per person. Part June 23, but the House could adjourn earlier. Renaissance Room, Fairmont Chateau Laurier. Join BCBC of the ticket price will go to a donation to a charitable Politics and the Pen—The annual fundraiser that WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 to learn more about the important role that its 250+ organization to further journalism. Tickets will be limited brings together federal politicians, writers, diplomats, members play in making Canada more innovative, more to a total of four per active member. notable arts and business leaders to support the Writ- Bank of Canada Release—The bank is expected to competitive and more diverse. Please RSVP to Hunter ers’ Trust’s mandate to advance and celebrate Canadian make its latest interest rate announcement. 10 a.m. Doubt at [email protected] or 613-783-3452. TUESDAY, JUNE 6 writers and writing will happen Wednesday, May 10, THURSDAY, MAY 25 WEDNESDAY, MAY 31 Diplomatic Hospitality Group—The Canadian Federa- at the Chateau Laurier Hotel. The evening will end tion of University of Women’s Diplomatic Hospitality with the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize winner for Diplomatic Hospitality Group—The Canadian Federation CANSEC 2017—This is an annual showcase of tech- Group in Ottawa invites diplomats, their spouses/part- the best political book of the year. Nominees: Kamal of University of Women’s Diplomatic Hospitality Group in nology, products, and services for land-based, naval, ners, and their families to this event, with the theme Al-Solaylee for Brown: What Being Brown in the World Ottawa invites diplomats, their spouses/partners, and their aerospace, and joint forces military units. Organizers Canada’s First Capital. It will feature a visit to Kings- Today Means (To Everyone); Christie Blatchford for Life families to this event, with the theme Historic Ottawa. say this two-day event is the largest and most important ton, including a bus tour, cruise, and lunch. 8 a.m.-5 Sentence: Stories from Four Decades of Court Report- It will feature a visit to the Billings Estate Historic Site, defence industry event in Canada. Until June 1. EY p.m. A nominal fee will be charged to help cover costs. ing – Or, How I Fell Out of Love with the Canadian 2100 Cabot St., Ottawa. 10 a.m.-noon. A nominal fee will Centre, 4899 Uplands Dr., Ottawa, Ont. defenceandse- Great Canadian Debates: The Government Must Act Justice System (Especially Judges); Ian McKay and be charged to help cover costs. curity.ca/CANSEC2016/cansec/Overview. to Save Journalism in Canada—The Macdonald-Laurier Jamie Swift for The Vimy Trap: Or, How We Learned to SATURDAY, MAY 27 5G Huddle—On May 31 and June 1, the Wireless Institute presents this debate between former Toronto Stop Worrying and Love the Great War; James McLeod World Research Forum will host the 4th Annual 5G Star publisher John Honderich (for) and Postmedia col- for Turmoil, as Usual: Politics in Newfoundland and Conservative Party Leadership Convention—The Con- Huddle at the Crowne Plaza Gatineau-Ottawa, as part of umnist Andrew Coyne (against). 7 p.m. June 6. Barney Labrador and the Road to the 2015 Election; and Noah servatives will elect their next leader on May 27, 2017. the celebrations of the 150th Anniversary of Confed- Danson Theatre, Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Pl., Richler for The Candidate: Fear and Loathing on the The party is urging Conservative Party members to buy eration, a move which is supported by the Canadian Ottawa. Tickets: $25-$20. macdonaldlaurier.ca. Campaign Trail. memberships or renew them in order to vote. For more Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA), In- The Parliamentary Calendar is a free events listing. SATURDAY, MAY 13 information, contact Cory Hann, director of communica- novation, Science and Economic Development Canada Send in your political, cultural, diplomatic, or govern- tions, Conservative Party of Canada, at 613-697-5614. (ISED), the Information Technology Association of Can- mental event in a paragraph with all the relevant details ada (ITAC), and the Radio Advisory Board of Canada Science Odyssey Funfest—Natural Resources Canada will SUNDAY, MAY 28 under the subject line ‘Parliamentary Calendar’ to news@ be hosting Science Odyssey Funfest in Ottawa on Saturday, (RABC). The 2017 5G Huddle will focus concretely on hilltimes.com by Wednesday at noon before the Monday May 13. A one-day celebration and learning experience for NDP Leadership Debate—The party will hold a debate the transition from 4G to 5G, i.e., on what needs to be paper or by Friday at noon for the Wednesday paper. We youth, the event aims to spark interest in careers in science in Sudbury. 2-3 p.m. Cambrian College. In order to vote done to lay the groundwork for widespread 5G adoption can’t guarantee inclusion of every event, but we will defi- and technology and increase awareness of science and for the leader, you need to become a member of the NDP and ensure that we are prepared to capitalize on the nitely do our best. Events can be updated daily online too. technology in our everyday lives. 580 Booth Street, Ottawa, no later than Aug. 17. Online voting begins Sept. 18 and opportunities and benefits ahead. For more information [email protected] Saturday, May 13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost: free. a leader will be announced no later than Oct. 29. and to register, please visit www.5ghuddle.com The Hill Times