Conservatives Need to Chart 'Uniquely Canadian' Vision of Party in Wake of Capitol Hill Insurrection, Say Political Players
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COVID-19 Nuclear Weapons Economy Hill Climbers Heard on the Hill It’s a national emergency, Feds clam up on Prohibition It’s no time for half measures The latest on ministerial Canadaland’s Oppo to end, it demands a national of Nuclear Weapons Treaty, or vague aspirations, by political staffers and who’s Mike McNair is headed to response, by Joe Jordan and by Douglas Roche p. 5 David Crane p. 15 going where, by Laura U.K., and more in this week’s Tim Barber p. 3 Ryckewaert p. 22 HOH, by Palak Mangat p. 2 Gwynne Michael Dyer Harris p.11 p.10 THIRTY-SECOND YEAR, NO. 1793 CANADA’S POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2021 $5.00 News News News Trudeau’s cabinet With Trump shuffle yet another Conservatives need to leaving and Biden indication Liberals taking over as U.S. ‘clearing the president, ‘stars chart ‘uniquely Canadian’ aligned’ for Canada decks’ for a spring on having a ‘stable, election, say vision of party in wake of experienced partner,’ political watchers say politicos BY ABBAS RANA Capitol Hill insurrection, BY ABBAS RANA he Liberals deny it, but politi- ith now-impeached U.S. Presi- Tcal insiders say last week’s Wdent Donald Trump on his cabinet shuffle is yet another way out and U.S. president-elect Joe indication Prime Minister Justin say political players Biden’s administration taking over Trudeau is setting the stage for a power this week, political insiders spring election, and that the new say they are expecting a “predictable cabinet is the governing party’s and experienced” partner on foreign election cabinet. Political parties can choose to either rile up populists within their base, policy and trade issues for Canada to Last week’s shuffle was triggered or ‘spend the time and do the work’ to find out, and address, what is work with in the next four years. after Navdeep Bains (Mississauga- “He already has an excellent Malton, Ont.) informed Mr. Trudeau making them angry, says Conservative strategist Ken Boessenkool. relationship with Prime Minister (Papineau,Que.) that he wanted to Trudeau,” said Raymond Chrétien, step down as innovation minister referring to Mr. Biden. Conservative Party Leader Continued on page 21 Erin O’Toole, Continued on page 19 pictured Oct. 28, 2020, in Ottawa. News News Pollster Nik Nanos says he believes Mr. O'Toole As Ford declares Pandemic 'needs to have a blanket second state election bill position that is against of emergency, violence, that far from the is in favour of some federal law and order, finish line, as and in favour Ontario MPS of stable democracy.' say situation at talk of spring The Hill Times photograph by ‘critical point’, vote continues Andrew Meade Publications Mail Agreement #40068926 looking for more BY PETER MAZEREEUW clarity mid-pandemic spring election Awould cause big problems, BY MIKE LAPOINTE and it could come before proposed changes to make the electoral ollowing Ontario’s second state process safer have come into ef- BY MIKE LAPOINTE took the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 that reside within the Conserva- Fof emergency declared last fect, says former head of Elections and left five dead, but strate- tive tent in Canada—as quickly week since the pandemic began Canada Jean-Pierre Kingsley. ultiple Conservatives have gists, pollsters, and experts say as possible. as a result of escalating COVID-19 Mpublicly condemned the the party still has a lot of work Continued on page 20 violent insurrection that over- to do to address extremist views Continued on page 18 Continued on page 7 2 MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2021 | THE HILL TIMES Former Joe Biden administration and its impact on PMO Canada’s climate change agenda with John staffer Podesta, a former Bill Clinton and Barack Mike Obama aide, at an event on Tuesday. McNair, Hosted by GreenPAC, the free event Heard on the Hill pictured will feature a “fireside chat” between the in 2015, two, which will be moderated by Quebec is heading Independent Senator Rosa Galvez, who is by Palak Mangat to London an expert in pollution control. for a new It is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Jan. 19, adventure. the day before Mr. Biden is expected to be The Hill inaugurated to the White House. Times file Defenestration talk: photograph Noam Chomsky chats about UN hope to re-connect with former colleagues nuclear ban pact in the UK & welcome visitors post-pan- Renowned political activist and aca- demic,” he said. demic Noam Chomsky will take part in a Scheer inadvertently Mr. McNair left the PMO for a second webinar hosted by the Canadian Foreign time last fall. He served as Mr. Trudeau’s Policy Institute on Friday, to help mark head of policy, beginning when the Liber- the day the Treaty on the Prohibition of als were in opposition in 2013 and ending Nuclear Weapons kicks in. helps some politicos in January 2020. Signed in 2017, the pact bans members Helping draft the party’s 2015 plat- from using, stocking, buying, producing, form, Mr. McNair’s resumé includes policy and developing nuclear weapons, along work for former Liberal leaders Stéphane with deploying them on its territory. It learn new word Dion and Michael Ignatieff. comes into effect Jan. 22, and countries like According to Hill Climbers, he has three Bangladesh, Austria, Mexico, and several young children and holds a master’s de- African nations have signed on. gree from the London School of Economics Mr. Chomsky will speak about why and political science. Canada should also commit to the UN pact. Those interested can register online for the First Inuit-language TV channel free webinar. to hit airwaves on Monday, Jan. 18 Canada’s first Inuit-language TV chan- New boss at Quebec paper nel will make its debut on Monday. Stéphanie Grammond was appointed the new editor-in-chief at La Presse last week. Writer and Longtime director Lucy Quebec Tulugarjuk says reporter it is a ‘dream Stéphanie come true’ to Grammond is help launch the the new boss country’s first at La Presse. Inuit-language Photograph TV channel. courtesy of La This just in: Former top PMO adviser and longtime Justin Trudeau ally Gerry Butts, left, drew Photograph Presse a rebuke from former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer last week on Twitter. The Hill Times courtesy of Inuit photographs by Andrew Meade Art Foundation’s YouTube The show was also sometimes hosted by lose Justin Trudeau ally and PMO alum freelance journalist and author Justin Ling, Gerry Butts drew the ire of former C whose fiery banter with Ms. Gerson made Tweeting she is “very, very proud to Conservative leader Andrew Scheer last the show all the more entertaining. Mr. become the first woman” to steer the ship week. On Jan. 18, Nunavut Independent Tele- Ling has cut his teeth over the years as a at the paper, Ms. Grammond enters the Amid a Twitter exchange about right- vision and IsumaTV will launch Uvagut freelancer with bylines in various Cana- post with 20 years of experience under her wing media outlet The Rebel’s framing TV, which means “our TV,” by offering 168 dian newspapers. (Fun fact about the other belt. She previously wrote columns for the of an email exchange with Conservative hours a week of Inuit-produced arts, cul- regular host: Ms. Garossino’s daughter is business section, and will continue to serve Leader Erin O’Toole’s press secretary as an ture, movies, and other programming. Canadian singer Grimes, also known as as head of the paper’s debate section. “exclusive interview” with the leader, Mr. Available to those with Shaw Direct Claire Elise Boucher, who is the partner of “I hope to encourage all women to Butts called the party’s decision to interact satellite and subscribers of Arctic Co-ops Tesla founder and tech entrepreneur Elon speak in our pages. The debates section is a with the outlet a “giant leap backward.” If in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, Musk.) it can also be streamed online at any time. lung that circulates ideas from all walks of the Conservatives “can’t defenestrate this life and brings oxygen to our democracy,” merry band they’re not going far,” he said, Freelance The project is four decades in the mak- ing, according to a Jan. 14 release from she said in a Jan. 14 release. using that term again later on. reporter “At a time when ideas are polarizing … “So [Mr. Trudeau’s] senior adviser Justin Ling, NITV shared by the Globe’s Barry Hertz, which was founded in 1991 as a “training it is a discussion forum that maintains a just called for people to be thrown out a pictured dialogue that is essential for society.” window to their death. Now, will the PM in 2016, centre for Inuit community filmmaking.” “Uvagut TV is a dream come true—to Ms. Grammond studied communications denounce this incitement to violence? helped host a at the University of Quebec in Montreal, Does this violate any kind of community now-defunct see Inuit culture and to hear our language full time on TV,” said NITV chair and before launching her career in broadcast at standard for Twitter,” reacted Mr. Scheer in Canadaland ICI RDI in 1995. She went on to work at Les response. podcast. The executive director, Lucy Tulugarjuk, in the release. “As our elders pass away, we are Affaires for four years before making the Mr. Butts, who was a top adviser to Hill Times file move to La Presse in the early 2000s. Prime Minster Trudeau, left the PMO amid photograph fighting against time to keep Inuit culture and language alive for our children and She has covered topics like investment, the SNC-Lavalin scandal nearly two years consumption, and personal finance, and has ago.