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DP MP is travelling to the ner and electoral college loser Hillary Clinton. NGreen Mountain State—Burlington, The gathering’s speaker list is a who’s Vermont to be exact—on Nov. 29 to Dec. 1, who of progressives, from New York City to attend a gathering of progressive leaders Mayor Bill de Blasio, to author Naomi Heard on the Hill at U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders‘ think tank. Klein, as well as actor Danny Glover, who Ms. Ashton will participate in an as it turns out is not “too old for this shit.” international roundtable at the Sanders In- “We are thrilled to welcome some- by Neil Moss stitute Gathering with Mr. Sanders, as well one as dynamic and progressive as Niki as former Greek fi nance minister Yanis Ashton to our inaugural Gathering. Niki Varoufakis, among others. has a proven track record of standing The gathering will be a venue to devel- up for what is right and for her values,” op “bold and progressive solutions” on the said Jane Sanders, co-founder of the Niki Ashton to meet environment, healthcare, housing, foreign think tank and wife of Mr. Sanders. policy, labour issues, and democracy, ac- The 77-year-old, who most recently was re- cording to a press release. elected to his fourth six-year term in the U.S. Bernie Sanders in Vermont “ and the world are at a crossroads Senate on Nov. 8 with more than 67 per cent as the risks of catastrophic climate change of the vote, will give the keynote address. and rising inequalities ask of political leaders NDP MP Niki Ashton, to step up and offer real leadership now,” Ms. left, will travel to Ashton said, who fi nished third in the 2017 Rookie Liberal Grit MP Burlington, Vermont NDP leadership race with the support of 17 to attend a progressive per cent of the voting NDP membership. Raj Grewal resigns gathering hosted by Ms. Ashton felt ‘the Bern’ in 2016, when Bernie Sanders', right, the Vermont Senator was running to be the Rookie Liberal MP Raj Grewal told think tank from Nov. Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in Government Whip he was 29 to Dec. 1. Will 2016. The Manitoba MP volunteered in neigh- resigning his seat on Nov. 21, and he they stop at Ben and bouring North Dakota with her father, former offi cially announced his resignation on Jerry's? Unknown. The Manitoba provincial cabinet minister Steve the next day. Hill Times photograph Ashton, on Mr. Sanders’ campaign. He would Mr. Grewal said he was resigning his by Sam Garcia and win the roughrider state with nearly 65 per seat due to “personal and medical reasons.” photograph courtesy of cent of the vote, but Mr. Sanders ultimately “This has been a decision I’ve struggled Wikimedia Commons fi nished second to eventual popular vote win- Liberal MP Raj Grewal resigned last week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

with for some time now and one I made with great diffi culty and real sadness,” he wrote on Facebook. Hours after the announcement on Nov. 22, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted: Celebrate “Yesterday, I learned that Raj Grewal is facing serious personal challenges … While it may have been a diffi cult decision, it was the right one. I hope he receives the support he needs. On Nov. 23, the PMO announced that Canada’s Mr. Grewal is resigning to get treatment for a gambling addiction, which caused him to incur “signifi cant personal debts,” accord- ing to multiple press reports. Champions in The resignation came one day after The Hill Times reported that the Liberals will be announcing byelections for three races in January to be held in February. Mr. Grewal has been the MP for the Medical East, Ont. since 2015, having won with more than half of the vote. He was already re-nom- inated as the Liberal candidate for 2019. The riding largely covers the same area that NDP Cannabis Leader previously represented at Queen’s Park from 2011 to 2017. Mr. Singh announced his intention to run in the byelec- tion in Burnaby South, B.C. in August. Mr. Grewal was the subject of an inves- Industry tigation by the federal confl ict of interest and ethics commissioner for having invited a former legal client to India as part of Mr. Trudeau’s visit in February. Rhéal Fortin’s partner dies

The partner of Bloc Québécois MP Rhéal Fortin passed away on Nov. 4. She was 52-years-old. Mr. Fortin, who’s been the MP for Rivière-du-Nord, Que. since 2015, authored Join leaders in government, health organizations and engaged a note to his community, thanking the citizens to celebrate award recipients at Riviera. health-care staff at the Maison des Soins Palliatifs de la Rivière du Nord. Monday, November 26th “I wish to express my admiration for the staff and volunteers of Pallia-Vie, and 6:30pm — late I wish to express my gratitude for the pro- Riviera, 62 Sparks Street, fessionalism and humanity of this team,” he wrote in French. As space is limited, please RSVP to [email protected]. Health Minister passed on her condolences to Mr. Fortin in QP on Nov. 19. Mr. Fortin received a

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4 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Opinion The reluctant Rohingyas It’s now the 21st century, and there is no excuse for what the Burmese army has done: to understand all is NOT to forgive all. Neither is there any excuse for Nobel Gwynne Dyer Peace Prize winner Aung Global Aff airs San Suu Kyi.

ONDON, U.K.—The Rohingyas are ber her? She used to be a secular saint.) Laround a million Bengali-speaking Bangladesh doesn’t want all these people who used to live in Rakhine state in refugees, most of whom have no ties with Burma—until late last year. Then the Bur- the country although they speak Bengali, mese army attacked them, claiming they so last month it made a deal with Burma to were illegal immigrants. Thousands were send them back. But Burma doesn’t really killed, tens of thousands were raped, their want them back either. If it did, why would villages were burned—and at least 700,000 it have bothered to drive them out in the of them are now in refugee camps across fi rst place? the border in Bangladesh. The United Nations has no part in this The United Nations has described these great “repatriation,” nor any of the NGOs Burmese actions as “ethnic cleansing,” either. It was a private deal between Ban- “crimes against humanity,” and “genocide,” gladesh and Burma, and the Burmese army but the Burmese army denies any wrongdo- knew perfectly well that the refugees would ing. So does its civilian political partner, ‘spe- be too terrifi ed to go back. Agreeing to cial counsellor’ Aung San Suu Kyi. (Remem- take them back just made the generals who Rohingya people, pictured in Rakhine State in 2012. Aung San Suu Kyi is condoning and covering up genocide, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

planned the atrocity look a little less vile. ors brought Islam to north-western India. The Bangladeshi authorities fell for it, Islamized Central Asian conquerors and chose 2,200 Rohingya refugees to go spread Islam as far east as Bengal, and back in the fi rst contingent. The Rohingyas fi nally Malay traders carried it through- weren’t fooled, and most of them immedi- out the Indonesian archipelago. The only ately went into hiding, changing camps, or Buddhist-majority countries left in Asia fl eeing into the woods. today are Burma, Thailand and Sri Lanka. A loudspeaker truck went around the It’s not surprising, therefore, that sprawling Unchiprang Camp near Cox’s Burmese Buddhists should feel their faith Bazar last week imploring the “approved” is jeopardized by the presence of even a refugees to come out. “We have six buses single million Muslims—jeopardized es- here. We have trucks. We have food. We pecially if rabble-rousing Buddhist monks want to offer everything to you.” But advance their careers by preaching fear nobody stepped forward, and the crowd and hatred. chanted “We won’t go.” It’s also utterly irrational and reprehen- The Rohingyas won’t go back because sible. The Rohingya are just as Burmese, in they are quite understandably afraid for the broader sense, as any of the recognized their lives. It wasn’t just the army but their minorities. The fi rst Bengali-speaking Mus- own non-Muslim neighbours who turned lims arrived in Rakhine state in the 15th on them and took part in the slaughter. If century as soldiers helping an exiled king you are recalling images of the massacres regain his throne. The last signifi cant wave and expulsions of Bosnian Muslims by of immigration was in the 19th and early the Bosnian Serbs in the 1990s, you are 20th centuries. absolutely right. It’s happening again, and It’s now the 21st century, and there is again nobody is doing anything effective no excuse for what the Burmese army has to stop it. done: to understand all is NOT to forgive How did it come to this? All the South- all. Neither is there any excuse for Nobel East Asian countries contain minority Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. groups, but Burma takes it to extremes. Yes, she was trying to preserve a hard- Bamars (ethnic ‘Burmese’) account for won democratic opening that might close two-thirds of the population, but there are if she openly criticized the army. Moreover, eight other recognized ethnic groups, most the average Burmese heartily approves of with their own language or languages. And what the army has done. (Shades of Serbia there are the Rohingya, who were stripped again.) But she is condoning and covering of their citizenship by Burma’s military up a genocide. Shame on her. in 1982. So will they take her Nobel Prize away? Why them? They were only two per cent Well, no, because it doesn’t matter what of Burma’s population, they were a minor- she does after she gets it, and she got it ity even in Rakhine state (formerly Arakan) in 1991. As Olav Njoelstad, the secretary where they almost all lived, and they never of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said did any harm to the majority. They are, how- last year, the prize “is awarded for some ever, Muslims, and the Buddhist majority in prize-worthy effort or achievement OF THE Burma is paranoid about Muslims. PAST.” Once you get it, you can commit any It goes back a long way. Buddhism once crime you want. dominated Asia from the Indian subconti- Gwynne Dyer’s new book is ‘Grow- nent to Indonesia, but it has been in retreat ing Pains: The Future of Democracy (and for a long time. First Hinduism made a Work)’. comeback in India, and then Arab conquer- The Hill Times 5L^KPNP[HS[H_ÄSPUN WHY[ULYZOPW^PSSNP]L *HUHKPHUZTVYLJVU[YVS V]LY[OLPY[H_LZ

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South riding that he will premier after May’s provincial election. The future of Canada’s oil Prime contest, one poll has him In fact, Trudeau’s most dangerous Minister running third. challenge isn’t sitting across the aisle in industry, the future of oil Justin Conservatives, the House of Commons. It is a growing Trudeau, meanwhile, moan about coalition of right-wing premiers, ardent itself, is a complicated and pictured ongoing defi cits, defi cits defenders of pipelines and oil, who are divisive issue, ridden with in this fi le as far as the eye can see, allied against the federal carbon tax. The photograph defi cits that will one day coalition includes Ford, although pipelines false claims. It may also on the Hill, crush our grandchildren are not traditionally an concern. will be getting (unlike climate change Nonetheless, under the direction of his be the defi ning issue of it from all which doesn’t seem to hard-right staff—including veterans of Ste- sides, writes be a problem for the phen Harper’s circle—Ford appears, more the next federal election. Susan Riley. right). Finance Minister often than not, to be campaigning against Trudeau will be facing not The Hill Times , who has Justin Trudeau, while ignoring his offi cial photograph by been out of the spotlight opposition, Ontario NDP Leader Andrea only aggrieved premiers, Andrew Meade and out of trouble for Horwath. months, replied, cheer- Politics is a rough-and-tumble business, but the enormous wealth fully, last week that the but it cannot have escaped Scheer’s notice debt-to-GDP ratio is that his new buddy in appears to and reach of the oil lobby. declining (a good thing), be chasing the federal leader’s job. (This and that Canada’s debt may not be the case. Ford still sounds, and load is the lowest among behaves, like the municipal councillor he the G7. It is also one- once was, but he is surrounded by politi- week’s artful fi scal update, which offered third of the relative size cal professionals with ideological axes to targeted help to businesses to offset recent of the $21.7-trillion U.S. shortfall. grind and enemies beyond Queen’s Park.) Trump tax cuts for their U.S. competitors. But, another thing: defi cits, unless they But Kenney could be a more formidable You can tell the government is doing are monstrous, are the pre-occupation of opponent than Scheer, Ford, or Notley. His well because opposition attacks, notably economists, lobbyists, politicians, and me- province is already smouldering with anti- on the fi scal update, were so shopworn and dia. Ordinary people are far more affected Ottawa feeling because of the uncertain half-hearted. Even criticism from the left by high unemployment levels, rampaging future of oil and immediate problems in the of what was a pro-business initiative was infl ation and soaring interest rates. None of oil patch. There is a record gap between the Susan Riley muted. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh com- that is happening and hasn’t for years—al- North American benchmark price for oil Impolitic plained that business doesn’t need help though interest rates bear watching, always. and the price that ’s bitumen fetch- in a strong economy, whereas ordinary While the Liberals es in Texas. As of last week, people need pharmacare (some version of enjoy a steady lead in the West Texas Intermediate HELSEA, QUE.—It can change in a which is probably coming in the Liber- polls, there is disarray and was selling for $53 a barrel, Cheartbeat, but the Trudeau government als’ pre-election budget next spring). But disagreement on the right. while the Alberta product has been on the upswing lately—applauded Singh hasn’t even been elected to Parlia- Maxime Bernier is still poll- was only getting $14. for its delicate handling of Donald Trump, ment yet and, while a byelection has fi nally ing in the single digits—as To blame this state of for a relatively stable economy and for last been called for February in the Burnaby low as one per cent in some affairs on Trudeau is a soundings—but he has an ludicrous stretch (which outsized media presence doesn’t mean it isn’t an and is attracting moti- effective political strategy). vated followers in small First, the price of oil is low groups across the country. for a variety of reasons, Asked recently if he isn’t including over-supply and a concerned about splitting boom in U.S. production of the Conservative vote, shale oil. Indeed, cheap oil Bernier replied that there was applauded by Trump in is essentially no difference a typical tweet: “Oil prices between Scheer Conserva- getting lower! Great! Like a tives and Justin Trudeau: In fact, Trudeau’s most dangerous big Tax Cut for America and both, he said, are equally challenge isn’t sitting across the the World.” bad. Spoken like a true pur- aisle in the House of Commons. It Nor is the current lack of ist, one that threatens more is a growing coalition of right-wing pipeline capacity to trans- damage to Scheer than premiers, ardent defenders of port Canadian bitumen anyone. pipelines and oil, who are allied south to the refi neries in The College of Family Physicians of Canada Nor is Scheer likely to against the federal carbon tax. the Texas Gulf, or to those do well in Bernier’s home Cover of Maclean’s magazine fabled “Asian markets,” is pleased to announce its 2018–2019 President, province, partly because entirely—or even peripher- it is always diffi cult for ally—Trudeau’s fault. Two Dr. Paul Sawchuk an anglophone conservative in to pipelines already approved—Keystone XL of Winnipeg, Manitoba be noticed, but also because of the federal and Enbridge’s Line 3—are facing political leader’s insistence on resurrecting the and regulatory delays in the United States, Dr. Sawchuk was President of the Manitoba College of Family controversial Energy East pipeline, after despite Trump’s enthusiastic support. And Physicians from 2013 to 2014 and has been a member of the CFPC the idea was soundly rejected by Quebec- the federal government recently spent bil- Board of Directors since 2012. He served as Secretary-Treasurer from ers. Scheer’s claim that a cross-country lions to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline, pipeline would replace imported Saudi oil which no private company wants to build. 2016 to 2017 and President-Elect from 2017 to 2018. in Quebec with Alberta crude was prompt- Throwing aside any attempts to limit ly, and decisively, debunked, with a simple greenhouse gas emissions, completely look at oil import statistics. (In fact, Central ignoring First Nations protests and return- Canada gets most of its imported oil from ing to a Wild West investment climate may Le Collège des médecins de famille du Canada the U.S.) Scheer’s advocacy of Energy East, have produced pipelines at a faster rate. a le plaisir de présenter son président pour 2018-2019, which makes questionable economic sense, But no government, Liberal or Conserva- alienated green-friendly voters in Quebec tive, would survive such an abject retreat r and also called into question his under- from its responsibility to manage resources D Paul Sawchuk standing of the changing oil industry. for the greater good—nor should they. de Winnipeg (Manitoba) Scheer’s more recent refusal to endorse The future of Canada’s oil industry, the Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s cuts to franco- future of oil itself, is a complicated and r D Sawchuk a été président du Collège des médecins de famille phone services in Ontario is unlikely to help divisive issue, ridden with false claims. It du Manitoba de 2013 à 2014 et membre du Conseil d’administration him make up lost ground, partly because may also be the defi ning issue of the next du CMFC depuis 2012. Il y a occupé les fonctions de secrétaire-trésorier Scheer’s objections were so pro forma. federal election. Trudeau will be facing not de 2016 à 2017 et de président désigné de 2017 à 2018. So there sits the Conservative leader: only aggrieved premiers, but the enormous ignored in Quebec, not entirely trusted by wealth and reach of the oil lobby. Ontario’s conservatives, and even eclipsed But that is yet to come. For now, he and in Western Canada as a defender of the his party should enjoy their brief respite. oilsands and the Alberta economy by a Susan Riley is a veteran political col- passionate Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, umnist who writes regularly for The Hill and a canny, experienced, and strategic Times. , who is expected to become The Hill Times

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Political parties should be Nav Canada not a regulator, it’s a working together to stop sexually private, not-for-profi t company: inappropriate conduct, it’s not a Nav Canada e: “Why is Health Canada thwarting that provides air navigation services to partisan issue RParliament’s will?” (The Hill Times, commercial and general aviation, which Nov. 14, p. 26). Green Party Leader Eliza- includes airlines. It is Transport Canada beth May mentions Nav Canada as an that regulates the airline industry. In fact, lise Mills, a veteran Conservative hope women in politics and media come example of a regulator that is “an instru- it is also Transport Canada that regulates pundit and strategist, recently went forward and have discussions,” she told A As It Happens ment of the industry it’s meant to regu- Nav Canada on matters of safety. public about her “uncomfortable interac- CBC’s . late.” Ms. May suggests this because Nav Ron Singer tion” with former Conservative MP Tony Mr. Clement publicly announced on Canada refers to airlines as its clients. To National manager, media relations Clement when she said he kissed her Nov. 6 that he was stepping down from clarify, Nav Canada is not a regulator. Nav Canada on the mouth in 2014. In an interview his critic’s duties, after he said he had It is a private, not-for-profi t company, Ottawa, Ont. on Nov. 9 with CBC Radio’s As It Hap- shared sexually explicit images and a pens, Ms. Mills said she had thought of video of himself in the last three weeks Mr. Clement as a mentor who respected to someone who he alleges was target- her work, but said she felt sexualized by ing him for fi nancial extortion. He said the incident. For his part, Mr. Clement, he thought he was sharing the images World Toilet Day come and gone with through his lawyer, Joseph A. Neuberger, with a consenting woman. The RCMP is has denied any inappropriate conduct investigating. But on Nov. 7, Conserva- and said he and Ms. Mills have main- tive Party Leader asked little acknowledgment by media tained a friendly and professional rela- for Mr. Clement’s resignation from the tionship since 2014. Conservative caucus after some media verybody poops; a universal human ing classes when they are menstruating. Ms. Mills said she decided to speak reported on numerous other incidents Ereality. But almost a billion people Nobody likes to talk about poop, and up publicly because sexually inappropri- and allegations of inappropriate behav- have no choice but to do so in the open, in maybe that’s why World Toilet Day has ate conduct must be stopped in federal iour. On Nov. 8, Mr. Clement released a fi elds and streets. Aside from the lack of come and gone with little acknowledg- politics and on Parliament Hill. She is ab- statement addressed to his constituents dignity, this places women at risk of vio- ment in the media. Perhaps that’s also solutely right and she’s also right to ask on his MP website, apologizing for and lence as they seek the cover of darkness why only one per cent of Canada’s that men and women across party lines acknowledging more “inappropriate” on- alone. Such lack of sanitation also leads foreign aid goes towards sanitation, but put an end to it. But Ms. Mills said that line exchanges and “acts of infi delity.” Mr. to widespread contamination of drinking squeamishness about a necessary life it’s the hyper-partisanship among the par- Clement was also forced to resign from water, and incalculable death and disease. function is no reason to ignore sanitation ties that is preventing real change from the super-secret National Security and Many schools around the world have as a critical focus for aid. happening on the issue, and said it’s the Intelligence Committee for Parliamen- no toilets and again, this places young Franny Beckow women who suffer both personally and tarians, which handles highly classifi ed woman at risk and bars them from attend- Victoria, B.C. professionally because of it. Party leaders intelligence information. and whips should take action, together, Sexual harassment is not a political because sexual harassment and sexual issue, and all male and female MPs of misbehaviour is a non-partisan issue; it all parties should be addressing it in the happens in every party. spirit of non-partisanship. This has to stop Khashoggi’s murder will likely not “I spoke out because I’ve had enough. and men and women across party lines I’m exhausted and we’re nowhere near should be working together to change change Canada’s relationship with fi xing this. We’re in the 911 of this. There this. are far more victims out there and I The Hill Times Saudi Arabia f Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s prisoners didn’t prevent Conservatives Ipromise of an investigation following from negotiating a military deal (or Liber- the killing of 60 protesters by is als from implementing it) it is unlikely any indication (forgotten after a call from the death of a journalist will signifi cantly Benjamin Netanyahu), Jamal Khashoggi’s change Canada’s relationship with the murder will likely meet the same fate. House of Saud. Though I hope I am When the carnage in Yemen, death wrong. sentences for sorcerers, beheadings for John Dirlik adultery, or the crucifi xion of headless Pointe Claire, Que.

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e: “The shared delusions of Trump, ing this fl aw of the American psyche. RMBS,” (The Hill Times online, Nov. 21). Unfortunately, I don’t think it will see the This is a straightforward assessment by light of day in the mainstream press be- Gwynne Dyer of the American resent- cause it doesn’t conform to the accepted ment to anyone or country who dares to storyline. resist the American view of the world. Mr. Roland Trenaman Dyer has done an excellent job of captur- Vancouver, B.C.

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Symbols matter when it comes to diver- The announcement of another female The sex education curriculum that ex- In 1946, Viola Desmond sity. That is why the face of Viola Desmond face on our currency is long overdue. plores their issues is simply an attempt to on Canada’s new $10 note is much more The Desmond decision came on the create a platform for learning and under- was wrongfully convicted than simply an image on plastic. heels of another symbolic gesture that standing. It underscores Desmond’s groundbreak- egregiously turned back the clock. Surely support for diversity in all its simply because she was a ing battle for inclusion, as a black woman The Progressive Conservative Party of forms should be an integral component of who had the audacity to sit in the whites- Ontario convention moved forward with the education system. black woman determined only section at the cinema. a process to endorse a resolution that la- In 1946, Viola Desmond was wrongfully to exercise her right to full For her troubles, Desmond was con- belled gender identity as “a highly contro- convicted simply because she was a black victed of a tax violation based on the price versial, unscientifi c ‘liberal ideology.’” woman determined to exercise her right to equality. Transgendered difference in the seat she purchased and The proposal by former provincial full equality. where she sat at the Roseland Theatre in leadership candidate Tanya Granic Allen Transgendered people are still denied people are still denied New Glasgow, N.S., in 1946. calls for the termination of gender theory full equality, and their cause suffered a set- Desmond became the fi rst person to be education in Ontario schools. back last week as a result of the mean-spir- full equality, and their pardoned posthumously for the conviction Premier Doug Ford and his cabinet ited Progressive Conservative resolution. cause suff ered a setback but it took the government 64 years to get were quick to distance themselves from the The progressives in their party need to around to it. move, saying they will not implement the follow the lead of their federal cousins. last week as a result of the The launch of the new $10 bill makes proposal. As their agenda has been obviously her the fi rst Canadian non-regal woman to But Granic Allen plans to pursue her hijacked by social conservatives, they need mean-spirited Progressive appear alone on Canadian currency. resolution at the party’s policy convention to leave the party and go elsewhere. The Famous Five, and Quebec suffrag- a year from now and claims that she is “just Even though the government will not Conservative resolution. ette Therese Casgrain were the fi rst non- following Doug’s lead on the issue.” act on the resolution, the party is not will- monarch women to appear as a group, in a When Ford was running for the Tory ing to bury the issue. $50 series that was launched in 2001. leadership, he promised to remove gender All minorities still face discrimination Emily Murphy, Irene Parlby, Nellie Mc- theory teaching from the curriculum. In but the determined face of Viola Desmond Clung, Louise McKinney, and Henrietta return, Granic Allen’s socially conserva- on our $10 bill will remind us every day Moore Edwards were responsible for se- tive backers moved to Ford when she was that we are moving in the right direction. curing the right for women to sit alongside knocked off the ballot early. The return of the Famous Five and men in the Senate. Now the chickens are coming home to Casgrain to the $50 bill would do much to The Canadian Supreme Court turned roost. Ford may distance himself from Granic reinforce that message. down their initial application but the Fa- Allen but the majority of members in the Young people struggling for their mous Five ultimately got justice by appeal- party he leads are happy to send the message gender identity choices will now face an ing successfully to the British Privy Council. that transgender identity does not exist. emboldened opposition as a result of the That ruling back in 1929 became known The victims in this narrative are the curriculum controversy. Sheila Copps as the Person’s Case and cleared the way transgendered people still struggling for Shame on the Ontario Progressive Con- Copps’ Corner for women to serve in the Red Chamber. equality in society. servatives. They do their name a disservice. The $50 commemorative bill remained The majority of trans youth are alien- Sheila Copps is a former Jean Chrétien- in circulation for a decade but the women’s ated from their families. Some of them end era cabinet minister and a former deputy TTAWA—Last week was the best of images were replaced by an icebreaker up on the street. Two-thirds of transgen- prime minister. Otimes and the worst of times when it during the government of dered adolescents report that they have The Hill Times comes to moving the needle on equality. in 2012. self-harmed in the last year.

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Canadians, and Brian Pallister is too busy running a villa in Costa Rica. Quebec’s François Legault Trudeau and Ford may be political is too new to the job, and knows that Trudeau remains somewhat popular in Quebec. Out in Al- berta, meanwhile, Jason Kenney enemies, but they need each other isn’t premier yet. So the job of Conservative an- But it happened, just the same. Prime Minister tagonist has fallen to Doug Ford. The Trudeau Party June 2018: Donald Trump, the Justin Trudeau, And his partisans love his sal- crook now holding the White pictured July 5, lies and broadsides against Justin is covertly grateful House hostage, unleashed a 2018, meeting Trudeau. They love it. While Ford’s for Doug Ford: he is tirade against Canada’s prime Ontario Premier most-recent party convention was minister on Twitter (where else?). Doug Ford in scuttled, somewhat, by SoCon (and will be) useful in Trump called Justin Trudeau Toronto. Trudeau knuckle-draggers passing a non- “dishonest and weak” and one of and Ford briefl y binding resolution attacking trans had a happier his advisers—who of the few who people, most PC attendees de- Liberal fundraising, time together, too, hasn’t been indicted yet—opined recruitment and although it seems lighted in Ford’s ceaseless critiques that there was “a special place in to have happened of Justin Trudeau’s government. electioneering. And hell” reserved for Trudeau. long, long ago, They ate it up. Andrew Scheer even It was an astonishing attack on in a galaxy far, showed up to join in on the fun. Trudeau’s disdain an ally, one that Canadians have far away. But it Similarly, the Trudeau Party never witnessed before. Trudeau, happened, just the is covertly grateful for Doug for Ford is deep, and for his part, bit his tongue and same, writes Warren Ford: he is (and will be) useful in said nothing. But Doug Ford? The Kinsella. PMO Liberal fundraising, recruitment longstanding. Doug Ford who had won a mas- photograph courtesy and electioneering. And Trudeau’s sive majority government, just a of Adam Scotti disdain for Ford is deep, and long- few days earlier? That Doug Ford? standing. The Ontario premier Here’s what he said: “I can tell more a case of a relationship and accused him of “fabricating,” has never forgotten this attack by you on the trade deal south of that’s getting “colder and colder.” quote unquote, issues; and just Trudeau on Ford and his deceased the border, we stand shoulder to Here’s a short list of the sort this week, the federal minister brother, made as the 2015 fed- shoulder with the prime minister of things that have taken place responsible for self- eral election was winding down: and our federal counterparts. My since the happier, sunnier ways of ies, Catherine McKenna, shot a “There’s a lot of people talking No. 1 priority is to protect jobs spring: Ford and other conserva- video of herself denouncing the in the news these days about the in Ontario, especially protect the tive premiers appeared in a much- Ford government’s cuts to franco- hypocrisy of the Fords and their steel workers, aluminum workers. satirized Maclean’s cover photo phone education as “an outrage” drug problems. But that’s not re- That’s going to be a priority.” and declared themselves “The and effectively declared war on ally the issue, as serious as it is, Waren Kinsella “Shoulder to shoulder.” Resistance” to Trudeau; Trudeau Ontario’s Conservatives. that strikes me most. What both- Th e War Room This writer is not friendly with showed up for his requisite fi rst And war it is. Just a few months ers me the most is the misogyny. Trudeau, but is with Ford. So I sent photo-op/meeting with Ford at in, and the Ford and Trudeau The Ford brothers should have Ontario’s newly-minted premier a Queen’s Park, and literally—liter- governments—from top to bot- no place on a national campaign ORONTO—Photo caption: note, telling him I was proud that ally—made a face for the assem- tom—deeply despise each other. stage, much less hosting [Stephen TJustin Trudeau and Doug Ford, he had placed the national interest bled media throng, and said he Their enmity and animosity seems Harper] at an event. …That’s just seen together in happier times. above the partisan one. Lots of was obliged to “explain” immigra- to only grow worse by the day. completely irresponsible.” That’s what newspaper editors other folks, as Ford loves to call tion policy to Ford; Ford and his Neither government will admit As low blows go, that was low. always write when publishing a citizens, felt likewise. Even if you ministers have blamed Trudeau’s to a secret, however, they may Shoulder to shoulder? No lon- photo of a couple who has just didn’t like Justin Trudeau all that government for a rash in gun hate each other, but they need ger, with Ford and Trudeau. announced their divorce, ex- much, he—and, by extension, we— crime and illegal migrants—and each other. These guys hate each other— pressed their profound sadness, were under attack, and we needed called the Liberal leader’s carbon Since the departure of Sas- and, weirdly, need each other. and requested privacy for their to come together. tax plan a “vote-buying scheme”; katchewan’s Brad Wall from the Warren Kinsella is a former family. “In happier times.” And then, well, there’s politics. Trudeau’s intergovernmental national stage, Justin Trudeau Jean Chrétien-era cabinet staffer Justin and Doug briefl y had a In the intervening months, affairs minister told Ford to keep has lacked a serious, capable and a former provincial and happier time together, too, although Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford his nose out of federal affairs, and conservative opposite. Wall’s suc- federal election campaign war it seems to have happened long, haven’t stood “shoulder to shoul- stop dreaming about a political cessor couldn’t be picked out of roomer. long ago, in a galaxy far, far away. der” so much. Instead, it’s been career on the national stage— a one-man police lineup by most The Hill Times

Trudeau and his progressively liberal economics

AKVILLE, ONT.—If you want ald Trump’s lead and introduce a ratism, and populism, so when to media reports, the state of New And why Justin Oto understand Prime Minis- major corporate tax cut. it comes to economic policy, his York offered the company about ter Justin Trudeau’s take on the That hasn’t happened. government will socialistically $1.5-billion in tax incentives. Trudeau would economy, just recall one of his And lest anyone think the rack up massive defi cits, popu- Anyway, this has caused a most celebrated utterances: “The Liberals are just a bunch of anti- listly impose taxes on the “rich,” whirlwind of controversy in rather focus less budget will balance itself.” business, left-wing pinkos, recall capitalistly embrace free trade New York, with both the politi- Yes, I know it’s possible how Prime Minister Trudeau’s de- and corporatismly offer huge bail cal “right” and “left” vehemently on economic issues Trudeau was simply jesting when cision to buy the Trans Mountain outs to corporate fat cats. denouncing the Amazon deal. he made that remark, but I still oil pipeline outraged those on the This clear lack of ideologi- Those on the right say instead and more on issues think it reveals his mindset when environmental left. cal consistency means whenever of offering tax incentives to one that he thinks work it comes to fi scal issues. Yes, buying that pipeline was Trudeau wades too deep into eco- company, the government should In other words, my sense is the controversial, but for the Liberals, nomic waters there’s always a good cut taxes for all businesses; while better for him prime minister wants to treat the allowing it to die would be even chance he will end up angering all those on the left say instead of economy as if it was a well-running more so. sides of the political spectrum. giving tax dollars to a “rich” cor- politically, i.e., gender machine that requires little in the So why is Trudeau so risk- This is a dilemma, by the way, poration, the government should way of upkeep or maintenance. averse, so conservative when it facing all Trudeau-style progres- focus on helping the poor. equality and fi ghting Sure, from to time Canada’s comes to things economic? sively liberal governments. So yeah, Trudeau is probably climate change. economic engine might need a After all, such a timid approach Check out, for instance, the watching all this fuss in New York tweak here and there just to keep stands in stark contrast to the ideological storm that’s currently from afar and saying something it humming smoothly, but for the prime minister’s otherwise, fl ashy, engulfi ng New York City’s left- like “I’m glad I’m not on that par- most part, Trudeau has a “if it ain’t exciting and fl amboyant image. leaning progressive Democratic ticular economic hot seat.” broke, don’t fi x it” sort attitude. Let’s discuss. mayor, Bill de Blasio, and New This is why he’d rather focus Certainly, he’s not kind of First off, I think what con- York State’s left-leaning progres- less on economic issues and more politician who’s going to imple- strains Trudeau’s economic sive Democratic Governor, An- on issues that he thinks work bet- ment any sort of radical economic agenda is his own particular drew Cuomo, both of whom are ter for him politically, i.e., gender overhaul. “progressive liberal” philosophy, coming under fi re from all sides equality and fi ghting climate Indeed, this unwillingness to which is actually a hodgepodge for giving a “sweet-heart” deal to change. take fi scal chances has disap- of various—and contradictory— mega-corporation Amazon. And who knows, maybe the pointed many in Canada’s ideological infl uences. And the deal, designed to budget will balance itself. Gerry Nicholls is a communi- Gerry Nicholls business community, who were Basically, Trudeau’s brand of convince Amazon to locate its hoping the Liberal government progressive liberalism is a blend “second” headquarters in New cations consultant. Post-Partisan Pundit would follow U.S. President Don- of capitalism, socialism, corpo- York, was pretty sweet: according The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 11 Opinion The world needs renewed B.C. climate leadership

the building sector is one of the big jobs nesses position themselves at the forefront B.C. is ready to light the ahead. Indeed, retrofi tting existing homes of the global low-carbon transition, scale up and buildings to save energy and curb their products and services, and grow their way to renewed climate emissions should be B.C.’s next megapro- expertise and exports. Energy conservation ject. We’ll need incentives to spur upgrades is an important part of the way forward, but leadership and a clean and to more than 30,000 homes a year, which the fact is clean growth will demand addi- prosperous economy. Let’s will also result in better air quality, lower tional renewable electricity. We need a plan to heating bills, and healthier living spaces. identify and develop further sources of clean show Canada there’s plenty While electric vehicles are increasingly energy, including wind, solar, and biofuels. a common sight on the roads, a top priority Finally, to ensure B.C. stays on track to of reason to be excited for the transportation sector must be to our targets for 2030, 2040, and 2050, the lower carbon pollution from the movement climate strategy needs a transparent and about our clean future. of goods, including the delivery of online enforceable accountability mechanism. We purchases, groceries, and supplies. We also should add teeth to the Climate Change need a strategy that curbs emissions from Accountability Act. all industrial sources. It’s far from clear B.C. is ready to light the way to re- how LNG Canada and future liquefi ed newed climate leadership and a clean and Canada’s federal Environment Minister Catherine natural gas developments will fi t within prosperous economy. Let’s show Canada McKenna. Tackling the climate emergency will B.C.’s carbon budget. there’s plenty of reason to be excited about involve plenty of heavy lifting, writes Karen Tan The climate strategy should be under- our clean future. Wu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade pinned by a roadmap to produce more renew- Karen Tam Wu is the B.C. director at reducing carbon pollution, especially from able energy, stimulate clean economic growth, the Pembina Institute, Canada’s leading buildings, transportation, and industry. and boost innovation in B.C. A smart mix of clean energy think-tank. Bringing down carbon pollution from policies and incentives can help B.C. busi- The Hill Times Karen Tan Wu Opinion

ANCOUVER—Twelve years—that’s Vhow little time we have to take serious action to protect our climate. If we fail to act now, the Intergovernmental Panel on Cli- mate Change (IPCC) predicts catastrophic consequences, such as increasingly extreme weather, lower crop yields, declining fi sher- ies, and higher rates of poverty. The fi ndings of last month’s IPCC special report are dire enough to make Husky West White Rose an optimist want to stay in bed. The same could be said of the increasing political headwinds now facing climate solutions in Canada. Yet this is no time to despair—es- Project – Building pecially in . Innovators across B.C. are leading the way and showcasing the exciting potential of clean economic growth in Canada. With Newfoundland & Labrador’s the imminent release of the province’s new climate strategy, B.C. has the opportunity to be the shining beacon of hope for the future that Canada and the world need. offshore energy future. B.C. isn’t starting from scratch. We have a track record of implementing world-class policies to fi ght climate-damaging carbon pollution and support a thriving economy. Under North America’s fi rst revenue- neutral carbon tax and B.C.’s fi rst climate plan, B.C.’s economy continued to grow while the use of motor fuel dropped by 17 per cent and carbon pollution declined by 10 per cent between 2008 and 2011. Beginning in 2008, B.C.’s LiveSmart rebate program spurred an uptick in energy-effi - ciency retrofi ts—reducing carbon pollution from homes and buildings, and stimulating job growth in the industry. Provincial climate action and moves towards a clean economy stalled between 2012 and 2017. Nonetheless, businesses and communities across B.C. continued to forge ahead with climate solutions. For instance, B.C. is home to seven of the 10 innovative Canadian fi rms named to the Global Cleantech 100 list for 2018. B.C.- based manufacturers are the country’s only suppliers of highly energy effi cient, Passive House–certifi ed windows. The munici- palities of Vancouver, Victoria, Nelson, and Slocan, as well as the Regional District of Central Kootenay, have committed to work toward seeing their communities powered by 100 per cent renewable energy. In Sur- rey, organic waste is being converted into carbon-neutral biomethane that fuels waste Responsibly producing collection trucks. Metro Vancouver also pro- duces biomethane from two landfi lls. the energy the world needs. Let’s be clear—tackling the climate emergency will involve plenty of heavy lifting. But British Columbians have the skills and experience for the task. What we need are a strong climate strategy, huskyenergy.com/atlantic Argentia, NL programs, and policies to get B.C. back on track to achieving our legislated targets for 12 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Opinion We need to keep Canada competitive in global tourism growth trend But there are a number Globally, tourism is the world’s fastest growing sector. In Canada, we welcomed a of tangible things that we record 20.8 million international travellers in 2017, and have already seen an increase can do beyond courting in the fi rst 8 months of this year. Over 1.8 international visitors million Canadians are employed in the tourism industry, at over 200,000 tourism through international trade related businesses, 99 per cent of which are delegations. Streamlining small and medium sized enterprises. Tourism Minister Mélanie Joly, pictured on July The travel economy is worth $97.4-bil- 1, 2018, on Parliament Hill. The Hill Times Canada’s visa processes Charlotte Bell lion to our country. Two per cent of Can- photograph by Sam Garcia Opinion ada’s GDP comes from tourism. And the and bringing all low- industry is expected to keep growing. We need to ensure we keep Canada risk travellers under Despite these optimistic numbers, competitive in this global growth trend. he motto “in my country, every minister Canada’s tourism growth rate is lagging The is taking the Electronic Travel Tis the minister of tourism” was fi rst pro- compared to its international counterparts. some positive steps in the right direction. nounced by the tourism minister from Por- In 2017, Canada remained 17th in the UN- In 2017, the Government of Canada Authorization for tugal at the OECD conference in October WTO’s annual survey of the most visited launched the “New Tourism Vision” and set temporary resident 2017. This is the mentality Canada’s govern- countries in the world while countries like some lofty goals for Canada: re-entering ment needs to adopt if Canada’s tourism Turkey, Mexico, and Malaysia witnessed the United Nation’s top 10 most visited visas is one step. industry is to succeed internationally. stronger tourism growth than Canada. countries by 2025, increasing the number of international overnight visits to Canada by 31 per cent by 2021, and doubling the number of tourists from China by 2021. There is a lot of work to do to make these Conseil du Autorisé. goals a reality. Current measures will not cannabis canadien Réglementé. see these goals succeed. Fiable. Chinese visitors to Canada are our country’s second largest inbound interna- tional market, and China will continue to play a key role in Canada’s growing tourism sector for years to come. The Government of Canada’s recent efforts to court Chinese visitors to Canada has been commendable – from numerous visits to China by Canadian diplomatic delegations, to naming 2018 the Canada-China Year of Tourism. However, all levels of government need to consider the tourism industry when discussing policies linking to the Célébrez les broader policy agenda. Tourism touches many ministries, including Finance, Im- migration, Infrastructure, Labour, Public Safety, Fisheries, Transportation, Canadian Champions Heritage, Environment, International Trade and so on. Canada’s tourism agenda needs to be treated in a whole-of-government approach, and must consider the positive implications the industry has across the Canadiens dans entire threshold of Canada’s economy. But there are a number of tangible things that we can do beyond courting international visitors through international l’industrie du trade delegations. Streamlining Canada’s visa processes and bringing all low-risk travellers under the Electronic Travel Au- thorization for temporary resident visas is one step. Investing in resources to ensure Cannabis à des airport security can meet growing demand is another. Reducing the taxes paid by inter- national visitors either through exemption or a rebate program is another. Strengthen- fi ns médicales ing Destination Canada, Canada’s market- ing organization, by ensuring long-term sustainable funding is another. Prioritizing tourism job programs, in addition to using industry labour need as the main determin- er in immigration streams, are still others. These are achievable steps that the government can take to bolster Canada’s tourism sector and make our country a more accessible destination for interna- tional visitors. But without a whole-of- government approach that recognizes the complexity of Canada’s tourism sector, Joignez-vous aux chefs de gouvernement, aux organismes de santé ainsi que les Canada will continue to fall behind. These citoyens engagés pour célébrer les récipiendaires au restaurant Riviera. opportunities and challenges will be among topics covered at this week’s TIAC Le lundi, 26 Novembre 2018 Tourism Congress, held at the Hotel Lac Leamy in Ottawa, where delegates, elected à partir de 18:30. offi cials and decision makers will converge Riviera, 62 Sparks Street, Ottawa to discuss our travel economy. Charlotte Bell is the chief executive offi cer of the Tourism Industry Association Comme l’espace est limité, s’il vous plaît RSVP en envoyant un courriel à [email protected]. of Canada, the only national organization representing the full cross-section of the tourism industry in Canada. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 13 Lobbying News

But there are signs that those Pipeline contractors, charities lead efforts are starting to inform poli- cy at the cabinet level. In the feds’ latest fi scal update, the Trudeau government pledged to set up October lobbying blitz as activity picks up a $755-million Social Finance Fund—that would be spread over 10 years—to help charities and non-profi ts fund social projects. Bill Schaper, director The Foodgrains Bank, mean- while, also showed up in full force. of public policy at Some 40 volunteers and staffers were in Ottawa to hand deliver Imagine Canada, said 8,000 postcards to International De- velopment Minister Marie-Claude his group organized a Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.). lobbying blitz to push Its postcard campaign, dubbed “I Care,” is an ongoing initiative aimed for sweeping reforms at nudging the Liberal government into raising its foreign-aid contribu- that would modernize tions to match, at minimum, what its global peers are offering. regulations governing Canada’s aid dollars have the charitable sector. been declining over the years. According to a recent report from the Organization for Economic BY BEATRICE PAEZ Co-operation and Development, spending has fallen from 0.31 per obbying activity has spiked in cent of its gross national income Lthe last couple of months as (GNI) in 2012 to 0.26 per cent in groups sought to redouble their 2017. That fi gure falls short of the efforts in the lead-up to the next global peer average, which is at election, according to the federal 0.5 per cent; the global target is lobbyists’ registry. Top-lobbied cabinet ministers in October and the number of their communications reports for the month, pictured top left to 0.7 per cent of a country’s GNI. Lobbyists fi led a total of 3,126 right: Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi (29); Small Business Minister (24); Finance Minister Bill Morneau The campaign was devel- communication reports in Octo- (23); Treasury Board President (16); Environment Minister Catherine McKenna (15); Innovation Minister oped in response to feedback it ber and 1,816 in September, com- (13); Immigration Minister (12); Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay (12); Health received from the minister’s offi ce pared to 1,054 in July and 1,157 in Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (11); International Trade Diversifi cation Minister (11); Democratic Institutions after its last campaign that it’s August, registry records show. Minister (11); Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (11); Fisheries Minister (10); Public Safety been hard to convince cabinet Among the groups logging the Minister (9); and Tourism Minister Mélanie Joly (9). The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade ministers to support an increase. most contact with public offi cials “What we heard back after the last month was the Mortgage Pro- lor said. “It still allows for more Doyle, Fabian Manning, and Paul said, noting that, at the committee fact was that it was a tough sell fessionals Canada (MPC), which prudent underwriting, but it has McIntyre. level, there’s a recognition that around the cabinet table, that oth- recorded 44 reports, mainly with a much less onerous effect on the A representative from the as- the laws are in need of updating. er cabinet ministers felt it wasn’t MPs. Paul Taylor, the president qualifi cations for young folks.” sociation was unavailable for an (The Senate has a special com- a big enough issue for Canadians, and CEO of MPC, said his group Though Mr. Taylor said it ap- interview, but an email was sent mittee studying the government’s that Canadians didn’t care,” said has been urging the government pears the government doesn’t indicating that 24 of its senior role in strengthening the sector.) Paul Hagerman, director of public to tweak the stress test to reduce have the appetite at this point to leaders were on the Hill to raise As an example of one issue policy at Foodgrains Bank. “So the barriers prospective fi rst-time fi ddle with the stress test, other concerns about how the govern- imageine Canada would like with those very words, we decided homeowners face in qualifying solutions were fl oated, including ment plans to move forward to see addressed in a review, to create a campaign. It’s a pretty for an uninsured mortgage. bringing the 30-year amortiza- on the Trans Mountain pipeline Mr. Schaper said that there are soft message compared to what Under the new requirement, tion payments option back. “I expansion, which has been put varying conditions attached to lots of advocacy messages are. It introduced in January, borrowers don’t think anyone disagreed that on hold after the Federal Court in government grants, depending on doesn’t say, ‘You should do this.’ It have to show they can afford to the housing market is becom- August quashed approval for the the department. One department says, ‘This is an issue I care about.’ pay off their mortgage if interest ing much more challenging for project, ordering Ottawa to redo might restrict the charity from So we’re hoping that that mes- rates were to rise by two per cent. the people at the bottom of the its consultations with Indigenous using the grant to cover overhead sage will feed into conversations The central bank is expected to economic ladder,” he noted. “I peoples and ordering the National costs even though the funding is around the table as the budget is continue to raise the overnight think [the government] is open Energy Board to redo its assess- meant to be used for new hires. being prepared for 2019.” rates, Mr. Taylor said, especially to the idea of exploring other ment. Those consultations are if employment numbers remain mechanisms that could support underway and expected to wrap Amarjeet Sohi healthy. that group.” up on Dec. 6. Mary Ng Charities, international Bill Morneau aid group enlist Scott Brison Catherine McKenna reinforcements to boost Navdeep Bains Hill presence Ahmed Hussen Imagine Canada, an organiza- Lawrence MacAulay tion that works on behalf of chari- Ginette Petitpas Taylor ties, and the Canadian Foodgrains Jim Carr Bank, an international-aid group Karina Gould that works to end global hunger, Justin Trudeau were neck and neck in terms of their fi lings, with each posting 42 Jonathan Wilkinson reports last month. Ralph Goodale Bill Schaper, director of public Mélanie Joly policy at Imagine Canada, said 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 his group organized a lobby- ing blitz that brought some 40 Some 40 volunteers and staffers representing the Canadian Foodgrains Bank An overview of the top-lobbied cabinet ministers, by communication reports. representatives from across the Graphic made with Infogram; source: federal lobbyists’ registry were in Ottawa to hand deliver 8,000 postcards to International Development charitable sector to Ottawa to Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau. Its postcard campaign, dubbed ‘I Care,’ is an push for sweeping reforms that ongoing initiative aimed at nudging the Liberal government into raising its would modernize Canada’s regu- Mr. Schaper said it’s taken the Though the group wasn’t able foreign-aid contributions to match, at minimum, what its global peers are latory framework for engaging industry a while to collectively to line up any meetings with offering. Photograph courtesy of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank’s Twitter with charities. push for action on the fi le, noting ministers, Mr. Hagerman said For the past 400 hundred that only in the last four years the MPs they spoke with seemed “We’re in a rising interest-rate At the top of the list of fi l- years, Mr. Schaper said, the legal has it worked to bring charities receptive to their concerns: “Lots environment, which by itself is ings in October was the Pipe structure that governs the sector’s from a variety of fi elds under of MPs are supportive of the mes- going to make it more diffi cult for Line Contractors Association of activities has remained largely a unifi ed effort, “the sector has sage, recognizing that aid has lots would-be, fi rst-time homebuyers Canada, or PLCAC, which posted untouched and is long overdue traditionally not come together of benefi ts globally. The benefi ts to get into that market. … We’re 56 reports, including one that fea- for an overhaul. “There’s not been that much and advocated for its refl ect back on Canada as well. asking for a bit of a reduction in tured an audience with a group a real effort for the government common needs. Most organiza- It’s not an entirely self-interested the stress test. We’re advocating of Conservative Senators from and the sector to sit down [and tions are too busy trying to get argument, but it’s [also] not an for three-quarters of a per cent Atlantic Canada: Percy Mock- discuss], ‘What do we need this to on with the business of deliver- entirely altruistic argument.” rather than two per cent,” Mr. Tay- ler, Thomas McInnis, Norman look like for the 21st century?’ ” he ing their missions.” The Hill Times 14 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Opinion

TTAWA—Should migrants living in tried to regularize their status only to be OCanada without legal authorization be thwarted by a process that is long, ardu- Canada’s exclusion of entitled to health care? The answer, accord- ous, expensive and with a modest chance ing to a decision issued by the United Na- of success. tions Human Rights Committee in August, Nell Toussaint was once one of these was clearly yes, especially if lack of health irregular migrants. She arrived in Canada irregular migrants from care threatens migrants’ lives. Sadly, the in 1999 as a visitor from Grenada and Government of Canada has yet to respond. stayed past her visa’s expiration after hav- At present, people living in Canada with ing found a job here. For nearly a decade, health care violates irregular legal status generally receive no she worked and contributed to Canada’s health benefi ts whatsoever and must pay tax and social security systems through out of pocket for health needs and emer- payroll deductions. She twice attempted gencies or rely on charitable care. It’s time to apply for permanent resident status international law that changed. based on humanitarian and compassion- People who are often mislabelled as ate considerations. Both times, her effort “illegals” in the popular press are actually was stalled partly because she could not At present, people living in a diverse group and their life situations are afford the cost of the permanent residency typically much more nuanced than what application. Canada with irregular legal the overly simplistic label conveys. Most As Toussaint was trying to regularize status generally receive no irregular migrants in Canada have had her status, her health deteriorated. Like permission to be here at one point and only most irregular migrants in Canada, she health benefi ts whatsoever fell out of such legal status some time later. was neither eligible for public health insur- For example, some have come as tempo- ance nor able to pay for health services and must pay out of pocket for rary workers but lost their authorizations privately. This forced her to rely on a com- when they sought to escape exploitative bination of emergency and charitable care health needs and emergencies Y.Y. Brandon Chen employers or when they were fi red after that fell short of halting the progression of or rely on charitable care. It’s Opinion becoming injured, ill, or pregnant. her illnesses. The term “illegal” also ignores the By early 2009, her life was in grave dan- time that changed. fact that many of these migrants have ger. Thankfully, in 2013, Toussaint became a permanent resident of Canada, qualifying her for provincial health care. Her health has stabilized since. Against this background, Toussaint lodged a complaint against Canada before the UN Human Rights Committee, arguing that her rights to life and equality under international law were breached when she was excluded from public health care. The Committee agreed. In a decision issued this summer, it asked Canada to prevent similar rights violations in the future by ensuring irregular migrants’ access to essential health care that would guard against “reasonably foreseeable” risks to lives. And it requested Canada to report back before February 2019 to advise the Committee of the reform measures that are implemented. As a country long recognized for being a champion of human rights and a defend- Help future leaders engage more deeply in politics er of international law, it is in Canada’s interest to comply with the Human Rights through sponsoring Committee’s order. Studies show that extending essential health care to irregular migrants may help save public spending in some cases. Re- search from the United States reveals that Queen’s University’s when irregular migrant women are given publicly funded prenatal care, their risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes decreases. This in turn, cuts the costs of postnatal Seventy-Second care and treatment for the American-born infants. Similarly, when irregular migrants with end stage renal disease are only provided emergency dialysis, the cost of Model Parliament their treatment is found to be much higher than if they were placed on maintenance dialysis. January 23-25 2019 The Human Rights Committee’s deci- sion in the Toussaint case does not sug- gest Canada must provide health care to individuals who enter the country with the sole purpose of accessing health care. It Contribute to this established event by visiting found that denying health care and causing life-threatening risks to someone who had queensmp.ca lived and worked in Canada for almost a decade in violation of Canada’s interna- tional human rights commitment. Today, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland and Portugal—with Spain poised to join the ranks this year— all grant roughly the same health care coverage to irregular migrants and their respective citizens. There is no indication that “health tourism” has plagued these countries as a result. Most irregular migrants, like Toussaint, are contributing members of society. For too long we have condoned their exclusion from health care. The time for change is now. Y.Y. Brandon Chen is an assistant professor at University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and a member of the University’s Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 15 Opinion

Charlottetown, up to six months). Such a suspensive veto does not Time for Senate to be bold, innovative in fact require a constitutional amendment—it is something that could be implemented today through the adoption of a motion in Canada’s parliamentary democracy by the Senate. (It is also some- thing that has long been in force It’s showtime: in the United Kingdom.) It’s time to abrogate The Senate is If the Senate were to adopt undergoing a this new vision of a Chamber the Senate’s power transformation, with a suspensive veto, this writes former would transform both the work to defeat legislation Liberal Senator and the credibility of this vital and replace it with a Pierre De national institution. Bané, but he It is my deep conviction that, suspensive veto—i.e., says individual on the occasion of the next Parlia- Senators can do ment, a signifi cant initiative to the power to delay so much more convey the dynamism of the new legislatively and Senate would be fi rst, to adopt the passage of legislation administratively, suspensive veto, and second, to for a defi ned period. they should create one or more special com- create an mittees to undertake studies on Such a suspensive indepedent subjects of signifi cant importance oversight body to Canada that deserve serious veto does not which was examination today. recommended As a former Senator, I am fully in fact require by the auditor conscious that the normal duties general in 2015. of Senators—regular sittings a constitutional The Hill Times three days a week, standing com- amendment and it is photographs by mittee work, etc.—mean it would Andrew Meade not be easy to add additional something that could tasks to their agenda. Neverthe- less, there is much that could be be implemented today done if Senators, in their new, independent role, were interested. through the adoption Here are some potential subjects of could be of interest, whether by of a motion by the of this country, could bring their Beyond that, there is much but they are members of a federal special committees or by indi- experience and their voices to that can be done to make use of Parliament who need to speak up vidual Senators: Senate. There is much bear on diffi cult questions of the talents and experience of the to ensure and to magnify their • Responsibilities and opportu- that could be done public policy. I saw how regional independent Senators who have region’s voice on legislation and nities in Canada’s Arctic; interests could be refl ected at been appointed in recent years. on public policy generally. • A policy framework for if Senators, in their the federal level and expressed Let me cite fi ve areas where the Third, the Senate could asylum-seekers and immigration; in a way that complemented Senate can contribute signifi cant- make a considerable contribu- • A policy framework for pipe- new, independent the voices of the provinces. ly to the public interest. tion to Canada by taking steps lines and other national infra- In 2014, it was the honour of the The fi rst would involve using the to increase the participation of structure; role, were interested. Senate to ask the auditor general tools and capacities of the Senate Canadians in the work of Parlia- • Requirements for consultation to review the rules and systems to better effect, notably its capacity ment. Just as the Senate, on its on major infrastructure projects; of the Senate and to suggest any to hold hearings, conduct longer- website, is seeking the views of • Bills setting out the rights of necessary changes. That initiative term studies, and issue in-depth and former parliamentarians, so too citizens with respect to privacy culminated in his investigation and relatively non-partisan reports on could it seek the views of mem- (perhaps along the lines of the eventual report in 2015, in which subjects of public interest. Senate bers of the public on major issues EU’s new regulation) and access he made some 15 recommenda- reports lie truly at the heart of the before the country. This could be to information, and many other tions aimed at securing more institution. I am thinking in particu- something along the lines of the matters affecting citizens’ rights modern, effective, and transparent lar of the work by committees such “letters to the editor” pages in the and responsibilities that do not governance and fi nancial man- as those chaired by former Senator newspapers—that is, a website involve appropriations; agement within the Senate. He Maurice Lamontagne on science that is lightly curated and lightly • A bill to establish a sensible, recommended the creation of a policy, former Senator David Croll edited but done in a way that effective and effi cient appointment Pierre De Bané fi nancial management oversight on poverty, former Senator Henry encourages people to speak up processes for Senators and judges; Opinion body, the majority of whose mem- Hicks on the Middle East and and encourages other Canadians • A bill requiring that the bers, including its chair, was to be former Senator Michael Kirby on to comment. To better enable this results of scientifi c inquiry by independent of the Senate. (This mental health. Those reports were kind of ongoing dialogue, the federal departments and agencies spent 29 years in the Senate and model of independent oversight in milestones. database of contributions could be routinely made public; Ibefore that nearly 16 years as the Upper House is essentially the In addition, one should not be made easily searchable on • Bills obliging the govern- a Member of Parliament in the same as that followed in the United ignore the potential for individual the website. The Senate would ment to set out publicly the House of Commons. During my Kingdom and Australia.) Senators to pursue issues and then become a home for active, results of its planning or priority- time in the House, I served more Like many other Canadians, I projects of particular interest to responsible dialogue among Ca- setting (e.g., a bi-annual state- than fi ve years as a minister. I had hoped the auditor general’s them. This is something that has nadians on issues that matter to ment of international security am pleased now to have the op- report would forever transform long been valued in the work of the whole country. All this would policy and objectives); portunity to offer a few sugges- how Senators did their business. the Senate. I am thinking of such increase both the credibility and • Electoral reform; tions on how a renewed, more Unfortunately, the report seems things as Senator Jim Munson‘s the effectiveness of the Senate as • A study and/or legislation “independent” Senate—a bold and to have had almost no effect. No work on autism, Senator René a national institution. regarding the bilingual character promising innovation in Canada’s such oversight body has been Cormier as a champion of the Fourth, the reader will recall of Canada’s capital city; parliamentary democracy—can created, and in May of this year, Acadians, Senator Ratna Omid- that the 1992 Charlottetown • Almost anything to do with function as a “less partisan, more the Senate’s Board of Internal var’s work on immigrants and Accord included an agreement, constitutional affairs. independent, accountable, and Economy voted to allow Senators refugees, or Senator Joan Fraser’s approved unanimously by the fed- These are all areas where transparent Chamber.” to transfer surplus funds from initiatives on literacy among eral government and every prov- individual Senators and Senate It will be no surprise to their offi ce and hospitality bud- many others. ince including Quebec, to create committees, using the staff and the reader when I say that my gets to their housing accounts. These activities—both indi- a a new Senate, one that would research tools at their disposal, experience as a Senator was, on Thus my fi rst recommenda- vidually and in committee—can exercise its powers in a more can make an important contribu- the whole, a positive one. I saw tion with respect to enabling the have considerable infl uence on limited manner. The Senate of tion to the public interest. They fi rst-hand how individual Sena- Senate to play the role intended public policy, both in Canada and 1867, of course, refl ected the then- are areas where a relatively non- tors, and the Senate, as a central under our Constitution is to clean abroad. We now have Indepen- current view that there was a partisan examination of issues institution of our democracy, can up fi nancial management and dent Senators—let’s make full use need for a body of ‘landed gentry’ and options would be welcomed contribute to better government control, in a way that gives effect of their independence, their expe- to check the work of the elected by Canadians of all political per- in Canada. I saw the wisdom to the recommendations of the rience, and their imagination. Commons. The Charlottetown suasions, including the parties in of the Fathers of Confedera- auditor general and in a manner Second, much can be done to proposals were aimed at creat- the House of Commons. tion when they created a second that will restore public confi dence restore and reinforce the regional ing a modern Senate, suitable for Pierre De Bané served as a Lib- chamber that would serve as a in the Senate as an institution. role of Senators, a function origi- our times. One of the proposed eral Senator for nearly 30 years. source of “sober second thought” A related change would be to nally intended under our Con- changes would have been to abro- He retired in August 2013 at the on bills coming forward from impose stricter controls in areas stitution but one that has not re- gate the Senate’s power to defeat age of 75. This editorial by former the elected House. I saw how such as confl ict of interest and ceived the attention it deserves in legislation and to replace it with Senator Pierre De Bané is part of Canadians with a wide range of ethics, where misbehaviour by recent years. Individual Senators a suspensive veto—i.e., the power a series about the renewed Senate experience in different sectors Senators can bring the perceived are not there to replace the views to delay passage of legislation for by former Senators. of society, drawn from all parts integrity of the Senate into question. of the premiers and the provinces, a defi ned period (in the case of The Hill Times 16 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Opinion CyberWoman.ca project looks at narrowing the gender gap in cyber defence

or endurance. While these attitudes are Workforce Study found women comprise While DND wants to changing, they have effectively left many just 24 per cent of the global cybersecurity women out of high-demand skilled trades profession. increase the number like welding, plumbing, carpentry or auto- The demand for a global cyber work- motive repair. force is growing rapidly as organizations of women enrolling in In the digital economy, we have an recognize a need to defend against and Canada’s cyber defence, it opportunity to avoid making the same mis- prepare for cyber attacks and breaches. take as our forebears. Cyber and network Yet governments and the private sector are faces a dual challenge on security represents the fi rst trade of the having diffi culty fi lling these important new economy. Cybersecurity profession- roles—a situation worsened by the fact that this front: in addition to low Rima Aristocrat & Susanne Clark als are not building walls, fi tting pipes or so few women are engaged in the trade. Opinion doing home repairs—as tradespeople they The global workforce gap for cybersecurity participation in cyber, fewer are building fi rewalls, patching network professionals is already close to three mil- women than men choose a platforms and installing infrastructure lion, and will continue to grow, according or generations, women were discour- in offi ces, homes and facilities across the to the (ISC)2 study. What a tremendous op- military career in the fi rst Faged from considering the skilled trades country. Unfortunately, as is the case with portunity to look into the barriers women as career or vocational options. Subtly the broader tech sector, a gender imbal- face in joining this workforce. place. or not-so-subtly, they were guided away ance is equally evident in the cybersecu- To understand how and why so few from jobs that required physical strength rity trade. The 2018 (ISC)2 Cybersecurity women are choosing well-paying careers in cyber and network security, we are work- ing with the Department of National De- fence to identify barriers preventing their engagement. Calian and Willis College’s Veteran Friendly Transition Program have a long and recognized history support- ing the Canadian Armed Forces. Whether through health care, training, education, employment, or easing military member transition to civilian life, Calian and Willis are leaders in serving those who serve us. Smile. The Government of Canada is increas- ingly in need of cyber defence analysts to ensure its networks are protected, with recruits coming through the Department It’s pay day. of National Defence and the government’s new Canadian Centre for Cyber Security. They’ve made it a priority to recruit more women into these important roles. Our organizations are engaged in training programs for these cybersecurity defence professionals, where we have seen fi rst-hand that enrollment is predominant- ly men. With DND, we wanted to better understand why women in the military and defence are failing to choose a cyber career path. Hence our new project: Engag- ing Women in Cyber Defence. Its website CyberWoman.ca is home to a survey that        we hope women across the country will complete, as well as people across the mili-            tary and veteran community. In the spring of 2018, we had an oppor-          tunity to apply to the Government of Can- ada’s Defence Engagement Program. This           innovative grant program seeks targeted expertise from academia, NGOs, think İÇijÇĆñİñijŦŞľƟƂÇřñŦľŖÇƉľƀñřŦƂľİđĨĨđľij tanks and the private sector to inform, con- fi rm, or challenge current defence policy           thinking. The spring call for applications sought project proposals focused on the ñƈŖñřđñijäñâƉäľİâđijđijĆŖÇƉřľĨĨƂđŦČEŠȓ priorities outlined in Strong, Secure and Engaged: Canada’s Defence Policy. âñijñƠŦŞȓŦÇĨñijŦÇijêƂľřĥąľřäñİÇijÇĆñİñijŦđij While DND wants to increase the num- ber of women enrolling in Canada’s cyber       defence, it faces a dual challenge on this front: in addition to low participation in cy-      ber, fewer women than men choose a mili- tary career in the fi rst place. As demand        for cyber professionals continues to grow, now is the time to identify barriers to such career paths for women and better under- stand the reasons for low participation. Rima Aristocrat is president and CEO of Ottawa- and Arnprior-based Willis Col- lege, offering industry-led, job-ready skills training and education and enabling adults to transition into careers in business, health care, technology, and cybersecurity. Susanne Cork is the director of business development for the custom training solutions and emergency management solutions service line with Calian Group, Certainty changes everything a diversifi ed professional services com- pany based in Ottawa that employs 3,000 people with offi ces and projects that span Canada, United States, and international markets. THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 17 Opinion

export support services and a reiteration Finance Minister of a 2025 goal of doubling Canada’s ex- Bill Morneau, ports to emerging economies by 2025. pictured on the There was, however, no indication of Hill. Despite all the how this goal might be best accomplished optimism in the or what it would take. A major challenge fi scal outlook on for Canada is to expand the number of how well Canada companies with the scale and scope to is supposed to engage in international trade. Right now be doing, there there is much focus on expanding the are good reasons Trans Mountain pipeline to enable oil ex- to have serious ports to China and elsewhere. But it will concerns about the take more than that to double exports to future, writes David emerging economies. Crane. The Hill The fi scal outlook did also include an Times photograph by increase of $800-million over fi ve years to Andrew Meade the Strategic Innovation Fund. The fund had been unveiled in the 2017 budget with $1.26-billion—but almost all of that came from repackaging existing funds with only $100-million of new money. Of the $800-million of new money, $100-million is earmarked for the forestry industry and $250-million is earmarked for the steel and aluminum industries, in both cases offsetting the damage from U.S. protection- ist measures—leaving $450-million of new money for the rest of the economy spread over fi ve years. The fi scal outlook also promises to aid competitiveness by taking a much more aggressive attitude towards regulations af- fecting business, though it shies away from actually calling this deregulation. All of these various measures—rich tax incentives, support for trade diversifi ca- tion, more money to support new technol- Bottom line? Canada’s potential ogy companies and deregulation—will no doubt help some companies, along with the perennial promise to reduce inter provin- cial trade barriers. growth rate remains in decline But the bottom line remains that Can- ada’s potential growth rate is in decline, with growth moving below two per cent a world as refl ected in what is becoming a Missing from the fi scal outlook state- year—and this is not suffi cient to sustain But Bill Morneau’s speech chronic current account defi cit, nor of the ment was an expected announcement of our way of life, particularly since our popu- was too much a boastful decline in the employment rate since 2007 a major review of the overall tax system, lation is aging. with fewer Canadians of working age 25 something that is sorely needed though the Much will depend on our ability to raise bromide better suited for and older actually working today, com- benefi ts of such a review would depend on our productivity performance by innova- pared to just over a decade ago. the kind of people appointed to carry it out. tion and scaling up our best new compa- a partisan political rally In the meantime, in the outside world, The biggest tax review in Canadian history nies and we still haven’t fi gured out how to the stock market has been in a nosedive was probably the 1962 Royal Commission do this. It’s not clear how much of a differ- than a sober and frank and our dollar has weakened, and inequal- on Taxation, chaired by Kenneth Carter. ence the fi scal outlook measures, despite accounting of the core ity and wage stagnation remain major The commission found the tax system about $15-billion in tax measures and new issues, despite some offsetting measure by unfair because different types of income spending, will make and Morneau doesn’t economic challenges government. were taxed differently. “A buck is a buck,” tell us what he expects. Canadians deserve better from their the commission declared and all forms of Despite all the optimism in the fi scal facing the country and the fi nance minister—less boastful partisan- income should be taxed the same way. One outlook on how well Canada is supposed ship that “Canada’s economy is strong and result was the introduction of a capital to be doing, there are good reasons to have risks they pose to future growing,” and that “the government’s plan gains tax. serious concerns about the future. is working” and more serious discussion of The fi scal outlook also reaffi rmed the David Crane can be reached at crane@ well-being. the big issues we face. government’s goal of trade diversifi ca- interlog.com. To be sure, Morneau acknowledged that tion, with various forms of funding for The Hill Times there were challenges—“challenges that range from uncertainty about the global economy to concerns about lingering trade disputes, to the challenges facing the oil and gas sector,” but the biggest challenge is productivity, which depends on our own innovation. As expected, Morneau did respond to business pressures for help in the face of a major corporate tax cut in the U.S. that David Crane threatened the competitiveness of Cana- Canada & the 21st Century dian companies and the ability of Canada to attract future investment. Rather than simply cutting the corporate tax rate, ORONTO—You almost had the feeling which could simply have meant more Twhen he read his fall economic state- money for corporations to buy back shares ment speech to the House of Commons or use the money to invest elsewhere, Mor- Do everyone a favour last Wednesday that Finance Minister Bill neau increased the incentives for business Morneau was on the verge of declaring, investment by slashing depreciation rates “Canadians, you’ve never had it so good.” (making investments cheaper) so that the this year and get your He was smart enough not to say it, even if only businesses that benefi t will be these it was a subliminal message. that invest in Canada. But his speech nonetheless was too But there was no indication of what flu shot. much a boastful bromide better suited for results Morneau expects from just over a partisan political rally than a sober and $14-billion in these projected tax benefi ts frank accounting of the core economic to business between now and 2027—what Brought to you by: challenges facing the country and the risks will they add to total business investment they pose to future well-being. and economic growth, to productivity and There was no discussion of our poor exports? But by making the tax incentives productivity performance and how this will time-limited, a future fi nance minister by affect our future ability to fund health care, 2027 can decide whether or not they have education, and the other things we value, worked, and hence whether there is a case nor of our inability to pay our way in the for continuing them or letting them lapse. 18 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Opinion What do you mean Canada does not have a foreign intelligence service? CSIS can be our eyes and ears TTAWA—We all know that many na- it focuses on threats to Canadian national Otions have a foreign intelligence service security arising from menaces like terrorism on what Canada’s economic that sends spies here, there, and everywhere and espionage. Foreign intelligence refers to It’s Bond, James Bond: Sean Connery played to collect the information its government the collection of information on the capa- James Bond in 1971's Diamonds Are Forever. and political rivals are, tells it to in order to protect state interests. bilities, intentions, and activities of foreign It's unlikely Canada will see a new foreign provided that it collects what There is the Central Intelligence Agency actors (states or individuals) and is used to intelligence agency, like the British MI6 or the (CIA) which has been featured in more help Canada understand what is happening CIA, any time soon, writes Phil Gurski. 'Maybe it can within national borders. novels and fi lms than I can count. And, of on the world stage, what it means to us, and that is what Canadians would prefer anyway. course, there is the MI6—the British Secret how we can make better decisions and poli- We are, after all, a shy, diffi dent people who Intelligence Service—made famous by Ian cies based on that intelligence. would rather be neither shaken nor stirred.' Fleming’s James Bond, who taught us all CSIS does have a foreign intelligence (also Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons how to drink a martini (shaken, not stirred). known as FI) role of sorts. In Sec. 16 of the words, CSIS can be our eyes and ears on And then we have the Canadian foreign CSIS Act it says: “the service may, in relation what Canada’s economic and political rivals intelligence service which is, uh, er, um. to the defence of Canada or the conduct of are, provided that it collects what it can within The fact is we do not have a foreign the international affairs of Canada, assist the national borders. What this means is that intelligence service in our country, never minister of national defence or the minister of CSIS cannot send its people to act all James have had one, and perhaps never will. The foreign affairs, within Canada, in the collec- Bond-like outside the country (there is no best-known spy agency is CSIS—the Cana- tion of information or intelligence.” So there such restriction on security intelligence which dian Security Intelligence Service where I you have it: CSIS collects foreign intelligence. is covered off in Sec. 12 of the act). Phil Gurski worked for 15 years—but it is not a foreign But, did you notice the small indented clause Am I the only one who sees this as an Terrorism service. It is a security service which means towards the end—“within Canada”? In other obstacle? If the Canadian government wants to know what Lower Slobovia intends to do in upcoming trade negotiations with us, would it not make more sense to go to the capital city, Padunkshuk, to get that intelligence? I think it would, but CSIS is prevented from doing so by the “within Canada” clause. A recent Fed- eral Court decision confi rmed this restriction. HEALTH As a side note, the other, less under- stood, spy agency in town, the Communi- cations Security Establishment (CSE), can collect foreign signals intelligence (CSE does not run human sources or agents). That collection, unlike CSIS FI, is limited to targets outside Canada (confused yet?). Why on earth would a state prohibit its premier intelligence agency from going abroad to collect the information needed to make better foreign policy decisions? Good question. When CSIS prescription opioids cannabis nutrition was created, way back in 1984 (for the record, I was at CSE at the time), the drugs government was still trying to get over the misdeeds of the former RCMP security service and decided to create a separate, civilian security service. There was prob- ably not a lot of patience for adding in powers and mandates that could have mental digital opened us up to further embarrassment Indigenous or even danger should Canadian spies health health get caught recruiting the aides of Lower health Slobbovian ministers in Padunkshuk. Hence, the insertion of “within Canada.” Should this change? Should the CSIS Act be revised to remove “within Canada”? Some would say yes, others no (the courts are clear- ly careful to limit what CSIS can do, based on the current version of the act). It is also prob- seniors organ/tissue able that the creation of a completely new, independent truly foreign intelligence service donation would take a lot of money and a lot of time to become credible and effective. I am not so sure that we want to go down that road. Besides, thanks to our membership in the ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence-sharing community (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K., and the U.S.) we get top-quality information We declutter your workspace by from our allies: I can attest to that, based on what I saw when I was at both CSE and CSIS. However, as close as these anglo partners are, providing you a single daily report on our foreign intelligence interests are not 100 per cent in sync. I mean, given the current oc- cupant of the White House, can we really say that U.S. interests mesh with Canada’s? what has happened federally in health. It is thus unlikely that we will see a new foreign intelligence agency any time soon. Maybe that is what Canadians would prefer anyway. We are, after all, a shy, diffi dent people who would rather be And we do it at a price you can afford. neither shaken nor stirred. Phil Gurski is the president and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting. He worked as a strategic analyst in the Canadian intelligence community for over Start a free trial today 30 years, including 15 at CSIS, with assign- HillTimesresearch.ca • 613-232-5952 ext 264 • [email protected] ments at Public Safety Canada and the Ontario Provincial Police. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 19 Opinion Why feds should consider a carbon tariff

to jurisdictions with weaker environmental the U.S., which does not charge a value- international trade to implement carbon- To safeguard jobs and standards. Such relocation would eliminate added tax like the GST. border adjustments. Canadian jobs and increase global emis- However, it was provincial govern- Because Canadian industry exports ensure that our carbon sions. ments that began pricing carbon. They do much of its output, the fi scal cost of ex- To safeguard jobs and ensure that our not have the constitutional authority to port rebates would be similar to output- pricing helps to reduce carbon pricing helps to reduce global levy import tariffs or issue export rebates. based exemptions. But that cost would global emissions, we emissions, we should adjust the carbon Provinces have, instead, tried to main- be offset by the revenues from a carbon levy at the border. A tariff on imports tain competitiveness by subsidizing their import tariff, enabling larger rebates to should adjust the carbon would ensure that the federal carbon price carbon-intensive, trade-exposed industries. consumers. applies to products consumed in Canada, Provincial cap-and-trade systems gave free Even making the cautious assump- levy at the border, writes whether they are produced at home or emission permits to these industries, while tion that production processes abroad are abroad. provincial carbon taxes gave them exemp- the same as in Canada, Statistics Canada Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir. For example, making a tonne of steel tions based on output. estimates that the carbon content of our in China and shipping it here emits fi ve The federal government’s “backstop” annual imports exceeds 200 megatonnes. times as much carbon as manufacturing carbon tax for provinces without their own A carbon tariff of $20 per tonne next year it at Regina’s steel mill. A federal carbon carbon pricing was modelled on Alberta’s would collect $4-billion, which could fund tax without border adjustments would existing carbon tax and exemptions. This a rebate of $110 for every single Cana- increase the cost of Regina steel, provid- past summer, Ottawa announced that it dian, in addition to what was already ing a perverse incentive for Canadian would exempt 90 per cent of emissions for announced. consumers to instead import dirtier steel producers of cement, steel, lime, and nitro- In reality, production is much more from China. gen fertilizer, and from and 80 per cent of carbon-intensive in China and many other By contrast, a Canadian carbon tax emissions for other industries. countries than in Canada. Developing the with a corresponding carbon tariff would Such large exemptions should keep capacity to properly assess the carbon con- increase the price of Chinese steel more carbon-intensive industry from relocat- tent of imports would boost carbon-tariff CCF MP Erin Weir than the price of Regina steel, creating an ing abroad, but substantially reduce the revenues. Opinion environmentally appropriate incentive for federal carbon revenues available to The federal government is providing Canadian consumers to buy local. Regina’s fund consumer rebates. Ottawa unveiled industry exemptions and consumer rebates steel mill would have an incentive to mini- rebates for next year, ranging from $609 in an effort to reduce emissions, safeguard ttawa recently unveiled climate rebates mize its emissions in order to maximize in Saskatchewan to only $307 in Ontario jobs, and compensate consumers. A carbon Ofor residents of provinces subject to this competitive advantage. or $256 in New Brunswick, for a family of tariff would help to achieve these goals by the federal carbon tax. Border adjustments would also rebate four. encouraging the use of Canadian-made The government should fund larger the federal carbon price on Canadian- Alberta’s output-based exemptions products instead of more carbon-intensive rebates and better protect industrial jobs made exports, providing a level playing may have seemed like an appropriate imports, and by collecting revenue that by extending the federal levy to the carbon fi eld for industries selling their products model for a federal “backstop” that would could fund larger rebates for all Canadi- content of imports from countries that abroad. For a quarter-century, Canada has apply only to Saskatchewan. It now ap- ans. don’t price emissions. applied the GST to imports and rebated it pears that the federal carbon tax will Erin Weir is the Co-operative Common- As long as emissions are free in the U.S. on exports. These border adjustments are apply to at least half of Canada’s economy wealth Federation MP for Regina–Lewvan, and many other countries, a Canadian car- consistent with international trade agree- and population. Ottawa should consider Sask. bon price could prompt industry to relocate ments and keep Canada competitive with using its constitutional jurisdiction over The Hill Times

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TM 20 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Opinion 20TH ANNUAL Auditor general’s report PRIVACY & SECURITY on sexual misconduct in CONFERENCE military: another canWon Looking Back and shot, new signal of distress Leading Forward in a Digital World cluding the provision of support to victims Immediate legislative of sexual misconduct. Admittedly, the AG changes should be made report is anything but affi rmative. There is progress for sure, but there is still a huge to ensure that victims of hill to climb. We are left to wonder if, after all is said and done, the military is able to crimes are not only treated put an end to a culture of sexual harass- ment. Personally, I doubt it. with respect, dignity, and According to the AG, the CAF provided support services to victims, but these compassion, but also that services were sometimes diffi cult to obtain they be entitled to the and not all stakeholders were adequately trained to assist victims. The AG found same protection aff orded that signifi cant gaps persisted and that it was not always easy for victims to access to every other individual the services they needed in a timely man- This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the three-day in Canada by the Canadian ner. When one considers that these same victims are excluded from the protection event recognized as ‘one of the strongest conferences Victims Bill of Rights. offered by the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights by Sec. 18(3), these shortcomings globally on the issues of both privacy and security’ are simply unforgivable. These victims are truly second-class citizens. by UK Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham. The AG also concluded that the CAF has not always dealt with the reported inci- View our promo video and see what you have been missing! dents in a timely, consistent, and respectful www.youtu.be/jZHrIM-GkfE manner. As a result, some victims chose not to report an incident or withdraw their complaint because they were not con- vinced that the investigations would lead WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND? to concrete results. How is this possible Michel Drapeau after the hurricane of promises were made • Timely, motivational presentations • Valuable CPD credits to maintain a variety to serving soldiers under the moniker of from leading industry experts of qualifications essential for your career Opinion Operation Honour? This distorts the very • • meaning of the term “honour,” which means Informative 3-hour pre-conference Unparalleled networking opportunities commitment, a promise that can not be workshops n April 2015, the general public took note • Learn about current trends, broken without dishonour. of former justice of the Supreme Court • More than 1000 delegates with over 100 issues and actions I The AG also reports that the military Marie Deschamps’ report to the then chief world-class speakers from industry, conducted awareness and training ses- • Celebrate 20 Years of Privacy & Security of the defence staff, in which she called for public sector, NGO’s and academia sions, but it did not address the root causes Solutions improved treatment of cases of sexual ha- of inappropriate sexual behaviour. This rassment and sexual assault. In response to goes without comments. her report, the Canadian Armed Forces set The publication of this AG report—and OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES TO BE DISCUSSED INCLUDE: up Operation Honour and opened a Sexual very soon a second survey will also be pub- Misconduct Response Centre which, con- lished by Statistics Canada on Sexual on Artificial Intelligence, GDPR, Women in Tech, Blockchain, Smart Cities, trary to the recommendation of Deschamps, Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed FinTech, Health Data, Cyber Security, Quantum Computing, Cloud Computing, is located within the Defence establishment. Forces—should signal to Parliamentarians and Integrated Data. that the general public as well as members Large survey by Statistics of the military are demanding immediate, robust and effective actions to deal with Canada this continuing crisis which goes to the Then in November 2016, Statistics very character and reputation of the armed Canada published the results of a very forces as a disciplined, professional force. large survey on sexual misconduct in the REGISTER NOW! EARLY BIRD RATE EXPIRES DECEMBER 14, 2018! It is now up to them and to Parliament to military. Among the results, this survey assume leadership and provide military indicated that 51 per cent of women and ENTER PROMO CODE ‘HILLTIMES’ FOR 10% OFF members who valiantly serve their country 36 per cent of men serving in the Regular in uniform with a safe workplace allowing Force believed that inappropriate sexual them to maintain their physical and mental behaviour was a problem in the Canadian integrity and safeguarding their dignity. PRE-CONFERENCE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS: FEBRUARY 6, 2019 Forces. According to the same survey, four As a fi rst step, immediate legislative out of fi ve Regular Force members saw, changes should be made to ensure that heard, or had experienced sexual or dis- CONFERENCE: FEBRUARY 7-8, 2019 victims of crimes are not only treated with criminatory behaviour in the previous year. respect, dignity, and compassion, but also VICTORIA CONFERENCE CENTRE | VICTORIA | BC Over the previous year, approximately that they be entitled to the same protection 1,000 Regular Force members, or 1.7 per afforded to every other individual in Can- cent, were victims of sexual assault. ada by the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights. This is currently not the case. Secondly, Operation Honour it would be timely to amend the National Since then, the chief of the defence staff Defence Act to return jurisdiction for sexual saved no effort to demonstrate to the general assaults to civil criminal courts. Finally, and public that the military does take the problem perhaps more importantly, the time has of inappropriate sexual behaviour very seri- come to appoint a civilian personality as the www.rebootcommunications.com/event/privsec2019 ously. Using his considerable powers, rank, fi rst inspector general of the Armed Forces and authority, he set out Operation Honour who would act as the permanent adviser to with drum and trumpets ordering all Regulars the minister and Parliament to specifi cally and Reserves to immediately cease and desist deal with this issue leaving the chief of the from any form of sexual misconduct. defence staff to concentrate on the perfor- On Nov. 20, the auditor general pub- mance of his military missions and tasks. lished the results of an audit, which is Michel W. Drapeau is a lawyer and a aimed at determining whether the CAF has professor in the faculty of law at the Uni- actually taken adequate measures to cope versity of Ottawa. with the issue of sexual misconduct to in- The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 21 Cuba-Canada trade News

More recently, Mr. Malmierca pointed But Mr. Entwistle said the relationship Good to the launch of a series of new ventures under former Conservative prime minis- for foreign capital. The portfolio has 525 ter Stephen Harper was different, as the projects, which involve almost $12-billion tone was more ideological and a harder, prospects across all sectors of the Cuban economy. “chillier” one. But under Mr. Harper, the He said since April 2014, Cuba has essence of the relationship stayed the added more than $5.5-billion in direct for- same. Mr. Harper’s government served as eign capital investment. an important intermediary between Cuba for Canadian The current welcoming of direct foreign and the United States when warming the investment is a change from Cuba’s typical U.S.-Cuban relationship was discussed in “ambivalent” feeling towards it, said Mark the Obama administration. companies Entwistle, a former Canadian ambassador The relationship hasn’t been acceler- to Cuba from 1993-1997 and a managing ated or reset, said Mr. Entwistle, but is in partner at Acasta Cuba Capital. The new its “natural place” under Mr. Trudeau. in Cuba, says framework is a “political affirmation that Although, Mr. Malmierca said the rela- direct investment would play a fundamen- tionship that existed under different prime tal role … in the economic development of ministers cannot be compared, as he says Cuba's Minister of Foreign Trade and the country,” he said, as well as an accep- it has been maintained through several Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz, pictured, Cuban trade tance by the Cuban government that its governments. was in Ottawa last week and spoke to economy could not be self-sustainable. “It’s also very true we have a very good International Trade Diversification Minister Jim But he said, Canadian businesses haven’t relationship with this administration in Carr. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade minister, as taken advantage “to the full potential” of the Canada,” the Cuban minister said. foreign investment opportunities in Cuba. Mr. Trudeau visited Cuba in 2016 for “No evidence at all of what could have “Cuba may not appear like a very large a state visit and was greeted by now new happened. But the investigation in Cuba is opportunity,” said Mr. Entwistle, adding Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel at the open,” Ms. Vidal said. expert urges that businesses typically have a north- airport. Mr. Malmierca said Cuba has co- south outlook solely centred around the The same year, Mr. Trudeau came under operated with both the Canadian and U.S. United States, making it hard to encourage political fire for announcing that he felt governments, but at this point it remains “a Canada looking at other markets. But he said: “I do “deep sorrow” when learning about the kind of mystery.” think there’s a lot of opportunity [in Cuba] death of Mr. Castro. Mr. Entwistle said the idea of Cu- and I do think Canadian corporations and Conservative MP (Milton, ban involvement behind the alleged investors should have a good look.” Ont.) wrote on Facebook at the time that to step up attacks“would be so out of sync with every- Mr. Malmierca said, Cuba’s economic Mr. Trudeau “placed himself on the wrong thing I know about [the Cubans], so it’s a development still remains threatened due side of history” with his statement. total mystery.” to the American embargo against Cuba, Last week, a group of Canadian diplo- investment which started in 1958 during the Fulgencio ‘No evidence at all’ in sonic mats spoke to about Batista regime when the U.S. barred the their experiences, and attempts to get sale of arms to the country. In 1960, follow- incident affecting diplomats in Global Affairs Canada to recognize their Canadian businesses have ing the Cuban Revolution, the U.S. barred Cuba: Cuban ambassador injuries. GAC changed the policy in its the sale of all goods to Cuba after a period Cuban Ambassador to Canada Josefina posting in Havana in April to make it avail- yet to take advantage of the of nationalization, except for essential food Vidal Ferreiro said it’s yet to be discovered able only to unaccompanied diplomats, and medicine, and in 1962 the embargo ‘full potential’ of Cuban what was behind the alleged sonic attacks and not their families. was extended to be nearly all-encompass- that left Canadian and American diplomats [email protected] ing. investment opportunities, in Havana with concussion-like symptoms. The Hill Times Former U.S. president Barack Obama says former Canadian eased some restrictions, and re-established ambassador to Cuba Mark diplomatic relations with Cuba in 2016. He called the embargo against Cuba “outdated” The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada is pleased Entwistle. and said it should be lifted. Within a month of the 2016 U.S. presidential election that to announce the election of Patrick Smith as its new President saw Donald Trump elected, Mr. Obama said BY NEIL MOSS his goal was to make the opening in the U.S.-Cuba relationship “irreversible.” ith increased focus on foreign invest- But Mr. Trump enacted harsher rules Wment opportunities in Cuba, the Cu- making it more difficult for American com- ban foreign trade and investment minister panies to work in Cuba, and for Americans was in Canada last week to promote new to travel to Cuba. ventures, but a former Canadian ambas- “[The] blockade is the biggest obstacle sador to Cuba says Canadian companies for the economic development of Cuba,” Mr. haven’t yet taken full advantage of new Malmierca said, “and it is an obstacle for the opportunities. Canadian … companies that want to invest in Canada and Cuba have more than Cuba,” suggesting that Canadian companies $1-billion worth of annual trade, and about are concerned over investing in Cuba due to 1.2 million Canadians visit the Caribbean potential consequences in the United States. island every year. But Mr. Malmierca said he doesn’t “I believe that Canadian companies link prospects for Canadian businesses in have a natural market to work [in Cuba], Cuba to the U.S.-Cuba relationship, adding a traditional market for many years, and that Canadian companies may have more we believe that the prospects are very opportunity in Cuba because there’s no good,” Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Trade American competition. and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz “An effective National IP Strategy in Canada will ensure told The Hill Times in an interview at the Tone in Canada-Cuba Cuban ambassador’s residence in Ottawa’s relationship has changed under Canada’s competitiveness in global markets and strengthen our Rockcliffe Park neighbourhood last week, economy at home. As the professional association representing shortly after he spoke to International the Grits: former ambassador Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr Mr. Entwistle said the biggest change IP experts in Canada, IPIC is uniquely positioned to support the (Winnipeg South Centre, Man.) over lunch. in the Canadian-Cuban relationship is the Mr. Malmierca said Canada and Cuba’s change in tonality. government’s efforts to raise the IP literacy and awareness levels relationship is “good” and has been “main- “The way the Government of Canada of Canadian businesses regarding the value of IP to grow and tained.” and the [current] prime minister talk about “There are very good relations in every the relationship, it’s kind of found its natu- scale. I look forward to working with government on setting the sense, especially in the economic field,” he ral home again in the kinds of language said. “We are growing trade, we are having that dominated [Canada’s] relationship right policies to make the IP strategy a success” – Patrick Smith more investment from Canadian compa- with Cuba in the last 60 years, which is nies in Cuba. So we believe we are in a mutually respectful.” very good moment.” As an example of past good relations, Mr. Malmierca has held his ministerial in 1976, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s post since 2009, and overseen his country’s (Papineau, Que.) father, former PM Pierre encouragement of more foreign capital in- Trudeau, embarked on a historic three-day vestment. New policies for foreign capital trip to Cuba. At its conclusion then Cuban were introduced in 2013, and a new legal leader Fidel Castro drove the Trudeaus framework for foreign investment was (Pierre, Margaret, and baby Michel) back brought in the following year. Cuba has to the airport, and presented Margaret also created a special economic zone for Trudeau with a gift for then five-year-old development in Mariel. Justin Trudeau—a cowhide children’s chair. 22 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 23 Feature Feature ‘I think I’m having withdrawal pains already, I will miss that building’: Centre Block’s denizens prepare for the big, historic, and emotional move

dreychuk said “It’s going to be, for me, a dif- its flooring and a carving of Posei- of all the paintings and heritage La France—this version of Rodin’s West Block will also include a new she knew from ficult day when this place shuts don on its pillar—up to the prime pieces, and have in turn weighed in original 1904 bust was cast by the cafeteria space, comparable in the get-go she down,” she said. Sen. Andreychuk minister’s office on the third floor. with their own recommendations Government of France as a present size to what’s on the fifth-floor of wanted an office turns 75 in August 2019, and with The faces of important figures on the move-out plan. Those pieces to recognize Canada’s part in the Centre Block. in Centre Block. projected timelines for Centre from royalty to past press gal- include the Victorian-Style table First World War. Currently situated The press gallery will also clear Starting out in a Block’s renovation, she doesn’t lery heads are carved into Centre that was used by the Queen to sign in a small alcove off the House out of its third-floor office, known cramped office expect it’ll reopen in her lifetime. Block’s stone walls and pillars, Proclamation of the Constitution Speaker’s hall on the ground floor as the ‘Hot Room,’ this winter. There on the third-floor, “I think I’m having withdrawal along with those of some of the Act, 1982, which sits in the Senate of Centre Block, the Rodin bust will will be workspace for media on a she made her pains already. I will miss that building.” stone masons (the inclusion of Speaker’s personal office be moved and re-installed near the basement level underneath the in- third and final mason’s goggles “If something needs to be sta- House Chamber in the West Block. terim House Chamber, where some move within the are an easy tell) bilized, they’ll treat it accordingly, On the other hand, a bronze press gallery staff will be, but most building in the and quirkier and then it will either be crated or statute of George Baker, a sitting Hot Room occupants, including re- summer of 2017 carvings like soft-packed and brought over to MP who was killed in action during porters, will be moved into offices after a coveted one outside the the Government Conference Centre the First World War, that sits in the in the National Press Building at three-room House Speaker’s or to storage, depending on where foyer outside the House Chamber, 150 Wellington. corner-office office depicting a it has to go,” explained Ms. Dolan. is considered a “fixed heritage The Library of Parliament isn’t facing Parlia- joker sticking out The carvings inside the suites piece” and will remain in place, being renovated—having complet- ment’s lawns on his tongue. Some include more of the nature motifs protected, during renovations. ed its own facelift back in 2007— the fourth-floor of the stone walls found in the Senate Chamber (and Clockwise from top left: A view from the Rotunda; a close-up of a north-facing The sub-basement level below but access to it will be cut off while opened up. bear markings elsewhere), along with the royal carving of Queen Victoria above the entranceway from the Rotunda to the Hall Centre Block, known as CBUS, is Centre Block is under construction. That last move from fossils. cyphers of monarchs from King of Honour; the Hall of Honour which marks the divide between the House (on used for storage and various back-of- In turn, the Library has to move its has given Sen. The intricately George V to Queen Elizabeth II and the west) and Senate (on the east) in Centre Block; the compass rose and house services. It’s where the carpen- main collection, including what’s Andreychuk a carved Memo- the faces of past governors gen- wave pattern of the Rotunda’s floors, which includes stone from WWI European head start on her rial Chamber, eral from Confederation up to the battlefields. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade upcoming one, which sits below 1920s, when the building was built. “There are certain heritage and the Centre Block building, many of The Centre Block building will officially close its doors this December, almost 100 years after first opening, with some boxes the Peace Tower, Centre Block’s rehabilitation ceremonial spaces that everybody which will be relocated to the West and will remain so for at least a decade. The building's life cycle will reach a 'critical' state in 2019, and never having been is one of Centre includes making the building more is in agreement that they are Block and GCC during renovations, extensive renovations are planned. The big move out has been years in the making, and the last of Centre unpacked. Having Conservative Senator Raynell Andreychuk, pictured in her Block’s most energy efficient, stripping it of haz- master works of Canadian archi- with others being moved elsewhere Block's occupants—including House and Senate leadership and the Chambers themselves—will clear out come to Parlia- fourth-floor Centre Block office. The Hill Times photograph unique spaces. ardous materials like asbestos, and tecture and no one is going to want or set to be tucked away in storage. at the end of December into January. The Hill Times file photograph ment when it was by Andrew Meade Originally built bringing it up to modern-day safety to change them in such a way that The portraits of former prime a “paper world,” she for a Book of Re- and accessibility standards. It’ll also that goes away,” she said. ministers will be relocated to the leading the effort, but planning has said she spent the summer before last membrance listing the names of Ca- mean introducing modern technolog- MPs clearing out been in close collaboration with the The many unique spaces West Block and installed “in the going through all of her papers, books, nadians who died in the First World ical features to “ensure the building What’s going where: a vicinity of the Chamber,” according of Centre Block are House and Senate administrations, and the like. In the end, she tossed out and features of Centre War, it’s home to seven such books meets the needs of a 21st-century and heritage and curatorial staff. to the House of Commons, as will “quite a few” boxes worth of files and Block today. Those will be moved into the Parliament,” as described by PSPC. primer the House Speakers’ portraits. being moved into Originally slated to happen put at least 12 more in storage. North Court addition that connects “Through this complex rehabilita- The original Centre Block build- For both the House and the Some pieces will have to go in this past summer, the move out “It was kind of reliving your life the new underground Visitor’s Wel- tion, we are committed to preserving ing burned down in 1916 but was Senate, the move-out for MPs and storage or to other buildings: for the Confederation of Centre Block was delayed, and and some of the moments of the come Centre to the West Block. the heritage character of these build- quickly rebuilt and reopened for Senators is planned as a “brief- example, a painting of the Fathers instead a phased move began in Senate when I did that,” said Sen. There are other unique elements ings, such as the original detailing Building and use by 1920, though work remained case move.” Parliamentarians and of Confederation—a 1968 recreation September. The House and Sen- Andreychuk. to the building, including the old mail and finishes,” said the department. (the Peace Tower, for example, was staff are responsible for packing by Rex Woods of the original 1884 ate Chambers, Speakers and other While she’ll have to “slim down chutes (in use up to the late 1980s Design planning is still un- Wellington Building, completed in 1927). up their personal effects, books, painting that was destroyed in the The House of Commons Chamber in Centre Block, right. Close-ups of some of the officers, clerks, and similar direct a bit” again to fit into her next of- or early 1990s) and even the stairs, derway for the Centre Block, and Centre Block is a rare North and binders, which PSPC is then 1916 fire—will be relocated to the intricate details and carvings within the Chamber are seen along the left. The Hill while Senators are support services, along with the fice, Sen. Andreychuk said office which have been slightly warped prime minister, will be among the American example of neo-gothic ar- Sir John A. Macdonald building. Times photograph by Andrew Meade through use over the decades. Already some PM portraits moving into offices in last to move out of Centre Block Also of note are the ornate ters and wood workers employed by in its below-ground stacks, out of this winter, after which the build- have been moved, including those the Victoria Building, rooms that make up the House and of John A. Macdonald, Wilfrid Parliament are located, for example, Centre Block and into either stor- ing will be officially closed off for Senate Speakers’ suites. and also notably includes a 1960s-era age in Gatineau or branch loca- renovations. The House rises for Laurier, Charles Tupper, and John the Chamber Building, In August, The Hill Times had a Thompson, which were relocated to glass-bottle coke machine, which still tions in the West Block, Wellington the winter on Dec. 14, but the Sen- chance to tour the four rooms that works today (provided it’s stocked Building, GCC, or on Sparks Street. ate sits until Dec. 21. the West Block on Nov. 16. A 1929 and the GCC. are the Senate Speakers’ suites, locat- painting, The Ghosts of Vimy Ridge, and you have a Loonie handy). The Library is also responsible MPs clearing out of Centre ed off of the Speakers’ Hall. When the The CBUS level will continue to for overseeing the relocation of Block are being moved into the by Australian William Longstaff, BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT Queen (or King, as in the past) is in which hung in the Railway Room, be used for storage during Centre visitors’ services and the parlia- Confederation Building and Wel- town, the Speakers’ suites are given Block’s renovation, including by the mentary boutique to the Visitor’s lington Building, while Senators has also already been relocated to acking for any move can be a over for her use. The suites include: the Wellington Building. renovation project team. Services Welcome Centre. are moving into offices in the Victo- a room to meet and greet foreign like the carpenters and woodwork- The Peace Tower will also be Pmeticulous thing. ria Building, the Chamber Building, Of the 145 pieces of artwork in the Piles of papers and books dignitaries and other special guests, a Senate’s heritage collection currently ers, along with printing, mainte- renovated as part of work on Centre and the GCC. larger reception room for hosting din- nance and material handling, multi- Block. PSPC said it’s working with and memories have to be sorted The West Block and GCC will in Centre Block, 51 will be relocated through, deciding what to take and ners and events (with a table from the to the GCC, including portraits of media, food, and procedural services the House to ensure the Dominion open up as the interim homes for the 1920s that can extend to seat up to will all be moved into the West Block Carillonneur can continue to play what to toss. Artwork and furniture House and Senate, respectively, when British monarchs, from Queen Victo- has to be carefully catalogued and 24 people), an office for staff, and an ria to Queen Elizabeth II; the Senate building, according to the House. “for as long as possible during reno- sitting resumes in January, at which office for the Speaker, complete with The parliamentary restaurant, vations,” and at this point, plans will wrapped, ensuring precious items Clockwise from top left: The Senate Speaker’s hall; the first of four rooms that Speaker’s portraits; busts of former point the new underground Visitor’s changing room and bathroom. On the currently on Centre Block’s sixth- see the bells continue to ring until at arrive safely in new homes. make up the Senate suites, used to meet and greet special guests; a larger Senators, including one of James Welcome Centre will also be in use. House side, the Speaker suites also floor, will move into a slimed-down least the summer of 2022. It’s much the same for the re- reception space, not pictured is the large table that usually occupies its centre; Gladstone, the first-ever Indigenous Contracts awarded to date for The move out plan for Centre Block. The red arrows mark where the Chambers feature a small apartment-space. space in the West Block, with [email protected] maining occupants of Parliament’s Centre Block’s renovation total the Senate Speaker’s office, with the mace locked up in its cabinet to the far left. Senator, according to Alison Korn, are moving, while orange arrows show where occupants will be relocated. Map The Speaker’s Hall itself is lined media relations for the Senate. seating for just 108 people. The The Hill Times Centre Block building, who, almost almost $771-million in all, includ- image courtesy of Google Maps The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade 100 years after first moving in, will with large, gold-framed portraits of Another 113 pieces in Centre ing a $598-million construction past Speakers, weighing anywhere the degree to which all the many complete their much-anticipated chitecture. Its architects, led by John responsible for moving over, along Block are on loan to the Senate, management contract awarded to a size has never been all that impor- from 50 to 100 pounds, estimated features and spaces in the build- move out ahead of decade-long Pearson, had a hand in every aspect with any furniture and artwork. and of those, 24 will be moved into joint venture of PCL and EllisDon. tant to her—but proximity has. Tamara Dolan, project coordinator ing will be preserved remains to be renovations (at least) this winter. of the rebuild—from the layout to the All of the desks and clerks tables the GCC, including portraits of Renovations will take at least a Being in Centre Block, just for Senate Heritage and Curatorial seen—for example, will the time- Already three-quarters of Cen- choice of materials to the carvings to currently in both the House and French royals currently hanging in decade to complete. steps from the Senate Chamber, Services. warped stairs be replaced? tre Block’s occupants on the House the furniture design—with the build- Senate Chambers in Centre Block La Francophonie room; Indigenous these past years has been “highly The Senate administration, Asked to weigh in, Ms. Mizgala side have cleared out, as previously ing’s purpose as the seat of Canada’s were designed by Mr. Pearson, and artwork; and a portrait of Canada’s Leaving Centre Block will efficient,” she said, as it’s easy to including Ms. Dolan’s team, worked said, “it’s hard to know at this stage.” reported by The Hill Times. federal government in mind. As all will be moved over to the respec- first female Senator, Cairine Wilson. quickly pop over for votes or de- with PSPC to establish requirements “I think there’ll be a bit of a give The keys to the West Block build- be a ‘difficult day,’ says House curator Johanna Mizgala puts tive interim Chambers this winter. While all these pieces are im- bates. Her new office in the Cham- for the move: what paintings need to and take, there has to be. There are ing were officially handed over to it, Centre Block was designed as a The current House of Commons portant, no doubt particular atten- Sen. Andreychuk bers Building will be a couple of be brought over and how they need practical things about climate and the House of Commons on Nov. 8. A “total work of art.” Speakers chair is staying put, as it tion will be given to moving plans Saskatchewan Conservative Sen- blocks from the interim Chamber. to be handled. The artwork handlers humidity and cabling and things date has yet to be set for the official Motifs of Canadian nature— physically won’t fit through West for the 1842 portrait of a young ator Raynell Andreychuk, currently “The logistics, the security, just and conservators hired by PSPC that need to be done; accessibility handover of the Government Con- squirrels, acorns, oak leaves, and Block’s doors, and instead a chair Queen Victoria, which has already the dean of the Senate, is among the the efficiency—we’re all going to are the ones who will do the actual issues in terms of rendering this ference Centre (GCC) to the Senate, bison—are carved into the wood used by former House Speaker survived four fires. It twice had to Parliamentarians still to move out have to get used to [in the new moving of the paintings and heritage a fully-functioning 21st-century but on Nov. 1, Senators voted to and stone of both the Senate and the Edgar Rhodes will be used. As of be cut out of its frame in the rush of Centre Block. She’s set to leave building],” said Sen. Andreychuk. furniture items, throughout the building,” she said. temporarily rename the GCC as the House Chambers, and beyond. The filing deadline, it wasn’t clear what to save it, the last time in 1916. her fourth-floor corner-office for a But Sen. Andreychuk said the building, over the winter, including But Ms. Mizgala said among those Senate of Canada Building. theme of “the ship of state” also runs would happen with the Senate Centre Block is also home to a new one on the seventh floor of the hardest part of it all is leaving items in the Senate Speakers’ suites. involved in the decision-making are a Planning has been underway for throughout, from the Rotunda that Speaker’s chair. number of sculptures, including a Chambers Building this winter. behind the nostalgia and history- These handlers and conservators number of people “who really, really the big move out of Centre Block is Centre Block’s entrance foyer and There are hundreds of portraits 1921 bronze bust by French sculptor The Senate Chamber in Centre Block, right, with close-ups of carvings and the Appointed in 1993, Sen. An- filled grandeur of Centre Block. also helped assess the condition love and value this building.” for more than a decade. PSPC is heart—with the nautical pattern of and paintings hanging throughout Auguste Rodin of a woman, entitled Chamber ceiling. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade 24 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Opinion

to keep streets safe. Who could argue with expect that things should get good for us that idea. Surely everyone wants to feel too. But wait a minute, I imagine most of Ontario PCs taking comfortable walking down the street. us also want a “Fair Workplace and a Better But, the substance of an act does not Job,” and that’s what Bill 148 promised us always live up to its name. In the case of the on its face. SSA, the act has proven to be a catastrophic How could both be true? Are both notes from House of failure. Initially, intended to prevent true? The only way to know the answer to “squeegee kids” from aggressively soliciting, these questions are to examine the laws the SSA has only made matters worse by in substance. But as was said before, it further burdening the homeless with fi nes, is unreasonable to expect the average Cards, problematic making the prospect of escaping poverty Ontarian to go that far. So we are left and being able to no longer depend on prac- with the names, which under this practice tices like panhandling less likely. simply put forth competing and sometimes practice of politicising Unfortunately, it is typically only those misleading promises. We are used to this who are directly impacted by an act that approach around election time but this is will understand the full consequence of its very different. laws. It is unreasonable to expect the aver- Under Doug Ford, the PCs won a the naming of legislation age person to be familiar with Ontario’s majority, the election period is over, and more than 700 statutes. Most will look it’s time to start acting like it. Govern- Under Doug Ford, the PCs ORONTO—In the latest season of or hear about the name and develop an ments should not politicize legislation to Thouse of cards there is a scene in which opinion on that alone. That’s fi ne. What is puff up their credentials in an effort to won a majority, the election the vice president is sitting with members not all right is when governments actively get re-elected. Rather, the focus should of his staff deliberating what they should work to take advantage of this fact because be on improving the quality of life for all period is over, and it’s name their newest act. Should we call it it is misleading and inserting politics into a constituents. It is important to note here the “Comprehensive Safety Act, or the place where it does not belong. that it isn’t only the PCs who are guilty time to start acting like it. Comprehensive Chemical Safety Act?” Let’s look at Bill 47 for instance. The of this practice. The Liberals were doing Governments should not Then the secretary of state pipes up and primary function of the Bill is to repeal ex- the same thing when they named Bill 148. says “we need a good acronym.” The group isting laws. A number of sections from the But holding the current majority, it is the politicize legislation to puff then settles on the Federal Universal Toxic Employment Standards Act 2000, Labour PCs who have the power to put an end to and Unsafe Regulation Eradication Act, the Relations Act 1995, and the Ontario Col- this practice. up their credentials in an Future Act. lege of Trades and Apprenticeship Act 2009 While it is still early for the Ford gov- Why did they settle on this name? Not would be repealed under Bill 47. ernment ,we can anticipate that more of eff ort to get re-elected. because it was the most accurate descrip- Most of the changes being made are this practice is to follow. Just a few weeks tion of the laws it would enact, but because in direct opposition to the reforms made ago Mike Harris junior tabled the “Cut- it sounded nice and would make their gov- under the Wynne government’s Bill 148, ting Red Tape for Motor Vehicle Dealers ernment look forward thinking. I imagine a the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act 2017. Act, 2018,” which aims to amend certain very similar conversation took place when Most notable perhaps is that Bill 47 would sections of the Highway Traffi c Act. The Ontario’s Ford government came up with freeze the minimum wage to $15 that resemblance to Sr’s naming of the Safe the name Making Ontario Open for Busi- would have taken effect under Bill 148 in Streets Act is striking. While history may ness Act for Bill 47. January of 2020. Rather than delving into have repeated itself in this case, it doesn’t The strategic naming of legislation all the specifi cs let’s take a step back and have to going forward. Call on your MPPs is not a new practice. Under the Harris examine this from the abstract. to put an end to this practice. government we saw statutes like the Safe Judging Bill 47 by its cover it is going to Joe Marando is co-director of the Fair Streets Act (SSA) being named to calm “Open Ontario for Business.” Sounds great. Change Legal Clinic and a third year law Joe Marando the anxieties of constituents by showing Most of us are employees of businesses, student at Osgoode Law School in Toronto. Opinion them that their government was working and when business is good we might The Hill Times

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Laporte. “Something triggers the Canadian astronaut body to harden, and something triggers the body to soften.” Canadian Space Agency president Sylvain Laporte says Canada is particularly good at space robotics, especially when it David Saint-Jacques “Imagine the medical poten- comes to artifi cial intelligence, making it well-suited to missions like the American Lunar Gateway. Photograph courtesy tial of fi nding out what that is, of the Canadian Space Agency blasts off to space right? And how we could apply on Dec. 3, along that back here on Earth,” said Mr. of work on the heart and the car- scientifi c experiment, using their the ISS now. The Canadarm, we Laporte. diovascular system, as well as the classroom as a model. We believe see now, is actually an upgraded with Russian Oleg Mr. Laporte discussed more of brain and the nervous system. there is a great deal of learning version from the Canadarm that Mr. Saint-Jacques’ International “All of the experiments have opportunities from that. was on the space shuttle…there Kononenko and Space Station activities, as well an Earth-bound application, so a “We’ve got all sorts of other was a great deal more technology American Anne as Canada’s future in space, with lot of what we’re studying on is things that David will be partici- put into Canadarm II. The Hill Times on Nov. 19. The fol- particularly useful for the elderly pating in; some coding experienc- “Now when we’re looking McClain. lowing interview has been edited because we’ve concentrated our es with children, we’re actually at going back to the moon, the for clarity and length. efforts on illnesses that happen to going to get children to submit Americans have their sight on astronauts. They tend to happen stories about space. building a spacecraft that will BY EMILY HAWS David Saint-Jacques is supposed to astronauts in a much faster “I think this it’s well-known be in the vicinity of the moon, to fl y into space on Dec. 3 to the fashion so that gives research- that David has three young something called the gateway. hile astronaut David Saint- space station. I know astronauts ers a tremendous opportunity children and he reads to them This thing is moveable, and it will WJacques makes himself at tend to work on scientifi c experi- to learn about how we can deal every night, and we thought it allow for a great deal of fl exibility home on the International Space ments and operations, but I was with things like the hardening of would be a good idea for us to with respect to being able to land Station, he will also be help- wondering if you could give spe- the arteries or the loss of calcium hold a competition with respect on the moon in different places. ing to contribute to life sciences cifi cs on what he’ll be doing. in bones, for example, so that’s to a children’s story about space, “The concept of the mission is experiments that will continue “Okay, fi rst of all, David is a where we’ve been concentrating which David at some point will be that basically, a spaceship would to have an impact long after he’s co-pilot for the Soyuz, so on the our effort and that’s really where reading from space.” leave Earth and go to the gateway, returned back to Earth, says Syl- way up and on the way down, he’s David will participate in terms of the astronauts would then disem- vain Laporte, the president of the going to be helping his colleagues Canadian missions.” The head of NASA came to Ot- bark, do some science, do some Canadian Space Agency. with the work that’s taking place tawa recently and wants Canada work, some analysis, whatever. Mr. Saint-Jacques will launch there, so that’s going to be his Is he going to do social media to be a key partner as it builds Eventually, they would leave in a into space on Dec. 3, staying on fi rst task. The pilot is a Russian the same way that Chris Hadfi eld the Lunar Gateway. How do you separate, much smaller rocket or the International Space Station colleague who will be commander did? think Canada is going to con- spacecraft that would take them until June 2019. While there, he for the mission, so that’s Oleg Ko- “Oh, absolutely. We’ve got tribute to this? Are there specifi c from the gateway to the moon, will be participating in scientifi c nonenko. David will have another quite a lineup for David in space. areas that Canada is known to be and then eventually come back to experiments related to bones, crewmate, Anne McClain from In fact, I’d say we’ve got more good at that the general public the gateway. A smaller, more fuel- bone marrow, perception, and NASA, she’s American. than half a dozen, but close to might not realize? effi cient shuttle, if you could look other brain-related experiments. “David is also a specialist with a dozen, types of activities that “Well, for sure, Jim Briden- at it that way. He’ll also be wearing a Canadian- respect to robotics, and with what are planned and are looking at stine, the administrator from “So, in terms of robotics on the made biomonitor in the form of we call extra-vehicular activities, schools. So we are certainly going NASA, made a number of public gateway, there are plans now for a shirt, which will hopefully suc- which to us common Earthlings is to benefi t from the awe-inspiring speaking engagements and he having robotic arm outside of the cessfully track his vital signs. when astronauts go out in space opportunity that we’ve got from was very very clear with respect station, just like we do on the ISS If the experiment is successful, to take care of the ISS. David is having a Canadian in space, so to applauding Canada’s capabili- because it’s going to require quite “the practical use of such shirts in also an EVA specialist. there’s going to be quite an effort ties in robotics. As we’re looking a bit of operational work, but also hospitals will have been proven “Given that there will only be to engaging Canadians, but also at the next adventure for human- inside the station. and I think it will be quite useful three crew members for most of acting as a motivation for our ity, which is going to the moon, in “Contrary to the ISS, the in terms of helping patients back the duration of David’s time, that’s children. preparation for eventually going gateway will be manned maybe here on Earth,” said Mr. Laporte a result of the Soyuz incident of a “One of which is, for example, to Mars, we have to ask ourselves, two months of the year, when in a recent interview with The Hill month or so ago, there’s just going living in space. David, because ‘Should Canada participate, and if you look at it over the course of a Times. to be a lot of work in those areas of his responsibilities on the ISS, we do, what could we contribute full year, so most of the time the A lot of the experiments will that are operational in nature. he’s going to be required to do to the partnership?’ So, the fi rst gateway will be unmanned. Now be helpful for learning more David is well-suited to give a good some cleanup duties. We don’t ac- item of discussion is amongst the we want to be conducting experi- about how the body ages, with hand to make sure the mission tually have a vacuum cleaner, but current partners that are partici- ments…we’re going to have two the practical use of being able to will be a success while there. they do have to take dust away pating on the ISS, but we’re also choices with respect to robots: help the elderly, which is a grow- “He’s [also] a medical doc- and they do have to monitor their looking at expanding the partner- we can have then controlled ing segment of the population. tor, so he’ll be taking care of the environment for cleanliness, for ships from the four of us, the fi ve from earth, like we do with the Another experiment Mr. Saint- crew from a medical fashion if humidity, for temperature. of us that are part of us at the ISS ISS, or the plan is to have a lot of Jacques will participate in is look- anything should happen, and as a “We thought we’d actu- to include more partners as we go artifi cial intelligence into these ing at the hardening of arteries, scientist, we’ve got him scheduled ally build a whole activity with forward. robots so that when the station is said Mr. Laporte. to participate in quite a number respect to having children do “It’s in every nation’s interest not manned, then the robots can Arteries harden naturally of missions. the same kinds of things in their when you’re considering these continue to conduct their work on Earth as one ages, but they “In fact, on the original plan classroom, and then compare generation-long programs, to autonomously. harden within the six months before the Soyuz incident David results of children in classrooms take a very very good look at how “Canada is very well-posi- when an astronaut is in space, was going to be working or col- with what David is experiencing you’re looking to contribute, and tioned from a robotics perspective said Mr. Laporte. laborating in upwards of about 50 up in space. Right now, we’ve that’s what we’re doing now.” and from an artifi cial intelligence “So what triggers the harden- different experiments. The ISS is actually got 400 schools that have perspective, so we’re one of the ing of the arteries? And what a lab, so there’s a lot of science to signed up so far to participate Is there a specifi c part of robotics global leaders in AI. So combin- we fi nd really interesting is that be conducted there. in this exercise. This is going to that Canada’s really good at? ing the two would mean for a when the astronauts come back “Canada’s concentrated it’s be quite far-reaching in terms “Well, space robotics can pretty great deal of potential.” down to Earth, they go back laboratory time on life sciences, of exposing children to some much be illustrated from the point [email protected] to their original state,” said Mr. and we’ve been doing quite a bit of the discipline and rigour of a of view of the Canadarm that’s on The Hill Times INNOVATION IN SPACE AND DEFENCE

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www.mdacorporation.com 28 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Aerospace Policy Briefi ng Bains says Canada has Federal always ‘punched above government our weight’ on aerospace; will stand non-committal on support An artist's rendering of OSIRIS-REx. The satellite will reach the asteroid Bennu in December, and ‘shoulder once there, it will use a Canadian instrument for Lunar Gateway to create a 3D map of the surface, allowing the spacecraft to land and scientists to select to shoulder’ a sample-collection site, writes Mr. Lametti. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia BY JOLSON LIM This government has committed fund- ment through the Industrial and Techno- anada’s Innovation Minister Navdeep ing for certain private-sector aerospace- with space, logical Benefi ts Policy. Earlier this year CBains says the federal government con- related initiatives, particularly on new our government identifi ed Key Industrial tinues to excel when it comes to aerospace, technologies. What are the benefi ts of such Capabilities, a number of which will sup- despite concerns that the Liberals won’t funding initiatives? aerospace port innovation and economic growth in keep their promise to develop and release “Aerospace is one of the most inno- the aerospace and space sectors. We will a national space strategy. vative and export-driven industries in be asking our industry partners to provide In an email Q&A interview with The Canada, accounting for over 190,000 good, gender and diversity plans that demon- Hill Times last week, Mr. Bains (Missis- high-quality jobs. It also accounts for over industries: strate their initiative to support under- sauga-Malton, Ont.) said Canada has $25-billion to our GDP. The Strategic In- represented groups in the industry. We are “punched above our weight when it comes novation Fund, which we introduced in also encouraging investments in skills and to aerospace and we have every intention 2017, looks to help innovative businesses training which will support Canadians’ suc- scale up and supports R&D in various Lametti of continuing to do so.” This Q&A has been cess in the today’s innovative economy. edited. sectors. We’ve announced approximately Because we know that the success of one $252-million in contributions to projects in highly skilled employee translates to success With regards to policy initiatives related to aerospace and space. The coming months will for Canada, and for the sector worldwide. aerospace—from Canada’s role in space to “For example, I announced $13-million Aerospace, however, is not the only suc- work on improving technologies that help in NorthStar, a company that will use satel- be an exciting time for cess story here. Indeed, nearly every aspect everyday Canadians and their business- lite images for forecasting and tracking Canada’s Space Program. of our daily lives is touched and made bet- es—what are your priorities between now events like forest fi res, rising sea levels and ter by space innovation. As I’ve witnessed and next summer? oil spills, and space debris which poses As these two important fi rsthand, the industry is reshaping the way “We have always punched above our a growing threat to satellites and other space is being explored and utilized. weight when it comes to aerospace and objects in Earth’s orbit.” industries—space and With estimates that the global space we have every intention of continuing to economy will triple in size over the next do so. In the past three budgets, we’ve The Americans are seeking international aerospace—continue 20 years, more and more countries have shown just how important we think support as it works on its new Lunar Gate- to compete and win on understood the value of investing in space. the industry is: in Budget 2016, we had way project, which has plans for a new So I’m pleased to note recent federal $379-million for the International Space space station and sending someone into the world stage, our budgets have made signifi cant investments Station Program. In Budget 2017, we had orbit around the moon as soon as 2021. Is in Canada’s space sector—totalling more $80-million for satellite quantum-related this government currently evaluating how government will be right than $550-million since 2016. technology. And in Budget 2018 we had it can co-operate with the Americans on First, in our 2016 budget investments, over $100-million for low-Earth orbit this project? there, shoulder to shoulder. we committed to extending our partnership satellite investments. “Canada and the United States have on the International Space Station. These “We’ve also introduced the $1.26-bil- built one of the closest relationships be- funds will be used to build the initial inter- lion fi ve-year Strategic Innovation Fund, tween any two countries in the world. With faces for future international exploration with approximately $252-million going regard to space exploration, our relation- missions. The 2017 budget also included to programs to support aerospace and ship dates back to the early 1960s when nearly $81-million to support a demonstra- space projects. The coming months will the U.S. launched Canada’s fi rst satellite, tion of quantum technology in space and a be exciting for Canada in space: in a few Alouette. This made Canada the third na- radar instrument for a future Mars orbiter. days, David Saint-Jacques will head to tion in space. Space sector fi rms have benefi ted from the International Space Station for a six- “Since then, Canada developed Can- a number of announced and upcoming month mission. The OSIRIS-Rex mission adarm 1 and 2, Dextre, and we have investments via the Strategic Innovation will rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu; participated in the development and opera- Fund. The 2018 budget set aside $100-mil- a Canadian instrument onboard will help tion of the International Space Station. I lion for the fund to support low-Earth orbit identify and map landing sites on the aster- recently met with NASA administrator Jim Opinion telecommunications satellites. oid to return a sample back to Earth. Bridenstine and had an extremely produc- The coming months will be an excit- “Lastly, the Canadian-built and govern- tive conversation, where administrator ing time for Canada’s Space Program. The ment-owned RADARSAT Constellation Bridenstine reiterated his appreciation for very so often as a politician, there are mo- RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM), Mission will be launched. It will provide our leadership and contributions. We also Ements when something brings perspec- the successor to RADARSAT 2, is preparing very detailed images of Canada’s territory, talked about continuing our partnership tive to the work you do. For me, one of those to launch. And in just a few days, Canadian borders, and waters, which can be used as we look towards the future, with an eye moments was at this year’s Farnborough astronaut David Saint-Jacques will head to by climate scientists to monitor ice melt, towards greater discovery of the vastness International Airshow in the United Kingdom. the International Space Station. A number of the military to protect our sovereignty, that is space.” I remember recalling just how infl uential great outreach activities with a STEM skills and farmers to monitor crop health. We Canada’s aerospace and space industries are focus are planned to ensure David’s mission will continue to be an advocate for the Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques on the global stage. This was especially true inspires the next generation of Canadians to aerospace industry, both here at home and is set to fl y to the International Space Sta- as an MP from and Quebec, where pursue STEM education and careers. abroad.” tion on Dec. 3. What is your message for the aerospace sector is particularly impor- Finally, OSIRIS-REx will reach the asteroid him and Canadians watching this exciting tant. I felt a real sense of pride for the contri- Bennu in December. Once there, it will use a The Canadian Space Strategy is set to event? butions our government has made in setting Canadian instrument to create a 3D map of the be unveiled this year, according to your “Space inspires humanity to greater the conditions for this success. It helps hav- surface, allowing the spacecraft to land and remarks in May. If you can talk in broad heights. Rising to the challenge of space ing a colleague who was an astronaut. scientists to select a sample-collection site. terms, what are the core themes and main pushes the limits of what is possible here Make no mistake, the success is real. In Through these activities, we are advanc- messages of this strategy and what does it on Earth and beyond the frontiers of our fact, last year the aerospace sector contrib- ing Canada’s legacy of space operations speak to the level of commitment from this planet. Canadian astronauts like David are uted nearly $25-billion to Canada’s GDP and technological capabilities. We are government to Canada’s role in space? modern-day explorers and role models for and almost 190,000 jobs to our economy. showcasing Canadian innovation and “Canada’s space sector delivers high- all Canadians. We’re No. 1 worldwide in the manufac- know-how to our global partners. quality, middle-class jobs for Canadians “Through Canada’s participation in the ture of civil fl ight simulators, and third in the As these two important industries— as well as innovations that improve our International Space Station, we develop production of civil airplanes and engines. space and aerospace—continue to compete everyday lives. Our participation in space new technologies and advance science And domestically speaking, aerospace is and win on the world stage, our government science and exploration has benefi tted that improves life on Earth. Space repre- Canada’s biggest spender on R&D among will be right there, shoulder to shoulder. Canadians on Earth, from the develop- sents the potential for infi nite discovery, its manufacturing counterparts. Without that The sense of pride I felt at Farnborough is ment of new medical technologies to the and inspires curiosity and a sense of kind of commitment to research, the industry just the beginning. Together, we will propel strengthening of our tech industry and our wonder. David is an inspiration and we would not be the success it is today. Canada to bigger and better things. economy. I have also renewed the Space wish him the very best for his upcoming Those are some pretty great accom- David Lametti is the Parliamentary Advisory Board’s mandate to consult Ca- mission.” plishments, but we all know it’s not just Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, [email protected] nadians and their recent report is helping about the numbers. We have enhanced how Science and Economic Development The Hill Times guide our next steps.” we will leverage future defence procure- The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 29 Policy Briefi ng Aerospace Lost in Space? Sector awaits long-promised national strategy as delays continue

and public sector on projects, a Innovation Minister national strategy is badly needed Canadian astronaut Dave Williams performs a spacewalk in August 2007 while anchored to the foot restraint on to offer certainty when it comes Canadarm2. Photograph courtesy of NASA Navdeep Bains has to funding. He said the Canadian promised to release Space Agency (CSA), while doing major project funding is usually ment of new technology. He said a tremendous black eye for us.” the best it can, “is now running on found in line items in a budget the federal government needs to While Prof. Thacker doesn’t a national space fumes” when it comes to funding that have to be approved indi- provide adequate funding going believe support for the space made available for projects. vidually by cabinet. “Do we want forward. sector is a partisan issue, he said strategy at a time Prof. Thacker, who was in projects to be picked, or do we “We need it in place now funding for it may be a diffi cult Ottawa on Nov. 22 to meet with want a strategy itself?” because companies are making sell because it’s not a vote-getter. when the country’s politicians from different parties, In an email interview with The decisions [on] where to make in- There’s often a perception commitment to said there hasn’t been a new proj- Hill Times, Mr. Bains wouldn’t vestment, [and] because we don’t that working on space projects is ect approved in space astronomy provide any details as to what have a long-term plan, they’re not “like blasting millions of dollars international eff orts in Canada since 2009, and it may could be in the strategy. He sug- investing in Canada,” he said. on a rocket into space,” he said, be a while before another one: gested work was still ongoing, But Mr. Quick said he has to but in reality, the money is going is being questioned. it can take roughly a decade to however. give Mr. Bains “a lot of credit” towards developing new tech- design, develop, build, and fl y a “The minister has also because he has been pushing for nologies and for high precision BY JOLSON LIM new telescope into space. renewed the Space Advisory a national vision on space. manufacturing on the ground. “We will have, essentially, just Board’s mandate to consult Ca- “We talked to the opposition New technology can often have s the Canadian space sector one [space astronomy] mission nadians and their recent report is parties and their leaders and said spinoff effects for the economy, Aeagerly awaits a promised from 2020 to 2030,” he said. “And helping guide our next steps,” said this is one of the things that the and perhaps be applied for non- and overdue national strat- for us, just having one mission the minister’s offi ce. country needs in order to move space purposes, he added. egy from Innovation Minister is like watching a football game Mr. Bains renewed the federal forward. I believe Mr. Scheer and Currently, the U.S. is pushing Navdeep Bains, stakeholders say when all you can see is the 50- government’s advisory board in Mr. Singh are supportive of that,” the “Lunar Gateway” project, a they’re looking to the federal gov- yard line and two lines around it.” 2017, tasking the panel to consult he added. plan that would see the construc- ernment for certainty on future with Cana- According to its departmental tion of lunar-orbit space station. funding and a fi rm commitment dians on a plan, planned spending for the It will be its next major project to re-establish Canada’s reputa- national space agency is pegged at $349-million after its famed Space Shuttle pro- tion as a key contributor on the strategy. The for 2018-19. Without a new injec- gram, which had delivered eight global stage. board released tion of funding after the winding Canadian astronauts—including The Trudeau Liberal govern- its fi nal report down of previous projects, it’s Transport Minister Marc Gar- ment, as with past governments, in August set to decline to $274-million in neau and Governor General Julie has promised a national space 2017, recom- 2020-21. Payette—into orbit over three strategy that would provide a mending that Recently, the last federal decades, ended in 2011. roadmap for the space sector go- the federal budget included a $100-million The Americans will need inter- ing forward. government commitment over fi ve years to national partners for the expen- However, the release of the designate the support the development of a low- sive endeavour, and the current strategy, initially slated for June space sector Earth orbit satellite that could head of the NASA, Jim Briden- 2017, has been delayed. In May, as a “national bring faster internet to rural parts stine, was in Ottawa on Nov. 13 to Mr. Bains (Mississauga-Malton, strategic asset” of the country, it didn’t include encourage Canada to contribute Ont.) told journalists in Mon- in the areas of permanent spending for the CSA. with international partners on treal that the document would be The Canadian Space Agency’s headquarters in Longueuil, sovereignty, The Liberals had also committed the Lunar Gateway project. He delivered in “the coming months.” Que. Photograph courtesy of the CSA security, and $379-million for the International noted Canada’s capabilities when He recently told reporters at the economic Space Station Program in 2016. it comes to robotics and artifi cial Aerospace Industries Association growth. But in May, the Canadian intelligence. of Canada’s (AIAC) summit in That project is the National The 10-member panel also Space Agency also withdrew its “The reason I’m here … [is] Ottawa earlier this month that his Aeronautics and Space Admin- wants Ottawa to change policies involvement in NASA’s WFIRST we want international partners. hope is it will be released ahead istration-led (NASA) James and regulations to encourage (Wide Field Infrared Survey Canada is a key to the success of of the 2019 federal election. Webb Space Telescope, a $10-bil- the development of space tech- Telescope) due to a lack of fund- this mission,” he told the audience If released in the coming lion replacement for the famed nologies, ensure “well-balanced” ing. The NASA-led, $3.2-billion at an event at Carleton Univer- year, the strategy would arrive Hubble Space Telescope. It is set federal programming, and renew project would deliver a space sity, as reported by The Canadian at a crossroad moment for the to launch in 2021, and Canada public education and outreach for telescope that would have a fi eld Press. Mr. Bridenstine also spoke Canadian space sector: federal helped develop its guidance and young Canadians. All this would of view 100 times larger than at AIAC’s summit on Nov. 14. investment in space activity has infrared camera system, which allow Canada’s space program to Hubble. Canadian astronaut David Saint- sagged in recent years, calling will offer views far deeper into remain “responsive and relevant” The aborted mission on Jacques is set to fl y to the Interna- into question Canada’s interna- the cosmos than its predecessor. to international partners, accord- WFIRST was mentioned in a tional Space Station via a Russian tional reputation when it comes Prof. Thacker said space ing to the board. June letter from former interim Soyuz space capsule on Dec. 3, to space-related contributions. astronomy, while certainly costly, There are about 10,000 Cana- Conservative industry critic Matt which is likely to put Canada’s level That’s after years of involve- provides researchers penetrat- dians employed in the country’s Jeneroux (Edmonton Riverbend, of commitment to space exploration ment through projects such as ing views into deep space that a space sector, which generated Alta.), addressed to Mr. Bains, into focus once again. Canadarm and Radarsat-2. Other ground telescope can’t offer. $5.4-billion in revenue in 2015, which urged the minister to Canada will never lead multi- countries, such as the United He hopes the federal govern- according to federal fi gures. That deliver on the strategy as soon as billion-dollar missions, said Prof. States, India, and China, are now ment will eventually set aside year, Canada’s space sector spent possible. Thacker, but it can be a global expressing interest in the next $100-million in annual funding for more than $256-million on research “We are losing high quality leader and major contributor in generation of space activity. the CSA for space-based science, and development of new technolo- Canadian aerospace and satellite international co-operation by “It’s really been a diffi cult allocated through project competi- gies. Related economic activity talent in the meantime,” reads the devoting a few hundred million decade for us,” said Rob Thacker, tion. He said space researchers is heavily centred in and around letter. dollars worth of funding into president of the Canadian As- mostly get funding through the Montreal. The CSA headquarters is Prof. Thacker said leaving the projects in specifi c fi elds of space tronomical Society and a profes- agency, as opposed to the three re- located in Longueuil, Que. mission was a “huge blow” for the technology. sor at St. Mary’s University in search funding councils for other AIAC president and CEO Canadian space community. “There’s no reason why we Halifax. “Canada hasn’t been in scientifi c fi elds that recently saw a Jim Quick said Canada needs a “It has our American col- can’t make that happen, and a good situation for a number of boost in the 2018 budget. Doing so long-term vision for the sector as leagues going, ‘well, should we there’s no reason why Canadians years.” would bring greater certainty over a whole, and hopes the feds will even listen to you about what you wouldn’t benefi t from that either.” Prof. Thacker said for astro- the long term, Prof. Thacker said. provide a “balanced approach” want to do if your agency won’t —with fi les from Neil Moss nomical researchers, who work “First and foremost, we need between space exploration and actually pony up the dollars for [email protected] closely with both the private a strategy,” he said, noting that observation and the develop- you to do it,’ ” he said. “That’s been The Hill Times 30 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Aerospace Policy Briefing

mass destruction in orbit (but significantly was silent on how other forms of weaponry AIAC to launch Canada were to be treated). The other was the strategic competi- tion between the contending superpowers (U.S.S.R. and U.S.A.) that was fuelling R&D stakeholder meetings and space on ASAT and missile systems, most notably president Ronald Reagan’s “Strategic De- fence Initiative” that envisioned placing hun- dreds of weapons into space. The government in December to look security of prime minister declined to join the U.S. in this project. It was a polite rejection that was repeated a generation later in 2005 when the government of prime min- at future of Canada’s diplomacy: ister refused to join the ballistic missile defence system being pursued by the Bush administration. In both cases, concerns as to how the U.S. missile defence plans might aerospace industry getting compromise the non-weaponized status of outer space loomed large in the Canadian government’s decision to decline becoming a Vision 2025 will be led by partner in this enterprise. back into Canada in the 2000s was diplomati- former Quebec premier cally active in pursuit of the goal of the non-weaponization of space. At the UN Jean Charest, who has a and the Conference on Disarmament in ‘great deal of passion’ for the game Geneva, Canada was a leader on issues of space security. Importantly, it was seen as the aerospace industry, trying to help bridge the gaps between the Despite the rapid expansion positions adopted by the major spacefaring according to association states such as Russia, China and the U.S. In in the use of outer 2007, and, again in 2009, Canada submitted president. working papers setting out proposals for space and a disturbing confidence building measures in support AIAC president Jim Quick, right, said he hopes deterioration in relations of preserving a peaceful operating environ- BY NEIL MOSS to submit the Vision 2025 report to Innovation ment in outer space. One proposal was for Minister Navdeep Bains, left, by early winter. among major space powers, states to make a political commitment not he Aerospace Industries Association The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade to: (i) attack any object in space; (ii) deploy Tof Canada (AIAC) will soon begin the Canadian hovernment any weapon in space; and (iii) use a satellite industry consultations on a long-term plan of commerce. In addition, there will be a to attack another space object. These three for the future of Canada’s space, aviation, government perspective to look into the lacks a clear foreign policy “pledges” represented a practical way for- and defence industries, which it says is in policies that are needed to compete on a ward at a time when the space security com- decline. world stage. for space security. munity was divided between proponents of Vision 2025 was launched by AIAC in Mr. Quick said the aerospace industry is dif- a treaty prohibiting the placement of weap- October to consult the aerospace industry ferent than other Canadian industries because ons in outer space (co-sponsored by Russia and the government on a future vision for the great majority of business is exported. and China) and those favouring modest, Canadian aerospace. “[Businesses are operating] from safety-oriented measures as represented at “Our goal is to ensure that the Canadian Canada, because Canada is a good place the time by the EU’s proposed International aerospace industry has a long-term strat- to invest, and a good place to export,” he Code of Conduct on outer space activities. egy for the future, and we have policies said. “If we see that programs that support Regrettably, these proposals seemed to that help us to succeed in competing in … investment and export start to erode then have represented the apogee of Canada’s [the] global economy,” AIAC president Jim companies will make decisions on where diplomatic engagement, which fell off Quick said. they need to go in order to do that.” sharply thereafter. With no effort to pro- He said the vision for the future has The AIAC wants to ensure Canada’s aero- mote these proposals to other states or ex- to be a combination of public policy and space industry remains competitive, and part Paul Meyer plore other approaches Canada’s engage- investment. of remaining competitive is ensuring Canada ment in space diplomacy declined. It will include both a vision for the fu- has the right programs and policies. Opinion This retreat from diplomatic activism ture, as well as the kinds of programs and Canada’s investment in space has was evident in other ways as well. At the policies that the industry would like to be dropped from eighth globally in 1992, as a beginning of the 2000s the Canadian For- in place for the success of Canadian aero- percentage of the GDP, to 18th currently. here was a time when Canada was eign Ministry had been an eager partner space, Mr. Quick said. He added that he Additionally, the number of aerospace Tknown for its activism on space secu- with the Vancouver-based Simons Founda- didn’t want to prejudge what is produced manufacturing jobs in Canada has dropped rity issues in the international arena. As an tion in funding two major projects relating by the report. by five per cent since 2012. early adopter of satellite technology, Canada to space security: an annual international “[Vision 2025 is a] really good opportu- Countries with established aerospace appreciated the importance of preserving a symposium on space security held in nity for us to set a new [framework] and industries, like France, Germany, the safe and secure operating environment in Geneva and an annual publication en- have a different kind of discussion that United Kingdom, and the United States, are outer space. This acknowledged interest was titled Space Security Index that provides a we’re currently having … around what it building long-term policies for the future reflected in Canada’s diplomacy. Among the survey of developments in the use of outer will take for us to remain to be a global of their industries, so they can build up a measures that prime minister Pierre Trudeau space and their implications for space leader in aviation, space, and defence on “competitive advantage,” said Mr. Quick, advocated during his Peace Initiative of 1983- security. Under the previous government the air side,” Mr. Quick said. and Canada has an opportunity to grow its 84 was a ban on high-altitude anti-satellite the contributions of the Foreign Ministry The project will be led by former Que- own advantage and they don’t to be losing weapons recognizing the risk that the debris were reduced and soon terminated. These bec premier and former Brian Mulroney- the advantage. created by such weapons would pose for projects have had to progress with reduced era federal cabinet minister Jean Charest. Companies investing aerospace indus- all space operations (a risk that has only resources and the lack of Canadian govern- As a former premier of Quebec, Mr. tries that have a long-term vision, and that increased significantly in the interim as use mental engagement. Charest is an ideal candidate to lead the are funded, Mr. Quick said. of space has grown exponentially with some Despite the rapid expansion in the use project, as Quebec has made aerospace a “We want to make sure that Canada 1800 satellites currently active). of outer space and a disturbing deterio- priority, Mr. Quick said. remains a place that attracts and retains In tandem with its diplomatic initiative, ration in relations among major space “He knows how to develop industrial investment in our sector,” Mr. Quick said,” if the Canadian government invested in a powers, the Canadian hovernment lacks a strategy and national strategy,” Mr. Quick [Canada] is not careful, we’re going to lose major study of the feasibility of utilizing clear foreign policy for space security. The said. “He has personal knowledge, [and] he that advantage.” satellites to verify future outer space arms Defence Policy Review outcome of June has a great deal of passion for it. “It’s a concern,” that Canada is taking a control agreements. This study, known 2017, which contains a forward-looking At the Canadian Aerospace Summit different approach by not having a national as PAXSAT, concluded that it would be section on Canadian Forces engagement in held in Ottawa between Nov. 13 and 14, Mr. strategy, he added. feasible to provide such verification via space, also pledges DND’s active support Charest said that “global competition has Consultations will start on Dec. 10 in space-based technology. for Global Affairs’ diplomatic efforts to never been fiercer, and we’re at a turning Toronto, and end on Jan. 28 in Winnipeg, The organizing principle behind Cana- preserve space for peaceful purposes. It point where Canada must step up to com- with five engagements in total. dian diplomacy of that era was support for remains to be seen whether Canada will pete, or risk being left behind.” Mr. Quick said the timing of the report the non-weaponization of outer space. The resume past leadership by developing and Canada’s aerospace industry is the fifth is “significant” as they want to submit a re- centrality of this objective is best under- implementing such a strategy. largest in the world with 190,000 jobs in port to Innovation, Science and Economic stood against the backdrop of two realities Paul Meyer is a former Canadian diplo- 2017, and in the same year it contributed Development Navdeep Bains (Mississauga- affecting space security. One was the 1967 mat is affiliated with Simon Fraser Univer- $25-billion to Canada’s economy. Malton, Ont.), and other parties, before Outer Space Treaty, the crucial founda- sity and The Simons Foundation. He is also Roundtables will be held with AIAC’s the next election, so they hope to have the tional treaty that provided a special status a founding member of the Outer Space partners as well as roundtables with others report finished early in the winter. for outer space as a “global commons” to Institute (www.outerspaceinstitute.ca). He in the industry, and Mr. Charest will also [email protected] be used for “peaceful purposes” and which can be reached at [email protected] be speaking publicly through chambers The Hill Times prohibited the stationing of weapons of The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 31 Policy Briefi ng Aerospace

as a stable jurisdiction for inter- national investment in this sector. Feds’ lack of certainty being noted The call to modernize the act also came directly from Tom Zubko, president of New North Networks whose company has in international space community been working with international stakeholders to try and license this new satellite facility. entitled, “State of the Cana- interests of commercial remote an international investment of During an appearance before Canada needs to act dian Space Sector, Covering the sensing operators, the act leans $10-million CAD. the Special Committee on the now to ensure that we Results from Our 2016 Survey,” more in favour of protecting Ca- However, an unclear and Arctic, Zubko stated, “with the the space industry contributed nadian national security interests antiquated licensing process is proliferation and demand for don’t lose out on the $2.3-billion to Canada’s GDP and at the expense of technological putting further investments in space-based applications, the supports just shy of 22,000 jobs development and commercial this ground station at risk. To new drivers of the global satel- space sector boom in the country. interests.” date, more than two years after lite marketplace are high-tech However, Canada’s space This has had a direct impact applying, Global Affairs Canada commercial enterprises which are due to our infl exibility sector is overseen by antiquated on Canada’s North. has yet to issue the necessary global in scope, multidimensional regulations and an equally out- Let us examine the curi- licenses that would allow these in services, highly profi cient in and inability to adapt of-step law called the Remote ous case of the Inuvik satellite investors to begin using the infrastructure development and to a rapidly changing Sensing Space Systems Act, also ground station in the Northwest ground station and downloading consumed by early delivery and known as the RSSSA. Territories. Due to its location, important data from their satel- short timelines.” Zubko went on sector. On Feb. 17, 2017, the Institute the ground station in Inuvik is lites. to voice his frustration at the gov- of Air and Space Law at McGill one of two of the best places in Administrative burdens such ernment’s seeming lack of “clear University’s Faculty of Law con- the world that is well-positioned as this will ultimately prove protocol on process or timelines ducted a review of the aPct, at the to constantly download valu- harmful to Canada’s investment with respect to private satellite behest of Global Affairs Canada able data from low-earth orbit climate and send a message that facilities.” and published their report en- satellites. The Canadian Sat- Canada and its laws, policies and This lack of certainty is being titled, “Independent Review of the ellite Ground Station Inuvik procedures are out of step with noted in the international space Remote Sensing Space Systems (CSGSI) Inc. project was estab- a rapidly evolving technological community. Canada needs to act Act.” lished: “…to support satellite age. now to ensure that we don’t lose The review, among other owners and operators with com- CSGSI has the potential to out on the space sector boom due fi ndings, found that the act is mercial services related to data become a world-class facility to our infl exibility and inability not fl exible enough to keep reception and satellite com- and the resulting investment to adapt to a rapidly changing Conservative Senator Dennis Patterson up with the pace of a rapidly mand and control.” CSGSI cur- would help to offset the sizeable sector. Opinion changing space sector. Perhaps rently hosts 6 antennas servic- $102-million CAD investment of Nunavut Conservative Sena- most signifi cantly, it found that, ing the European Space Agency the Northwest Territories used tor Dennis Patterson is a former “Although the objective of the act (ESA), Planet Labs, Google, and to establish telecommunication premier of the Northwest Ter- ccording to the Canada is to balance the public inter- Kongsberg Satellite Services infrastructure in the territory. It ritories. ASpace Agency’s 2016 report ests of Canada with the private (KSAT) Global, representing would also help establish Canada The Hill Times

ambitious entrepreneurs, and pre- No transition to ‘innovation economy’ cious investment capital. The 15 competitors we had in 1990 have ballooned to 58—and they are all without rejuvenating Canada’s space sector eager to take our capital, passion, and expertise. Consider that the U.K. has nnovation Minister Navdeep mental conservation; all rely on on data: autonomous vehicles, tripled the size of its space sector Navdeep Bains is IBains recently stated that Ca- satellites. 5G connectivity, artifi cial intel- since 2001, both in terms of rev- nadians could expect Canada’s Through its connection to ligence, etc. enue and employment. The long- absolutely correct long-term space policy “before nearly every sector, space is a Not only are new technologies term strategy they introduced in the end of the administration’s prime conduit for conveying solu- increasingly integrated and data 2010 helped them nearly double to say the space mandate in late 2019.” tions to problems. Think of space dependent, but their very use cre- their space sector in just six sector’s importance Promised in 2017, this delay as an “innovation multiplier”: ates new opportunities for further years (from £8.3-billion in 2010 to seems newsworthy. Sadly, GPS, camera phones, laptops, mi- information capture and platform £14.3-billion in 2016). warrants taking the federal inaction goes for par crowaves, cloud computing, water integration. The resulting “inno- The Canadian experience on the space file; Canada’s last purifi cation, solar cells, etc. are vation feedback loop” demands demonstrates that government time necessary to get long-term space plan was set all space sector spin-offs. increasingly potent communi- policy matters. Our competitors the long-term plan in 1994. It is not like the space sector is cations infrastructure that can read the room. They understood There has been no shortage a cash sink. In fact, space boasts transfer more data, quicker, far- where the global economy was right. Rejuvenating of dire warnings from industry, among the highest economic mul- ther, cheaper, more reliably and going and space’s role in aug- former astronauts, and even tipliers in the Canadian economy. with greater security. menting innovation and integrat- our space sector and government appointed experts, Our GDP is increased by $1.2 for Satellite-based communica- ing them into vital communica- integrating it into the like the 2012 Emerson Report every $1 directly invested into tions have played and will con- tions networks. They set focused panel and the current Space space. Another $1.85 in GDP is tinue to play an integral part in and robust policies in place and Innovation Agenda is Advisory Board. Just like Cassan- induced through cooperating facilitating the global economy’s have reaped the rewards. dra’s prophecies, their words go sectors. Every space sector job data needs. In fairness, Bains is abso- critical to realizing unheeded. creates an additional 1.5 jobs in It should come as no surprise lutely correct to say the space new opportunities But I’ll set out the tragedy of supporting value-chains. More- that the global space sector has sector’s importance warrants this apathy in just a moment. over, the GDP generated per boomed: more than tripling taking the time necessary to between sectors What is newsworthy is why space sector employee is over since 2005 to US$360-million get the long-term plan right. a government that is focused on double that of the Canadian aver- and projected to triple again to Rejuvenating our space sec- and better position building an “innovation economy” age: $160,000 versus the $73,000 over US$1-trillion by 2040 (or to tor and integrating it into the Canada to compete in is treating the space sector with national average. $2.7-trillion by Merril Lynch’s Innovation Agenda is critical such meekness. Beyond its economic creden- estimates). to realizing new opportuni- global economy. Effective innovation policy tials and its ability to accelerate And now, the aforementioned ties between sectors and better requires cultivating an ecosys- innovation, the space sector is tragedy. position Canada to compete in tem with the greatest number also crucial to transportingst the Between 2005 and 2010, the global economy. and diversity of problems and strategic resource of the 21 Canadian space sector grew 40 Otherwise, we are fi shing solutions. This is accomplished by century: data. per cent, then decreased to an without bait, and our competitors facilitating relationships between The past two decades have anemic 0.5 per cent a year since are practically using dynamite. as many different sectors as pos- seen exponential growth in our then. In terms of GDP, revenues, Andrej Litvinjenko is the sible. production of and reliance on and workforce, the sector has former vice president of policy for Space plays a crucial role in information to mobilize resourc- been stagnant. Gains from new the Canadian Space Commerce our global information-based es, human and physical alike, SMEs are routinely offset by our Association and adviser to the society. Indeed, the space sector in the most effi cient manner larger companies shedding jobs former chair of the Parliamentary primarily supports other sectors. possible. This trend will only or offshoring business lines in Aerospace and Space Caucuses. He is a member of the Ontario Andrej Litvinjenko Agriculture, mining, commercial continue. Consider that all disrup- order to remain competitive. shipping, fi nance, telecommunica- tive technologies currently being We are losing many of our Law Society. Opinion tions, national security, environ- implemented or developed centre brightest engineers and scientists, The Hill Times 32 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 33 Feature Centre Block closure Centre Block closure Feature ‘When we have to decommission, and turn the lights off for 10 years, it’s going to be hard to say goodbye’

aureen Martyn, chief cur- Continued from page 32 Veteran Hill denizens Mrent awareness and stra- tegic analysis: “It’s really the en- Judson Simpson, talk about what ergy. When the Houses are sitting executive chef at and there’s people, the press and makes working in the Parliamentary there’s the tourists, it really does Restaurant, kind of lift the atmosphere quite the Centre Block pictured last significantly and it energizes you week in the to do your work. I’ll speak very special and what Parliamentary personally, being a librarian and Dining Room on they’re going to miss working in this library, there isn’t the sixth floor a better gig in Canada, so I think of Centre Block. most about working we feel a personal attachment The Hill Times to the space and are a little bit in one of the most photograph by protective of her. When we have Andrew Meade to decommission, and turn the beautiful buildings Maureen Martyn, chief current lights off for 10 years, it’s going to awareness and strategic analysis at in the country, the be hard to say goodbye because the Parliamentary Informations and this is the second time we’ve had udson Simpson, executive chef at the Parliamentary Restaurant, Research Services. The Hill Times centre of our federal to say goodbye.” Jhas been working on the Hill for 27 years: “What I’ll miss most photograph by Andrew Meade about this building is the grandeur of this dinning room. This space democracy. is wonderful. It’s huge, as you can see. But it’s still very warm and it’s magic when it’s full. I mean it’s really something special. I think for BY ANDREW MEADE me, too, and I hope it can translate to the West Block, but in this space it’s not political; it’s about the food, and we’re really proud of that.” ext month, the historic Centre Guy Proulx, manager, maintenance and material handling, pictured inside the Peace Tower, says: ‘One of the things Block, built in the Gothic N I’m going to miss the most is the view from looking out the Peace Tower in the morning, especially when the sun is Revival style, will be shut down coming up. It makes the city beautiful and is an excellent view to see.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and emptied out for renovations for a least a decade. It’s home to the House of Commons, the Senate NDP lobby staffer Anthony Salloum, pictured outside the House Chamber. The an McDonald, principal clerk, Chamber, the Prime Minister’s Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade IHouse of Commons, says: “The Office, the Office of Leader of the fact that I started my work at Opposition, the statuesque Library DP lobby staffer Anthony Salloum: “For me, it is very, very per- the House of Commons in the of Parliament, MPs’ and Senators’ Nsonal. My family immigrated from Lebanon during the civil war in Chamber, and that I’ve had an offices, political staffers, House and 1980, and we came to Canada when I was 14 years old. I had seen a lot opportunity to work here inside Senate procedural clerks, House of death and destruction, and our homes were always under attack. I the Chamber for many, many and Senate staffers, press gallery lost a lot of cousins to car bombs and killings and assassinations, so I years, means this is probably the staff and Hot Room reporters, was pretty traumatized as a 14-year-old. When I came here, the thought part of the building that I’m going House leaders’ offices, whips’ lead- that you could engage in the political process and not die, was alien to miss the most, since I spend a ers’ offices, maintenance work- to me. It was hard to get my head around that you could express your fair amount of time here. Obvi- ers, restaurants workers, security political views, join a political party, and you would not be killed for it. ously, walking up to the building officers, the House and the Senate It really was hard to explain to Canadians growing up here that that is still moving every time, since Speakers, and many more. was a big thing for me. But it was a really big thing and I fell in love it’s such a grand building. But at The iconic, six-storey building, with Canadian politics. the same time, in terms of a very which was destroyed by a fire in “I remember the first convention that I watched was the political specific part of the building, what 1916, except for the library, and Sonia Wayand, executive assistant to Conservative MP . The Hill convention where Joe Clark got 76 per cent and said it wasn’t enough, I’m going to miss the most is the rebuilt in 1927, is more than just a Times photograph by Andrew Meade so he called for a . I watched that convention, and it Constable Janet Asselin, Parliamentary Protective Service, since 1995. The Chamber.” building to those who work on the got me hooked onto politics. From that day onward, I haven’t looked Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade Ian McDonald, principal clerk, House of Commons, pictured in the House Hill. onia Wayand, executive assistant to Conservative MP Scott Reid, back from politics. Fast forward to 1992, the year of Canada’s 125th. Chamber. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade onstable Janet Asselin, Parliamentary Protective Service, has The Hill Times talked to several 15 years in Centre Block: “What I will miss the most is the privilege I was living in Montreal and working. I brought my then 21-year-old S been on the Hill since 1995: “I look at working here in a different veteran Hill denizens about what to come every morning to work here at the centre of Canada’s federal brother to Ottawa so we could celebrate Canada’s 125th, and I spent C illes Gervais, assistant deputy way and take pride since my family’s history [in politics] goes back to makes working in the Centre Block politics. We come here and can forget that this is the home of our poli- the whole day on the Hill. And I looked at my brother and at the Peace sergeant-at-arms: “I’m going Wilfrid Laurier … from my great-grandfather Edmund William Tobin G special and what they’re going to tics and that people come to visit, but they don’t realize how much goes Tower and said, ‘My dream, if it ever someday happens, is to walk to miss the Memorial Chamber. It [from] 1900 to 1938, as a Member of Parliament, then a Senator, to my miss about working in one of the on in this building. I will miss things like running into prime ministers through the doors of the Peace Tower as an employee here.’ That was was the first room I was introduced father, Patrick Tobin Asselin, [from] 1963-1968, and my uncle Edmund most beautiful and ornate build- in the corridor—because I have been through three prime ministers, my dream, to work as an employee in Centre Block. to when I started working here as Tobin Asselin [from] 1962-1965. Standing here at the same place my ings in the country, the centre of from Martin to Trudeau—or bumping into all the other ministers and “Just five years later, I got to work for Alexa McDonough, then a rookie constable, because the father and uncle stood just after they voted on our Canadian flag in our federal democracy. leaders, and all the fuss that goes on around here.” the leader of the NDP and MP for Halifax, and she flies us up for the security staff are responsible for 1965 for me, is extremely sentimental, and I am proud to be part of this national staff meeting and I had my pass and I walked through those turning the pages on a daily basis. family’s legacy. What I will miss and cherish are all the memories, as doors as an employee to a Member of Parliament, and I have never, I remember back in 1985 when I well as the history and the stories this place has: from growing up as ever forgotten that moment. I have never lost that sense of awe. For me, started here within two weeks of a child visiting my father, to all the different major visits and people Centre Block is a very personal experience and not atypical of immi- being on the staff, I had to perform I had the privilege to meet during my time working here since 1995. I grants who come from war-torn countries and who come to Canada that ceremony, and I had a Korean am so grateful and will always have a special place in my heart for this where they can engage in the political process and not die. I don’t War vet who was working with me, institution. … [I’m] somewhat sad that I will retire before the Centre want to sound like I’m exaggerating, but it’s true. There are parts of so I was quite honoured when after Block reopens.” this world where you cannot express your political views. The fact that we were done he said, ‘You did I can engage here and have colleagues from other political parties … good, kid. My comrades would be I never lose that sense of awe. For me, moving out of Centre Block’s proud of you.’ Since that moment, really sentimental because my whole dream was to work here and, I’ve always had a real passion for over the years, I’ve been moved many times, but now I’ve been here this room and what it represents; eight years in a row, so I’ve gotten really attached to the building. I’ve it’s inspired me and I’m really go- worked in the Opposition Lobby, a very privileged workplace, and I Gilles Gervais, assistant deputy sergeant-at-arms, pictured last week on the ing miss it. We are going to relocate don’t take that for granted. I have access to MPs from other political Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade the books, but it’s not the same.” parties, and I’m honoured for that. For me, that is why it will be really, really hard when this place closes. orraine Henderson, television “The architecture. The stonework, the gargoyles, the worn wood. Ldirector, House of Commons You can see the doors that people have rubbed against for years. multimedia services, has been When we were taking pictures yesterday with my friend, we took them on the Hill since 1992 and has from a million different angles because you can walk in this building worked on Centre Block since every single day and you can get a whole new view of something that 1994: “I’m going to miss the diver- you’ve missed for all these years. That is what I’m going to miss: the sity in art and architecture in the stonework, the carvings. Here’s one thing, have you ever looked at the Chamber. As a television director, staircase that the prime minister and the ministers come down? The we have a wide variety of back- unevenness of the stairs to the foyer. I am secretly wishing that they ground images we can use. From do not replace those stairs when they redo this building. To me, that is [the] stained glass to sculptures a loss of the history of this building. It’s well-worn, that’s our history, to complex woodwork and all of and in my heart, I am hoping that when I come back and see this place House of Commons curator Johanna Mizgala, who has been on the Hill since the chandeliers [they’ve] been 10 years later, that the staircase is preserved and still there. It might 2004, says: “I’m going to miss so many things, but most of all, I’m going to great backgrounds when we’re on House of Commons photographer Bernard Thibodeau says: ‘What I’m going to miss is the look of the place, the space, seem odd to some people, but those are the kind of things I am going miss all of the traces that the architect, John Pearson, put into the building a vote call, and I particularly ap- and the grandiosity of it.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade to miss.” to remind people what democracy stands for, what Parliament is and why they preciate the richness of that.” Continued on page 33 are here.” The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade Lorraine Henderson, pictured last week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade 34 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 35 News News Libs call Ford’s ‘interlaying’ with federal Tories unprecedented, but say they’re not worried

Meanwhile, Liberal MPs interviewed by media savvy and may understand campaign, which would be help- of Mr. Ford, is Pollster Nik Nanos says Continued from page 34 The Hill Times last week conceded that it’s who is delivering the message, ful for the federal Conservatives. likely to try to Ontario Premier Doug not unusual for provincial premiers to help “We’re growing across the then they lose credibility.” Conservative MPs interviewed push, and which out their federal cousins, but they said they country, we’re meeting new Meanwhile, Conservative MPs for this article also said that the Liberals Ford’s support is ‘very were referring to the degree of Mr. Ford’s in- people, hiring new people, we’re told The Hill Times that Mr. Ford considering that the provincial need to “watch volvement in federal politics. They described raising money, we’re constantly could help the federal Conserva- and federal riding boundaries in out for is that important’ to Andrew the Ontario premier’s strategy as an attempt putting out videos that go viral tives in winning the immigrant Ontario are almost the same, the the Liberals are to “disrupt” the government’s agenda, refer- against the Trudeau government,” vote, especially in the GTA area. Progressive Conservative provin- losing, they’ve Scheer’s Conservatives, ring to Mr. Ford’s opposition to the carbon said Mr. Ballingall. “[When we They said that Jason Kenney cial riding associations, and federal been losing elec- but also says Mr. Scheer tax, and disagreed that Ms. Wynne used to started in 2016], previously played a key role in Conservative ones could work tions,” from On- do the same when she was in office and Mr. Kathleen Wynne was our initial attracting the immigrant commu- together to win more seats in 2019. tario to Quebec has to ensure his personal Harper was the prime minister. focus, and Trudeau was our sec- nities to their party, which helped Nik Nanos, chair of Nanos to New Bruns- “The difference is that his [Mr. Ford’s] ondary, but now we’re focussing them in winning the 2006, 2008 Research, said having the premier wick. While Mr. brand is not ‘subsumed position in the way that he’s going about on Trudeau.” and 2011 elections. Now that Mr. of Canada’s most populous prov- Kenney has also it, is a much more controversial, spiteful Mr. Ballingall declined to say Kenney is out of the federal politi- ince, Mr. Ford, on side with the been vocal in by Doug Ford.’ things that he’s doing to influence rather how much money his group raised cal arena, Mr. Ford could prove to federal Conservatives is about ap- criticizing the than talking to people and being support- or how much money was spent be an asset in the about 50 GTA pealing to Ontarians who aren’t federal Liber- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, and Ontario Premier Doug Continued from page 1 ive,” said Mr. Gerretsen. “He’s actually out in the last provincial campaign, ridings where the new immigrant necessarily Conservative voters, als, Mr. Nanos Ford. Mr. Ford says he will help out Mr. Scheer win the next federal election and could help the federal there trying to disrupt the agenda of the saying that he would provide this vote plays a key role in deciding but who are disappointed with noted that un- Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands, Ont.) party win immigrant votes in the crucial GTA area. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade federal government.” information to the outcome. the Liberal government. like in Ontario, in an interview with The Hill Times. “I quite However, Mr. Gerretsen and other next month. Mr. Ballingall said his “We’ve got to crack Toronto,” Ontario, particularly suburban Alberta isn’t a honestly don’t understand Mr. Ford’s ratio- Que.) have been publicly exchanging verbal so since he became premier in June with a Liberal MPs said Mr. Ford’s forays into the organization wants to raise “a lot of” said four-term Conservative MP Ontario and the Greater Toronto key battleground nale behind that.” salvos since the former was elected as the landslide majority, ousting Ms. Wynne, and federal political arena are unlikely to affect money for the next federal elec- Dave Van Kesteren (Chatham- Area, will be a key federal battle- province and is Mr. Ford and Mr. Trudeau (Papineau, Ontario PC leader last year, and even more ending the 15-year Liberal control of the their party in 2019. tion campaign. Under the current Kent-Leamington, Ont.), chair of ground for the Conservatives in likely to swing vote-rich province, which is home to 121 of “I don’t think it’s effective outside of the rules, third parties can spend up the Ontario Conservative caucus, 2019, said Mr. Nanos, and in turn, Conservative the 338 federal electoral seats. base that he supports, and I certainly don’t to $200,000 in a federal election who is not seeking re-election. “If having its new premier, Mr. Ford, either way. In one of the first exchanges after becom- think it’s effective in properly representing campaign, but this is expected to there’d be one area that I think on side with Mr. Scheer’s federal In terms of ing premier, Mr. Ford accused Mr. Trudeau the people of Ontario,” said Mr. Gerretsen change with Bill C-76 which is we can be successful [with help Conservatives “is critical.” Ontario Proud’s of encouraging asylum seekers to “illegally” adding that, as premier, Mr. Ford should still before Parliament. Mr. Ball- from Mr. Ford], and should be “In terms of influence on the role in this enter into Canada, putting an additional be willing to work with any prime minister ingall said that Ontario Proud successful, it’s with the immigrant ground and organizationally, [Mr. conservative col- financial burden on the province to house Canadians elect. would target Mr. Trudeau and the population. Obviously, Doug and Ford] has an exceptional amount laboration, Mr. these people. He described Mr. Trudeau’s Liberal MPs also said they’re not wor- Liberals in 2019 on pipelines, the his team have been very success- of influence,” Mr. Nanos told The Nanos said it’s tweet last year, in which the prime minister ried about the work of Ontario Proud, a economy, defence, and the ethical ful in attracting that group. That Hill Times. likely to “mobi- said, “To those fleeing persecution, terror and Conservative online advocacy group, which lapses of this government’s senior would be an area, I think.” “He’s the premier of the big- lize” third-party war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless is seen by some as having been instru- ministers, including Mr. Trudeau. Mr. Van Kesteren dismissed gest province in the country. So, organizations on of your faith,” as the key reason why thou- “His inability to get the pipe- the Liberal MPs’ concern that Mr. in terms of organizational muscle, the left “to try to sands of refugees have crossed into Canada lines built; his broken promises on Ford’s involvement in federal poli- he’s a key player in the province even the playing from the U.S. in recent months. The provin- balancing the budget; his inability tics is unprecedented, arguing that of Ontario for any conservative, field” in the next cial government then proceeded to ask the to even tell us when we’re going to Ms. Wynne publicly clashed with provincial or federal, for any con- election. federal government to cough up $200-million balance the budget; our crumbling Mr. Harper. Also, he pointed out servative candidate.” “We’re going to defray the cost to help settle thousands of military; his ethical lapses; his that some of the PMO’s most senior Mr. Ford’s support for Mr. to see war on refugees in Ontario. arrogance; and just how his values staffers like Gerald Butts, principal Scheer is a signal to organizers social media In a July meeting with the premier at are out of sync with everyday Ca- secretary, and Katie Telford, chief and donors to get involved, said between third Queen’s Park, Mr. Trudeau responded by nadians,” said Mr. Ballingall will be of staff, in the past worked for Ms. Mr. Nanos. Along with organiza- parties [in 2019] The Liberal Party’s fundraising Ontario Proud letter, saying that Mr. Ford did not fully compre- some of the subjects of his orga- Wynne and were top officials in the tion on the ground, he said Mr. as they try to top, sent out on Oct. 26, and the ‘Worst Nightmare’ hend Canada’s refugee system and was not nization’s narrative why Liberals 2015 election campaign. Ford has a proven track record of influence voters letter sent out on Nov. 8. Images of the fundraising “aware of our international obligations to should not be re-elected in 2019. In the last election, the Trudeau doing well in suburban Ontario. right across the letters courtesy of the the UN convention on refugees as he might Liberal MP Liberals won 80 of the 121 federal. Federal Conservatives do well in board,” he said. have been, so I spent a little bit of time ex- (Spadina-Fort York, Ont.) said he The Conservatives won 33 seats and rural Ontario, said Mr. Nanos, but Ontario Proud plaining how the asylum system works and does not consider the campaign the New Democrats eight. The re- if the party really wants a “break- has attracted In terms of Mr. Ford’s sup- how our system is supposed to operate.” from Ontario Proud, or Mr. Ford’s distribution of electoral boundaries through” in 2019, it has to “break plenty of attention since launching port, Mr. Keller said federal More recently, Mr. Ford has described help to Mr. Scheer as a serious prior to the last election increased into the suburbs.” in 2016, but it’s far from the only Conservatives are eager to see the federal government’s carbon tax as a threat to his party’s re-election next the number of seats from 106 to 121. Moreover, jobs and the third-party group actively engaging the same voting coalition that “vote-buying scheme” and has publicly time around. In 2015, the Liberal boost seats in economy are traditionally key in the Canadian political process. just vaulted the Ontario PCs to made numerous statements opposing this “Doug Ford listens to nobody Ontario was a stark change from issues among Ontario voters, and Garry Keller, a former Conserva- majority government help the policy. In response, Intergovernmental but himself, and Andrew Scheer the 2011 election, when Liberals having Mr. Ford actively backing tive staffer and now a vice-president federal party win key seats in Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc (Beausé- listens to nobody but Doug Ford, won only 11, the Conservatives 73, his federal Conservative cousins at StrategyCorp, noted that the the GTA and 905-region, areas jour, N.B.) has advised the premier to focus Jeff Ballingall says that federal Liberals should I’m not worried,” said Mr. Vaughan, and the New Democrats 22. is about appealing to people who vast majority of the 115 third par- he called “very winnable for on Ontario and not meddle in federal po- watch out as his advocacy group, Ontario Proud, to Fami- Of the 338 national seats, aren’t necessarily conservative ties who registered with Elections the Conservatives in 2019.” litical issues. Last month, Mr. Ford declined is gearing up to target Mr. Trudeau in the next lies, Children and Social Develop- Ontario is home to more than voters, but who are disappointed Canada to advertise during the 2015 “Anything that Andrew Scheer to meet with the federal minister due to election. Photograph courtesy of Jeff Ballingall ment Minister Jean-Yves Duclos one-third, and plays a critical role with the Liberal government, said federal election were groups on the and his team can do to also take “scheduling constraints.” (Quebec, Que.). in deciding the outcome of any Mr. Nanos. left opposed to the Harper govern- advantage of the infrastructure And after Ford government’s announce- mental in helping Mr. Ford win the June As for the statistics that Mr. Ball- federal election. Quebec has 78 “Whether you love him or you ment (including some “explicitly” that’s already in place in those ment to cancel a planned French-language provincial election. The same organization, ingall provided about his advocacy federal seats, the second highest, don’t love him, [Mr. Ford] has a aimed against Mr. Harper, like the key ridings, I think that’s actually WATERFRONT COMMUNITY university and scrap the office of the led by Jeff Ballingall, a former Conserva- group’s ability to reach out to mil- British Columbia 42, Alberta 34, very pro-jobs, pro-economy per- group Voters Against Harper, or 101 a smart play,” he said. French-language services commissioner, tive staffer during the Stephen Harper gov- lions of people in the last provincial Saskatchewan and Manitoba 14 spective. He’s very pro-business, Reasons to Vote Against Harper). Collaboration between fed- Domaine du Vieux-Port is one of the Mr. Trudeau told reporters he was disap- ernment, is working to defeat the federal election, Mr. Vaughan said he had each, 32 seats in Atlantic Canada, and he clearly wants to stake out Other groups include organizations eral leaders and their provincial most prestigious and sought-after pointed with the decision. Last week, re- Liberals. no way to confirm the numbers, and one each in Yukon, Nunavut, that territory for himself,” he said. like LeadNow and powerful unions counterparts isn’t unusual—Mr. communities in the Ottawa-Gatineau porters asked Mr. Ford if he was planning In the provincial election, according to and therefore no way to gauge the and the Northwest Territories. While having Mr. Ford’s like Unifor. Trudeau got a hand from Ms. region. Exclusive and luxurious, this on running for prime minister, after he Mr. Ballingall, his organization’s content actual impact of Ontario Proud’s Five-term Conservative MP support is “very important” to “The left has benefitted for a Wynne, albeit to a lesser degree community, which is nestled beside a called on the federal government to scrap was viewed 63.4 million times on Facebook, campaign in the June election. David Tilson (Dufferin-Caledon, Mr. Scheer’s Conservatives, long time with third-party organi- given different circumstances in mature forest, includes a private marina the carbon tax, but the premier denied that and its tweets were viewed 2.1 million “Folks like Rabble media and Ont.), who is also not seek- Mr. Nanos warned that at the zations mobilizing both federally popularity in 2015, for example— and a waterfront spa. he had any such ambition. times. He said that to defeat the provincial Ontario Proud talk to themselves,” ing re-election in 2019, said the same time, the federal leader and provincially, and having a but Mr. Nanos noted the Ontario In recent weeks, the federal Liberals Liberals, his organization sent out more said Mr. Vaughan. “They have argu- federal Conservatives have some needs to ensure he doesn’t third party on the right do it, I PCs haven’t always had good On the banks of the Gatineau River and have been using Mr. Ford’s public state- than one million text messages, made 2.5 ments with their own friends about concerns about the cancelling have “his personal brand sub- think, is simply just an even re- relations with its federal cousins, only minutes from , ments, expressing his desire “to get rid of million phone calls, and 15,000 brochures things they agree with already. I of Franco-Ontarian services that sumed by Doug Ford, where balancing,” Mr. Keller said, adding noting for example the “awkward Trudeau’ ” along with the Conservative op- by car or by boat, this remarkable were distributed at transit stations. He said wouldn’t take it too seriously.” Mr. Ford announced recently, but he’s just kind of seen as being that Ontario Proud is not formally relationship” between the Mul- position to carbon tax to raise funds. that his advocacy group played a big part in Mr. Gerretsen agreed with Mr. the premier is known to keep his another Ford-type candidate.” affiliated with the Ontario PCs or roney government and former development features high-end “Yesterday, Andrew Scheer travelled to contemporary homes and condos with defeating the provincial Liberals. Vaughan’s point, and added that word and that gives him cred- The Liberals needs to mobilize the federal Conservatives. Ontario premier Mike Harris. meet Doug Ford at Queen’s Park—and they “We were able to reach millions and there’s no way to figure out exact- ibility with the party base and progressive voters in 2019, and What makes groups like “With the Conservatives being stunning panoramic views and gorgeous couldn’t have been more clear about their sunsets. millions of people and mobilize them to ly what affect the Ontario Proud potential supporters. Mr. Nanos said, “it’s a lot easier Ontario Proud effective, said Mr. united, they’re much more of a priorities,” read one fundraising letter from help defeat the Ontario Liberals,” said Mr. campaign had on the outcome of “Any man that does what he for them to run against Doug Keller, is the ability to quickly factor,” he said. the Liberal Party to supporters. “ ‘Getting rid Ballingall, who also previously worked at the next election. says he’s going to do and then Ford than Andrew Scheer.” reach out to a large number of Mr. Keller agreed that while You can also opt for one of our beautiful of Justin Trudeau,’ Ford said after the meet- the public affairs organization, Navigator. “They were feeding a narrative comes and stands up for Andrew “What we’re seeing is both the people, beyond the traditional the Ontario PCs and federal lot for sale, for auto-construction. ing. We’re not surprised. Conservatives have Today, Mr. Ballingall said his group is that a lot of people had already Scheer, I think, it will be good Liberals and the Conservatives voter base of parties, with “very Conservatives “didn’t work so Located along the river, they will no plan to fight climate change, and instead gearing up to get ready for the 2019 election kind of bought into and were for Mr. Scheer, as will the other playing politics at the national strong, simple messaging that closely together” in the past, welcome your ideal home in this idyllic they’re doubling down on the same inac- and Mr. Trudeau will be the target of their already supportive,” said Mr. Ger- Conservative premiers across this level but using provincial bicker- they can get out quickly and he said “it’s becoming obvious environment. tion that we saw under 10 years of Stephen campaign. He said that as a third-party, his retsen. “They do a good job of reit- country,” said Mr. Tilson. ing to try to achieve their goals,” that’s attractive to supporters” that there’s a willingness by Harper. They want to take money out of the advocacy group works independently and erating the message of their base. He said that Mr. Ford could he said. and which helps amplify and both sides to work closer to- pockets of middle class Canadians and make does not “take orders” from anyone. Once people identify the source, in make joint appearances with Mr. Mr. Nanos said one narrative “drive messages at the federal gether in the lead up to 2019.” 819.800.5254 pollution free again—but with your support, particular the ones that are social Scheer before and during the that Mr. Scheer, with the help and provincial level.” The Hill Times we won’t let that happen.” Continued on page 35

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader ‘Climate change Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Leader , and Environment Minister ultimate existential Catherine McKenna. Ms. May is suggesting the prime minister set up a 'war cabinet' to fi ght climate change and a special joint all-party parliamentary threat,’ PM Trudeau committee, similar to the committee in 1990. The Hill Times should appoint a war photographs by Andrew Meade cabinet to tackle this issue, says Green Party Leader May

Que.) to discuss the idea in detail. She said War cabinet should if the prime minister chooses to go ahead joint committee of Parliament on climate “I take any suggestion that Elizabeth be representative of with it, it would ultimately be Mr. Trudeau’s change that should be tasked with fi nding May has regarding how to fi ght climate decision as to how he wants to structure the practical solutions for Canada to address change, very seriously,” said Mr. Gerretsen. “I Parliament, says Green climate change cabinet. She, however, said climate change. She added that it could be would like to hear more about that proposal. that her suggestion would be that all parties modelled on the special all-party commit- I’m certainly of the mindset that this does Party Leader Elizabeth May should be represented in this cabinet. tee that studied the Meech Lake Accord in not need to be a partisan issue, we’re well “It should be representative of Parlia- 1990, which former prime minister Brian beyond that. The science is real. We’re seeing ment, so New Democrats, Liberals, Conser- Mulroney set up in his second mandate. it all around us and we need to start doing Continued from page 1 vatives, but preferably those who understand But a spokesman for the prime minister something to have meaningful change on “We’re not paying attention to the biggest climate issues,” said Ms. May. “We could put did not say clearly if the prime minister our climate agenda, not just in Canada or threat that’s in front of us.” together a solid effort that’s non-partisan.” would consider either of the two ideas individual provinces but globally.” Ms. May said she’s currently in the Ms. May said that another idea that proposed by Ms. May. Ms. May said she’s currently in the process of trying to get a sit-down meeting she would want to discuss with the prime “As the prime minister has said, we are process of writing down the details of both with Prime Minister Trudeau (Papineau, minister is to start a special all-party the fi rst generation to see the solution to the ideas and will share it with Mr. Trudeau and problem of climate change and we are the with the All Party Environment Caucus, last generation who are able to act on it,” which is scheduled to meet on Dec. 4 on the wrote PMO press secretary Matt Pascuzzo, Hill. Ms. May said she started this caucus in an email to The Hill Times. “We need to along with Liberal MP leave a clean, healthy planet for our kids ( North, Ont.) in 2011, who is now Please join us for and grandkids, which is why our govern- the Science Minister, and the caucus meets ment is taking real action to fi ght climate after every two weeks. Ms. Duncan now is a change. We are putting a price on pollution, member of Mr. Trudeau’s cabinet and holds YUKON DAYS phasing out coal fi red power plants, protect- the portfolio of Science and Sport. ing our oceans and investing in clean tech- At the next meeting of the all party RECEPTION nology. The prime minister is always happy Environment caucus, MPs will receive off to work with Ms. May on a variety of issues, the record briefi ngs from experts on what Tuesday, December 4th, 2018 including on fi ghting climate change.” can Canada can do to address the issue of According to the UN’s Intergovernmen- climate change. The caucus does not have Hosted by The Hon. , MP tal Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) land- a fi xed membership, and any MP can show mark report released last month, countries up to attend the meetings. Special Guests: Dominic LeBlanc around the world have 12 years to arrest NDP MP Nathan Cullen (Skeena-Bulkley Yukon Premier Sandy Silver climate change, or it will lead to devastat- Valley, B.C.) told The Hill Times that he does ing affects that will be irreversible, such as not believe the Trudeau government is seri- Yukon College President, the loss of ecosystems. At the 2015 climate ously addressing the climate change issue, Dr. Karen Barnes conference in Paris, 195 countries agreed and said therefore the idea of a war cabinet is to limit global warming to below 2 C above impractical. He said the Liberals are good at pre-industrial levels, and make efforts to consulting but not in taking concrete action. Tuesday, December 4th, 2018 limit it to 1.5 C. The IPCC report examined However, Mr. Cullen said his party would the effects of global warming of 1.5 C above agree to be part of any parliamentary com- 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. pre-industrial levels, compared to 2 C above mittee if the government agreed in advance Wellington Building | Room 430 pre-industrial levels. For this examination, to give the committee power to come up with 180 Wellington Street (MP Entrance) the experts reviewed 6,000 scientifi c reports, binding targets and concrete actions. In the 197 Sparks Street (Stakeholder/Public Entrance) and the fi nal report was penned and edited absence of that, Mr. Cullen said that an all- by scientifi c experts from 40 countries. party committee would be another process According to the report, the global body to study an issue, which is not needed. Please RSVP by Tuesday, November 27th, 2018 warming will likely hit 1.5 C between 2030- “We would only see virtue in sitting down 2052, at the current rates, and determined at an all-party table if that table had the [email protected] that the negative impacts of global warming power to actually legislate targets and ac- or 613-241-3512 x 236 are signifi cantly higher at 2 C compared tions rather than just being another advisory to 1.5 C. The report recommended that the group of the government,” said Mr. Cullen. Staff are welcome! global warming must be limited to 1.5 C. Conservative MP Michael Cooper (St. The IPCC report will be presented at Albert-Edmonton, Alta.) said he takes next month’s United Nation’s Climate Con- climate change seriously, but called both ference in Katowice, Poland. of Ms. May’s ideas impractical. He said In interviews with The Hill Times last climate change is not the only important week, MPs from different parties offered issue, but said there are other issues such as mixed reactions to Ms. May’s ideas. the economy, and the pipelines that are also Liberal MP (Kingston important and must be tackled urgently. and the Islands, Ont.) told The Hill Times “It is an important issue, but the Presented by that he takes Ms. May’s views on environ- economy is an important issue, getting our Yukon University ment and climate change very seriously, but energy to markets is an important issue, said he’d want to get more concrete details there’re a number of issues that we have to from Ms. May about her specifi c ideas of tackle,” said Mr. Cooper. “We need to tackle war cabinet, and an all-party committee on them together.” climate change before offering any opinion. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 37

Along with Ms. DeMarsico, also cur- 2014. Ms. Fry has been the Liberal MP for rently working on policy in the minis- Vancouver Centre, B.C., since 1993. ter’s offi ce under Mr. Daube are advisers Patricia Beh is director of policy to Benjamin Prud’homme, Farzin Yousefi an, Mr. Rodriguez, while Maxime Dea is hill climbers and Whitney Morrison. Former policy ad- chief of staff. viser Jessica Prince is chief of staff to Ms. Wilson-Raybould. Cheesbrough joins Minister by Laura Ryckewaert Bennett scoops up former Goodale’s team Public Safety and Emergency Prepared- Rodriguez adviser ness Minister Ralph Goodale recently Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister welcomed veteran Liberal staffer Eliza- New policy has a couple of new aides beth Cheesbrough to his offi ce as a senior in her ministerial offi ce. policy adviser, as of Oct. 29. For one thing, Chloe Van Bussel joined Ms. Cheesbrough joins the minister’s the minister’s staff team on Oct. 19 as the team from Liberal MP Adam Vaughan’s new assistant to the parliamentary secre- offi ce, where she’s been working as an director, adviser tary, Liberal MP . assistant to the MP for Spadina-Fort York, Ms. Van Bussel moved to Ottawa from Ont. since he was elected in a June 2014 Québec City in last month. Up until the byelection. Oct. 1 provincial election, which saw for Justice Minister now-premier François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec party take power, Ms. Van Bussel was a staffer under the former Que- bec Liberal government, last as a policy ad- viser to then-Quebec native affairs minister Wilson-Raybould Geoffrey Kelley. She started out working at the national assembly as an aide to Mr. Kelley as the MNA for Jacques-Cartier, Que. at the beginning of 2016. Policy adviser Jessica Morrison is another recent addition to Ms. Bennett’s team, having started on the job on Nov. 7. She joined the minister’s offi ce straight from Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s offi ce, where she’d been work- ing as a policy adviser since January, start- ing under then-minister Mélanie Joly, who Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, pictured at is now the Minister for Tourism, Offi cial a press conference with Health Minister Ginette Languages, and La Francophonie. Petitpas-Taylor, Justice Minister Jody Wilson- Raybould, and Border Security Minister . Jessica The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade Morrison is now She started out working on the Hill in a policy 1998 as a special assistant to then secretary adviser to of state for parks, Liberal MP Andy Mitch- Minister ell. She stuck with Mr. Mitchell through Bennett. his subsequent posts as secretary of state Photograph Here comes the justice minister: Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould has a new director of for rural development, and as minister of courtesy of Indian affairs and northern development, policy, Nicholas Daube, and a new policy adviser, Nicola Langille, among other recent political LinkedIn staffi ng changes on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade until 2004, when she joined then-human resources and skills development minis- from both the University of Toronto and ter Joe Volpe’s offi ce. Ms. Cheesbrough Elizabeth Cheesbrough Columbia University in New York City, and followed Mr. Volpe to his next cabinet post articled with McCarthy Tétrault. as citizenship and immigration minister recently joined Public Along with Mr. Daube, Nicola Langille A national fi eld organizer for the fed- before the Liberal government was de- was recently hired on as a new policy ad- eral Liberals in Manitoba during the 2015 feated in 2006, after which she served as an Safety Minister Ralph viser in Ms. Wilson-Raybould’s offi ce; she election, Ms. Morrison started off working executive assistant to Mr. Volpe as the MP Goodale’s offi ce as a new started on Nov. 13. for the Trudeau government as an issues for Eglinton-Lawrence, Ont. manager and Western regional affairs Since then, she’s also been an assistant senior policy adviser. Nicola adviser to Public Safety Minister Ralph to now-former Liberal MP Judy Foote, Langille Goodale, ultimately spending two years in and was a policy adviser in the Liberal is a new the minister’s offi ce before moving over to research bureau under as interim anada’s federal Justice Minister Jody policy heritage. Liberal leader. CWilson-Raybould has strengthened her adviser to While studying a bachelor’s degree in Marci Surkes is chief of staff to Mr. ministerial policy team, including hiring the Justice political science and government at the Goodale. former Ontario Liberal adviser Nicholas Minister. University of Manitoba, she spent a year as Meanwhile, Environment and Climate Daube to take over as director of policy in Photograph vice-president of student services for the Change Minister Catherine McKenna has her offi ce. courtesy of university’s students’ union. Ms. Morrison made some changes to her communica- He offi cially joined Ms. Wilson-Ray- LinkedIn is also a former page at Manitoba’s Legis- tions staff line-up. bould’s staff team on Nov. 19, and replaces lative Assembly in Winnipeg. Eric Campbell, who had been acting former policy director Keith Smith, who In belated staffi ng news, policy and as director of communications, is now a exited the role as of Sept. 18. Since then, regional affairs adviser Annalisa Harris senior adviser for communications and senior policy adviser Audrey DeMarisco left Ms. Bennett’s offi ce in March. She had strategy to the minister. Mr. Campbell fi rst had been fi lling in as acting policy director Ms. Langille has moved to Ottawa from been working for the minister since the joined Ms. McKenna’s offi ce in July, step- to the minister. Yellowknife, N.W.T., to work for the minister, beginning of 2016. ping in as interim communications director Before coming to Ottawa to work on having spent roughly the past year-and-a- Daniel Pujdak is now director of policy after Julia Kilpatrick went on maternity Parliament Hill, Mr. Daube was busy at half as a staff lawyer for criminal law with to Ms. Bennett, while Annie Aningmiuq leave. work at Queen’s Park in Toronto, last as the Legal Aid Commission of the Northwest and Emmaline English are policy and He’s a former director of communica- director of Ontario-U.S. relations in then- Territories. Before then, she spent almost two regional affairs advisers. Sarah Welch is tions and outreach for the Smart Prosper- Ontario Liberal premier Kathleen Wynne’s years as an associate with Henein Hutchi- chief of staff. ity Institute, a former director of programs offi ce, which he fi rst joined in November son LLP in Toronto, focused on criminal Over in Mr. Rodriguez’s offi ce, the min- and services for QUEST (Quality Urban 2017, as noted on his LinkedIn account. and regulatory law, from 2015 to 2017. Firm ister has already welcomed a new policy Energy Systems of Tomorrow), and a for- Mr. Daube fi rst began working at partner Marie Henein—who is currently rep- adviser on board, with Sara Korajian hav- mer principal with PaperBag Consulting in Queen’s Park in February 2015 as a senior resenting vice-admiral Mark Norman—was ing joined the minister’s team as a policy Ottawa, amongst other past roles. policy adviser to then-fi nance minister representing former CBC personality Jian and western and northern regional affairs Ms. Kilpatrick remains on maternity Charles Sousa, and before joining the Ghomeshi, whose high-profi le sexual assault adviser on Nov. 8. In this role, she’ll be leave, set to return this winter, and in turn, premier’s offi ce he briefl y served as direc- case was in court in 2016, while Ms. Langille responsible for the Indigenous languages press secretary Caroline Thériault has tor of policy to the province’s minister of was at the fi rm. Ultimately, Mr. Ghomeshi and performing arts fi les. stepped up as the minister’s new interim di- environment and climate change, starting was acquitted of all charges. Before joining the heritage minister’s rector of communications. Ms. Thériault has under then-minister Glen Murray and end- Having studied law at McGill Univer- offi ce, Ms. Korajian had been working in been press secretary to Ms. McKenna since ing under then-minister Chris Ballard. sity, Ms. Langille also previously spent a the Liberal research bureau on the Hill March and before then was an assistant to Prior to entering political work, Mr. year clerking for Supreme Court Justice as a special assistant for operations and Foreign Affairs Minister ’s Daube spent almost seven years working as Clément Gascon, and spent the summer western and northern regional affairs since parliamentary secretary for Canada-U.S. a lawyer: almost two-and-a-half years with of 2014 as a student with the Ontario early 2017. relations, Liberal MP Andrew Leslie. Adair Morse LLP, and the rest as a lawyer Attorney General’s crown criminal law A Vancouver native, she previously Marlo Raynolds is chief of staff to Ms. with Norton Rose Fulbright, both in Toronto. offi ce. She also has a bachelor’s degree in spent more than two-and-a-half years as McKenna. He has a bachelor’s degree in political stud- political science and government from the a parliamentary assistant to Liberal MP [email protected] ies from Queen’s University, law degrees University of Toronto. on the Hill, starting in September The Hill Times 38 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Feature Spin Doctors By Laura Ryckewaert “Expense claims by former governors general have come under scrutiny. Should the program allowing such claims be changed?”

CAMERON CORY MÉLANIE ÉRIC ROD AHMAD HANN RICHER COUTURE LEGGETT Liberal strategist Conservative strategist NDP strategist Bloc Québécois strategist Green strategist

hroughout our his- think a lot of Canadians n the wake of a spending ike ‘Michelle ma belle,’ expenses e cannot ask Canadians “Ttory, governors general “I were left scratching their “Iscandal surrounding the for- “Land governors general are “Wto tighten their belts and have served Canadians with heads when these large bills mer governor general, the NDP words that go together well. Actu- have retirees of a patronage po- distinction, representing our came to light and the fact Ca- believes Canadians deserve trans- ally, they go so well that the role of sition spending millions of dol- country at home and around nadians were the ones left with parency and accountability from Governor General is nothing but lars. It just doesn’t add up. The the world, bringing people the bill. While former heads of their government. It is a problem an expense. We have a good plan to program should be changed. together, and championing state often remain involved in that Canadians only learned change this program: get rid of the “For reasons of account- many different important government-related activities about the former governor gen- monarchy. No governor general, no ability and effi ciency, spending causes. and charitable causes when they eral’s expense claims through the lieutenant governor, no oath to the caps should put in place and “As per a convention that are fi nished their formal duties, media. It shows that the Liberal Queen. A pure and simple democracy indexed according to when our has long been observed—un- there’s a lot of fair questions government has a lot of work to with no one above the people, that’s monarch’s representative leaves der different governments and being asked about its appropri- do in terms of transparency. the change we look for. public service. It’s understand- prime ministers—they receive ateness. “Canadians deserve a gov- “For some strange reason, Canada able that David Johnston’s ex- support from the government “When you no longer hold ernment that doesn’t hide these is attached to its monarchy. Quebec penses remain reasonably high, in the years following their any formal role in our democra- things from them and instead isn’t. We pay millions of dollars to be but the extent of Ms. Clarkson’s time in offi ce as they continue cy is it right for Canadians to be spends money to improve reminded that there’s someone that is spending can no longer be to remain active in public life. denied explanation of expenses people’s lives. more important than all of us. As sym- justifi ed. Some may argue that “While governors general you incur but they cover? When “The NDP is also concerned bolic as it may be, monarchy sends these expenses are a drop in are people who have stepped it comes to taxpayer dollars, it’s that Canadians pay $100,000 a a bad signal. To have a ruler? Come the bucket, but like the Crown up and offered a great deal reasonable for Canadians to be year in offi ce expenses for this on! The Middle Ages are over, it’s the itself, the symbolic value is not of service to their country, asking for greater transparency. former governor general when twenty-fi rst century, let’s not be nos- negligible. Canadians rightfully expect “The government should she no longer appears to be em- talgic of an era of courts and nobles “A 2007 Angus Reid poll accountability and transpar- examine these cases and revisit ployed by the government. This and people we should kneel to. found that more than half of Ca- ency when it comes to how their policies accordingly. For ex- is wrong, and we can use that “But for now, Canada wants to nadians want to cut links with public money is spent. ample, how long should taxpay- money more appropriately. be ruled and for us, the Bloc Québé- the monarchy. Once the Prince “As the prime minister ers be on the hook for someone “Instead, the government cois, it’s another reason why Que- of Wales ascends to the throne, recently said, we are go- no longer in the role? Is it a few could use that money to fi ght bec doesn’t belong in this country. the will to sever the link may ing to ensure that we move years? Does it actually have to to make a real difference in Adrienne Clarkson, Michaëlle Jean, also ascend. forward with this program in be for life? the lives of Canadians who are and David Johnston have been use- “And so, though Canada a thoughtful way—to ensure “I respect the role of governor facing increases in costs and less for democracy, meaningless for should retain its status as a that public support is struc- general and sometimes it may fewer opportunities. From rising the welfare of citizens, and absurd as constitutional monarchy, let’s ture to follow best practices require helping them continue out-of-pocket health costs, to symbols. We (every single one of us) honour the monarchy, its repre- and meet the expectations of some of the work they do, but out-of-control housing prices, to pay them to represent something we sentative, and its symbols at the Canadians.” years after they have left the an environment under threat, Ca- don’t need. lowest possible cost.” position, and have moved on in nadians are disappointed with the “Now, to get rid of the monarchy their career, is it necessary to current government for its failure would mean to open the constitution continue to cover expenses in the to deliver actual help. and that won’t happen. So the easiest hundreds of thousands of dol- “These are the issues that change for Quebecers is indepen- lars annually? At the least, that matter most to Canadians, and dence. And trust me, when Quebec should be part of any look the the NDP is determined to make a will be independent, there’ll be no government gives this.” positive difference in the lives of king, no queen, no governor general— Canadians.” no one above the people of Quebec.”

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spends most of her time in the pool coach- Now-retired Rio Olympic ing or mentoring. After competing at the Olympic level, she said it can be diffi cult to swimmers Brittany McLean swim recreationally. Party Central walked into Mr. MacAu- and Hillary Caldwell were at lay’s party while a video of him throughout the Chicken Farmers’ event, the years was playing, which ended with Mr. MacAulay himself thanking the crowd promoting a partnership for supporting him and his wife, Frances. Chicken Farmers of Ontario’s Tim Green Party Leader Elizabeth Quite a few Liberal ministers were spotted Liberal MP and Stuart Klompmaker, and Liberal MP Francis May and Chicken Farmers of between the Chicken in the crowd, including Health Minister Nikkel, Manitoba Chicken Producers. Drouin. Canada’s Lauren Kennedy. Ginette Petitpas-Taylor, Crown-Indigenous Farmers and Swimming Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett, Gov- Canada. ernment House Leader , MacAulay celebrates 30 years on and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister f you were looking to party hop last Dominic LeBlanc, who was looking fash- Parliament Hill ...’MAAAGINE! Iweek, Nov. 21 would have been the night ionable in a sealskin coat. for you. At least fi ve parties in the Parlia- Conservative MP told mentary Precinct had people mingling, jiv- Party Central about a trip he took with Mr. ing, and sharing a bite to eat with friends. MacAulay that really bonded them togeth- The Sir John A Macdonald Building had er, despite sitting on opposite sides of the a distinctly Atlantic fl are to it that night, aisle. Mr. Blaney was one of several guests with the Newfoundland and Labrador wearing MacAulay-themed buttons, which Tourism Association holding its second he said he found on the tables throughout annual Newfoundland Shed Party in the the room. building, and in a room nearby, Agriculture Later in the night, Mr. Blaney was Minister Lawrence MacAulay held a party spotted talking to Defence Minister Harjit th to celebrate his 30 consecutive year as an Sajjan, who also hit up the nearby Shed elected Member of Parliament. Party later in the night. Though Party The Chicken Farmers of Canada also Central missed it amid the night’s party Intergovernmental Affairs Minister held its annual showcase in the Wellington hopping, social media confi rmed Prime Dominic LeBlanc and Senate Speaker Guests sported many Building; the Canadian Medical Associa- Minister Justin Trudeau was at the party to George Furey. Mr. MacAulay thanks the crowd. buttons of Mr. MacAulay. tion held its second annual Hill reception celebrate Mr. MacAulay and spoke a few at the National Arts Centre; and the Fed- words. eration of Canadian Municipalities’ held an Others celebrating Mr. MacAulay’s long advocacy days reception in the Drawing tenure included House Speaker Geoff Re- Room of the Château Laurier. gan, Senate Speaker George Furey, PMO Party Central started at the Chicken Canada-U.S. relations director Brian Clow, Farmers’ showcase, which was invite only, and Liberal MPs Kyle Peterson, , then headed to Mr. MacAulay’s reception, and Roger Cuzner, and Alexandra Mendès fi nally popped into the Newfoundland Shed were also spotted, but with more than 300 Party. All three were hopping, and party hop- people in the room there were probably ping seemed to be the key theme of the night. many others. Several young children were The Chicken Farmers’ party featured also in the room. several hors d’oeuvres, including a cold The food looked to be simple platter kabob consisting of chicken, cheese, and fare, such as fruit, cheese, and veggies, but apples covered in a sweet cinnamon glaze. most was eaten by the time Party Central Mr. MacAulay and Health Minister Ginette Petitpas-Taylor. Trade Minister Jim Carr, right, in conversation. The main dish of the night was a hard shell arrived. Mr. MacAulay’s party was not as taco with pulled chicken, along with cur- liberal on the libations, it seems, as it was a ried, coconut, or soy breaded chicken. The cash bar. food was good, but a few people remarked Anyone looking for a drink, of course, the taco shells were a bit stale. could just head to the Shed Party down- As expected, MPs from rural ridings stairs, where craft Newfoundland spirits came out in force, including Liberal Francis were on the menu. Newfoundland screech Drouin, Conservatives Bev Shipley, Ed chocolates were also on sample, as were Dreesheen, , Cheryl Gal- other Newfoundland-inspired eats. It was lant, , , Denis diffi cult to hear anyone in any of the three Paradis, Kerry Diotte, and NDP Alistair parties that night, but particularly so at this MacGregor. Bloc MP Xavier Barsalou-Du- shindig amongst the large crowd and loud val and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May Newfoundland music. Mr. Trudeau even were also spotted. stopped by to sing a tune, with a video clip The most interesting guests of the night shared by Veterans Affairs Minister Sea- Certificate & Advanced Certificate in Lean for the public sector were probably former Olympic swimmers mus O’Regan on social media. Brittany McLean and Hillary Caldwell, Gerald Butts, Mr. Trudeau’s principal who were both medalists at the 2016 secretary, was in the crowd, as was Na- Rio Summer Olympics. They were there tional Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthilli- Alpen Path Solutions promoting the partnership between the er. CTV News’ Rachels, including Rachel Lean Training Centre & Micro Lab Chicken Farmers’ and Swimming Canada, Aiello, Rachel Gilmore, and Rachel Swatek and Ms. McLean told Party Central about were also spotted, along with their new col- alpenpathsolutions.com/training • 613.680.2953 what it’s like to be a retired swimmer. league Annie Bergeron Oliver. [email protected] While she still loves the sport, she said OVER 25 YEARS OF GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE she’s expanding her repertoire, and now The Hill Times 40 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES

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MONDAY, NOV. 26 House Is Sitting—The House is sitting, Monday to Friday, Nov. 26-Dec. 14. While the House will adjourn for six weeks until Jan. 28, 2019, the occupants of Centre Block are scheduled to be moved to the West Block, the Government Conference Centre, and other The Pearson Centre's conference on Nov. 26 will focus on year four of this Parliament and what this Parliament needs to accomplish in the year ahead before buildings in the Parliamentary Precinct. The Centre the next election in 2019. Held at the Delta Hotel in Ottawa, at 11:30 a.m., there will be a panel on priorities of the political parties and the Senate, with Block is expected to be closed for 10 years for a mas- Liberal MP , NDP MP Nathan Cullen, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, and ISG Sen. Yuen Pau Woo. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade sive rehabilitation and renovation project, so that’s until at least 2029, folks. The Year Four Conference: Tying Up Loose Ends—The members; $50 for non-members; corporate tables $245 Randall Bartlett, chief economist, of the Institute of Fiscal from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the Shaw Centre (for information Pearson Centre’s conference will focus on year four for Ottawa Board of Trade members; and $350 for non- Studies and Democracy (IFSD)—Thu., Nov. 29, 9:30 on the reception contact Naomi Sarazin at NSarazin@ of this Parliament and what this Parliament needs to members. Register online: www.ottawachamber.ca a.m.-11 a.m. With the 2019 federal election less than afn.ca or 613-241-6789 ext. 135). Information and a accomplish in the year ahead before the next election Ottawa Economics Association (OEA) Workshop: The one year away and new provincial governments across provisional agenda for the Special Chiefs Assembly are in 2019. Ministers, MPs from all parties, and Senators State of Canada’s Aerospace Industry—Join the OEA for the country, Kevin Page and Randall Bartlett will walk available on the AFN website at www.afn.ca are invited to talk about what they plan to do in the a presentation of the latest facts and fi gures on the you through the IFSD’s analysis on what to watch for Yukon Days Reception Brings the Yukon to Ottawa— year ahead. Key business, labour, academia, NGOs, Canadian aerospace industry, examining its economic in the coming budget period and beyond. From debt Yukon Liberal MP Larry Bagnell invites all Parliamen- and other will put forward their top priorities for govern- impact, global value chains, and innovation practices. and defi cits to carbon pricing and infrastructure lapses, tarians and staff to attend the annual Yukon Days ment action. 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Nov. 26. At 8:30 Impact Hub Ottawa, 123 Slater St, 6th Floor. OEA there is no shortage of subjects to dive into. IFSD, Reception with special guests, Intergovernmental and a.m., there will be a panel on the political climate with Members: Free; Non-members: $20. Pre-registration 115 Séraphin-Marion Pvt., Room 107, University of Northern Affairs and Internal Trade Minister, Dominic Hill & Knowlton’s Kevin Bosch, former top staffer in the online is mandatory due to limited space. Tuesday, Ottawa. OEA members: free; non-members: $20. Pre- LeBlanc, Yukon Premier, Sandy Silver, and Yukon Liberal Research Bureau. At 9:45 a.m., former Ontario Nov. 27, 9 a.m.-10 a.m. Private event—no media. registration online is mandatory due to limited space. College President, Dr. Karen Barnes, on Tuesday, Dec. premier Dalton McGuinty will talk about “What is Year Visit cabe.ca for details, membership information and Visit cabe.ca for details, membership information and 4, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at 180 Wellington, Four About?” At 10 a.m., there will be a panel on eco- registration. registration. Room 430. Please RSVP torsvp@blueskystrategygroup. nomic priorities, with: FCM’s Brock Carlton, Council for Senators and the High Commissioner for South Africa FRIDAY, NOV. 30 com (Public entrance at 197 Sparks Street) Aboriginal Business’ J.P. Gladu, Carleton University’s Host Reception—South African High Commissioner FRIDAY, DEC. 7 Ian Lee, CFIB’s Corinne Pohlman, and C4TF’s Toby to Canada Sibongiseni Dlamini-Mntambo along with G20 Leaders’ Summit—Argentina will host G20 lead- Sanger. At 11:30 a.m., there will be a panel on priorities Canadian Senators Wanda Thomas Bernard, Marilou ers, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in Buenos Prime Minister to Host First Ministers’ Meeting and of the political parties and the Senate, with Liberal MP McPhedran and Mary Coyle are holding an invitation- Aires. Nov. 30-Dec. 1. Meeting With National Indigenous Leaders—Prime Min- Ruby Sahota, NDP MP Nathan Cullen, Green Party only reception to launch the UN 16 Days of Activism SATURDAY, DEC. 1 ister Justin Trudeau will host a fi rst ministers’ meeting Leader Elizabeth May, and ISG Sen. Yuen Pau Woo. At against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, along with and a meeting with national Indigenous leaders on Dec. 12:30 p.m., there will be a working lunch and a conversa- Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, under secretary general of TOK Ottawa Free Symposium for Emerging Writers, Poets, 7 in Montreal. He will be joined by Dominic LeBlanc, tion with Environment Minister Catherine McKenna. the UN and executive director of UN Women. Tuesday, Readers—TOK, the digital magazine of Diaspora Dialogues minister of intergovernmental affairs, northern affairs At 1:30 p.m., there will be a panel on the private and the Nov. 27, 5 p.m.-7 p.m., Room 100, Sir John A. Mac- is organizing and hosting TOK Ottawa, a two-day free sym- and international trade. The fi rst ministers will discuss public sector, with: Canadian Chamber of Commerce donald Building, Parliament Hill, 144 Wellington St., posium for Ottawa’s emerging writers/poets and readers the new USMCA and how to diversify international president Perrin Beatty, PIPSC president Debi Daviau RSVP [email protected] November 30 (Bronson Centre) and Dec.2018, 1, 2018 trade while improving trade within Canada’s own and Innovation Medicines Canada’s Pamela Fralick. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28 ( main branch). More info and to bordes. First ministers will also meet with leaders of At 2 p.m., there will be a panel on economic and social register: http://tokmagazine.ca/tok-ottawa-symposium the AFN, the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and the Métis innovation, with: uToronto’s Kerry McCuaig, gold medal Liberal Caucus Meeting—The Liberals will meet in MONDAY, DEC. 3 National Council to discus how all governments can kayaker Adam van Koeverden, the Catholic Centre for Room 237-C Centre Block on Parliament Hill. For more contribute to continued economic growth and prosper- Immigrants’ Carl Nicholson, and Indigenous youth information, please contact Liberal Party media rela- The Exchange Toronto: Conversations to Inspire itiy for Indigenous peoples. For more information, call activist Dara Wawatay Chabot. At 3:30 p.m., there will tions at [email protected] or 613-627-2384. Change, Featuring Anita Hill—With host Nicole Stamp, the PMO Press Offi ce at (613) 957-5555. be a panel on the environment and the economy, with Conservative Caucus Meeting—The Conservatives moderator Sally Armstrong, auctionista Layne, and MONDAY, DEC. 10 researcher Dr. Marion Barfuth, Clean Prosperity’s Mark will meet for their national caucus meeting. For more musical guest Iskwé. Anita Hill sparked a cultural shift Cameron, Environment and Energy Effi ciency’s Eliza- information, contact Cory Hann, director of com- on sexual harassment when she testifi ed against Clar- Parliamentary Transatlantic Forum—The Canadian NATO beth Macdonald, the Insurance Bureau of Canada’s munications with the Conservative Party of Canada at ence Thomas, in front of a national television audience Parliamentary Association will take part on Dec. 10 in the Craig Stewart; and the Telfer School of Management’s [email protected]. at his Supreme Court confi rmation hearing in 1991. Parliamentary Transatlantic Forum in Washington, D.C. Stephane Tywoniak. The daylong conference will take NDP Caucus Meeting—The NDP caucus will meet Monday, Dec. 3, 7 a.m. breakfast and reception; 8:30 The Parliamentary Calendar is a free events listing. place at the Delta Hotel Ottawa. For more info: www. from 9:15-11 a.m. in the Wellington Building. For a.m. presentation; and 10 a.m. reception continues. Send in your political, cultural, diplomatic, or governmental thepearsoncentre.ca more information, please contact the NDP Media Cen- Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building, 255 event in a paragraph with all the relevant details under the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC) An- tre at 613-222-2351 or [email protected]. Front St. W. Funds raised from The Exchange will sup- subject line ‘Parliamentary Calendar’ to news@hilltimes. nual Reception on the Hill—Nov. 26, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 Bloc Québécois Meeting—The Bloc Québécois cau- port the Canadian Women’s Foundation programs that com by Wednesday at noon before the Monday paper or by p.m. Room 256-S Centre Block. Please join fi re chiefs cus is still on Wednesday morning in La Francophonie help women move out of poverty and violence and into Friday at noon for the Wednesday paper. We can’t guaran- from across the country to celebrate the contributions Room (263-S, Centre Block) starting at 9:30 a.m. confi dence and leadership. For more information, con- tee inclusion of every event, but we will defi nitely do our of parliamentarians to the fi re sector during CAFC’s Event in Honour of Holocaust Education Month—Pro- tact Gurpreet Chahal, manager, philanthropy, events: best. Events can be updated daily online too. annual GR week. This reception is for MPs, Senators, fessor Amos Guitar will talk about “The Crime Complic- [email protected]. The Hill Times and their staffers. ity: The Bystander in ,” on Nov. 28 at Public Policy Forum’s Fall Dinner: The Real Deal on The 67th Westminster Seminar on Practice and Pro- 7 p.m. at the Soloway JCC, 21 Nadolny Sachs Priv., Canada-U.S. Relations—On Dec. 3, join U.S. Ambas- cedure—The Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Ottawa. Hosted by the Shoah Committee of the Jewish sador David MacNaughton, Washington journalists Parliamentary Association will take part in the 67th Federation of Ottawa. For more information, please Luiza Savage of Politico adn Ali Velshi of MSNBC, and Extra! Extra! Westminster Seminar on Practice and Procedure on contact Lindsay Gottheil at 613-798-4696, ext. 355. renowned academic Janice Gross Stein of the Munk Nov. 26 in London, U.K. THURSDAY, NOV. 29 School as they unpack the state of U.S. politics and its RReadead tthehe ffullull Global Affairs Canada Spirit of Giving Gala—To be impacts on Canada. Monday, Dec. 3, 5 p.m.-9 p.m., held Friday, Nov. 26, at the Museum of History. Tickets Bacon and Eggheads Breakfast: What Will It Take for Sahw Centre (Trillium Ballroom), 55 Colonel By Dr., ParliamentaParliamentaryry are $75. The gala is in support of the Government of Canada to Finally Solve Indigenous Water Health Chal- Ottawa. Get tickets at: ppforum.ca Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign. Funds raised lenges?—With Madjid Mohseni, University of British CCalendaralendar go to the United Way, HealthPartners, as well as other Columbia, is a talk presented by the Partnership Group WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4 registered Canadian charities designated by donors. for Science and Engineering (PAGSE).Thursday, Nov. Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assem- online TUESDAY, NOV. 27 29, 7:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m.Sir John A. Macdonald (SJAM) bly—FromDec. 4-6, hundreds of First Nations leaders, Building, Room 100. Free for Members of the House, Elders, youth, and delegates will gather on unceded Ottawa Mayor’s Breakfast Series—Canadian Heritage Senators, parliamentary staff, and media. Others $25. Algonquin Territory in Ottawa, Ont., for the AFN’s an- Minister Pablo Rodriguez will take part in Ottawa Mayor Breakfast included. Pre-registration is required by nual December Special Chiefs Assembly. First Nations Jim Watson’s Breakfast Series on Nov. 27 at Ottawa November 26 by contacting Meghan Johnson at mjohn- leaders and representatives will discuss current issues City Hall. Registration is at 7 a.m., followed by a buffet [email protected] or 613-868-7437. and priorities and set direction for the coming year. A breakfast at 7:30 a.m., and the presentation at 8 a.m. Ottawa Economics Association (OEA) Workshop: Fiscal parliamentary reception will be held for parliamentar- Individual tickets are: $35 for Ottawa Board of Trade Outlook 2018 feat. Kevin Page, president and CEO, and ians, diplomats, and First Nation leaders on Dec. 4

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