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ISSUE 590 ISSUE | NEW PAGE 8 COMING CHINA TO OTTAWA THINK TANK THINK TANK MPs from all three major parties say they all three MPs from a few NDP and Liberal MPs However, subject on which Mr. trade is a rare Free DEVELOPMENT | Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. candidates Donald Trump Presidential ‘Good politics, but it’s terrible but it’s politics, ■ ‘Good MP Ritz of Trump. Tory says policy,’ reject the protectionist positions of leading positions the protectionist reject candidates on free United States presidential would trade, warning that a thicker US border harm businesses and workers in both countries. trade similar concerns over free expressed to those raised by Hillaryagreements Clinton, Bernie Sanders and, of course, Donald Trump over the past year. appear to Trump Sanders, Ms. Clinton and Mr. or at least to hold common concerns. agree, a pledged in September to force Trump Mr. Liberal, Tory, NDP MP Liberal, Tory, protectionist talk by Trump, Sanders Trump, by protectionist talk Peter Mazereeuw WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016 WEDNESDAY, | OTTAWA OTTAWA DEFENCE | Continued on Page 3 Continued on Page Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page . But numbers from the most recent the most recent But numbers from reservists have Only 11 cases from also significantly lower Numbers are “I’m not even asking for parity, but I “I’m not even asking for parity, Though she said she was unsure why she would see it as “I’m not sure with the department’s personnel and legal with the department’s services branch. low. financial year are the 2015-16 so far from been processed said, totalling Maj. Brown financial year, com- $106,402 in severance pay—that’s to $6.81 million for 1,125 reservists pared in 2014-15 and $12.35 million for 2,170 reservists in 2013-14. to the though not forces, in the regular For the 2015-16 financial same degree. pro- severance payments were year, cessed for 682 members at about $17.21 than half much more not million. That’s in 2014- of the $29.06 million processed 15 for 1,319 members; and the even- higher $39.69 million for 1,906 releases in 2013-14. find it surprising that, for example, the six Liberals, of the six members, it’s men. I find that very surprising,” she told Embassy at first that her motion to undertake a study on women, peace and security would be met with enthusiasm, the com- mittee accepted it and is “moving in the said. Ms. Laverdière right direction,” Conservative vice-chair Dean Allison said the fact her motion was adopted “shows working together.” the fact that we’re said committee chair Bob a problem,” women parlia- Two Nault, a Liberal MP. mentary usually attend the secretaries IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION PAGE 13 | A R K RY C CRACKDOWN C O TORY MPs PUSH TORY T CANOLA BA BACK ON CHINA ON BACK TRADE

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Marie-Danielle Smith Marie-Danielle Smith www.embassynews.ca million in severance has been paid out to 7,213 Canadians who voluntarily left the to the defence depart- according military, ment—and that doesn’t include a massive financial the most recent backlog from year. 2016, $19.29 million was paid to reserve members and $85.95 million to regu- force to Maj. members, according lar force a public affairs officer Holly-Anne Brown, women’s place at the table in peacebuild- women’s ing only has one woman at its own table, a “huge irony.” and she says that’s the vice affairs cricic Hélène Laverdière, chair of the House of Commons standing affairs and interna- committee on foreign tional development. peace and security, says MP says peace and security, affairs committee ■ Foreign will review controversial countries of for Canadian focus aid dollars this spring. dominated study ofdominated women, ‘Huge irony’ in male- irony’ ‘Huge members who leave voluntarily leave members who $105 million was than ■ More 2013 until 2016, paid out from worth of a year’s not counting backlogged fi paid yearly to military to paid yearly Tens of in severance millions Tens

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Marica Matkovic. Embassy Croatian ambassador’s diplomatic Photo: Kristen career grew with her ministry Shane

Kristen Shane drafting legislation. As Croatia broke away from They were helping to shape their new coun- Yugoslavia in 1991 and endured four subsequent try in the eyes of the world, watching as coun- The consular department helped write instruc- years of war, she started working on health- tries recognized it one by one (Canada estab- tions for colleagues abroad on how to deal roatia’s new ambassador to Canada has related international agreements, which brought lished diplomatic relations with Croatia in 1993). with people coming back or transiting through seen her foreign ministry grow from the her in close contact with the newly independent “At that time you feel that you help and you Croatia, people who may have fled years ago ground up. state’s foreign ministry. create something,” she said. “You really wanted without identification papers. C Born on the resort island of Hvar, one That led to her crossing over to the ministry to make the whole world aware of what was From there, Ms. Matkovic, 61, took on of the many dotting the southeastern European of foreign affairs in 1994. going on in Croatia.” various ministry jobs including postings in country’s Adriatic coastline, Marica (pro- “They invited me to join them because it was The consular department needed a chief, the Czech Republic (she speaks Czech as nounced Mar-eetzah) Matkovic moved to the a new ministry and they needed people, they so she left the international legal department to well as English) and Serbia. She was appoint- capital, Zagreb, after secondary school, where needed professionals,” recalled the ambassador head it up, helping to write the first Croatian for- ed consul general in Chicago in 2004, and she studied to become a lawyer. in a March 23 interview in her Sandy Hill office. eign affairs law, given her legislative experience ambassador to Israel in 2008. She joined the public service in 1983, when She loved the job. from the health ministry. A lot of her work in Most recently, she spent four years at home Croatia was still part of Yugoslavia, settling “We learned all together,” she said. “In the the consular department involved dealing with working as the Croatian government’s secretary in the health ministry where she worked on very beginning, it was so enthusiastic.” refugees abroad and displaced people in Croatia. general, similar to Canada’s clerk of the privy council. The non-political job is the govern- ment’s highest administrative position. It meant constant co-ordination with various ministries. Now back to the foreign ministry and on her third head-of-mission posting, Ms. Matkovic offi- TRANSPORTATION cially started her job in Canada on Jan. 26. The two countries have lately been on good terms. Croatia is a member of the European FORUM Union and, alongside Canada, NATO. Canada lifted its pesky visa requirement on Croatians in 2009, and the two have seen ministers jet back and forth for meetings in the years since. Former Conservative MP and minister of state Lynne Yelich was one of them, attending the inauguration of Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, the first female Croatian presi- dent, in February 2015. Ms. Yelich has Croatian roots, as does Bob Bratina, a current Liberal MP and former mayor of Hamilton, Ont. By Ms. Matkovic’s count, there are about 200,000 Croatian-Canadians, some of whom she’s met in her travels so far to Mississauga and Oakville in the Toronto area, Montreal and SUPPORTED BY: Vancouver. Croatia itself only has about 4.4 mil- APRIL 14 | 11:30am – 5pm lion people, according to the BBC. Ms. Matkovic has experience interacting with a large diaspora community. When she was SHAW CENTRE OTTAWA posted to Chicago, she came to know the city’s large Croatian community and those Croatians living in several Midwest states. Both President Grabar-Kitarovic and newly minted Prime Minister Tihomir This event examines the substantiverecommendations put forward in the Transportation Act Review Oreskovic, a former pharmaceutical execu- Report entitled Pathways: Canada’s Transportation System to World that was tabled on February 25, 2016 tive, have Canadian connections. Ms. Grabar-Kitarovic served at the in the House of Commons. This was the first review in 15 years, took 18 months to complete and projects Croatian Embassy in Canada from 1997 to what changes are needed to support Canada’s future prosperity. 2001 as a counsellor and then minister-coun- sellor. She went on to become the country’s foreign minister, ambassador to the United Speakers: States and NATO assistant secretary-general. Her job as president is largely ceremonial. Mr. Oreskovic grew up in Canada and gradu- ated from Hamilton’s McMaster University with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and an MBA in finance and information systems. Though Croatian-Canadian trade is “modest,” according to Canada’s foreign ministry, with $78 million in goods going back and forth in 2014, the strong Croatian community in Canada is helpful on that front. Canada-Croatia business networks in both countries help promote trade ties. Ms. Matkovic said her goals include boost- ing the number of Canadian tourists going to Croatia as well as economic co-operation. She said 100,000 Canadians visited Croatia last year. Her embassy is looking to attend tourism fairs to reach Canadians and ratchet Kate Young that number even higher. Liberal MP and Parliamentary Secretary On the economic front, she’s looking for- for Transportation ward to the signing and implementation of a Canada-Europe free trade deal that’s been in negotiation for years. Both sides are hoping for the deal to be in force in 2017. [email protected] hilltimes.com/events/TNSP-forum.html @kristenshane1 EMBASSY, Wednesday, April 6, 2016—3 News Development ‘Huge irony’ in male-dominated study of women, peace and security, says MP

Continued from Page 1 international aid organizations to ensure that all perspectives are heard,” wrote Mr. Boutin. FAAE COMMITTEE MEMBERS committee, he said: Karina Gould (interna- “Assistance to countries for humanitari- Bob Nault (L)—Chair tional development) and Pamela Goldsmith- an reasons is a big part of our government’s Jones (foreign affairs). commitment and that would suggest and Dean Allison (C)—Vice-Chair “If you include them, there’s three signal that we are going to move towards Hélène Laverdière (NDP)—Vice-Chair women on our committee,” Mr. Nault said. not just middle-income type countries and Peter Fragiskatos (L) The Liberals promised in their election ones for economic reasons, but a combina- Peter Kent (C) platform to increase accountability by not tion of both,” Mr. Nault said. allowing parliamentary secretaries to have a Mr. Nault said he has proposed that the Michael Levitt (L) vote on committees. committee travel to some of the countries Marc Miller (L) But Mr. Allison said it’s good that the of focus to be able to assess Canadian proj- Raj Saini (L) parliamentary secretaries are sitting in and ects there themselves. Jati Sidhu (L) asking questions. “I always appreciate hav- Conservative attendees of the commit- ing a better balance of women, but I think tee seem cautiously open to a review. Mr. sometimes it’s a struggle when you’re trying Allison said it’s “not a bad idea to review TOPICS OF STUDY to work the numbers,” he added. NDP foreign affairs critic Hélène Laverdière, pic- where countries are at” and Mr. Genuis said Women, peace and security (ongoing) “It’s always nice to have an equal num- tured in February 2015, says it’s 2016 and more “it’s the sort of thing that’s worth studying Main budgetary estimates ber of both men and women, but if all our than one woman should be at the foreign affairs on an ongoing basis.” Countries of focus for bilateral assistance women that are available are in cabinet committee table. Embassy Photo: Sam Garcia But Mr. Allison suggested that criticisms there’s not much we can do, is there?” Mr. of Canada focusing too much on middle- Canada’s development financing initiative Nault asked. income countries don’t paint a full picture. He suggested that one thing that the tries with trade interests. A Canadian trade He said he travelled to one of the focus Liberals could have done was to have put strategy launched in 2013 included some countries, Vietnam, on March 30 and 31 tion...they keep talking about agriculture,” fewer women on the status of women com- countries that were added to bilateral assis- and spoke to parliamentarians there. “Their he continued. “Even middle-income coun- mittee. Only one man sits on that committee. tance priorities the next year: Mongolia, concern was, ‘we’re considered a middle- tries who are still trying to work on their “Maybe they should’ve divided that up Myanmar, Burkina Faso and Benin. income country now, but we’ve got so systems and their bench strength, maybe and we could’ve had a [Liberal] woman That appeared to be a “pretty transparent many things we need help on,’” Mr. Allison there’s an opportunity.” on our committee,” he said. “But again, it rush for access to minerals,” said Stephen recalled. Ms. Laverdière said her party agrees hasn’t been a problem so far and I don’t see Brown, a University of Ottawa professor. “There’s still structural issues. There’s with a Liberal promise to move towards it as such. I think men are capable of being But he said a bigger problem is Canada’s still issues when it comes to administra- support for the poorest. feminists themselves and have a strong longtime “flavour of the month” approach sense of it.” to the list. “Too much of this changing the list is about branding the Canadian develop- Keen Conservative often sitting in ment program...and it’s not about respond- The study is expected to inform a renew- ing to recipients’ needs,” he said. “What al of Canada’s “national action plan” on we’ve seen is in many cases a very hot, women, peace and security, which officially cold, hot, cold approach to partnership.” expired on March 31. Its purpose was to For example, he said, Benin and Burkina guide the government’s implementation of Faso were on the Liberal government’s list UN Security Council resolutions addressing in 2005, dropped by the Conservatives in women’s experiences in conflict and post- 2009 then added again in 2014. conflict situations. “That sort of thing makes Canada look Committee clerk Angela Crandall told ridiculous in terms of image, and it’s defi- Embassy the committee’s study will wrap up nitely not an effective way to do development in early May after five or six more meetings programming. It’s unpredictable. It’s volatile. devoted to the topic. You can’t build long-term partnerships, and it Parliamentary secretaries aren’t the only sends the message that Canada is not a part- MPs not on the committee membership list ner to be relied on,” said Mr. Brown. who have been attending meetings. Garnett He also suggested that some countries WATERSTREET, A WAVE OF CALM IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE Genuis, the Conservative deputy critic for should no longer be on the list, such as TWO CONDOS FOR SALE: human rights and a new MP, is at the com- Ukraine. It’s not that Ukraine doesn’t deserve Open Houses - seven days a week from noon to six mittee regularly, sometimes as a stand-in for assistance, he said, but the task should fall to Tony Clement, the party’s foreign affairs critic. its neighbour, the European Union. 316 Bruyere, Unit 102, two blocks east of King Edward Mr. Genuis has spoken in committee 41 times. “The conditions there are actually not 2013 Prices $388,000.00 and $570,000.00 (Both units include indoor parking) (For those keeping score at home, Ms. ripe for having productive, long-term devel- These units, a one bedroom plus den (770 SF), ground-floor and a large two bed- Laverdière’s at 31, Mr. Allison’s at 19 and opment co-operation. It doesn’t actually chair Mr. Nault’s at 130.) correspond to many Canadians’ view of room, third floor, corner unit (1110 SF), both feature expansive windows and a He said he views the study as continuing what a developing country is,” Mr. Brown private terrace, providing scenic views of the Rideau River and Bordeleau Park, with an education on the human rights implica- said. “The reason it’s on the list is because its two public tennis courts. These Clairidge condos are available for occupancy now. tions of conflict. “I think it’s something Liberals and Conservatives want votes from that has been a priority of government for Ukrainian-Canadians. That’s pretty clear.” FMI visit: www.magiclightphoto.ca and click on CONDOS a while and I think it will continue to be. or contact John (613 265-1833 [email protected]). When it comes to gender equality issues Internal review underway A LOVELY, TEN MINUTE WALK ALONG THE RIVER TO FOREIGN AFFAIRS I don’t think there’s much disagreement Global Affairs Canada is already conducting between the parties,” he said. an internal review of countries of focus, Mr. Nault confirmed. “We’re hoping to dovetail that Focus-country refresh study and have some feedback and recommen- The next study is likely to be a more con- dations sooner rather than later,” he said. troversial exercise. Marie-Claude Bibeau, the international Reviewing Canada’s countries of focus development minister, is tasked with refo- for bilateral assistance is next on the list, cusing Canadian assistance “on helping Ms. Crandall said. The study may or may not the poorest and most vulnerable, and sup- wrap up before Parliament’s summer break. porting fragile states,” her press secretary Canada most recently revised the list Bernard Boutin told Embassy in an email. under a Conservative government in 2014, “The minister will welcome advice from going from 20 countries to 25 and increasing the committee on how best this objective One bedroom plus den ~ park and river views LargeTwo bedroom ~ park and river views their share of aid dollars from 80 to 90 per can be achieved. In addition, the minister is cent of bilateral funding. conducting a review of Canada’s international WO UXURY ONDOS OR ALE (by owners) After the latest refresh, the government assistance policy framework. This review T L C F S was accused of overlapping aid focus coun- includes consultations with Canadians and EMBASSY, Wednesday, April 6, 2016—4 News Public Safety & Defence

An unscientific analysis shows that talk- ing points following the deaths of RCMP officers or CBSA or CSC officials are tinged A minister’s disaster handbook with even more sorrow than those following terrorist attacks. Ralph Goodale Those call for “my most heartfelt condo- How to mourn friends in a scrum with lences and deepest sympathy,” on this “very reporters in sad day for all Canadians.” and reassure people: early February. “The death of a police officer,” the minister The Hill Times should say, “is a sobering reminder of the Marie-Danielle Smith Photo: Jake Wright sacrifices and bravery of the men and women who serve each day to keep our communi- ties safe...I realize that people are looking for Bureaucrats have prepped Public Safety answers surrounding this tragic incident, and Minister Ralph Goodale on how to talk to the that is what the investigations are for.” public after tragedies, even prescribing “no comment” responses to hypothetical scenar- Blaney binders more focused ios, according to ministerial briefing books. When they take office, Canada’s public on threat to Canada safety ministers are offered a “ministerial Similar language has already been used handbook for responding to events.” by Mr. Goodale in responding to terrorist Embassy obtained the most recent copy attacks in Brussels and Paris, and the recent with an access-to-information request, part under the Quarantine Act—or to urgently affected. But, remember: “the government death by suicide of an RCMP officer near of a series of briefing books given to Mr. process “aid and supplies transiting Canada of Canada is committed to the safety of all Parliament Hill. Goodale after he was sworn in as public towards the affected regions.” Canadians,” and “the RCMP is taking the nec- The wording isn’t exactly the same. The safety minister early last November. If a terrorist attack happens in Canada, essary actions to respond to the incident.” department does, after all, employ dozens of It’s a look at the pragmatism of the depart- Mr. Goodale is advised to tell the public “a Should reporters ask for more: “given that communications staffers (Embassy reported ment in delivering potentially disastrous tragic event has taken place in [city or town] at this point an investigation is underway, it there were 81, as of last September). news to Canadians. and our heartfelt sympathies are with those would be inappropriate for me to comment The tone of statements made by Mr. Replete with “possible statements from directly affected and their families.” He’s further.” Goodale’s predecessor, Steven Blaney, are the minister,” the handbook is a treasure supposed to reassure the public that he’s in Events involving the CBSA are diverse. similar. trove of pre-approved talking points dealing close contact with provincial and territorial They include, but are not limited to: train But there are some specific differences with everything from a terrorist attack on officials, Royal Canadian Mounted Police and derailments, extreme weather causing bridge between Mr. Goodale’s version of the hand- Canadian soil to the escape of a prisoner to a national security partners. closures, airport incidents requiring flight book and the version offered to Mr. Blaney natural disaster on another continent. For terrorist attacks in the US, Canada “is diversions, the arrival of a traveller with avian when he took over the file in 2013. maintaining regular contact with our United influenza, the interception of Mad Cow-infected The latter includes a section on how to ‘Heartfelt sympathies’ States counterparts” and “prepared to assist cattle, the interception of a terrorist and the respond to a major incident in Afghanistan, The public safety minister is expected the US in any way it can.” discovery of an improvised explosive device. for example—it was written prior to the to provide “national leadership” across the In other countries: “[if applicable] There How should the minister react to such a Canadian training mission ending in 2014. government and co-ordinate a response to is no direct threat to Canada at this time,” diverse array of scenarios? By talking about Moreover, lines about Canada’s suscep- “events in the national interest,” in concert but “no effort is being spared to assist government commitments to safety and tibility to terrorist attacks are included in with Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion if the Canadians in the affected area” and the gov- “the necessary arrangements,” and “mitigat- Mr. Blaney’s book, but not Mr. Goodale’s—for events occur outside of Canada. ernment “is working around the clock.” ing any threats to our shared security,” of instance, “Terrorism is a global phenomenon The handbook describes the jurisdiction course—with US-related events, “I have been and Canada is not immune,” and “Canada and of police forces and the Canada Border ‘Very sad day for all Canadians’ in contact with my counterpart” and “both other countries face escalating cyber threats— Services Agency. It details how the CBSA Incidents involving the agencies that countries want to see the border reopened” these threats are real and continue to mature.” would liaise with the Public Health Agency fall under Public Safety Canada are also and “we are working hard.” Could it be that departmental staffers of Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection addressed in the handbook. Talking points on incidents involving the read into a Liberal election campaign that Agency on incidents affecting the Canada- If there’s a death involved in an RCMP- Correctional Service Canada are categorized focused on negating the “language of fear” United States border. related incident, it’s suggested the minis- under: disturbance, hostage taking, escape of employed by Conservative leaders? The CBSA has the authority to initiate ter call it a “tragic event” and say that offender, health related incident and tragic inci- [email protected] border measures such as screening travellers “our thoughts and prayers” are with those dent involving an offender in the community. @mariedanielles

over the span of their career, versus some- one who was in the reserves and served full-time or went on deployments at various Backlog slowing severance pay points in their service history. “There are so many compounding factors,” Continued from Page 1 from public-sector employers after transi- lieu program ended in the 2014-15 financial year, Maj. Brown said. “It’s individual to individual.” Higher numbers in the 2013-14 year, The numbers only cover those members tioning to their new roles in Parliament. MGen. Joyce said in an emailed statement. versus the 2014-15 year, can be partially who left the forces voluntarily. Discrepancies While several others, including Veterans “After he was elected and appointed min- explained by the Afghanistan mission clos- from year to year are partly due to a year- Affairs Minister Kent Hehr, cashed the ister, [Mr. Sajjan] needed to resolve the situ- ing out. In 2011, Canada’s combat mission long backlog in processing. cheques they were legally entitled to, some ation in order to close his file, so he provided in Afghanistan ended, and training of Afghan There’s already a major wait for reserve other MPs decided to refuse severance or the missing paperwork that allowed the troops continued until 2014. forces to receive their pensions, which con- donate it to charity. process to be completed,” Ms. Owens said. That meant more people were leaving the tinues to be a persistent issue since the Mr. Sajjan received severance pay by MGen. Joyce confirmed that staff in charge military after 2011, Maj. Brown said, includ- problem was highlighted in a 2011 federal March 1, according to an ethics disclosure, of compensation and benefits received the ing many reservists who had signed on to auditor general’s report. despite having only officially left the military paperwork shortly after the election and Afghanistan deployments. The Globe and Mail recently reported in early November. just prior to his release from the forces. “No Even putting aside the fluctuations due that reservists wait an average of between The reason the payment appears to special treatment was extended—the staffing to the mission, the numbers do vary quite a four and 36 weeks for their first pension have been processed relatively quickly, his of his file had been ongoing for some time,” bit from year to year, Maj. Brown said. “We’re cheque to arrive—and that regular forces press secretary Jordan Owens explained, is MGen. Joyce wrote. not on a sausage machine here, where it’s a face delays too, according to Canada’s mili- because the minister had accepted a “pay- constant influx of new people and a steady tary ombudsman. ment in lieu” in 2012 but had forgotten to file ‘Not horribly unusual’ to attrition or release factor,” she said. The processing of severance payments final paperwork until he was finalizing his With pensions, Maj. Brown told Embassy can sometimes take even longer. departure from the forces in November. So wait a year part of this backlog had to do with the fact “The Release Personnel Pay Office is just his file was already partly processed, cutting It is seen across the military as a normal that a new pension plan was introduced for now starting to process release files from down the time it took to complete it. part of the release process to receive sever- reservists in 2007. That meant thousands of April 2015,” Maj. Brown said. “The projected In 2012, when the policy on voluntary ance, said Maj. Brown. It’s also seen as a new files to deal with. New staff have since value of the remainder of those unpaid files release was changed and severance stopped normal part of the release process to wait a been hired, Maj. Brown said, but they’re still cannot be calculated without processing all being accumulated for those resigning or long time for it. almost two years of work away from being of the files.” retiring, this “payment in lieu” was offered to “It’s not horribly unusual for someone eligible members, according to MGen. Derek to wait 12 months or more,” Maj. Brown up to date. Joyce, the deputy commander of military explained. “It does take a while...they’re just As of April 4, just over 75 per cent of the Minister’s paperwork was personnel command. getting around to last year’s. They’re getting backlog has been dealt with, on track for missing Members were allowed either to take the better on the backlog.” completion in December 2017, she said. A Embassy reported last week that the payment—their accumulated severance up to The wait times are exacerbated for those new pension system is being implemented defence minister, Harjit Sajjan, a former that point—right away, or to still wait until the serving in the reserves. It’s more straight- that will come into effect in July 2016. member of the reserve force, was one of end of their service to receive the pay. Some took forward to calculate severance for a regular [email protected] several MPs to have received severance pay advantage of that; others didn’t. The payment in member who’s been in continuous service @mariedanielles EMBASSY, Wednesday, April 6, 2016—5 News & Opinion Donald Trump

ment through spokesperson Alex Lawrence Minister Justin Trudeau to do more to highlighting the benefits and scope of trade endorse free trade and to commit to ratify- between Canada and the United States, with- ing the TPP. Mr. Masse criticized the for- MPs pan protectionist out responding directly to the presidential mer Conservative government for negotiat- candidates’ comments. ing—and current Liberal government for signing—a TPP deal that he said gives better ‘Sold out’ by the NAFTA terms to the US auto sector than to Canada’s. talk by Trump, Sanders However, some MPs echoed some of the Mr. Hardie said the best solution is to complaints raised by the presidential candi- diversify Canada’s export markets, and dates when it came to free trade agreements reduce the country’s dependence on the US Continued from Page 1 policy,” said Mr. Ritz. signed or under consideration by both coun- as a trading partner. “They’re playing on the fears of Americans tries. Mr. Trump and Mr. Sanders in particular in certain areas where they haven’t benefited “Things like CETA and the TPP, etcetera, Running for president, not CEO have championed protectionist ideas, prom- to the same degree as other areas of the I have concerns about,” said Mr. Hardie. “We Any US president who wished to seri- ising to punish US companies that send jobs United States where free trade has improved owe it to the country to have a good, out-in- ously pull back from free trade would face overseas. Those ideas in particular united a their bottom line,” said Mr. Bezan. the-open discussion about them, and to look stiff opposition at home and abroad, said Mr. handful of Canadian MPs, who rejected the If that’s not the case—if the United States at what the net benefits look like, because Ritz, Mr. Bezan and Mr. Merrifield. idea that the US should close itself off from is led by a more protectionist president with any of these things there will be some Governments in Canada and elsewhere the international exchange of goods and next year—the consequences would be felt winners and there will be people who are would likely impose retaliatory tariffs were people. across Canada, say MPs from all three major disadvantaged.” the US to violate its existing trade agree- “It is incredibly important that we main- parties. Ms. Freeland has been tasked with imple- ments, hampering export-oriented US busi- tain trade [with the United States],” said Labour mobility would be an immedi- menting the CETA, and a delegation from nesses, they said. James Bezan, the Conservative MP for ate concern, said NDP trade critic Tracey the European Parliament recently signalled “His own people would revolt,” said Mr. Manitoba’s Selkirk-Interlake-Eastman constit- Ramsey, who represents the border riding it would likely pass the deal in the coming Ritz, referring to the possibility of Mr. Trump uency, and a member of the Canada-United Essex, alongside Windsor in southwestern months. violating the NAFTA. “No country is an island, States Interparliamentary Group. Ontario. Many people living in Essex and NDP MP Brian Masse, who represents I don’t care who you are.” “I’m very concerned about the rhetoric Windsor work on the other side of the border, Windsor West and serves as a vice chair Presidents have a powerful veto over US coming from Trump and Sanders and a few and a rollback of the NAFTA could restrict of the Canada-US interparliamentary group, policy, but need support in Congress to enact others...that they want to revert back to pro- their free movement, said Ms. Ramsey. said many of his constituents have concerns new policies or spending measures. That tectionism,” said Mr. Bezan. “They may think Liberal MP Ken Hardie, another member about the TPP and feel “sold out” by the would make it difficult for a president to bring this is smart politics but it’s terrible for the of the interparliamentary group, warned that NAFTA, which he said resulted in job losses in extreme anti-trade measures, particularly economy and it’s terrible for the Americans” a more protectionist United States could put in Ontario’s auto sector. if the Republicans continue to have a strong as well as Canadians, he said. even more pressure on forestry workers in Those jobs are gone, said Mr. Masse, presence in both the House of Representatives his Fleetwood-Port Kells riding in British and scrapping the NAFTA now would harm and Senate, said Mr. Merrifield. Playing politics Columbia, while former Conservative MP a North American market built on cross- In that way, the US president has less Mr. Bezan and Conservative trade critic and envoy to the US Congress Rob Merrifield border trade. leeway than the head of a company, or even Gerry Ritz suggested Mr. Trump may simply said Canada’s energy sector would be par- The NAFTA had both positive and nega- a Canadian prime minister with a majority, be playing politics, appealing to voters who ticularly vulnerable to a thicker border, given tive impacts on southwestern Ontario, said to direct his or her country’s trade policy, don’t like free trade without really intending Canada’s inability to sell to other markets. Ms. Ramsey. The NDP also has concerns said Mr. Ritz. to follow through. Given the opportunity to comment, Trade about the fairness of the TPP, she said. [email protected] “He’s talking good politics, but it’s terrible Minister Chrystia Freeland issued a state- Mr. Bezan and Mr. Ritz called on Prime @PJMazereeuw This column is not about Donald Trump

products he had to sell. He honestly believed Maybe it’s because my father would have Where my dad and The that the paint he sold to hardware stores was been just the kind of person who Trump is Donald collide. the best he knew of. He took great pride in looking for today as a supporter, a working- knowing that he could be trusted when he class white guy. If truth be told my father was talked about the kinds of paint he sold. sometimes hard done by an economy that Donald Trump has a lot of things to sell chewed up little guys and cast them aside. these days but he doesn’t seem to know That was especially true in his last days when JIM very much about any of them. And trust, the hundreds of single-owner hardware stores, well, that’s not on the agenda. which were his customers, were starting to be CRESKEY One topic he hammers away about is replaced by chains and big-box stores. globalism and trade deals. If Trump has a base of support, it’s sup- A recent exchange in one of the posed to be guys like my father. Republican debates on Fox Business It’s a strange phenomenon. History sug- Donald Trump, pictured in Mesa, Arizona last his column is not about Donald Network went like this: gests that American liberals should be the December. Gage Skidmore Photo Trump. It about my father, who, like Question: You’ve criticized the TPP, the natural supporters of the working class. But Trump, was also a New York sales- Trans-Pacific Partnership with 11 Asian they somehow lost their touch in the gen- man. countries? erations following FDR. Have the Democrats sal health care the Canadian middle class is T not crumbling at the bottom as rapidly as it Of course there were significant differ- TRUMP: The TPP is a horrible deal. It spent too much time courting Silicon Valley, ences. My father was born in Staten Island, is a deal that is going to lead to nothing Hollywood and Wall Street, while their work- is in the United States. and died in 1982. He sold wholesale paint, but trouble. It’s a deal that was designed ing-class base wandered in the wilderness But there is another way to look at the Benjamin Moore. Trump is from Queens, he for China to come in, as they always do, of globalized capitalism? Probably. middle class—from the bottom up. How sold real estate and now he sells an incoher- through the back door and totally take If he were alive today, my father, who many working-class people are able to climb ent but seductive political message. advantage of everyone. It’s 5,600 pages long, was always reluctant to criticize anyone, the first step on the middle-class ladder? And Trump was born rich, inherited a fortune so complex that nobody’s read it...This is even the most blatant liars whom I knew what systemic obstacles can political leaders and a business from his father. one of the worst trade deals. And I would, he abhorred, would probably say Donald try to move aside to make this possible? My father was born to a poor Polish yes, rather not have it... Trump is “talking through his hat.” That’s Canada has a large population that is far immigrant family and had to quit school Question: Are there particular parts of the about as harsh as he’d get, and it was from middle class, though it would like to be. when he was 14 to support his sisters and deal that you think were badly negotiated? reserved for people who were regular gas- In the US it was ignored for a long time single-parent mother. TRUMP: ...Well, the currency manipula- bags about things they knew nothing about. and now a demagogue has arrived on the A shy, industrious working-class guy, tion they don’t discuss in the agreement, Is there a lesson here for Canadian politi- scene and pretends to speak for it. How my father brought his family to the lower which is a disaster...If you look at the way cians? Yes. many history lessons have to be read to edge of the middle class after serving in the [China takes] advantage, it’s through cur- It is in vogue for politicians from all learn that ignoring the poor and the work- navy as a petty officer in the engine room rency manipulation. It’s not even discussed parties to speak about “middle-class ing classes is done at great peril? of a tank landing ship in the last year of the in the almost 6,000-page agreement... Canadians.” That in itself is not a bad thing. No country is immune from the rise of Second World War. Sen. Rand PAUL: Hey, you know, we might A strong middle class keep a democracy demagogy ruled by people who, though You might be curious to know how a shy want to point out China is not part of this deal. stable, pays taxes, votes and can be gener- they may have charisma, always speak man could be a successful salesman. My So why would I want to compare my ally civic minded if it is not overly trapped through their hats. father, if he were forced to explain it, would scrupulously honest father with a charlatan in consumerism. Thanks especially to a Jim Creskey is Embassy’s senior editor. say it was all about content, the quality of the politico wannabe? decent public education system and univer- [email protected] EMBASSY, Wednesday, April 6, 2016—6

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EMBASSY: Issue number 590 is CMCA What would a Syrian peace deal look like? published every Wednesday by AUDITED Published Every Week Since April 28, 2004 AUDITED CIRCULATION in Ahrar al-Sham. Moreover, many Russian Foreign Publisher No decisive victory is of the remaining rebels, the non- Minister Sergey Anne Marie Creskey possible for any side. fanatics or so-called moderates, Lavrov, US [email protected] were allied to the Nusra Front. Secretary of State John Kerry and Editorial This curious alliance came to United Nations Senior Editors pass mostly because the Nusra Jim Creskey Special Envoy for [email protected] Front wanted to avoid the American Syria Staffan de Ross Dickson GWYNNE and “coalition” bombs that were Mistura speak to falling on Islamic State. So it cre- reporters on Feb. Managing Editor ated a broader alliance called the 12 after a “cessa- Kristen Shane DYER “Army of Islam” that wrapped these tion of hostilities” [email protected] deal was reached @kristenshane1 small “moderate” groups around the Islamist core, and the United States in Munich. US State Staff Writers fell for it. Or at least American pro- Department photo Marie-Danielle Smith [email protected] fter the Syrian army recap- paganda fell for it. @mariedanielles tured the city of Palmyra The Russians cheerfully from Islamic State a week bombed all these forces indis- Russians are putting pressure on the rebels with the Assad regime, Peter Mazereeuw criminately, making no distinction Assad to come up with a formula and it is well on the way to accom- [email protected] ago, United States State A between Islamists and the allies of of words, however vague, that will plishment. It will not be a happy @pjmazereeuw Department spokesman John Kirby admitted that the liberation Islamists. The United States ritu- persuade them to accept amnesty ending for any of the groups Photographer ally condemned the attacks on the and come in from the cold without involved in the Syrian civil war, but Sam Garcia of the ancient city was a “good thing.” But he could not resist add- latter groups (always described losing too much face. it is the least bad outcome that can Columnists ing: “We’re also mindful, of course, as moderates), and the Russians The Islamists, although largely now be realistically imagined. Gwynne Dyer cheerfully ignored that too. surrounded and blockaded, will It will not put an end to all the Scott Taylor that the best hope for Syria and the Syrian people is not an And after five months, when not be defeated any time soon by fighting on Syrian territory. Not all Sales expansion of [President] Bashar most of the so-called moder- military force, but they are grow- the refugees will want to come home Vice President, al-Assad’s ability to tyrannize the ates had been persuaded that ing weaker and may fall to fighting to such a country, and the terrorism Sales and Business Development among themselves. abroad will continue. (But then, it Don Turner Syrian people.” they were never going to gain [email protected] This was entirely in line with power through an alliance with And the Syrian Kurds, the only would continue even if Islamic State the long-standing US policy of the Islamists, Moscow proposed American allies on the ground in disappeared—you don’t need a state Director of Advertising Syria, will probably manage to hold to plan terrorist attacks.) 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It was to restore the military stalemate that had persisted until the spring of 2015, and to convince the remaining non-Islamist rebel groups that they had no chance of somehow riding to power on the coat-tails of an Islamist victory LETTERS TO THE EDITOR are welcomed by email at over the Assad regime. [email protected], by fax at 613-232-9055, and by post to 69 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Canada, K1P 5A5. This hope was as delusional as All letters will be edited for length and content the American policy in Syria. By mid-2015 many of the Syrian rebels Canadian Publications Mail agreement No. 40068926. actively fighting the Assad regime Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: belonged to Islamic State or to Circulation Dept. 69 Sparks Street, Ottawa, ON K1P 5A5, Al Qaeda’s Syrian franchise, the Email: [email protected] Nusra Front, and its Islamist allies EMBASSY, Wednesday, April 6, 2016—7 Opinion Defence & Letters The pitfalls of training foreign fighters

Canadian Cpl. Without understanding their Christen Blake gives a demonstra- personal objectives, it’s often tion to Afghan counterproductive in the National Police at a training centre in long run. Panjwa’i District, Afghanistan in 2010. DND Photo: Cpl. Shilo Adamson

SCOTT TAYLOR Inside Defence

here has been considerable debate recently as to whether Canada is at war with Daesh, and whether TCanadian trainers in frontline fire- fights are in combat as defined by the man- date under which they were deployed. The Colonel Blimp Brigade decries Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as being weak on training capacity. they were drawn from Afghanistan’s various recruits would have understood the notion terrorists for suspending our puny little Unfortunately for all involved, this is ethnic groups, they were further divided by of democracy, and even if they did they bombing mission, while Liberal Party boost- simply not true. I may be a little biased tribal loyalties within those groups. Many would have known that the corrupt regime of ers point out the fact that with more train- in my judgment, but I firmly believe that were Muslims; the majority being Sunni with President Hamid Karzai, the puppet ruler that ers on the ground in Kurdistan, the govern- Canadian soldiers are not among the best the exception of the Hazaras, most of whom the West installed, was not a true democracy. ment has actually increased the Canadian in the world, but rather they are the best in are devout Shiites. Therefore, the Afghans that were trained by military contribution to the international the world. That, however, does not alter the Our soldiers could teach them, via trans- Canadians were just as likely to desert, defect, coalition to combat Daesh (also known as fact that they do not have a successful his- lation into both Dari and Pashto, to roughly smoke hashish or sell weapons and munitions the Islamic State, ISIS and ISIL). tory of training foreign fighters. march in step, operate basic assault weap- to the Taliban as any of the other Afghan sol- The one thing that all pundits emphati- For 12 years our soldiers scolded, cajoled ons and conduct simple tactical manoeuvres. diers trained by other NATO contingents. cally agree on is the fact that training for- and harangued Afghan recruits in the frustrat- Discipline and motivation were major The fact is, we did not do a good job eign fighters is something the Canadian mili- ingly futile attempt to turn them into profes- challenges. Our trainers did not share their in Afghanistan, and that means there is no tary is particularly good at. Even the most sional soldiers. The Afghan volunteers were recruits’ religious, cultural or even dietary reason to believe we will do any better in hawkish critics of Trudeau’s cessation of largely illiterate teens lured by the promise of customs and, of course, other than some Kurdistan. Our soldiers do not share religious, combat air sorties concede that our military a paycheque that was three times higher than basic greetings, could not communicate with cultural or dietary customs with the devout instructors have a stellar track record in a the salary of a teacher in Afghanistan. While them directly. Very few, if any of the Afghan Muslim Kurdish fighters, and I’m going to hazard a guess that very few of our soldiers speak any of the various Kurdish dialects. Going back to 1994, the Canadian mili- tary took great pride in the fact that our LETTERS TO THE EDITOR soldiers deployed into Haiti as part of an international attempt to secure the presi- dency of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Canadians Honest on Russia Skewed view of Ukraine Canadian values reflected continued to train security forces until 2000. ongratulations to Gwynne Dyer (RE: The political winds then began to shift and C“Russians in Syria: mission (actually) cott Taylor takes a rather perversely in Ukraine position by 2004, Aristide was forced by the United accomplished,” March 23)! Sskewed view of contemporary Ukraine States to abdicate his presidency. Canadian Finally an honest assessment of Russian (RE: “Ukraine receiving little attention,” cott Taylor’s opinion piece (RE: “Ukraine troops were then redeployed to Haiti to involvement in Syria and its impact on the March 9). The present government was Sreceiving little attention,” March 9) dismantle the very same police force that possible peace process, free of Western not “installed”; it was popularly elected. I contains numerous inaccuracies, distortions, they’d helped to train in the first place. media spin; this including the CBC and BBC. served as a long-term election observer as omissions and uses very selective and out-of- Fast forward to 2011 and Canadian Roland Trenaman part of the Canadian mission for both the context information. soldiers were deployed as part of a US-led Vancouver, BC presidential and parliamentary elections in His approach is typical of that taken by initiative to train security forces in Mali. 2014. All observer missions agreed on the apologists for the Putin regime. He smears the The following March, a defeated and demor- Questions for Lebel integrity of the electoral process. attempts of Ukraine to establish a Western- alized Malian military staged a coup to ean Lebel’s article (RE: “A changing Asia, Second, he keeps chanting “neo-Nazi” style accountable democracy, committed to depose the democratically elected govern- Jespecially for women,” March 23) was in his column. The Euromaidan, the respect for human rights and the rule of law. He ment. In the wake of the coup, Tuareg rebels short of information. demonstrations that would eventually lead fully ignores the understandable desire of the and Al Qaeda operatives took advantage of The writer does not say which “thinkers, to free elections, were composed of large Ukrainian government to maintain the country’s the chaos to seize a vast tract of northern industrialists, politicians, media reps, NGOs masses of people devoted to European independence, sovereignty and territorial Mali. It was only through French military and researchers” were met. What villagers standards of human rights and life. That’s integrity in the face of Russia’s overt and covert intervention in January 2013 that Al Qaeda’s aggression—and falsely implies that Ukraine visited had diversified from monoculture what they were demonstrating for. I know: I advances in Mali were reversed. is run by bigoted neo-Nazis. More importantly, farming? Who were the teams of researchers spoke with many of them. The right wing is In other words, no matter how excel- he consistently ignores the basic facts that the looking at policies to improve working condi- present in Ukraine, but only got 0.67 per cent lent our Canadian soldiers may be, the idea Putin regime—through its annexation of Crimea tions? What is the “serious effort” Canada is of the vote. of training and equipping foreign fighters and covert invasion of eastern Ukraine—has making in regard to improving workplaces in Third, Mr. Taylor brings up hatred of without understanding their own personal Asia? Jews. Who hates them? On the Maidan, Jews violated the world order, international treaties objectives is often counterproductive in the Regarding the attended book launch of were present out of proportion to the size of and international boundaries. long run. The Kurds we are training now Bangladeshi scholars: what is the title of their community. One of the most effective The Canadian government—in resolutions are intent on establishing an independent the book? Who are the authors? How have self-defence groups was exclusively Jewish unanimously supported by all members of the Kurdistan, something that runs completely schools become the place most conducive and worked hand-in-hand with all the others. House of Commons—has repeatedly condemned to building better citizens? Who are the There are Ukrainians of Jewish descent Putin’s actions in Ukraine. Again, Scott Taylor counter to Canada’s current stated foreign representatives of the generation of young serving as cabinet ministers. ignores these inconvenient facts and implies that policy of preserving a unified Iraq. thirty-somethings looking for solutions? Who Fourth, the accusation that the Azov Canada’s policy was coloured by partisan politics. If we keep lying to ourselves about non- were the women the writer celebrated March battalion wants to fi ght on the side of ISIS is He misses the point that Canada’s foreign policy existent past successes, it seems we are 8 in Asia with? Why are all these people left sheer calumny. The root source for that lie regarding Ukraine and Russia, both under the destined to keep making the same mistakes. anonymous by Jean Lebel? is one in Russia’s vast array of state-run troll Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau governments, Training young men to kill is not a recipe for Andrew Romain websites. refl ects core Canadian values. peace in complex conflicts. Ottawa, Ont. Borys Gengalo Roman Hruby Scott Taylor is editor and publisher of Ottawa, Ont. Ottawa, Ont. Esprit de Corps magazine. EMBASSY, Wednesday, April 6, 2016—8 News Diplomacy China-focused think tank coming to Ottawa

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new think tank focused on China is being launched in Ottawa with the backing of nearly two-dozen Canadians Awith ties to the Asian superpower. The China Policy Centre could be up and running as soon as this fall, said John Gruetzner, the lead organizer of the think tank. The goal is to research and report on China’s economy and society, and help Canadian decision-makers and the press to understand the complex and ever-changing country, he said. The centre’s founders hope its research will be used to brief Canada’s government and Parliament on issues ranging from trade and investment, to environment, labour, defence and more. The centre will run on funding from its members, and ultimately look to the Canadian government and private sector for additional funding for specific projects, said Mr. Gruetzner. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Chinese Ambassador Luo Zhaohui and Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion China Policy Centre organizer John Gruetzner. The new think tank is gearing up as look at photos of Mr. Trudeau and his father, former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, with Chinese John Gruetzner photo Canada’s new federal government weighs leaders, at a January reception celebrating 45 years of Canada-China diplomatic relations. PMO Photo: how to more closely engage with its Chinese Adam Scotti counterpart. Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland has been tasked with building clos- Among the other founding members Canada-China Legislative Association, said “The danger in any situation where it’s er ties to China, and the Chinese government are executives with law firms, real estate he welcomes the idea of a think tank focused changing that rapidly is that if you did have a has made it clear it wants to enter into free companies, investment firms, former WWF on China, and said a deep understanding profound experience in the ‘80s or ‘90s or [after trade negotiations with Canada. China CEO Peter Beaudoin and Ottawa-born the country will be important for decision- China joined the WTO in 2001]...and you haven’t The centre is intended to fill what Mr. celebrity entertainer Mark Rowswell, better makers if they want to build closer economic been re-exposed to the next period, you do Gruetzner said is a gap in the discussion in known in China as Dashan. and cultural ties across the Pacific. have the risk of a different mindset. Back then Canada’s capital around China in Canada. The Financial trader Grace Guo joined the The centre won endorsements from former was the China that you dealt with, and that new two other major think tanks in Canada focused ranks of the founding members after being Asia Pacific Foundation chief Yuen Pau Woo mindset has to be recalibrated,” he said. on China—the Asia Pacific Foundation and approached by Mr. Gruetzner during her time and China Institute director Gordon Houlden, Mr. Gruetzner proposed a think tank for University of Alberta’s China Institute—are as an assistant trade commissioner at the both of whom were consulted by Mr. Gruetzner studying China in a 2012 op-ed in Embassy. located in Vancouver and Edmonton, respec- Canadian Embassy in Beijing in 2014. Ms. Guo, as plans for the centre were developed. He said he was inspired to get the ball rolling tively. The Canada China Business Council has who was born in Canada to Chinese parents “Canada needs more thinking power on himself while Canada and other countries offices in two Chinese and four Canadian cities, who do business in China, said in an inter- China, so I warmly welcome this new organiza- were weighing the merits of joining the China- but not Ottawa, according to its website. view that she believes there are many young tion,” wrote Mr. Woo in an emailed statement. led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. The new centre does not yet have a physi- Canadians fluent in the languages and cultures Canada does not have as many well funded Canada’s then-Conservative government ulti- cal footprint in Ottawa; an office is set to be of both countries who are looking for a chance think tanks as the United States, said Mr. Houlden, mately chose not to join as a founding mem- established and staff hired after a board of to help Canadian business succeed in China. and there is plenty of work to go around when it ber, though Ms. Freeland has said the Liberal directors is appointed during a general meet- Mr. Gruetzner will be expanding mem- comes to policy analysis related to China. government is considering joining on now ing, said Mr. Gruetzner. Before that happens, bership in the centre slowly in the coming Up-to-date research is essential for engag- that the bank has been established. more members must be recruited. months, he said. ing a country changing as quickly as China, [email protected] “Our membership in the first year is going to said Mr. Gruetzner. @PJMazereeuw Board, executive positions be very limited. We don’t want to have an admin- open istrative burden to two or three hundred mem- The China Policy Centre will initially be bers, and until the board is in place membership FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE CHINA POLICY CENTRE funded by its members, beginning with seed will be at no cost. We’re not being exclusive but money from some of the founding members we’re not actively soliciting members because we’re not set up [yet] to deal with it,” he said. John Gruetzner Jeanne-Marie Gescher recruited over the past several years. - Founder of Intercedent, an investment advisory firm in Beijing - Adviser on China to businesses, long-time resident in China Mr. Gruetzner has worked in China since The centre will ultimately recruit both Peter Beaudoin the 1980s. He heads Intercedent Ltd., an Canadian citizens with experience or ties to China Dickson Hall and Canadian-controlled businesses as members, - Former CEO of WWF China, current adviser to the Canada’s investment advisory firm geared towards Oil Sands Innovation Alliance - Senior vice president at the Hunter Dickson Inc. mining company Western businesses interested in the Chinese he said. It will require that members be Canadian. in Vancouver, decades of experience working in China and Mark Rowswell on Chinese issues market. He was also involved in the Canadian - Celebrity entertainer under the name Dashan David Harris political scene several years ago, ultimately Founder to fundraiser Grace Guo serving as the president of the Liberal Party’s Mr. Gruetzner does not plan to run the - Equity trader for RBC, former assistant trade commissioner Winston Kan Simcoe-Grey riding association in 2014. Mr. at the Canadian Embassy in China - Chairman of the China Business Committee of the Canadian centre once it has been established, but Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, managing director of Gruetzner said he is no longer involved in instead to assist with fundraising. Robert Kwauk Greater China of the Strategic Executive Search Group, Canadian politics, and that the China Policy “My goal is to be, I guess, the architect,” he - Beijing managing partner at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP former Asia director at the Royal Canadian Mint Centre will be independent and nonpartisan. said. “I’m doing that for two reasons: the board Ben Barth Murray King “We spent a lot of time with a lawyer mak- can then bring their own ideas and their own - Former acting vice consul and trade commissioner at the Canadian - Vice president of public affairs for the Shanghai Disney Resort, ing sure there are a number of mechanisms consulate in Guangzhou and trade commissioner at the Canadian former consul at the Canadian consulate in Shanghai. energy to the program, and I can focus on what Embassy in Beijing, associate director at Grok Education Services, to make sure of three things: that there’s I would like to do, which is make sure the fund- founder of the Young Canadians in China professional Gervais Lavoie a constant rotation of the board, that no ing comes in place from contacts in Canada, development network - Entrepreneur, CEO of Fruits and Passion China Limited, commissioner of the Beijing International Ice Hockey league group of people pro- or anti-China, or any China, both corporate and foundations, indi- Brian Bedard political party, or any sort of specific inter- viduals and ultimately the membership.” - Agriculture and food safety specialist with experience in China, Richard Liu est group could take over the organization executive director of the GMA Science and Education Foundation - Founder of the Canadian Alumni Network in China and “The response [to the centre] has been Canadians In China network easily. And there’s a deliberate mandate in pretty positive. I’ve spoken to a lot of aca- Colin Bogar - Managing director at MGI Pacific, a real estate equity firm Alison Nankivell the bylaws for directors, that half the board demics in Canada, to my counterparts, to - Vice president at BDC Capital, a subsidiary of the Business has to be based in China or Hong Kong, and people in the [Global Affairs Canada] system. in China, and director for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai Development Bank of Canada that [some] individual members of the board There’s an understanding that Canada would Paul McKenzie have to have an NGO or media background. Adam Dunnett benefit from this type of thing,” he said. - Secretary general of the European Union Chamber of - Managing partner of the Morrison Foerster law firm’s Beijing practice We’re not trying to be a business organiza- A think tank backed by business people like Commerce in China, dual Canadian-EU citizen Bill Schiller tion, we’re trying to be a think tank,” he said. Mr. Gruetzner could give parliamentarians a Nereida Flannery - Former Beijing correspondent for the Toronto Star The bylaws will be reviewed by the other point of view they don’t get from the Canadian - Managing partner of GMP Securities Asia Andrew Work founding members, some of whom have indi- Embassy in China or other government sourc- Chris Flood - CEO of New Work Media, publisher of the Harbour Times, a cated a desire to sit on the centre’s board, es, said Conservative trade critic Gerry Ritz. - Lawyer with Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP in Toronto, eight political newspaper in Hong Kong said Mr. Gruetzner. Liberal MP Shaun Chen, a member of the years experience as a corporate lawyer in China Geoffrey Ziebart Diplomacy and foreign policy are engaged to marry politics and government on Wednesday, April 13. You are cordially invited.

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Nelia surveys the field where she hoped her crops would grow this year. World Vision Photo

Canada can play a critical role in end- ing preventable child and maternal deaths Drought tightens the screws on within our generation. There’s no ques- tion: our approach in such places must be unique. The shifting, often turbulent set- tings in which families live demand a blend of urgent humanitarian work, mixed with Zimbabwe’s most vulnerable the strengthening of their health systems over the long term. Funding and approaches must be flexible, to meet unexpected devel- In Zimbabwe, drought has placed the nomically. In Tanzania, for example, Canada opments, like the drought Zimbabwe is fac- Neither crops nor children country’s people in a state of disaster. More has partnered with the national government ing. The burden of making up the surprise are growing up healthy. than a quarter of the population is facing to strengthen health systems from the nation- shortfall must not fall on the shoulders of food shortages, brought about by the lack al level right down to the community. the most vulnerable. of predictable rainfall needed to grow their This picture is starkly different in the I was acutely aware that three of the chil- crops. When this kind of shock hits com- world’s more fragile places, like Somalia, dren in Nelia’s care were girls. For women munities living amidst fragility, the already South Sudan and Syria. Here, governments are and girls, health goes hand-in-hand with poor chances worsen for a young woman either unable or unwilling to provide health empowerment, and realizing their human MICHAEL to survive pregnancy, childbirth and raise systems for their people. Human rights viola- rights. Early marriage often occurs as par- healthy children. tions, under-nutrition and unmet need for ents explore a last resort to ensure their MESSENGER This World Health Day, April 7, family planning, especially amongst adoles- children are protected. Forcing girls into Zimbabwe presents us with an alarming cents, are higher than anywhere else. Perhaps childbirth before their young bodies are example of women’s and children’s health not surprisingly, 60 per cent of the world’s ready can result in death for mothers and under threat. Water insecurity and poor san- preventable maternal deaths and 53 per cent babies alike. Girls must be able to remain t was the fourth time Nelia had planted; itation are chronic concerns. But introduce of deaths in children under five occur in such with their families, stay in school and marry and still, the rains were not enough to ger- an element like drought and you tighten the places. Given that a third of the world’s peo- if and when they choose to. Where women minate her seeds. She had buried her first screws even further on the country’s most ple reside in places facing such turmoil, these are supporting children on their own, liveli- Iseeds in the Zimbabwean soil in December. vulnerable people, its women and children. percentages are staggering. hood support ensures they can nourish But the regular, predictable rains she remem- Nelia’s plight is shared by millions of Zimbabwe has made significant progress, their children and help them to thrive. bered from years past never materialized. The mothers, across Zimbabwe and around yet many of the country’s most vulnerable Canada must never overlook the incred- second and third crops also failed. the world. These are stories we must not women and children live amidst fragility. ible hope, strength and determination in I met Nelia in Zimbabwe last month. Her ignore, particularly since Canada has the Canada is no stranger to working in fragil- even the world’s toughest places. story left me feeling very concerned. With power to help change their endings. ity. Over the past five years, 44 per cent of our Our country can help bring preventable seven children and grandchildren to feed, Global initiatives such as the Millennium country’s maternal, newborn and child health child and maternal deaths down to zero in she had knocked on doors, begging neigh- Development Goals provide proof that funding has been directed to places like Haiti, the world’s most fragile places. Our task is bours for enough seeds to try again. Nelia extreme poverty and preventable deaths can Afghanistan, South Sudan and the Democratic more daunting, without question. But this planted everything she gathered, but it was be brought to an end. Nearly a billion people Republic of the Congo—all of which top mortal- just makes our potential impact greater. nowhere near enough to feed the children were lifted out of extreme poverty in 20 years. ity and malnutrition lists. It’s a concrete move Michael Messenger is president and CEO and keep them healthy. Most days she’s But most of that success has been in coun- in the right direction, and we must continue our of World Vision Canada. only able to feed them once. tries that are more stable, politically and eco- excellent work for women and children here. [email protected] EMBASSY, Wednesday, April 6, 2016—11 Opinion Development

Two-year-old Hanadi, pictured malnourished and weak in Ten million children in Yemen July 2015, was admitted to hospital in Yemen’s paying the price for an adult’s war capital, Sana’a, for treatment. UNICEF Photo

Despite these conditions, humanitarian urgently need to scale up the delivery of life- Yemen was already a fragile partners, including UNICEF, are on the ground. saving assistance. UNICEF has appealed for Yemen risks becoming a forgotten crisis. state. This conflict, one year We cannot end the conflict, but we can help US$180 million to meet the urgent humanitar- The violence has not only devastated the minimize its impact on children. We are working ian needs in 2016. To date, we have received lives of millions of children, but is creating on, is deepening poverty and desperately to reach every child in need. Yet just 18 per cent of this funding requirement. terrifying, long-term consequences for their restricted humanitarian access has limited the Canada has a long and proven commitment future. Childhoods are being lost every sec- deprivation. ability to reach all children and humanitarian in responding to complex emergencies, as a ond of every day as children are being forced convoys have been blocked or looted. Aid work- great expression of Canadian values. We look to grow up ahead of their time. Children ers need immediate and unhindered humanitar- to Canada to continue as a leading voice within should not continue to pay the price of the ian access to all areas throughout the country. the international community to champion violence in Yemen. They are the future of Across the war-torn country, nearly 10 respect for the guiding principles of humanitar- Yemen. Urgent and determined action is need- DAVID million children—80 per cent of the country’s ian action, protection of civilians and of inter- ed to end fighting, and to stop the suffering. child population—are in urgent need of assis- national humanitarian law, as well as support David Morley is the president and CEO of MORLEY tance. As a grandfather, as a humanitarian, as for full, safe and unhindered access for the UNICEF Canada. a human, that is a tally too great to bear. We delivery of humanitarian assistance. [email protected]

hildren do not start wars, and yet they have been paying the price for the conflict in Yemen for one year. C Yemen is in the midst of an acute humanitarian crisis. As the conflict EVENTS has escalated, the already precarious situ- ation is fast deteriorating. Violence is com- pounded by the limited inflow of basic com- modities and the rising prices of food. Basic services and infrastructure are on the verge of total collapse. Yemen is a country pushed GLOBAL FOOD to the brink of becoming a failed state. The conflict is characterized by grave violations of children’s rights. The statistics are appalling. More than 900 children have SECURITY been killed and more than 1,300 injured in the past year. An average of six children have been killed or maimed every day. Spaces that were once safe for children—schools, hos- pitals and homes—have come under attack. & CLIMATE Nowhere in Yemen are children safe, not even when sleeping or at play. Children have been killed on their way to and from school. UNICEF reiterates its call to all parties to the conflict to respect international humani- CHANGE tarian law and immediately stop attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure. Children should not be targets of attacks, nor should APRIL 21 | 7:30-9:00 AM they be recruited to fight. The use of children in fighting has sharply increased. UNICEF has DELTA OTTAWA CITY CENTRE verified 848 cases of child recruitment, some as young as 10 years old. They man check- PRESENTED BY: points and carry weapons, when they should be carrying schoolbooks. Even if children survive the bombs and bullets, the broader impact of violence goes much further and will have implications for generations to come. The education FREE for Hill of 387,000 children has been disrupted. Times subscribers Children are missing out on the skills and knowledge they need to succeed. Without $20 for investment and support for education, the non-subscribers prospects for Yemen and its children to recover and build a peaceful future are bleak. Fifty per cent of Yemen’s population is under 18 years old and more than half of On April 21, join Hill Times Events for the release of a new report on global food security and climate resilience from the Food Secu- children live in poverty. It is the poorest rity Policy Group. Presenting the report will be CARE Canada president and CEO Gillian Barth. country in the region and one of the poorest in the world. Yemen was already a fragile state marred by intermittent conflicts and According to Global Affairs Canada, improving food security is one of Canada’s three priority international development themes. underdevelopment. This conflict, one year on, is deepening poverty and deprivation. And while Canada played a leadership role in 2008 with the launch of its food security strategy, funding for this initiative has Children face the combined risks of conflict, steadily decreased. disease and malnutrition. Public services like health, water and sanitation have been decimat- ed and cannot meet the ever-increasing needs Following Gillian Barth’s remarks a distinguished panel will weigh in with their thoughts on how Canada can contribute to global of a desperate population. UNICEF estimates food security. Discussants include: Paul Hagerman, director – public policy with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and co-chair of the that nearly 10,000 children under five years may Food Security Policy Group, Dennis Prouse, vice president government affairs, CropLife Canada, Josianne Gauthier, director of the in- have died in the past year from preventable dis- eases as a result of a decline in key health ser- Canada programmes at Development and Peace. Veteran broadcaster Catherine Clark will moderate the session. vices such as immunization. This is in addition to the nearly 40,000 children under five years who died in Yemen every year even prior to the http://bit.ly/1SGmcKg escalation of violence this past year. EMBASSY, Wednesday, April 6, 2016—12 Opinion Diplomacy Our disastrous military interventions

There can be no expectation that our military interven- tions will do more good than the obvious disaster they are.

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e spiral into confusion and frus- tration amid the consequences of our military interventions in Wplaces of which we know little. In doing so, we magnify the initial disas- ters through the paucity of our thought concerning what the interventions are to achieve; and in the process, we convince ourselves the interventions provide us with greater security, both personal and national. The consequences of these interventions are all around us. For example, the historic and tragic migration of some five million people out of Syria and Iraq and millions more out of Afghanistan and Libya—several millions of whom see the opportunity for a better life in Europe. Sadly, we see these migrations as having little to do with our military interventions. Yet we react in horror when a candidate for the presidency of the United States talks of carpet bombing as policy. We do not acknowledge that the modern version of the bombing in Syria and Iraq, and earlier in Libya and Afghanistan, is as close to carpet bombing as one can get. For the people on the ground, the distinction is totally artifi- cial and without value. They need to move and they do so. Then we are bewildered and react in hor- ror when new enemies arise from the chaos of our interventions. Again, in our peace- ful, normal, daily routines far from those interventions, we do not draw a connection when large bombs explode and guns are used in mass killings. This is blowback, in the fullest meaning of the word. It doesn’t stop there. We are even more The last Canadian troops involved in a NATO military training mission board a United States Chinook helicopter March 12, 2014 in Kabul, Afghanistan. bewildered when men and women from DND photo: Cplc Patrick Blanchard down our streets suddenly appear in the news, cold-bloodedly executing others or taunting us and our societies. One leading researcher, Marc Sageman, Military interventions in Afghanistan, for The hubris associated with the Afghan And then, there is today’s Syria. The was recently quoted in the New York Times instance, have been underway for almost 40 invasion led the Americans, again with wide- Russian intervention and its overt willing- saying, “with each new terrorist incident years. spread international support, to invade Iraq ness to see the regime of Bashar al-Assad we realize that we are no closer to answer- After 10 years, 1979 to 1989, the Soviet Union in 2003. restored to its former prominence, along ing our original question about what leads decided it was not going to change much in that A dozen years later, after American with the destruction of most of its opposi- people to turn to political violence.” The ancient land and abruptly withdrew. troops left Iraq in 2011, there is a Shia- tion—except for ISIS—ensures a rush to the same March 27 article went on to note that The Afghans, with an army trained dominated government in Baghdad; a exits by most Syrians will continue for some “research linking terrorism to American by the Soviets before they left, muddled relatively new extremist Sunni group, ISIS, time to come. policies, meanwhile, is ignored.” along for more than a decade. The Taliban dominating the Sunni in the northwest; and And in all of this, Western policy centres The reaction of some of our political and emerged, forming a weak government in a largely independent Kurdish state in the on how long Mr. Assad should remain as military leaders when these consequences 1996 centered in Kabul and the southern northeast, showing few indications it is president, and the hope that ISIS can be blast into our daily lives is uniformly provinces. Osama bin Laden and his band interested in the recreation of either the old destroyed. We cheer the occasional vic- militaristic. Rhetoric that is best left to of global terrorists, the Sunni al-Qaeda, lum- or a new Iraq. Before long, the latter will see tory and hope for more, while we debate the theatre than the stage of public policy bered the Taliban with troublesome guests irredentist impulses to draw into its orbit whether we should send in more troops for promotes more military interventions, and as they planned a deadly attack on the Kurds in Syria, Turkey, Iran and Armenia. training and/or more aircraft, contributing more bombings. Tragically, these lead- United States. While Saddam Hussein is no longer with to draining the country of its people. ers are cheered on without any acknowl- The post-9/11, American-led invasion us, his legacy lives on. Few stand up and state that our military edgement they are promoting a vicious, of Afghanistan in 2001—backed by most Meanwhile, Libya has become a failed interventions are the cause of our troubles. never-ending circle in which we chase our of the world—was effective in driving the state as a direct result of Western air and There can be no expectation that our mili- enemies and they chase us. Taliban into temporary exile, among fellow other military support to disparate tribal tary interventions will do more good than Of course, these Western military inter- Pashtuns in the tribal areas of Pakistan. groups whose initial objective was to see the obvious disaster they are. Until we ventions and the occasional eastern ones are But in the almost 15 years since that the end of Muammar Gaddafi. Once Mr. accept that lesson, we will go around the not without historical precedents. There is a invasion, nothing much has changed. Gaddafi was no longer with us, at the end same circle again and again. certain amount of immortality and immorality Afghanistan remains a largely feudal society of 2011, the Libyans demonstrated their Before retirement from the Canadian for- about all of them. For most, with the passage with a thin veneer of central government— historical disparateness and now seem not eign service, Gar Pardy was head of consular of time, we can pigeon-hole them into their one that has readily consumed the billions much interested in restoring the trappings services for more than 10 years. Recently he historical context and move on with a convic- of dollars in aid associated with the Western of the former state. Before long, al-Qaeda published Afterwords From a Foreign Service tion that we would never be that stupid. intervention. 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WESTMOUNT WANT TO MOVING LEARN Westmount Moving 9 International has been Pakistani High Commissioner Tariq Azim Khan hosted a reception on March 23 to mark Pakistan Day. Jill providing fi rst class relocation Thompson Photos FRENCH? 4. Mr. Khan greets Mobeen Khaja, president of the services to Diplomats Association of Progressive Muslims of Canada. 5. Nepalese Ambassador Kali Prasad Pokhrel and his for the past 40 years. wife, Kamala Pokhrel, with the high commissioner. ).4%.3)6%s0!24 4)-% 6. Mr. Khan, International Development Minister We offer specialized packing, shipping, customs Marie-Claude Bibeau and Conservative international 7/2+3(/03s3,%02%0!2!4)/. clearance and delivery of personal effects and development critic Deepak Obhrai. 7. Christian Embassy executive director Darlene /.,).%#/523%3 vehicles to over 150 worldwide locations. McLean and her husband, Conservative MP Harold Albrecht, greet Mr. Khan. 8. Mr. Khan shows Ms. Bibeau, the guest of honour, SINCE 1905 Please contact Westmount Pakistani truck art, including a portrait of Prime Moving by telephone at Minister Justin Trudeau. WWW.AF.CA /OTTAWA | (613) 612-6475 for an estimate 9. The high commissioner and Qatari Ambassador REGISTER NOW: 613-234-9470 on your upcoming move. Fahad Kafoud. EMBASSY, Wednesday, April 6, 2016—15 Party Time

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and Chinese law firm Beijing Sanyou Intellectual Property Agency Ltd. hosted a seminar on doing business in China on March 22 at the BLG Ottawa office. Ulle Baum Photos 13. The room. 14. Sanyou partner Xiaolin Dang and trade- mark attorney Shirley Fu, BLG senior consul- tant of business Indonesia development in China Ying Hou and Chinese 14 Embassy coun- sellor Yang Yundong. 15. BLG business development leader Paul Fortin, Ms. Fu and Global Affairs Canada senior trade policy officer Nicolas Lesieur.

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The Indonesian Embassy took part in the opening of an exhibition of Indonesian contemporary art on March 17 at SAW Gallery. Jill Thompson Photos 10. Ambassador Teuku Faizasyah speaks to SAW Gallery director Tam-Ca Vo-Van. 11. Stefan St-Laurent, director of AXENÉO7 art centre, with Mr. Faizasyah. 15 12. Indonesian deputy head of mission Suwartini Wirta, and Andis Faizasyah, wife of the ambassador.

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