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2 wednesday, may 31, 2017 | the hill times Mining for votes in the Nickel City NDP leadership hopefuls were in Sudbury on Sunday Heard on the Hill for the third official debate. by Marco Vigliotti Rinaldo Canonico, hairstylist to ’s political elite, passes away

Six NDP leadership hopefuls gathered at Sudbury’s Cambrian College in the race to replace outgoing leader Thomas Rinaldo Canonico, Mulcair. pictured here in this undated photo at his then-salon in the World Exchange Plaza, has died. A popular figure in the city, he was famously known as the stylist to Ottawa’s elite. The Hill Times MP Guy Caron, left, and Ontario MP , Former Ontario NDP deputy leader , photograph by Janet right, prior to the debate. Mr. Angus was the de facto local left, appeared in his first debate of the race on Wilson candidate in the debate as the sole leadership hopeful to Sunday. He’s pictured with NDP national director represent a riding in northern Ontario. Robert Fox.

ttawa’s hairstylist to the stars has died. In fact, The Hill Times published a pro- Veteran B.C. MP was the first candidate to officially O Rinaldo Canonico, an immensely file decades earlier on Mr. Canonico and register for the leadership race. popular stylist who counted as clients one of his famous clients, then-wife to the numerous members of Ottawa’s political prime minister Mila Mulroney. elite, died last week after undergoing heart “Sad to hear about the passing of surgery at a hospital in the nation’s capital, Rinaldo. We hit it off after I wrote a piece reported. on him & Mila Mulroney for @TheHill- He was 82. Times. A real gentleman,” Janet Wilson, the reporter who penned the story, wrote on last week. Mr. Canonico was also appointed by the MP speaks to reporters Mulroney government to the board of the after the debate. In a statement issued hours Federal Development Bank of . Former veterans ombudsman Pat Stogran also made his debate later, Ms. Ashton confirmed that she is pregnant According to the Canadian Press, Mr. debut on Sunday. and expecting a baby in November. Canonico came to Canada from Italy in the mid 1950s after apprenticing at one of Italy’s top salons. He worked for more than The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade a decade in before setting up a salon at Ottawa’s Place de Ville complex. First elected in 2008, Ms. Ashton Mr. Bélanger, he said, expressed great In the early 1990s, he moved into the unsuccessfully sought the NDP leader- support for the museum and its mandate, city’s World Exchange Plaza building, and ship in 2012. She was eliminated on the and understood and appreciated the “heri- then opened a shop in the Byward Market first ballot in that leadership race, which tage and educational value” the collection nearly a decade ago. His salon was once was won by Thomas Mulcair (Outremont, of aeronautical artifacts on display at the voted the best in Canada. Que.) museum offered to . Mr. Canonico’s Rinaldo salons were fran- “Mr. Belanger was an indispensable chised and there are currently four locations ally who got to know museum officials and in Ottawa, though he stopped cutting hair Bélanger honoured by their concerns, and he worked relentlessly more than five years ago, according to CP. to have the new storage hangar built,” Mr. Ottawa museum Proulx told The Hill Times via email, not- ing that the late MP attended the facility’s NDP leadership contestant An Ottawa museum is paying tribute grand opening in December 2004. to an erstwhile supporter on the Hill by “His actions ensured that the museum’s The late Ottawa hairstylist Rinaldo Canonico is expecting rechristening its theatre. one-of-a kind objects will tell the stories of and his wife Pat pose with United Arab Emirates Management of the Canada Aviation Canada’s aeronautical heritage for genera- Ambassador Mohammed Saif Helal Al Shehhi in NDP MP and party leadership hopeful Niki and Space Museum announced late last tions to come.” December 2012. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia Ashton (Churchill-Keewatinook Aski, Man.) week that the museum’s theatre will be The federally-operated museum is lo- announced Monday that she’s pregnant. named in recognition of the late Mauril cated in Ottawa’s east end. For decades, Mr. Canonico tended to the Ms. Ashton publicly revealed the news Bélanger, a long-serving Liberal MP and In a statement, Catherine Bélanger, Mr. hair of the city’s political and cultural play- in a statement issued following a leader- former government whip who died last Bélanger’s wife, expressed gratitude to the ers, from Parliamentarians to local celebri- ship debate on Sunday in Sudbury. summer from the fatal neurological disease museum for recognizing her late husband’s ties. Most notably, he reportedly cut the She said she’s expecting in November. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known more contributions, calling him “one of the muse- hair of prime ministers , “I’m happy to share the news that I’m commonly by the abbreviation ALS. um’s biggest fans and an ardent supporter and , as expecting. Like millions of Canadian women In a statement, Fernand Proulx, interim of its staff, vision, and raison d’être.” well as some of their wives, according to I will carry on my work,” Ms. Ashton said. president and CEO of the Canada Science A reception celebrating the commemo- the Canadian Press. “This means continuing to reach out to and Technology Museums Corporation, rative naming was held Monday night at Other famous clients include actress New Democrats, activists and progressives which manages the aerospace museum, the museum. A plaque commemorating Sophia Loren, Queen Noor of Jordan, and across the country to build a movement for credited Mr. Bélanger for playing a “key Mr. Bélanger was unveiled at the event. former British prime minister Margaret social, environmental and economic justice role” in helping the museum secure funding Thatcher. for all.” to build its reserve hanger. Continued on page 25

4 wednesday, may 31, 2017 | the hill times News Hill Life & People

NDP MP Niki Ashton says ‘there ought T here should be to be rules more broadly ensuring that interns rules for MPs are not unpaid.’ The HIll Times photograph hiring interns, says by Andrew ex-intern who did Meade unpaid part-time work for a year

Until then, the MP’s office had al- The Canadian ways referred to her as an intern. The former intern said the MP Intern Association and other staff in the office would consistently tell her they were work- says the Speaker’s ing on getting her paid, but there wasn’t enough money in the budget. office should While the House of Commons Speaker works with the Canadian implement rules for Political Science Association to Amy Kishek, the executive di- tant paid work is to students. a limited period were “unveiled facilitate the paid Parliamentary rector of the Canadian Intern As- Interns through the Parliamen- quietly in December [2015],” as MPs hiring interns. Internship Programme, other sociation, said the organization’s tary Internship Programme, which reported by the CBC. internship programs on the Hill— position is that “the Speaker’s is independent from the House of Then-labour minister Mary- Continued from page 1 paid or unpaid—are up to the office could very well set up rules” Commons, pays up to $24,000 as a Ann Mihychuk released a discretion of each individual MP. around interns. stipend for 10 months. statement at the time saying the She started interning with the For instance, Conservative MP Heather Bradley, the communica- Mr. Fillmore says he also has a government was committed to MP in February 2016. She said (Fort McMurray- tions officer for the Speaker’s office, “number of one-day-a-week volun- reducing unpaid internships. she worked in the MP’s office for Cold Lake, Alta.) advertised for an said the Speaker cannot implement teers” who help out in his office. Mr. Fillmore said he’s never roughly 15 hours a week while she opening for an “unpaid summer rules independently. A member has He said the distinction be- considered implementing a policy was finishing her undergraduate internship” in his office this year. to raise an issue with the House tween volunteers and interns is on volunteers and/or interns in degree. After she graduated, she Mr. Yurdiga’s office said they didn’t Board of Internal Economy if there that “volunteers tend to be young,” his office because the issue has stopped going into the office during end up hiring anyone for the posi- were to be a rule change. and most of them are in their first never arisen. “We all sort of live the summer months, as her paid job tion. His office did not respond to Representatives for the Liberal year of university “looking for a and breathe” the belief that in- elsewhere kept her busy 60 hours a requests for further comment. Party, Conservative Party, and NDP way into the political world” and terns should be paid, he said. week. In mid-September, she started NDP MP Niki Ashton said they didn’t have any rules for “any kind of exposure.” Liberal MP (Park- interning again, and continued to (Churchill-Keewatinook Aski, or guidelines for MPs hiring paid “They’re just thrilled just to dale-High Park, Ont.) was once an work in the MP’s office for 10 to 15 Man.) said “when you’re doing criti- or unpaid interns in their Hill or spend a day, and their professors intern on himself. hours a week, unpaid. cal work, work that’s at the core of constituency offices. But the parties encourage them to do this,” he said. Mr. Virani is an alumnus of the While there, she was respon- your MP office or constituency of- themselves, in some cases, run In his office, he said there’s also Parliamentary Internship Pro- sible for “general office work,” fice, that needs to be remunerated.” their own internship programs. The a difference in the work interns gramme, and as a result, consid- including filing and organization. Ms. Ashton says she is “very Liberals and Conservatives offer and volunteers conduct. Volunteers ers himself to be “a big proponent She also worked on immigration clear” in her office about what con- paid internships, but the NDP don’t might do things such as help to of internships.” case files. She was authorized to stitutes internships, which she be- have any internships in their party organize a mail-out, including He has hosted interns in his call into the immigration minis- lieves should all be paid, and what headquarters. drafting a letter and organizing office through various internship try to request status updates on constitutes the role of a volunteer. Ms. Kishek, who has previous- the envelopes. “It sounds menial,” programs. Mr. Virani chairs the constituents’ immigration case Interns “have to be associated ly worked as a Hill staffer, said he said, but in the context of an Parliamentary Friends of Tibet files, or ask why an immigration with an academic program or the doing case work is “the entire job MP’s office, they get a sense of how group, which runs an internship case file was denied and help the Parliamentary Internship Pro- description” of some staffers. things work on Parliament Hill. for young Tibetan-Canadians for constituent file an appeal. gramme,” she said. She said sometimes employers Mr. Fillmore said interns might seven to eight weeks a year. Mr. The former intern said it was NDP employees are union- think it’s okay to not pay interns already have a degree under their Virani said previously it had been sometimes difficult to conduct ized, and their union stipulates because they see the training op- belt. They provide an extra pair of up to individual MPs to decide case work when not working on that work of a volunteer or intern portunity that the intern is receiv- hands that can make a big differ- whether they paid these interns, a full-time basis. She said during cannot interfere with staff work, ing as sufficient. ence when it comes to conducting but that since he started chairing that time, she’d have liked to put meaning volunteers or interns But she said “it’s only young research for a bill, for instance. the program, he has been “pretty in full-time work, “and a lot of can’t take on essential duties. workers” that are ever in that situa- As for the unpaid intern in adamant” that the interns be paid. the case work you’re working on “I do think there ought to be tion. For that reason, she said “there the Liberal office, Mr. Fillmore He said he distinguishes requires full-time hours.” rules more broadly ensuring that is a moral imperative to properly said the Liberals are committed between volunteers and interns But she also said a benefit of interns are not unpaid,” Ms. Ash- pay employees for their work.” to work to address unpaid intern- typically on a “temporal” basis, interning in the office was having ton, who is running to be leader Ms. Kishek said “there’s no ships. He also said each office and then also on the basis of a parliamentary email address, of her party, said in an interview end of those examples on the could have its own policy on expectations. Volunteers usually which gave her access to internal last week. “Both from the MP side Hill. People will do a few months unpaid interns. make infrequent appearances in job postings. She applied for a few and also from the academic side.” here and a few months there, The Liberals’ 2017 budget pro- the office, perhaps once a week and was called in for couple of Provincial law dictates that and it rarely leads to permanent poses to scrap unpaid internships or once a month. But interns are interviews, but was unsuccessful. interns must be paid unless an employment.” in federally regulated sectors there on a full-time basis, and After a year of 10 to 15 unpaid employer meets six conditions, MPs are given a designated where the internships are not part “your expectations with them are hours a week, the intern was hired including “the training is similar to member’s office budget, or an MOB. of a formal educational program. a little more serious.” on a short-term contract, and given that which is given in a vocational An MP’s basic office budget is “While internships can give Mr. Virani said he thinks it’s $1,000 honorarium as “back-pay” school,” the intern’s training “doesn’t $355,400, from which all staff wages young Canadians the hands-on important to treat interns “as peo- for her work, as she described it. take someone else’s job,” and “your must be paid, including “salaries, ser- work experience they need to ple who might become staffers.” When her contract ended, she was employer isn’t promising you a job vice contracts, some operating and make a successful transition But, he doesn’t see volunteers “in hired on full time, and is currently at the end of your training.” travel costs, and other expenses.” into the workforce, some intern- the same way.” in that position. She said she feels “Generally, if you perform work Liberal MP ships—in particular those that are Mr. Virani declined to comment that all internships should be paid. for another person or a company (Halifax, N.S.) said he has taken unpaid—can be unfair and exploit- on the case of the Liberal MP During her time as an intern, or other organization and you are on interns in his office through ative,” says the budget document. employing an unpaid intern part- she also travelled to Ottawa twice, not in business for yourself, you the Parliamentary Internship Pro- In February 2016, the govern- time for about a year. paying the expenses out of her would be considered to be an em- gramme. He said he believes in- ment came under fire from the The Hill Times takes on unpaid own pocket. She estimated the ployee, and therefore entitled to the terns should be paid, and he’s Canadian Intern Association and interns for up to about a month, cost at about $200 per trip. minimum wage,” reads the Ontario tried “to stay away from unpaid labour groups after proposed though they must be in school and When she was in Ottawa and labour ministry’s website. interns,” as it’s something he’s regulations, a hold-over from the come to the newspaper through a received a security pass for the But many staff on the “philosophically opposed to.” previous Conservative govern- recognized school program. Hill, she said she realized she was Hill aren’t subject to these provin- A former professor, Mr. Fill- ment, allowing federal institu- [email protected] characterized as a “volunteer.” cial regulations. more said he knows how impor- tions to take on unpaid interns for @chels_nash Amend Bill S-5 to ban mass media advertising for vaping products. 6 wednesday, may 31, 2017 | the hill times News Disaster relief ‘ They’re starting from zero’; MPs take stock after flood waters recede because we are here to help, but Parliamentarians’ the province needs to ask for help,” Mr. Drouin said. “They did chief role in a so when there was a lack of sand- bags and we responded quickly.” The Canadian military was disaster is to serve dispatched to towns across Que- bec on May 5 to help manage and as advocates, says mitigate the flooding there. Mr. MacKinnon also un- Gatineau MP derscored the primary role of provinces in disaster scenarios. Steve MacKinnon. Provinces provide direct financial assistance to those affected, and By Zach Varda the federal government helps to share the cost, he said. Ps are looking ahead to While many Liberal MPs Mrecovery efforts after un- expressed satisfaction with the precedented flooding in Ontario federal response, others were less and Quebec earlier this month, as than pleased. well as to future work to prevent For example, Daniel Goneau, further crises from occurring. whose home and family were The water has receded, allow- affected by flooding, told the CBC ing communities to fully assess during the flood that the military the damage incurred, physical did little to help him. and emotional, as some residenc- “The help, when we got it, was es were completely destroyed. too late. And the Army? Well, “I think we’re going to have to if you were here this morning, admit that we are going to have you saw the army vehicle(s) and more of these types of events, and whatever, and all the people here. that’s what climate change leads A big show...Where are they now? to, more extreme events,” said They’re gone,” said Mr. Gon- Liberal MP Karen McCrimmon, eau, the brother of Gatineau city whose Kanata-Carleton, Ont. rid- Residents of Gatineau had to wade, councillor Sylvie Goneau. ing includes the Constance Bay paddle, and sandbag their way through Ms. McCrimmon, meanwhile, area, which was hit hard by the the flood earlier this month, with or said she was happy with the speed flood earlier this month. without help from the authorities. The and level of help her constituents “We’re probably going to have to Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright received, adding that what was do some more planning,” she said. asked for was received and that the Liberal MP City of Ottawa, which was running (Spadina-Fort York, Ont.) said the response, did a wonderful job. work is coming to flood- months before everyone can return Mr. Baylis said that the day proof part of his lakefront Toronto to their homes in her area, espe- support was requested, the mili- district, which flooded on May 25. cially those who live in low-level tary was there. “What has been approved for residences. Ms. McCrimmon said “Of course all levels of govern- construction is a naturalization of the her community is now transition- ment should always be looking to Don [River] which gives it the ability ing from flood emergency response learn and do better,” Mr. Baylis said. to absorb overflow much better, com- to outreach teams that are coordi- “Once the dust settles it will be a bined with a flood diversion channel,” nating recovery and rehabilitation. valuable exercise for us to evaluate Mr. Vaughan said. “The cost of doing “The immediate crisis has the responses and outcomes.” that is multi-billions of dollars, but the passed but there’s a lot of people Mr. MacKinnon said he had noth- challenge we have is a flood would that lost a lot,” Ms. McCrimmon ing but positive things to say about cost us tens of billions of dollars.” said. “Especially people who may- all the groups who helped out. Mr. Vaughan’s riding includes be rented a basement apartment Events like these cultivate the , which were and lost everything, so they’re strong emotions, and Mr. MacKin- also flooded, leading the city starting from zero again.” non said the flooding emphasized to cancel event permits on the Liberal MP Steven MacKinnon the feeling of solidarity with his islands until the end of June. (Gatineau, Que.) said the main constituents. Liberal MP Frank Baylis role for an MP in the recovery “First and most obvious is the (Pierrefonds-Dollard, Que.) said stage is as an advocate. hole that is left when you consid- that preparation is important, “For example, on the ques- er what people have gone through but that evaluating future plans tion of if you own a property but and continue to go through every should occur only once this crisis you don’t occupy it: originally day,” Mr. MacKinnon said. “These has been dealt with. the program criteria would not are people’s homes, in many cas- “One of the major elements in have [compensated] you,” said Mr. es precious mementos or things mitigating flooding is preparation. MacKinnon. “We were able to get that are irreplaceable are gone.” The bulk of that happens with urban that changed, and I really want to While these were tough times planning and other municipal tools,” salute the government of Quebec with tough emotions, every MP Mr. Baylis said. “That being said, any for making that change.” stressed the positives that came opportunity for us to help in future Mr. MacKinnon represents citi- out of community efforts that crises should be evaluated once the zens in a city, Gatineau, which was sprang up to help residents out. current floods are dealt with.” hit especially hard. Some residents “I think it has reinforced the fab- Liberal MP (Ponti- were forced to use boats to get ric of our city,” Mr. MacKinnon said. ac, Que.) said the federal govern- around during the flood, govern- Mr. Amos summed up the ment made clear well before the ment buildings were shut down, emotion of seeing his community floods the importance of infra- and workers were advised against come together. structure for adaption and mitiga- using interprovincial bridges be- “It just reminded me of what a tion in light of climate change. tween Gatineau and Ottawa. privilege, what an honour it is, to “We all pay for climate The federal government can represent such a strong, resilient change,” said Mr. Amos, an en- only do so much in response to community,” he said. “You know viromental lawyer, whose riding such crises though, as Liberal you live in a great country, and you abuts the Ottawa River, across MP (Glengarry- know you represent a great riding, from Ms. McCrimmon’s district. Prescott-Russell, Ont.) said, the when one of the major outcomes “No one gets off free.” provinces need to ask for help. Flooding crippled Gatineau for days, but local MP Steven MacKinnon says of an environmental catastrophe is Ms. McCrimmon said she “From a federal perspective residents banded together to ride out the disaster. The Hill Times photograph by national unity, regional unity.” thinks it will be at least a couple our role is a little bit detached, Jake Wright [email protected] The Hill Times | wednesday, may 31, 2017 7 Comment

post-sanity, post-disbelief beer tent ward- robe of stretchy pants and mumus. “We thought that after meeting with the Ich bin ein U.S. president, she would need a pause to recover,” Horst Seehofer, the Bavarian pre- mier and chairman of a party allied with Merkel’s, said at the rally. Indeed. Münchner: Merkel’s The most powerful woman in the world, who has wisely embraced the nick- name Mutti as the benign, maternalizing alternative of the two objectifying stereo- beer tent breakup types still applied to women in politics, broke up with Donald Trump in a way that put America on notice to get its, um, act together. ‘We thought that after anyone in his cabinet. They were spo- After a suitably Sicilian G7 during ken Sunday night (in a prescient repeat) by which Trump essentially acted as Vladimir meeting with the U.S. Elizabeth McCord, who is a fictional U.S. Putin’s revenge on the world’s leading secretary of state played by Téa Leoni in democracies for ejecting him from the G8 president, she would need the CBS show Madam Secretary. Fictional three years ago, Mutti put her foot down. dramas are now both a richer source of She didn’t say Donald Trump is a a pause to recover,’ said wisdom and a less destabilizing force than #FakePresident or that America is a loser, what apparently passes for political reality because Angela Merkel is a grown-up liv- the Bavarian premier. You in America. ing in a serious world that has not yet been can say that again. The notion that the might consumed by the relentless ridiculousness ‘The times in which we could completely have to overhaul its relations with the of a political system hijacked by tactics depend on others are, to a certain extent, over,’ international community might seem like a once the sole purview of intelligence agen- German Chancellor Angela Merkel, pictured in far-fetched bit of dramatic understatement, cies, including misinformation, misrepre- 2015, said this week. The Hill Times photograph by given that the actual commander-in-chief sentation, misdirection, disruptive hacking, Sam Garcia spent his first foray on the global stage false flagging, and other stunts deployed in actively alienating democratic allies, frag- the manufacturing of narratives to produce day when this city will be joined as one menting relationships that have defined political and geopolitical outcomes. and this country and this great continent world order since the Second World War, She was calm, rational and, sadly, re- of Europe in a peaceful and hopeful globe. and shoving his co-stars out of the shot. signed. In the Madam Secretary rendition, When that day finally comes, as it will, “The times in which we could complete- she’d have been played by Anna Deavere the people of West Berlin can take sober ly depend on others are, to a certain extent, Smith. In the John Frankenheimer ver- satisfaction in the fact that they were in the over,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel sion, maybe Patricia Neal. In the crackpot front lines for almost two decades.” Ich bin Lisa Van Dusen told an election rally in Munich on Sunday. reality-show universe of Trumpworld, ein Münchner. Lisa Van Dusen, associate editor of Poli- What Fresh Hell “I’ve experienced that in the last few days. perhaps a Kardashian. We Europeans truly have to take our fate Monday marked the 100th birthday of cy Magazine, was a Washington columnist into our own hands.” John F. Kennedy. If Trump were a serious for The , Washington bureau believe we are at a critical juncture in hu- Merkel was speaking in a beer tent, president, he’d have read Kennedy’s speech chief for Sun Media, and international “Iman history and the U.S. needs to overhaul which, let’s face it, is where we would all on June 26, 1963 in Berlin. “Freedom is news writer for Peter Jennings at ABC its relations with the international community.” be spending our days at this point if we indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, World News Tonight, as well as an editor at Those words were uttered not by the didn’t fear it would eventually require the all are not free,” Kennedy said. “When all AP in New York and UPI in Washington. current president of the United States or purchase of an entirely new post-truth, are free, then we can look forward to that The Hill Times

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E ditorial Letters to the Editor In electing Scheer, Conservatives Here’s hoping for education funding boost for those in need abroad betting on success of touched-up he recent terrorist attack in Manchester education. It is sad to state that our gov- Treminds us of the tragic cost of keeping ernment is of little help: the funds it has important issues in the dark. provided for education are lower than they Harper playbook This June 5 to 7, the replenishment were at the beginning of the decade. And n choosing who they hope will serve as all, it was Stephen Harper who rode to conference for the Global Partnership for just last year they were cut again. Ithe next , the power in 2006 on a campaign platform Education (GPE) will be held in Ottawa. Yet it has been proven that augmenting Conservative Party faithful decided to go that called for lowering taxes, protecting This little-known organization is the instru- the school attendance of a girl by just one back to the past. property rights, and boosting natural ment that the international community year would increase her future revenues as Andrew Scheer, the former House resource industries, themes that repeated has created precisely to combat obscuran- an adult by 12 per cent. And what can be Speaker, was elected by a narrow margin in Mr. Scheer’s leadership pitch. tism, and to offer basic education to youth said of the power of education to help build last weekend in Toronto to lead the federal Mr. Scheer’s mushy, undefined envi- throughout the world who are incapable of a culture of peace? Conservatives into the next federal election ronmental policy also seems to be cribbed attending school. We must hope that our government re- and perhaps beyond. After the results were from the Harper playbook. A The results are stunning: thanks to the verses its course and instead brings about a known, many in the media painted Mr. is too costly, according to the new Tory GPE, 60 million children have been able to contribution to international education we Scheer as one of the least caustic lead- leader, who says it will be scrapped if he make their way back to school. can finally be proud of. ing candidates, and claimed his victory becomes prime minister, and replaced Unfortunately, there is much left to be Jean-François Tardif ensured a unified Conservative Party. with a Conservative environmental policy done: 121 million children still lack basic Gatineau, Que. The thread went that, had the contest he has yet to roll out. gone to Maxime Bernier, some otherwise Don’t be surprised if Mr. Scheer follows staunch rural supporters in Ontario and the lead of Mr. Harper by continuing to Who is the Conservative Party taking its cues from? Quebec might have been turned away kick the can down the road on curbing because of his plans to dismantle the emissions, should he win the next election. e: “Ottawa taking carbon pricing cues from equally to households in quarterly dividends. supply management system. Had it been Mr. Scheer also promised to bolster Rprovinces,” ( The Hill Times, May 22, p. 7). Political parties and politicians want- the fiery populist , the party gun rights, make it easier to home school It is not just that is balking at ing to win any election should note that would have lost scores of immigrant vot- children, and prioritize Christians in the carbon pricing. Other than , only two per cent of Canadians belong to ers who could otherwise be lured by the Middle East for refugee status. a former Conservative leadership candidate, political parties, or less. Thus, their job is party’s social conservative leanings and Playing to the base plays well in the Conservative Party of Canada has not to convince 98 per cent of us or more that emphasis on championing entrepreneurs. a leadership race. At a national level, embraced carbon pricing either. Given its their party is worthy of our vote. If it was carbon-tax backer Michael Chong, however, polls show the carbon tax-sup- economic efficiency and polluters-pay principle Canadians realize that polluting isn’t free. hardened right-wingers might bolt, while porting, pot-legalizing, deficit-spending that is often associated with conservative- According to an October 2016 Nanos poll, three- electing would likely turn off Trudeau government remains popular minded people, this is rather surprising. quarters of Canadians are in favour of a more progressive elements. with the Canadian electorate. An April 2015 study from Canada’s Ecofis- national climate plan to ensure we achieve our But no, the Conservatives elected In putting forward a likeable young cal Commission determined that the Canadian international carbon-emission reduction targets. someone non-threatening, albeit a relative MP as their new leader, the Conservatives economy would grow by an additional 3.7 Dismissiveness is a feeling or showing unknown, in Mr. Scheer, a social conserva- are betting on what has became a com- per cent by 2020 with a well-designed carbon that something is unworthy of consideration. tive who says he doesn’t want to reopen the mon refrain following the 2015 election: pricing policy compared to using regulatory Conservatives may want to rethink why they debate on abortion or same-sex marriage, they lost because Stephen Harper had mechanisms to reduce carbon emissions. are being dismissive about carbon pricing. and a fiscal hawk who wants to bring become unlikable. Conservative stalwarts in the United Political stripes aside, their dismissiveness Canada’s budget back to the black within The Tories did well among the rural voters States have embraced carbon pricing. The may be something they regret in 2019. two years, but has refrained from promis- who make up their base in the last election. Climate Leadership Council, which includes Cathy Orlando ing drastic cuts. They will need to win over voters in big cit- Republicans Henry Paulson, George Shultz, National Director No wonder he’s already being called ies—which overwhelmingly voted for other and James Baker, released a Carbon Divi- Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada “Stephen Harper, but with a smile.” After parties in 2015—if they want to gain power. dends Plan, with all the revenue returned Sudbury, Ont. Helping the poor in Canada, abroad shouldn’t be zero-sum game n a troubled and complicated world, we ing women improves their home life and the Ineed to maintain focus on helping those lives of those in their community. Education is in the greatest need. a way out of poverty. Many complain that we should be spending The Global Partnership for Education will our foreign-aid money at home where we have be having a replenishment conference later extensive poverty but lack the will to deal with this year. Canada needs to be a part of that it. Being poor in Canada is a luxury compared action. We are woefully short of the target of to the lives lived by billions abroad. We need to providing 0.7 per cent of our gross national see the world as a single community in which income towards foreign aid. The British we all need to prosper. government has recently recommitted to this One of the areas in which we can help is percentage despite the economic challenges education, particularly of women. Two-thirds it faces as a result of Brexit. By contrast, of illiterate adults are women. Education of Canada is below 0.3 per cent. women brings many benefits: child mortality I hope that our government will see the need drops 15 per cent when girls finish primary to provide leadership at the replenishment con- school and 49 per cent when they finish sec- ference in this worthwhile cause of education, ondary school. Better educated women do a particularly for women. Remember, we are a better job of nourishing, educating, and immu- world community; boundaries are in our minds. nizing their children; her wages increase by 12 Ivor Green per cent for every year of education. Educat- , Alta.

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Heads of state and government of NATO members, including Defence spending laggards U.S. President Donald Trump, centre, attend a dedication ceremony for memorials erected don’t need to spend more, at the new NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium during a NATO summit U.S. should spend less on May 25. Photograph courtesy of NATO two per cent of their gross domes- of America’s quest to remain a Maybe then it would tic product (GDP) on the military. superpower, rather than defend- Yes, with Canada spending ing the sovereignty of places like America’s NATO allies? Hell no. moval, and as a result the Libyan stop getting involved barely one per cent of GDP on Latvia and Montenegro. Instead, the protracted violence rebels immediately began bat- defence, we would be lumped in Trump himself previously and instability has led to the tling among themselves once he in illegal invasions with the group Trump refers to as described NATO as “obsolete,” current migration crisis, which was executed. To this day, Libya and regime changes. laggards. We are certainly not short and the U.S. has shown in recent our European NATO allies are all remains a failed state gripped of company in the laggard club, as history that it has no hesitation in struggling to cope with. by violent anarchy. It is also a only five NATO countries spend wielding its military force without The U.S. similarly took a lead principal conduit for the masses that magical two per cent of GDP, the consent of the alliance. role in toppling Muammar Gad- of African migrants seeking to while the other 23 fall short. To wit, in 2003 U.S. President dafi in Libya in 2011. cross the Mediterranean to seek a In Trump’s opinion, those of us George W. Bush falsified claims Technically, the better life in Europe. who have failed to meet this de- that Saddam Hussein possessed Security Council passed a resolu- Instead of buckling under fence-spending goal are a burden weapons of mass destruction in tion authorizing NATO to enforce Trump’s demands to spend more, on the U.S. taxpayers. As we are order to justify illegally invad- a no-fly zone over Libya to prevent NATO leaders should take the all responsible for the collective ing Iraq. That ill-fated campaign Gaddafi from using his air force to bullyboy to task for America’s defence and sovereignty of the quickly toppled Saddam, but punish rebellious civilians. reckless role in all of these unre- 28 member states, Trump believes it failed to secure the country. However, simply keeping the solved conflicts. those not pulling their weight of Instead, the U.S. invasion trig- Libyan air force on the ground Thanks to the U.S. track S cott Taylor two per cent of GDP actually owe gered a fanatical insurgency and was never America’s goal. From record of illegal invasions and Inside Defence a debt to the U.S. wholesale inter-factional bloodlet- the outset it was regime change, regime changes, the world is less That line of reasoning might ting that continues to this day. and the minute it had a UN no- safe now than at any point since make sense if NATO were actu- The war in Iraq cost U.S. fly-zone authorization, the U.S. the end of the Second World War. TTAWA—At last week’s ally at war, or if there were even taxpayers trillions of dollars and, exceeded its mandate and began Maybe the answer is not for the ONATO summit, U.S. President a tangible threat to the alliance. given the violent anarchy that bombing Gaddafi loyalists. Gad- laggards to spend more, but for Donald Trump surprised no one That the U.S. chooses to spend a resulted and has since spilled dafi was prevented from bombing the U.S. to spend less, and to with his bombastic comments on whopping 3.6 per cent of its GDP over into Syria, the Middle East rebels; but the U.S.-led NATO air refrain from kicking over political defence spending. on defence, which amounts to remains engulfed in the bloodiest armada had virtual unrestricted hornets’ nests around the globe. The Donald has long railed more than double the collective conflicts since the Crusades. authority to bomb Libyans. Scott Taylor is editor and pub- against those NATO member states dollar figure of the other 27 NATO Has that vast expenditure of Of course, no one planned for lisher of Esprit de Corps magazine. that do not spend the target goal of countries combined, is purely out U.S. tax money helped to protect the aftermath of Gaddafi’s re- The Hill Times Trump’s ‘principled realism’ is anything but

ism,” although it didn’t offer much by them in Syria. hard to reduce the influence of his could certainly do it with Trump’s He has bought into way of either principles or realism. And no mention of the fact that hard-line opponents. Rouhani also America.) But the Islamic Republic In practice, it mostly boiled down to the only approved form of Sunni Is- signed the deal freezing Iranian of Iran has not invaded anybody an Arab narrative of a declaration of (proxy) war against lam in Saudi Arabia, the fundamen- work on nuclear weapons for 10 for decades, and it certainly does an inevitable conflict Iran. talist Wahhabi doctrine, is almost years, and he clearly has popular not support terrorist attacks against After rambling on for 20 identical to the version of Islam support for his policies. either the West or the Arab world. between Iran and the minutes about the wonders of espoused by the terrorists. Bringing The “militias” Iran trains and Trump has drunk the Kool- Islam and the evils of “extremism” up such awkward subjects would supports include those in Iraq that Aid. He has bought into a partisan Arab world, and has and “terrorism,” Trump finally got have upset his audience, and the are fighting to free the city of Mo- Arab narrative whose theme is an to the point: “No discussion of last thing Trump wants to do is hurt sul from the clutches of the Islamic inevitable (and ultimately military) all but promised the stamping out this [terrorist] threat people’s feelings. State militant group (they also have conflict between Iran and the Arab would be complete without men- Iran, to hear Trump tell it, is the tacit American support), and the world, and has all but promised that U.S. would fight on tioning the government that gives source of all the region’s problems. Hezbollah movement in southern the United States would fight on the the Arab side. terrorists...safe harbour, financial “From Lebanon to Iraq to Yemen, Lebanon, which has for years been Arab side in that putative war. backing, and the social standing Iran funds, arms, and trains terror- part of the Lebanese government. This is probably the stupidest needed for recruitment....I am ists, militias, and other extremist There is no evidence that Iran has foreign policy commitment any speaking, of course, of Iran.” groups that spread destruction and supplied weapons to the Houthi American administration has No mention of the fact that every chaos across the region....It is a rebels in Yemen, despite frequent made since the decision 60 years single terrorist attack in the West government that speaks openly of allegations to that effect by Arab ago to take France’s place in from 9/11 down to the bomb in mass murder, vowing the destruc- and American sources. fighting the “communist men- Manchester Arena on May 22 was tion of Israel, death to America, The Iranian government does ace” in Vietnam. Iran has almost carried out by Sunni fanatics, most and ruin for many leaders and not speak “openly of mass murder,” as many people as Vietnam, it’s of them of Arab origin, whereas nations in this very room....” and the one Iranian leader who five times as big, and it’s mostly Iran’s population is overwhelmingly “Until the Iranian regime is spoke about the eventual destruc- mountains and deserts—plus Shia and not Arab at all. willing to be a partner for peace, all tion of Israel (although he did not some very big cities. No mention either of the fact nations of conscience must work promise to do it personally) was Maybe it is inevitable that Gwynne Dyer that it was Sunni-majority allies of together to isolate Iran, deny it Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He was Sunni Arab leaders will see Shia Global Affairs the United States—notably Saudi funding for terrorism, and pray for defeated by Rouhani in the 2013 Iran through the lens of their own Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey—that the day when the Iranian people election, and was banned from fears and stereotypes, and start enabled the two most powerful have the just and righteous govern- running again in the one just past. making self-fulfilling prophecies ONDON, U.K.—The media most- Sunni extremist groups, the Islamic ment they so richly deserve.” “Death to America!” was a nation- of apocalyptic conflict. Trump has Lly missed it (or chose to ignore it State and al-Qaeda, to seize large Trump delivered this remark- alist slogan popular in the 1980s. no such excuse, and “principled re- as a piece of meaningless rhetoric), amounts of territory in Syria and able farrago of lies and half-truths Iran, like most large countries, alism” really is the wrong slogan. but Donald Trump proclaimed a Iraq. Saudi Arabia and Qatar gave two days after Iran, the only has many conflicting political trends, How about “reckless complicity?” new doctrine in his speech to the as- the extremists direct and indirect Middle Eastern state apart from and with careful selection and Gwynne Dyer is a U.K.-based sembled leaders of the Muslim world financial aid, and Turkey kept Israel and Turkey to hold relatively enough ill will you can find enough independent journalist whose ar- in Saudi Arabia earlier this month. It its border open so that weapons, free elections, re-elected President extreme and ignorant comments ticles are published in 45 countries. goes by the name of “principled real- money, and recruits could reach Hassan Rouhani, who has worked to demonize the country. (You The Hill Times Dine

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held a press conference with Prime Minister during a visit to Ottawa in September. Mr. Li’s government has courted The Gwadar Port in Pakistan is a part of the One Belt One Road’s China–Pakistan Economic Corridor. Photograph by international support and financing for China’s ambitious One Belt One Road Umargondal courtesy of Wikimedia Commons global infrastructure program. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Some six corridors are planned: It would be the most powerful The AIIB will hold its second an- the New Eurasian Land Bridge, economic bloc in the world. nual meeting in South Korea from crossing Russia to Europe; the In mid-May China hosted the June 16 to 18 with two days of dis- One Belt One China-Mongolia-Russia Corridor; Belt and Road Forum in Interna- cussions on sustainable infrastruc- the China-Central Asia-West Asia tional Cooperation in Beijing, a ture, the fourth industrial revolution Corridor, linking China to Turkey; spectacular summit. The heads of and infrastructure, smart cities, the China-Indochina Peninsula the International Monetary Fund, sustainable energy, infrastructure Road could shift Corridor, linking China to Singa- the World Bank, and the United priorities and financing, and the pore; the China-Pakistan Corridor, Nations attended, as did 29 leaders AIIB’s investment program. linking China to Pakistan; and the from foreign countries, including Canada’s new ambassador, Maritime Silk Road, running from Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Even the John McCallum, is now in Beijing global economic China, linking with Indonesia and U.S. sent a high-ranking official. and has had his credentials ac- Singapore, and continuing to East Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, parlia- cepted by the Chinese govern- Africa and the Mediterranean. mentary secretary to the trade ment. It will be part of his job to But Xi’s 21st century project is minister, attended for Canada. Her keep Canadian business abreast centre not just about infrastructure; it task was to identify ways in which of opportunities from the Belt is also about economic integra- Canadian companies can partici- and Road project. Canada and tion, Eurasian supply chains, and pate in major infrastructure proj- China have also launched the first It is important that we under- how the future global economy is ects, which are open to content of their annual Canada-China Canada has a chance stand this new geography, as the organized. from around the world. General Economic and Financial Strategic to get in on the global economic centre of gravity It is a hugely ambitious vision, Electric has won major contracts Dialogue, which took place in shifts from the Atlantic world to with US$900-billion of planned and is bidding on more. Beijing in April, attended by Fi- transformational the Eurasian world, stretching investments, but not without At the summit, President Xi nance Minister and from the vast reaches of Asia to enormous risks, frictions, and announced US$124-billion of new Trade Minister François-Philippe project, but its the centre of Europe. even setbacks, which will almost funding to advance his Silk Road Champagne. Also on McCallum’s This is the One Belt One Road inevitably include some failed plan, including another US$14.5- workload will be the Canada-Chi- share of the Asian initiative, announced by Chinese projects. The Belt and Road billion for his Silk Road Fund to na discussions on a possible free Infrastructure President Xi Jinping in 2013. initiative cuts through some of help finance projects,—which he trade agreement, a process that It was quickly followed by his the most unstable, violent, or had launched in 2014 with US$40- began following former prime Investment Bank is announcement of plans for the crime-ridden parts of the world. billion—about US$60-billion to minister Stephen Harper’s visit to US$100-billion Asian Infrastruc- Moreover, other powerful players, enable new loans from Chinese China in 2012. ture Investment Bank, which is notably Russia and India, fear policy banks, and about US$9-bil- Canada’s ties with China date currently modest th intended to help fund Belt and that China could weaken them in lion in aid to developing countries back to the 18 century when, for compared to its peers. Road infrastructure projects. their own spheres of influence. along the new trade routes. a time, New France (Quebec) ex- By sea and by land China But if successful, the Belt The Asian Infrastructure ported high-quality ginseng root

hopes to restore, with 21st century and Road initiative will build oil Investment Bank, which opened to China, a trade that ended when technology, the old silk caravan and gas pipelines, high-speed its doors last year, is likely to play New France settlers began ship- routes that date back more than railways, major ports, efficient a big funding role. The Harper ping an inferior product. Canada 2,000 years, when trade flowed by electricity grids, major highways, government turned down the invi- once had its own Silk Road, from camel and horse caravans from smart cities, and fibre optics tation from China to join the bank the late 1880s until the late 1930s, the Mediterranean through the telecommunications networks for as a founding member. However when Canadian Pacific and, later, Middle East and Central Asia, fast internet services, stretching the Trudeau government applied Canadian National trains loaded through northern India and on across Asia into the Middle East, to join and in March was accept- up silk from China in the port of to China, and back again to the East Africa, and Europe. Chinese ed as a prospective member. then, at express speed, Mediterranean. Some 65 coun- trains, for example, have already It appears, though, that Canada raced across Canada to deliver tries are today engaged. made it to London and trains will be a minor participant in the the perishable silk to the National D avid Crane The Belt is a land-based regularly carry cargo from China bank; its US$199-million capital Silk Exchange in New York and to the centre of Europe. commitment is well below that of the clothing industry of the U.S. Canada & the 21st Century project, linking China to Europe across the Russian steppes and The World Bank has estimated smaller countries such as Sweden, eastern seaboard. through Central Asia. The Road that the Belt and Road project, at Switzerland, Netherlands, Finland, But the implications of China ORONTO—China aims to re- is a maritime equivalent, linking its broadest development, could Denmark, and Austria, let alone for Canada are much greater today. Tdraw the political and econom- China by sea around Southeast embrace 4.4 billion people, touch- bigger economies such as Ger- David Crane can be reached at ic maps of the world in a highly Asia to the Middle East and East ing 65 countries, and account for many and Britain. But Canada will [email protected]. ambitious geo-economics project. Africa up to Europe. some 40 per cent of global GDP. at least be at the table. The Hill Times 12 wednesday, may 31, 2017 | the hill times Opinion

To be sure, every American administra- tion wants to see Canada (and the rest of NATO) meet its obligation to put two per Defence policy cent of GDP toward defence spending. But observers are all still trying to figure out exactly how the Trump administration in- tends to hold the line on this matter. Clarity review: what’s does not appear to be forthcoming. Second, the Trump administration is not staffed to address Canadian defence priori- ties, and will not be any time soon. Canada waiting for? This past week, the U.S. Senate con- firmed the second political appointee (after Secretary James Mattis) to the Depart- If Canada is waiting on the A number of recent moves by the Cana- ment of Defense. There are dozens of these dian foreign policy establishment indicate positions, and very few of them have been Defence Minister has been kicking U.S. for policy direction, it that the defence policy review (DPR) may nominated, let alone scheduled for hearings around the results of Canada’s defence policy be somewhat underwhelming. The release on Capitol Hill. It will take many months for review for months. His department wrapped up better not hold its breath. of the budget earlier this year without any the administration to fully staff up. consultations on it last summer. The Hill Times major allocations or shifts for defence Even once the new leadership is in photograph by Jake Wright The Trump administration priorities is the biggest clue that the DPR place, it will take another few months for is not likely to be earth-shattering. Also it to get up to speed. Near-crisis priorities From the American perspective, espe- still isn’t fully staffed. Even significant is that Prime Minister Justin such as Russia, North Korea, and Syria are cially, a procurement plan is not a defence when it is, Canada will not Trudeau has made clear that he is waiting to likely to take officials’ immediate attention. strategy, nor does a shift in buying priorities take cues from the United States. Shuffling Matters of priority for Canada are not go- establish a defence policy. American policy- be top of mind. the cabinet was proactive, but this govern- ing to be top of mind, without some delib- makers will be looking instead to see wheth- ment has otherwise chosen to wait for U.S. erate action on Canada’s part, or without er Canada has broader principles in mind, President Donald Trump’s first moves. some truly disastrous cross-border crisis. including an articulation of how Canada sees The DPR delay seems consistent with In fairness, Trump’s election was disrup- its role in the world. Canada should not be this wait-and-see foreign policy posture. tive to the global foreign policy establish- shy about making such statements. From an American perspective, Canada is ment. But his election in the U.S. did not If the status quo is acceptable, or even ceding a lot of territory in the defence and fundamentally change what is right for desirable, then it does not make sense foreign policy space by hesitating in this Canada in the defence arena. to make the first move. The status quo way. Giving up the first-mover advantage is The two countries remain inextricably is likely to endure for now. But if there’s not likely to yield the best policy outcomes intertwined, and the relationship will transcend anything in particular that Canada wants for either country, for two major reasons. individual personalities. Canada’s commitments to see come out of its relationship with the First, President Trump is not likely to to NORAD, NATO, and peacekeeping priorities, U.S. or the world, it might be time to take Lindsay Rodman articulate a clear policy for Canada to react just to name a few, should not change depend- the first step. Lindsay L. Rodman is a former Obama Foreign policy to, especially in the defence policy arena. As ing on the leadership to the south. we have seen with his treatment of NATO American observers will be looking to administration appointee in the U.S. thus far, the message will be muddled. Trump see if the DPR signals any first moves on Defense Department and White House TTAWA—The Department of Na- may make strong statements, but the actions Canada’s part; in other words, whether National Security Council official. She now Otional Defence once again seems set of the rest of his cabinet—those who will ex- there is any fundamental change in how resides in Ottawa and is a fellow with the to release its long-overdue defence policy ecute American foreign policy—indicate that Canada views its relationship with its part- Canadian Global Affairs Institute. review. the actual take-away might be subtler. ners and its bilateral or global obligations. The Hill Times

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With Scheer, Results by province, first and last round 9.20% 0.30% Candidate name Round 1 Kellie Leitch 7.56% 0.17% Maxime Bernier 24.81% 3.89% Candidate name Round 13 Conservatives Andrew Scheer 20.02% Chris Alexander 1.78% Andrew Scheer 56.91% Erin O’Toole 12.50% Kevin O’Leary 1.35% Maxime Bernier 43.09% Brad Trost 10.15% Deepak Obhrai 0.51% Michael Chong 9.60% Rick Peterson 0.50% Newfoundland and Labrador Kellie Leitch 7.79% Steven Blaney 0.39% Candidate name Round 1 look back Pierre Lemieux 7.30% Andrew Saxton 0.27% Maxime Bernier 29.79% Lisa Raitt 2.88% Candidate name Round 13 Andrew Scheer 16.17% Andrew Saxton 1.46% Andrew Scheer 51.85% Kellie Leitch 14.09% Kevin O’Leary 1.07% Maxime Bernier 48.15% Erin O’Toole 10.92% Rick Peterson 1.04% Michael Chong 8.00% instead of Chris Alexander 0.70% Quebec Pierre Lemieux 6.93% Steven Blaney 0.34% Candidate name Round 1 Lisa Raitt 5.55% Deepak Obhrai 0.34% Maxime Bernier 39.38% Brad Trost 5.25% Candidate name Round 13 Andrew Scheer 27.68% Andrew Saxton 0.91% Andrew Scheer 52.94% Kellie Leitch 5.99% Deepak Obhrai 0.77% forward Maxime Bernier 47.06% Erin O’Toole 5.92% Rick Peterson 0.66% Brad Trost 4.86% Steven Blaney 0.35% Generating fresh Pierre Lemieux 4.43% Chris Alexander 0.32% Candidate name Round 1 Steven Blaney 4.24% Kevin O’Leary 0.29% ideas, not party Maxime Bernier 35.54% Michael Chong 3.55% Candidate name Round 13 Andrew Scheer 23.65% Chris Alexander 1.12% Maxime Bernier 56.58% Erin O’Toole 10.24% Lisa Raitt 1.09% Andrew Scheer 43.42% unity, is the real Brad Trost 7.79% Rick Peterson 0.73% challenge for the Pierre Lemieux 6.04% Kevin O’Leary 0.64% Yukon Kellie Leitch 5.95% Andrew Saxton 0.22% Candidate name Round 1 Michael Chong 4.63% Deepak Obhrai 0.16% Maxime Bernier 21.70% Tories. Lisa Raitt 1.77% Candidate name Round 13 Erin O’Toole 21.70% Kevin O’Leary 1.52% Maxime Bernier 55.62% Andrew Scheer 14.15% Deepak Obhrai 1.09% Andrew Scheer 44.38% Lisa Raitt 13.84% Rick Peterson 0.57% Michael Chong 9.75% Chris Alexander 0.56% New Brunswick Kellie Leitch 5.66% Steven Blaney 0.34% Candidate name Round 1 Brad Trost 4.72% Andrew Saxton 0.28% Andrew Scheer 22.58% Pierre Lemieux 4.40% New Conservative Candidate name Round 13 Maxime Bernier 22.09% Rick Peterson 1.57% Andrew Scheer ran on promises to Maxime Bernier 53.07% Erin O’Toole 14.31% Kevin O’Leary 0.94% repeal funding from universities that Andrew Scheer 46.93% Lisa Raitt 8.94% Chris Alexander 0.94% did not protect free speech, provide Michael Chong 8.03% Andrew Saxton 0.31% a tax credit for home schooling, Saskatchewan Kellie Leitch 7.51% Steven Blaney 0.31% Candidate name Round 1 Pierre Lemieux 7.14% Deepak Obhrai balance the budget within two years, Andrew Scheer 47.54% Brad Trost 5.17% L es Whittington repeal the Liberal government’s Candidate name Round 13 Maxime Bernier 18.16% Andrew Saxton 1.46% Andrew Scheer 53.94% carbon tax, and add property rights to Brad Trost 10.63% Rick Peterson 0.84% Maxime Bernier 46.06% Need to Know the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Pierre Lemieux 7.93% Kevin O’Leary 0.74% Steven Blaney 0.62% The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright Erin O’Toole 6.83% Northwest Territories Kellie Leitch 3.92% Chris Alexander 0.53% Candidate name Round 1 TTAWA—At least he’s no Michael Chong 2.10% Deepak Obhrai 0.03% Maxime Bernier 33.83% OTrump. Research poll in which Canadians Lisa Raitt 1.42% Candidate name Round 13 Andrew Scheer 17.29% Thanks to Kevin O’Leary’s were asked which Conservative Kevin O’Leary 0.76% Andrew Scheer 60.33% Erin O’Toole 11.28% (ever more curious) decision to leadership hopeful would make Rick Peterson 0.19% Maxime Bernier 39.67% Michael Chong 10.53% Andrew Saxton 0.18% Kellie Leitch 9.02% drop out of the Conservative lead- the best prime minister, 4.1 per Chris Alexander 0.15% ership contest, Canadians will Lisa Raitt 5.26% cent chose the man who is now Steven Blaney 0.13% Candidate name Round 1 Pierre Lemieux 4.51% have Andrew Scheer as opposi- the party leader. Deepak Obhrai 0.07% Andrew Scheer 29.42% Rick Peterson 3.76% tion leader, meaning they’ll be At 38, Scheer turns the page, Candidate name Round 13 Erin O’Toole 16.87% Brad Trost 1.50% spared the experience of coping generationally, on the past. But Andrew Scheer 73.80% Maxime Bernier 15.13% Deepak Obhrai 1.50% with an extremist or a vitupera- his appeal among millennials is Maxime Bernier 26.20% Pierre Lemieux 8.06% Chris Alexander 0.75% tive, post-rational populist like the questionable. Michael Chong 7.97% Kevin O’Leary 0.75% Manitoba Lisa Raitt 6.93% Andrew Saxton Americans are stuck with. It remains to be seen how Candidate name Round 1 Kellie Leitch 6.38% Steven Blaney Scheer won because Maxime much the MP from Saskatchewan Maxime Bernier 28.40% Brad Trost 4.87% Candidate name Round 13 Bernier made a classic miscalcula- will be influenced by his party’s Andrew Scheer 17.97% Andrew Saxton 2.43% Maxime Bernier 56.90% tion in his promise to dismantle social conservatives. Though a so- Pierre Lemieux 13.94% Steven Blaney 0.52% Andrew Scheer 43.10% supply management for dairy and cial conservative himself, Scheer Erin O’Toole 13.78% Chris Alexander 0.52% poultry. Like the idea of normalizing Kellie Leitch 7.25% Rick Peterson 0.30% Nunavut seems committed to the Harper Brad Trost 6.84% Deepak Obhrai 0.30% relations with Cuba in the U.S., it’s policy of keeping that wing of the Candidate name Round 1 Michael Chong 5.75% Kevin O’Leary 0.29% Maxime Bernier 50.00% a policy that most voters don’t care party at arm’s length. But the so- Lisa Raitt 2.58% Candidate name Round 13 Andrew Scheer 18.75% about but one that really antago- cons flexed their muscles during Kevin O’Leary 1.43% Andrew Scheer 70.80% Michael Chong 12.50% nizes a small group of people. In the leadership and will certainly Rick Peterson 0.67% Maxime Bernier 29.20% Erin O’Toole 6.25% the U.S. case, it’s the very vocal and demand a bigger say as Conser- Steven Blaney 0.59% Kellie Leitch 6.25% Chris Alexander 0.41% Lisa Raitt 6.25% organized Miami Cubans. In Canada vative policies unroll under the Andrew Saxton 0.27% Candidate name Round 1 Deepak Obhrai (and Quebec), dairy farmers. new opposition leader. Deepak Obhrai 0.12% Maxime Bernier 21.83% Kevin O’Leary Bernier’s inability to win big Abortion and same-sex mar- Candidate name Round 13 Erin O’Toole 17.25% Chris Alexander among fellow party members in riage are yesterday’s issues among Maxime Bernier 50.55% Andrew Scheer 16.98% Rick Peterson his home province, coupled with an most young people, so any revival Andrew Scheer 49.45% Lisa Raitt 13.98% Steven Blaney unexpectedly large social conser- of those debates will be deadly for Michael Chong 8.29% Andrew Saxton vative turnout, cost him the leader- the Conservatives’ effort to develop Ontario Kellie Leitch 7.07% Pierre Lemieux Brad Trost ship he thought he had in the bag. Candidate name Round 1 Brad Trost 5.52% a wider voting base in advance of Maxime Bernier 24.41% Pierre Lemieux 5.29% The honour fell then to Scheer, the 2019 election. Candidate name Round 13 Andrew Scheer 16.21% Andrew Saxton 1.02% Maxime Bernier 71.43% an inoffensive Howdy Doody of a Worse, Scheer’s plan to scrap Erin O’Toole 12.08% Chris Alexander 0.82% Andrew Scheer 28.57% character who was the favourite a national carbon tax—prob- Brad Trost 11.00% Kevin O’Leary 0.75% of the Conservative establishment ably his most prominent idea Michael Chong 10.85% Rick Peterson 0.73% Source: Conservative Party of Canada and will try to carry on with the so far—is a loser among young party pretty much as defined by people and urban voters, the key doesn’t plan to put some kind of a near win reflected a pronounced contrary to what many observers Stephen Harper. demographics. price on carbon to let the market demand in the party for radical concluded—is not whether Scheer Despite having been Speaker “The Liberal carbon tax is noth- dictate greenhouse gas cutbacks is proposals to shake up Canada’s can unify his party in the wake of of the House of Commons, Scheer ing more than a cash grab,” he said going to be seen by a great many current social-economic land- the usual bruises from a leadership is most notable for his lack of in his victory speech in a word-for- voters as beyond hope. scape—such as Bernier’s plan to contest. Rather, it’s whether the being notable. As Speaker, he was word lift from Harper. On Satur- Fixated with warmed-over enable more private health care Conservatives can come up with a generally seen as conflict-averse day night he added that, in lieu Reaganomics and standard services at the expense of the pub- set of fresh, compelling proposals in an atmosphere that called for of a carbon tax, the party would myth-making about how tax cuts lic system—or whether the veteran that will interest today’s voters and leadership to balance the perni- have to come up with a meaningful will improve everyone’s lives, the Tory was just the most recogniz- lift the party out of a Harper mind- cious domination of the legisla- environmental policy. party didn’t produce much in the able face among the leadership set that owes its relevance to issues ture by Harper’s PMO. The Conservatives tried to way of exciting new ideas during herd once O’Leary quit. now 10 or 15 years old. While well known among the dodge this issue for years under its interminable, 14-person lead- Scheer’s acceptance speech on Les Whittington is an Ottawa Tory faithful, Scheer is starting Harper, but there’s no way around ership marathon. Saturday night brimmed with bland journalist and a regular contribu- from scratch with the country it. As the planet warms, and floods, In that context, it’s interesting optimism and self-evident platitudes. tor to The Hill Times. as a whole. In a recent Nanos and wildfires mount, any party that to speculate whether Bernier’s Looking ahead, the issue— The Hill Times 14 wednesday, may 31, 2017 | the hill times News Conservative leadership News W hile caucus praises Scheer’s Former Senator Marjory LeBreton and MP Diane Senator Larry Smith and former Senator Irving ability to unify, Finley. Gerstein. Bernier’s team Event MCs MP Candice Bergen and Caroline knew it would Mulroney Lapham. The Hill Times photographs have been by Jake Wright tough for him

were asked to leave soon after for Maxime Bernier, right, and his girlfriend Catherine Letarte, centre, in the tense moments awaiting results. Seventeen caucus the rest of the normally private weekly meeting. members had Mr. Clement said that “behind endorsed Maxime closed doors,” Mr. Scheer iter- ated “how important it was that Hill staffer Aaron Silver and Senator Michael MacDonald. Bernier, while Scheer the leadership candidates rallied around him.” had almost double. Mr. Scheer had nearly twice as many caucus endorsements as Mr. Bernier, 24 MPs and eight Continued from page 1 Senators, though he was still best- ed by third-place contender Erin (Parry Sound- O’Toole (Durham, Ont.), who Muskoka, Ont.), who initially ran had 31 MPs, and four Senators for the leadership himself before endorse him. dropping out to back Mr. Bernier After starting off his first (Beauce, Que.) said “Max was Question Period as leader Mon- really concerned...in the weeks day, Mr. Scheer gave the floor before the vote” about his ability to Mr. Bernier to ask the next Leadership candidate Chris Alexander’s to unite the Conservative caucus, Conservative question. The fol- Senator and the candidate he supported, daughter Elisabeth knows where he needs with caucus endorsements from lowing questions came from Mr. Michael Chong. to be. Former MP . just seven MPs and 10 Senators Scheer’s other former leadership (11 if you count newly indepen- rivals, Kellie Leitch (Simcoe-Grey, dent Senator Stephen Greene), Ont.), Mr. O’Toole, Steven Blaney out of a total 99 Conservative (Bellechasse-Les Etchemins- MPs and 38 Senators. Lévis, Que.), Michael Chong (Wel- “He had a plan in place to ad- lington-Halton Hills, Ont.), Brad dress that,” Mr. Clement said, “he Trost (Saskatoon-University, realized he would have to make Sask.), and Lisa Raitt (Milton, an outreach to caucus.” Ont.). Deepak Obhrai (Calgary He said the plan was “just to Forest Lawn, Alta.), the first to have conversations” with mem- drop off the ballot Saturday night, bers of caucus. did not ask a question. Mr. Bernier had rubbed some Saturday night after Mr. caucus members the wrong Scheer’s first speech as leader, MP way during the campaign, for ( River- instance, because of his desire bend, Alta.), who supported Mr. to end the supply management Scheer in the race, said “From day system of price controls for dairy one, Andrew’s always been talking and poultry. about keeping the party united. It Meanwhile, in the first days of was part of his central message.” Mr. Scheer’s (Regina-Qu’Appelle, Mr. Jeneroux said “it was dis- Sask.) leadership, it’s clear he appointing” to see certain things has made caucus unity one his coming out of Mr. Bernier’s team Former B.C. first priorities, after having nar- in the final days of the cam- MP Kerry- rowly won his party’s leadership paign, like when strategist Emrys Lynne Findlay, Saturday in a 13-round nail-biter Graefe spoke negatively about a Lisa Raitt that saw Mr. Bernier leading the Mr. Scheer in a profile piece by supporter. Reporters take photos with their phones of the results screen to tweet. pack of 14 candidates on the bal- iPolitics published the day of the lot until the last round, when Mr. final result. Scheer squeaked by Mr. Bernier “[Scheer’s camp] are the ones land, Alta.), another Scheer sup- do is to communicate our philoso- (Thornhill, Ont.) said with 50.95 per cent support, ver- talking about unity as a problem porter, said one of the reasons she phy in a positive way.” after the party’s first caucus meet- sus Mr. Bernier’s 49.05 per cent. and I’m pretty sure it’s because stood behind him in the first place Though he’s a social conser- ing with Mr. Scheer, he already On Monday morning, Mr. they don’t intend to play nicely was “he’s a person who believes vative himself, Mr. Scheer has felt there was unity amongst them Scheer hosted the first caucus with us when we win, so it will be that our party didn’t need to do a avoided encouraging a debate on after a “long...hard-fought” race. He meeting as leader. Media were interesting, very interesting,” he massive overhaul in terms of our divisive issues such as abortion described Monday’s caucus meet- invited to attend Mr. Scheer’s was quoted as saying. policies, our values, and our prin- and gay marriage, so as to main- ing as “enthusiastic...happy,” and opening remarks to caucus, but MP (Lake- ciples, but that what we need to tain party unity. “sincerely joyous.” The Hill Times | wednesday, may 31, 2017 15 Conservative leadership News

to endorse someone is entirely “personal,” not a “tribal vote.” “We are very proud to have a Conservative new leader and we’ll support him 100 per cent,” he said. Conservative Senator Leo caucus Housakos, who supported Mr. Bernier, said he was “disappoint- endorsements ed” by the outcome, given that his candidate didn’t win. “Any time Maxime you lose any election, it’s disap- pointing,” he said. Bernier Third-place candidate Erin O’Toole and his family, daughter Mollie, wife Rebecca, and But, he said he is “very opti- Take home your own $20 son Jack, on stage during an evening of final candidate pitches the night before the mistic and hopeful” for the future bobblehead? results were announced. of the party under Mr. Scheer’s MP guidance. “I think Andrew Scheer will MP have success uniting our caucus, Tony Clement MP both MPs and Senators,” he said, MP something he attributed to Mr. Scheer’s time as House Speaker MP from 2011 to 2015. He said his MP years of public service showed he had “respect for Parliament.” MP MP (-In- Senator nisfil, Ont.) said all of caucus ex- Senator pressed a desire to come together The Hill Times photographs The event featured a tribute to both interim leader Rona on Monday morning “in a unified Senator by Jake Wright Ambrose and her partner, J.P. Veitch. force,” because “the problems that Senator exist right now are greater than Michael L. MacDonald Senator any potential problems that might exist in caucus,” referring to the Ghislain Maltais Senator Liberal Party as the source of the Senator bigger problems. “From my standpoint, we are Kelvin Ogilvie Senator going to come out of this leader- Larry Smith Senator ship race, and I’m already seeing Senator evidence of this, as a united Con- servative caucus with Andrew at Total: 17 (7 MPs, 10 The final two candidates, Maxime Bernier and Andrew Mike Vecchio, husband of MP , shows a the helm,” he said. Scheer, chat before the last results are announced, cardboard cutout of ’s partner, J.P. Veitch, Senators) leaving Mr. Scheer with a slight 50.95 per cent edge over in a riff off the now-infamous Justin Trudeau cutouts T ory MPs, Senators Hill staffer Aaron Silver and Senator Michael MacDonald. Mr. Bernier’s 49.05 per cent. used by Canadian embassies. ‘relieved’ race is over Andrew Several Conservative MPs said they were relieved that a Scheer 15-month leadership race had finally ended. Mr. Kent said he was “re- MP lieved [and] happy...that Michael David Anderson MP achieved an excellent show- ing.” Mr. Chong placed fifth John Barlow MP overall among the 14 contestants MP (businessman Kevin O’Leary MP dropped out of the running, but it was too late to take his name off Sylvie Boucher MP the ballot). MP Mr. Brassard, who supported MP Former MP Chungsen Leung. the third-place candidate Mr. O’Toole, said his “sense of relief” MP was the fact that the race was over. Matt Jeneroux MP “Finally, we had reached a point where we had picked a MP Erin O’Toole supporter Brian leader,” he said. “It’s all part of Pierre Paul-Hus MP Macdonald, a New Brunswick Winner Andrew Scheer hugs his wife Jill, holding their youngest child, Mary, 18 the renewal process for a party MP that has gone through defeat, that Progressive Conservative MLA. months. has lost its leader...who’s stepped MP aside. It’s all part of the process,” MP he said. Ms. Stubbs said the same: MP “I think there is...a little bit of a MP relief that we’re at the end of the MP race and we can now focus on the next step and next phase of grow- Shannon Stubbs MP ing our movement and continuing MP to re-grow our party.” MP Mr. Kent said the next big building block for the party is its MP policy convention, which will take MP place during the last weekend in MP August, in Halifax in 2018. Cau- cus members will now set their Senator sights on that weekend, having Norman Doyle Senator chosen a new leader, he said. Senator The top three candidates, Maxime Bernier, Erin O’Toole, and Andrew Scheer, speak to Mr. Clement said the next pri- reporters after Mr. O’Toole’s name was taken off the ballot. ority Mr. Scheer and the Conser- Don Plett Senator vative Party will face after caucus Carolyn Stewart Olsen Senator unity is pivoting “from what was “We are a united caucus,” said have been any difference in cau- speech was a great one, attract- an internal conversation to a Senator Mr. Kent, who supported Mr. cus unity had Mr. Bernier won in- ing people, uniting people, and conversation with Canadians in David Tkachuk Senator Chong in the leadership race. stead of Mr. Scheer. Mr. Eglinski very good in French.” Speaking on general,” he said. Senator MP Jim Eglinski (Yellowhead, had endorsed Mr. O’Toole. Monday morning immediately af- After that, “another internal Alta.) said he felt ‘the whole cam- Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint- ter the caucus meeting, he added, thing, is to get battle ready for the paign” was “friendly between all Laurent, Que.), another O’Toole “We are very proud of what was next federal election,” he said. Total: 32 (24 MPs, 8 of us,” referring to the caucus. He supporter, noted on Monday said, especially this morning.” [email protected] Senators said he didn’t think there would morning that, “Saturday night his He said the decision by an MP @chels_nash 16 wednesday, may 31, 2017 | the hill times Comment

On the final ballot, Andrew Scheer edged Tories get leader, out Maxime Bernier in seven provinces and territories, while but not big tent Mr. Bernier took the other six. Both won their own home provinces, party needs Saskatchewan 53.94% and Quebec. 56.90% Andrew Scheer may have 71.43% dairy farmers and social conservatives on his side. But Canadians? 52.94% 53.07% 50.55% 56.58% 73.80%

52.62%

51.85% 70.80%

Andrew Scheer’s narrow Conservative leadership victory shows a triumph of retail politics over big ideas, writes Chantal Hébert. SCHEER 60.33% 56.91% The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright BERNIER

Chantal Hébert Had he woken up on Sunday morning Inside Politics with a mandate as fragile as that handed to Scheer, Bernier would have lacked the legitimacy to sell a hostile caucus and a Conservative leadership: Scheer’s path to victory ORONTO—Connect the dots that led to dubious party on his controversial signa- TAndrew Scheer’s narrow Conservative ture policies. leadership victory and what you have is a It was not just Bernier’s big ideas that Results by ballot triumph of retail politics over big ideas. bit the dust on Saturday. Stephen Harper’s Conservatives lived Kellie Leitch believed she was onto Place Candidate name Round 13 5 Michael Chong 7.75% 1 Andrew Scheer 50.95% 6 Pierre Lemieux 7.45% and eventually died on the battlefield something when she set out to talk the 2 Maxime Bernier 49.05% 7 Kellie Leitch 7.19% of boutique policies tailored to specific party into branding itself as a champion of 8 Lisa Raitt 3.58% segments of the electorate. Those same dy- Canadian identity. She wore her proposal Place Candidate name Round 12 9 Steven Blaney 1.33% namics ultimately determined the outcome of a values test on would-be immigrants 1 Maxime Bernier 40.38% 10 Chris Alexander 1.23% of the former prime minister’s succes- like a badge of honour and contended that 2 Andrew Scheer 38.36% 3 Erin O’Toole 21.26% Place Candidate name Round 4 sion on Saturday. it put her on the right side of public opin- 1 Maxime Bernier 29.36% In the end, two unrelated but identifi- ion and in the top leadership tier. Barely Place Candidate name Round 11 2 Andrew Scheer 22.06% able groups tipped the balance in Scheer’s seven per cent of the membership sup- 1 Maxime Bernier 36.57% 3 Erin O’Toole 10.86% favour: the party’s social conservative wing ported that contention. 2 Andrew Scheer 30.28% 4 Brad Trost 8.39% and a well-organized dairy farmers lobby. For all intents and purposes, she leaves 3 Erin O’Toole 18.85% 5 Michael Chong 7.71% The religious right had not one but two this campaign a spent political force. 4 Brad Trost 14.3% 6 Pierre Lemieux 7.43% 7 Kellie Leitch 7.09% standard-bearers in the leadership line-up Michael Chong tried to talk his party Place Candidate name Round 10 8 Lisa Raitt 3.52% and both Pierre Lemieux and Brad Trost, into renouncing its anti-carbon-pricing 1 Maxime Bernier 34.23% 9 Steven Blaney 1.30% despite not having served in Harper’s cabi- mantra. He pleaded with the Conservatives 2 Andrew Scheer 28.28% 10 Chris Alexander 1.21% net, finished ahead of five former Conser- to reconnect with the majority of voters— 3 Erin O’Toole 14.64% 11 Kevin O’Leary 1.09% vative ministers. Together they won 15 per in particular the younger cohort—who 4 Brad Trost 13.71% 5 Michael Chong 9.14% Place Candidate name Round 3 cent of the vote on the first ballot. support a more proactive climate change 1 Maxime Bernier 29.16% Scheer did not court the religious right strategy. About one in 10 Conservatives Place Candidate name Round 9 2 Andrew Scheer 21.97% over the course of his leadership cam- followed his lead. 1 Maxime Bernier 31.69% 3 Erin O’Toole 10.75% paign, but on issues such as abortion and Some of Scheer’s first post-victory 2 Andrew Scheer 26.03% 4 Brad Trost 8.37% same-sex marriage, he has voted along fighting words were aimed at Justin 3 Brad Trost 12.84% 5 Michael Chong 7.64% 4 Erin O’Toole 12.79% 6 Pierre Lemieux 7.41% social conservative lines for as long as he Trudeau’s carbon pricing scheme. Not only 5 Michael Chong 8.70% 7 Kellie Leitch 7.05% has been an MP. The bulk of Lemieux’s and would the new Conservative leader reverse 6 Kellie Leitch 7.95% 8 Lisa Raitt 3.45% Trost’s support ended up in his column on it, but he contends that Canadians should 9 Steven Blaney 1.28% the last ballot. not pay the GST on home heating bills. If Place Candidate name Round 8 10 Chris Alexander 1.16% Maxime Bernier’s leadership platform anything, the leadership campaign has cast 1 Maxime Bernier 31.24% 11 Kevin O’Leary 1.09% read like a hit list of sacred cows. The Can- in stone the Conservatives’ determination 2 Andrew Scheer 23.85% 12 Rick Peterson 0.67% 3 Erin O’Toole 12.37% ada Health Act, which allows the federal to continue to take a pass on the defining 4 Michael Chong 8.60% Place Candidate name Round 2 government to have a say in the provincial environmental issue of the era. 5 Brad Trost 8.53% 1 Maxime Bernier 29.06% management of medicare, was one of them. The influence of the religious right 6 Kellie Leitch 7.74% 2 Andrew Scheer 21.85% But it was his commitment to end the within the Conservative family is not 7 Pierre Lemieux 7.67% 3 Erin O’Toole 10.68% supply management system in the dairy matched by an equivalent impact in the 4 Brad Trost 8.36% Place Candidate name Round 7 5 Michael Chong 7.61% and poultry industries that attracted the ballot box. Over the years, flirting with 1 Maxime Bernier 30.51% 6 Pierre Lemieux 7.39% most attention. It earned him a lot of restrictions on abortion and the party’s 2 Andrew Scheer 22.97% 7 Kellie Leitch 7.03% favourable editorial coverage and substan- resistance to same-sex marriage have cost 3 Erin O’Toole 11.32% 8 Lisa Raitt 3.37% tial support in some regions of Western the Conservatives more votes than they 4 Brad Trost 8.47% 9 Steven Blaney 1.27% Canada. On Saturday, Bernier came first in have attracted. 5 Michael Chong 7.97% 10 Chris Alexander 1.14% 6 Pierre Lemieux 7.58% 11 Kevin O’Leary 1.08% Alberta and Manitoba. But it also blunted As for the dairy farmers who mobilized 7 Kellie Leitch 7.45% 12 Rick Peterson 0.66% his edge in his home province. against Bernier, they are at best fair- 8 Lisa Raitt 3.74% 13 Andrew Saxton 0.51% Bernier’s strategists had expected a weather friends who cannot be counted Quebec juggernaut to lift him over the fin- on to automatically sign up for the larger Place Candidate name Round 6 Place Candidate name Round 1 ish line. It never materialized. He won Que- 2019 Conservative battle against supply- 1 Maxime Bernier 30.20% 1 Maxime Bernier 28.89% bec, but not without a fight. He collected 55 management-friendly parties such as the 2 Andrew Scheer 22.48% 2 Andrew Scheer 21.82% 3 Erin O’Toole 11.15% 3 Erin O’Toole 10.65% per cent of the province’s support overall. Bloc, the NDP, and the Liberals. 4 Brad Trost 8.44% 4 Brad Trost 8.35% In his own Beauce riding, Bernier lost to Almost two years after their 2015 de- 5 Michael Chong 7.89% 5 Michael Chong 7.55% Scheer and his dairy industry allies. feat, the Conservatives have a permanent 6 Pierre Lemieux 7.51% 6 Pierre Lemieux 7.38% And in Atlantic Canada, where govern- leader, but not the bigger tent they need if 7 Kellie Leitch 7.26% 7 Kellie Leitch 7.00% ments are major players in the economy, they are to beat the Liberals in two years. 8 Lisa Raitt 3.68% 8 Lisa Raitt 3.34% 9 Steven Blaney 1.39% 9 Steven Blaney 1.26% his libertarian ideology did not sell well. On that score, Scheer’s victory is even less 10 Chris Alexander 1.12% It took 13 ballots for victory to slip from impressive than its modest size suggests. Place Candidate name Round 5 11 Kevin O’Leary 1.07% Bernier’s grasp, but the strong mandate he Chantal Hébert is a national af- 1 Maxime Bernier 29.93% 12 Rick Peterson 0.65% would have needed to put his policy stamp fairs writer for The . This 2 Andrew Scheer 22.17% 13 Andrew Saxton 0.50% on the party was long gone by the time he column was first released on May 28. 3 Erin O’Toole 10.97% 14 Deepak Obhrai 0.41% conceded defeat to Scheer. The Hill Times 4 Brad Trost 8.41% The Hill Times | wednesday, may 31, 2017 17 Comment Nice guys can finish first in this era of Canadian politics

how Kevin O’Leary was going to destroy Time will also tell if Scheer focused Conservative voters the field? less on selling memberships and more on showed that abrasive In the last days before the vote, a delivering points from ridings by target- Bernier staffer was featured in two news ing key ones. He also clearly recognized it politicians aren’t in vogue stories that did not reflect well on him or was wise to be the least polarizing of the the campaign. Talking about who would frontrunning candidates. He didn’t pick on this side of the border. get the jobs in a Bernier OLO and then unnecessary fights or create wedges. Quite styling himself as an omnipotent force to the opposite, in fact: in the end that smile be reckoned with in Conservative politics, of his that started the campaign got a hell the stories created discomfort among many of a lot wider when the final run-off was Conservative members. Then on the Satur- done. Nice guys can finish first in this era day of the vote-counting, the Bernier cam- of Canadian politics. paign sent out a fundraising email talking Tim Powers is vice-chairman of Summa New Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer about keeping a list of who was support- Strategies and managing director of took care of business in his home province, ing their candidate and who was not. For Abacus Data. He is a former adviser to handily winning every riding in Saskatchewan many, it harkened back to an era the party Conservative political leaders. in the leadership contest. The Hill Times was looking to escape from, not revisit. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright Tim Powers Plain Speak

TTAWA—The Conservative leader- Oship race is finally done and, true to form, in this marathon contest the ending was not as predicted in the closing weeks. There were lots of suggestions that Max- ime Bernier was going to win. Instead the victory went to Andrew Scheer. While the opponents of the Conserva- tives run the predictable attack that Scheer is the puppet of social conservatives and owes his victory to them, here are a few grounded observations about the race: 1) Conservative members might actually believe that a change of tone still matters. In disposition, Scheer is more like Rona Ambrose than Stephen Harper. He is af- fable and warm, not polarizing and chilly. He won not because he played footsie with SoCons, rather because a large number of conservatives were comfortable with him as their second or third choice. We seem to be in a moment in national politics where less abrasive is more appealing to the elec- torate than the overtly aggressive. Kevin O’Leary was a non-event for Maxime Bernier and potentially a negative. According to post-race data, Scheer not only beat Bernier in points but in the actual popular vote. In the last ballot, Scheer got 62,593 votes compared to Bernier’s 55,544, according to a CBC report. O’Leary’s spin about being widely popular and his com- mitment to work to deliver the supposed 35,000 or so members he said he signed up appeared to be like most things O’Leary: THIS WEEK all talk. Walking around the Conservative event during the weekend, there wasn’t a lot The rise of cities of love for Mr. O’Leary, suggesting he was more of a drag on Bernier than a boost. in global governance 2) Tending to the home fires matters. Scheer won all of the ridings in Saskatch- ewan, his home province, and chal- lenged Bernier in his own Quebec riding. In fact, by the final ballot Bernier had just 55.6 percent of the 7,800 points available in Quebec. While Bernier had raised funds from half of all donors in Quebec, on the first ballot Bernier won just 39.4 per cent of the points, less than 12 percentage points ahead of Scheer. No doubt Bernier’s position on ending supply management had some impact here, and he apparently wasn’t able to make it up in significant numbers elsewhere. If you can’t win at home, it can be hard to win elsewhere. 3) Don’t mess with political karma and superstitions. The Bernier team seemed to be oblivious to this in the campaign’s final days. Team members looked to accept .ca the public narrative that Bernier was the frontrunner and he could not be beaten. None of the narratives or public consensus about this race ever rang true. Remember

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From the beginning, mem- bers of the ISG have defended themselves as truly independent, T he caucus that wasn’t: how the despite accusations of partisan al- legiance to the governing Liberals from Conservative Senators such as Leo Housakos, (Wellington, Independent Senate Group works Que.) who heads the Senate’s Internal Economy Committee. The ISG meets every week on Independent Tuesday, and members discuss Senator Tony The group of the “nuts and bolts” of what’s hap- Dean, second pening in the chamber that week, Trudeau-appointed from left, said Sen. Diane Griffin (Prince speaks with Independents is trying Edward Island), including who Independent will speak on what. The ISG will Senator and to figure out how to also sometimes invite sponsors ISG facilitator of bills or outside experts to brief organize Senators who Elaine McCoy, them on legislation, she said. far right, one don’t vote together The co-ordinating committee of three ISG meets on an ad-hoc basis, and members and manage life in an often by conference call, said Sen. in formal Gold. The Senate modernization ‘unpredictable’ new leadership process has received a lot of atten- positions. Senate. tion at recent meetings, he said. Several other Several Independent Senators members of said they are frustrated with the Continued from page 1 the group are legislative process in the Senate, playing less through which Senators opposed Some ISG members told The Hill formal roles in to a bill can stall it for months in Times they relied on the tone of a co-ordination the Chamber by adjourning debate speeches on a bill during debate committee. repeatedly, putting off any decision to signal which way votes would The Hill Times on the legislation, and also making swing. photograph by it hard to keep track of the debate. The group is still working to Jake Wright Sen. Harder has also com- create some structure around the plained about stall tactics in the free-for-all. It has created a co- Senate, fingering the Conserva- ordinating committee of Senators tive Senate caucus as culprits in to help the formal leadership—fa- a policy paper released at the end cilitator Elaine McCoy (Alberta), of March. Sen. Omidvar, and liaison Frances Sen. Martin, her caucus’ dep- Lankin (Ontario)—to orga- uty leader, has often adjourned nize the group. That committee debate on bills that were contro- includes Sen. (Stad- versial in the Senate. acona, Que.), who helps with the “The way that debate is struc- scroll scheduling process; Sen. tured in that place is a serious Raymonde Gagné (Manitoba), caucus. It will soon be the largest work out, said Sen. Tony Dean colleagues, both in ISG and in the challenge,” said Sen. Dean. who chairs the group’s weekly group in the Senate after several (Ontario), and something “we are Liberal or Conservative caucuses, He pointed to the debate over meetings; Sen. Andre Pratté, (De more Conservative and Liberal all being quite careful about.” are real experts. And, frankly, are the government’s controversial Salaberry, Que.) who helps with Senators retire. The group is work- Getting up to speed on legisla- giving me the straight goods, not assisted dying bill, C-14, as an communications strategy, and ing to figure out “principles” or tion has been one of the most diffi- partisan goods,” he said. example of “fantastic work” by several others. guidelines for members to use cult parts of the job, said Sen. Gold. the Senate when it was pressed Every morning when the when evaluating legislation, said “Nobody can be an expert in to deal with the bill because of a Senate is sitting at 9 a.m., Sen. Stalled debates a ‘serious Sen. Gold; for example, how to re- everything, and this is a real chal- court-imposed deadline of June Omidvar meets with Conserva- spond to messages from the House lenge for us as Independent Sena- challenge’ 6 last year. The bill wasn’t passed tive Senator (British of Commons that show it has not tors. You can’t study everything in The first crop of Trudeau- until June 17, but moved through Columbia), her caucus’ deputy accepted Senate amendments to a depth...There’s nobody telling us appointed Independent Senators the Senate from start to finish in leader, Senate Liberal deputy bill, or differences in approach to how to vote,” he said. were named in March 2016. The 16 days, not counting time spent leader Elizabeth Hubley (Prince government platform and budget “Each of us is trying to find a Independent Senators Group was on a pre-study. Edward Island), and government legislation versus other bills. way to figure out: how do I do my allocated a roughly-proportional “That bill could have been legislative deputy Diane Bel- Whether, when, or how the job responsibly, and who do I defer number of seats on Senate com- there for nine months” without lemare (Alma, Que.). They come ISG might take a collective posi- to, and whose opinion do I trust? mittees in December, and a the court deadline, he said. up with the playbook for what tion on a piece of legislation is “I’m learning that as I go along. $722,000 budget for a secretariat [email protected] will happen in the Chamber that something the group has yet to I’m learning who amongst my a few weeks later. @PJMazereeuw day, including who will speak to which item and in what order— essentially like the House’s Order Paper. That’s called the “scroll U pcoming meeting,” hence Sen. Omidvar’s position as scroll manager. retirements to open As for Sen. Lankin, she acts as a communication channel four more spots for between ISG members and the group’s facilitator, Sen. McCoy, as Independents well as Sen. Omidvar. Sen. McCoy meets every enators are required to retire at the age Tuesday with the leaders of the Sof 75, and two Senators in each of the Senate Liberals and Conserva- Liberal and Conservative Senate caucuses tives as well as Sen. Peter Harder will hit that mark before the year’s end, (Ottawa, Ont.), the government’s opening up additional seats in the Upper representative in the Senate, Chamber for Senators appointed on recom- according to Joseph Day (Saint mendation of the Independent Advisory John-Kennebecasis, N.B.), who is Board for Senate Appointments. There are the Senate Liberal leader. already seven vacant seats in the Senate In rare cases when it looks like waiting to be filled. a vote on government legisla- tion will be close to failing, Sen. Bob Runciman, Lankin will call on fellow mem- Conservative, Ontario, Aug. 10 bers of the ISG to figure out how George Baker, many votes are going which way, Liberal, N.L., Sept. 4 and share the numbers—but not the names behind them, she said— Independent Senator Elizabeth Hubley, with the leadership of the ISG to is the ISG’s liaison, acting as a Liberal, P.E.I., Sept. 8 communication channel between ISG help them plan accordingly. Kelvin Ogilvie, Senator André Pratte, a former veteran journalist in Montreal, helps advise members and facilitator Elaine McCoy The ISG now includes 35 mem- Conservative, Nova Scotia, Nov. 6 bers, second in size only to the his fellow ISG Senators on communications. The Hill Times photograph by and scroll manager . The 38 members of the Conservative Jake Wright Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright The Hill Times | wednesday, may 31, 2017 19 Trade News Feds pursuing TPP revival, crunching numbers on new deal Maintaining the TPP’s existing labour standards is ‘a hard line’ for the Liberal government, said one government official.

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The remaining interested members— possibly all 11—would have to agree to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with such a rewrite, and may make it con- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prior to a ditional upon bigger changes to tilt the nuclear security summit in Washington last year. agreement back into their favour now that With the U.S. out of the picture for now, Canada access to the U.S. market is not part of the and Japan have the two largest economies of the equation, said the government official, who remaining TPP partners eyeing a renewed deal. asked to remain anonymous because of the Photograph courtesy of the PMO sensitivity of trade discussions. “We need to do our assessment of the and after the U.S. election that brought math, what does it mean, what are the anti-TPP Donald Trump to power, stated tradeoffs now, or not, and what are people that his country wants Canada to ratify the going to be asking for, potentially?” said the existing TPP, as Japan has done; that any official. TPP without the U.S. should have a similar “That’s why Canada is keeping its pow- terms to the original TPP; and that Japan der dry, from a negotiations standpoint, made concessions in the original TPP that because we don’t know what their assess- it could not make without getting U.S. mar- ment is, given that change in calculus,” said ket access as part of the package. the official, referring particularly to Japan, Access to Japan’s market would be the which boasts the world’s third-largest most important benefit of a Pacific trade economy. deal for Canada. Trade Minister François-Philippe Cham- NDP MP Tracey Ramsey (Essex, Ont.), pagne (Saint Maurice-Champlain, Que.) her party’s trade critic, wrote in an emailed met with counterparts from the remaining statement that “the TPP required Canada to TPP members—Australia, Brunei, Chile, make far too many concessions that would Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Malaysia, result in major job losses. Any new agree- Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam—in Hanoi, ment must include significant changes to Vietnam on May 21 to discuss the future of better serve Canadians’ interests.” the agreement. The group agreed on a joint The Liberal government last year re- statement of intent that committed them, fused to say whether it would support Can- including Canada, “to launch a process to ada ratifying the TPP in its original form, assess options to bring the [TPP] into force preferring to wait until the outcome of expeditiously.” months-long consultations. Some observers The meeting was held on the margins of said the government was also waiting for an APEC ministerial summit. The assess- the outcome of the U.S. election, which saw ments are due to be hashed out during an both main presidential candidates speak APEC leaders’ summit in Vietnam sched- against the TPP. The deal has been criti- uled for November. cized by labour unions and the Council of The government will be eyeing Viet- Canadians activist group. nam’s conditions for renewing the TPP Canada’s government would launch closely, the government official said. That another formal consultation process with country made strong commitments to raise stakeholders should it ultimately decide to its labour standards in the original TPP, a enter into negotiations on a renewed TPP, concession made worthwhile by access to said the government official. The govern- the U.S. market, which is now off the table. ment will, at some point and in some Maintaining the TPP’s existing labour form, issue a report in response to both standards is “a hard line” for the Liberal the lengthy consultations undertaken by government, said the official. former trade minister Conservative MP Gerry Ritz (Battl- (University-Rosedale, Ont.), now the for- efords-Lloydminster, Sask.), his party’s eign affairs minister, and the House Trade trade critic, said the government should Committee, on the original TPP agreement, take a simpler approach: ratify the deal as the official said. is, and go from there. Liberal MP Mark Eyking (Sydney- “Everyone has agreed that if they rip Victoria, N.S.), who chairs the House Trade the Band-Aid off and start to renegotiate, Committee, said he believed a Pacific trade it can’t be done. There’s too many things agreement would be realized in some form, that would come back onto the table,” said though not for a few years. Mr. Ritz, a former agriculture minister who “One way or another, there’s going to played a role in the original TPP negotia- be something forming up over the next few tions. years. You see enough interest,” he said. “Americans in or out, it really doesn’t Recognizing the U.S. withdrawal, his matter. It gives us strength negotiating with majority-Liberal committee’s report on the U.S. on NAFTA when they’re not in its TPP consultations tabled in the House TPP,” said Mr. Ritz, noting that Canada did this spring recommended Canada “actively not need access to the U.S. market through pursue a trade and investment agreement the TPP, thanks to membership in the exist- with Trans-Pacific Partnership signatories, ing NAFTA. as well as additional trade and investment Japan’s position will be key to how the agreements in the Asia-Pacific region.” process plays out. 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Demonstrators called on the Trudeau Canada on the wrong side government to vote in favour of nuclear disarmament negotiations at the UN, at a protest of anti-nuke movement organized by The Ottawa Committee The release of a draft of a UN agreement no and refuses to participate in for Nuclear the process. Disarmament in to ban nuclear weapons provides further The United States instructed December. The Hill all its NATO partners to vote Times photograph by momentum for the effort to stave off one of against the resolution on the Sam Garcia grounds that the negotiations humanity’s greatest threats. aimed to “delegitimize the concept of nuclear deterrence upon which Although it will come into “the world is moving closer to to “develop, produce, manufac- many U.S. allies and partners de- force when 40 states have rati- nuclear annihilation.” ture, otherwise acquire, possess, pend.” The U.S. was quite correct fied it, the convention will bind In such a dire situation, the or stockpile nuclear weapons or in this assessment. Delegitimizing only those states that sign it. The call to humanity to save itself is of other nuclear explosive devices.” nuclear weapons is exactly what disarmament process will be veri- a higher order than bureaucratic In other words, nuclear weap- this effort is all about. fied by the International Atomic wrangling over legal points. That ons are stigmatized, put beyond The draft text will be com- Energy Agency and disputes re- is the point more than 100 mem- the pale, and never to be a part of pleted at the final round of solved by the International Court bers of the Order of Canada made a nation’s armoury. The Canadian discussions, June 15 to July 7. The of Justice. The nuclear weapons to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau government, tied so closely to the document is called a “convention,” states show every sign of ignoring in appealing to him to reverse nuclear policies of Washington which is an agreement between all this. They will challenge the le- Canada’s present negative at- and NATO, will not accept this. countries on particular matters gality of the process and without titude towards the development of Disarmament The integrity of the Canadian that is less formal than a treaty. the participation of the nuclear the convention, and start putting position that it really wants to do This terminology was used so as weapons states, the convention Canada’s weight behind it. away with nuclear weapons, but not to confuse the exercise with will likely be crippled. It’s hard to imagine that DMONTON—Leaders of the not just yet, is in tatters. the existing Non-Proliferation But to take the legalistic view Canada—that most trusted of ECanadian government who For the past three years, a Treaty (NPT), which in its nearly of the convention is to miss its world states—is boycotting a pro- in the past few months have humanitarian movement, led by half century of existence has importance as a milestone in the cess to develop a legal measure contented themselves with vapid like-minded states and civil soci- failed to produce the elimination long struggle to rid the world of to prohibit nuclear weapons just excuses for not supporting efforts ety activists, has gathered support of all nuclear weapons. what has rightfully been called because the United States insists at the United Nations to prohibit from a majority of nations to The reasons for this new boost “the ultimate evil.” The new on maintaining its nuclear arse- nuclear weapons will have to develop a legal instrument pro- to nuclear disarmament efforts are convention will help mobilize nals. The issue is not legality, but work overtime to find credible hibiting nuclear weapons because set out clearly: “the catastrophic world public opinion to develop a humanity. reasons to maintain resistance, of the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons universally binding ban. Nuclear Former Senator Douglas now that the draft text of a con- consequences of any use of such transcend national borders, pose disarmament is a moral issue of Roche served as Canada’s ambas- vention has been released. weapons. A resolution to start grave implications for human the highest order. It has to do with sador for disarmament from 1984 The heart of the matter is con- such negotiations was adopted at survival, the environment, socio- human beings seizing the power to 1989 and is the author of Hope tained in Article 1 (a), in which the United Nations last fall with economic development, the global to annihilate life. Only a few days Not Fear: Building Peace in a each state party undertakes 113 states in favour, 35 opposed, economy, food security, and for the ago, Ban Ki-moon, the former UN Fractured World. never under any circumstances and 13 abstentions. Canada voted health of future generations.” secretary general, warned that The Hill Times

improve program parameters Carla and basic definitions of disability Qualtrough, across the income, employment, the minister How the feds and support systems to include responsible for those living with episodic illness- persons with es. Currently, Canada’s programs disabilities and define disability and illness as a sport, oversaw can take action binary, where a person either has a government a disability or does not, which consultation inadvertently excludes people on accessibility living with episodic illnesses who legislation to improve life may need intermittent time off. that ended in We are also urging our govern- February. The Hill ment to create a system for the Times photograph expert dissemination of informa- by Jake Wright with MS tion and hands-on support to em- ployers on roles, best practices, employment, and disability people with disabilities to remain gather this summer to celebrate and resources when an employee programs. We hope to see our in their homes. Disability programs our country’s 150th birthday, we or family member is diagnosed government be comprehensive hope our government will step up with a chronic or episodic dis- often don’t account and inclusive of all people with and take action to improve life ability, and requires time away disabilities as they implement W hat it all means with MS for all Canadians. from work. for diseases with new accessibility legislation and Canada has the highest rate of At the beginning of May, MS ensure measures for its effective MS in the world, and therefore it episodic symptoms. Society of Canada representatives Better access enforcement. is often referred to as “Canada’s from across the country gathered We want our government to We are asking our government disease.” The often unpredictable in Ottawa to raise awareness of establish clear, broad, inclusive to ensure that people with MS and episodic nature of MS makes MS and meet with Parliamentar- definitions of disability and barri- have equitable and timely access it particularly challenging to main- ians to help focus our advocacy ers. The legislation should include to treatments based on the best tain an adequate quality of life. efforts on policy changes that will and protect all Canadians with possible health outcomes, rather This, along with the challenges improve life with MS for people disabilities whether they are vis- than the ability to pay. Canadi- of living with a disability, which across Canada. ible or invisible, and whether they ans living with MS need access has both visible and invisible

are permanent or episodic. This through public drug programs to symptoms, and the barriers in Making work...work definition needs to include the all Health Canada-approved treat- support programs across all levels There are currently seven pro- changing dynamic of disability, ments for MS. of governments, creates immense challenges for Canadian families. grams offered by different provid- which is the case for individuals Finally, we’re asking the th Benjamin Davis ers federally, provincially, and living with progressive neurologi- to create a As we celebrate Canada’s 150 birthday, we will continue to ask Health privately: Canada Pension Plan— cal diseases such as MS. range of age-appropriate housing Disability; Employment Insur- Access addresses all kinds of and care options for Canadians Parliamentarians to take action ance Sickness Benefit; Employ- barriers: physical barriers in the with disabilities who cannot now to improve life with MS for all ultiple sclerosis affects all ment-Based Long-Term Disability environment inside and outside remain at home. We recommend the Canadians and their families MCanadians—not only the in- plans; Workers’ Compensation buildings; communication barri- that they do this through the and friends affected by this disease. dividuals living with the disease, Benefits; Veterans’ benefits; Tax ers; technology barriers; infor- National Housing Strategy and Benjamin Davis is national but also their friends, families, Measures; and provincial/territo- mation barriers; transportation the Health Accord. Addition- vice-president for government workplaces, and health-care rial social assistance programs. barriers; attitude barriers; legal ally, we ask for the creation of a relations with the Multiple Scle- teams who all come together to Part of our advocacy work barriers; and policy or bureau- nation-wide funding program for rosis Society of Canada. manage the realities of MS. As we is asking our government to cratic barriers in health, income, accessible home modifications for The Hill Times The Hill Times | wednesday, may 31, 2017 21 Opinion Winners and losers in the changing world of the The federal government’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper did con- have now been made; (Manitoba remains growth next year, given it is a per capita tinue with the six per cent annual escala- the only hold-out to date). allocation and provincial populations are promised baseline for the tor, which was part of the original 2004 So who wins and loses on health care growing at different rates. Keep in mind Health Accord. But he also unilaterally funding in Canada? Perhaps the bigger that the three per cent minimum growth transfer’s growth does decided to end the escalator in 2017-18 question is if the provinces will ever be applies to the total size of the federal and replace it with increases tied to the happy where federal transfer payments for transfer pot and not the increase that each not apply for individual growth rate of GDP and subject to a floor health care are concerned. province will get. of three per cent. Let’s look at the key changes in turn. Growth in CHT totals by province in provinces, and some will The opening offer of the new Trudeau On the one hand, Harper’s change to an 2017-18 will range from a high of 3.5 per get increases smaller than government was marginally better: 3.5 per equal per capita health transfer recognized cent for Alberta to a low of two per cent cent annual raises to the Canada Health the fixed upfront costs of funding a public for New Brunswick. Saskatchewan will see three per cent next year. Transfer plus $11.5-billion over 10 years for health care system and dealt with this 3.4 per cent growth, Ontario 3.1 per cent mental health and home care. This brings reality consistently across all the provinces and British Columbia three per cent. Even the average annual increase of transfer and territories. It also limited federal fiscal the lone hold-out, Manitoba, will still see payments to nearly 3.8 per cent. exposure by making the grant size more its CHT money grow 3.4 per cent this year. The provinces pushed for annual predictable given regularly available popu- The rest of eastern Canada, including Que- increases of 5.2 per cent and rebuffed the lation numbers. bec, will see their federal CHT money grow initial federal offer. On the other hand, a per capita for- at less than three per cent. Health Minister then mula did not take regional variations in Worth noting, Minister Philpott negotiated separate transfer agreements health, socio-economic, and demographic has now established a precedent for with each province rather than instituting factors into account. For example, some province-by-province negotiations. Even a blanket agreement. Interestingly, this provinces—particularly in the Atlantic wider variation in health services may resulted in a growth formula similar to that region—have slow-growing and rapidly-ag- indeed be a possibility in future nego- proposed by Harper. Starting in 2017-18, ing populations, while other regions have tiations if the provinces or the federal Livio Di Matteo the growth rate of total federal CHT cash larger aboriginal populations with often government decide to become more Finance transfers will be at the rate of growth of complex health needs that have implica- mercenary in their approach to federal- nominal GDP—but with a minimum rate of tions for future expenditure growth. provincial negotiations. three per cent. So how about the new 10-year deals? In the end, under the new deals, each he last few years have seen some About another half a per cent growth The good news for the provinces is province will have more health care money Tdramatic changes to the Canada Health is expected from the $11.5-billion of new that there is no funding cut. Total federal from the federal government, but not as Transfer (CHT), which in 2017-18 will total federal funds for mental health and home funding for health care will continue to much as they would like. And some will see $37.15-billion—no small figure. care, though this money is not coming grow, but at a lower rate than the previous their CHT totals grow faster than others. The Harper era saw the move to a full right away. Indeed, the provinces are get- six per cent escalator and the 5.2 per cent Livio Di Matteo is an expert adviser per capita funding formula without a ting a smaller annual increase than the originally desired by the provinces. with EvidenceNetwork.ca and professor of tax-point equalizing adjustment in 2014- initial federal offer. Nevertheless, most of However, there are differences across economics at Lakehead University. 15—basically a top-down policy change. those individual deals with the provinces the provinces when it comes to their CHT The Hill Times

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Protesters that when a state fails Nations, said “We have been down this road Canada needs to be the gather on to protect its citizens, with Syria, with North Korea, with South clear voice of Venezuelans Avenida this responsibility Sudan, with Burundi, with Burma.” Francisco de shifts to the interna- It is time for Canada to get actively in- calling for democracy Fajardo during tional community. In volved in the case of Venezuela and prevent a May 13 anti- 2005, the United Na- more bloodshed. and human rights. government tions World Summit Since the prime minister took office, demonstration accepted this concept. former U.S. president Barack Obama and in Caracas, It is time for the activist Malala Yousafzai have addressed the Venezuela. Canadian government Canadian Parliament. Both spoke of the need Photograph to fulfill its promise for more Canada in the world. That means the courtesy of and act according to Canadian government needs to play a more Nelson Dordelly the standards that active role in the international community to Rosales it promoted on the stand for what is right. global stage. Canada’s response to the Syrian crisis Under Article 20 was an open-arms policy that brought of the Inter-American thousands of refugees to Canadian soil political prisoner Leopoldo Lopez, to Otta- Democratic Charter, “In the event of an un- and offered millions of dollars in aid. In Nelson Dordelly Rosales wa to discuss the Venezuelan crisis earlier constitutional alteration of the constitutional Ukraine, Canada’s response was decisive this month. Tintori asked Prime Minister regime that seriously impairs the democratic in support of the restoration and stabil- Foreign Policy Trudeau for Canada’s help. order in a member state, any member state... ity of this country’s democracy, imposing But what can Canada really do to help may request the immediate convocation of the sanctions against those responsible for the enezuela has collapsed. Chaos, vio- Venezuela? Permanent Council to undertake a collective crisis and working closely with its allies Vlence, and death have become the new Internationally, Canada has the respon- assessment of the situation and to take such to help the country restore political and norm in this Latin American country. More sibility as a part of the global community decisions as it deems appropriate.” economic stability. than 50 days of street protests and brutal of nations to use appropriate diplomatic, This means that Canada must take the lead In contrast, the only support Ven- repression have resulted in more than 50 humanitarian, and other peaceful means and form a group of friends, countries that ezuelans have received from the prime people dead, thousands injured, millions to help protect populations from gross and also value democracy, rule of law, and human minister is one tweet calling for the release of dollars lost in the destruction of private systematic violation of humans rights. It rights, in the Organization of American States of political prisoners in Venezuela. No property, and no visible solution in the was under the Liberal government of Jean (OAS) that would then request the permanent sanctions have been placed on the govern- near future. Chrétien that Canada played a strong role council of this hemispheric body to initiate ment responsible for the Venezuelan crisis, In the middle of this catastrophic in the UN International Commission on diplomatic actions to foster the restoration of no measures taken to help those escaping situation, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Intervention and State Sovereignty’s report, democracy in Venezuela. Indeed, Foreign Min- the dictatorship. welcomed Lilian Tintori, wife of prominent The Responsibility to Protect. It proposed ister Chrystia Freeland has announced she’ll In fact, the ambassador of Venezuela take part in an OAS ministerial meeting about to Canada, a former industry minister Venezuela in Washington, D.C. on May 31. under President Nicolas Maduro and a Appointment Notice In more practical terms, Canada, with former general who supported the failed the help of countries in the region, must military coup organized by Hugo Chavez request that Venezuela present a timetable against democratically elected president for general elections, which includes presi- Carlos Andres Perez in 1992, is in Ottawa dential elections, no The Conference for Advanced later than the end of Prime Minister this summer, in order Justin Trudeau, to solve this humani- right, meets with Life Underwriting welcomes tarian crisis. Lilian Tintori, Nationally, the centre, wife of prime minister could jailed Venezuelan Mr. Guy Legault as President sponsor a bill in opposition leader Parliament called the Leopoldo Lopez, Venezuela Act. This bill The Board of Directors of the . He holds a CPA, and his mother, could offer support to Conference for Advanced Life CGA accounting designation left, Antonieta those fleeing the vio- Underwriting (CALU) is pleased and the fellowship FCPA, Lopez on May 16 lence, including food, to announce that Mr. Guy FCGA, awarded to him for his in Mr. Trudeau’s shelter, health, protec- office.Photograph Legault, MBA, FCPA, FCGA, CAE, contribution to the profession. tion, and emergency courtesy of the will join the organization as its education needed for PMO new President, effective May Mr. Legault is committed to his Venezuelans affected 31, 2017. He will be based in career as an association execu- by the crisis. Moreover, Ottawa. Guy will succeed Kevin tive and to serving the commu- this bill could hold responsible those at fault promoting Venezuela’s so-called socialist Wark, LL.B, CLU, TEP, who has nity as a volunteer. He holds a for the abominable and disruptive behaviour revolution. Members of the Latin American in Venezuela. It could freeze the financial as- Bureau of Global Affairs have been guests led CALU for the last five years. Certified Association Executive sets of the government of Venezuela, includ- at his embassy. The Board expresses their sincere (CAE) designation from the ing suspending any trade agreements with In Question Period this month, Conser- thanks to Kevin for his leadership Canadian Society of Association Canada. It could also freeze the assets of the vative MP Michelle Rempel rebuked the and dedication. Going forward, Executives, where he currently officials currently holding office in Venezuela prime minister for buying Broadway tick- Kevin will stay involved with serves as Past-Chair. He also sits and revoke visas for officials and their family ets for diplomats including for the perma- CALU as a tax consultant. on the Non-Mutual Policyholder members that currently come to Canada on nent mission of Venezuela to the UN. vacation and other purposes. If the prime minister wants to take the Committee for the Economical This would demonstrate to the Venezu- Venezuelan crisis seriously, it is not enough to Fully bilingual, Mr. Legault has Mutual Insurance Company elan people and the world that Canada will just take photos with Leopoldo Lopez’s wife. had a distinguished career in leading and managing demutualization process. He has also served over the not tolerate those heading up an authori- It takes a true commitment that goes beyond not-for-profit organizations, including provincial years as a volunteer and director in a number of other tarian regime remaining unaccountable for calling for dialogue in Venezuela. The prime and national professional membership associations. organizations, including the International Federation their crimes against humanity. minister now has the opportunity to become Mr. Legault joins CALU from the Canadian Chamber of Accountants (IFAC), the Ottawa Regional Cancer The United Nations Security Council, a the loud and clear voice of Venezuelans call- global platform this Canadian government of Commerce where he was the Chief Operating Foundation and various working groups of the Task ing for democracy, human rights, and rule of wants to be part of, has met to discuss the law, and it is high time he embraces it. Officer. Over the years, Mr. Legault has worked in the Force for the Payments System Review. Venezuelan crisis. The serious and gross Nelson Dordelly Rosales is a professor with financial sector, as President and CEO of the Canadian human rights violations that have occurred the Graduate School of International and Payments Association for nine years and President and there have caught the attention of the most Public Affairs at the . He COO of the Certified General Accountants Association powerful international body on earth. The holds an LLD/PhD in law from the University of Canada for eight years. His academic credentials five permanent members and 10 non-per- of Ottawa, MEd from the University of Sas- include a B.Sc. in industrial relations from the Université manent members of this council debated katchewan, and JD and BEd from the Catholic behind closed doors the soon-to-be civil University Andres Bello in Venezuela. de Montréal and an MBA from the Université de war in Venezuela. As Nikki Haley, ambas- [email protected] sador of the United States to the United The Hill Times The Hill Times | WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2017 23

Small Business and Tourism Minister , left, and hill climbers Employment, Workforce Development, by Laura Ryckewaert and Labour Minister have new staffers. The Hill Times Ministers Chagger Photographs by Jake Wright

special assistant and executive assistant to policy, Mike Burton is director of parlia- and Hajdu hire new Mr. Morneau; Milaine Leduc, office manager mentary affairs, Kate Monfette is director and executive assistant to Mr. Maksymetz; of communications, and Brook Simpson is and Marion Pilon-Cousineau, assistant to the press secretary to the minister. minister’s parliamentary secretary, Liberal Also working in the office are: Gareth regional desk advisers MP Ginette Petitpas-Taylor. Jones, senior adviser for infrastructure in- Infrastructure and Communities Min- vestment; Sandy Schembri, senior special coordinator for the university’s Jean-Luc ister , meanwhile, added assistant for the Atlantic region; Gurpreet Recent staff shuffles also Pepin Chair initiative, iVote-jeVote. Alexandra Howell to his staffing roster the Vinning, policy adviser and special assis- With her addition, Gillian Hanson, who week before last. tant for Western Canada; Maya Borgenicht, include new special assistants until recently was the minister’s special as- Until recently, Ms. Howell was a legisla- policy adviser; Navneet Khinda, special sistant for Western and Northern Canada, tive assistant to rookie Liberal MP Celina assistant for policy; Chike Agbasi, special for communications for the is now a legislative assistant in the office. Caesar-Chavannes, having been hired by assistant for Ontario; Sonja Blondeau, finance and infrastructure Ms. Pennell is now working closely with the MP shortly after she was elected for the scheduling assistant; and Caitlin Szymber- Tahiya Bakht, special assistant for Ontario, first time to represent Whitby, Ont. in 2015. ski, assistant to the minister’s parliamen- ministers. and Jean-Bruno Villeneuve, communications Ms. Howell started working on the Hill tary secretary, Liberal MP . adviser and special assistant for Quebec, in under the previous Conservative govern- Finally, Immigration, Refugees, and Citi- providing regional advice to the minister. ment in 2013 as a parliamentary assistant zenship Minister has said taffer Jade-Émilie Daigneault recently Matthew Mitschke is chief of staff to to Liberal MP , who is now goodbye to one member of his ministerial made the switch from Canadian Heri- S Ms. Hajdu. Other staff in the office include: also the minister responsible for Indig- staff team, with Stephanie Speroni no lon- tage Minister Mélanie Joly’s office over Leah Van Houten, director of operations; Si- enous and Northern Affairs Canada. ger working as the minister’s scheduling to Bardish Chagger’s ministerial team at mon Robertson, director of policy and par- She’s previously done event and com- and executive assistant. Small Business and Tourism. liamentary affairs; Carlene Variyan, director munications work for the Wellspring She officially moved to post-employ- Ms. Chagger wears two cabinet hats, of communications; Matt Pascuzzo, press Cancer Support Network in Toronto; has ment status on the conflict of interest and and is also currently the government secretary; Tommasina Montemurro, senior been a fundraising assistant for the Caritas ethics commissioner’s website as of April House leader, a role supported by a sepa- adviser; Samantha Nault, special assistant; Project; and was an administrative coordi- 28. A University of Ottawa grad, Ms. Sper- rate office led by chief of staff Rheal Lewis. and Daniel McKenzie, policy adviser and nator with the Centre for Studies in Family oni joined the office roughly one year ago Before starting on the job in Ms. Chag- assistant to the minister’s parliamentary Medicine at Western University, where she under then-minister John McCallum, who ger’s office as small business and tourism secretary, Liberal MP . previously studied for an undergrad degree is now Canada’s ambassador to China. minister on May 15, Ms. Daigneault had in political science. Ali Salam is chief of staff to Mr. Hussen. been a policy adviser to Ms. Joly. She’s now John Brodhead is chief of staff to Mr. [email protected] a Quebec and Atlantic regional adviser to Communications Sohi, while Mathieu Bélanger is director of The Hill Times Ms. Chagger, helping with policy work and stakeholder engagement in the office. aides hired to finance, Ms. Daigneault started out as an execu- tive assistant to Ms. Joly in March 2016, infrastructure offices and up until then had spent a few months as a census team leader for Statistics Finance Minister Bill Morneau has Canada. She’s previously also worked as bulked up the communications arm of his a research analyst for Coalition Montreal, ministerial office with the recent addition a municipal political party in the city, and of Matthew Barnes as a special assistant has taught sociology at LaSalle College, for communications. amongst other past experience. Mr. Barnes marked his first day in the She has a bachelor’s degree in sociol- role on May 23, and before that was a spe- ogy, and a master’s degree in public and cial assistant to Mr. Morneau in his capac- international affairs from the Université de ity as the Liberal MP for Toronto Centre, Montréal, as well as a master’s in sociology Ont. Mr. Morneau was elected to sit in the APPOINTMENT from the . House for the first time in the October 2015 The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Now working for Ms. Chagger, Ms. federal election, after garnering 57.9 per Optics Institute (INO), Mr. Jean Guy Paquet, is pleased to cent support, and Mr. Barnes was hired Daigneault is working closely alongside announce the appointment of Mr. Marc Corriveau as President fellow regional desk aide Leah Hanvey, soon after. who is an adviser for the West and North. He’s previously been a public relations and Chief Executive Officer of INO, effective June 15, 2017. is chief of staff to Ms. and research assistant for AWE Company Mr. Corriveau obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration Ltd., a software company in Toronto, and Chagger as small business and tourism in 1995 and a Masters of Accounting in 1996 from Université minister. Also in the office are political spent about a year as an associate produc- aides: John Matheson, director of policy; er for Rogers TV in Richmond Hill starting de Sherbrooke. Until recently, he was the General Manager Daniel Arsenault, director of parliamen- in August 2012, according to his LinkedIn of a leading company in Quebec City specialized in developing, tary affairs; Jonathan Dignan, director of profile. manufacturing and selling optical products. communications; Yanique Williams, policy Mr. Barnes studied for a bachelor’s adviser; Farees Nathoo, special assistant; degree in communications at York Uni- Mr. Corriveau will succeed Mr. Jean-Yves Roy who has held and Daniele Medlej, special assistant for versity, and later a master’s degree in the position since 2005. social media. professional communications at Ryerson Similarly, Employment, Workforce De- University, during which time he interned About INO velopment and Labour Minister Patty Hajdu as a communications coordinator for the recently welcomed Laura Pennell to her min- Pan/Parapan American Games Secretariat INO, Canada’s largest centre of expertise in industrial optics/ isterial staff team as a new special assistant in Toronto. photonics has created more than 6,000 made-to-order Nicholas Brown is a senior special as- for the Northern and Western desks. solutions for Quebec and Canadian businesses operating sistant for communications, while Annie Before starting on the job in Ms. in various sectors of activity. Furthermore, INO has carried Hajdu’s office the week before last, Ms. Donolo is press secretary, and Daniel Lau- Pennell had been working on the Hill as zon is director of communications. out 69 technology transfers and contributed to 32 business parliamentary assistant to Liberal MP Dan Richard Maksymetz is chief of staff start-ups, generating more than 2,000 jobs. INO’s activities Ruimy, who was elected for the first time to Mr. Morneau, overseeing a team that are made possible thanks to the ongoing collaboration of to represent Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge, includes: Robert Asselin, policy and budget the Ministry of Economy, Science and Innovation and Canada B.C. in 2015. Ms. Pennell was hired soon director; Maryse Harvey, deputy chief of Economic Development for Quebec Regions. after Mr. Ruimy stepped into office. staff and director of strategy and planning; Before that, she spent much of 2015 Elliot Hughes, senior policy adviser; Ian www.ino.ca working as a data production and dissemi- Foucher, senior policy adviser; and Maxim- nation officer for . Ms. ilien Roy, policy and Quebec regional desk Pennell has a bachelor’s degree in interna- adviser. tional and global studies from the Uni- There’s also: Adam Austen, special as- versity of Ottawa, where she worked for sistant for parliamentary affairs and issues a time as a research assistant. She’s also management; Allie Chalke, special assistant previously been an assistant operations for the Atlantic region; Sharan Kaur, senior 24 The Hill Times | WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2017 Classifieds Information and Advertisement Placement: 613-232-5952 • [email protected]

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McKenna speaks at Europe Day Heard on the Hill Hamdan Asim photographs courtesy of Olive Media Network by Marco Vigliotti W right Allen jumps ship to The Hill Times Environment Minister Catherine McKenna shakes hands with EU Ambassador Marie-Anne Coninsx’s spouse, Kurt Schelter at the Europe Day celebration hosted May 9 at the EU official residence. Samantha Wright Allen is joining The Hill Times as its newest reporter after spending the past four and a half months with The Lobby The EU celebrated with some in-house entertainment. Delegation staffers Samantha Ammoun, political and public Monitor. affairs assistant, and Terri-Ann Wint, political adviser, performed the EU and Canadian anthems with the Nepean High The Hill School Quartet. Times photo by Jake Wright Guyana celebrates independence day at Lansdowne The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia

Continued from page 2 mentary film school. She also played rugby competitively for 10 years, and while in The Hill Times is welcoming a new addi- B.C.’s scenic north, kayaked 120 kilometres tion to its roster. around the Bowron Lakes over five days. Samantha Wright Allen started Wednes- Ms. Nash has worked at The Hill Times day as the paper’s newest reporter, replacing since April 2016. She was hired immedi- the departing Chelsea Nash, who has left af- ately after completing an internship at the Entertainment at the celebration of Guyana’s ter slightly more than a year in the newsroom. newspaper as part of her studies. High Commissioner of Barbados Yvonne Walkes, with independence day included lots of dancing. The event Ms. Wright Allen spent the past four She graduated from Carleton University in Guyanese High Commissioner Clarissa Sabita Riehl, and was hosted at Lansdowne Park’s Horticulture Building and a half months as a reporter with The 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Jamaican High Commissioner Janice Miller. as part of Ottawa Welcomes the World, on May 21. Lobby Monitor, a subscription-only news Ms. Nash is leaving the paper to return service focused on the federal lobbying to Carleton, where she will begin working scene, which is also owned by Hill Times towards a master’s degree in communica- Publishing. tions this fall. Cameroon throws a party at the Chateau She returned to Ottawa after spending more Canada hosting World than two years with a daily Environment Day on June 5 newspaper in Prince George, Canada is playing host to festivities for where she cov- an international day calling for global ef- ered city affairs, forts to protect the environment. health, and edu- On June 5, Canada will host the official cation, amongst celebrations of the UN-organized World other beats. Chelsea Nash is leaving Environment Day. According to the official During her The Hill Times newsroom website for the celebrations, the focus on tenure at The after more than a year the host country helps “highlight” the envi- Prince George of breaking stories. The ronmental challenges it faces, and supports Citizen, she Hill Times photograph by Sam efforts to address them. earned back-to- Garcia It has been celebrated since 1972. High Commissioner Solomon Azoh-Mbi of Cameroon marks his country’s national day with a fête at the Chateau Laurier back MacMur- The theme for the 2017 festivities, Con- on May 23. He is pictured here, right, with Constant Horace, ambassador of Madagascar. ray Community Newspaper Awards, first in necting People to Nature, encourages partici- the investigative journalism category and pants to think about the role humans play in this year in business writing. nature and our intimate dependence on it. In She was also one of only two B.C. jour- that spirit, organizers are calling for people nalists to receive the 2016 Jack Webster to visit their respective country’s national Foundation Fellowship, which she used to parks and wilderness areas. spend a week at the prestigious Poynter As part of celebrations for the 150th Institute in Florida learning from the best anniversary of Confederation, the Cana- in the journalism business. dian government has waived fees for all Ms. Wright Allen received her mas- national parks for the duration of 2017. ter’s degree in journalism from Carleton “World Environment Day reminds us University in 2014, and has worked as a to take action to conserve and protect our reporter for the Ottawa Citizen, Telegraph natural environment,” Environment Min- Journal in Saint John, N.B., and the Van- ister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa Centre, couver Courier. Ont.) told The Hill Times in a statement. Like so many industry greats, her first “Canada is excited and honoured to published story referenced her dad’s mullet. host this year.” Peruvian Ambassador Marcela Lopez Bravo with Mr. Canadian chief of protocol Roy Norton with Argentine Prior to journalism, she worked at an [email protected] art gallery, hospital foundation, and docu- The Hill Times Azoh-Mbi, and his spouse, Mercy Azoh Mbi. Ambassador Marcelo Suarez Salvia. 26 wednesday, may 31, 2017 | the hill times Feature Events

[email protected] or 613-627-2384. of Canada. The 2017 5G Huddle will focus concretely A Collaborative Roadmap for Canadian Parliamentary Re- Conservative Caucus Meeting—The Conservatives on the transition from 4G to 5G, in other words on what form—Michael Chong, , and Kennedy Stewart, Parliamentary will meet for their national caucus meeting. For more needs to be done to lay the groundwork for widespread 5G will launch their book at Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay St., information, contact Cory Hann, director of com- adoption and ensure that we are prepared to capitalize on on June 1 in Toronto. The book is called Turning Parliament Calendar munications with the Conservative Party of Canada at the opportunities and benefits ahead. For more informa- Inside Out: Practical Ideas for Reforming Canada’s Democ- [email protected]. tion and to register, please visit 5ghuddle.com. racy. Author proceeds will go to Samara Canada. NDP Caucus Meeting—The NDP caucus will meet Polytechnics Canada Annual Policy Conference—The Canada: Day 1—The Canadian Museum of History from 9:15-11 a.m. in Room 112-N Centre Block, on theme is “Building Canada through Skills and Innova- invites members of the media to the official opening of Wednesday. For more information, please call the NDP tion.” Speakers include Jamie Merisotis, Lumina Foun- ‘Canada: Day 1,’ Thursday, June 1, 6 p.m., Canadian Media Centre at 613-222-2351 or [email protected]. dation; Martha Hall Findlay, Canada West Foundation; Museum of History, 100 Laurier St., Gatineau, Que. Bloc Québécois Caucus Meeting—The Bloc Québécois Kevin King, CAE Healthcare; and Barrie McKenna, The Discover the first steps, first impressions, and first caucus will meet from 9:30 a.m. in the Francophonie room Globe and Mail Ottawa Bureau. The one-day conference experiences of immigrants from Confederation to the (263-S) in Centre Bock, on Wednesday. For more informa- ends with a dinner at NAIT’s culinary school, Ernest’s present day. Media should confirm their presence by tion, call press attaché Julie Groleau, 514-792-2529. in Edmonton. Until June 1. Edmonton, Alta. For more May 31 to: [email protected]. CANSEC 2017—This is an annual showcase of tech- information visit: polytechnicscanada.ca. nology, products, and services for land-based, naval, Ottawa Riverkeeper Gala—Taking place on the shore of FRIDAY, JUNE 2 aerospace, and joint forces military units. Organizers the Ottawa River at Lemieux Island (1 River St.), the gala is a Discussion with Wallonia’s Minister-President, Paul Military trade say this two-day event is the largest and most important chance to eat, drink, and groove to live music, while helping Magnette—The minister-president of Wallonia, the French- defence industry event in Canada. Speakers include to protect the watershed. Featuring 2017 honorary riverkeeper speaking area of Belgium that almost scuttled the Cana- Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, Lieutenant-General Sen. Murray Sinclair, host Evan Solomon, and musician Kath- da-Europe CETA trade deal, is set to speak at a discussion show CANSEC to Alain Parent, acting vice-chief of the defence staff, and leen Edwards. May 31, 6 p.m. riverkeepergala.com. and launch of the Jean Monnet Centre in Montreal. He’ll General Keith Alexander (ret’d.), former United States THURSDAY, JUNE 1 speak on How to Avoid the Disintegration of the European National Security Agency director. Until June 1. EY Union. The talk will be followed by a reception to launch be held May 31 to Centre, 4899 Uplands Dr., Ottawa, Ont. https://www. Building an Indigenous Guardians Network In Canada—Join the new Jean Monnet Centre. June 2. 4-7 p.m. 2940 che- defenceandsecurity.ca/CANSEC/cansec/Overview the Economic Club of Canada for an armchair discussion on min de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, room 1120, Université 5G Huddle—On May 31 and June 1, the Wireless the importance of a National Indigenous Guardians Network de Montréal, Faculty of Environmental Design, Montreal. June 1 World Research Forum will host the Fourth Annual 5G in Canada. Opening address and moderation by former prime Event in French. Mandatory registration. https://www. Huddle at the Crowne Plaza Gatineau-Ottawa, as part of minister . Panellists include: Stephen Kakfwi, eventbrite.ca/e/paul-magnette-comment-eviter-que-lunion- the celebrations of the 150th Anniversary of Confedera- WEDNESDAY, MAY 31 president and CEO, Canadians For a New Partnership; and europeenne-se-desintegre-tickets-33857073418. tion, a move supported by the Canadian Wireless Tele- Pierre Gratton, president and CEO, Mining Association of SATURDAY, JUNE 3 Liberal Caucus Meeting—The Liberals will meet in communications Association; Innovation, Science, and Canada. Thursday, June 1. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch will Room 237-C Centre Block on Parliament Hill. For more Economic Development Canada; the Information Technol- be served. Chateau Laurier, 1 Rideau St., Ottawa. Members: Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner—Press gallery mem- information, please call Liberal Party media relations at ogy Association of Canada; and the Radio Advisory Board $89 each; guests: $110 each. economicclub.ca. bers are urged to bring their favourite Parliamentarian to this annual event. Saturday, June 3. Canadian Museum of History. The evening will begin with a reception in the River View Salon at 5:30 p.m. The dinner will be held in the Grand Hall at 7 p.m. Tickets: $113 per person. Part of the ticket price will go to a donation to a charitable The Hill Times’ All Politics Party organization to further journalism. Tickets will be limited to a total of four per active member. MONDAY, JUNE 5 House Sitting—The House is sitting on Monday, June 5, and will sit every weekday to June 23, but it could adjourn for the summer break earlier. on Parliament Hill TUESDAY, JUNE 6 Cabinet Meeting—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to hold a cabinet meeting on June 6. For more information, members of the media may call the PMO Press Office at 613-957-5555. Diplomatic Hospitality Group—The Canadian Federa- WEDNESDAY tion of University of Women’s Diplomatic Hospitality Group in Ottawa invites diplomats, their spouses/part- ners, and their families to this event, with the theme Canada’s First Capital. It will feature a visit to Kings- JUNE 14 ton, including a bus tour, cruise, and lunch. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. A nominal fee will be charged to help cover costs. Great Canadian Debates: The Government Must Act to Save Journalism in Canada—The Macdonald-Laurier Institute presents this debate between former Toronto Celebrate the Star publisher John Honderich (for) and Postmedia col- umnist (against). 7 p.m. June 6. Theatre, Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Pl., rising of the Ottawa. Tickets: up to $20. macdonaldlaurier.ca. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7 House at Liberal Caucus Meeting—The Liberals will meet in Room 237-C Centre Block on Parliament Hill. For more The Hill Times’ information, please call Liberal Party media relations at [email protected] or 613-627-2384. Conservative Caucus Meeting—The Conservatives All Politics Party. will meet for their national caucus meeting. For more information, contact Cory Hann, director of com- munications with the Conservative Party of Canada at [email protected]. NDP Caucus Meeting—The NDP caucus will meet from 9:15-11 a.m. in Room 112-N Centre Block, on Wednesday. For more information, please call the NDP Media Centre at 613-222-2351 or [email protected]. Bloc Québécois Caucus Meeting—The Bloc Québécois ALL FUN caucus will meet from 9:30 a.m. in the Francophonie room *Check your inbox for your invitation (263-S) in Centre Bock, on Wednesday. For more informa- tion, call press attaché Julie Groleau, 514-792-2529. Into the Weeds: High Stakes in Getting Cannabis Legalization Right—The Ottawa Economics Association invites you to a luncheon event with a thoughtful and lively discussion featuring representatives from the federal government, the Parliamentary Budget Office, and the private sector. Wednesday, June 7, 11:45 a.m., Chateau Laurier Hotel, Laurier Room. For more details on speakers, rates, and registration, visit cabe.ca. APEX Symposium 2017: Celebrating Leadership, Innova- tion, and Diversity—APEX, an association representing the interests of the 6,400 federal executive community across Canada, is holding its flagship annual professional development and networking symposium. Speakers include: Salim Ismail, a Waterloo grad and global ambas- sador at Singularity University; Zabeen Hirji, chief human resource officer with the RBC, who will participate in a panel discussion on diversity and inclusiveness in the workplace; and Michele Maheux, chief operating officer from the Toronto International Film Festival, who will participate in a panel session on what it takes to be a top employer in Canada. The symposium invites participation from the public, private and academic sectors. June 7 and 8, Shaw Centre, 55 Colonel By Dr., Ottawa. For more information: apex.gc.ca/en/services/symposia Continued on page 27 The Hill Times | wednesday, may 31, 2017 27 Events Feature

Vance, is set to speak at this roundtable hosted by the Conference of Defence Associations Institute. Friday, Parliamentary June 9, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m., KPMG, 150 Elgin St., suite 1800, Ottawa. The session will be conducted Calendar under a modified Chatham House Rule (not for attri- bution and no media reporting). $15-$50. Register via cdainstitute.ca. SATURDAY, JUNE 10 NDP Leadership Debate—The party will hold a debate in Halifax. 3:30-5 p.m. Mount St. Vincent University, 166 Bedford Hwy. In order to vote for the leader, you need to become a member of the NDP no later than Aug. 17. Online voting begins Sept. 18 and a leader will be announced no later than Oct. 29. MONDAY, JUNE 12 Chief of defence Conference of Montreal: International Economic Forum of the Americas—This annual conference has the theme A New World: Managing Change. Speakers include: staff to speak at European Commission chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Power Corporation chair Paul Desmarais Jr., Transport Minister Marc Gar- CDA Institute neau, International Organisation of the Francophonie secretary general Michaëlle Jean, and more. June 12- 15. Hotel Bonaventure Montreal, 900 de la Gauchet- June 9 ière W. http://forum-americas.org/montreal/2017. Canada’s chief of defence staff, General , is set to speak at a roundtable hosted by TUESDAY, JUNE 13 the Conference of Defence Associations Institute on June 9. The Hill Times file photograph Continued from page 26 Bragging Writes Your Success: Strategies for Authentic Self- Promotion—This Women’s Executive Network speakers-series ’s annual Laurier Club Garden Summit in Hamburg on July 7 and 8. Prime Minister THURSDAY, JUNE 8 breakfast features Ottawa’s own Laura Peck, senior partner Party with Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau. Canadian War Justin Trudeau is likely to attend. at TransformLeaders.ca. She will be interviewed by Megan Museum, 1 Vimy Pl., Ottawa. Monday, June 19. 6 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JULY 12 Canadian LGBTQ+ Politicians’ Summit—The Canadian Boyle, senior director of government affairs at the Canadian Pre-registration is required and will close on June 16. Centre for Gender & Sexual Diversity presents this Beverage Association, to share how to develop authentic self- Media coverage is being facilitated for this event and Bank of Canada Release—The bank is expected to summit, hosted by NDP Ontario MPP Cheri DiNovo and promotion strategies, when to bring them forward, and why the names of guests in attendance will be listed online make its latest interest rate announcement as well as Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault, the prime minister’s it can help your professional success. Laura is also a fellow within 45 days. events.liberal.ca. publish its quarterly Monetary Policy Report. 10 a.m. special adviser on LGBTQ+ issues. This event will bring of the master of political management program at Carleton MONDAY, JUNE 26 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6 LGBTQ+ politicians together to discuss and understand University. For more details and to purchase tickets, please the priorities of LGBTQ+ organizations and Canadians. visit wxnetwork.com. Rideau Club (99 Bank St. 15th floor, 150 Voices to Canada 150—To celebrate Canada’s Bank of Canada Release—The bank is expected to Participants will learn and work on how they can better Ottawa). June 13, 7:30 a.m. 150th anniversary, Hungarian Ambassador Bálint Ódor make its latest interest rate announcement. 10 a.m. serve LGBTQ+ people. June 8. Parliament Hill. Email WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 is inviting guests to a concert by the Szentegyháza The Parliamentary Calendar is a free events listing. [email protected] for more information. The event Children’s Philharmonia (Fili), in the presence of Zsolt Send in your political, cultural, diplomatic, or govern- is designed for LGBTQ+ politicians who were or are The Hill Times’ All-Politics All-Fun Shindig—The Hill Németh, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Hun- mental event in a paragraph with all the relevant details currently elected to municipal, provincial, and federal Times is throwing a party on the Hill on June 14, 6-9 garian National Assembly. Monday, June 26. 7-8 p.m. under the subject line ‘Parliamentary Calendar’ to levels of government in Canada. The event is open to p.m. in the East Block Courtyard. All MPs, Senators, Centrepointe Theatre, 101 Centrepointe Dr., Nepean, [email protected] by Wednesday at noon before the all currently elected politicians who wish to participate staffers, House and Senate employees, Hill journalists, Ont. To reserve free seats, please visit centrepointethe- Monday paper or by Friday at noon for the Wednesday and learn. ccgsd-ccdgs.org. and diplomats are invited. atres.com/promo and enter the promo code: FILI2017. paper. We can’t guarantee inclusion of every event, but MONDAY, JUNE 19 FRIDAY, JULY 7 we will definitely do our best. Events can be updated FRIDAY, JUNE 9 daily online too. CDA Institute Roundtable with Chief of Defence Staff— Liberal Party Laurier Club Summer Reception and G20 Leaders’ Summit in Germany—Germany holds [email protected] Canada’s chief of defence staff, General Jonathan Garden Party—Laurier Club donors are invited to the the G20 presidency in 2017 and will host the Leaders’ The Hill Times

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