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The Lobby The book, The Monitor’s Canadian Kingdom: Beatrice 150 Years of Consti- Paez is tutional Monarchy, is Heard on the Hill joining a collection of essays The Hill all about how the Times as its Canadian constitu- by Shruti Shekar new digital tional monarchy has editor. changed in the past Photograph 150 years. courtesy of Through the es- Beatrice says, several ques- Ambrose’s ex-chief Paez tions are answered, including: “what has this ‘Canadian Crown’ contributed to the Canada of the 21st cen- News for about a year and a half before tury? [And] how is this historic yet resilient of staff lands new heading back to Toronto to work as a re- institution perceived today?” search reporter for about a year and a half Mr. Jackson was chief of protocol from at the Investment Executive. 1980 to 2005 and is currently the president Stay tuned to Heard on the Hill to fi nd of the Institute for the Study of the Crown out more about the new Lobby Monitor ed- in Canada. In 2005, he was appointed Com- Queen Street job itor in the coming weeks. mander of the Royal Victorian Order by Queen Elizabeth II. Dundurn Press will publish the 248- “It really dawned on me lately that what New books out from page book. Garry Keller, really drew me to reporting was the oppor- Another book that the former former NDP MP tunity to pore through government policy, you need to get your chief of staff as opposed to strictly ‘breaking news,’” Mr. hands on is From Wall to Conservative Gruending, Mulroney Vigliotti said in an email. “So I’m switch- Street to Bay Street: Party leader ing gears to have the opportunity to focus speechwriter MacDonald The Origins and , more on researching and analyzing policy, Evolution of Ameri- left the Hill last and making sense of government actions.” Former NDP MP Dennis Gruending has can and Canadian summer and is Mr. Vigliotti started his fi rst day as a written a new book in Finance, especially if starting work as Proof consultant on April 9. He said some which he has hand- you want to under- a vice-president of his Ottawa-based work will involve lob- picked 11 Canadian stand the similari- at the consulting bying the federal government. speeches that have ties and differences fi rm StrategyCorp. had an impact on between the Canadian The Hill Times fi le After more Canadian politics. and U.S. fi nancial photograph than two Speeches That systems. and a half Changed Canada The book “offers a years at The “describes the rich timely and accessible comparison of fi nan- Hill Times, historical context” in cial systems that refl ect the political and arry Keller, the former chief of staff digital which each speech cultural milieus of two of the world’s top Gto interim Conservative Party leader editor Marco was delivered. ten economies,” the book cover says. Rona Ambrose, has taken up a new job as Vigliotti Mr. Gruending also Authors Joe Martin and Christopher a vice-president at government relations is now a looks at the content Kobrak delve into how the two systems fi rm StrategyCorp. consultant of the speeches, the rhetorical techniques have taken different paths and trace their “Really pleased to be joining the excel- at Proof used, and the impact they have had on historical roots. lent team @StrategyCorp in their Ottawa Strategies. Canada and its people. Mr. Kobrak was the Wilson/Currie offi ce as a vice president. Looking forward The Hill Fitzhenry & Whiteside published the chair of Canadian Business and Financial to working with a great group of smart Times fi le 270-page book back in May 2017. History at University of Toronto’s Rotman and talented people!” Mr. Keller tweeted on photograph The speeches include Sir John A. Mac- School of Management. April 9. donald’s argument for Confederation in Mr. Martin is the director of the Cana- Mr. Keller left politics on June 30 last 1865, former Liberal prime minister Pierre dian Business and Financial History Initia- year after spending almost two years as Elliott Trudeau’s speech against Quebec tive at the Rotman School of Management. Ms. Ambrose’s chief of staff. separatism during the 1980 referendum Rotman-UTP Publishing published the The veteran Conservative senior staffer Mr. Vigliotti has been a reporter for the campaign, and Nellie McClung’s speech that 416-page book on March 12. started his career in politics helping former past eight years and started his career as demanded women have the right to vote. Finally, L. Ian Mac- Reform MP John Williams get elected in an intern at The Hill Times. He went on The book is a good source for anyone Donald, a columnist 1993 and came to the Hill in 1997 to serve to have stints at the High River Times in interested in Canadian history, politics, and former Progres- as his legislative assistant until 2006. Alberta, Metro Regina, The Sarnia Jour- literature, and rhetoric. sive Conservative He was the director of parliamentary nal, the Seaforth Huron Expositor, Pink Mr. Gruending was elected in a 1999 prime minister Brian affairs to the former president of the Trea- Triangle Press based in Toronto, and The byelection and represented the riding of Mulroney’s speech- sury Board John Baird for a year and later Score. Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar, Sask., for a writer, also has a new became Mr. Baird’s director of communi- “The thrill of tracking down news sto- little over a year. book out titled Inside cations after he was named environment ries or covering a breaking news event will Onto another book: a new introduction Politics. minister. be tough to match. My fondest memories has been added to the McGill-Queen’s He was former Conservative whip Gor- in journalism all stem from being on the 75-year-old Report University Press pub- don O’Connor’s chief of staff in 2008 and scene covering important news stories as on Social Security for lished the 374-page went back to Mr. Baird’s offi ce in 2010 as they developed, such as staying past 1 a.m. Canada, by Leon- book in March, and his chief of staff. to cover Regina city council’s budget delib- ard Marsh, a social it includes a collec- Mr. Keller was also at one point an erations, or staking out the House foyer for scientist who died in tion of columns and unsuccessful candidate when he ran for the important interviews,” he said. 1983. Mr. Marsh had articles that Mr. MacDonald has written. Conservative nomination in Edmonton– The move brings with it an internal presented his report He frequently writes columns for Spruce Grove, Alta., in 2003, losing to Ms. shuffl e at Hill Times Publishing, as Beatrice to the wartime Federal iPolitics and serves as editor of Policy Ambrose. Paez joins the newspaper’s team as the Advisory Committee magazine. Mr. MacDonald also spent a Mr. Keller did not respond to an inter- new digital editor. She’ll be coming over on Reconstruction, decade as editor-in-chief of Policy Options view request in time for deadline. He wrote from The Hill Times’ sister publication The and it was later tabled magazine. on LinkedIn on April 9 that he’s “really Lobby Monitor where she was the editor in the House of Com- The book is a sequel to the fi rst col- looking forward to being able to contribute for nearly a year, covering lobbying rules, mons in March 1943. lection titled Politics, People & Potpourri, to some interesting fi les and challenges in staff changes at GR fi rms, new lobbyist The report provid- which was published back in 2009. the fi elds of government relations, public registrations, legislation, and ethics. ed recommendations The pieces in the new book offer “clear- policy and communications, and to work Ms. Paez said in an email that she was to create a better life for Canadians after minded commentary on political issues with some great clients.” interested in shaping the way The Hill the Second World War. Mr. Marsh’s original salient to all Canadians—including the Times’ coverage reaches its readers and report recommended an employment election of Donald Trump in the United that she was going to miss watching out for program “meant to ensure lower unemploy- States,” and the 2015 federal election in From journalism to new fi lings in the federal lobbyists’ registry. ment and higher incomes.” Canada. lobbying, Marco Vigliotti “Sometimes, a fi le on an obscure issue will The new foreword was written by Allan Mr. MacDonald was Mr. Mulroney’s turn up that reveals something about what Ot- Moscovitch, a Carleton University pro- speechwriter from 1985 to 1988, and later leaves Hill Times, joins tawa and lobbyists are up to,” Ms. Paez said. fessor, and gives readers some historical was the minister of public affairs at the Hailing from Toronto, Ms. Paez started context on what Mr. Marsh wrote. Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C., Proof Strategies her career in journalism with a short McGill-Queen’s University Press pub- from 1992 to 1994. internship at Global News back in 2012. lished the 344-page new edition in March. One of Mr. MacDonald’s bestselling After nearly three years at The Hill Times, She then went on to work at Thomson A new book on Canada’s constitutional books was his fi rst, titled Mulroney: The digital editor Marco Vigliotti has decided it’s Reuters’ Lexpert Magazine and later as a monarchy will be published this month, Making of the Prime Minister, which was time for a new opportunity with government contributor for The Philippine Reporter. and it’s edited by the former chief of proto- published in 1984. relations fi rm Proof Strategies, formerly She moved to New Brunswick where col for the government of Saskatchewan D. [email protected] known as Environics Communications. she was a copy editor for Brunswick Michael Jackson. @shruti_shekar THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018 3 Government spending News

terized by a spike in vacancies and shortlist to immediately fi ll the long delays to fi ll terms, some of languages job, and shouldn’t have which have been vacant for more needed to reopen the search. Ottawa shelled out than a year and, in the case of Several departments said they former ethics commissioner Mary hadn’t spent any money in 2017 on Dawson, were extended four times. such services, including Finance, “That is only part of the cost Canadian Heritage, Agriculture and $73K to fi nd new of this appointment process,” he Agri-Food Canada, Health, Justice, said, adding the $1.1-million is Natural Resources, and Transport. the “tip of the iceberg.” The Privy Council Offi ce spent Infrastructure Bank search investment agency CEO, the most of such searches: $419,189 to fi ll 15 positions, including its ‘outrageous’: NDP MP portion of the payment shared by Infrastructure Canada was the ethics and lobbying commis- the busiest department after PCO, an ex-Liberal Party exec sioners’ offi ces to fi nd their new spending $342,377 to fi ll 20 positions, heads. The PCO is the offi ce that including more than $281,000 to fi nd manages the revamped process board members and a CEO for the The hunt for Mr. McKay rep- Both “outstanding individu- That was the most spent for government appointments, an- new Canada Infrastructure Bank. resented the highest search cost als” were appointed through the nounced by Mr. Trudeau (Papineau, The government spent more to for a single position in documents “open, merit-based, and transpar- on a single position Que.) in February 2016. staff up the Infrastructure Bank tabled in the House of Commons ent process,” he said by email. Odgers Berndtson represented board than Invest in Canada, which out of $1.1-million two weeks ago revealing spending “[Mr. McKay’s] deep knowledge of the bulk of the expenses, with Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet on executive searches in 2017. The the Asia-Pacifi c region, a priority mar- paid last year to $690,525, followed by $410,698 for Sohi’s (Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta.) next closest post was $59,439 to ket for our government, makes him an Boyden, with a few other agen- press secretary said was necessary headhunters to help fi nd an executive director for the essential asset to the Invest in Canada cies getting smaller contracts. to ensure it had the “right skillset.” Labour Market Information Coun- team,” said Mr. Herbert, adding Mr. fi ll nearly 50 positions. Most notable to Mr. Kent, how- It earmarked $281,000 for cil, followed by $56,046 for a new Garber brings “years of substantive ex- ever, was the fact the documents, Odgers Berndtson to fi nd 11 board Critics question RCMP commissioner, and $51,037 perience in very successful companies” tabled in the House of Commons in members and a CEO for the bank. for a new chief science adviser. to his support role as chair. whether it represents response to a question by Conserva- “The selection processes were GAC also paid $84,750 to Odgers Mr. McKay, who has also served tive MP Bev Shipley (Lambton-Kent- designed to attract highly qualifi ed Berndtson to fi ll out the Invest in as a senior policy adviser to three unnecessary spending Middlesex, Ont.), don’t mention any individuals and to achieve gender Canada board, made up of a chair, Liberal cabinet ministers, will earn costs related to the offi cial languages parity and refl ect Canada’s linguistic, when it doesn’t protect vice-chairperson, and eight directors. between $196,600 and $231,200 an- commissioner, eventually named as cultural, and regional diversity,” said That work that is ongoing, save for nually in the inaugural post. He has from what one called Raymond Théberge late last year. Brook Simpson by email. “The exper- new chair businessman Mitch Gar- deep experience in the fi nancial “I think there are some ques- tise of Odgers Berndtson ensured that patronage posts. ber who also chairs Cirque du Soleil. world, including as former manag- tion marks there, especially given the Bank is led by highly qualifi ed GAC said the contracts covered ing director of a brokerage fi rm in the controversy involved in that people with the right skillset.” recruitment fees as well expenses Tokyo, spending 12 years there. BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN particular appointment,” said Mr. All but the bank’s CEO have related to candidate interviews like Kent, noting in June the govern- been named, an appointment travel and assessments, and the se- he federal government is $1.1M ‘tip of the iceberg’: ment fi rst named former Ontario which Mr. Simpson said can be lection processes and recruitment spending $158,200 on head- Liberal cabinet minister Mad- expected this spring. T strategies “are carefully designed to Conservative MP hunters to help it staff up Canada’s eleine Meilleur to the job, which NDP infrastructure critic Bri- identify candidates who have the Conservative MP new foreign investment promotion Mr. Angus called a “disturbing gitte Sansoucy echoed Mr. Kent’s qualifi cations and personal suit- said much of the $1.1-million agency, part of $1.1-million spent overreach.” Ms. Meilleur took her- assessment that the $281,684 bill ability required to meet the needs spent on paying outside compa- on executive searches last year that self out of the running following was an unnecessary expense. of the organization.” nies for executive searches, which opposition MPs say raise questions public outrage at the nomination. That averages to roughly $20,000 Mr. Angus called Mr. Garber a helped fi ll almost 50 positions, is about the effectiveness and cost of The PCO did not respond to a person—less than some of the “Liberal fundraiser” though Mr. Gar- likely “unnecessary spending of what the Liberals say is a merit- questions by deadline, but the fees for single positions. ber was quick to shut down that line taxpayers’ money” because that based process when it leads to ap- tabled fi les only include billing “A year in and the infrastruc- of reasoning in a March 29 tweet, ability is already within the pub- pointees with Liberal connections. for 2017. Other public disclo- ture bank has little to show for, noting the NDP was “making a big lic service and part of the Privy “We’re spending an awful lot sures show Boyden had a $94,900 except outrageous expenses in deal that I’m a friend” of the Liberals. Council Offi ce’s responsibilities. of money, but the reforms that contract for the languages com- order to stack its board with Lib- “You may want to check your “Some of the institutional are needed are not apparent,” said missioner search, later increased eral insiders,” said Ms. Sansoucy donor list,” he wrote to the NDP. knowledge should be explored be- NDP MP and ethics critic Charlie from its original $77,000 tab. (Saint Hyacinthe-Bagot, Que.), in International Trade Minister fore the government simply starts Angus, pointing to recent ap- Mr. Théberge told a parliamen- an emailed statement. “Despite all François-Philippe Champagne’s writing cheques to outside search pointments to Invest in Canada as tary committee he came forward this, the CEO hasn’t been named (Saint Maurice-Champlain, Que.) companies, however good they a prime example. after Ms. Meilleur was taken out yet and too many questions re- spokesperson Pierre-Olivier Her- might be,” said Mr. Kent (Thornhill, Mr. Angus (Timmins-James Bay, of contention, but Mr. Kent said main unanswered with regards to bert said the NDP is “displaying Ont.), his party’s ethic critic. Ont.) questioned the new invest- if the merit-based system had how the bank will operate.” their inability to understand how He questioned the “layers” of ment promotion agency’s creation worked, the government should [email protected] to drive job creation in Canada.” ineffi ciency in the process, charac- this year, when Canada “already has have been able to pull from the The Hill Times a number of government agencies that do international business devel- opment,” but was especially critical of spending on an executive search Payments to headhunters for executive searches in 2017 and the government’s pronounce- Department Total paid Positions Vendor ment of an “open, transparent, and Infrastructure Canada $281,684 one board chair, 10 board directors, and one CEO; Canada Infrastructure Bank (contract ongoing) Odgers Berndtson merit-based” selection process Privy Council Office $252,394 chairperson, Canadian Museum of History when, Mr. Angus said, “they’ve ap- chairperson, Canadian Museum for Human Rights pointed two key Liberals to run it.” chairperson, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 chairperson, Canadian Museum of Nature “It looks like this government chairperson, National Gallery of Canada is talking about a new way of do- vice-chairperson, Canadian Museum of History ing politics, but it’s very much the vice-chairperson, National Gallery of Canada old Liberal pork-barrel patterns three trustees, National Museum of Science and Technology Odgers Berndtson that are becoming apparent,” said Global Affairs Canada $84,750 one chair, one vice-chairperson, eight directors for Invest in Canada (ongoing contract) Odgers Berndtson Global Affairs Canada $73,450 one chief executive officer position for Invest in Canada (ongoing contract) Boyden Ottawa Mr. Angus, adding he doesn’t Employment & Social Development Canada $59,439 executive director, Labour Market Information Council Boyden Ottawa have a problem paying to fi nd the Public Safety Canada $56,046 commissioner of the RCMP Boyden Ottawa “best and the brightest,” but there Infrastructure Canada $55,696 five directors, Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority Odgers Berndtson have been clear examples where Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada $51,037 chief science adviser Boyden Ottawa an appointment has been “inter- Department of National Defence $49,720 assistant deputy minister, Public Affairs Boyden Canada fered with for partisan purposes” Privy Council Office $41,905 executive director, National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Higgins Executive Search Privy Council Office $41,823 president, Public Service Commission of Canada Boyden Canada and made a patronage post. Privy Council Office $29,657 conflict of interest and ethics commissioner Boyden Canada Global Affairs Canada (GAC) Privy Council Office $29,526 commissioner of lobbying Boyden Canada paid Boyden Executive Search Department of National Defence $22,600 director, Occupational Health and Safety $73,450 to help it fi nd one CEO posi- director, Deliverology, Department Results, and Reports tion, announced as Ian McKay, who director, Planning, Resources, and Risk Management Lynda Naveda Consulting Ltd. Public Services and Procurement Canada $20,000 director general, Compensation Lynda Naveda Consulting Ltd. served as national director of the Privy Council Office $20,000 one chairperson, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Boyden Canada from 2010 Public Services and Procurement Canada $19,440 chief executive officer, Translation Bureau Excellence RHR Consultation Inc. to 2013 and CEO of the Vancouver & Odgers Berndtson Economic Commission from 2013 Public Services and Procurement Canada $14,048 various executive positions, reference checks Artemp Personnel to this year. Prime Minister Justin Employment & Social Development Canada $9,000 senior management position, interchange assignment Odgers Berndtson Employment & Social Development Canada $7,000 senior management position, interchange assignment Odgers Berndtson Trudeau also tapped Mr. McKay as Infrastructure Canada $4,996 three directors, Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridge lnc. Kmotions Management his special envoy to work on negotia- Consulting Group tions of the Trans-Pacifi c Partnership Veterans Affairs Canada $1,294 director, Public Affairs Évaluation Personnel Sélection in Tokyo, Japan, as the trade talks International Inc. were nearing an end in January. Source: response to order paper question 4 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES News MP spending Liberal MP Nault top House spender for most of 2017, Conservative Reid one of most frugal tary business and are processed The most frugal MP is Lib- the deadline. It’ll be updated in Washington, D.C, or up to two Travelling to fl y-in by House administration staff. eral House Speaker Geoff the fourth quarter report later this can be used to travel to New York Costs include travel between their Regan (Halifax West, N.S.), with year, he said. for business related to the United communities in Bob ridings and Ottawa, hospitality ex- $188,180; Prime Minister Justin Otherwise, he said he takes Nations. penses, and a secondary residence Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) came an active approach that helps cut U.S. President Donald Trump Nault’s Kenora, Ont., close to the Hill, if necessary. second with $206,750. Their dual costs, he said, such as by giv- gave notice in May 2017 to the riding contributed The costs are broken down roles come with a few job perks ing out fl yers by hand instead of U.S. Congress that a renegotia- into two categories: expenses including offi cial residences and mailing them. tion of the North American Free to the $426,306 in charged directly to MP budgets transportation. Spokesperson Science Minister and Minister Trade Agreement and the fi rst (such as employee salaries, Heather Bradley added Mr. Regan of Sport and Persons with Dis- offi cial round of talks began in expenses for nine service contracts, and constitu- didn’t travel home as often in the abilities (Etobi- August in Washington, D.C. ency offi ce leases), and resources summer due to a medical issue. coke North, Ont.), who has sepa- [email protected] months of 2017, the provided by the House. The Hill Times Liberal MP says. MP travel is measured in Liberal MP Bob points, where one travel point is Nault recorded the highest BY EMILY HAWS one return trip to a designated place. Members have the option expenses in the MP offi ce spending from

of using 25 of their 64 annual third-quarter iberal MP Bob Nault is the April 1 to Dec. 31, 2017 points to go to places other than Members’ highest spender for the fi rst L their ridings, mostly in Canada. Expenditure nine months for the 2017-18 fi scal Highest spending MPs This ensures equal access regard- Reports. Mr. year, with $426,306 in expenses • Liberal Bob Nault (Kenora, less of riding distance. Nault has 42 he says come down to mainly Ont.) — $426,306 The highest spenders are First Nations chartered fl ights to reach the • Conservative usually those who travel furthest in his riding, of communities in his sprawling (Cariboo–Prince George, B.C.) from Ottawa and have large, which 22 are fl y- riding. — $402,570 rural ridings, and therefore larger in communities. “The Kenora riding is approxi- • Conservative budgets. Likewise, the lowest The Hill Times mately the size of France,” he said (Fort McMurray–Cold Lake, spenders usually have closer rid- photograph by of his Ontario constituency in an Alta.) — $396,050 ings and smaller budgets. Andrew Meade emailed statement, adding there • Liberal (Labra- Conservative Todd Doherty are 42 First Nations, including 22 dor, N.L.) — $394,722 (Cariboo–Prince George, B.C) fl y-in communities. • Conservative was the second-biggest spender Among those considered “ac- rate ministerial budgets, came With the charter fl ight, he tries (Selkirk-Interlake, Man.) — for the three quarters, with tive,” or in offi ce for the entire fi fth, expensing $218,653. to visit two communities per day $386,144 $402,570, and Conservative 2017-18 fi scal year, the lowest Total MP spending in the fi rst for fi ve days, he said, adding he David Yurdiga (Fort McMurray- spending MP was Conservative three quarters of 2017-18 was “can’t stress enough that there is Lowest spending MPs (active Cold Lake, Alta.) was third with (Lanark–Frontenac– about $100.7-million, about fi ve a signifi cant difference between a members) $396,050. Both were unavailable Kingston, Ont.) with $206,968, per cent more compared to the rural and urban riding.” • Liberal (Halifax for comment. who has used zero travel points $95.7-million spent during the According to the Members’ Ex- West, N.S.) — $188,180 Liberal Yvonne Jones (Lab- and spent nothing on constituen- same period in 2016-17. penditures Report, between April • Liberal (Pap- rador, N.L.) came in fourth at cy offi ce leases. He didn’t respond The number of United States 1 and Dec. 31, 2017, Mr. Nault ineau, Que.) — $206,750 $394,722. She said this was due to to requests for comment. travel points—or return trips— expensed $201,703 in employees’ • Conservative Scott Reid her large riding with four offi ces. Next was Liberal Terry Shee- more than doubled in 2017 with salaries, $89,368 in his own travel, (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston, “I travel throughout 30-plus han (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) at 35.5 points used, compared to $42,106 for constituency offi ce Ont.) — $206,968 communities with limited com- $211,375, who said low salary 2016’s 14 points. leases, insurance, and utility • Liberal (Sault mercial availability, often result- costs ($105,386) were because About half of that came in costs, and $22,953 in advertising. Ste. Marie, Ont.) — $211,375 ing in high air travel costs,” she a constituency assistant was on the fi rst quarter alone in April Mr. Nault’s riding covers 321,741 • Liberal Kirsty Duncan (Etobi- wrote in an email of her con- medical leave. Insurance paid the and March, when MPs used 16.5 square kilometres. MPs with heav- coke North, Ont.) — $218,653 stituency that clocks in at 294,330 salary and Mr. Sheehan wanted to points to go to the U.S.—tripling ily populated ridings, geographical- • Liberal (Willow- square kilometres. ensure a job upon recovery. the fi rst quarter total of the previ- ly large ones, and several expan- dale, Ont.) — $225,390 Conservative James Bezan His executive assistant also ous year. sive ridings receive bigger budgets. • Liberal (Toronto (Selkirk-Interlake-Eastman, left in December, and the replace- MPs can use four of their The quarterly expense reports Centre, Ont.) — $230,834 Man.) was fi fth with $386,144, and ment didn’t fi le some of his third- travel points on trips to the U.S. track MP spending for parliamen- was unavailable to comment. quarter travel expenses before All four can be used to go to

A member of the MPs look to support Syrian White Helmets holds a child harmed in a sarin gas attack in the rescue workers after town of Khan Sheikhoun, Syria, on April 4, 2017. Representatives ‘riveting’ Ottawa appearance of the urban rescue group were in Ottawa bers of the famed Syrian ‘White ever it can to “make sure that the at the end of ‘The conditions Helmets’ to the House Subcom- money is fl owing and getting March. Photograph mittee on International Human where it needs to go, because the courtesy of the they work under are Rights late last month, MPs say needs are not lessening.” White Helmets’ Canada must work to ensure that “This is an organization that Twitter account indescribable,’ says the cash-strapped search and is doing essential work and Liberal MP Michael rescue organization continues its that’s something not lost on the The White Helmets orga- The subcommittee held emer- humanitarian work in the war- government or Parliamentarians nization is made up of nearly gency hearings in March on the Levitt after the White ravaged country. from all parties that sit” on the 4,000 on-the-ground volunteers humanitarian situation in Syria, Subcommittee chair Michael subgroup of the House Foreign conducting urban search and which has worsened under a new Helmets spoke to a Levitt (York Centre, Ont.) called the Affairs and International Devel- rescue of civilians injured and phase of fi ghting in 2018. House subcommittee. March 29 testimonies from three opment Committee, he told The trapped under the rubble of The day before the White Hel- members of the White Helmets Hill Times. bombed buildings. Officially mets spoke in Ottawa, the Syrian “absolutely riveting” and described “They’re running into those known as the Syrian Civil De- civil war reached a grim mile- BY JOLSON LIM them as the “last line of humanity” homes, bringing [people] out, fence, its mission is one of most stone: exactly seven years since in a dreary and bloody confl ict. rinsing them and washing them. dangerous in the world: 243 The Liberal MP said Canada The conditions they work under oved by “riveting” stories of White Helmets have been killed Continued on page 15 Mlife and death told by mem- and its allies should do what- are indescribable.” to date. THE BETTER WE MOVE, THE GREATER WE BECOME.

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psychologically healthy. The Military Treasury Board Grievances External Review Com- President Scott Harassment mission and the Offi ce of the Public Brison says Sector Integrity Commissioner had harassment has the most positive responses, with no place in society 97 per cent and 96 per cent, respec- or the public stats fl at, mental tively, saying their workplace was service, though a psychologically healthy. recent survey of While the fact that nearly half federal employees of the public service doesn’t fi nd indicates the issue health middling they have a psychologically healthy hasn’t improved workplace is concerning, Mr. in the last three O’Reilly said he has some hope for years. The Hill improvement now that the govern- Times photograph among federal ment is asking the question. by Andrew Meade Every employer wants their staff to be productive, but “it’s hard to perform at 100 per cent when you’re employees: constantly worrying about things that aren’t even related to your work, I AM SATISFIED WITH MY DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY (MOST NEGATIVE) that you’re being harassed by your Department/Agency 2017 result 2014 result boss, that no one is really properly 1. Canada Border Services Agency 40% 35% survey results addressing mental health,” he said. 2. Correctional Service Canada 33% 29% Adding to that mental anguish is 3. Shared Services Canada 33% 37% 4. Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency 28% 36% Employees at the Correctional the problematic Phoenix pay system, Continued from page 1 which for the past two years has left 5. Indian Oil and Gas Canada 23% 20% Service of Canada were the third 6. Public Safety Canada 23% 35% The fi gure has fl atlined after see- most likely to say they’ve been thousands of public servants under- 7. Transportation Safety Board of Canada 22% 14% ing more of steady decline over the harassed at work in the past two paid, overpaid, or not paid at all. 8. Civilian Review and Complaints Commission 20% 22% past few surveys, Mr. O’Reilly said. years, with 34 per cent checking The 2017 survey included ques- 9. Canadian Food Inspection Agency 19% 18% “But it seems like now we get to a off ‘yes’ on the questionnaire, beat tions about how Phoenix is affect- 10. Statistical Survey Operations 19% 16% point where they’ve done some- out only by the Canadian Northern ing employees, and the numbers Overall public service 17% 20% thing, but they need to do more, Economic Development Agency (38 weren’t a surprise, Mr. O’Reilly said. I AM SATISFIED WITH MY DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY (MOST POSITIVE) because, theoretically, harassment Two-thirds of the public service per cent) and the Offi ce of the Cor- Department/Agency 2017 result 2014 result should go to near zero.” rectional Investigator (37 per cent). indicated some level of impact to 1. Military Grievances External Review Committee 97% 87% The 2017 survey was conducted These departments were also their pay or compensation due to Phoenix, with 14 per cent spending 2. Offi ce of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner 96% 77% Aug. 21 to Sept. 29 and gathered re- among those indicating they were 3. International Joint Commission 93% 72% sponses from 174,544 employees in the least satisfi ed with their depart- 40 or more hours trying to resolve 4. Military Police Complaints Commission 91% 96% 86 federal departments, a response ment or agency. The overall public issues. Only 16 per cent of employ- 5. Western Economic Diversifi cation Canada 88% 77% rate of 61.3 per cent. The survey has service indicated it was 68 per cent ees said they were satisfi ed with 6. Supreme Court of Canada 88% 92% been conducted every three years satisfi ed, but 40 per cent of the the support they received from the 7. National Sciences and Engineering Research Council 87% 83% since its introduction in 1999, but will Canada Border Services Agency Pay Centre in Miramichi, N.B., to 8. Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency 87% 76% now be done on an annual basis. (CBSA) employees were unsatisfi ed, resolve their issues. 9. Patented Medicine Prices Review Board 87% 74% According to the Treasury followed by Correctional Service “It’s almost like a game and 10. Canadian Dairy Commission 86% 87% Board Secretariat, the award for Canada and Shared Service Cana- you’re trying to fi nd the person Overall public service 68% 64% the external contractor to carry out da’s 33 per cent non-satisfaction. who hasn’t been affected, because HAVE YOU BEEN A VICTIM OF HARASSMENT ON THE JOB IN THE PAST TWO YEARS? (YES) the new annual survey is expected Other agencies within Public they’re very rare,” Mr. O’Reilly said. Department/Agency 2017 result 2014 result to be named this month. It cost Safety Canada’s portfolio also The Public Service Alliance of 1. Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency 38% 18% $1.7-million to administer public made up the top 10 least satisfi ed Canada (PSAC), the largest union 2. Offi ce of the Correctional Investigator 37% 18% service surveys in 2017, up from and most-harassed federal work- in the federal public service, con- 3. Correctional Service Canada 34% 31% the $1.34-million it cost in 2014. places—and have for many years. ducted its own survey of its mem- 4. Indian Oil and Gas Canada 28% 32% The extra cost “was a refl ection “Harassment and toxic workplace bers earlier this year to gauge the 5. Status of Women Canada 27% 26% of additional survey and dissemina- behaviour are completely unaccept- depth of the Phoenix problem. 6. Canada Border Services Agency 26% 23% tion activities that were undertaken able. Public Safety Minister Ralph “Phoenix has clearly had a dev- 7. Offi ce of the Information Commissioner 25% 16% in 2017, including the development Goodale (Regina–Wascana, Sask.) astating effect on the mental health 8. Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario 24% 25% of a new tool specifi cally designed is committed to ensuring that his and well-being of federal public 9. Indigenous and Northern Affairs 22% 25% to produce custom departmen- service workers,” Robyn Benson, 10. Transportation Safety Board 22% 24% department and all of the agencies in Overall public service 18% 19% tal summary reports, additional his portfolio are healthy workplaces PSAC national president, said in a content, additional testing to ensure free from harassment and sexual vio- press release. “Employees deserve HAVE YOU BEEN A VICTIM OF HARASSMENT ON THE JOB IN THE PAST TWO YEARS? (NO) that the new content was appropri- lence,” said Scott Bardsley, spokesper- compensation for the stress and Department/Agency 2017 result 2014 result ate and easily understood, and nor- son for Mr. Goodale, in an email. anguish Phoenix has caused for 1. Supreme Court of Canada 93% 88% mal operational cost increases that “The employees of the Public more than two years, as well as the 2. Offi ce of the Auditor General 91% 89% come over time,” spokesman Martin Safety portfolio have a challenging time they have spent dealing with 3. Offi ce of the Commissioner of Offi cial Languages 90% 82% Potvin said in an email. job, and the vast majority work very their pay problems.” 4. Western Economic Diversifi cation Canada 90% 91% hard and professionally to make The PSAC survey, an online sam- 5. Canadian Transportation Agency 90% 76% Continued harassment ‘of a positive difference, whether it is pling of 2,053 employees conducted 6. Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis 90% 87% by Environics Research between Feb. 7. Statistics Canada 89% 89% corrections offi cers caring for the 8. Patented Medicine Prices Review Board 89% 80% great concern,’ says union rep 13 and 27, suggests 82 per cent of the 23,000 offenders they are responsi- 9. Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency 88% 86% During a March 29 press confer- ble for across the country, or CBSA union’s members have been person- 10. Canadian Human Rights Commission 88% 83% ence in the Commons foyer, Treasury offi cers ensuring both the security ally affected by the pay system. Overall public service 82% 81% Board president Scott Brison (Kings– and effi ciency of our border ably Half of those who said they’ve been Hants, N.S.) touched briefl y on the while representing Canada for the affected said they’ve made work I WOULD DESCRIBE MY WORKPLACE AS BEING PSYCHOLOGICALLY HEALTHY issue, telling reporters that “harass- fi rst time to visitors.” choices based on Phoenix, such as Department/Agency % Disagree ment has no place in our society or Mr. Bardsley noted that it was 25 per cent who delayed transferring 1. Correctional Service Canada 53% in our public service,” and that work diffi cult to generalize the issues positions, 24 per cent who avoided 2. Canada Border Services Agency 43% to create harassment-free, healthy, contributing to the low scores given asking for leave and six per cent who 3. Statistical Survey Operations 33% and diverse workplaces continues. delayed their retirement. 4. Status of Women Canada 33% the portfolio’s wide range, but “it is 5. Public Safety Canada 32% Of those who say they’ve been More than three-quarters of the important to note that in the course 6. Global Affairs Canada 31% harassed on the job, 63 per cent say of their daily work keeping our respondents said Phoenix problems 7. Public Prosecution Service of Canada 31% the abuse came from someone with communities safe, public safety have negatively affected their men- 8. Civilian Review and Complaints Commissioner 31% authority over them. personnel are repeatedly exposed to tal health. The most common hard- 9. National Energy Board 30% Mr. O’Reilly pointed to the March traumatic incidents, which can put ship reported by PSAC members 10. Canadian Institutes of Health Research 29% 20 report by Joe Friday, Canada’s them at great risk for operational due to Phoenix was an inability Overall public service 26% federal public sector integrity com- stress injuries, including [post-trau- to correctly fi le their taxes (32 per missioner, who found two Correc- cent), while 29 per cent said they in- I WOULD DESCRIBE MY WORKPLACE AS BEING PSYCHOLOGICALLY HEALTHY matic stress injury].” Department/Agency % Agree tional Service of Canada executives Mental health in the work- curred out-of-pocket expenses and 1. Military Grievances External Review Commission 97% had “who committed gross misman- place was queried for the fi rst 20 per cent said they couldn’t make agement and a serious breach” of the 2. Offi ce of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner 96% time last year, with 56 per cent payments for goods and services 3. Military Police Complaints Commission 95% agency’s discipline and ethics codes, of the public service saying they such as car payments or groceries. 4. International Joint Commission 88% after an investigation into a com- would describe their workplace “I want to acknowledge that the 5. Patented Medicine Prices Review Board 84% plaint about the behaviour of CSC as psychologically healthy. results confi rm the challenges that 6. Canadian Dairy Commission 82% director Brigitte de Blois, and sub- Correctional Service Canada and many public servants are facing and 7. Western Economic Diversifi cation Canada 79% sequent lack of action by assistant Canada Borders Services Agency the unacceptable emotional and 8. Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency 77% commissioner Larry Motiuk. employees responded the most nega- fi nancial hardship the pay system 9. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council 76% “The fact this is still happening tively to the question, with 53 per has had and continues to have” on 10. Supreme Court of Canada 76% today is a great concern to us,” Mr. cent and 43 per cent, respectively, employees and their families, Mr. Overall public service 56% O’Reilly said. saying their workplaces were not Brison said last month. — Source: Treasury Board THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018 7 Veterans affairs News

more in legal fees spent on two cases not included in the disclo- sure, dealing with allegations of $37-million spent on veteran legal sexual assault and harassment from former military members. The federal government changed tack and instead of pursing the costs a ‘broken promise’: critics cases in court, it’s now looking to negotiate settlements in those cases, CBC also reported. Despite ongoing “The [true] cost really is a court action, Veterans lack of faith and trust in the veteran community,” said Mr. Aff airs Minister Burchell, adding veterans also talk about the court action creat- Seamus O’Regan says ing a disincentive for people to enlist because the “trust is gone” the government ‘does with government’s support for its troops. not take veterans Toth v. Her Majesty the Queen, to court,’ with most a class action suit that represents up to 20,000 veterans fi ghting of the disclosed “discriminatory” approaches to disability benefi ts for veterans, expenses going to has cost $433,649. Lawyer Michel Drapeau said he couldn’t com- support legal fees ment on the case as it’s still in the discovery process with the and a review board Department of Justice. to support redress Mr. O’Regan said he couldn’t comment on any case before the programs to keep vets courts but recognizes “the right that all Canadians have to pursue out of the courts. legal recourse.” With veterans, he said, Canada provides free BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN legal help through the pensions advocates. he Liberals have spent at least The Equitas case and the T$37-million since January recent pension promise means 2016 on legal proceedings with veterans under the old and new veterans in a move opposition systems will still see different MPs and the veterans they’re support levels, Mr. Johns said, fi ghting in court say represents a leaving some “shorted.” broken platform promise. “Clearly there’s a differential The vast majority—$36.3- and it needs to be corrected and million—makes up two years’ that’s something the Liberals worth of budget for two programs: promised. And right now the $18.4-million for the Veterans government is following in the Review and Appeal Board, a body Conservative footsteps,” he said, for veterans to dispute benefi t and Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O’Regan is defending the more than $37-million shelled out by the Liberal noting the Equitas case was pension problems, and $17.9-mil- government since 2016, of which more than $1.3-million covers legal fees fi ghting court cases launched by veterans. launched under Conservative lion for the Bureau of Pension The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade prime minister Stephen Harper. Advocates, which offers free legal “The Conservatives could have advice for veterans to prepare for enshrined the sacred obliga- applications and in appeals. they said they wouldn’t spend,” fi ghting veterans groups “because and, in extreme cases, the new tion into law when they were in When it comes to legal fees said Marc Burchell, president of they’re asking for more than we system offers more money but power,” said Mr. Johns, blaming shelled out in the last two years, the Equitas Society, made up of a are able to give right now.” The with many others, it’s less. One the past practices and staff reduc- the federal government spent group of disabled veterans squar- Prime Minister’s Offi ce deferred plaintiff in the case estimates they tions for a “massive backlog” of $1.3-million for 73 cases involving ing off in Scott v. the Attorney comment requests to Mr. O’Regan. get 40 per cent less than what disability claims. veterans, with all but fi ve under General of Canada. They are Both Conservative and NDP would have qualifi ed for under Between September 2009 and $30,000. The most spent for one waiting to hear from the Supreme critics said money could be saved the previous system, he said. September 2015 the department case was $433,649 and the least Court of Canada about their ap- and matters could be solved out- “It should be consistent. lost 23 per cent of its staff, or more was $82, according to documents plication to appeal a ruling by the side of courts, with Mr. McCole- What’s good for one veteran than 950 positions, according to tabled March 28 in response to an B.C. Court of Appeal in December man suggesting an independent should be good for all,” he said. Treasury Board of Canada data. Order Paper question submitted 2017 that stopped their case from arms-length body that would “Just because [you’re] wounded There had been progress by Conservative MP Bev Shipley going to trial. render decisions that both sides after a policy change should not when then-Conservative veterans (Lambton–Kent–Middlesex, Ont.). Equitas is connected to one would have to follow. mean you’re any less entitled to minister Erin O’Toole (Durham, Conservative MP Phil Mc- of the biggest bills on the list— “We should put in some kind the same degree of benefi ts.” Ont.) took the fi le, Mr. Sorochan Coleman (Brantford-Brant, Ont.), $236,331 over the last two years of arbitration process or some- Veterans Affairs said it “deliv- said, and they thought the resolu- his party’s veterans affairs critic, for a case launched more than six thing similar to that so that we ered on its commitment” to ad- tion would continue under the said he was surprised by the years ago after the Conservative never get to court with a veteran,” dress the lifelong pension in the Liberals. “very large number,” while his government changed its approach said Mr. McColeman, adding he documents tabled in the House. Mr. McColeman said he couldn’t NDP counterpart MP to compensation for injured often hears from veterans who The recent disclosure provides comment on any of the cases, but said the $1.3-million means “73 soldiers. are “feeling that they are disre- only a snapshot of total costs for rejected any comparisons to the promises were broken just by this But Ottawa doesn’t see it that spected by the government.” some cases. The Equitas group’s party’s position while in govern- report alone.” way. lawyer Don Sorochan said his ment as “the typical line of thinking What was tabled in the House “Our government does not Life pensions don’t live fi rm has wracked up more than that the media uses that because likely doesn’t show the full take veterans to Court,” said $2-million in legal fees since 2012 something happened in the past it’s picture, Mr. Johns (Courtenay- Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus up to promise: critics and it would be hard to estimate politically relevant to the future to Alberni, B.C.) added. O’Regan (St. John’s South-Mount In December 2017, the Liber- the government’s expense in that where we’re heading.” “We only see this as the legal Pearl, N.L.), who was not avail- als announced their “pension for time frame. Both the Depart- The Conservatives did what fees. This doesn’t include the able for an interview and emailed life” plan in an attempt to address ment of Justice and Veterans they thought was the right thing court cost, this doesn’t include the a statement. problems with the 2006 New Vet- Affairs Canada said The Hill at the time, he said, and “bears staff at Veterans Affairs Canada “The Department of Justice erans Charter that meant veter- Times should submit an access to no relevance” to what the Liberal and the whole bureaucracy. This Canada assesses and defends all ans injured after that year got less information request for total costs government is doing. is a lot of money and taxpayers cases based on the merits of the fi nancial support—the issue at the associated with the case. “We’re not, certainly, in the should be concerned.” claim and conducts all litigation heart of the Equitas case. Mr. Sorochan said the disclo- future looking for the same Each invoked Prime Minister in a respectful manner as re- Moving away from the current sure raises questions as he’s not policies or the same things going Justin Trudeau’s (Papineau, Que.) quired by the rules of court,” he lump-sum payment approach sure how the government spent forward,” he said, adding Con- words repeated during the 2015 said, and “regardless of on-going won’t come into effect until April money on the case when it has servative leader election campaign and the plat- court actions,” the government is 2019, and while Mr. Burchell been mostly sitting in limbo since (Regina-Qu’Appelle, Sask.) will form promise that “no veteran has strengthening supports for veter- said it’s progress, it still creates the B.C. Supreme Court ruled the have a new policy platform. to fi ght the government for the ans, including $10-billion in new a two-tiered system and “doesn’t veterans could go to trial in 2014 “We need to do things differ- support and compensation they money since 2016. resemble” Mr. Trudeau’s promise. until the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled ently so that we don’t end up in have earned.” In February, Mr. Trudeau “It doesn’t measure up at all,” against them three years later. court with our veterans.” “Any money spent by the caused a backlash when he told a he said, adding payouts vary de- Earlier this week, CBC report- [email protected] Liberal government is money that B.C. townhall the government is pending on the severity of injury, ed that there’s nearly $1-million The Hill Times 8 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES

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Editorial Letters to the Editor Liberals should have been more Tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats won’t do any good forthright about Russian expulsions he current tit-for-tat expulsion of Rus- If countries don’t like what another ews about the real reason behind the the three Russians kicked out from Montreal Tsian and Western embassy employees— country has done, they need to take effec- NLiberal government’s expulsion of four were accused of conducting a cyber campaign spies—will gain little; it is just a number tive, strong action. Russian diplomats on March 26 has come out meant to discredit the Montreal-based World of people being sent home to a new desk Dennis Fitzgerald in dribs and drabs, and that’s disappointing. Anti-Doping Agency, after the International before they are sent out again on a diplo- Melbourne, Australia Foreign Minister ini- Olympic Committee barred Russia’s team matic mission in a short time. tially announced in a statement that Canada from the 2018 Winter Olympics to punish it would be kicking out four Russian diplo- for alleged state-supported doping. The three mats, and not approving the arrival of three offi cials were also accused of “using social Kicking out Russian Embassy more. The four working at either the Russian media as a way to sow divisions in the United Embassy in Ottawa or Consulate General in States, Canada, and Europe.” Montreal “have been identifi ed as intelligence A few days later, The Globe reported the spokesperson long overdue offi cers or individuals who have used their one person removed from Ottawa was Rus- he long overdue removal of Kirill Kali- campaign at the behest of Russian Presi- diplomatic status to undermine Canada’s sian Embassy spokesperson Kirill Kalinin, nin, the press secretary for the Russian dent Vladimir Putin, the KGB man in the security or interfere in our democracy,” Ms. who was accused of taking part in similar T Federation’s embassy in Ottawa, is good Kremlin whose father was a member of the Freeland said, in justifying the expulsion. cyber disruptions, messaging Canadian re- news. Only a scoundrel would deploy a notorious Soviet secret police, the NKVD, “For similar reasons, three applications by the porters on Twitter with suggestions for sto- false accusation against Foreign Minister and whose grandfather was one of Joseph Russian government for additional diplomatic ries and using material to bolster one pitch Chrystia Freeland, suggesting she might be Stalin’s loyal Chekist servants, a toxic fam- staff in Canada will now be denied.” from a Russian hacking group believed to responsible for her grandfather’s alleged ily tree if ever there was one. The timing of that decision, though, have military-intelligence links. wartime collaboration with the Nazis. One Lubomyr Luciuk seemed curious, as it came as part of what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shed a bit has to wonder whether he even grasped the Kingston, Ont. looked to be a coordinated push among more light on the expulsions April 4 when, irony in his orchestration of a defamation close to 20 countries in solidarity with the responding to reporters’ questions, he linked United Kingdom, which has blamed Russia them to an attempt to discredit Ms. Freeland for a nerve-agent attack on its soil against a last year due to her grandfather’s wartime past. former Russian double agent, Sergei Skri- Mr. Kalinin, meanwhile, reasoned he Thanks to columnist Scott Taylor pal, and his daughter, in early March. was only presenting his version of the truth. Indeed, Ms. Freeland noted in her March “Expelling someone for voicing an alterna- 26 statement: “We are taking these measures tive opinion or giving a different analysis of for daring to think for himself in solidarity with the United Kingdom.” a situation is very un-Canadian,” he said. e: “Western leaders shouldn’t throw stones America. If these diplomats were truly spies, why The story was further muddled when from glass houses,” (The Hill Times, April From our prime ministers on down, the would Canada not have acted earlier? Why Liberal MP said on CTV’s R 4, p. 9). Columnist Scott Taylor writes: “If United States has shaped our view of other did the expulsions come at the same time Question Period that the only reason for Putin’s actions are ‘despicable,’ how do we countries. Period. as other countries were kicking out Rus- the expulsions was to stay in solidarity judge our own litany of recent failed military Thank you, Mr. Taylor, for daring to sians in response to the Skripal attacks? with the U.K. over the Skripal poisoning. interventions? Good intentions gone bad?” think for yourself as a Canadian, not an Journalists tried to get more informa- To say the least, the justifi cation for The bottom line is Canadians need to ask Americanized zombie. tion out of the government about what the expulsion has been confusing. Spies? themselves: where have all our thoughts on Ronald McIsaac specifi cally the Russians did wrong, but it Solidarity with the U.K.? A bit of both? Ms. Russia come from in the fi rst place? Saint John, N.B. wasn’t until an anonymous leak reported Freeland should have been more straightfor- by news outlets days later that Canadians ward from the beginning. If she had been, were able to fi nd out more. there wouldn’t be so many lingering ques- The Globe and Mail, citing an anonymous tions for journalists to keep asking. Canadi- senior federal offi cial, reported March 29 that ans deserved clear answers from the start. Distressing to think of Doug Ford as Ontario’s premier, says reader e: “The horror of free child care and other A generation ago, it was hard to believe Rpolitical crimes,” (The Hill Times, April 2, that a “Common Sense Revolution” had p. 11). The headline of Susan Riley’s article defeated enlightened government poli- subtly emphasizes her ironic attitude toward cies supporting women and minorities in people who consider massive social-program Ontario. In 2018, it is distressing to contem- funding insane. Ms. Riley makes her point of plate that on June 7 Ontarians may choose view clear in asking: “Where will Kathleen a patriarchal father fi gure rather than have Wynne’s manic spending leave the embattled a socialistic woman again as premier. citizens of Ontario? Apart from healthier and Andrew Romain less fi nancially pinched, that is?” Gatineau, Que. Ageism in Liberal ranks? There’s no consensus e: “Put out to pasture, or not proac- Some long-time supporters have been Rtive? Some longtime Liberals are put out to pasture too. I have been a sup- feeling left out,” (The Hill Times, April 4, p. porter for my adult life (close to 20 years), 1). The following are excerpted responses but I can’t anymore. I guess that I am a Ne- from Twitter, edited for style. anderthal that doesn’t feel like being pulled I don’t agree that it is “ageism.” It is elite ac- along with the “new Liberals.” commodation and ill-informed belief that the —Shane Schepens, @SchepensShane leadership is the only reason for the victory. —Steven Megannety, @Megannety

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All of this overt U.S. military action in a sovereign foreign na- tion, without any clearly stated American troops in Syria have American end goal, is taking place without an actual declara- tion of war. In fact, in all of the military interventions that the U.S. has been no legal authority to be there involved in since the Second World War—Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, for the long haul, whatever that In 2014, Daesh exploded out lated to the rebels. It remains to this Panama, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria’s president might mean. of Syria and into Iraq’s so-called day a sovereign state, and President Libya, etc.—there have not been never asked them While those pundits stuck in Sunni triangle, destroying the U.S.- Assad continues to be recognized as any actual declarations of war. the weeds of partisan politics trained and -equipped Iraqi security the legal head of state. The process used instead is to deploy, and the have focused on how this dichot- forces as it captured a swath of ter- Even though Daesh is techni- called an Authorization for Use of omy of views once again pits The ritory including the city of Mosul. cally fi ghting against Assad, the Military Force (AUMF) and it is uni- U.S. hasn’t formally Donald against his top advisers, U.S. troops laterally invoked through the U.S. the fact is that no one is asking: were not sent Congress with presidential approv- declared war with under what legal authority are in to fi ght for al. In other words, the U.S. simply any country since American troops on Syrian soil? him, and Assad grants itself the right to intervene Back in 2015, under then-pres- certainly did with deadly force against any state the Second World ident Barack Obama, the U.S. sent not authorize or faction that it sees fi t to eliminate. in about 50 military advisers to as- U.S. soldiers At a recent trilateral summit, War. sist in the fi ght against the Daesh on Syrian soil. the leaders of Russia, Iran, and (also known as ISIS, ISIL, and The original Turkey all pledged to enforce Islamic State) evildoers in Syria. 50 trainers the existing sovereign boundar- At that juncture, Syria had has ballooned ies and territory of Syria, as per been embroiled in a multi-faction- to between recognized international law. al civil war since 2011. What had 2,000 and 3,000 Russia and Iran are openly originally been hailed in the West special-force allied with the Assad regime, and as a democratic uprising against operatives Turkey, for its part, fears that a Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s oppres- who have been breakaway independent Syrian sive dictator, quickly became a Richard Engel, chief foreign correspondent for NBC News, fi ghting along- territory on its southern border murky muddle of disparate fac- interviews U.S. Army Brig.-Gen. Jonathan P. Braga, at an side the Free would only further fuel the cause tions fi ghting for different causes. outpost in Syria outpost near Dayr Az Zawr, Syria, March 12. Syrian Army of militant Kurdish separation Sunni Muslim extremist (FSA) and within Turkey. Scott Taylor The U.S. has 2,000 or more troops in Syria, writes Scott groups linked to al-Qaeda were Taylor. U.S. Army photograph by Staff Sgt. Timothy Koster Kurdish militia Meanwhile, the American Inside Defence fi ghting alongside Kurdish sepa- units. military is on the exact opposite ratists in a bid to oust Assad, who, With Iraqi security forces The FSA is often described path, looking to keep U.S. troops in turn, had cobbled together his defeated, and the evil Daesh by Western media as a “moder- in Syria to help topple Assad and TTAWA—There has been a own unlikely alliance of Alawite horde pushing towards Baghdad, ate rebel” force, and its goal is to create a Kurdish state. Olot of recent discussion in the Shiites, Chaldean Christians, Obama felt obliged to send help overthrow Assad. The Kurdish Maybe on this occasion Trump United States about the future of Hezbollah fi ghters, and Iranian to the embattled Iraqi regime. separatists are, of course, openly is actually correct in saying American military forces in Syria. military advisers. In for a penny, in for a pound, fi ghting to establish their own America has no dog in this fi ght President Donald Trump has been Once Daesh had morphed once the U.S. was engaging independent state. and it’s time to bring U.S. soldiers impetuously tweeting out his out of existing Sunni extremist Daesh on Iraqi soil, the fi rst 50 If both the aims of the FSA home. Before we all end up en- desire to bring the Doughboys groups in Syria, the group soon American advisers were dis- and the U.S.-backed Kurdish mi- gulfed in World War Three. home. This sentiment has been established itself as not only the patched into Syria to battle Daesh litia are achieved, then the Assad Scott Taylor is the editor and contradicted by senior military of- most effective fi ghting force in there too. government would be toppled, publisher of Esprit de Corps mag- fi cials who have insisted that U.S. the region, but also the most ruth- This is where things get a little and the Kurdish region would azine. troops should remain in Syria less and bloodthirsty. bit tricky. Syria has still not capitu- break away from Syria. The Hill Times

only revels in chaos; he exploits it as a political strategy.” The systemic subterfuge In this age of smartphones, when the human attention span is being digitally shrunken to that of a goldfi sh, the combination of Trump’s news fi rehose of distraction and distaste is a potent—and perilous—recipe for political disengagement. With journalism, n the days when the news cycle In a recent Friday edition of Above all, the question of Iwas still a cycle and not a vortex, his daily The Point brief, CNN’s whether Trump’s presidency is politics, and the cliché among critics and many Chris Cillizza counted 29 major undermining democracy has now been overtaken by the overwhelm- alumni was that the White House stories during the March 19-23 U.S. President Donald Trump ‘not ingly obvious questions: Why is democracy all under press corps was constrained by workweek. Like an exhausted only revels in chaos; he exploits it as a Donald Trump actively undermining spoon-feeding. They were tethered First World War conscript scrawl- political strategy,’ author Brian Klaas siege, the Trump democracy? And, amid a concurrent by proximity, competition, and the ing diary notes between incoming writes in the Washington Post last week. global effort by China, Russia, and administration’s obligations of access to the admin- shells in a sludgy foxhole, Cillizza Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore istration’s political agenda, from prefaced his list with a sense of other actors to do the same, whose relentless output of daily thematic policy roll-outs to the ambient madness. “Monday ed political wounds, Klaas writes, interests is he serving? the annual Thanksgiving turkey feels like a decade ago,” he wrote. “That’s just a small selection of If, 50 years from now, histo- reality-show gibberish pardoning. “Time in Trumpworld seems to news from March 2018: one crazy rians are still a thing, they may Since Donald Trump became slow as huge news story after month of one crazy presidency.” write that the fi rst two decades seems designed to st president of the United States, the huge news story forms, crests, The connection between the of the 21 century were char- prove the totalitarian spoon-feeding that had already crashes, and recedes—only to be viability of democracy and the acterized by, among so many been recalibrated by the inter- followed by an even bigger one transformation of the White House more positive developments, the tenet that no news is net and perpetual deadlines has right on its heels.” press corps from hostages of daily industrialized manipulation of good news. become force-feeding by fi rehose, In an April 6 Washington political agendas designed to collective perception by corrupt a gavage of reality-show confl ict, Post piece headlined “Can democ- make the president, the U.S., and interests exploiting new technol- in-fi ghting, and shock headlines. racy survive information over- democracy look good to what is— ogy to transform public trust from The contempt for the truth dis- load?,” author Brian Klaas pointed based on all available evidence—a a strength of democracy into a played by Trump’s constant troll- out that the relentless Trumpian daily agenda designed to make the potentially fatal weakness. In that ing of the media and his represen- news fl ow is remarkable not just president, the U.S., and democ- context, Trump isn’t just an agent tatives’ hostility toward reporters for its quantity but for its lack of racy look corrupt, dangerous, and of chaos, he’s a revolutionary in is echoed in the sheer volume of quality. crazy is an important one. clown’s clothing. often ludicrous content emanat- After listing a selection of the “The deluge of bizarre and Lisa Van Dusen is associate ing from the administration on an boasting, bullying, bloviating, jarring stories is overwhelming,” editor of Policy Magazine and hourly basis. Never was so much shocking, outrageous content Klaas wrote last week. “Few citi- was a Washington and New leaked by so many, so many times generated in March by a presi- zens can keep up. For those who York-based editor at UPI, AP, and a week, to such destabilizing and dent and an administration seem- do, it’s an exhausting full-time job. ABC. She writes a weekly column Lisa Van Dusen detrimental effect to all parties ingly bent on fi lling a daily quota “Which is, apparently, fi ne for The Hill Times. What Fresh Hell involved. of unforced errors and self-infl ict- with the president. Trump not The Hill Times 10 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Humboldt Broncos bus crash

living and still suffering. Full credit goes to many other When disaster strikes, real leaders set politicians who have recognized that Humboldt’s grief and healing shouldn’t be about political op- portunity. People weren’t looking aside political opportunity, partisanship for national or provincial leaders to sweep in, say some consoling words, and then simply disappear. Often in politics The prime minister, who was in Humboldt—and good for him for we write and talk being there—sat among com- munity members at a local vigil. about division, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe did the same. Longtime Saskatch- but Humboldt has ewan Liberal MP and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale shown us much stood up so as not to take a seat about the power from others. All that was refresh- ing to see. of unity and the Soon the spotlight will go off Humboldt and people there will common goal to go try to build back some normal. Let us hope, then, that political on. leaders and others are around to help, whether it is through provid- ing ongoing long-term health and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, and Humboldt wellness support or any proper Mayor Rob Muench were among the politicians who rose to the occasion after last weekend’s tragedy, writes Tim memorial the community may Powers. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and screenshot courtesy Global News want. Also, a full investigation of the accident is required to see if Watching and listening to this ten over these last few days. From this catastrophe. infrastructure improvements or horror story over the weekend what we have seen of his leader- In a very dark time, Muench signage are needed. None of this has affected me and many oth- ship, it has been immense. has been an inspiration and a will bring people back, but it will ers deeply. As an uncle of two As national hero Sheldon force of good. He has spent end- help people move forward. travelling hockey players and the Kennedy, himself a survivor less hours telling the world the We all want to support Hum- Tim Powers father of a young aspiring one, it of a terrible bus crash involv- story of Humboldt, its Broncos, boldt as those grieving heal. Plain Speak is crippling to enter into the “what ing a hockey team, noted this and the community that keeps Eventually getting that team back if” scenario. But the families and weekend, when Mayor Muench going when it might be far easier on the ice playing the game that friends of the departed Broncos was elected, a tragedy of this to lay down to weep, never ris- energized the community will be TTAWA—The terrible bus are dealing with the reality of dimension likely never entered ing again. He apparently didn’t the route that carries them on. Ocrash in northeast Saskatch- what is. Survivors and their fami- his mind. Like many other fi ne sleep for more than 36 hours They need to get back to hockey ewan involving the Humboldt Bron- lies are also likely asking them- people who look to serve their while tending to people, offering games in the Elgar Petersen cos junior hockey team has broken selves why they were spared and community at the municipal comfort, thanking people, and arena—not memorial services. a nation’s heart. Fifteen souls, most their brethren were not. level, he probably thought he’d organizing a vital public healing Tim Powers is vice-chairman of them 20 years of age or younger, Often in politics we write and spend most of his time dealing service. He has stepped above of Summa Strategies and manag- were taken from their loved ones in talk about division, but Humboldt with issues of taxation, land and beyond the call of duty. Put in ing director of Abacus Data. He is the blink of an eye on a journey to has shown us much about the development, snow clearing, and a place he never wanted to be, he a former adviser to Conservative compete in a playoff hockey game. power of unity and the common the like. Never did he imagine so far has been exemplary. He has political leaders. It’s a familiar activity for many goal to go on. I have thought of the glare of the international not made this crisis about him, The Hill Times hockey families at this time of year. Humboldt Mayor Rob Muench of- spotlight and having to deal with but rather those lost, and others

As a reporter I saw my fair My son, James, was a reserv- Hockey brings Canadians share of death, but the events ist, UN peacekeeper, and pub- in the small town of Chapais lic servant. He died in 2005 of in northern Quebec on New altitude sickness in Bolivia on a Year’s Eve, 1980, were devastat- dream trip around the world with together, in triumph and tragedy ing. Nearly 50 people died when his wife. The call from his father- a community centre burned. in-law at 5:30 a.m. is seared into Friends were lost, children were my memory, as are the hours Even in this vast TTAWA—Far from Parlia- And if the players go on to play orphaned, hundreds were injured. after, as I had to tell his mother Oment Hill, partisan debates, professionally, their communities I spent a week there interview- and stepfather and my other country with such a and briefi ng notes, the real share in the refl ected glory. ing survivors whose lives would children. Although many years Canada works, plays, and lives in For this reason, the tragedy never be the same again. have passed and I appreciate the comparatively small small cities, towns, villages, and last week on a lonely road near So it is bound to be for Hum- gift of his life to me and others, population, in crisis neighbourhoods; and, for many, Tisdale, Sask., hits many of us, boldt. After the initial grieving I would be lying if I were to say hockey is an integral part of their especially hockey parents, to the period, questions will be asked I don’t still miss him. And there we’re reminded we’re life as Canadians. Its speed, inten- depths of our souls. Parents who and answered through a coroner’s are days—his birthday and the sity, complexity, and excitement have watched their kids playing inquest. Recommendations will day he died—when I shed many still one big village, can arouse emotions even the in cold arenas think soberly about be made on the fatal intersection tears. least aggressive among us never those in Saskatchewan preparing near Tisdale, as well as on bus I hope the people of Hum- with a hockey rink knew we had. to bury their own. travel by sports teams. And as boldt, the Broncos team, and the in the centre of town, We are known as a polite In our book, The Goal, histo- much good as the report will offer, families of those close to the dead nation, but when the opening rian Dave Stubbs and I endeav- hockey teams will continue to fi nd the grace and strength to and people seeking whistle blows, our passion knows oured to explain the visceral travel by bus in the dead of winter. carry on. In the meantime, we are no bounds. The game refl ects so connection between Canadians Because they do not have a choice. reminded that in this vast country to comfort others in a much of who we are as Cana- and the game, following in the As traumatic as this event has with such a comparatively small time of need. dians: a team sport, played in footsteps of Ken Dryden’s classic been, the outpouring of empathy population, in times of crisis we the depths of winter, bringing The Game and Roch Carrier’s by everyone from pro athletes to are still one big village, with a communities together to play or The Hockey Sweater. journalists, from a tearful Mike hockey rink in the centre of town, watch. As part of a promotional cam- Babcock, coach of the Toronto and people of all ages who seek For many communities across paign for the book, I intended to Maple Leafs, to Prime Minister to comfort others in a time of Canada, the local arena is the so- travel by train across the country Justin Trudeau’s presence at the need. cial nexus and catalyst; it brings this winter and seek out small vigil, has provided some solace. Andrew Caddell retired last cohesion to the community. Build- towns and their connection to Each family will know the loss year from Global Affairs Canada, ing an arena is a major capital in- hockey. In the end, I put it off of their child, or parent, or loved where he was a senior policy vestment, yet far-fl ung hamlets of until next year, as other things one, mattered to people they will adviser. He previously worked as a few thousand people will insist got in the way. Humboldt, an hour never meet. an adviser to Liberal governments. on having one, because it serves and a bit’s drive from Saskatoon, Nonetheless, grief is debilitat- He is a fellow with the Canadian a purpose: in the cold Canadian would have been the sort of place ing, and grace does not come Global Affairs Institute and a Andrew Caddell winter, people meet and greet to have visited. No longer: anyone easily. Everyone’s way of dealing principal of QIT Canada. He can be there and follow their hometown seeking stories there from now on with grief differs, but there are reached at [email protected]. With All Due Respect heroes with profound dedication. will rightly be seen as ghoulish. common threads. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018 11 Global Canada should Hungary cranks up anti-immigrant re-engage with Commonwealth populism, jeopardizing EU stability

capitalism. Meanwhile, offi cials in Brussels Like Orbán (and Trump), politicians from Scholarships Prime Minister Viktor have been woefully reluctant to take on Berlin to Rome are exploiting racial animosi- Orbán in a vigorous way. ty and fear of refugees to expand their power Orbán’s third-term election Michael Ignatieff, rector of the embattled BY KEVIN GOHEEN among dissident and anti-establishment vot- this week is the most galling Central European University in Budapest, ers. So euroskeptics and right-wing populists said Orbán’s moves to erode democracy ommonwealth Scholarships are a pres- seemed thrilled with the Hungarian result. echo the usual approach of right-wing tigious international brand, well known blow to European unity in Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of C strongmen. The difference in this case is the and respected throughout the world. They Poland, a close Hungarian ally, wrote on recent years. “collusion and compliance” of the EU, he help students with the cost of obtaining Twitter: “The road to reform is never easy,” told The Economist before the election. an advanced degree in a Commonwealth but he said “the support of the majority of so- The former Canadian federal Liberal country other than their own. ciety shows that it’s worth making the effort.” leader is caught in the middle of the ruling The Commonwealth Scholarship Com- Marine Le Pen, who heads France’s hard- right-wing Fidesz party’s efforts to portray mission in the United Kingdom recently right Front National, tweeted: “Large and clear Hungary as under siege by liberal outsiders. issued a report that addressed its successes victory by Viktor Orbán in Hungary: The inver- Apparently seeking to exploit Hungarian and challenges. The authors indicated that sion of values and mass immigration promoted anti-Semitism, Orbán has labelled Hungari- in 2017 Commonwealth education minis- by the EU have once again been rejected.” an-born Jewish fi nancier and philanthropist ters approved the report of a taskforce that She added, “Nationalist parties could be George Soros as an enemy of his country. had been appointed to review the Com- a majority in Europe at the next European And Ignatieff has been fi ghting to keep the monwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Parliament elections in 2019.” government from shutting down the Central Plan (CSFP). The report confi rmed that Beatrix von Storch, a member of the pop- Les Whittington European University, which Soros estab- the CSFP has been one of the Common- ulist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, lished to promote democracy in former wealth’s most conspicuous successes. Need to Know sent out: “Congratulations, Viktor Orbán! A Communist eastern bloc states. Canada has played an important role bad day for the EU, a good one for Europe.” in the CSFP since before its inception. The Orbán’s triumph could not have been TTAWA—Of all the indignities and Hungarian very idea of the CSFP was Canadian, as welcome news for the European Commis- blows the European unity project has Prime Minister it emerged from the fi rst Commonwealth O sion, the EU’s executive body, which has suffered in recent years, the most galling Viktor Orbán Trade Ministers Conference, held in Mon- been sharply critical of the Hungarian has to be the decisive re-election of Hungar- is now in his treal in 1958. leader. President Jean-Claude Juncker ian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán this week. third straight From that time until 2012, Canada was will congratulate Orbán in a written note, Orbán, whose populist appeal hinges on vi- term in power, consistently the second largest funder of a commission offi cial told reporters. But cious anti-immigrant slurs and pro-nationalist after having Commonwealth Scholarships, after the Unit- the offi cial pointed out that “the European paranoia aimed at outsiders and particularly won an April ed Kingdom. Just over 5,000 students, from Union is a union of democracy and values” the European Union (EU), will now be more 8 election. virtually every Commonwealth country, have and it is the duty of all EU member states emboldened than ever in his effort to trans- Photograph studied for Commonwealth Scholarships to uphold those principles. form Hungary into a lightly veiled dictatorship. courtesy of in Canada. Almost 2,000 Canadians have Ensuring respect for those values may be Now in his third straight term in power, the European undertaken Commonwealth Scholarships more diffi cult than ever for the EU. Besides po- the soccer-mad former Oxford student People’s Party in other Commonwealth countries, mostly tential disruptions from an increasing number has made a joke of the EU’s values of in the U.K. and other developed nations, but of renegade governments in member states, democratic rights, humanitarianism, and At this point, it doesn’t look good for with some examples in developing countries. the bloc now faces an existential challenge progressive integration. the university or other independent-mind- Notable Commonwealth Scholarship with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom. Instead, in what Orbán sees as his “illiberal ed organizations in Hungary. During the alumni with Canadian connections include And French President Emmanuel democracy,” he has systematically set about election campaign, Orbán said those who Calliopa Pearlette Louisy, governor general Macron, an avowed defender of the EU, is undermining the checks and balances vital to oppose him would be held “morally, politi- of Saint Lucia, Maurice Tomlinson, senior facing his toughest political crunch from a democratic society. He is tightening controls cally, and legally” responsible. Fidesz’s policy analyst for the Canadian HIV/AIDS a union movement determined to use crip- on the media, the courts, non-governmental crackdown on non-governmental groups Legal Network, Carolyn Kilburn McMaster, pling strikes to turn aside his attempt to organizations, advocates for asylum-seekers, is contained in “Stop Soros” measures former Canadian deputy high commis- bring in labour market reforms. French so- and educators. And Hungary refused to take brought forward by the party’s lawmakers. sioner to New Zealand, Sir John Irving ciety is divided on the wisdom of Macron’s its EU-decreed quota of refugees. The overwhelming win on April 8 by Bell, former president of the U.K. Academy policy and Le Pen is waiting in the wings All the while, Orbán has been us- Orbán, who has in the past heard the of Medical Sciences, Kevin Lynch, former in case the president, a political novice, ing generous EU funds—US$33-billion praise of U.S. President Trump, further clerk of the Privy Council, Mark Carney, suffers a major defeat at the hands of the between 2012 and 2016 alone—to bolster unsettled the EU, which is witnessing a governor of the Bank of England, Marc country’s powerful labour movement. Hungary and strengthen its economy, populist upsurge that is becoming a serious Tessier-Lavigne, president of Stanford Uni- Les Whittington is an Ottawa journalist while at the same time handing out lucra- challenge to the multicultural and demo- versity, and Stephen Toope, vice-chancellor and a regular contributor to The Hill Times. tive contracts through a system of crony cratic ideals of the 28-member federation. of the University of Cambridge. The Hill Times Canada also played a leading role in establishing the CSFP endowment fund, es- tablished to mark the 50th anniversary of the plan, making the largest single contri- MEET ME ON THE HILL RENCONTREZ-MOI SUR LA COLLINE bution. The fund, now worth over 8-million April 24 24 avril British pounds, supports Commonwealth Scholarships at universities in low- and Members of Fertilizer Canada will be Des membres de Fertilisants Canada seront à middle-income countries that would oth- in Ottawa on April 24 to talk about the Ottawa le 24 avril pour parler de la contribution de erwise be unlikely to offer international Canadian fertilizer industry’s contributions l’industrie des engrais canadiens au commerce, awards. It has helped ensure that the plan to trade, transportation, environmental au transport, à la gestion de l’environnement, et du is genuinely Commonwealth-wide, with 21 stewardship and the critical role of fertilizer in rôle essentiel des engrais dans l’alimentation de la countries due to host awards this year. However, Canada—the second largest con- feeding the world. population mondiale. tributor for much of the program’s history— Fertilizer Canada and its members are Fertilisants Canada et ses membres sont déterminés has not offered Commonwealth Scholarships committed to advancing the safe, secure and à faire progresser la production et l’utilisation de since then-prime minister Stephen Harper’s sustainable production and use of fertilizer fertilisants sécuritaires et durables grâce à des decision to abandon the scheme in 2012. The 25th Commonwealth Heads of through proactive science–based programs, programmes proactifs à vocation scientifi que, Government Meeting will be taking place innovation and advocacy, creating benefi ts on à l’innovation et la défense d’intérêts, ce qui profi tera in London, U.K., later this month. This year a global scale. au Canada et au reste du monde. will mark the start of the 60th anniversary of Commonwealth Scholarships. The po- fertilizercanada.ca fertilisantscanada.ca tential now exists to revitalize the scheme, but this will take international leadership. It would be a most fi tting time for Canada to re-engage with the scheme in the leader- ship role it assumed in the recent past. Kevin Goheen is the volunteer Canadian coordinator for the Commonwealth Scholar and Fellow alumni association, an organiza- tion run from the Commonwealth Scholar- ship Commission in the United Kingdom. The Hill Times 12 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES News Broncos bus crash

but this tragedy reminds us that we need one another.” She expressed gratitude for the outpouring of support from around the world and thanked “colleagues from both sides of the aisle” who reached out to her with condolenc- es and support. “Right now, we are all Bron- cos,” she said, noting thousands were at the vigil to share memo- ries and honour the dead. Mr. Goodale was one of the many at that Sunday vigil at the team’s home arena, as was Mr. Trudeau (Papineau, Que.), who also visited with survivors at the Royal University Hospital in Sas- katoon on Sunday. While there, Mr. Trudeau visited an injured player, Ryan Straschnitzki, a photo of which was posted to Twitter by a fam- ily member who thanked Mr. Trudeau for his presence. “We may not agree on politics. But we sure do agree on support,” the tweet said. “Sure am proud our prime minister and his son showing up and chatting hockey.” In a statement the evening of the accident, Mr. Trudeau said it was “every parent’s worst nightmare.” “No one should ever have to see their child leave to play the sport they love and never come back,” he said. “Our national Right, SaskatchewanConservative MPs , second from left, and , right, attend an April 8 community vigil in memory of the Humboldt hockey family is a close one, with Broncos’ 15 team members killed in an April 6 bus crash. Left, fl owers lie on the ice during the vigil in the packed Elgar Petersen Arena in Humboldt, home of roots in almost every town—small the Broncos. Photographs courtesy of Kelly Block’s Facebook page and big—across Canada.” Province should look into Mr. Waugh was a CTV Saskatoon tleford, Sask., located about three sports broadcaster for 40 years. hours west of Humboldt. how to prevent future The tragedy has prompted “I can’t remember the number crashes, Waugh says Humboldt an outpouring of support across of times where we would fi n- The intersection of High- Canada, with a GoFundMe online ish a game and then hop on the way 35 and Highway 335 is no campaign, “Funds for Humboldt bus and then go back to North stranger to tragedy. In June 1997, Broncos,” raising more than $7.4-mil- Battleford...[at] one or two in the three children, their parents, and lion since it was launched on April 6. morning and thinking nothing of an aunt died at the same spot as tragedy hits Public Safety Minister Ralph it,” Mr. Hoback said. the Broncos bus crash. Goodale (Regina-Wascana, Sask.) “Those bus trips are where you In that case, the half-ton pickup wasn’t available for an interview developed your friendships and carrying the family of six ran a stop Tuesday but his offi ce said by your bonds with the other players. sign and was hit by a semi-trailer, email that after the tragic colli- You’re playing cards on the bus or according to reports. In Friday’s home for MPs sion Mr. Goodale “was devastated just visiting other people on the collision, it was the semi driver who and extended his sympathies bus. You spend so many hours to- had the stop sign and RCMP has Aboriginal Affairs and Northern the families and friends of the gether in such a confi ned area and Continued from page 1 said it is conducting an investiga- Development Committee. victims.” He is being briefed regu- you naturally become best friends.” tion into the cause of the crash, with “Here’s a kid that was prob- “He knew more about me than larly by the RCMP as new details Since Saturday, Mr. Hoback traffi c analysts looking at whether ably me 37 years ago. I was a kid I did about myself,” Mr. Waugh said, emerge, his offi ce said. said he’s received many emails, road, weather, mechanical or driver in school, but I cared more about adding they spent a considerable Mr. Goodale has also briefed even from ambassadors in other conditions had an impact. hockey, I cared about being on the amount of time talking about foot- the two Conservative MPs who countries, all passing on their A similar tragedy befell a team bus because I wasn’t a very good ball and hockey, and being a radio represent the affected ridings, condolences and prayers for the in New Brunswick in January athlete. So how do I get to be part of host. The two took a photo, which he Kelly Block (Carlton Trail-Eagle affected communities. 2008 when eight died in a van this hockey team if I can’t be an ath- sent to Mr. Hinz back in December. Creek, Sask.), who represents the Mr. Hoback said he was grate- crash, including seven Bathurst lete? Well, I’ll be a broadcaster,” said “He’s a stats guy, he followed small town of 6,000 home to the ful for the support provided by high school basketball players. Mr. Waugh (Saskatoon-Grasswood, the hockey club, and he’s volun- team, and Randy Hoback, who Mr. Goodale’s team and said he Reports indicate the van’s driver Sask.) in a phone interview Tuesday. teering at the radio show,” Mr. represents the riding where the was impressed with Cory Pike, lost control and hit an oncom- “I saw a lot of me in him.” Waugh said, adding he met Mr. accident occurred, about 150 kilo- the director of issues manage- ing transport truck. In a recent Mr. Waugh, like other Sas- Hinz’s mother on Sunday and metres east of Prince Albert. ment in Mr. Goodale’s offi ce. report by the Globe and Mail katchewan MPs and Canadians hoped to go to his funeral, likely Mr. Hoback (Prince Albert, “He got a hold of me via email looking back at the tragedy after across the country, is mourning sometime this week. Sask.) said in a phone interview and kept us in the loop and was a decade, there are also sugges- those killed following the Friday Before moving to Saskatoon, that as soon as he heard what hap- very professional and I really ap- tions there may have been safety evening crash on a stretch of Mr. Waugh went to school from pened he didn’t want to believe it. preciate it,” said Mr. Hoback, who problems with the 15-seat-van. highway in rural northeast Sas- kindergarten to grade 11 in Hum- “It was one of those things commended Prime Minister Justin Mr. Waugh has driven through katchewan, when a semi-trailer boldt, where his father worked for where you say ‘No, no, no, this isn’t Trudeau for coming out to the Hum- that particular Saskatchewan inter- collided with a bus carrying the the fl our company Robin Hood. real. This can’t be happening,’” said boldt community vigil on Sunday. section many times and said he’s young hockey team, destroying “The Broncos started in 1970, Mr. Hoback, his voice trembling. Ms. Block was not available often thought about what could both vehicles. Twenty-nine people and I was always around them,” He said he went to the crash site for an interview and a voice mes- have prevented the crash from 21 were travelling with the Hum- he said, adding his fi rst broad- Saturday to lay fl owers, describing sage from her offi ce indicated years ago and the most recent one. boldt Broncos as they drove the casting gig was as the hockey that experience as “numbing.” she planned to spend the week in After the 1997 crash, the pro- three hours to a playoff game in club’s “play-by-play guy” with “I can’t describe it…there is Humboldt. vincial highway authority made it Nipawin. The driver of the truck the Melfort, Sask., radio station, still debris from the bus on the On Facebook, Ms. Block re- a point to add a red fl asher above that collided with the bus wasn’t which was located about an hour road,” said Mr. Hoback, who can- fl ected the loss of “our own” and the stop signs, but he said the crash hurt, according to media reports, away from Humboldt. celled his trip to Lima, Peru, for thanked fi rst responders and medi- has opened the conversation again and was given mental-health as- “I was in Melfort working for the Summit of the Americas to be cal professionals for their work. about what more can be done. sistance after the crash. radio at a young age at 19. I was held on April 13 and 14, because “There are no words to capture “I’ve heard maybe we need to For Mr. Waugh, the story hit Tyler Bieber,” Mr. Waugh said, he felt he needed to be at home. the heartbreak and devasta- get LED fl ashing lights. They’re close to home—he grew up in Hum- referring to the 29-year-old broad- “We have been going around talk- tion that too many families are bright and we would put it around boldt, did play-by-play for the team, caster who was also killed in the ing to people, and just listening. experiencing at this time. Our the stop sign. And maybe we need and “married a Humboldt girl.” crash. A radio station colleague We are making sure that they thoughts and prayers are with the safety bumps,” said Mr. Waugh. Like Mr. Hinz, he was the of Mr. Hinz’s, Mr. Bieber was the have a chance to talk about it and families who have lost loved ones —With fi les from Samantha “stats guy.” He met the 18-year- team’s play-by-play announcer. get it out of their system.” and those members of the team Wright Allen old last November when he was Before running for the Conser- When he was younger, he played recovering,” she wrote. “Saskatch- [email protected] leaving a meeting of the House vatives in the 2015 federal election, hockey provincially in North Bat- ewanians are strong and resilient, The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018 13 Legislation News

Liberals relying more on Status of government bills HOUSE OF COMMONS

Second reading: ‘omnibus’ bills to fulfi l promises • C-5, An Act to Repeal Division 20 of Part 3 of the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1 • C-12, An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Reestablishment and Compensation Act before 2019, say observers, critics • C-27, An Act to amend the Pension Benefi ts Standards Act, 1985 • C-28, An Act to amend the Criminal Code “In the 2015 election campaign, 2017. The bill looks to remove ates a new energy regulator and Continued from page 1 (victim surcharge) the Liberals condemned the use offences in the Criminal Code changes the legislation protecting • C-32, An Act related to the repeal of section Liberals are about two-thirds of of omnibus bills, calling them found to be unconstitutional, also the country’s navigable waters. 159 of the Criminal Code the way through their expected undemocratic,” Conservative MP known as “zombie laws.” It also The bill was tabled on Feb. 8 and • C-33, An Act to amend the Canada Elections four-year term. Candice Bergen (Portage-Lisgar, aimed to wipe Section 159 of the was sent to committee on March Act “People expect more and more Man.), her party’s House leader, Criminal Code, which criminal- 19. • C-34, An Act to amend the Public Service from Parliaments. People expect said in an emailed statement to izes anal sex between unmarried NDP MP Linda Duncan Labour Relations Act more and more from govern- The Hill Times. “The tabling of and same-sex partners, from the (Edmonton-Strathcona, Alta.) said • C-38, An Act to amend an Act to amend the ments in terms of what they do C-74 and C-75 are just the latest books, which had been previ- the scope of the bill is “beyond Criminal Code (exploitation and traffi cking in legislatively. And when you have examples of how Justin Trudeau ously attempted in an earlier bill, absurd.” persons) an ambitious, proactive, activist has failed to keep his word.” C-32—tabled in November 2016. “This is the new democratic, • C-39, An Act to amend the Criminal Code election platform, that translates The Liberal platform said the Bill C-75 includes both of participatory way of making (unconstitutional provisions) into a pretty darn big to-do list. party would change the House those provisions, as well as the decisions on federal law and • C-42, Veterans Well-being Act There simply is not enough time of Commons Standing Orders to substance of human traffi cking policy? It’s just unbelievable,” said • C-43, An Act respecting a payment to be made to tick off each one of those bring an end to omnibus bills, an legislation, C-38, that was tabled Ms. Duncan, who is her party’s out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund to support a pan-Canadian artifi cial intelligence strategy 300-plus election promises in “undemocratic practice.” in February 2017. When asked deputy environment critic and sits • C-52, Supporting Vested Rights Under Access to on the House Environment Com- separate pieces of legislation,” The Liberals were with the by reporters last month why Information Act said Yaroslav Baran, a principal at NDP during the previous govern- these bills didn’t just go ahead mittee where she unsuccessfully • C-56, An Act to amend the Corrections and Earnscliffe Strategy Group, who ment, railing against the use of separately, Justice Minister Jody attempted to have the study of the Conditional Release Act and the Abolition of Early served as chief of staff to a gov- omnibus bills by the Conserva- Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver bill divvied up and shared with Parole Act ernment House leader in Stephen tives, NDP House leader Ruth Granville, B.C.) called it an “op- the House Transport and Natural • C-68, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act Harper’s government. “They end Resources committees. • C-74, Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1 up having to do it in batches.” “There are very serious prob- • C-75, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the According to the Liberals’ lems with this bill and it’s not that Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts mandate-letter tracker, last updated people don’t have constructive at the end of February, the govern- ideas how to strengthen this bill, Committee: ment has completed just 82 of its but there’s not going to be ad- • C-59, An Act respecting national security 364 commitments, or 22.5 per cent. equate opportunity to hear from matters Government House Leader people,” Ms. Duncan said. • C-62, An Act to amend the Federal Public Sector (Waterloo, Earlier this year, the Conserva- Labour Relations Act and other Acts Ont.) was not available for an tives and NDP also decried the • C-65, An Act to amend the Canada Labour interview, but in an email to The national security bill, C-59, as Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, and the Budget Implementation Hill Times her offi ce said “Our “omnibus” legislation. The nine- part bill currently being studied Act, 2017, No. 1 (harassment and violence) government has been delivering • C-69, An Act to amend the Impact Assessment in the House Public Safety and on an ambitious agenda that we Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to promised Canadians.” National Security Committee, amend the Navigation Protection Act The email, from spokesperson rolls back controversial elements • C-71, An Act to amend certain acts and regula- Sabrina Atwal, noted that the of its predecessor (C-51 in the tions in relation to fi rearms House “has passed 50 government previous Parliament) and codi- fi es new tools to collect citizens’ Report stage: bills—41 of those have been given Responsible for shepherding bills through the House, Government House Leader electronic data. It establishes new royal assent, seven are in the Sen- Bardish Chagger’s offi ce is defending itself against accusations that it’s been • S-5, An Act to amend the Tobacco Act and the oversight bodies, in the form of ate, and the Senate has sent back moving too slowly to pass legislation. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade Non-smokers’ Health Act two to the House with amend- the National Security and Intel- • C-21, An Act to amend the Customs Act ments which the House will need ligence Review Agency (replacing • C-47, An Act to amend the Export and Import to consider.” Ellen Brosseau (Berthier-Maski- portunity to assist the limited existing oversight bodies for the Permits Act and the Criminal Code (amendments Under the previous govern- nongé, Que.) said in an interview. time that’s available in Parlia- Canadian Security Intelligence permitting the accession to the Arms Trade Treaty) ment, 61 government bills became But the Liberals’ current use of ment to put together a number Service and the Communications • C-48, Oil Tanker Moratorium Act law in about the fi rst half of its the same big-bill tactics they once of bills that are currently before Security Establishment) and a • C-57, An Act to amend the Federal Sustainable majority mandate, from 2011 to decried is perhaps a way to sneak the House to have extensive and new intelligence commissioner Development Act 2013. the devil in the details past the in-depth discussion around all of tasked with approving CSIS and • C-64, Wrecked, Abandoned, or Hazardous Vessels Act For the Liberals’ part, “There House, she said. those issues.” CSE activities in advance. It also have been many important bills— The problem with tabling big When it comes to pushing makes changes to the Communi- Third reading: cations Security Establishment touching on a broad spectrum of bills with lots of diverse parts, legislation through the House, • C-55, An Act to amend the Oceans Act and the subjects—that the government critics say, is that it gives Parlia- the government has been too Act, expanding the agency’s man- Canada Petroleum Resources Act has brought forward, and which mentarians little time to study accommodating of the opposi- date and allowing it to do more the House has debated and voted them thoroughly. tion, especially in regards to time proactive, offensive activities. Consideration of amendments made by on and passed in the limited time Ms. Bergen said that during allocation, said Don Boudria, a The Liberals have defended the Senate: available in the House calendar,” last year’s debate over Liberal- former Liberal MP who served these bills against the “omnibus” • C-25, An Act to amend the Canada Business Ms. Atwal said. “There is more proposed changes to the Stand- as Government House leader charge, sometimes unsuccessfully. Corporations Act, Canada Cooperatives Act, work to be done. Our government ing Orders—which resulted in in Jean Chrétien’s government. On C-69, Environment Minister Canada Not-for-profi t Corporations Act, and remains committed to its legisla- new rules for the House Speaker “And that’s why essentially we’re Catherine McKenna (Ottawa Competition Act tive agenda and will continue to to allow separate votes for bills, somewhat behind … It’s math- Centre, Ont.) told the House in • C-49, Transportation Modernization Act move ahead with its plans.” except budget bills, “where there ematics—there’s only a certain February “this is absolutely not an When you add the bottleneck- is not a common element con- number of days left until this omnibus bill. This brings together SENATE ing of bills in the Senate, which necting the various provisions Parliament ends in June 2019. If four pieces of legislation that are Second reading: is taking its time to thoroughly or where unrelated matters are you’re going to get the legislation interconnected. We cannot look review government legislation, to linked”—she “warned” that the through, you’re going to have to at how we are going to protect • C-50, An Act to amend the Canada Elections the lower number of bills passed government would use omnibus take the necessary means, time our environment and our fi sher- Act (political fi nancing) • C-51, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and in comparison to the previous bills more aggressively. allocation or otherwise, and get it ies, make sure that we work in the Department of Justice Act “Unfortunately, my warning through.” partnership with Indigenous government, it “in turn reinforces • C-58, An Act to amend the Access to Informa- people, and also ensure that good the ‘need’ to start to batch bills has become the reality,” she said. tion Act and the Privacy Act into super bills,” Mr. Baran said. “The Liberals have introduced Big Liberal environment projects go ahead without bring- Both tabled at the end of no less than seven omnibus bills bill ‘just unbelievable,’ ing coherence.” Committee: March, Bill C-74, the 2018 budget since they changed the rules.” Despite this defence, the • C-24, An Act to amend the Salaries Act and the implementation bill, and Bill C-75, These big bills are also vehi- says NDP MP second reading of C-69 and its Financial Administration Act a justice reform bill that would, cles to push forward other pieces The two latest bills come on referral to committee was spilt • C-45, Cannabis Act among other things, reform bail of stagnating legislation. Last the heels of Bill C-69, the Impact into two separate votes, after Ms. • C-46, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (of- practices and jury selection as month, Conservative MP Michael Assessment Act, that, in addition Brosseau successfully invoked the fences relating to conveyances) well as clean up the Criminal Cooper (St. Albert-Edmonton, to creating a new process for as- new Standing Order on omnibus • C-66, Expungement of Historically Unjust Code, have generated opposition Alta.) called for action on Bill sessing the environmental, health, bills. Convictions Act criticism for being 10 pounds of C-39, which has lain dormant social, and economic effects of [email protected] legislation in a fi ve-pound bill. since being introduced in March development projects, also cre- The Hill Times 14 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES

and Climate Change Minister Catherine Bennett down a press McKenna’s political aides. secretary, hires staff er Matthew Dillon-Leitch, a former special assistant to Ms. McKenna, started in his hill climbers from McKenna’s team new role as an issues manager to Ms. Ben- nett on April 3. He’d been in Ms. McKenna’s ministe- Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister by Laura Ryckewaert rial offi ce since the beginning of May 2017, recently saw a couple of and before then was a legislative assistant changes to her ministerial staffi ng roster, to Ms. McKenna on the Hill in her capacity including the departure of press secretary as the Liberal MP for Ottawa Centre. From Sabrina Williams. Markham, Ont., he studied at McMaster Uni- Perreault promoted to Ms. Williams had been tackling media versity and while there served for a time as requests as press secretary to Ms. Bennett president of the McMaster Students Union. since January 2016, when the minister was Rick Theis in charge of the former Indigenous and is chief of staff Northern Affairs portfolio. The department to Ms. Bennett. PMO lead speechwriter was split up in August 2017, with Ms. Ben- Other political nett becoming Crown-Indigenous relations staffers working and northern affairs minister and former for the minister health minister Jane Philpott being made include: Sarah after Armstrong departs Indigenous services minister. Welch, director During the 2015 federal election, Ms. of policy and Williams did media relations work for the regional affairs; Liberal Party in Quebec. She’s a former Vincent Harald- for Morneau’s offi ce press secretary to then-Montreal mayor sen, director of Denis Coderre, a former Liberal MP for parliamentary Bourassa, Que., who was defeated by Valé- affairs; policy and Sabrina Williams in rittany Perreault has been promoted to all of whom work under the communica- rie Plante in the Montreal mayoral election regional affairs no longer working for be senior manager of speechwriting in tions and planning branch of the offi ce, in November 2017. B advisers Emmali- Indigenous-Crown Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s offi ce, tak- under executive director Kate Purchase, As indicated on her LinkedIn profi le, Ms. ne English, Daniel Relations Minister Carolyn ing charge of the team previously headed who is currently on maternity leave. Williams is also a former executive assis- Pujdak, and Bennett. Photograph by Jeni Armstrong. Katie Telford is PMO chief of staff, tant for public affairs at the U.S. Consulate Annalisa Harris; courtesy of Facebook Former lead speechwriter Ms. Arm- aided by principal secretary Gerald Butts. General offi ce in Quebec City, and has done Tiara Folkes, spe- strong left the Prime Minister’s Offi ce on The Globe and Mail recently broke the public relations work for SES Technologies, cial adviser for policy and regional affairs; March 29 to join Finance Minister Bill news of another change in the fi nance a computer hardware company. Julie Hill, senior special assistant; Charlotte Morneau’s team as a senior communica- minister’s offi ce, with senior adviser Ben A new press secretary has not yet been McKenna, special assistant for legislative af- tions adviser as of April 9. She announced Chin set to take over as chief of staff to hired. James Fitz-Morris continues to serve fairs; and Alexsa McKenzie, assistant to the the move in a tweet on March 28. the minister starting on May 1, replacing as director of communications and issues minister’s parliamentary secretary, Liberal In a Facebook post on her decision to Richard Maksymetz. management to the minister. MP Yvonne Jones. change roles, Ms. Armstrong said that while Mr. Chin joined Mr. Morneau’s offi ce In other staffi ng news, Ms. Bennett [email protected] “writing for the prime minister was, and al- last fall, and was previously executive recently scooped up one of Environment The Hill Times ways will be, my dream job,” it was time for director of communications and issues “new challenges and new opportunities.” management “Tomorrow will to then-Liberal be my last day in British Columbia the PMO. I will miss premier Christy Cabinet’s Directors of Communications and Chiefs of Staff List the people and the Clark for a num- place in ways in ber of years. A Ministers Portfolio Chief of Staff D. Comms Press Secretary Main Offi ce ways I cannot begin former journal- Telephone to articulate. An oc- ist, he was also a Trudeau, Justin Prime Minister, Katie Telford Kate Purchase Eleanore Catenaro, 613-957-5555 cupational hazard senior communi- Intergovernmental Affairs, (on leave) Chantal Gagnon, for a speechwriter, cations adviser to Youth Amreet Kaur I suppose,” read the Dalton McGuinty Ben Chin will take over Bains, Navdeep Innovation, Science, and Gianluca Cairo Mallory Clyne Karl W. Sasseville 343-291-2500 Economic Development March 28 post. when Mr. Mc- as chief of staff to the Bennett, Carolyn Crown-Indigenous Relations Rick Theis James Fitz-Morris - 819-997-0002 Ms. Armstrong Guinty was a Lib- fi nance minister on May Jeni Armstrong started had been writing eral premier of Bibeau, Marie-Claude International Development Geoffroi Montpetit Louis Bélanger Justine Lesage 343-203-6238 1. Photograph courtesy of and La Francophonie work in the fi nance speeches for Mr. Ontario, and Mr. LinkedIn minister’s offi ce on Trudeau for roughly Chin is a former Brison, Scott Treasury Board Adam Carroll Bruce Cheadle Jean-Luc Ferland* 613-369-3170 Carr, Jim Natural Resources Zoë Caron Laurel Munroe Alexandre Deslongchamps 343-292-6837 April 9. Photograph the last fi ve years, vice president for communications with the Champagne, Francois- International Trade Julian Ovens Joe Pickerill Pierre-Olivier Herbert 343-203-7332 courtesy of Facebook starting during his Ontario Power Authority. Philippe time as leader of He replaces Mr. Maksymetz, who’s been Chagger, Bardish Small Business and Tourism Caitlin Workman Jonathan Dignan - 343-291-2700 the third-party Liberals in 2013. Before chief of staff to Mr. Morneau since the be- House Leader Rheal Lewis Mark Kennedy Sabrina Atwal 613-995-2727 then, she worked as a freelance writer, as ginning. Mr. Morneau was among the fi rst Duclos, Jean-Yves Families, Children and Social Olivier Duchesneau Mathieu Filion Émilie Gauduchon 819-654-5546 indicated by her LinkedIn profi le, and has ministers to announce a chief of staff after Development also spent a number of years working as a the election in late 2015. Duncan, Kirsty Science Anne Dawson Michael Bhardwaj Ann Marie Paquet 343-291-2600 communications specialist for Restaurants Mr. Maksymetz was director of mobi- Sports and Persons with Jude Welch Jane Almeida Annabelle St-Pierre 819-934-1122 Canada. She has a bachelor of arts from lization for the Liberals during the 2015 Disabilities Archambault the University of Waterloo. campaign. A longtime Western organizer Freeland, Chrystia Foreign Affairs Jeremy Broadhurst Alexander Lawrence Adam Austen 343-203-1851 In Mr. Morneau’s offi ce, she’s joined for the party, he worked as an aide to Garneau, Marc Transport Jean-Philippe Marc Roy Delphine Denis 613-991-0700 Arseneau Matthew Barnes, special assistant for then-Liberal transport minister Jean Goodale, Ralph Public Safety and Emergency Marci Surkes Dan Brien Scott Bardsley 613-991-2924 communications; Chloé Luciani-Girouard, Lapierre starting in 2004, and has been a Preparedness press secretary; and Daniel Lauzon, direc- senior adviser to Ms. Clark as B.C. premier, Gould, Karina Democratic Institutions Rob Jamieson Jordan Owens Nicky Cayer 613-943-1838 tor of communications. amongst other experience. Hajdu, Patty Employment, Workforce Matthew Mitschke Carlene Variyan Matt Pascuzzo 819-654-5611 Ms. Perrault, meanwhile, has been When Mr. Chin takes over as chief of Development, and Labour working as a speechwriter in the PMO staff, Mr. Maksymetz is set to leave the Hill Hussen, Ahmed Immigration, Refugees, and Ali Salam Hursh Jaswal Mathieu Genest 613-954-1064 since January 2016, and was promoted to for work outside government. He reportedly Citizenship be senior speechwriter last October. She informed the minister early last year that the Joly, Mélanie Canadian Heritage Leslie Church Emilie Simard Simon Ross 819-997-7788 was a writer for the Liberal Party during 2018 federal budget, his third with the offi ce, LeBlanc, Dominic Fisheries, Oceans & Coast Vince MacNeil Kevin Lavigne Laura Gareau 613-992-3474 the 2015 federal election, and before that Guard would be his last. Stay tuned to Hill Climbers Lebouthillier, Diane National Revenue Josée Guilmette Bernard Boutin Jérémy Ghio 613-995-2960 was a special assistant for communications for more details on where he lands. MacAulay, Lawrence Agriculture and Agri-Food Mary Jean McFall Guy Gallant Oliver Anderson** 613-773-1059 in Mr. Trudeau’s Mr. Morneau’s offi ce currently also in- McKenna, Catherine Environment and Climate Marlo Raynolds Julia Kilpatrick Caroline Thériault 819-938-3813 leader’s offi ce on cludes: Justin To, policy and budget direc- Change the Hill. tor; Catherine Loiacono, director of parlia- Monsef, Maryam Status of Women Dara Lithwick Justine Villeneuve Célia Canon 819-997-2494 She has a mentary affairs; deputy policy directors Ian Morneau, Bill Finance Richard Maksymetz Daniel Lauzon Chloé Luciani-Girouard 613-369-5696 bachelor of arts in Foucher and Elliot Hughes; policy advisers O’Regan, Seamus Veterans Affairs, Associate Cyndi Jenkins John Embury Alex Wellstead 613-996-4649 law from Carleton Allie Chalke, Emily Yorke, and Maximilien Defence Petitpas Taylor, Ginette Health Geneviève Hinse Yves Comeau Thierry Bélair 613-957-0200 University and a Roy; Sharan Kaur, senior manager of oper- Philpott, Jane Indigenous Services John Brodhead Micol Zarb Rachel Rappaport 613-957-0200 master’s degree in ations; Marion Pilon-Cousineau, legislative Qualtrough, Carla Public Services and Matt Stickney Christine Michaud Ashley Michnowski 819-997-5421 political manage- assistant; Samar Assoum, special assistant Procurement ment from the for parliamentary affairs and stakeholder Sajjan, Harjit National Defence Zita Astravas Renée Filiatrault Byrne Furlong 613-996-3100 school. relations; Priya Gurnani, executive as- Sohi, Amarjeet Infrastructure and Communities Leslie O’Leary Kate Monfette Brook Simpson 613-949-1759 Gabrielle sistant; Milaine Leduc, executive assistant Wilson-Raybould, Jody Justice Lea MacKenzie David Taylor - 613-992-4621 Cesvet remains a to the chief of staff and offi ce manager; speechwriter in and Christina Lazarova, assistant to the * Senior communications adviser ** Communications manager the PMO. There’s minister’s parliamentary secretary, Liberal Brittany Perreault is Prime Minister’s Press Offi ce: 613-957-5555 also lead writer MP Joël Lightbound. now senior manager Kate Purchase, executive director of communications and planning (on leave) James McMillan In 2016-17, Mr. Morneau’s offi ce spent of speechwriting in Cameron Ahmad, deputy director of communications and writer Clare the PMO. Photograph $1.8-million, the bulk of which was for —Last updated on April 9, 2018 Donohue-Meyer, courtesy of Facebook personnel. THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018 15 MPs look to support Syrian CAREERS rescue workers after ‘riveting’ Ottawa appearance girls. The federal government has spent Continued from page 4 $12-million supporting humanitarian op- the start of the confl ict which has claimed erations in Syria. a quarter of a million lives and left millions Mr. Mustafa, who once headed the White PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER displaced. Helmets in Aleppo, told the subcommittee (INTERIM, 1 YEAR) The war has shown few signs of that the money provided by Canada resulted slowing down and on April 7, the White in the hiring of 400 female rescue workers. The Hotel Association of Canada has begun organizations, and provincial hotel associations to actively Helmets reported that the Syrian military Liberal subcommittee member Iqra its search for an interim President who can fulfill the and purposefully present the hotel industry’s position to had deployed chemical weapons in the Khalid (Mississauga-Erin Mills, Ont.) said requirements of the position for one-year maternity leave appropriate federal government officials. “most vulnerable in any confl ict area are town of Douma, leaving dozens of civilians coverage commencing in late July 2018 to July 2019. This dead and hundreds more injured, includ- women and children.” She said having position will be part-time at 3 days a week, with a specific The candidate will require a strong mix of advocacy/ ing young children. In an April 8 statement more female White Helmets provide an focus on advocacy. GR skills as well as the ability to lead a staff of 7 and condemning the attack, Foreign Affairs element of security and comfort, especially manage Board relations. This role will involve execution Minister Chrystia Freeland (University- for younger children being rescued. The Hotel Association of Canada is the voice of the and stewardship of the association’s newly developed Rosedale, Ont.) said Canada, “alongside its The Liberal MP said hearing their sto- international partners, will pursue account- ries at the subcommittee was “not an easy hotel industry in the country. Primarily an advocacy and strategic plan, including the renewal of an annual budget ability for these atrocities by all available thing to sit through.” Government relations organization, the hotel association cycle to support key initiatives. Supported by a strong means.” “As very uplifting it is, at the same time, delivers targeted advocacy on the issues that matter most Board of Directors and staff, this individual will need The White Helmets’ cause was brought it’s also very, very depressing,” she told The to the industry. to serve as the voice of the industry both internally to to the world’s attention in a 2016 Oscar- Hill Times. members and externally to government and the media. nominated documentary about the organi- Mayson Almisri, a medical offi cer for The Hotel Association of Canada is looking to secure Advocacy experience at both the federal and municipal zation, Last Men in Aleppo. the White Helmets, told the subcommittee a candidate with specific skill and aptitude in driving and levels would be an asset. Despite global exposure, the organiza- that the confl ict has cost the lives of nine executing government relations strategies, ideally with tion has struggled fi nancially of late. Muni- of her relatives, including a brother. She previous experience as the CEO of an association. The er Mustafa, deputy chairman of the board recalled a fearful moment when a barrel Interim President and CEO will lead hotel-specific advocacy governing the White Helmets, told the bomb was dropped nearby and her family issues, and work in concert with other industry-related committee that they need more fi nancial had to make a potentially life or death support in order to continue their work. decision whether to stay put or fl ee. If you wish to be considered for this position, please forward Speaking in Arabic, he said it is diffi cult “There is no protection, when you see the your résumé and cover letter to the current President, Susie for government support to reach the White rockets, when you see the barrels that are Grynol at [email protected]. For full details and requirements, please visit: Helmets in Syria because international getting dropped,” she told the committee. The deadline for submissions is April 20th, 2018. sanctions restrict the fl ow of money into NDP foreign affairs critic Hélène http://www.hotelassociation.ca/pdf/Executive%20Brief%20HAC%20President.pdf the country. The organization also reported Laverdière (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) a $6-million budget shortfall in February. sat in for the White Helmets’ testimony, “Mainly the diffi culties are logistic, and told The Hill Times that the Canadian because of the sanctions,” he said. government “must match their words of The organization has also been accused support with more funds” to address the of being pro-West by supporters of the Syr- needs of Syrians. ian, Russian, and Iranian regimes because Conservative international development their fi nancial backers, including Canada, critic (Edmonton Manning, the U.K. and the U.S., are at political odds Alta.) was also present, and called the with those countries. The White Helmets White Helmets’ accounts “troubling,” saying have reportedly been the target of an “Canada must stand ready to assist with The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) is a national trade association representing canola growers, life science providing humanitarian aid.” orchestrated disinformation campaign by companies, processors and exporters. Our mission is to advance the growth and profitability of the canola pro-Syrian and Russian supporters. NDP MP Cheryl Hardcastle (Windsor- industry based on innovation, sustainability, resilience and the creation of superior value for a healthier world. In 2016, the Liberal government an- Tecumseh West, Ont.) also urged in a Currently we are seeking a: nounced a $4.5-million contribution to sup- statement last month for more funding for port the White Helmets. The money went women’s activists, who she says are creat- towards recruiting and training female ing soup kitchens, leading hospitals, and volunteers and strengthening the White organizing in their communities. DIRECTOR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS Helmets’ capacity to provide services to [email protected] Syrian civilians, particularly women and The Hill Times

Based in Ottawa, Ontario, this important role is a rare and exciting career opportunity for a highly motivated professional. If you have strong experience in shaping policies, legislation and regulations affecting the success of an industry, we want to hear from you. The Director, Public Affairs is responsible for working with the CCC team on issues that affect the canola industry domestically and globally, including influencing international trade policies, resolving market access issues, growing the reputation of the canola industry, and enhancing innovation and environmental policies. Reporting to the Vice President, Public Affairs, your primary responsibilities will include:

Research and Coordonnateur, • leading the CCC’s efforts on select public policy issues in coordination with VP Public Affairs by developing work plans, strategies and recommendations, monitoring developments in key export markets and managing Public Affairs Recherche et external consultants to achieve desired results; • representing the CCC’s best interests with governments, industry and stakeholders domestically and globally, Coordinator affaires publiques and coordinating with stakeholders to achieve results on trade, market access and other public policy priorities; • preparing and coordinating responses to information requests from government and industry, including briefs, presentations, technical bullet updates, memos, etc.; and, Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada’s Le groupe Affaires publiques de Comptables professionnels • providing input into communications strategies focused on ensuring industry awareness on public policy Public Affairs Group delivers a public policy agréés du Canada est chargé de la mise en œuvre d’un activities and what government and industry are doing to address issues and opportunities. agenda and government relations strategy in programme de politiques publiques et d’une stratégie de the public interest. relations gouvernementales établis dans l’intérêt public. Qualifications include: • post-secondary education in economics, commerce or political science; an MBA or graduate degree in political The Research and Public Affairs Coordinator’s position Le coordonnateur, Recherche et affaires publiques, veille au science or economics would be an asset; • ability to facilitate resolution of sensitive issues amongst stakeholders; is responsible for managing compliance with lobbying respect des dispositions législatives sur le lobbying; effectue • significant understanding of Canadian government mandate, practices and procedures, including an ability to legislation; providing research and analysis on public des recherches et des analyses sur les questions de politique meet with federal government stakeholders; policy issues; monitoring and reporting on publique; suit l’évolution des activités parlementaires et • strong knowledge and understanding of trade policy is an asset; parliamentary and legislative developments; and législatives pour en rendre compte; et apporte du soutien aux • ability to plan, organize and manage multiple files, projects, and consultants; providing communications and social media support. communications, en particulier sur les médias sociaux. • superior communications skills - including the ability to adapt complex information into concise policy position reports, briefing notes, etc.; French language skills an asset; and, • ability to build extensive government and industry contacts and relationships. Pour en savoir plus ou poser votre To learn more or to apply, please visit candidature, consultez la page Salary commensurate with experience, qualifications and ability. cpacanada.ca/careers cpacanada.ca/emplois Applications must be received by April 30th, 2018. Apply, with resume, to Scott Wolfe Management Inc. at email: [email protected] 16 THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018

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Mr. Curia said he arrived in Ottawa Eugenio María Curia says a day after the fi rst four-day round of Canada-Mercosur talks ended in the city on the next round of Canada- March 23. He said he spoke with Argen- Mercosur trade negotiations tina’s chief negotiator Victorio Carpintieri who said the Mercosur countries would be will take place in June in meeting in the next two weeks to fi nalize Mr. Kelly snaps a photo of Slovenian Ambassador Marjan Cencen what will be discussed in Brazil. sporting a sparkly green hat and green ponytail for the festivities. Brazil and will go more swiftly “We have to [do] some more fi ne tuning than the trade bloc’s ‘tortuous’ on several issues…[including] the auto- motive industry,” Mr. Curia said, adding talks to strike a similar deal Argentina and Brazil already have a deal governing how much each country can with the European Union. export to each other in vehicle production. But Mr. Curia said it’s not a large enough he second round of trade negotiations concern that it would stall the larger agree- Tbetween Canada and Mercosur countries ment from taking place, and said Argentina will be held in June in Brazil, says the new wants to make sure there is a fair trade deal. Argentine ambassador, adding that despite a Asked about other goods like beef and Mr. Cencen, wearing his festive headgear, chats Adriana Añón, spouse of Uruguayan Ambassador Martín Alejandro few areas of concern, the four-country South poultry, where Brazil and Argentina may with Albanian Ambassador Ermal Muca. Vidal Delgado, Ms. Martin, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. Vidal Delgado. American bloc is positive the deal will be want greater market access, Mr. Curia said completed no later than early next year. the negotiations would have to “accommo- Sitting at his embassy located on Met- date discussion.” calfe Street in downtown Ottawa last week, Canada re-opened its market to Argen- Eugenio María Curia said the Canada- tine beef in December 2015 after banning Foreign aff airs deputy minister Mercosur free trade agreement would it in 2001 following an outbreak of foot and allow Canada to tap into the fourth-largest mouth disease in Argentina. trading bloc, consisting of Argentina, Bra- Mr. Curia said the Mercosur deal was attends Tunisian national day zil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, with a com- moving forward now because there is more bined population of 260 million people and interest between the South American bloc a GDP of more than $3-trillion. Venezuela and Canada. He noted that Canada has has been a member of the Southern Cone shown particular interest in Argentina since Common Market (known as Mercosur) 2016 when it elected its current president, since 2012, but Mr. Curia said the country’s Mauricio Macri, who is more centre-right. Mr. involvement in the trade negotiations has Macri took over from Cristina Fernández de been suspended. Kirchner, seen as a left-wing populist. Mr. Curia said the trade agreement Mr. Curia said Mr. Macri and Prime Min- would, in turn, grow bilateral trade ister Justin Trudeau have a good relation- Tunisian Ambassador Mohamed Imed Torjemane between Argentina and Canada, which ship based on their similar centrist political and deputy minister of foreign affairs Ian Ada Lalic, spouse of Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina totalled to $2.2-billion in 2017, according stances. Mr. Trudeau had his fi rst offi cial visit Shugart at Tunisia’s national day reception Srdan Lalic, with Malaysian High Commissioner Aminahtun Karim to Global Affairs Canada. Imports and to Argentina in November 2016, a month March 20 at the country’s offi cial residence. Shaharudin, and Mr. Lalic. exports include mineral ores, machinery, after Argentine vice-president Gabriela aircraft, metals, wine, citrus fruits, and Michetti visited Canada. seafood. He said it was his priority to intro- Mr. Curia is married with two adult duce Canada, which shares more than 75 children who live in Vienna, Austria, and years of bilateral relations with Argentina, Argentina. His wife, also a diplomat, is cur- to more businesses to boost investments. rently in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital. “I am confi dent that [a deal with She works in the foreign affairs ministry Canada] will not take too much time,” he and is head of the institutional department South African High Commissioner Sibongiseni Dlamini- said, comparing negotiations with Canada of Mercosur. Mr. Curia noted she would be Mntambo, Rwandan Acting High Commissioner Shakilla to the free trade agreement currently being involved in the Canada-Mercosur negotia- Spouses of the ambassadors of Algeria and Tunisia, negotiated between Mercosur countries tion at a later date when the talks focus on Umutoni, Chadian Ambassador Mahamat Ali Adoum, and and the European Union, which he said the legal aspects of the deal. Indian High Commissioner Vikas Swarup. Elbia Meghar and Ihssane Boujendar Torjemane. was “torturous.” That bi-regional agree- Mr. Curia has previously served as ambas- ment has been in some form of negotia- sador in Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the tions for nearly 20 years. Representatives permanent representative to the International announced in Paraguay on March 9 that Organizations in Vienna from February 2006 formal negotiations towards a Canada- to 2013. He also was the Argentine governor Mercosur deal would begin. to the International Atomic Energy Agency Mr. Curia presented his credentials to during those years. He was also the represen- Governor General Julie Payette on March tative and national coordinator to the Finan- 27, replacing Marcelo Suárez Salvia who cial Action Task Force on Money Laundering. was in the role for about a year and a half. Mr. Curia said he would be meeting Mr. Suárez left to become the national direc- with Parliamentarians in the coming days tor of foreign affairs in Argentina. A career and had already had the opportunity to diplomat, Mr. Curia fi rst joined the public meet other Latin American heads of mis- service in 1975 and most recently was the sion during a lunch in Ottawa. Egyptian Ambassador Motaz Zahran, Mr. Torjemane, Ms. Boujendar international affairs co-ordinator of Argen- [email protected] Torjemane, and Mr. Zahran’s spouse, Hala ElHusseiny Youssef. tina’s Justice and Human Rights Ministry. @shruti_shekar THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018 19 Events Feature PM off to Peru, U.K. for summits, offi cial visit to France

THURSDAY, APRIL 19 Liberal Party National Convention—The Liberals will Parliamentary hold a national convention April 19-21, in Halifax, N.S. Featured speakers include a former top adviser to president Barack Obama, David Axelrod. Calendar Iran, the U.S., and the Regional Crisis—Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a Middle East security and nuclear policy specialist at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, presents this talk about the complexities of the relationship between Iran and the U.S. The Group of 78 presents this talk. Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar St., Ottawa. 7-9 p.m. Regular admission, $10; unwaged/student, $5. On- line registration, or tickets will be available at the door. MONDAY, APRIL 23 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 “Tell Them We’re Human:” What the Rohingya Crisis The House Is Not Sitting—The House is not sitting Tells us about the World and Canada’s Foreign Policy for the rest of the week. It will resume sitting April Choices—The Canadian International Council’s National 16 and sit every weekday until leaving for a one-week Capital Region branch presents Bob Rae, Canada’s break from May 14 to 21. After returning on May 22, special envoy on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar. 5 the House is scheduled to sit every weekday until p.m. registration, reception, and cash bar; 6 p.m. adjourning for the summer break in late June. The presentation, discussion; 7:30 pm dinner (optional). Senate will largely follow the same schedule, though Rideau Room, Sheraton Hotel, 150 Albert St., Ottawa. the Senate traditionally only sits Tuesday to Thursday, For a list of ticket prices and to register: https://cic- and is scheduled to break a week later in the spring, ncbapr232018.eventbrite.ca. on June 29. TUESDAY, APRIL 24 AI Augmented Government: Revolutionizing the Pub- lic Service—The National Capital Region branch of the CCSPA Government Breakfast Reception—The Cana- Institute of Public Administration of Canada invites dian Consumer Specialty Products Association invites you to an important discussion about how governments all MPs, Senators, and staff to its annual government around the world are experimenting with artifi cial breakfast reception. 7:30-9 a.m. Ottawa Marriott (100 intelligence, with Neil Bouwer of the Treasury Board Kent St.). Please RSVP to Nancy Hitchins at hitchin- Secretariat, Erin Kelly of Advanced Symbolics, and [email protected]. William D. Eggers of the Deloitte Center for Govern- Life and Health Insurance Industry Advocacy Day— ment Insights). Bayview Yards, 7 Bayview Rd., Ottawa. CEOs representing Canada’s life and health insurance 5:30-7:30 p.m. Register at http://augmentedgov. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and British Prime Minister Theresa May, who met last September during industry will be in Ottawa to meet with Parliamentar- eventbrite.ca. her visit to Ottawa, as pictured, are set to meet again in London, U.K., while Mr. Trudeau is in town for the ians about relevant issues of importance to Canadians, Refl ecting on the Legacy of Chief Justice McLach- Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, April 17 to 20. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia such as ensuring access to affordable prescription lin—This is a two-day conference at the University of drugs. For more information, contact Susan Murray, Ottawa refl ecting on the legacy of the longest-serving Francophonie. The prime minister will also deliver an National Grain Week Parliamentary Reception—Join vice president, government relations and policy, with chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Beverley address to the Assemblée Nationale and give remarks grain farmers from across Canada for a parliamentary the CLHIA at [email protected]. McLachlin, who resigned last year after 17 years in the at the Paris Institute of Political Studies. reception celebrating the inaugural National Grain Engineers Canada Reception—Engineers Canada in- position. It features a keynote lecture by Brenda Hale, Week. Hosted by Grain Growers of Canada and open vites Members of Parliament, Senators, and their staff Baroness Hale of Richmond and president of the Su- MONDAY, APRIL 16 to Parliamentarians and their staff. 6-8 p.m. 180 to a reception on Parliament Hill featuring a discus- preme Court of the United Kingdom, and a fi reside chat The House Is Sitting—The House resumes sitting Wellington St., room 430. RSVP to Lindsey Ehman at sion on the public policy issues facing the engineering between former chief justice McLachlin and broad- April 16 after a two-week break and sits every weekday 613-233-9954 or offi [email protected]. profession in Canada. 3:30-5:30 p.m. Room 216-N, caster Catherine Clark. The program runs April 10-11. Should the State be in the Newsrooms of the Na- Speaker’s Lounge, Centre Block. until leaving for a one-week break from May 14 to 21. Power & Politics For more information and to register, visit commonlaw. After returning on May 22, the House is scheduled tion?—National Post columnist Andrew Coyne debates Meet and Greet with new Host uottawa.ca/en/legacy-chief-justice. to sit every weekday until adjourning for the summer Winnipeg Free Press publisher Box Cox, chair of News Vassy Kapelos—Meet the new host of CBC’s fl agship THURSDAY, APRIL 12 break in late June. The Senate will largely follow the Media Canada, on the merits of the federal govern- political show Power & Politics at a reception hosted same schedule, though the Senate traditionally only ment pledging $10-million annually for fi ve years to at the Rossy Pavilion in the National Arts Centre. Public Policy Forum 2018 Testimonial Dinner & sits Tuesday to Thursday, and is scheduled to break a support local news media. Sponsored by the Canadian 1 Elgin St., Ottawa. 7-9 p.m. RSVP to rsvp@cbc. Awards—The dinner is a yearly reunion of Canada’s week later in the spring, on June 29. Committee For World Press Freedom in collaboration ca by April 16. “who’s who” in public policy. Speakers include Bank of China in the Arctic: What Does it Mean for Canada?— with Canada 2020. 7-9 p.m. Canada 2020 Studio, 35 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 England governor Mark Carney, retired Supreme Court The Conference of Defence Associations Institute and O’Connor St., Suite 302, Ottawa. Admission free but chief justice Beverley McLachlin, and veteran public the University of Ottawa Centre for International Policy advance registration with Eventbrite.ca required. To Parliament Hill Electric Vehicle Ride ‘N Drive—MPs, servant Richard Dicerni. 5-9:15 p.m. Metro Toronto Studies presents two panel discussions. Speakers in- register, visit https://t.co/VkLkmp6WyZ. ministers, Senators, and government staff are invited to Convention Centre, 255 Front St. W., Toronto. For test-drive electric vehicles on the east lawn of Parlia- clude Brig.-Gen. Mike Nixon, commander of Joint Task WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18 ticket information, see ppforum.ca/events/testimonial- Force North. 1-4 p.m. University of Ottawa campus, ment Hill from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. For more, dinner-awards. FSS Rm 5028, 120 University Pvt. Liberal Caucus Meeting—The Liberals will meet in visit emc-mec.ca/ev2018ve/ride-n-drive-2. Wonk Prom—Get ready to polish off your glasses for Youth 7 Summit—The Young Diplomats of Canada Room 237-C Centre Block on Parliament Hill. For more THURSDAY, APRIL 26 Wonk Prom, the offi cial after-party of the Public Policy is convening this year’s Youth 7 Summit. The Y7 Sum- information, please call Liberal Party media relations at Forum Testimonial Dinner. An annual celebration of mit is a formal engagement group of the G7 and [email protected] or 613-627-2384. Community Liaison Offi cers’ Group Ottawa—The CLO politics, policy, and the people who make it happen, brings together youth from all G7 members for the Conservative Caucus Meeting—The Conservatives Group is hosting a 2017/2018 series of information this year’s party will raise funds to support Samara’s negotiation of a Y7 communiqué. This year, the will meet for their national caucus meeting. For more sessions for foreign diplomatic missions’ personnel research and programming. Steam Whistle Brewing, summit will focus on the themes of gender equal- information, contact Cory Hann, director of com- responsible for welcoming new embassy staff members 255 Bremner Blvd., Toronto. 8:30 p.m. $35 at the ity, climate change and environment, and the future munications with the Conservative Party of Canada at and their families. The group involves networking and door or $20 for low-wage attendees. Early bird tickets of work. The summit will run from April 16 to 18 in [email protected]. sharing information essential for a smooth transition are $25, while advance tickets cost $30. For tickets, Ottawa. To learn more or participate in the Y7 open- NDP Caucus Meeting—The NDP caucus will meet and settlement of new families to Ottawa/the National visit https://wonk-prom.eventbrite.com. ing plenary session, contact Sabrina Grover, sabrina@ from 9:15-11 a.m. in Room 112-N Centre Block. For Capital Region. Monthly meetings feature guest speak- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Travels to Lima—Prime youngdiplomats.ca. more information, please call the NDP Media Centre at ers. April’s topic is OC Transpo. 2:30 p.m. To join the Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting Lima, Peru, April 613-222-2351 or [email protected]. group or participate in the meeting, please contact 12-14, where he will participate in the Summit of TUESDAY, APRIL 17 Groupe Parlementaire Québécois Caucus Meeting— [email protected]. the Americas and speak at the CEO Summit of the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Travels to London— The Groupe Parlementaire Québécois caucus will meet The Parliamentary Calendar is a free events listing. Americas. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting London, from 9:30 a.m. in La Francophonie room (263-S) in Send in your political, cultural, diplomatic, or govern- FRIDAY, APRIL 13 United Kingdom, from April 17 to 20. While there, he Centre Bock, on Wednesday. For more information, call mental event in a paragraph with all the relevant details will meet with British Prime Minister Theresa May and press attaché Julie Groleau, 514-792-2529. under the subject line ‘Parliamentary Calendar’ to A Perspective from the North: Commander JTF-North— Queen Elizabeth. He will also attend a meeting of the Bank of Canada to Release Interest Rate Update—The [email protected] by Wednesday at noon before the Brig.-Gen. Mike Nixon, commander of Joint Task Force Commonwealth heads of government and celebrate the Bank of Canada will announce the overnight rate target Monday paper or by Friday at noon for the Wednesday North, will speak at this event put on by the Conference 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote at an event today. The next full update of the bank’s outlook for the paper. We can’t guarantee inclusion of every event, but of Defence Associations Institute. 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. hosted by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. economy and infl ation, including risks to the projection, we will defi nitely do our best. Events can be updated Conference Room, Commissionaires National Offi ce, TD Presents: The Walrus Talks - The Indigenous City— will be published at the same time. daily online too. 100 Gloucester St., second fl oor. $40 per person, The Walrus Talks heads to the Canadian Museum of IoT613 Conference 2018—The three-day confer- The Hill Times includes a light lunch. Register via cdainstitute.ca. History for a discussion on Indigenous life in Canada’s ence brings together industry, government, academia, Think Locally, Act Globally: How Research in Brazil cities through culture, business, politics, and more. and more to help usher in a more cohesive Internet of Helped Shape Global Policies—Dr. Cesar Victora, recipi- There will be seven speakers at the event, includ- Things (IoT) ecosystem to ensure a smarter, safer, and Extra! Extra! ent of the Canada Gairdner Global Health Award, 2017, ing Douglas Cardinal, Tanya Talaga, and Robert Jago. more connected future. Ottawa city councillor Tim Tier- will speak on the links between local research and 100 Laurier St., Gatineau, Que. For event details and ney will deliver the opening address, while Craig Hut- RReadead the full global policies. Presented by the International Develop- tickets, visit thewalrus.ca/events. ton, director general, strategic policy and innovation, ment Research Centre. 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. IDRC, 150 Quantum Computing Event—You’ve heard the term, with Transport Canada, will be providing the closing ParliamentaParliamentaryry Kent St., 8th fl oor, W. David Hopper Room, Ottawa. At- but what does it really mean? Join the Canadian Club keynote on April 19. April 18-20 at the Canadian Mu- tendance is free but space is limited so please register of Ottawa and David Cory, Canada Excellence Research seum of History, 100 Laurier St., Gatineau. For more CCalendaralendar at idrc.ca/cesar-victora. Chair laureate from the University of Waterloo’s details and registration: iot613.ca/2018-conference. SUNDAY, APRIL 15 Institute for Quantum Computing, to gain insight into Sixth Annual Autism on the Hill—Come out for this the future of quantum and its applications. Chateau opportunity to raise national awareness about autism online Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Travels to Paris— Laurier, 1 Rideau St., Ottawa. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and to show support for people on the autism spectrum Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting the capital of Visit canadianclubottawa.ca for tickets. and their families. The 2018 #FacesofAutism banner, France for an offi cial visit from April 15 to 17. While Canada’s Airports Parliamentary Reception—Join showing the faces of individuals with autism from there, he will meet with French President Emmanuel dozens of senior executives from Canada’s airports for across Canada, will be on display, and speakers will Macron, French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, a parliamentary reception at the Fairmont Chateau address the crowd. 12:15-12:45 p.m. on the steps and former governor general Michaëlle Jean, now the Laurier, 1 Rideau St., Ottawa, 5-7 p.m. Parliamentar- of Parliament Hill. Autism pins will be handed out at secretary general of the International Organisation of La ians and their staff are invited. noon. FEATURING SHARON BALA, DJAMILA IBRAHIM, BRIAN GOLDMAN, CANISA LUBRIN, LEE MARACLE, BEVERLEY MCLACHLIN, HEATHER O’NEILL, ELIZABETH RENZETTI, KERRI SAKAMOTO, JOHN RALSTON SAUL, GILLIAN SZE, TIMOTHY TAYLOR, JOSHUA WHITEHEAD, ROBYN MAYNARD AND MANY MORE